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debris of that shot down balloon off of the south carolina coast. and now, residents are forced to evacuate from that train derailment that is a massive inferno. that is what we are watching this hour. i'm kristen fisher in for kate bolduan, and we are beginning with the story overseas. a power 7.8 magnitude earthquake has killed more than 2,300 people in turkey and syria, and the death toll is expected to rise significantly possibly into the tense of of thousands. and this is rescue crews frantically searching to survivors, but the efforts are hampered by big aftershocks. we begin...

Plane. I dont think this was the first flight certainly. And the communications back and forth with the tower at one point asking if there were other pilots on the line, asking about what kind of chop he would get into over the mountain areas. This went on for quite a period of time and it did Emso Liseem E air Traffic Controller had some familiarity with them. So as the picture becomes, you know, more and more flushed out, this is someone who was familiar with the airport. You know, you almost are tempted to say it was someone who kind of snapped because he clearly enjoyed the flight, enjoyed...

Much. back here in washington, president biden says that he is working closely with turkey and authorized an immediate u.s. response to turkey, and countries around the world mobilizing to help turkey and syria. kylie atwood is live at the state department with more, and how are countries like the u.s. helping turkey and syria. >> as you were talking about, most of the work is under way right now are search and rescue operations. we know that there are 2,000 dead, and that number is likely to rise, because they are pulling the people out of the rubble, and 10 countries and the european union...

Turks regard as terrorists who want to break away from parts of turkey too. so it is a complicated mess, but it is coming to a real issue for nato i think. >> yes, that will be very interesting how nato responds for this situation. the currency as we mentioned has plumm plummeted, so turkey's economy is faltering. could this hurt other countries? >> it certainly could because there are a lot of european banks who have loaned money to turkey. turkey already needs help from the imf. its economy has been tanking before this. it has too much debt and the economy has been slowing down. so that the ...

They have into lira. the increase comes as the uts.s demands turkey release an american pastor, turkey releases andrew brunson of having ties behind a coup attempt. they have not released him as a relate. let's get response to this from steven e steven urlinger. what do you make of this situation? >> you are right that it is strange, that we'll start using sanctions against ally, it will make our friends very nervous. trump is angry at erdogan, he thought he had a deal for brunson to be released. vice president pence who is an evangelical is very wrapped up in the brunson case as is secretary ...