lapping now, gut-wrenching images of homes and lives destroyed near the earthquake epner. cnn is on the scene as the death toll in turkey and syria soars above 12,000. also tonight, president biden is doubling down on a line of attack against republicans that prompted gop jeers during his state of the union address. he is taking the top themes on the road in key presidential battlegrounds. and ukrainian president volodymr zelenskyy is now in ha included a stop in london, a visit with. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situati situation this hour a race against time in the earthquake zone as the window for finding survivors narrows and the death toll grows more catastrophic. cnn s nick paton walsh is in turkey right now. nick, tell us what you have been seeing and experiencing. reporter: yeah, it is sadly, wolf, around this time that it seems the race against time for survivors is slowly being lo
soldiers, aviators capable of using them. reporter: russia s embassy was quick to vow a response, but either unaware or indifferent, zelenskyy is leaving britain without fighter jets, but with plenty of optimism they will soon be on their way. and the russian embassy this london dismissed this trip as an ex-comedian in a green sweatshirt on a tour around europe. the tour is new in paris where zelenskyy is meeting with the french president and german chancellor trying to convince them to send fighter jets. he will with meetings tomorrow with other european leaders. if jets are anything like the debate over tanks, he will only need to convince one country. scott, thank you very much. let s discuss this and more with retired colonel cedric leighton, a cnn military analyst. the uk today as you heard said it would begin training ukrainian pilots. what s the significance of that.