Thank you, my, friends enjoy the rest of your. Evening good evening to you, welcome to ayman. We have some Breaking News out of morocco this hour. Unfortunately, Tragically Thousands are dead after a deadly 6. 8 magnitude earthquake struck near the city of marrakech. We will have the update in just a moment on that tragedy. Plus, a major win for prosecutors in georgia as a judge rules against mark meadows. But that could be a huge setback for donald trump. And senator tubervilles blockade, his colleagues wont call him out, but those who actually served will. Im Ayman Mohyeldin, lets get started. We start overseas with the powerful earthquake which has killed more than 2000 people, injuring more than 2000 others in moroccos Southern Region. Search and rescue teams are still reaching some of the most affected areas, many of which are remote in mountains as we see that staggering death toll continue to rise. Sky news correspondent adam parsons is in marrakech. Then marrakech is having to
Everyone was scared. And i was shocked and didnt understand what was happening. I thought it was only my house that was moving because its fragile and old. I heard people screaming. Everyone went out of their houses. The street is full of people and women screaming thats what happened. Even now, people cant go back home home because theyre still afraid. Look at this video two, men, you see them run because they feel the shaking. Moments later, you see the panic, more people running and then this, Rubble Falling when a hand had been moments before. Wow, wow. Nearly 700 people were reportedly injured in the quake. And now there is a race to reach the victims in the most affected areas. But Officials Say teams are struggling to get to those places. Cnns ben wedeman is on the ground now. Ben, whats the latest in terms of the Rescue Efforts . Reporter well, those Rescue Efforts have been intense over the last few hours. Unfortunately, you know, the epicenter is about 45 mile to the southwes
i m victor blackwell. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the news out of morocco of a devastating erk. the official death toll has risen to 1,037 deaths after a powerful magnitude 6.8 quake. the strongest to hit the north african nation in more than a century, it struck late last night, centered in the mountains surrounding marakesh, a tourist destination. the world health organization says more than 300,000 people in that city were affected. officials say there are more than 1,000 confirmed injuries, too, and with the sun up now, there is a race to reach victims in the most affected areas. but officials say rescue teams are struggling to get to those places. cnn s ben wedeman joins us now. rescue efforts are under way, but there is a concern this morning about aftershocks, especially knowing that morocco s infrastructure is not built for these kinds of large quakes. reporter: this is not considered a quake zone, in fact, and one of the problems is this earthquak
magnitude earthquake, the strong oft to hit the north african nation in more than a century. the quake struck late last night, centered in the high mountains around the tourist destination of marrakech. the quake brought down buildings and homes and people ran into the streets. look at this video, two men run when they begin to feel the shaking. moments later you see panicked people running by and then rubble falling where those men were just moments before. look at that. there you go. there s the rubble falling. nearly 700 people were reportedly injured in the quake. and now there is a race to reach the victims in the most affected area. but officials say rescue teams are struggling to get to some of these places. cnn s ben wedeman is joining us now, he s following this story, ben, we know that this large earthquake hit around 11:00 p.m. local time so a lot of people must have been sleeping. what are the latest on the rescue efforts and tell us about the concerns that mo
deliberations about to resume in donald trump s criminal trial. what the jury is asking to hear for a second time will be revealed in a matter of moments. stay tuned for that. good morning. could be quite a day. we ll see. i m bill hemmer in new york city. dana: i woke up ready to go. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we have a lot to get to. former president trump heading downtown for day two of deliberations. trump and his team must remain at the courthouse as the jury decides whether to convict him of 34 counts of falsifying business records. bill: the former president s fate in the hands of 12 new yorkers. they deliberated 4 1/2 hours day one and ended the day with a few requests from the judge. dana: they want to rehear testimony from david pecker and michael cohen and then they also asked the judge to repeat his instructions. those things are expected to happen when court resumes less than 30 minutes from now. bill: our legal team is ready to go.