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Police struggle to regain control of Haiti's capital

Police reportedly shot and killed an associate of one of the main gang leaders. Many Haitians are now running out of food, with 1.4 million Haitians on the verge of famine. NBC News' Ellison Barber reports from just across the border in the Dominican Republic. » Subscribe to NBC News: https://www.youtube.com/user/NBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties. We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows. Connect with NBC News Online! Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621 Visit NBCNews.Com: https://www.nbcnews.com/ Find NBC News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews Follow NBC News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NBCNews Get more of NBC News delivered to your inbox: nbcnews.com/newsletters #Haiti #WorldNews #Famine

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once again bullets whizzing through the streets support a prince as the National Police Force struggles to release Haiti's Capital City from the grip of gangs bodies left where they fell next to gas pumps and collapsed wooded Platforms in between the burst of gunfire people desperately search for their next meal Sky news's Stuart Ramsey is in PTO Prince well I'm in pter Prince the capital of Haiti the people here have no idea when gang violence is going to flare and the whole of the city's been
beset with it for days and days now so much so that people are now building barricades to try to stop the gangs getting through many Haitians now face an unbearable Choice venture outside and risk being shot or stay inside and go hungry roughly 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine according to the UN and more than 4 million need food Haans who have temporarily been allowed to cross into the Dominican Republic are coming to this Market to sell often times what little belongings they ha
ve to get food things like eggs so they can then take it back to their families who are still waiting on the other side in Haiti Samuel is 18 He tells us he lives in Haiti but comes here to work and take food back to his family many innocent people are dying he says we do not want violence we want a free country the UN says more than 33 3,000 Haitians have fled PT of prince in the last 3 and a half weeks the humanitarian crisis and the violence is only getting worse Lester thanks for watching st
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Comments

@NoName-cv1yp

Let them sort this one out

@user-do4qw9nw4q

Stop stealing organs and kids in HAYTI

@DavidBauer-iv9yw

Welcome to the new America

@ReRiderChi

This place has been like this since the beginning of the country. I don't know why it's being pushed now by the media

@user-ob8jk2kg6t

MOSTLY PEACEFUL

@christophercollins9333

When you claim to have a ‘starving people’ showing a half dozen obese women walking behind the reporter doesn’t do much to sell the point…

@MrMcgooOG

This looks like Chicago on a hot July night.

@Dan.50

The US media want's this in the USA.

@izzyizzyizzy5638

Same as it ever was.

@FindMissingKids268

😅 you say theyre starving and show a 250 lb woman

@gwenxxx123

Im Haitian. I hate how selfish my people can be. 😡😒😔

@KevinStDenis1

Looks like some of NY’s neighborhoods!

@ChiliSkwertz

Member all the stories you guys did railing trump for calling this place a toilet?

@jasonk4855

Maybe find a less overweight part of town next time. It might help your "everyone here is starving" report. 😂

@princessjohnson8217

😢😢😢 oh wow 😨

@imeldapolymise8457

Uncomprehensable . The people are weird. Theyre turning on their own people. They are starving their own. Phew!!!!!!!

@donnah5378

Sad 😞

@Socrates21stCentury

Maybe the Clinton Foundation should collect more money for Haiti ???

@djstackademikz

Why did she say “people desperately search for their next meal” .. gang violence doesn’t mean people aren’t eating