hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. just ahead, aid groups around the world are rushing to help turkey and syria after monday s deadly earthquake. i ll speak with the head of the norwegian refugee council, about the efforts to help survivors. plus, parts of the southern u.s. are surveying damage after severe storms ripped through the area. we re live at the cnn weather center with the latest. and after surprise visits to the u.k. and france, the ukrainian president is headed to belgium where he s been invited to an e.u. summit. we re live in brussels and london, on zelensky s unannounced diplomatic tour of europe. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. the death toll from the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria has nearly doubled in just the past 24 hours. now, more than 16,000. president erdogan
allies to promise to train ukrainian fighter pilots. all this coming at a crucial moment in the war. president zelensky believes they are running out of time as russia ramps up activities on the front line. the russian embassy in london make it clear they are not happy about this development. saying they are actively looking whether to send fighter jets. thanks to claire sebastian joining us live from london. coming off a high from his state of the union address, the u.s. president is hitting key swing states ahead of a possible announcement on whether he will run for re-election. plus, severe storms and possible concerned tornadoes lel of devastation in the southern u.s. we ll look at the damage and show you a suspected twist they re was caught on video.
democratic candidate, has he learned anything from 2016? hillary clinton had a similar strategy by thinking she didn t need to venture out into certain places, that s a form of elitism. if i were him, i would say you should go into these towns like ohio and pennsylvania, you should be going into these areas where there are democratic voters that support president trump. manufacturing, 700% increase from president obama s increase, this is what president trump has done. these voters are going to be with him and he needs to make a difference if he s trying to win for president. shannon: he has been hitting key states, knowing he is going to go after the rust belt, the blue-collar folks who felt like president trump gave them some hope. vanity fair rights is the biden campaign trying to hide the real joe biden? could a general lack of excitement, the sense that he s the safe candidate to be a harbinger of a late cycle upset?