Live—from the campus of Hillsdale College in beautiful Hillsdale Michigan— this is Scot Bertram in for Steve on the Steve Gruber Show for
–Monday August 16 2021—
—Here are 3 big things you need to know—
Three— Hospitals in Haiti are struggling to care for the 57-hundred people hurt in Saturday’s magnitude 7.2 earthquake. Officials are racing to bring doctors to the worst-hit areas before Tropical Storm Grace hits today. The fear is heavy rain could cause mudslides and flooding.
Two— A Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s deputy has died after being shot Saturday night during a police chase. Deputy Ryan Proxmire was killed after a suspect shot at deputies, who returned fire and killed him. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office says he was previously involved in an earlier chase with other police officers.
And number one— The Taliban is now in control of Afghanistan. Fighters made their way into the capital city of Kabul yesterday as the U.S. embassy moved to a military-controlled section of the airport. That’s where thousands of Afghans have crowed the tarmac, desperate to escape the country.