Everyone was scared. And i was shocked and didnt understand what was happening. I thought it was only my house that was moving because its fragile 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 home because theyre still afraid. Look at this video two, men, you see them run because they feel the shaking. Moments later, you see the panic, more people running and then this, Rubble Falling when a hand had been moments before. Wow, wow. Nearly 700 people were reportedly injured in the quake. And now there is a race to reach the victims in the most affected areas. But Officials Say teams are struggling to get to those places. Cnns ben wedeman is on the ground now. Ben, whats the latest in terms of the Rescue Efforts . Reporter well, those Rescue Efforts have been intense over the last few hours. Unfortunately, you know, the epicenter is about 45 mile to the southwest of marrakech, in the high atlas mountains. Ive been in that area. It is very rugged, very difficult to reach, in the best of times. And what weve had here, this earthquake happened at 13 minutes past 11 00 in the evening, at a time when many people were in their homes sleeping. And this is an area that, certainly, in the rural areas, its very hard to reach. And so theres Rescue Efforts that are running into challenges now, within the last 15 minutes, the Moroccan State Television has announced that the death toll has reaped at least 820, and of course, the expectation is in fact that the death toll will continue to rise. Now, a little while ago, cnn spoke with one man in one of those most affected areas. And this is what he said. He said four of my Family Members are dead. I managed to get out safely with my two children, but long the rest. He said, my house is completely destroyed in the area, there is no electricity, there is no running water. He said the authorities are trying to pull people, survivors, from the rubble, but he basically said, we are hoping for a miracle. From the rubble. So, this is a very difficult situation. This is the strongest earthquake to hit this area of morocco. And well over a century. But the worst earthquake in morocco was in 1960 when an earthquake occurred in the Port City Killing at least 12,000 people, amara, victor. Ben wedeman, we see a video of some of the Rescue Efforts, bern, thank you so much. On the phone with us right now is cnn researcher is benjamin brown. He was in morocco when the quake struck. Ben benjamin, first, were glad youre okay, able to speak with us, give us idea what it was like where you were, when it was hit and talk us through what happened. Thank you, yeah, i was on the rooftop of my hotel when the ground started shaking beneath us. Admittedly, it took me a few seconds to figure out what was going on. Id never been in an earthquake before. This was a feeling that was quite foreign to me. After that a large cloud of dust had been shaken off the ground, just erupted into the sky, covering covering basically the entire sky. And then the shaking then stopped, all of the guests in the hotel made our way to open grounds, far away from highrise moors and buildings that had suffered with potential aftershocks. And thats really when the panic started to take into people when people saw the true extent of the damage but also the horrific injury. I saw many people carried out of buildings in stretchers, one person was in a car that had been brought into the street. Some of them appeared to be very bad head injuries. A lot of blood. And even for one instance in which a woman had to be turned away by ambulance crew, because the ambulance was full of people. They basically said they couldnt take her in the ambulance. Thats really the first minute i experienced with the earthquake. Can you tell me what you saw in terms of damage . You were on the rooftop, id imagine, you felt a lot of swaying. Talk to us about that and how the buildings around you and the hotel you were in fared . Lets explain that thats absolutely correct. The most Immediate Impact on the rooftop was glass shattering around us. One window breaking as well. That was the immediate damage on the rooftop. Once we reached the open areas and had a clearer view of the buildings around us, this was obviously at night, but well lit, we were able to seat buildings that had come down. And we is seen a City Structure with many old buildings, and all walls that had their walls fallen off. Old city walls just crashing into the streets. Yeah, so, a sight, a street littered in rubble and piles of rocks. Whats. Happening now . Tell us about what you see as it relates to rescue and Recovery Efforts . Its just been in the past hour outside of marrakech ame, so an Emergency Department of the hospital here. And the scenes there were obviously very, very desperate. We were there for a few hours. We saw several more dozens if not more ambulances arrived. Triage happened outside of the hospital in a courtyard, but not in a hospital building. And some people very, very serious injuries being treated in open air. And the hospital, obviously, at full capacity, struggling to deal with the influx of people being brought in now. And whats interesting and whats changed during the day, many injured people brought into the hospital from now, are not actually from marrakech, but some of the very rural Mountain Region where is the epicenter was. Theyre actually being transported down to the special hospitals here. Not only marrakech local, but the rural population that was hit the hardest. 820 killed. Thats the latest number from moroccan officials there. And the number expected to rise. Benjamin brown thank you so much for helping us understand what it was like when this quake struck. Again, we are happy that youre okay. Thanks so much. Lets go now to cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar. Usually after major earthquakes like this, we hear about aftershocks. What do you know about aftershocks there and are we seeing those . Yeah, we are. And it is the one of the most common things people think about afterwards. The initial quake was a magnitude 6. 8, depth was about 11 miles into the surface. That seems pretty deep, but for geological purposes thats considered extremely shallow. You see southwest of marrakech. Just 19 minutes after the initial quake there was an aftershock of 4. 9. That doesnt sound like it could cause damage, but you have to understand, after the initial shock of 6. 8, all of the structures have been damaged. There was likely subsequent damage done 19 minutes later after the initial quake it was felt as far away as algeria and portugal, the neighboring countries there. Very few earthquakes of 5. 0 or larger have actually occurred in the area so that just goes to show you how rare it is. Weve had that one rather large aftershock. We do anticipate more aftershocks. Its possible you look at averages, there would be more 5. 