good evening, trace. a real surprise to be sure. just four years ago, lori lightfoot win every word in the runoff and made history becoming the first black and openly gay female mayor and the city s history. he s on her way to becoming the first windy city mayor to his reelection in about 40 years. paul vallas, with more than 30 percentage points. he will advance the runoff. he was billed as a tough on crime candidate, and he also has the backing of the city police union. he s expected to face brandon johnson, the current county commissioner, former schoolteacher has the endorsement of the chicago teachers union, and as you see, just about 20% of the vote going his way. lori lightfoot, meanwhile, who famously tingled with the teachers union, came in third with just more than 16% of the vote. we will have a safe chicago. we will make chicago the safest city in america. [cheers and applause] no matter where you live, no matter what you look like, you deserve to have a bet
. a warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom we are sadly now into the window where so many of the ambulances will likely be taking people who perished. i hate to disappoint you, but the biden economic plan is working. this is a blue collar blueprint to rebuild america. responsible nation would have put out some kind of statement saying head s up, this is heading your way. just want to let you know. it is thursday, february 9. in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 16,000. rescue crews are getting desperate to find survivors. in northern syria, there are mountains of rubble. officials in damascus say close to 300,000 people have been forced from their homes. this video shows a crew working to clear debris despite limited resources. and white helmets are digging mass graves for the victims. the syrian government wants international sanctions lifted so
literal smoking gun in the murder of his wife and son? welcome on to our viewers around the world. i m christine romans. the search and rescue operation grows more grim in turkey and syria, more than 16,000 people have died in the earthquake there and hope is fading that rescuers will find survivors beneath the mountain of rubble. remarkably two women in turkey were found alive wednesday after 62 hours buried under a collapsed building. and in syria, a newborn baby was pulled from the rubble, her mother is believed to have died after giving birth. international search and rescue teams continue to arrive including some from the united states. salma abdelaziz is live in istanbul for us. there has been anger over the turkish government s response to the disaster. what are they saying now? reporter: we re now entering the fourth day after this powerful earthquake one of the most powerful earthquakes to strike this region in a century hit. and that means that window, that glimme
every day the heartbreak. we hate to start you off with the heartbreak. but this is at least a good moment. that was a moment a babe qui was saved after 65 hours under rubble in turkey. so we re glad to have you. sorry we have to report on such sad things. we ll take you live to turkey in just moments. john fetterman suffered a stroke on the campaign trail. he is in the hospital right now. details on what happened and his condition at this hour. also, not flagged as urgent when a new time line just revealed about what u.s. intelligence knew before that chinese spy balloon entered usair space. today, president biden is headed to florida to tout his agenda as rick scott is going on offense over his social security and medicare plan. we ll speak to the florida senator live in a few moments. we ll begin with this news in overnight. john fetterman rushed to a hospital. doctors are making sure he didn t suffer another stroke. let s bring in now our congressional correspondent
hello, everyone. at this hour, trying to cling to hope as rescue and recovery efforts continue in turkey and syria and the death toll continues to climb. plus, new details out today of what that chinese spy balloon may have been capable of. a member of congress who was just briefed on the incident is our guest. and north korea is showing off the military arsenal a very big way as kim jong-un s daughter is stepping out into the spotlight. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan, and the images coming out of turkey and syria continue to boggle the mind of how widespread and just complete the devastation is just building after building pancaked and freezing temperatures the of course challenging every effort to find survivor and yet still moments of hope. a mother and two sons were just rescued alive today after being under the rubble for more than 70 hours, and the death toll is still rising passing 17,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of people without a place