diminishes the chances of people being saved- diminishes the chances of people being saved. emma pattinson was killed by her being saved. emma pattinson was killed by her husband being saved. emma pattinson was killed by her husband who - being saved. emma pattinson was killed by her husband who then i being saved. emma pattinson was l killed by her husband who then took his own life. grant shapps is elevated to a new role in the cabinet and greg hands has replaced nadhim zahawi as tory party chair. skipping the taliban in search of olympic glory. good afternoon. more than 5,000 people are now known to have died, after yesterday s devastating earthquakes that hit turkey and syria. many more have been injured, as thousands of buildings collapsed. the homeless are now having to endure freezing temperatures without shelter, as rescue teams and local residents scramble to free others trapped in the rubble, with some people being heard crying out in pain for help. the uk hasjo
we re talking breaking news out of turkey where a major earthquake has struck the southern part of the country. officials say the death toll has now risen to at least 17. the u.s. geological survey says the 7.8 magnitude quake was centered east of nadagi in gaziant. p province. officials say multiple buildings have collapsed not just in turkey but also in syria. an aftershock with a magnitude of 6.7 struck northwest of the initial quake about 11 minutes later. a local journalist tells cnn there were up to eight very strong aftershocks in under a minute. let s take you now to cnn s jomana karadsheh for the very latest. more details coming in, jomana? reporter: we are starting to get more and more information, leila, coming from different parts of the country. we heard from the turkish interior minister saying they are getting reports from many places. at least ten provinces across southeastern turkey have been impacted by this major 7.8 magnitude earthquake. according to the
quote, it felt like armageddon. the lead starts right now. a new baby, one of the thousands of innocent people killed earlier today in that catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked turkey and syria. the scramble to reach the people buried alive beneath crumbles buildings. then, we re learning more about china s suspected spy balloon shot down over the united states, including the concern that it may have had explosives onboard. plus, arrests in a neo-nazi plot to completely destroy an american city by targeting electrical substations. the details coming up on the wild conspiracy. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead. the frantic search for survivors after the devastating earthquake that so far has killed more than 3,400 people. a number that tragically continues to grow, seemingly every hour. the earthquake striking turkey and syria earlier this morning. powerful aftershocks complicating the rescue efforts, making things
feet high, could plunge into the neighborhood. it s just one of the many gulf coast communities still suffering from catastrophic flooding. it s been quite an operation. some of our major thoroughfares have become impassable even as the water recedes, there s washouts. so we have a long, long recovery period. all of this following hurricane ian s destructiv ive h across florida. it slammed into the gulf coast as a category 4 hurricane. entire towns leveled. florida governor ron desantis is expected to give an update on the situation later on in this hour. we ll take that for you live. let s send it down to boris sanchez with our coverage from ft. myers, florida. boris? fred, you just broke the news that we have been dreading all day. initially, when we got up this morning, officials had told us that the death toll from hurricane ian was hanging at around 45 fatalities, and you just broke the news, 64 people killed by hurricane ian here in the state of florida and potent
early this morning so it s still very much the early response stage but we are planning for the next stage as well. i guess it is hard to get those supplies to people because so many of the roads are blocked by this earthquake and there are real logistical challenges. that s right, overnight lots of convoys and trucks left from ankara and damascus and other centres where we have pre positioned stocks for these kinds of emergencies. but one of the challenges that was brought up by the turkish red crescent is the challenge of a lot of people trying to give aid and trying to get to the areas. we have launched an appeal for people to be able to donate cash at redcross.org.uk which is the easiest way to ensure that aid can get to people as quickly as possible and can be used in the most important way. syria has had more than a decade of ongoing conflict and crisis and there are already precarious essentials for health, health care, water supply, so on the back of the cholera outbreak is a w