rocked two countries. more than 2,200 are dead in turkey and syria. thousands more injured. we ve got the latest details. a new republican criticism this morning of how the biden administration handled the suspected chinese spy balloon drifting for days over the u.s. before the military shot it down over the weekend. all this as president biden red december to address the nation tomorrow. a huge night for a star-packed grammy awards. that s bad bunny. we ll tell you who made history. we begin with that breaking news, a deadly catastrophe unfolding right now in tour key and syria. two powerful and devastating earthquakes striking jurs hours apart. 7.92 earth kwair quake near the city of gaziantep in turkey. that number only expected to rise as the tremors toppled buildings across the region. take a look at this moment. look at this. this whole building just comes down in the city just outside the epicenter collapsing in a matter of seconds. bystanders fleeing the scene
rescue crews on both sides of the border continue the frantic search for survivors. also, tensions rising between the united states and china after the biden administration shot down that chinese spy balloon saturday afternoon and criticism from top republicans for the president s decision not to shoot it down sooner. all this as the president puts the final touches on his state of the union address when he s expected to tout his accomplishments including a better than predicted campaign and a preview of his election campaign. good day. as a tragedy of epic proportions is unfolding in turkey and syria, a massive 7.2 earthquake taking nearly 2,000 lives already and devastating commercial and residential areas of both countries. there are also nearly 10,000 people injured and possibly hundreds more still trapped under the rubble from decimated buildings as the aftershocks rip through the region and hinder rescue efforts. those are live pictures in southern turkey of a rescue
good to be with you, i m kay katy tur, the chinese spy balloon is still hanging over the white house. why they didn t know about it sooner and what the u.s. was able to gather about the balloon while it was still in the air. the gang of eight is waiting for a full briefing. the white house has offered one and it s expected to get on the schedule next week. house intel chair republican mike turner said the balloon exposed a weakness at the top. clearly this was an attempt by china to gather information to defeat our command and control of our sensitive missile defense and nuclear weapon sites and that certainly is an urgency that this administration does not recognize. i ll know the answer to that question this week when we actually get briefed on the decision making process about when and how to take down the balloon. there s an awful lot of people like me coming to absolutely rock solid conclusions based on very few facts. none of us know what the decision making process
u.s. military sites. i told them to shoot it down. what specifically was the chinese government looking for? how might the incident affect the u.s.-china relationship. marco rubio joins me ahead. making his case. president biden gears up to address a divided congress. the state of the union and the state of our economy is strong. ahead of the suspected 2024 bid, how will he make his pitch? i ll speak to cabinet secretary pete buttigieg next. debt dilemma. biden and speaker mccarthy plan another meeting as democrats wait for the gop to put their cards on the table. are these the numbers that could come to a deal and avert financial catastrophe. baip chair of the house problem solvers caucus will join me in moments. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our kbrun june is deflated. the u.s. military is recovering the remnants of a 90-foot-long suspected chinese spy balloon shot down just off the south carolina coast on saturday after an f-22 rap
down to earth. the u.s. shoots down a suspected chinese spy balloon monitoring u.s. military sites. i told them to shoot it down. what specifically was the chinese government looking for? how might the incident affect the u.s.-china relationship? vice chair on the senate intelligence committee marco rubio joins me ahead. making his case. president biden gears up to address a divided congress. the state of the union and the state of our economy is strong. ahead of the suspected 2024 bid, how will he make his pitch? i ll speak to cabinet secretary pete buttigieg next. debt dilemma. biden and speaker mccarthy plan another meeting as democrats wait for the gop to put their cards on the table. are these the members that could come to a deal and avert financial catastrophe. bipartisan chair of the house problem solvers caucus will join me in moments. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is deflated. the u.s. military is recovering the remnan