the rubble in a desperate search for survivors. meanwhile here in washington president joe biden will deliver the state of the union address tonight. we ll go through what we will and won t hear from the president. and we ll have the latest from ukraine where more signs are pointing to a major offensive campaign coming from the russian army. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 7th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the death toll following that powerful earthquake in syria and turkey has now passed 5,000 people, and it continues to climb. a 7.8 magnitude tremor hit the region early yesterday along with multiple after shocks including a 7.5 magnitude quake that struck just hours later. tens of thousands have been injured, and search and rescue efforts are under way to find people who may still be trapped under the rubble. more than 6,000 buildings collapsed in turkey. some of that footage was caught by bystanders
The taliban have now banned Women In Afghanistan from working for non Governmental Organisations saying they are breaking strict dress codes. Just days ago the taliban barred women from studying at university. You are watching bbc news. Now its time for weather world. This time on weather world we are at Raf Coningsby which hit the uks highest Temperature Record this summer. And i will find out how Severe Weather effects operations here. I am here at the uks National Meteorological archive and i will find out how the new Record Temperature and all Weather Observations are used to paint a picture of the uk and the worlds changing climate. If we want to understand the climate of the future, we need to understand the climate now and the climate going back into the past. All these Sleeping Bags and tents are for people in pakistan still homeless after a devastating flood. I will report on the bigger storms of the year and look at what happened after Weather Disasters strike. I am at Raf Co
tonight cnn will join the global celebration live from times square with our hosts anderson cooper and andy cohen. the action gets started at 8:00. and today we are honoring the life and legacy of trailblazing journalist barbara walters. she passed away in her home at the age of 9 3. she is of course known for her decades-long broadcasting career and interviews with world leaders and celebrities. walters interviewed every u.s. president and first lady since the nixon administration, and the first female news anchor when she joined nbc. here s a look back at some of her memorable interviews. are you sorry you didn t burn the tapes? you have been described a she duck tres, stal knowledger, bimbo. why did you kill john lennon? i never put on a seductive face. does he hit you? he shakes. he pushes. he swings. some people smiled when he said that. what do you think he saw in our soul? tributes pouring in including connie chung. chung tells cnn she not only pa
the chinese leader said the two countries should continue co operation, without giving details. thank you for your company, ben brown is here at the top of the hour, now weather world. this time on weather world we are at raf coningsby which hit the uk s highest temperature record this summer. and i will find out how severe weather effects operations here. i am here at the national meteorological archive and i will find out how the new record temperature and all weather observations are used to paint a picture of the uk and the world s changing climate. if we want to understand the climate of the future, we need to understand the climate now and the climate going back into the past. all these sleeping bags and tents are for people in pakistan still homeless after a devastating flood. i will report on the bigger storms of the year and look at what happened after weather disasters strike. i am at raf coningsby, not only a place close to my heart in that it is where i began my b