continuing tonight to watch the development in turkey, and in syria. the death toll there is just astonishingly high. from an absolutely huge earthquake, and in almost equally large aftershock. that hit today. the initial quake was centered in south central turkey. that an issue jolted between four and 4:30 in the morning, so before, home and their beds. that initial quake was a 7.8 magnitude. which is just enormous. and was follow, hours later. by an aftershock that was 7.5. and having such a huge quite like that followed by such a quick succession by almost an equally large quake means anything that was significantly damaged, but still standing after the foreshock. it came down in the aftershock. in turkey alone, they re saying there are more than 5000 buildings that have collapsed across 14 different turkish cities. across the southern border of turkey, into northern syria, there are, again, thousands of buildings collapse there. as well, between turkey and syria, we are
oscars the movie making history on hollywood s biggest night. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone president biden was up early in front of the cameras before the markets opened this morning in a move to calm jitters following a pair of bank collapses. mr. biden declaring the banking system is safe and telling customers your deposits will be there when you need them new york s signature bank following silicon valley bank down the road to collapse over the weekend. those banks are tonight in the hands of regulators. in addition to telling folks their money is safe, the president today called on congress and banking regulators to strengthen banking rules to prevent such failures in the future the government reassurance appeared to go a long way toward easing nerves on wall street however, concerns remain over whether it s all over. nbc s jake ward has much more. reporter: with two u.s. banks being forced into closure in recent days
not testify about hush money payments to an adult film star. it comes as his former fixer, michael cohen, does appear before the grand jury. our nbc news exclusive. uk prime minister rishi sunak. his first u.s. broadcast interview since taking office as he joins president biden and australia s leader to announce a nuclear submarine deal. his tough words for china, calling it a systemic challenge to the world order. what he thinks about the origins of covid and what s his relationship like with king charles? and winning everything at the oscars. the movie making history on hollywood s biggest night. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. president biden was up early in front of the cameras before the markets opened this morning in a move to calm jitters following a pair of bank collapses. mr. biden declaring the banking system is safe and telling customers your deposits will be there when you need them. new york s signature bank
deleting photos of a rare political protest in beijing. two large banners denounced president xi and his covid crackdown and his covid crackdown. hello and welcome to our look ahead and what the papers in bring us tomorrow. with me is sean griffith the educational editor for the sunday times. thank you for being here. thank you for being here. the times says senior conservatives are holding talks about replacing liz truss with a joint ticket of rishi sunak and penny mordaunt as part of a coronation by mps. while the daily mail spells it out in more stark terms as they claim mutinous conservative mps have given liz truss 17 days to save herjob. the financial times suggests liz truss is preparing to rip up the government s controversial mini budget in a desperate attempt to rebuild market confidence and save her embryonic premiership. the i says any major u turn could cast doubt on the chancellor s future as he faces questions over his credibility. the daily telegraph h
to europe through the nord stream one pipeline but at the same reduced level as before it was closed for repairs ten days ago. there had been concerns that moscow would not resume the deliveries. italy s prime minister, mario draghi, has arrived to meet president mattarella to hand in his resigantion after three main coalition allies snubbed him in a senate confidence vote. a new report suggests doctors have effectively cured the rare bleeding disorder haemophilia b. england s lionesses fight back to reach the semi finals of the euros an extra time time winner from georgia stanway sees them come from behind to beat spain hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. two candidates are left in the race to replace borisjohnson, as rishi sunak and liz truss, go head to head to become the next prime minister. a key battle ground will be taxation, and in her first major broadcast interview of the race this morning, ms truss has insisted that the tax cuts sh