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powerful quake that sent tremors across the entire region. the magnitude 7.8 quake struck before day break in southern turkey nearly the border with syria. the quake and aftershocks collapsing buildings. now a desperate search and rescue efforts under way to find people trapped in piles of rubble. cnns scott mclean joins us from london. scott, this is one of the strongest quakes to hit turkey in a century, what do we know? >> reporter: thats right, this part of the turkey, christine, u...

good morning, everyone. we start with really serious news this morning. there is devastation happening. the staggering death toll keeps rising in turkey and syria after a catastrophic earthquake. 1300 people are now reported dead and a powerful after shock. it just hit just moments ago. well go live to istanbul for the latest on this frantic search. and new fallout from the downing of a chinese spy balloon. president biden is preparing to deliver his second state of the union address...

methodical way. >> lets go. i need three. >> one more. >> lets go. >> lets go. >> lets go, lets go! >> its really chilling to listen to that. they did run towards what was going on in there. the horrific loss of three 9-year-olds. we have just received this photo of evelyn dieckhaus, hallie scruggs, the daughter of the pastor at the church that runs this school. beautiful family. three older brothers. william kinney, we dont have a photograph of at this time. three adults. all in their...

former federal prosecutor paul krieger is here. former senate candidate joe pinyon, former secret service agent jonathan wackrow, and joining us is cnns joanie osullivan. who as we far as we know, is not form or anything, um okay, guys, great to have you all here. jonathan tell us about secret service and what? how theyre preparing tonight and how they can possibly be everywhere and cover this unprecedented event. tomorrow well listen to secret service tomorrow plays an interesting rol...

in trump tower tonight in the midst of a massive security presence in new york city. here with me on our panel. we have vanity fairs molly jong fast. former federal prosecutor paul krieger is here. former senate candidate joe pinyon, former secret service agent jonathan wackrow, and joining us is cnns donie o sullivan, who as we far as we know is not form or anything, um okay, guys. great to have you all here. jonathan tell us about secret service and what? how theyre preparing tonight...

ukrainian and russian forces are fighting in the northern suburbs of the city of bakhmut — which has been battered by seven months of fighting. oleksandr marchenko, the deputy mayor, confirmed the street clashes, but said the russians havent taken control. western analysts say the scene has been set for ukrainian forces to carry out a fighting withdrawal. a british defence ministry update said ukrainian soldiers are digging new trenches west of the city and are being reinforced by el...

>> way he was doing it was very, very cunning. >> defense called murdaugh a former law partner. >> murdaugh could take the is stand in his own defense. >> what doesnt help is someone saying thattens his voice. he was at the scene. >> hes a liar. >> it started one afternoon and it just kept going. >> joined by other universities. >> for me, its just been transformative. >> to-to-see people who have made amends. >> we are happy to see what happens going forward. >> ainsley: we begin with...

getting some of our biggest clues yet about the directions special counsel jack smith is taking the politically fraught and complex and unprecedented investigations of an ex president by the justice department. there are major developments in both the january 6 investigation and the probe into the classified documents. well get to that in a minute. but we begin with what we know about the sprawling criminal probe into the capitol insurrection and the coup plotted by the ex president an...

>> dana: dramatic moment as homeland security secretary mayokas is forced to face the family of a grandmother and 7-year-old girl killed in a texas car crashed with an alleged human struggler. he turned to face the family expressed condolences but refusing to offer an apology for his failure to secure the border. very emotional day on the hill yesterday. welcome to a new hour on "americas newsroom." im dana perino. >> bill: im bill hemmer. good morning. a heated hearing as republicans ...

russian military blogger has been killed in an explosion at a cafe and st petersburg, russia. here is new video showing the aftermath. several others were injured in the blast. thats according to russian state media . the explosion also caused the buildings facade to collapse. cnns matthew chance is in russia. matthew what are you learning? wow. i mean, you know you can see the pictures there. theres a police cordon all around that cafe in st petersburg, where there was an explosion...