hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. just ahead, aid groups around the world are rushing to help turkey and syria after monday s deadly earthquake. i ll speak with the head of the norwegian refugee council, about the efforts to help survivors. plus, parts of the southern u.s. are surveying damage after severe storms ripped through the area. we re live at the cnn weather center with the latest. and after surprise visits to the u.k. and france, the ukrainian president is headed to belgium where he s been invited to an e.u. summit. we re live in brussels and london, on zelensky s unannounced diplomatic tour of europe. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. the death toll from the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria has nearly doubled in just the past 24 hours. now, more than 16,000. president erdogan
. a warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom we are sadly now into the window where so many of the ambulances will likely be taking people who perished. i hate to disappoint you, but the biden economic plan is working. this is a blue collar blueprint to rebuild america. responsible nation would have put out some kind of statement saying head s up, this is heading your way. just want to let you know. it is thursday, february 9. in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 16,000. rescue crews are getting desperate to find survivors. in northern syria, there are mountains of rubble. officials in damascus say close to 300,000 people have been forced from their homes. this video shows a crew working to clear debris despite limited resources. and white helmets are digging mass graves for the victims. the syrian government wants international sanctions lifted so
what a moment. remember when we were on the court last week and we did that interview with tnt, they asked us about that and i got the note from kareem, he said he was very proud. people thought that he d be upset that someone is taking his record. but he said he was very proud and he was on the court last night. what a night. good morning, everyone. we re for getting we re on television. you can see we re this washington. the capitol is behind us and it is another big day for washington. the state of the union happening last night and president biden delivering his second address to a divided congress. he was heckled and booed and kept the focus on issues impacting middle america. highlights straight ahead. also survivors are still be pulled from the rubble in turkey and syria. the death toll has now risen to 9500 people from that earthquake. see the heartbreaking images this devastating story. we ll take you live to turkey. and we begin with president biden facing a
to the captain, police. you see magic johnson there as well. lebron is now a laker. kareem still a legend. that s all for now. abby phillip picks up our coverage right now. hello and thank you for joining us, i m abby phillip in washington. president biden has just arrived in wisconsin after last night s optimistic and at times fiery state of the union address. it is no accident that after he repeatedly vowed to finish the job, the president s first stop is in a 2024 battleground state. and last night, when he wasn t listing his economic gains and bipartisan policy wins, biden was sparring with republican hecklers. some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. i m not saying it s the majority. let me give you anybody who doubts it, contact my office, i ll give you a copy, i ll give you a copy of the proposal. i m not politely not naming them, but it s being proposed by some of you. look and there was another key moment that may have stolen the sho
shawn. the executive rails visit as a people living in the crash site say they are frustrated both the state and federal response for their also blaming a railroad for this disaster. this is fema is sending a support team to the area after first denying ohio governor mike to winds at for a disaster declaration. eric is live the site with the very latest. actually where the meeting was. what do we know about fema s response and what they are doing today? the incident response team will be arriving here today that is a welcome news for folks here who have been asking for all of the help they can get in response to this disaster. here is the america east policy this morning on fox and friends. i guess they are finally showing up. i think it is a little late. i m glad they re coming but they should be here long before this. also in town as you mentioned ceo of the railway responsible for this disaster that is sent cancer-causing chemicals into the town s air, water, soil. o