i m victor blackwell. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the news out of morocco of a devastating erk. the official death toll has risen to 1,037 deaths after a powerful magnitude 6.8 quake. the strongest to hit the north african nation in more than a century, it struck late last night, centered in the mountains surrounding marakesh, a tourist destination. the world health organization says more than 300,000 people in that city were affected. officials say there are more than 1,000 confirmed injuries, too, and with the sun up now, there is a race to reach victims in the most affected areas. but officials say rescue teams are struggling to get to those places. cnn s ben wedeman joins us now. rescue efforts are under way, but there is a concern this morning about aftershocks, especially knowing that morocco s infrastructure is not built for these kinds of large quakes. reporter: this is not considered a quake zone, in fact, and one of the problems is this earthquak
magnitude earthquake, the strong oft to hit the north african nation in more than a century. the quake struck late last night, centered in the high mountains around the tourist destination of marrakech. the quake brought down buildings and homes and people ran into the streets. look at this video, two men run when they begin to feel the shaking. moments later you see panicked people running by and then rubble falling where those men were just moments before. look at that. there you go. there s the rubble falling. nearly 700 people were reportedly injured in the quake. and now there is a race to reach the victims in the most affected area. but officials say rescue teams are struggling to get to some of these places. cnn s ben wedeman is joining us now, he s following this story, ben, we know that this large earthquake hit around 11:00 p.m. local time so a lot of people must have been sleeping. what are the latest on the rescue efforts and tell us about the concerns that mo
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have any jokes, man. i m and i will do it next time when my city and i m happy that this went great, it will do the job. next time. we ll do the jokes next time, i ll all the best to your heart goes out to you and everybody who was at that field tonight, what a night. thanks so much. roy wood junior it s a terrific, as always. thank you. thanks for watching everybody. anderson cooper 360 next, have a good night tonight on 360. he s been talking plenty about revenge lately now, the former president, it takes it one step further, amplifying calls for chasing you down perceived opponents and for the first time one of his most prominent targets is responding tonight on 360. also tonight breaking news on the judge trump appointed who s now slow one walking through his classified documents, case, new reporting that her own boss, the chief judge, asked her not to take the case and later, life and remarkable career of donalds sutherland, who died today at 88 good evening. thank