welcome to the programme. the updates from turkey and syria are relentlessly grim. the deathtoll has now passed 20,000 but only a fraction of the devastated areas have been searched, with hope fading for those still trapped. though there are still miracles. these pictures have recently come in from diyarbakir and they show a little boy, six year old basir yildiz, being rescued. crews had been digging for him for 80 hours. but even for the lucky ones like basir, there are challenges ahead. the world health organization has talked about a new disaster, with thousands unable to find shelter, food and water. help is arriving the first aid has crossed into syria, through the one border crossing point that is open. and in the last hour, the director general of the who, dr tedros ghebreyesus, has said he is on his way to syria. for the latest, our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in southern turkey. it s hard here in southern turkey really hard here, but it s
hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states, and all around the, world i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, the window for miracles is closing in turkey and syria s quake zone, as search and rescue efforts will soon become a recovery mission. plus, this is a blue collar to rebuild america. after the state of the union address, president biden takes this economic message on the road, and later, a massive military parade in north korea that highlighted numerous ballistic missiles thought to be capable of hitting the united states. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. it is 10 am across turkey and syria where the death toll from the worst earthquake in a century has climbed to nearly 16,000. in northern syria, there are huge mountains of rubble where residential buildings once stood. damascus as close to 300,000 people have been forced from their homes, and that is only in the parts of syria under government co
georgia. we ll look at what that means. the u.s. and china meet face-to-face at the munich security conference for the first time since that suspected spy balloon was shot down. we re live from munich and from asia with the latest. and why one environmental health expert says it s best to, quote, stay away from the area after the train derailment in east palestine, ohio. after a series of short hospital stays, former u.s. president jimmy carter has decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care. those words part of a statement issued saturday by the carter center about the 98-year-old former president. cnn s jeff zeleny has more from washington. reporter: former president jimmy carter, america s longest-living president at age 98, is now in hospice care. saturday afternoon the carter center, his presidential library and museum in atlanta, announcing that the former president would be spending his days in plains, georgia. they ackn
president jimmy carter is receiving hospice care at his georgia home. we ll bring you the latest reaction. and plus as blinken meets face-to-face with his chinese counterpart, what the secretary of state said about the balloon shootdown over the u.s. and more on a disturbing report that thousands of ukrainian children have been forcibly relocated to russia. we ll talk to a human rights advocate about what is being done to end that.center, this is have not newsroom with kim brunh brunhuber. from georgia and around the world, people are sending thoughts and praying for peace and comfort for former u.s. president jimmy carter. his family says he has decided to begin hospice care at home. priscilla alvarez has more. reporter: former president jimmy carter has begun to receive hospice care. they say after a series of short hospital stays, jimmy carter decided to remain his remaining time at home with hospice care. and it went on to say that he has the full support of his
foregoing medical treatment and deciding instead to receive hospice care at his home. we will take a look at the 98-year-old s health and reaction coming in from around the world. plus top diplomats from the u.s. and china meeting after the shoot down of that suspected spy balloon. live in munich and tokyo to help repair strained relations. and secretary blinken on his way to turkey to assess the damage of the deadly earthquake. we will take to you istanbul for a preview of his upcoming trip. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. on this sunday morning across the united states people from georgia, across the u.s. and around the world are praying for peace and comfort for former u.s. president jimmy carter. a statement from the carter center reads in part, after a series of short hospital stays, former u.s. president jimmy carter has decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of add