With violence mounting in Haiti, more people, including Americans who are trapped there, are growing more desperate to flee the island. Ellison Barber reports.

Hundreds of human rights organizations are pushing for a new designation of temporary protected status for Haitians in the U.S., as well as a pause on deportations. Despite growing pressure, officials say the Biden admin. has no plans on changing policy.

Ellison Barber reports.

📌𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 | Haiti gang wars push hunger to worst levels on record.

'We need urgent action now — waiting to respond at scale is not an option,” says, Jean-Martin Bauer.

@nbcnews correspondent Ellison Barber explains.
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Police reportedly shot and killed an associate of one of the main gang leaders in Haiti. Many Haitians are now running out of food, with 1.4 million people on the verge of famine.

Ellison Barber reports from just across the border in the Dominican Republic.

ACCORDING TO The Asian American Foundation ACROSS NYC’s FIVE BOROUGHS, 1 IN 5 ASIAN AMERICANS REPORTED EXPERIENCING PHYSICAL ATTACKS OR ASSAULTS IN 2023.
Ellison Barber talked to NYPD Hate Crimes. “There is help there is hope.” #WeBelong

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The U.S. military has shot down two missiles, launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, headed toward a container ship in the Red Sea. The Houthis say their repeated attacks are part of an effort to stop Israel's offensive on Gaza. #SundayTODAY

Ahead of the clock striking midnight tonight, final preparations are underway for the annual ball drop in New York City. George Solis is in Times Square where increased security is top of mind. #SundayTODAY

If the walls of #Gaza ’s Al Shifa hospital could talk, they’d tell a story of a perpetual hell…

**WARNING: the things you’ll see and hear in this report are graphic**

.Ellison Barber toured Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel where more than 100 people were massacred by Hamas terrorists on October 7th, according to the Israeli government.

The latest from Top Story w/ Ellison Barber.
Warning: incredibly graphic + disturbing images.
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'Our guys are here somewhere': Meet the Ukrainian unit tasked with finding fallen soldiers

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has landed in Italy to meet with Pope Francis.

Ellison Barber reports on the meeting and the war in Ukraine.

Another round of missile strikes injured at least 34 people in Ukraine on Monday, making this the second major attack in just three days. Our latest for Top Story with Tom Llamas with Ellison Barber & Dan Gallo who are on the ground in Ukraine.
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.@ellisonbarberz is on ground in Kyiv with the latest on the war in Ukraine after more than two dozen people were killed in a Russian airstrike.

Russian Missile Strike Hits Apartment Building While Ukrainians Slept— NBC’s ⁦Ellison Barber⁩ is on the scene with heartbreaking stories msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-re…

“It reminded me of what life is like every day for Ukrainians…The risk is never just at the front lines. Everywhere across the country there’s the risk of something in their air at all times,” Ellison Barber on getting caught in Russian shelling while on assignment in Kyiv.

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Russia fired at least 76 missiles, most of them at Kyiv, according to Ukraine, and were targeting energy infrastructure.

Ellison Barber has the latest details on the ongoing conflict: nbcnews.to/3HIWqqH

Meet “Bakhmut Brad.” He was most recently a UPS truck driver in Maine. Now, he’s in Eastern Ukraine… taking rescue calls when others can’t — or won’t.

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Ukrainian wait for electricity as nights grow colder.

Ellison Barber reports Ukrainian officials say Russian forces used Iranian-made dive bombing drones to target energy infrastructure Saturday night.

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'The Ukrainian spirit is hard to define if you're not Ukrainian, but I don't think it's hard to find,' says Ellison Barber .

She says it's people like Volodymyr, who has been writing songs through the invasion. He's too old to fight, so he says his guitar is his weapon.
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