Place here, theres three more, as you can see in the difference. You cant see that clearly at the moment, but you can see the stretches out there as well. Now, this has been one of the hardest areas to get to for a long time. It had to be helicopters. Weve driven it, and that took many hours. You can see the Rescue Workers are here now. These helicopters are coming in to pick up either survivors, or bodies and to take them away two major hospitals in cities that havent been so badly affected. Theyre also running from here, into the remote villages that are still completely cut off by road. Theyve done a remarkable job, at actually getting the road open as far as we are. It took a long time and it is quite scary because its quite clear the wrong could happen if there was another trump. Or it could come back down. This is another house and Apartment Block that has been completely flattened. It was here that we saw the body of that young woman i mentioned, being taken away. Theyve got in
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
reporter: back now to the death of former secretary of state henry kissinger at the age of 100. msnbc nightly news anchor lester holt reports on the life and legacy of the controversial figure who played a major role in american diplomacy for decades. thank you. nice to see you all. reporter: he was brilliant, ambitious, controversial, and one of the most influential secretaries of state in american history. i think we made for the progress. reporter: henry kissinger served richard nixon, gerald ford, and was consulted by presidents of both parties on international issues throughout his life. henry kissinger has been a friend of mine. reporter: nixon made him a national figure, and together, they reimagined u.s. foreign policy. détente with the soviet union, relations with china, shuttle diplomacy in the middle east. kissinger helped to shape nixon s policy in vietnam and negotiated in the end to the war. famously declaring success prematurely just days before
,,,,,. ,,,,,,. . ,,,,,,. . ,,. ,,,,. ,. . ,,,,,,. ,,,. ,,. ,,. ,,. ,,? ,,,,,,,,,,. ,,,. ,. ,. ,,. . ,,,,,,. ,. but every day is a good day, tomorrow is officially the last day of this four-day pause. and so, the next question will be, whether the possibility of extending that pause for more hostages to be released, and also more palestinian prisoners to be released. that does in fact happen. kieran, one more question for. you do you, know or have any sense about how long it is expected to take until these hostages are crossing into the border to israel? that s a great question. you know, the difficulty is that, while we are hearing that handover has happened, we are not being told exactly what time it happened. so it is incredibly difficult standing here, or frankly for, any of us honestly to know. but based on the experience of the past few days i would say, anytime now, we would get the news that these hostages have indeed been handed over to israeli authorities. and
coming up this hour, home free. the emotional homecoming as the first group of hostages released by hamas are united with loved ones. a second set of hostages is expected to be released any moment now. we will have a live report of what is happening in the region and whether this fragile truce between israel and hamas can continue to hold. shock and awful. congress prepares to return next week, and nearly reach revealed interview highlights the extreme and shocking views of knew how speaker, mike johnson. even comparing abortion to an american holocaust. we ll have more on that in his mar-a-lago meeting with donald trump. later, sounding the alarm. a call for conservative leaders to stand up for donald trump s assault on the constitution. judge michael bedyk joins me live to a new legal movement to counter the danger of a second trump presidency. all of that and more is coming up. any moment now we are expecting news of yet another release of hostages by hamas in exchange for