Authorities hope to get a much better picture of the devastation created by a powerful earthquake overnight. The tremors brought down buildings and sent residents into the streets for fear of aftershocks. The 6. 8 magnitude quake was the strongest in the region in more than 120 years. Cnns larry madow joins us from lagos nigeria. In terms of the devastation what more do we know about rescues that may be taking place this hour . Reporter paula we now that the Rescue Operation Kicks into high gear as just became dawn in morocco. Part of the problem overnight when this earthquake broke, the visibility was limited because i. T. Was night. Some people spent the night outdoors afraid of aftershocks and this etch center was in the region in the high atlas mountains. The impact was affiliate near the historic city of marrakech. The tremors felt as far as rabat and casablanca. 296 dead, 193 wounded but when they begin to assess the damage when they can see clearly the sphere is that the numbers could rise. The u. S. Geological survey has just updated its guidance that significant damage is possible. You 100 to 1,000 people could have been killed in this earthquake. That is consistent with 296 dead and were also seeing some buildings totaled, damaged, some buildings completely collapsing near the high atlas mountains, but in the historic city of marrakech, some historic buildings, back to the 12th century and theres been damage partly because they have been around for a long time they have survived the elements, these buildings have been around for quite a long time, maybe arent as strong as they should be. From one person, in casablanca and even there they could not sleep overnight. The [ translated ] the house rocked aggressively, didnt understand what was happening. I thought it was only my house that was moving because its traj ill and old. I heard people screaming. Everyone went out of their houses. The street is full of people and women screaming, thats what happened. Even now people cant go back home because they are still afraid. Its been a very anxious night for so many people across morocco, after this earthquake, especially when authorities warned of possible aftershocks. The depth was only 11 and a half miles under the earths surface. But it is likely that those casualty numbers the number of the wounded will be higher, when trying to run rescue operations paula. As dawn breaks there and they start to learn more about people who may be trapped in some of those mountain communities. Larry i know you are going to stay on top, thank so much. Benjamin brown a cnn researcher happened to be in morocco when the earthquake struck. Reporter people making their way into plazas and parks, and then it kicked in a couple of minutes later, screaming began. I think when people realized obviously the extent of the damage and some of the injuries, obviously this happened in the night. So many people just waking up people in the streets in their pajamas as well, and when the extent of the injuries became pair paramount, people out of their homes in extremers and wrapped in carpets, out in the street, appear to be quite serious Head Injuries and a lot of blood and so bad to the extent that i saw one instance of an ambulance having to turn away an injured woman because they were at full capacity, the ambulance full of injured people. Can you imagine an ambulance an full capacity. Obviously well stay on this story for you. Well bring you more coverage in the minutes and hours ahead. We do want to take you down to new delhi where Prime MinisterNarendra Modi proclaimed that the African Union will become part of the, parts of the city have undergone significant makeovers in preparation for this event but two key players were not there. Vladimir putin and xi jinping and that is significant. Divisions over the war in ukraine have some observers wondering whether the leaders will be able to issue a joint communique this year. The cnn kevin liptak joins me. Good to see you as the summit gets underway. Biden is there but it is a crowded agenda. Where does the white house believe they are likely to make some roughing . Certainly i think their main goal at this summit is to take to the developing world which is what Prime Minister modi has tried to put to the center of this group he is hosting. Try to convince members of the socalled global south that the u. S. Can be a good partner and will be a good partner particularly when it comes to things like infrastructure. And the president does have an opening here because certainly he is challenging in some ways chinas role in the developing world. The u. S. Really trying to make the case that the u. S. Can be a better partner, not involve the coercive Lending Practice that the u. S. Accuses beijing of engaging in in the developing world. So you will see him armed with proposals including proposals to reform the world bank, invest more in that body, the white house says that could unlock potentially hundreds of billions of dollars for developing grafts for developing countries. But you will also see him announce this major transit corridor, through the middle east and on to europe. This will potentially unlock a massive amount of