survivors. their cries for help can be heard through the rubble. we need help. we need the international community to do something, to help us, to support us. survivors being pulled from the wreckage including this toddler. i ll speak with a u.n. official about the recovery effort. also this morning, tensions flaerg with china as the u.s. rushes to collect the debris from that spy balloon. china calling it a clear overreaction. the fallout from that hanging over president biden one day out from his second state of the union address. what we know about tomorrow s high stakes speech. we re going to begin with those massive deadly earthquakes rocking turkey and syria. p nbc news foreign correspondent meagan fitzgerald has the latest on the damage. i m joined by senior communications adviser and spokesperson for the u.n. high commissioner for the refugee office for middle east and north africa. the images coming out of the region are horrifying. children being pulled from
rescue crews on both sides of the border continue the frantic search for survivors. also, tensions rising between the united states and china after the biden administration shot down that chinese spy balloon saturday afternoon and criticism from top republicans for the president s decision not to shoot it down sooner. all this as the president puts the final touches on his state of the union address when he s expected to tout his accomplishments including a better than predicted campaign and a preview of his election campaign. good day. as a tragedy of epic proportions is unfolding in turkey and syria, a massive 7.2 earthquake taking nearly 2,000 lives already and devastating commercial and residential areas of both countries. there are also nearly 10,000 people injured and possibly hundreds more still trapped under the rubble from decimated buildings as the aftershocks rip through the region and hinder rescue efforts. those are live pictures in southern turkey of a rescue
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. as president biden gears up for one of the biggest speeches of his political career, can he use tomorrow night s state of the union address to address growing unease among his fellow democrats and drum out growing criticism from republicans over his handling of that chinese spy balloon? brand new polls show president biden isn t the only one facing discontent within his own party. donald trump is, too. the big difference, the dozen or so republicans who appear to be lining up to take trump on. will the bae hive make out better than the swiftys did? with sales about to get under way, the pressure is on ticketmaster to make sure it doesn t crash like it did in november. will today s test impact calls from washington to break up the country. we have a lot to get to. we start with the enormous political stakes in tomorrow night s state of the union address, a speech that will be watched by millions
florida lawmakers can w disney on the docket, the one that ended the tax district after the magic kingdom came out against the don t say gay law. i m hallie jackson in washington, but let s start with nbc news foreign correspondent molly hunter, and nbc news meteorologist bill karins. let s take a look about what we know about the story that has developed quite a bit over the last 18 hours or so. very strong earthquakes, two of them, in a region that includes part of turkey and syria. the first was early in the morning. 7.8 magnitude. the second later in the afternoon, 7.5. we know at least 3,000 people are dead. it s very likely that number, horrifically will go up. rescuers on the ground, countries around the world promising to send help as well. the quakes took place near the turkish city, pretty large, population, more than 2 million people, people as far away as egypt and israel felt this thing. that s the difference between new york and chicago. i want to get to molly
live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. residents in and around myrtle beach are told not to collect debris from a downed chinese spy bloochblt that comes as we are getting one of the best looks yet at the shootdown of the balloon. you re looking at the footage right now. our u.s. fighter jets fired a single missile to crash the craft. right now military crews are scrambling to recover the wreckage. most of it sitting in 47 feet of water. oren lieberman is at the pentagon for us. back to the video we just got from c infer n in the last several minutes just to highlight the clearest image yet that we have where you can see the balloon is popped, essentially, destroyed. you can clearly see what appears to know the surveillance equipment dropping very quickly into the atlantic ocean. i suppose that gives the military, the pentagon, some hope that what they are hoping to retrieve out of the atlantic is salvageable and may offer some clues as to what the chinese we