a driver stuck in a raging floodwater clings to a rescue worker. they re both hoisted, swinging in the wind before safely landing on solid ground. saturday near los angeles, a dangerous light show. a live wire fell into the water, setting a car on fire. the historic winter weather wallops california with heavy snow. now we re having a bit of trouble because the snow is making it slippery. torrential rain, in some areas, nearly an entire months worth in 48 hours. strong wind gusts creating blizzard-like conditions in the san bernardino county mountains. first time i m seeing snow in a long time. with san francisco seeing its lowest temperature is in over a century. in los angeles, experiencing its first blizzard warning in more than 30 years. san diego, with several water rescues. we just had a vehicle that was in the deep water, unable to drive out and two occupants
even for humanitarian volunteers in this bakhmut meatgrinder, protection, it seems, is scarce. it s so incredible, i just want to show this video one more time, this targeted attack, because you get a sense of just how quiet it was right before this. i mean, there s no, there s no indication that, that this is about to happen. the rescue worker you spoke to give any more clarity about why the russians might be targeting medics in this area? they did, yeah. you re right to point out how quiet it is. i mean, i ve been to bakhmut myself, and it is extremely noisy when there is fighting going on. and so it really is striking the silence that you can hear sort of in the bracket on there. in terms of, you know, why they
Transcript:
The Inside Story: Earthquake
Episode 79 – February 16, 2023
Show Open:
Unidentified Narrator:
An earthquake kills tens of thousands of people -
Leaving hundreds of thousands homeless in Turkey and Syria.
Unidentified Rescue Worker:
We don’t know if.
catastrophic death toll from the earthquake that hit turkey and syria. that number now passing 34,000 people as rescue workers continue a desperate search for survivors. and miraculously continue pulling people out of the rubble. take a look at this new video. it s a rescue worker finding a turkish man who is buried under the rubble for 138 hours. let s go to nbc s matt bradley, joining me again from turkey, with another compelling report. no doubt, matt. we talk about these rescues, their race against time. our aid workers are making progress now where you are? is there any realistic hope of finding more people alive after now a full week of these earthquakes? yeah, alex, not only is it realistic, we ve seen it ourselves. we saw the other night, we saw this morning, there were four people rescued from this massive pile behind me just this morning. the last one as our team showed up. this wasn t part assisted by americans. what we saw after that was at
says they re suspected of shoddy construction, it may have led to the loss of life. the extreme loss of life. certainly, a very difficult situation here, yasmin. more than 33,000 confirmed dead so far. we will talk more about that later on in the hour, as well, gabe. i cannot imagine what it is like to be a rescue worker there, not having the tools you need to rescue the people that are crying for help. that ar beneath the rubble. an unimaginable image to think of in your mind. gabe uterus for us, thank you. breaking news, everybody, in the last hour, the faa temporarily closed airspace in michigan to support the department of defense activities. it has since been reopened. it comes after the third unidentified objects was shot down last night by u.s. fighter jets over canada. raising new questions and concerns. katie simpson is a senior foreign correspondent for the canadian broadcasting