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
promises kept. revenge as politics, or both? john berman here in for anderson. in a moment, he will be joined by representative alexandria ocasio-cortez to talk about what happened on capitol hill today. you will remember house speaker kevin mccarthy vowed last year that if republicans took the house, he would strip democrats adam schiff, eric swalwell and ilhan omar of committee assignments. so far he has bounced omar and swalwell and he voted along party lines to remove. the reason, anti-semitic statements which she subsequently apologized for making. at the same time, speaker mccarthy has a reinstated committee assignments for marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar, both of whom have close ties to the far right, including some white nationalists. the congresswoman, as you know, has compared masking rules to the holocaust. she apologized for that. she also posted on facebook a long ramble about california wildfire, solar power, spottings of what looked like laser beams and t
criticized by members of both parties, as antisemitic, statements which she subsequently apologize for making. at the same time, speaker mccarthy has reinstated committee assignments for marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar. both of whom have had close ties to the far-right, including some white nationalists. the congresswoman, as you know has prepared masking rules to the holocaust, she apologized for that. she also posted on facebook, along ramble about california wildfire, solar power spottings, of what looked like laser beams and the rothschilds, a jewish family antisemitic tropes. congressman gosar, was responsible for a violent anime style video, showing a character with his head killing the house speaker, nancy pelosi, and alexandria ocasio-cortez, who spoke out today. i had a member of the republican caucus, threatened my life, and you all, and the revoking caucus rewarded hem. with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this congress. don t tell me
speeches, two very different messages to the world. the dramatic split screen as russia s war hits an inflection point. the american president in europe, defending democracy. democracy is the world stand guard over freedom today, tomorrow and forever. his russian counterpart, defending his illegal invasion of ukraine. they are responsible for the escalation of the situation in ukraine. for the huge numbers of casualties. at the center of it all, alliances. some steadfast. some dangerous. nuclear threats and a devastating war nearly a year old with no end in sight. appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. they must be opposed. this hour, christiane amanpour interviews polish president duda. what needs to be done to ensure what you say is ukraine s victory in this war and boris johnson joins me with his take on where putin takes this war next. this was a war of choice that he initiated. it was his vicious, non-provoked attack on ukraine. we want to
his russian counterpart, defending his illegal invasion of ukraine. for the huge number of casualties. at the center of it, all alliances, some steadfast, some dangerous. nuclear threats no end in sight. in a cnn exclusive. what more needs to be, done to ensure what you say is ukraine s victory on this war. and former british prime minister boris johnson, joins me with his take, on where putin takes this war next. this was a war of choice,. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, i m wolf blitzer, this is a special edition of the situation room. we are developing news tonight on a missile, test conducted by russia during president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, yesterday. and it comes as the leader at the free world, took on the autocrat trying to destroy ukraine president biden delivering a fiery address in poland today to mark the upcoming one year anniversary of putin s ruthless invasion, and on the other side of ukrai