Have been hit the hardest. This is the first earthquake of such magnitude to hit the area in more than 100 years. Lets go right to nbc news Foreign Correspondent matt bradley. What do we know about the efforts that are underway . Yes so far we are seeing local authorities and the military trying to bring people out of the wreckage. As you, said the death toll is now at 8000. It was only a couple hours ago the death toll is at 800. A couple hours before it was at 600. As you know from the earthquake that happened in turkey back in february, they have a way of climbing very high after Rescue Workers are able to get in and extracting dead bodies. Thats when we start to see these numbers going up and up. As you mentioned this is a 6. 8 magnitude earthquake according to the geological survey. That is the strongest earthquake to strike this country and 123 years. As you mentioned, this was in the high atlas mountains. About 50 miles away from the historic city america. There was some damage
to say about the possibility of taking the witness stand in his own defense in the classified documents case. and also ahead an update on president biden s covid status following the first lady s infection as he s set to leave today for a major summit overseas. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, september 7th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with the first major hearing for the fulton county election interference case that ended in a loss for two defendants. sidney powell and kenneth chesebro were denied their requests to split their trials. the pair each requested speedy trials but did not want to be in court together. district attorney fani willis is still pushing to keep all 19 codefendants together, trying them all on the expedited trial date that chesebro was granted. now, fulton county superior court judge scott mcafee did not seemed convinced that could be possible. it just seems a bit unrealistic
jamie raskin: umm, you know tommy left us a note, and the note said, please forgive me. my illness won today. look after each other, the animals, and the global poor for me, all my love, tommy. umm, so, he didn t have anything in there about take some time off. (laughs) and, uh. crowd: usa! usa! usa! usa! jamie raskin: why is america such an extraordinary country? we are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity, or one ideology, or one religion. we re unified by one constitution and one rule of law, and then the values under our constitution. it is an aspiration. it s a challenge to us. the constitution shouldn t be some kind of fetish document. it should be the living commitment that we all have to make democracy work in service of the common good. that is the constitution that comes out of the civil war and reconstruction. that is the constitution that we ve been fighting for since then. and we ve got to keep fighting for it. crowd: trump! trump! trump! trump! trum
the new details about when the temporary cease-fire between israel and hamas will begin, and what we are learning tonight about the hostages expected to be released. going nowhere fast. heading home for the holidays means a sea of brake lights on interstate 95. it s slow going in delaware. we ve hit 5 miles an hour. i am here at a dog park in new york city where some owners are expressing concern about a mysterious illness affecting dogs in several states. what to watch out for with your dog. just like this is flu season for people, this is flu season for dogs, as well. it is truly addictive. jericka: and we are serving up some tips on the sport that is sweeping the nation. how to perfect and protect your pickleball game. you ve just got to give your body time to heal and rest. jericka: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. i m jericka duncan in for norah. we begin tonight with a deadly car explosi
a fire like 30-40 feet high. jericka: two people killed after a car crash into a border checkpoint connecting the u.s. and canada. the fbi is now investigating. the new details about when the temporary cease-fire between israel and hamas will begin at what we are learning tonight about the hostages expected to be released. going nowhere fast. heading home for the holidays means a scene of brake lights on interstate 95. it s slow going in delaware. but we have hit 5 miles an hour. i am here at a dog park in new york city where some owners are expressing concern about a mysterious illness affecting dogs in several states. what to watch out for with your dog. just like this is flu season for people, this is flu season for dogs, as well. it is truly addictive. jericka: and we are serving up some tips on the sport that is sweeping the nation. how to perfect and protect your pickleball game. you got to give your body time to heal and rest. jericka: goo