PORT-AU-PRINCE: Four days after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, survivors are getting desperate for food and water. International relief efforts are slowed by blocked roads, limited equipment and a congested airport and scuffles are being reported over supplies. Meanwhile, rescuers continue to shovel through wreckage in search of survivors.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Haiti surveying the situation and meeting with the government and international officials. Haitian President Rene Preval has been urging donors to avoid squabbles. The U.S. military has taken over operations at the nation's main airport and relief flights have been stacked up.
Over 100,000 have died in Haiti’s quake debacle. That's Haiti's prime minister's guess at where the death toll from Tuesday's massive earthquake will end up. He says the government alone has recovered 20,000 bodies, while independent agencies and relatives have collected countless more. The State Department says at least 15 Americans are known to be among the dead.
While the fate of health care legislation appears to hang on the outcome of Tuesday's U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts, the candidates have been clashing over President Barack Obama's proposal to tax banks to recover bailout funds. Republican Scott Brown says consumers would end up getting hit with higher fees, but Democrat Martha Coakley says she's with Obama when he says, "Let's get our taxpayer dollar back."
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