hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim bruen herber. ahead on cnn newsroom. clinging to hope that survivors can still be found, trapped under the mountain of rubble in turkey and syria. well, the u.s. vice president, mike pence was subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump. what we learned from his testimony. and, russia s new offensive appears to be getting underway in zaporizhzhia s energy infrastructure among the targets. it is ten a.m. across turkey and syria with the death toll from monday s earthquake has now risen to more than 21,000. the hopes are fading that rescuers can find any more survivors. this is the scene in southern turkey, emergency crews blow their whistles when they hear noises under debris that call for silence. but the destruction is immense, an entire neighborhood reduced to rubble under the thousands of families left homeless. many are sleeping in their cars or
only humanitarian corridor approved by the u.n. between turkey and rebel held areas of syria. delivery is critical for syrians, a living in those territories, and not under the government control. the secretary general says more help is underway. but, much more is needed. additionally, antonio guterres says the group s lead more than one way into northern syria. here he is. this is the moment of unity, it is the moment to politicize our to divide but it is obvious that we need massive support. and, so i will be, of course, very happy if the council would reach a consensus to allow for more crossings to be used. so, if you re looking for information on how to help earthquake survivors, you could go to cnn.com, slash impact. and, there you can find a list of organizations working on rescue and relief efforts. in south africa, the ongoing electricity crisis of prompted,
absolutely, kim, we are tracking developments particularly lee in syria, access there for journalists. they are relying on aid workers and volunteers on the ground to give us information. they tell us the latest death toll is nearly three and a half thousand people killed, more than 5000 people wounded and, kim, the need on the ground there is just enormous. people who absolutely are in dire need of help were in dire need of hope. even before this tragedy unfolded. we did see, yesterday, a very first yuan aid convoy able to cross into rebel health northern syria. we do have some images to show you of what that place looks like, this tiny on clay, right in the north in the province. really, a community of people who have had to rely on nothing but themselves. it has been absolutely devastated by this earthquake, it s relying by this volunteer group, white helmets have been working. more than 90 hours since the
search teams. but, no matter how much aid is getting, through it s nowhere near enough union official says that people in turkey and syria need more up absolutely everything. cnn s jomana karadsheh reports. and the lines in the road, a devastated city cry for help after by a nation in shock, united in plane these men tell us that they drove more than eight hours caring diapers, water and bread. whatever they can do to help students get all the need. destruction in every corner of the city to spare mother nature s wrath. so, even the part of the city, you can still see that there are cracks all over the building. they sustained damage, so we re gonna help the walk through here pretty fast. we just don t know how stable the structures are right now in second, shattered, live a district. the city in its people left broken. i am confused.
machine here, four days, he s desperately been trying to get his parents out. our government helps, but it s not enough, obviously. so, we are trying to get our people by our own. and we need to. we need everyone who can come and help us. he tells us that he saw his mother s under the rubble. i am not able to reach. or she s there. i see her but i cannot touch her. i understand, my mother is dead. i m trying to get my mother. with every passing hour, for many, here the agonizing wait ends. as the gut wrenching reality sinks in. germany karachi, cnn, a scandalous, turkey. just a shattering scene there. let s head to a stumble on cnn salma abdelaziz. and salma, what is the latest there where you are in turkey and in syria as well?