debris of that shot down balloon off of the south carolina coast. and now, residents are forced to evacuate from that train derailment that is a massive inferno. that is what we are watching this hour. i m kristen fisher in for kate bolduan, and we are beginning with the story overseas. a power 7.8 magnitude earthquake has killed more than 2,300 people in turkey and syria, and the death toll is expected to rise significantly possibly into the tense of of thousands. and this is rescue crews frantically searching to survivors, but the efforts are hampered by big aftershocks. we begin with jomana karadsheh in istanbul, turkey, and bring us up to date with the frantic search for survivors. it is an absolutely devastating situation, kristen, and across the border as well, and we have seen the death toll continue to steadily rise over the past few hours where more than 2,300 people confirmed kill and more than 1,500 of them here in turkey and hundreds killed in syria, both in r
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
with a two huge matches to get things under way an inspiring story of friendship and hope kevin sinfield has raised millions of pounds for mnd. people living with the disease tell us they can t thank him enough. good morning to you. it s a clear cut tale of two halves this weekend with today largely cloudy and mild and tomorrow chillier but dry with plenty of sunshine. it looks like it was a chilli into next week as well but i will have more of that and the weekend s weather details right later on. it s saturday the fourth of february. our main story us defence chiefs say they have identified a second suspected chinese surveillance balloon, this time above south america. the first balloon was seen yesterday above the state of montana, in the north of the united states. it prompted washington to cancel a high level visit to beijing and accuse the chinese authorities of being irresponsible. china has apologised but insisted it s simply a weather monitoring device which has
. and i m amra walker. thank you all for spending a part of your morning with us and to you, victor, i have to tell you i tweeted out a photo of us yesterday and the excitement level for victor blackwell was pretty intense. and everyone s saying, look, is this permanent ? i m like, yes, yes. yes it is permanent for real and for keys as long as long as you wake up the reason. i mean, the schedule again, cycle is a chance. here is what we are watching this morning. i got my wife we got in the tub covered our heads. by the time we did that the storm was coming over and all we could hear was the house. breaking apart. so many terrifying stories. the death toll continues to climb after at least 10. tornadoes ripped through the south friday. the recovery efforts now underway as federal resources are moving in , and we are also tracking the threat for more severe storms today. due to the violence of the explosion and the amount of time that has passed the chance of finding survivors
the bbc chairman richard chuck is accused of making significant errors ofjudgment by mps for not declaring his involvement in helping boris johnson secure a loan. richard sharp. dozens of people in new zealand left without power as part of the country endure the start of a severe storm with warnings of more disruption to come. and at the brit awards in london, as predicted, harry styles is one of the big winners with four awards including the much coveted album of the year. hello and welcome to bbc news. turkish officials have issued more than in connection with the poor construction of buildings that collapsed in monday s earthquakes. the number of people confirmed to have died in turkey and syria has risen to more than 28 thousand. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. let s bring you some live pictures now from kahramanmaras, turkey. a city of about 100,000 people located betw