hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim bruen herber. ahead on cnn newsroom. clinging to hope that survivors can still be found, trapped under the mountain of rubble in turkey and syria. well, the u.s. vice president, mike pence was subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump. what we learned from his testimony. and, russia s new offensive appears to be getting underway in zaporizhzhia s energy infrastructure among the targets. it is ten a.m. across turkey and syria with the death toll from monday s earthquake has now risen to more than 21,000. the hopes are fading that rescuers can find any more survivors. this is the scene in southern turkey, emergency crews blow their whistles when they hear noises under debris that call for silence. but the destruction is immense, an entire neighborhood reduced to rubble under the thousands of families left homeless. many are sleeping in their cars or
battle. he areas. we are protecting europe from a regime that has proven that it only has one desire to destroy the freedom of europe, to be an authoritarian master on the continent. all, right for more, scott mclain joins us from london. so, scott, what s the latest on these attacks and the ukrainian warnings of more to come? hey, good morning kim, yes, so ukrainian officials say that the air raid alert is in effect for the entire country right now. they are warning about a potentially widespread russian missile attack in the country. there have already been explosions reported in the city of kharkiv. and also in separate. remember, these places are on the frontlines. but they are cities that ukraine s top national security official warned earlier this week could be part of a renewed russian offensive. it means the cities where russians have never held before. of course, during these types of missile attacks, the russians are typically going
absolutely, kim, we are tracking developments particularly lee in syria, access there for journalists. they are relying on aid workers and volunteers on the ground to give us information. they tell us the latest death toll is nearly three and a half thousand people killed, more than 5000 people wounded and, kim, the need on the ground there is just enormous. people who absolutely are in dire need of help were in dire need of hope. even before this tragedy unfolded. we did see, yesterday, a very first yuan aid convoy able to cross into rebel health northern syria. we do have some images to show you of what that place looks like, this tiny on clay, right in the north in the province. really, a community of people who have had to rely on nothing but themselves. it has been absolutely devastated by this earthquake, it s relying by this volunteer group, white helmets have been working. more than 90 hours since the
hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim bruen herber. ahead on cnn newsroom. clinging to hope that survivors can still be found, trapped under the mountain of rubble in turkey and syria. well, the u.s. vice president, mike pence was subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump. what we learned from his testimony. and, russia s new offensive appears to be getting underway in zaporizhzhia s energy infrastructure among the targets. it is ten a.m. across turkey and syria with the death toll from monday s earthquake has now risen to more than 21,000. the hopes are fading that rescuers can find any more
there were some hopeful signs. for instance, the portuguese prime minister saying that, look, there is no red lines around sending jets. but frankly they just don t have any to send them. and obviously, european leaders made it clear that they are discussing continually this issue of fighter jets. but obviously, the russians, they are listening as well. president zelenskyy said, that look, we need to do this faster than the russians. well, the russians announced they ll be stepping up their production of their own weapons and response to this tour of zelenskyy, in their, words begging for weapons from the west. kim? all right, thank you so much. scott mclain in london. well, russian casualties mounting the wagner mercenary group, made a surprised announcement. it will no longer recruit russian prisoners to fight the invasion. tens of thousands have already been sent to the front lines, and it s not clear why the strategy is shifting. cnn s frederik plankton reports. wagner mercen