global trade indirectly a challenge to chinas attempts to expand its trade relationships around the world. So President Biden certainly has an affirmative agenda here. But thats not necessarily papering over the real differences that the leaders of the g20 still have when it comes to ukraine and that is the big issue that is looming over the summit. We are told that President Biden will speak about that when its his turn to speak in the larger Summit Gathering that is present now. He has had success at other forums, g7, supplying ukraine with military aid that hasnt necessarily been as convincing for some members of the developing world, the socalled global south including g20, countries like india like where we are, which continues to purchase large amount of russian fuels, and President Bidens message is defending democracy is a global imperative and the countrys Self Interest to take a stance against russia aggression. There is work to to finalize this Draft Communique to come up with some kind of Consensus Lank around this. But remember, russia is still part of the g20, even though putin is not here they would need to sign off on a joint communique at the end. It does remain how successful they will be at the end of the summit paula. The language important if they do indeed come one any kind of a statement as all. Kevin liptak, thanks so much. Now a set back for mark meadows the former Trump White House chief of staff. On friday a judge rejected his bid to move his Georgia Election subversion case to federal court. He long with donald trump and 17 others are charged with trying to overturn the states 2020 results. Meadows says his case should be moved. The judge determined the charges were largely in fact related to political activities. A move to federal court could pave the way for him to try to invoke federal immunity and get his cased dismissaltogether. The case does not bode well for donald trump also trying to get his case moved to federal court. A new report, shows that a Special Grand Jury in georgia recommended indicting twice as many as was ended up charging. Reporter South Carolina senator lindsay graham. How do you verify signatures . Former georgia senator david purdue. There are huge irregularities in georgia, they need to be corrected in my opinion. And former georgia senator kellie lefler. All on a stunning list of 39 people that a Special Grand Jury recommended for indictment. After the panel spent months investigating efforts, to overturn the 2020 president ial election in georgia. It is not a short list. We heard a lot of very compelling things like very compelling evidence. Special grand jury recommended indictments for 21 individuals who did not end up facing charges in Fulton County including the former and current u. S. Senators, and attorney Boris Epstein and former Financial Advisory win. Fani willis did charge the others on the list. A Fulton County grand jury returned a true bill of indictment charging 19 individuals with violations, of georgia law. Including trump and 18 codefendants. You cant ever accept when they steal and rape and rob. Another man trump 2020 Campaign Official mike roman was charged but was not mentioned in the Special Grand Jurys recommendations. Those who were charged have pleaded not guilty. While some who have recommended charges are criticizing. Brad raffensperger, Thought Graham pressured him to mass legal ballots. I got the sense it belied implied that then you could throw those out. The South Carolina republican has denied that assisting he was carrying out his legislative duties. We cant criminalize. To call a special legislative session to aid trumps quest to overturn the election results. In a meeting also attended by lefler, all as lefler and purdue were facing a Senate Runoff election in 2022. We can get to the bottom of what happened in these elections. Both lefler and purdue lost their runoff races. Our thanks to sarah murray there. Now Hurricane Lee has lost a bit of its punch but still a major storm and may strengthen again. The National Hurricane center says lee is now a category 3 storm with max winds of 115 miles per hour. 185 kilometers per hour. Expected to pass near puerto rico but the region will experience swells that cause life threatening surf and rip currents. U. S. East coast beginning sunday and monday. Look at this video with constant lightning flashes, it was recorded from Hurricane Hunters flight inside the storm when it had strengthened to a category 5 storm. The number of people missing after those Deadly Wildfires in maui hawaii. 