hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim bruen herber. ahead on cnn newsroom. clinging to hope that survivors can still be found, trapped under the mountain of rubble in turkey and syria. well, the u.s. vice president, mike pence was subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump. what we learned from his testimony. and, russia s new offensive appears to be getting underway in zaporizhzhia s energy infrastructure among the targets. it is ten a.m. across turkey and syria with the death toll from monday s earthquake has now risen to more than 21,000. the hopes are fading that rescuers can find any more survivors. this is the scene in southern turkey, emergency crews blow their whistles when they hear noises under debris that call for silence. but the destruction is immense, an entire neighborhood reduced to rubble under the thousands of families left homeless. many are sleeping in their cars or
we re alive. that s the main thing. we ran to the restrooms and watched the buildings fall. luckily the restrooms didn t fall. what is that a tree behind them? you saw the roof damage. that is major. kaitlan is on assignment, poppy and i are here. wow. wow indeed. a lot of weather and storm damage. all across the country. officials calling the tornado damage near history. debris scattered across miles. this morning the area is on high alert. live on the ground in pasadena, texas. plus this. what is going on? you tell me how did classified documents end up at your brother s house? i have no idea. if he said he didn t, he didn t. my brother is very honest. classified documents found again but in a different vice president s home. former vice president mike pence s indiana home now in the hands of the fbi. those documents are. what we re learning about the new discovery. and this. it could have been you, don t gavel me. i m here to let you know, i can
now, this is a gas line on fire in the middle of all the wreckage. emergency responders say they were slammed with 911 calls for d gas leaks and building collapses. we have a all hands on deck right now. all neighborhoods not just this nei neighborhood. my 25 years here, this is probably the worst damage ooi v seen. just catastrophic. cnn s rosa flores on the ground in pasadena, texas. you have been seeing the damage there. tell us about it, please, rosa. reporter: there were so many intense moments. that s what the people here say. and we re on the path of that destruction. i want you to look over my shoulder because what you re seeing here is some of the downed power lines at this height of this storm. you can see that some of the power poles were snapped like toothpicks. at the height of this storm, about 100,000 customers were without power. if you look beyond these power lines, you ll see there s a mangled mess back there. that s actually a gym. the owner of that
happening now, president biden pledges to arm ukraine with some of the most sophisticated war machines on the planet. american abrams battle equipment. it could take months to deliver the equipment. new developments in the biden classified documents probe. we re getting a behind the scenes look at measures the u.s. justice department was prepared to take if, if the president refused to cooperate with an fbi z search of his delaware home. congressman george santos is dodging questions about a controversy half a million dollars in mysterious campaign payments he once claimed were personal loans. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. let s get straight to our top story. the united states pledging abrams battle tavnks to ukraine. we have details on this major, major poost to the war effort for ukraine. what are you hearing about how all of this will unfold? this was a top request and that being
by the way, was a member of the civil rights movement. i just think it s a shame what rhonda santas is doing. nobody will stop him because they re afraid of what might be next for desantis. david, obviously there s a lot of talk about critical race theory, and that was a focus target of a lot of states of republicans. this is african american studies, which is different. the democratic florida state senator tweeted that florida curtain has ap costs for european history, japanese language and culture, german language and culture, italian language and culture as well as spanish language and culture. adding, quote, it s crazy how african american studies made the chopping block in florida. to that, what do you say? anderson and bakari, as well, i did, believe it or not, read the 82-page syllabus today, which i can send you. the letters sent to the ap board said we dismiss this as presented. and the future, if the college board would like to work with us on something that wou