>> i'm victor blackwell. you're in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the news out of morocco of a devastating erk. the official death toll has risen to 1,037 deaths after a powerful magnitude 6.8 quake. >> the strongest to hit the north african nation in more than a century, it struck late last night, centered in the mountains surrounding marakesh, a tourist destination. the world health organization says more than 300,000 people in that city were affected. officials say there are more than 1,000 confirmed injuries, too, and with the sun up now, there is a race to reach victims in the most affected areas. but officials say rescue teams are struggling to get to those places. cnn's ben wedeman joins us now. rescue efforts are under way, but there is a concern this morning about aftershocks, especially knowing that morocco's infrastructure is not built for these kinds of large quakes. >> reporter: this is not considered a quake zone, in fact, and one of the problems is this earthquake, which happened at 13 minutes after 11:00 p.m. on friday, the epicenter was 45 miles southwest of marakesh in the high atlas mountains. i have been up there. there are lots of remote villages. very traditional. some of the architecture, just is not designed to resist this sort of, this kind of earthquake. so as you said, the death toll at this point has reached 1,037, with 721 critically injured people, and those numbers are expected to increase as the rescue effort picks up pace. one of the problems is they simply don't have enough man power and equipment to go to all of these remote communities, high up in the mountains. now, and of course, the problem is there have been more than a dozen aftershocks since this took place. many people simply spent the night outside for fear of another strong earthquake. we saw houses tumbling down. in fact, if you read some of accounts of people who survived this quake, it is terrifying, for instance, cnn was able to get in touch with one woman, by the name of fat ima who lives i a remote village, and i barely had a chance to grab the children and run out before i saw my house collapsing in front of my eyes. my neighbor's house collapsed and two dead people are under the rubble. cnn spoke to her a couple of hours ago. at the time, no rescue workers had arrived in that village. now, there has been an outpouring of assistance, so we've seen, for instance, that france is mobilizing firefighters to be sent to morocco. united arab emirates has opened what it calls an air bridge to send in supplies and rescue workers. palestinians. turkeys says it will assemble a team of 250 people with a thousand tents to try to help out in this disaster, and even al geara, which cut its ties with morocco last year, says it is now going to open its air space to allow all of this assistance to fly into morocco. but time is of the essence. anybody who has covered earthquakes knows that you have 24 to 48 hours to really rescue those people who are still alive under the rubble, and after that, the situation becomes ever more difficult, when it comes to finding survivors in these circumstances. amara, victor. >> ben wedeman, appreciate it, thank you. joining us is tom saint fitte, the national head coach of the gambia soccer team and his team is in marakesh for the next round of the africa cup. tell us what you were when the earthquake hit and what you experienced. >> yes, it was around 11:00 in the evening, and i was up in my room, a few minutes earlier, to go to bed, sitting on my bed, and the first moments i thought someone was bouncing on my door very heavily and then a very short amount of time, i thought it was a plane crash because we're located next to an airport, and the planes fly very low over our hotel but after three or four seconds i know it was an earthquake and the walls were shaking, and things were falling down from the ceiling, and the floor was moving, and really terrible. we took some pillows, on my body and i was waiting, and to be honest, it took a very long period, i know it was about 30 seconds, but it was a feeling of it was hours. >> tom, i assume that the pictures we're seeing, they are of the hotel, they don't appear to be the worst of the damage but for those listening on radio and those who are not depicted in picture, describe the damage around you and in that hotel. >> yes, these are only the pictures from the hotel. we didn't leave the hotel yet. we are in a fop caught hotel but we were forced to sleep, after that, the whole team, all of the players, all of the guests in the hotel, we were surrounded around the pool, on the beach area, and we slept on the floor, in the garage, all night, and we didn't sleep that much, because the security in the hotel was not as secure, and we also didn't know about the aftershocks. there are some cracks in the walls, a lot of things fell down, and naturally, this hotel is quite good, constructed, compared to some other buildings in the city, and so that helped with our lives, but it wasn't comfortable. >> can you tell me how many aftershocks you experienced since the earthquake hit and what that's been like? >> yes, to be honest, only one, and it was -- i know it was only one, and for sure, it was after the first shock, the first shock was really the most terrible one, and when it was the second