lord, what a shocking moment there from turkey. good morning to you this monday, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. the death toll continues to rise after this catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck near the border of turkey and syria. more than 1,800 people are now reported dead, but there are concerns that that number could ultimately reach into the tens of thousands. at this hour desperate rescue operations underway. crews searching for survivors who may be trapped under piles of rubble. here you see this is the moment that a child you see in the arms there of that rescue worker, a child was pulled from debris this was in northwest syria, a region which of course already heavily impacted after years of a bloody civil war. in each city, in each village, across northwest sudan there are people under rubble. the number of trapped people under the rubble, it s countless up to now. we don t have exact number. countless. multiple powerful after shocks have al
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