turbish officials shared a video today after rescuers pulled a seven-year-old girl from the rubble near the epicenter of that massive earthquake last week near the syrian border. our affiliate in turkey says she is seven and in the second grade. rescuers put an oxygen mask on her, as you can see. her first request was for strawberry milk and a turkish pastry. we do not know more about her condition. we don t know the status of her parents or her family, only that according to turkish officials, today more than 1,300 children are separated from their parents after the earthquake. the death toll is now at least 36,217 people in turkey and syria, and a top official now believes the rescue phase is coming to a close. cnn is in turkey. what is the latest you ve been seeing and hearing? you know, you hear these
congress a top secret briefing on the situation on northeast syria. the briefing comes amid a torrent of criticism from lawmakers from both parties. today president trump invited turkey s president erdogan to the white house. at the same time he pushed back against the criticism he was hanging a key ally out to dry. quote, we may be in the process of leaving syria but in no way have we abandoned the kurds who are special people and wonderful fighters. a top kurdish general told nbc news the president s decision was disappointing and that it hurts american credibility. he added that watching over isis prisoners locked up in syria has become a second priority. yesterday nbc reported president trump wanted to smooth things over the with turbish president who was upset he didn t get a one-on-one meeting with trump during the u.n. general assembly. an official tells nbc the president told erdogan that it would be unacceptable.
confessed. the turbish police arrested the man who killed 39 people. they say he is from ezbekastan. and carried out the attack for iisis. how it will be different as you heard bret baier we will have an elegant day and the 20th will be special and beautiful and we ll have massive crowds because we have a movement.