one, we were already running in the direction of the gates and some people were already standing at the pool and outside it. the aftershock was not so bad because the first shock was what really caused us the most fear and was really a very, very terrible feeling. >> tom, you said you haven't left the hotel. is that because you are fearful of what is outside of the hotel, or are you being asked not to leave the building? >> for both, i have to say, no, we are here on a mission, we have officially tomorrow evening, at 8:00, a very important soccer game, and we play against the four or five games, we qualified for the african cup of nations, you can compare it to the gold cup and it is a very important game. we are in a group of soccer players and staff members and we have to perform and the reason that we don't go out, we plan to stick together, we plan to stay of one mind set, both physically and mentally, to be prepared to play for this game, and we are not really looking around with what is going on. later tonight, we have to go for a training session, and we will see then more about the city, and the damage caused by the earthquake. >> so at this point, and i just want to confirm, despite more than 1,000 people killed in that country, it's your understanding that that soccer match is going to go on as scheduled? >> yes, it's, for me, not understandable idea, but morocco played today at home, against liberia, and they postponed that match. they will not play, which is fully understandable because of the loss of many people, but our game against our defendant, we are played, gambia was not ready to be played in, so we played outside, outside of that, the game is on. >> keep us post and we're glad you're doing okay. thank you very much. let's go to meteorologist allison chinchar, the aftershocks, there have been more since we spoke with you last. tell us about them. >> all right, so let's start with the beginning. we know the original quake was a magnitude 6.8, and a depth of 11 miles. for geological standards, that is considered extremely shallow. now, after that main quake, just 19 minutes after, that gentleman spoke of it, they had the first aftershock, a 4.9 magnitude, and 4.9 may not sound like that much but after having the 6.8, keep in mind, you're going to have a lot of buildings, a lot of the homes that are now structurally compromised, so even something like a 4.9 can cause subsequent damage. it was felt, the original quake was felt as far away as neighboring countries of algeria and portugal, but again, to show you how rare it is, for this region to experience such large quakes, just since 1900, there have only been maybe a handful of quakes at a magnitude 5.0 or higher, so again, it is very rare in this area, and now, we have the original quake at a 6.8. one aftershock of 4.9. we do anticipate more. here is the thing. in some earthquakes, you get multiple aftershocks within the first few hours. in other earthquakes, it can take hours before you start to get more of those aftershocks. so we really don't know how long it is going to be before there could be another. would there be multiple in a row? each earthquake is different. but on average, specifically speaking, there could be one, an aftershock of at least a 5.8, there could be 10 or so, aftershocks, of at least a 4.8, and there could be possibly as many as 100, they could be in that 3.8 or above range and a 4.2 or 4.5, even though is a much smaller number, it could still cause a tremendous amount of additional damage just because those buildings, especially the older ones, victor and amara, have already been structurally compromised by the initial quake. >> yes, that's obviously a big concern. allison, thank you. president biden is in india right now, for the g-20 summit, a major meeting of global leaders. biden has already met with indian prime minister modi, and there is a lot more on his agenda today, including discussions about climate change, and debt relief for developing nations, and of course, the continued support for ukraine. >> it is also notable who is not at the summit. the first g-20 summit that chinese president xi jinping has chosen not to attend since he took power and also not there russian president vladimir putin, the absence of the two chief global opportunities provides an opportunity for the president to make a more affirmative case for american investment during the summit. ivan watson is there live in new delhi, we hear that the president has commented on president xi's absence. what did he say? >> yes, before the summit, he said he was disappointed that the chinese leader would not be here, and he was asked again about this during the summit. take a listen to his answer. >> president biden, does president xi's absence impact the summit? >> it would be nice to have him here. >> so you have it there, now, the chinese government never had given an explanation why xi jinping did not attend this g-20 summit for the first time since he took power, nearly a decade ago, so there was some real concern that the assembled leaders here would not be able to come to some kind of consensus. in fact, the g-20 was able to announce a joint statement, and one of the first issues on the agenda was the war in ukraine. it stopped short of condemning russia. it didn't even really mention russia by