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women com welcome to our vi the united states and around the world. we begin with the race to find survivors in turkey and syria more than 24 hours after an earthquake that has killed more than 5,000 in the two countries. the 7.8 magnitude quake and its powerful aftershocks collapsing more than 5,000 buildings. aftershocks are still creating treacherous conditions for rescuers who are trying to reach victims trapped. a massive international rescue effort now under way. and salma abdelaziz is live for us in istanbul. unfortunately the death toll is expected to rise. >> reporter: it is...

Welcome to our viewers joining us in the group and around the world. Im bianca nobilo. Im max foster. It is tuesday, october 17, 11 00 in israel and gaza. U. S. President biden will leave later today for an extraordinary wartime visit to israel. It is a strong show of support for the long time personal lie. T personal lie. Antony blinken has been on a Marathon Mission across the middle east. He is coming here at a critical moment for the region and for the world. The president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with israel and commitment to security. The president will hear what it nee...

Catastrophe. it is strtragic to think how th search and rescue operations will continue when that part of the world is so cut off from aid that we see pouring here into turkey. >> all right, salma, thank you. and of course the international community is responding quickly to the disaster. a host of countries including the u.s. sending teams to help with the efforts. how is this all being coordinated? >> it is all about coordination, but synchronizing the international rescue teams with local authorities to dispatch them across that fault line where we saw the earthquake striking and frankly ...