66 people remain unaccounted for. Hawaiis grove stresses that the number was initially more than 3,000. You will remember that august was the time the fire struck and a little less than 400, how the number went down last week. Officials have a great deal of Progress Locating people but the deaths remain at 115. Authorities will open that part of maui by october 8. Temperatures are expected to get closer to normal this weekend, in sum some parts of the coun. Cnns chad meyers has our forecast. Another couple days of hot weather, better in dallas today but still hit advisors, temperatures in dallas yesterday, 109 degrees, today only 98. Going to feel better. Still hot but feel better. Houston, you have been oven 100, 45 times already this year. 46 ties the record. There is the excessive heat warning parts of desert southwest. Phoenix you are going to be above 110 for the next two then dropping down to normal. There were thunderstorms on parts of the northeast, saturday and sunday, some of those storms could be severe. We have to watch that. That will keep temperatures down and likely will. The cloud cover will help and the Rainfall Will of course help. The Rainfall Will kick off those thunderstorms, bringing temperatures down to near normal, you can enjoy that. Meanwhile, more temperatures are, foacialgd for hong kong, f. Some businesses to close on friday, i mean look at that damage. Hospital Officials Say 119 people were injured in the deluge and four of them are still in serious condition. The rainfall started on thursday dromg more than six inches or 155 millimeters of rain in just one hour. That is highest hourly rainfall since the Hong Kong Observatory started keeping records nearly 140 years ago. Incredible. Still to come for us the race to save lives after a Russian Missile hits a city in northeastern ukraine. And rescue operations underway in plook oh after a earthquake overnight. Teams are finding it hard to reach some victimsms. Well have that in after the break. When you find your reason to go on, let it pull you past the doubt. Past the pain, and past your limits. No matter what, we go on. 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We would definitely be fighting in the mountains because there will be partisan warfare. But ukraines army is still far away from crimea and come with a major human cost as the number of dead and wounded escalate. Kyiv now specifically telling women with medical education they must register for military Service Starting october 1st. In an exclusive interview with cnns farid zakaria, urging patience without ruling out any compromises from Vladimir Putin. Did you see any compromises with putin in other issues . Did somebody see . With chechnya, with georgia . With moldova . He occupied it all this time. Reporter but the russians are facing major issues themselves. Short on manpower and ammo, the u. S. Believes Vladimir Putin is actively advancing communications with north korea to provide ammunition to russian. Praises his countrys alleged military advances claiming pyongyang has now developed a Tactical Nuclear submarine. Even though south korea doesnt even feel it is capable of normal operations. Medium sized submarines, in order to turn those submarines into Nuclear Submarines at once. Speaking to u. S. Media for the First Time Since the exchange. Boot who is known as the merchant of death and was serving a 25 year sentence for among other things expiring to kill americans has always maintained his innocence. In an interview with espn Boot Brushing off outrage in the u. S. The same outrage was in russia when i was sentenced to 25 years. Many people would say for what . Just for talking . Are you serious . That was virkt boot there and the ukrainians, ukrainians set to get dozens more of those vehicles in the coming months. Very important as the ukrainians try to sustain those counteroffensive operations. Cnn london. President president , you can reach the full interview on sunday 10 a. M. New york time, 3 p. M. In london only on cnn russia is trying tput a veneer of legitimacy on its operations in ukraine. Heading to the polls friday for what officialsly dubbed regional elections. Voting will be underway on sunday even though the International Community dismissed the are sham. General apathy among voters. She says the process has nothing to do with normal elections and people know who will win either way. Cuban Authorities Say they have busted a Human Trafficing network. The operation was aimed at Recruiting Cubans to fouet for russia against ukraine. Cnns Pat Rick Gutman is in hasan. Havana. Fighting for russias side in ukraine. According to the cuban government intermediaries working here and in russia would recruit cubans some they said had a criminal past to take up arms against ukraine. These intermediaries would promise more than 2,000 dollars a month and sometimes a path of citizenship to russia, get on a plane or already living in russia and join the russian military. Cuba is not pointing their finger at their ally russia for this, but not responding to requests for comment but russia of course is activity seeking soldiers in their invasion of ukraine. The cuban government while it is a long time ally of russia, and has received economic aid, from russia, says that cubans are not allowed to serve in foreign armies, not allowed to be what they are called mercenaries. Should face up to 30 years in jane for Human Trafficing and for being mercenaries, russia has sent tankers of oil and vital aid to cuba during its most invasion was sparked by the u. S. s and natos actions is not the fault of russia. Apparent cuba is drawing the line and refusing to allow cubans to fight in the front lines of this war. Patrick gotman cnn havana. The latest next. Powerful earthquake hit morocco overnight. I was told my Small Business wouldnt qualif