hello. i m abby philip in washington. a desperate search is under way for survivors after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck turkey and syria. the death toll is now more than 2500 and aid from across the world is pouring in. the aftermath of this is catastrophic. this was the strongest earthquake to hit that area in more than 100 years, and it struck while nearly everyone was asleep. hundreds of people this hour are still believed to be trapped. massive high rises reduced to rubble, as more than 50 aftershocks some as strong as 7.5 magnitude, make matters even worse for rescue crews. one survivor capturing this horrific moment that the building collapsed. floor after floor falling as people run from a massive debris cloud. nearby, another collapse. look at this. and video of dramatic rescues are also coming in. this child pulled from the wreckage. crews are now hoping to uncover more miracles in the rubble. cnn s scott mcclain will lead us off here. scott, a massive r
welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing a remarkable news day with us. we begin with a brazen spy drama. straight to the pentagon, the briefing on a chinese balloon over montana. conducting press briefings in our temporary press briefing room while other primary location undergoes technical renovations and upgrades. we greatly appreciate your patience and flexibility as we work to install some long, overdue upgrades to the pentagon press briefing room. because we do not have internet or phone capability in this area of the pentagon for a variety of reasons, our normal call in options will not be available so for those who have had to call in, we apologize for the inconvenience. however, we will aim to get our briefing transcripts and the audio as quickly as possible for reporting purposes and we ll aim to answer your questions through our dod press desk when you send them to us. moving forward we ll look at ways to improve our briefi
thing. the pentagon briefing has begun, let s go there. the pentagon for a variety of reasons our normal call-in options will not be available, for those that have had to call in, we apologize. we will get it up as quickly as possible for reporting purposes and answer questions from the dod press desk. moving forward we ll look at ways to improve briefing operations and expect regular press briefings will resume in the press briefing room in middle to late may. we appreciate your patience and extend our thanks to department of air force for using airmen s hall for temporary briefing home. secretary austin returned yesterday from a productive series of meetings in the republic of korea in the philippines, the secretary and his counterpart reaffirmed measures for deterrence on the korean peninsula, and pledge to closely cooperate regarding assets in the future, as well as further expand and bolster level and scale of combined exercises and training. in the philippines, secret
through the russian lines, seize territory. that s going to take longer. i think realistically, by mid-summer, you can expect to see these tanks being used somewhat effectively by the ukrainian forces, perhaps by the by fall being able to put together big attacks. that s a bit of a trench from where we stand stretch from where we stand at the moment. when they get these tanks in their hands they have greater maneuverability, fire capability, fire further, fire faster, which means they re more destructive and they can maneuver on the battlefield better and fight at night and shoot at one target while hunting another target. all of these things make them more effective. and from what we ve seen here in the forests here, these huge beasts, 60 tons, move with really lightning speed, racing around the forest here right now, i can tell you they re hiding in the forest because part of the military exercise tonight is that the french commandos are going to try to
capability, long-range fire capability that will enable them to conduct operations in defense of their country and take back their sovereign territory and russian occupied areas. when it comes to ukrainians plans on operations, clearly that is their decision, i will not talk about or speculate about future operations, we ve been working with them to provide them with capabilities that will enable them to be effective on the battlefield. follow-up to that, can you talk specifically about this particular group of capabilities, how are they tailored to what is happening in ukraine now? for instance, equipment that connects various air defense systems, can you speak to why the specific package now? sure. so again, it is important to look at this from an evolution standpoint in terms of adapting to conditions on the ground.