debris of that shot down balloon off of the south carolina coast. and now, residents are forced to evacuate from that train derailment that is a massive inferno. that is what we are watching this hour. i m kristen fisher in for kate bolduan, and we are beginning with the story overseas. a power 7.8 magnitude earthquake has killed more than 2,300 people in turkey and syria, and the death toll is expected to rise significantly possibly into the tense of of thousands. and this is rescue crews frantically searching to survivors, but the efforts are hampered by big aftershocks. we begin with jomana karadsheh in istanbul, turkey, and bring us up to date with the frantic search for survivors. it is an absolutely devastating situation, kristen, and across the border as well, and we have seen the death toll continue to steadily rise over the past few hours where more than 2,300 people confirmed kill and more than 1,500 of them here in turkey and hundreds killed in syria, both in r
really developing. it is not known what the chinese is trying to do with this thing despite the apology issued this morning. the chinese government saying it is wayward weather research balloon. let s get to it, and even more mounting at the hour. and first to kiley adwood who is here with me. what are you hearing from the state department about blinken s trip now being postponed, kiley? we just got off of the phone with the senior white house official, and they they this balloon is violating international law and sovereignty. and this morning, secretary blinken called his counterpart and said that the conditions are not right for this trip. so it is a last-minute cancellation. we don t have a date for when is going to be replanned. i asked what are the conditions for this trip to be rescheduled, and they would not say. they said that china regrets this, but what the united states is clear on is their assessment, that it is a chinese spy balloon, and it is over u.s. territo
this incident was heinous, reckless, and inhumane and in the vain of transparency, when the video is released in the coming days you will see this for yourselves. i expect you to feel outraged in the disregard of basic human rights as our police officers have taken an oath to do the opp opposite of what transpired on the video. good morning we re glad you could join us, i m live in memphis. poppy is in new york. and kaitlan is on assignment. any day now the video of the beating that led to tyre nichols death will be released. we re live on the ground for you. look again, the national archives weighing whether to ask former presidents and vice presidents to check for any classified documents. what four presidents told cnn. plus this. the administrator down played the report from the teacher and the possibility of a gun saying, and i quote, well, he has little pockets. this is outrageous. more questions this morning about the 6-year-old who shot this shot his teacher.
plus, hunter biden is now fighting back and now calling for a criminal investigation into those sharing his personal information. and the lead prosecutors in memphis is considering additional charges in the beating death of tyre nichols. this is what we are watchingt that hour. thank you all for being here. i m kate bolduan, and several stories developing overseas. russia is releasing a fresh barrage of missiles in the hub city of kramatorsk. you can see the search crews there, and so many scrambling for safety, and our cnn crew was caught dangerously close to that. also big news out of asia. secretary of defense lloyd austin just announced increased military access in the philippines. it is coming as the fears are growing over a potential chinese invasion of taiwan. also news out of the middle east. iran is threatening to retaliate over a drone attack on an iranian military facility. we go to fred pleitgen. you and your team were close to these military strikes i