name. but it did go on to say that all countries should refrain from use of force, to try to acquire territory from another country, that the threat of nuclear weapons is inadmissible and going on to say that the impact of the war in ukraine, really hurting the global economy, particularly poorer countries and one of the themes of the summit is to try to help poorer countries and biden stepped forward saying he was calling for $20 billion worth of additional investment to the world bank to try to help poorer economies and also announced the launch of a new ambitious project, and economic corridor, linking india to the middle east, to europe, and that was attended by the crown prince of saudi arabia. one final point, the g-20 has invited a new member, the african union, so it technically would be the g-21 going forward from now. victor and amara. >> thank you. hurricane lee has weakened to a category three storm this morning, but the east coast could still feel the impact of dangerous surf and rip currents from the system. over the atlantic. of course, over the weekend. now, this storm has sustained maximum winds of 115 miles per hour right now. puerto rico and the virgin islands are already feeling the effects. it's slowly moving just north of the 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>> cavalcante still not in custody. that is incredible how he has been able to avert police. polo sandoval, thank you. joining me now is former fbi agent and senior profiler marry ellen o'toole. appreciate you joining us this morning. what are your thoughts on this? i mean we're hearing about two more confirmed sightings of cavalcante friday, bringing the total to at least ten. how do you explain how he hasn't been caught yet, despite being spotted on surveillance and by people so many times? >> i think that there are a number of reasons why he hasn't been apprehended. number one, he doesn't want to be. and that's important. but number two, because of the area, it is very wooded, as you reported, as your reporter described, and that makes it very challenging for the law enforcement officers who are there to be able to look for him. but i do think one of the roles, law enforcement goals, is to interfere significantly with his ability to sustain himself. here's what i mean by that. it is likely that they are putting up additional cameras, which is why we're getting more sightings. it is also likely that, and most probable, that they have maps of all kinds, in the command center, and they are focusing on physical structures where he could go for sustenance, for food and water and to sleep. and so he does not have access to the kind of technology that law enforcement does. so they're slowly trying to cut off his ability to sustain himself. at the same time, they do have the responsibility to protect the public. so it's not a fast answer to this. but they will, i think at the end, they're going to be able to apprehend him. >> right. and of course, you know, the question is, how will all of this end. but in terms of planning, i mean how much planning do you think went into this, to be on the lam, for this long, and do you expect that cavalcante is possibly getting help? >> so two very good questions. and i would answer the first question about the amount of planning. i would say he thought about it ahead of time, but in terms of actually planning, having food with him, that didn't happen and this is someone based on his personality, tending to be more impulsive and less structured in how he plans out crimes and it sun realistic and it is a matter of time before he will be apprehended. and i think because of his being so desperate, we have to think in terms of the level of desperate that he is, and that is on a continuum. so it continued to, he continues to demonstrate the fact that he doesn't want to give up, because he could turn himself in. and that is a sign that he continues to be desperate and that makes him dangerous. >> right. he has nothing to lose at this point. and while you're saying this, we're showing video of ka cavalcante crab walking between two walls and it is incredibly amazing how easy it makes it look to get that high. it was first thought that he would flee to mexico. but clearly authorities believe he is in an eight to ten square mile radius. does is surprise you that he hasn't left the area around the prison? obviously he had to resort to plan b, it seems like. >> well, the question that you had earlier is a good one, and is he getting help and it is very dangerous, and people don't want to put themselves on the line to help them because certainly they will be prosecuted and they will probably go to prison. so he's really on his own. and the more that this is publicized, the more he continues to be on his own, which is why he didn't make his way down to brazil. that's not an easy feat. so that is a sign that he didn't plan ahead. to me, that is an indicator he is hiding, and he's really kind of facing the reality of his own decision to leave the prison, but it also indicates that he's desperate. he doesn't want to go back in. if he does go back, his life in prison without the possibility of parole, and again, as long as he has sustenance that desperation is dangerous. >> how much does his mindset and, you know, his, i guess resolve play a role in surviving a