powerful quake that sent tremors across the entire region. the magnitude 7.8 quake struck before day break in southern turkey nearly the border with syria. the quake and aftershocks collapsing buildings. now a desperate search and rescue efforts under way to find people trapped in piles of rubble. cnn s scott mclean joins us from london. scott, this is one of the strongest quakes to hit turkey in a century, what do we know? reporter: that s right, this part of the turkey, christine, used to earthquakes but nothing like this. this happened in the middle of the night, so people were jolted out of bed with this terrifying shaking. they re finding themselves running out of their houses and apartment buildings into very cold weather. turkey is experiencing an unusual cold snap in that part of the country. andmalatya, they re working to get people of the rubble. with the cold weather, time of the essence, because people were not survive in this kind of cold. we re getting message
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the its and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today the on the program, we ll bring you the latest on the suspected chinese spy balloon. then, we ll move to the economy. but for a change, it might not be bad news. we have some very good news about the american economy. the imf global outlook is less gloomy than it was a few months ago. and then the fed said it wasn t ready to declare victory on inflation, but it is cooling. i will ask larry summers if he agrees. also, crimea, many powerful people have suggested ukraine should be prepared to officially cede the peninsula to russia as part of peace negotiations. but i ll talk to general ben hodges who said no, kyiv can and should take crimea back. but, here is my take. this week mark theed third anniversary of brexit and it coincided with a grim verdict from the imf. this year the british economy will do worse than al
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, we ll bring you the latest on the suspected chinese spy balloon. then, we ll move to the economy. but for a change, it might not be bad news. we have some very good news about the american economy. the imf global outlook is less gloomy than it was a few months ago. and then the fed said it wasn t ready to declare victory on inflation, but it is cooling. i will ask larry summers if he agrees. also, crimea, many powerful people have suggested ukraine should be prepared to officially cede the peninsula to russia as part of peace negotiations. but i ll talk to general ben hodges who said no, he can and should take crimea back. but, here is my take. this week marked the third anniversary of brexit and it coincided with a grim verdict from the imf. this year the british economy will do worse than all of the world s majo
fiery train crash in ohio. thousands forced to evacuate as flames shoot up to the sky the smoke traveling into the next state with fears it may be carrying toxins. primary challenge. the democratic party votes to make south carolina the first primary. how new hampshire and iowa are fighting back. and dramatic rescue at sea a boat flipped over by huge waves off of oregon. how the coast guard saved the man onboard and the bizarre back story that got him there announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening for at least five days a chinese spy balloon has been traveling over the united states it was spotted in montana and kansas and today over the carolinas. this afternoon its journey ended in dramatic fashion. this is the moment u.s. fighter jets took it out there we go they got it boom! and then witnesses watched it slowly plummet down into the ocean. the operation required shutting down commercial air traffic from at least three differe