quote, it felt like armageddon. the lead starts right now. a new baby, one of the thousands of innocent people killed earlier today in that catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked turkey and syria. the scramble to reach the people buried alive beneath crumbles buildings. then, we re learning more about china s suspected spy balloon shot down over the united states, including the concern that it may have had explosives onboard. plus, arrests in a neo-nazi plot to completely destroy an american city by targeting electrical substations. the details coming up on the wild conspiracy. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead. the frantic search for survivors after the devastating earthquake that so far has killed more than 3,400 people. a number that tragically continues to grow, seemingly every hour. the earthquake striking turkey and syria earlier this morning. powerful aftershocks complicating the rescue efforts, making things
it an awareness gap, which might explain why former trump officials said they were unaware of the incursions. the administration explained that biden has ordered additional as sets to detect chinese spying efforts. we are also able to go back and look at the historical patterns, and that led us to come to understand that during the trump administration, as you said, there were multiple instances where these surveillance balloons traversed american air space and american territory. reporter: now, i m told, jake, that neither u.s. officials nor chinese officials have proposed a new date for the secretary of state s renewed visit to beijing. there s no date on the calendar, that s something, of course, we ll continue to watch. and when it comes to who knew what went on the chinese side, like if president xi knew that this balloon was going to be coming over the u.s. at this time, or if the ministry of foreign affairs knew that as they were planning blinken s visit, the national securi