the wobble, i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster joining you just ahead on cnn newsroom. a major earthquake has killed hundreds of people in syria and turkey. the strongest earthquake in 100 years or more of record keeping.h and rescue operations, of course, very, very difficult. how and when president joe biden was informed about the suspected chinese spy balloon. china s now accusing the u.s. of overreacting. in fact, it s not just the balloon. it s the message to send the world that we can do whatever we want and america can t stop us. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. this monday, february 6th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 12:00 p.m. in turkey, search and rescue crews are working desperately to find people trapped in a major earthquake that struck in the early hoursch this morning. turkey s vice president said as least 280 people have died. 2200 are injured. and thousands of rescue engineers are headed to the region.
p.m. in turkey, search and rescue crews are working desperately to find people trapped in a major earthquake that struck in the early hoursch this morning. turkey s vice president said as least 280 people have died. 2200 are injured. and thousands of rescue engineers are headed to the region. the u.s. geological center says that the epicenter likely will continue in the hours and days to come. a little journalist who spoke to cnn earlier described the scene. reporter: i was sitting up there at the house, we were asleep. and tried to get them to stay under the roof, under the doors. and i tried to confirm it, and i was trying to calm them down,