It’s been more than a year since a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 2,000 people. An Illinois agency is on the ground helping.

Hundreds are dead after a strong earthquake in Haiti. The executive director of Hope for Haitians joined The 21st to discuss the earthquake and Illinois' deep ties to Haiti. 

President Trump is denying reports, from NPR and other news outlets, that in a Thursday meeting at the White House, he disparaged African nations as "shithole countries" and questioned why the United States would admit immigrants from them and other nations, like Haiti.