hello, everybody. welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing a very, very busy news day with us. 6,000 plus dead. 6,000 plus. grief running over turkey and syria. hope, too, running out as rescue crews continue to look for thousands still lost in the rubble of a monster earthquake. plus, tonight, the president tells the country what he s done and where he wants to go advisers promise a classic joe biden speech. out but his state of the union collides with challenges and implications of a newly divided washington. plus, briefing, congress getting a briefing on the chinese balloon. and raises questions why the pentagon was so slow to shoot down that suspected spy in the sky. up first, a dramatic harrowing race to find survivors it s barely 24 hours after a massive earthquake hit turkey and syria. already again, more than 6,000 are dead. and the aftershocks still creating treacherous conditions for rescuers trying to reach those tr
massive earthquake hit turkey and syria. already again, more than 6,000 are dead. and the aftershocks still creating treacherous conditions for rescuers trying to reach those trapped in the rubble. more than 5,000 buildings have collapsed falling tragically faster than many could escape. in the devastation there are moments of hope like this one. a young girl rescued after 24 hours, burieyied beneath bricksd rubble in istanbul. and a boy pulled out in turkey. president biden has pledged to provide assistance. a rescue effort now under way. becky anderson is live in gaziantep turkey, becky, tell us what you re seeing? reporter: yeah, it s brutally cold here, john, but that is not dampening the efforts going on