magnitude earthquake, the strong oft to hit the north african nation in more than a century. the quake struck late last night, centered in the high mountains around the tourist destination of marrakech. the quake brought down buildings and homes and people ran into the streets. look at this video, two men run when they begin to feel the shaking. moments later you see panicked people running by and then rubble falling where those men were just moments before. look at that. there you go. there s the rubble falling. nearly 700 people were reportedly injured in the quake. and now there is a race to reach the victims in the most affected area. but officials say rescue teams are struggling to get to some of these places. cnn s ben wedeman is joining us now, he s following this story, ben, we know that this large earthquake hit around 11:00 p.m. local time so a lot of people must have been sleeping. what are the latest on the rescue efforts and tell us about the concerns that mo
to flee their homes when the 6.8 magnitude quake struck shortly after 11 o clock last night, causing buildings to collapse. the quake s epicentre was in a remote area of the high atlas mountains and tremors were also reportedly felt in the capital rabat, some 350 kilometres away, as well as casablanca and essaouira. charlotte winfield has this report. streets filled with rubble and destruction. the earthquake struck central morocco shortly after 11pm on friday with an aftershock less than 20 minutes later. the quake s epicentre is in a remote area of the high atlas mountains but tremors are said to have been felt in the capital, rabat, more than 200 miles away. there s reports that buildings in marrakesh s old city have been destroyed and one family was trapped in the rubble of a collapsed house. many people are now said to be staying outside their homes in case the city is rocked by further powerful aftershocks. one man described feeling a violent tremor and seeing buildin
committed the crime of falsifying business records with the intent to influence the 2016 election. then, the prosecution will recap their case and tied together testimony from their witnesses and the evidence including documents with handwritten notes accounting for just how the hush money payment was to be reimbursed to michael cohen, who testified that he did it at the direction of and for the benefit of donald trump. closing arguments will take up most if not the entire day, st which will be followed by judge mershon giving jury instructions, which should last about one hour. and then the fate will be in the hands of the jury that could reach a verdict as early as this week. trump is already attacking the jury instructions on social media. there is a significant development in florida and the classified documents case against him. jack smith is asking eileen cannon to modify the conditions of release in the classified documents case after he told the very dangerous lie abo
arguments go. appreciate it. look forward to you explaining it all of us including me. donald trump will be back in court tomorrow morning for closing arguments in his new york election interference trial. he has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to haida hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels before the 2016 election for her alleged sexual encounter with donald trump. nbc news report said a dozen members of the public have already signed up and continuing to do so even in the rain to get a seat for this historic moment. closing arguments will be prosecution and defense s final chance to weed the evidence into the narrative of their case for the jury s deliberations. in new york, the defense goes first arguing that the prosecution has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that donald trump committed the crime of falsifying business records with the intent to influence a 2016 election. then the prosecution will recap i
election for her alleged sexual encounter with donald trump. nbc news reports a dozen members of the public have lined up and are continuing to do so even in the rain to get a seat for the historic moment. closing arguments will be both the prosecution and the defense final chance to weave the evidence into the narrative of their case. in new york, the defense goes first. arguing that the prosecution has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that john donald trump committed a crime with the intent to influence the 2016 election then the prosecution will recap its case. tying together testimony from is 20 witnesses and the evidence, including documents with handwritten notes accounting for just how the hush money payment was to be reimbursed to michael cohen, who testified that he did it at the direction of and for the benefit of donald trump. closing arguments are expected to take up most, if not the entire day tomorrow. which will be followed by the judge giving the ju