been subpoenaed. and we will break down the findings on the georgia grant special jury report and what happens next in the fulton county da probe. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. tonight, we begin with some major breaking news, former president jimmy carter has decided to receive hospice care after several short hospital stays. this according to a new statement from the carter center. quote, after a series of short hospital stays, former u.s. president jimmy carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and respective hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. he has the full support of his family and his medical team. the carter family asked for thoughts during this time and is grateful for the concern by his many admirers. carter, the 39th president, turned 98 in october. nbc news has learned that president joe biden is aware of former president joe carter s decision and the white house is in touch with the carter family and
investigation. even more republicans have now been subpoenaed. and we will break down the findings on the georgia grant special jury report and what happens next in the fulton county da probe. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. tonight, we begin with some major breaking news, former president jimmy carter has decided to receive hospice care after several short hospital stays. this according to a new statement from the carter center. quote, after a series of short hospital stays, former u.s. president jimmy carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and respective hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. he has the full support of his family and his medical team. the carter family asked for thoughts during this time and is grateful for the concern by his many admirers. carter, the 39th president, turned 98 in october. nbc news has learned that president joe biden is aware of former president joe carter s decision and the w
jets to ukraine. we start with the devastating earthquakes which have rocked southern turkey and northern syria and are now known to have killed more than 11,700 people. turkey s president erdogan has been defending his government s response to the disaster on a visit to some of the worst affected areas. we ll have more on that shortly. but first, with the search operations ongoing in the rubble of collapsed buildings, dramatic pictures continue to emerge of rescues in both countries. cheering. this was the moment that rescuers hauled a boy onto a stretcher moments after he was rescued from the rubble two days after the earthquake. there were also cheers ofjubilation at being able to save his life. there have been other glimmers of hope in an otherwise grim landscape of devastation and death. our correspondent, anna foster, has been in the village of karamanmaras. i was watching them take bodies out of here last night and again this morning. it is pulling aside all of this
staggering number is expected to grow for two reasons, one, syria has been slow to report its death figures, and the syrian government mired in a decade long civil war is blocking global release efforts. international aid organizations and at the norwegian refugee since area were only able to search 5% of the earthquake affected area, leaving potential survivors trapped under the rubble in the other 95% of the region. let s discuss this and more when it mercy corps, that is facilitating release efforts in syria. tjada, it s good to see you again. thank you for your time. describe the situation on the ground in syria begin what you re hearing. the situation on the ground is dire, and that s because they are coming to an already dire situation. before the earthquake, we were delivering humanitarian assistance in syria due to the
what do you know about what the central government in damascus is doing on this front? one of the things that we try to urge donors is to really focus on where the eight is most needed and not where is he sees to reach. the assad administration has been open to more border crossings. they have been open. the part of northwest syria where we do our work is actually not controlled by the assad government, but throughout all of turkey, there are very well worn particles and routes that have been coordinated to the u.n. in and out to help us get to the people in need. that has been going on for a decade. those routes are open, and as you said, there is a recognition everywhere that the people of syria really need the support. we certainly hope anyone who is watching that wants to help considers helping all the work that you are doing. tjada d oyen mckenna, ceo of mercy corps, thank you so much to you and everyone involved in your work.