i guess the implications of that incredible as well. will ripley, thank you so much. from taipei tonight. thanks to all of you for join us. see you back here at 9:00. ac 360 starts now. good evening. we begin with the most immediate humanitarian crisis in the world right now. it has been three days since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the region bordering turkey and syria. the number of dead continues to rise from hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands. right now, at least 21,000 people are known to have been killed. another 78,000 injured. because there is far less access to northern syria, the concern is that the casualties there could be far, far worse. we are watching this play out right now from a distance. and from a distance, it looks one way. but up close is where the horror and the heroism is. this disaster is happening one person at a time. in this case, one little girl. we don t know her name. she is about 5 years old. she was rescued after being trapped
good evening leah, begin with the most immediate humanitarian crisis in the world right. now it is been three days since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the region bordering turkey and syria. the number of that continues to rise from hundreds, to thousands, to tens of thousands. right now at least 21,000 people known to have been killed in other 78,000 insured. because, there is far less access to northern syria, the concern is the casualties there could be far worse. we are watching this play out right now from a distance, and from a distance it looks one way. but a close, is where the horror and heroism is. it is disaster is happening one person at a time. in this case, one little girl. we don t know her name, she has bought five years, old she was rescued after being trapped for 89 hours. two other girls a life waiting to be freed. small victories, one at a time, from a distance, small lifeboats on a sea of despair from up close the entire world. from a close as well a
a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the work. i m bianca nobilo from london. max foster has the day off. just ahead roads are damaged, people are dying. now is the time to explore all possible avenues to get aid and personnel into affected areas. special counsel jack smith has issued a subpoena to former vice president mike pence seeking documents and testimony in the january 6 investigation. president biden visited the state of florida on thursday where he sought to drive home the message that he wants to protect social security and medicare. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, february 10, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 12 noon in syria and turkey where the death toll from monday s earthquake has risen to nearly 22,000. and hopes are fading that rescuers can find anymore survivors. this the scene in southern turkey, emergency crews blow their whistles when they hear noises
search teams desperately digging through the earthquake rubble and praying for miracles. plus former vice president subpoenaed, what could mike pence tell the special counsel about trump and january 6. and the fight over america s social safety net, both sides ignoring the cold hard truth, not touching it is not an option. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start. and we begin with the earthquake disaster in turkey and syria where they are clinging to hope that survivors can still be found alive but that hope fading with each passing hour. but there are miraculous stories. overnight two teenage sisters were pulled from the rubble. and the staggers death toll now approaching 22,000, the number of injured in these two countries near 80,000. and salma abdelaziz is live in istanbul. and the story of the sisters is a heartwarming story amid all the tragedy. and now a secondary tragedy, many are forced in to the freezing cold. what i
This is cnn Breaking News. Breaking news here on cnn. Iran set to release five american prisoners at any moment. Right now, a jet is on stand by to bring them from teheran to qatar. Under this deal, the u. S. Has unfrozen 6 billion in iranian money that is supposed to only be used for humanitarian purposes. The u. S. Is also releasing five iranians from prison, two of them are planning to stay in america. Becky, this has been months of negotiations to lead to this point. Where do things stand right now as you sit . Reporter well, it should be the end of what has been a years long nightmare for these five iranianamerican citizens who have been held in iran, and are due for release today, expected to be delivered to the airport at any time, mediating this deal over months, being a friendly nation between the u. S. And iran. No direct negotiations between washington and teheran. Once those hostages are on the flight and wheels are up, it is about a twohour flight to doha, here in qatar, a