over 3,500 in syria from that 7.8 magnitude tremor. the united nations, who have been supporting rescue teams in both turkey and syria have warned that the final number of fatalities could double. my colleague lyse doucet is on the ground in gaziantep. well, what you see behind us here in gaziantep, about an hour and a half drive from the epicentre of where that earthquake struck about nearly one week ago, is being played out in towns and cities across a whole swathe of southern turkey and indeed across the border in northern syria. and that is the diggers, they don t have diggers across the border, but diggers here and excavators are getting rid of these mounds of rubble. it is a sign that the rescue effort those painstaking, almost heroic efforts to try to pull people alive from the rubble, and still nearly a week on, they re still finding people. but the effort, the focus is now shifting to recovery, to relief and also to a reckoning. as you mentioned, those more than 10
also on the other front, new details about the high altitude object shot down over alaskan airspace, plus, canada just shot down a similar objects flying in their airspace. we have new details from a news conference that just wrapped up. and a once in a century disaster, incredible stories of survival, devastating tales of lost in the earthquake that hit turkey and syria. i will speak with chef josé andrés, who is on the ground, giving survivors some hope and warm meals. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. tonight, we begin with breaking news. canadian prime minister justin trudeau announcing hours ago that an unidentified objects being tracked over canadian airspace was shut down by the united states. canadian officials just help a press conference moments ago confirming that, at the u.s. and canadian aircrafts were scrambled, a u.s. of 22 fighter jet successfully shot down the object over the yukon. during that press conference, canada s defense minister said i
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parts of the country or allowing it to flow only if it legitimises his regime. thank ou ve legitimises his regime. thank you very much- legitimises his regime. thank| you very much. unfortunately, we have to leave it there but thank you for your insight. the united states has admitted it still doesn t know the origin or purpose of the three aerial objects it shot down in recent days. officials say the objects posed a threat to commercial flights and were brought down in the interest of safety. following a wave of speculation on social media and elsewhere, the white house said there was no evidence of alien or extra terrestrial life being involved. national security spokesperson john kirby says that an earlier device a balloon shot down off south carolina nine days ago was part of a chinese high altitude programme for intelligence gathering. we were able to determine that china has a high altitude balloon programme for intelligence collection that is connected to the people s libe
surveillance balloon that it shot down earlier this month. officials believe they could be helpful in determining the precise purpose of the structure. beijing said it was a platform to monitor the weather. national security spokesperson john kirby says that an earlier device, a balloon shot down off south carolina nine days ago, was part of a chinese high altitude programme for intelligence gathering. we were able to determine that china has a high altitude balloon programme for intelligence collection that is connected to the people s liberation army. it was operating during the previous administration but they did not detect it. we detected it. we tracked it. and we have been carefully studying it to learn as much as we can. we know that these prc surveillance balloons have crossed over dozens of countries on multiple continents around the world, including some of our closest allies and partners. earlier, i spoke to cbs news correspondent jarred hill, from new york.