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from the usgs. some turkish agencies putting the number at 6.6 magnitude so still some discrepancies between the numbers but it's not important. either way it is a major earthquake. we are expecting aftershocks. many of those could be just as strong or stronger than the actual earthquake. this thing struck just about an hour 20 minutes ago, 1:40 in the afternoon local time there in turkey. the most up-to-date information we have for you puts the epicenter of this quake about a dozen or so miles from van, turkey. you see it on your map there, in a rural area where the epicenter is cal...

17,000 people were killed. we are joined live from istanbul. what's the latest? how are rescue efforts going? >> reporter: yes. well, of course, it's night time now. the earthquake struck, i suppose, at a relatively good time. it struck on a sunday afternoon when people weren't in bed, when people weren't at work, but even then we know the amount of people, still under the rubble, there's a large number, maybe even 400 people still waiting to be rescued. of course that rescue now has to go on by headlight and by generator light. at first there was a mad scramble by the local people t...

call." "american morning" continues right now. >> i'm ali velshi. the obama administration trying to defend its decision to award stimulus money to solyndra. a solar power company that went bankrupt. taxpayers are on the hook for more than half a billion dollars. >> i'm christine romans. u.s. officials concerned about terrorist groups setting up long-term residence in post-gadhafi libya. >> should our lawmakers cut back? we will talk to one senator that says yes on this "american mornin morning". >> good morning. good morning. it is thursday, september 15. welcome "american morning."...

good morning. it is thursday, september 15th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello. get ready for the president response to president obama's jobs bill. he and the rest of congress have had a few days to leaf through the jobs plan, the obama jobs plan. so now we'll just have to wait and see whether boehner picks a fight over the plan or offers an olive branch. president obama is already taking indirect swipes at congressional republican. listen to what he told the congressional hispanic caucus last night. >> if we're being honest, we know the real problem isn't the me...

Of the united states. where, remember, they are worried a 6.0 quake might come along and surprise us all, north anna, located at the epicenter of today's quake is top seven of the list. its risk went up 38%, not because the nuclear power plant is more dangerous, but because we know now more about how earthquakes work and the risk they pose to nuclear plants. we started getting more reporting and more reports on the worst risks to america's nuclear power plants starting, of course, in march when an earthquake and tsunami knocked out power to fukushima plant. fuel in three of fukushima's reactor...