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PBS News Hour - Full Show

September 11, 2023 - PBS NewsHour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Monday on the NewsHour, the death toll from the Morocco earthquake rises as rescue operations struggle to reach those in need. President Biden wraps up his overseas travel to Asia, a trip aimed to shore up Pacific alliances in the face of China's growing influence. Plus, the men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks remain in legal limbo at Guantanamo Bay while potential plea deals are negotiated. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett and I'm Amna Navaz on the news hour tonight. The death toll

0:10.2

from the devastating earthquake in Morocco rises further as rescue operations struggle to reach

0:16.4

those in need. Everything is gone. We lost everything but he lost the entire house. There are no

0:22.7

officials visiting us. There's no help or aid. President Biden wraps up his overseas travel to the

0:29.7

G20 and Vietnam, a trip that aimed to shore up Pacific alliances in the face of China's growing

0:36.4

influence. And more than two decades after 9-11, the men accused of plotting the attacks remain

0:42.9

in legal limbo at Guantanamo Bay while potential plea deals are negotiated.

0:59.9

Welcome to the news hour. The aftershocks of the deadly earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday

1:05.1

night continue today as the death toll approached 3,000. That number is expected to rise further

1:11.5

along with the number of injured. The rescue and recovery operations continue tonight,

1:16.3

but at a slow pace. And that's a source of frustration and anger for many Moroccans who say

1:21.8

their government is not doing enough. Special correspondent Alex Cadiay reports from Marrakesh.

1:27.8

For a second night since the quake, crowds of displaced people crammed into the streets of

1:33.2

Tin Smith Square in Marrakesh. Left homeless by the 6.8 magnitude tremor, the worst since 1960,

1:39.9

and with only blankets to keep the warm. Survivors wasted out aftershocks for aid to arrive.

1:45.1

We need to help because every family here don't have the house. Every house here is broken.

1:54.8

By morning, the scope of damage now in plain view. Narrow alleyways in the Medina,

1:59.9

a UNESCO World Heritage site, reduced to rubble. Old ornate rooftops now crumble.

2:06.0

The earthquake's epicenter was just south of Marrakesh in the remote province of Al-Hauuz.

2:10.5

Towns nestled deep in the Atlas Mountains, with homes built mostly from mud bricks,

2:14.8

completely collapsed. Hamid Bedhanda recalled the terrible moment the quake struck,

2:20.3

destroying his home and killing his son, just 8 years old.

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