'BradCast' 8/16/2021 (Tragedy and Disaster in Haiti and Afghanistan)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Breaking coverage on the devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Western Haiti on Saturday. As we go to air, more than 1400 people are confirmed dead, thousands more injured, tens of thousands rendered homeless\\xa0 and in desperate need of shelter, food, clean water, and medical care.\\xa0 Tropical Depression Grace is compounding the devastation, dumping as much as 15 inches of rain on the island nation already struggling with the pandemic, gang violence, and political chaos after its president was assassinated last month.\\xa0 Authoritarian governors in Florida and Texas have blocked local governments and schools from instituting mask requirements in schools, despite rising deaths among teachers from COVID and a surge in children requiring hospitalization.\\xa0 A massive human tragedy is unfolding in Afghanistan - - Kabul, the capitol, fell to the Taliban on Sunday.\\xa0 Biden Administration officials said they were stunned by the speed of the Afghanistan government's collapse,\\xa0 but new reporting indicates that local and regional government officials sold out to the Taliban over the last year in the wake of the Trump Administration's agreement with the Taliban to withdraw all U.S. forces. President Biden addressed the Afghanistan crisis at the White House, explaining why he stands by his decision, unwilling to commit more American lives and treasure to extend America's longest war any longer.\\xa0 Callers weigh in on whether\\xa0 they support Biden's decision."