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and turkey issues an international appeal for help. we'll be taking a look at how world leaders are responding. welcome to the programme. we begin in turkey and northern syria, where two powerful earthquakes have killed more than 2,000 people. many more injured and still missing. we'll look at the damage done and the rescue operations. first, let's see where this happened. the first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 — the epicentre in turkey's gaziantep province. there have been almost 30 other shocks in the region, all powerful enough to magnify the damage. a second major earthqua...

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. cnn's 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: that's right, this part of the turkey, christine, used to earthquakes but nothing like this. this happened in the middle of the night, so people were...

rescue crews on both sides of the border continue the frantic search for survivors. also, tensions rising between the united states and china after the biden administration shot down that chinese spy balloon saturday afternoon and criticism from top republicans for the president's decision not to shoot it down sooner. all this as the president puts the final touches on his state of the union address when he's expected to tout his accomplishments including a better than predicted campaign and a preview of his election campaign. good day. as a tragedy of epic proportions is unfolding...

should happen now it should get dismissed. >> we're not going to stop on this nothing's changed. we believe he's overstepped. >> two top republicans in the house are promising to investigate the manhattan district attorney following the indictment of donald trump that comes as the former president is escalating his attacks on social media which now include a call to defund federal law enforcement. meanwhile mike pence will soon have to testify before a federal grand jury in one of the cases tied to trump. we'll tell you which one and why the former vice president appears finally read...

millions are under active alerts . we're tracking this and much more right here. on cnn news, central. breaking news. we're getting our first look at the destruction left behind after a tornado touched down in missouri overnight. taking a look now at aerial footage of some of the damage left behind in glen allen officials say several people are dead and injured and the danger not over yet today more than 85 million americans are facing the threat of severe storms. cnn's derek van dam is tracking these storms for us, you are in tornado ravaged little rock, arkansas, where we understan...