. a warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom we are sadly now into the window where so many of the ambulances will likely be taking people who perished. i hate to disappoint you, but the biden economic plan is working. this is a blue collar blueprint to rebuild america. responsible nation would have put out some kind of statement saying head s up, this is heading your way. just want to let you know. it is thursday, february 9. in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 16,000. rescue crews are getting desperate to find survivors. in northern syria, there are mountains of rubble. officials in damascus say close to 300,000 people have been forced from their homes. this video shows a crew working to clear debris despite limited resources. and white helmets are digging mass graves for the victims. the syrian government wants international sanctions lifted so
it is thursday, february 9. in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 16,000. rescue crews are getting desperate to find survivors. in northern syria, there are mountains of rubble. officials in damascus say close to 300,000 people have been forced from their homes. this video shows a crew working to clear debris despite limited resources. and white helmets are digging mass graves for the victims. the syrian government wants international sanctions lifted so humanitarian aid can be brought in. and president recep tayyip erdogan is expected to visit more of the quake zone today to defend his government s response to the disaster. wednesday he admitted some initial shortcomings but now
white house was removed from his white house job after being unable to pass an fbi background check. this is the second report from politico on this subject in the last week or so. they reported last week that not just one or two but six white house officials were dismissed all at once, all for failing to pass an fbi background check. from politico s reporting we have the name and title of two of what they say are these six people. one of them was the director of scheduling for the president. that name was reported last week. today they ve reported the name of the white house chief digital officer. both of them reportedly being fired for the same reason. politico reports these two white house staffers were among six white house staffers who got marched out of the white house complex we believe on thursday, february 9, after all of them failed to pass fbi background checks. i should tell you, that that jibes with our reporting here at msnbc which we have been working to confirm. we ha
officer. both of them reportedly being fired for the same reason. politico reports these two white house staffers were among six white house staffers who got marched out of the white house complex we believe on thursday, february 9, after all of them failed to pass fbi background checks. i should tell you, that that jibes with our reporting here at msnbc which we have been working to confirm. we have reporting that indicates that at least three other people, white house staffers, at least three other people in addition to this chief digital officer, we have reporting that indicates they were marched out of the white house two weeks ago on february 9 after their fbi background checks turned up unfavorable or disqualifying or troubling information. we are advised by former white house officials tonight that while it s not unheard of for an individual staffer here and there to have a problem with an fbi background check six people inside the white house failing all at once? after already