predawn hours when most people were at home asleep in their beds. rescue crews are now scouring the region looking for victims trapped under tons of rubble that were once homes and businesses. the civil defense, meantime, is urging people to evacuate buildings and together in open areas as aftershocks continued to pose a deadly threat. the quake was felt as far away as cairo, egypt, and at one point a tsunami warning had been posted for italy. that warning has since been lifted. turkey by the way, is no stranger to powerful earthquakes. it sits on top of a major of several major fault lines. 18,000 people were killed back in 1999 when a series of quakes hit northwest turkey. we ll continue to monitor this developing story throughout the morning, an, and marianne rafferty we now return to our scheduled programming already in progress from that type of committee targeting women of color will ask our sunday panel about the political battle over who gets a seat at the table. plus
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. and we begin this hour with the war in ukraine and its global implications. the director of the cia confirms what cnn has been reporting that the u.s. is confident that china is thinking about providing lethal aid to russian troops in ukraine. the agency does not believe a final decision has been made. and today, the white house is urging caution. you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds. whether tell provides military assistance. but if it goes down that road it will come at real cost to china. and i think china s leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions. but let s begin with the latest in the fighting in ukraine. alex marquardt is there for us. reporter: jim, some of heaviest fighting, with some of the worst casualty rates on both sides is now taking place around the eastern city of bakhmut. russian forces before the mercenary groups of convicts and co
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joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn newsroom they screwed up our town, they will fix it. it has been two weeks now and we have no plans of going back to our house. xw a key witness to a lot of the things donald trump was doing. if jack smith wants mark meadows testimony, jack smith will get mark meadows testimony. they have just unloaded the tents here. they is one of the hardest hit areas in the quake zone. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is february 16, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in east palestine, ohio where in a few hours the air will be tested. this was the scene three days after the train derailed. federal investigators are reviewing numerous videos and data from the so-called black box and despite ohio s governor saying it is safe to return home, many residents have evacuated their homes and businesses out of concern for their safety from the toxic chemic
morning. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill, and urgent calls for police reform following the police beating of ti tyre nichols. and also a push for police reform, and can any change get through this congress. here is attorney benjamin crump. we said that it is going to remind people of the rodney king video in 1992, and that was a watershed moment for america. and i believe that this video is a watershed moment for america, and what are our national leaders going to do? over the weekend the memphis police department took one step and terminated the so-called s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit that the police officered is belonged to, and joining me is a house minority leader and also a candidate for mayor of memphis, and thank you for taking the time. thank you, jim, for having me. i appreciate it. and you saw the decision to disband the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit, and in your view, is this a problem with the particular police unit, or do you fear that there is a larger cultural proble