rocked two countries. more than 2,200 are dead in turkey and syria. thousands more injured. we ve got the latest details. a new republican criticism this morning of how the biden administration handled the suspected chinese spy balloon drifting for days over the u.s. before the military shot it down over the weekend. all this as president biden red december to address the nation tomorrow. a huge night for a star-packed grammy awards. that s bad bunny. we ll tell you who made history. we begin with that breaking news, a deadly catastrophe unfolding right now in tour key and syria. two powerful and devastating earthquakes striking jurs hours apart. 7.92 earth kwair quake near the city of gaziantep in turkey. that number only expected to rise as the tremors toppled buildings across the region. take a look at this moment. look at this. this whole building just comes down in the city just outside the epicenter collapsing in a matter of seconds. bystanders fleeing the scene
survivors. their cries for help can be heard through the rubble. we need help. we need the international community to do something, to help us, to support us. survivors being pulled from the wreckage including this toddler. i ll speak with a u.n. official about the recovery effort. also this morning, tensions flaerg with china as the u.s. rushes to collect the debris from that spy balloon. china calling it a clear overreaction. the fallout from that hanging over president biden one day out from his second state of the union address. what we know about tomorrow s high stakes speech. we re going to begin with those massive deadly earthquakes rocking turkey and syria. p nbc news foreign correspondent meagan fitzgerald has the latest on the damage. i m joined by senior communications adviser and spokesperson for the u.n. high commissioner for the refugee office for middle east and north africa. the images coming out of the region are horrifying. children being pulled from
imagine that washington will probably get involved again, jose. jacob ward thank you so very much. that wraps up the hour for me. i m josé diaz-balart. you can always reach me on twitter and instagram at jd baa balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey rogers picks up with more news right now. good monday morning, i m lindsey reiser at msnbc world headquarters in new york. we re following an intense morning on the international stage. the dire emergency in turkey and syria after two massive earthquakes shocked the region. a magnitude 7.8 earthquake followed by a 7.6 quake, the first one more powerful than two dozen hiroshima bombs. 2,000 people are confirmed dead and that number continues to rise dramatically. search and rescue crews are desperately looking for
there were last time, you can imagine that washington will probably get involved again, jose. jacob ward thank you so very much. that wraps up the hour for me. i m josé diaz-balart. you can always reach me on twitter and instagram at jd baa balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey rogers picks up with more news right now. good monday morning, i m lindsey reiser at msnbc world headquarters in new york. we re following an intense morning on the international stage. the dire emergency in turkey and syria after two massive earthquakes shocked the region. a magnitude 7.8 earthquake followed by a 7.6 quake, the first one more powerful than two dozen hiroshima bombs. 2,000 people are confirmed dead and that number continues to rise dramatically. search and rescue crews are