moment. that is it for us this afternoon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. the state of our union is the lead is starting right now. president big tonit s address before a died congress and country to tout his accomplishments. and perhaps lay out his case for another term. but how might his message land with the american people who according to polls disapprove of the job he s doing. rare cries of joy as a little girl and her younger sibling are pulled from the rubble alive. a small bit of good news amid the growing death and destruction from the earthquake in turkey and syria. the death toll now soaring to more than 7,200 people. then, if you ve flown in the past few weeks, you know the skies are not very friendly. cancel takeoff clearance. delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance. an i-team meltdown, one airline grounded during the holidays, two runway near misses, now lawmakers want answers. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper on capitol hill
as c-17 cargo planes from the uae flew quickly to the quake-stricken area. now 25,000, the turkish search and rescue crew is on the mission. and more estimates 5,000 people is coming from the other country. reporter: survivors at this gas station are desperately trying to fill up and find safety away from the destruction. lines stretch throughout the airport with cancellations expected for at least three days and turkey s erdogan declaring a state of emergency for the next three months, passengers slowly resigned to the fact that there may be no escape anytime soon. and jake, likely no escape for those who are caught underneath the rubble in the building behind me here. this was until 4:15 a.m. on
moment. that is it for us this afternoon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. the state of our union is the lead is starting right now. president big tonit s address before a died congress and country to tout his accomplishments. and perhaps lay out his case for another term. but how might his message land with the american people who according to polls disapprove of the job he s doing. rare cries of joy as a little girl and her younger sibling are pulled from the rubble alive. a small bit of good news amid the growing death and destruction from the earthquake in turkey and syria. the death toll now soaring to more than 7,200 people. then, if you ve flown in the past few weeks, you know the skies are not very friendly. cancel takeoff clearance.
we re back with our world lead and the tragedy in turkey and syria following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit early monday morning. here s what we know right now. the death toll at last count has risen to 7,200 people. the first quake was followed by a destructive 7.5 magnitude aftershock nine hours later. that was just one of more than 125 other aftershocks, according to the u.s. geological survey. at least 6,000 buildings in southern turkey and northern syria have completely collapsed. now cnn s becky anderson brings us up closer to the utter devastation. from underneath the destruction, the momentary sigh of relief as search and rescue teams find a sign of life while sifting through the rubble. but moments later, another lifeless body is found. monday s devastating quake has left an ever-growing death toll