comes back good. we are telling people if you are on the city water, the village water, you certainly can drink that. we re testing anybody who has a private well, we ll test that. some residents are joining a class action lawsuit against norfolk southern. we spoke to some residents today saying they ve received $1 thousand checks from norfolk southern. we also just learned that a girls high school basketball team was supposed to play a playoff game here last night. despite schools being in person since monday, the playoff game was canceled. sandra: it is changing the way of life for so many on the ground. bill: let s bring back michael regan who was there yesterday. you spoke to my colleague, dana, two days ago. thank you for your time. senator joe manchin said this.
we begin with the race to get more aid into southern turkey and northern syria, where the death toll from last week s earthquakes has now surpassed 41 thousand. millions are still left without shelter in freezing conditions with little food and poor sanitation. the challenge in northern syria is particularly difficult the political situation is unstable after years of war and control of the border is split between the syrian government and rebel groups. until today aid has been routed through a single crossing point at bab al hawa. our correspondent laura bicker has been there and sent this report. every day in antakya, relatives huddle around piles of rubble that were once family homes, waiting for news. but rescue efforts have slowly become recovery missions, and now, as workers comb
the cartels will take advantage any way they can. the fentanyl, methamphetamine, the human trafficking. i spoke to a nicaraguan national at the border and he owed the cartel 8,500 to go to minneapolis and has to pay them $1 thousand a month as soon as he gets there. if he is late with the payment it is a $3 hundred penalty. if he doesn t pay, they will kill his mother and father and take their home. what do you think that individual will do in minneapolis? find somewhere somehow something to do to get that money to the cartel. and this is how they own these individuals. a lot of them all over our country. and guess what? the cartel is there present in minneapolis and everywhere in the country supervising and looking after not only the drug product they re pushing but the people they control and some that traffic as well. john: it is extraordinary.
more than 1 thousand are still being treated. and nada bashir is in turkey for us. so some of the international rescue teams have paused their work. why? reporter: that s right. the rescue team sent over from germany and austria and also israel have suspended their operations in southeast turkey. germany has requested that the search and rescue term return to its base until the circumstances in the area are deemed safe enough to continue the work. there have been clashes between certain groups and also reports of looting and other criminal activity. and the austrian group was clear that these risks were not directed towards the group and
opioids for over 20 years and stealing money from his clients in the firm. were you one of his best friends? yes, sir. did you have any idea that had been going on for a decade? i had been told the day before that alex has been stealing from his firms and clients. dana: that is his former best friend taking the stand in a double murder trial and how he personally lost nearly $2 hundred thousand that he loaned to murdaugh. court is in session now and we have jonathan serrie covering the trial for us. good morning. good morning to you, dana. there was also another attorney who testified, he was the first witness this morning. mark tinsley. defense tried to block him but the judge allowed it to proceed. defense argued that tinsley created a conflict of interest by donating $1 thousand to a gofundme campaign set up by the children of another witness to the prosecution. the caregiver michelle shelly