8 or stronger. A mid5 range or above. More aftershocks are going to be expected. We talked briefly about that shallowness, anything under 44 miles, guys, is going to be considered shallow. One thing we do note, we do anticipate seeing significant damages in terms of economic losses. Just a terrifying situation for people who are now sleeping outside and, you know, not knowing when the next aftershock will hit. So, well be watching this closely with you Allison Chinchar as well. So, thank you for that. In the meantime, lets turn to new delhi where the g20 is officially under way, President Biden met oneonone with Prime Minister modi. Of course, absent, noticeably from the summit, russian president Vladimir Putin and xi jinping. The white house called it a disappointment, they intend to use the summit to strengthen relationships with the rest of the nations attending. Now, as the president arrived for the international summit, his Polling Numbers back home are showing how shaky politically hes standing go into the 2024 election. Cnns Jeremy Diamond is with the president in new delhi. Tell us whats on the president s agenda today . Reporter well, victor, certainly a packed agenda for President Biden in new delhi, hes attending several multisessions of the g20 with other leaders. Were already seeing the ways that President Biden seems to be taking advantage of the absence of russian president Vladimir Putin and chinese president xi jinping in particular. And that is, at the opening session of the g20, President Biden was supposed to deliver a forceful condemnation of the war of russia in ukraine. And around the table on issues like food security, Global Energy prices and so much more. That was the case that President Biden would have made with President Putin and xi at the table or not. But certainly, it comes with more emphasis with those leaders absence. And the second point is that President Biden is also outstretching an arm to developing countries, if you will, showing that the United States, or trying to make the case at least that the United States is the more reliable partner for the future. And that is certainly an area, where having xi jinping absent from this sum set helps to drive home that point so much more strongly. And we saw that in one way in particular, where President Biden, alongside with the head of the world bank, of which President Biden is announcing a Funding Boost for the world bank and several key reforms, they did a photo op alongside the president s or the leaders of india, south africa, as well as brazil. Which are the other countries in that Brix Grouping of nations of which china has sought to lead. That was a powerful message about the role of the United States in helping some of these countries continue dot develop further. Theres no question that the divisions at this summit are still very much on display. Whether china or russia are at the table or not at the head of state level. Their representatives still are here. And the negotiations over the last several days are ongoing whether or not they can arrive for a joint statement or communique, about giving a position of the key heres. And one of the key sticking points has been the language over ukraine. We are told by a source that diplomats hammering out the agreement have reached compromise language. Whether or not the leaders sign off on that is another question, we expect to see that over the next couple of hours. Thank you, yjeremy. The full Report Planning in the racketeering case, 39 people were actually originally recommended for charges including lindsey graham, david perdue and Kelly Loeffler and security adviser michael flynn. New revelations come four weeks after donald trump and 18 others were indicted in the case. Later, a federal judge rejected former Chief Of Staff mark med doles bid to move his case to Federal Court, a ruling meadows has now appealed. Cnns paula reid has more. Reporter well, good morning, amara and victor. Its interesting, in this opinion, the judge notes, this is a low standard, but Still Meadows was not able to meet it. Meadows attorneys have insisted that everything he did in furtherance of this alleged conspiracy, it was all part of this job as the Chief Of Staff at the white house. And they insist this should be moved to Federal Court where they hoped they could use federal laws that offer protections and some immunity for federal employees to get the whole thing dismissed. But here, a judge concluded that what meadows was doing, these eight alleged acts in furtherance of the conspiracy that are included in that indictment, that they were Political Activities. Interestingly, the judge even uses meadows own testimony against him, citing the testimony that he couldnt even define the limitsch his authority as of Chief Of Staff. Also noting that the lawyers on that infamous call with the Secretary Of StateBrad Raffensperger those werent government lawyers, those were campaign lawyers. Again, the lawyers hoping they could get this moved to Federal Court but unsuccessfully. Convincing this judge that these were official duties, instead, the judge concluding these were political activitactivities. And this is not a good sign for other defendants hoping to change this as well. Meadows was one of five hoping to move their cases to Federal Court. Representatives told me theyre not even going to file their challenge in theyre able to see what happened with meadows. Because they believe meadows had the strongest chance of being successful here. They told me, look, if meadows is not successful, we may not even try. Additionally, the judge said his ruling had no impact on other individuals, each case will be decided on its own. Its not a good sign for them. But former President Trump hes in a different situation, slightly different set of facts but this is also not a good sign as his attorneys have signaled that he, too, will try to get his moved to Federal Court. Amara, victor. Here to discuss with us now is joey jackson cnn legal analyst and defense attorney. Good morning to you, joey. Lets start with this major setback for mark dmeadows. Whats your take, joey, on this ruling, and what are the implications for trump who has already formally notified the judge that, he, too, will try to move his case to Federal Court . Yeah, 0 so obviously, good morning to you, amara, it is a significant setback. A notice of appeal was filed by Meadows Friday afternoon. And so, well see what happens in that regard. But i think the judge clearly gave an indication that these were Political Activities. And we know that theres a hatch act which would forbid real Political Activities from being engaged in by federal officials and the judge was concerned in as much as mr. Meadows as we see there was engaged with the campaign. To theent that the campaign of the bred is connected to your official duties as serving as president as it relates to your governmental functions, the judge said, no, i do not buy the argument that he was acting in his official capacity relating to duties under the color of law. That as the judge noted, in accordance, amara, with your second issue, is that its limited to him, right . The implicationsch this are not yet known because others have not been tested. And well see if it remains an open question as to whether others will be imp la indicated. But tlhere are several others. We heard the judge say this really did not apply to these other defendants. So, do they have a different argument to make . Well, they better. You know, the reality, though, is that there was an evidentiary hearing here, right . Because any case, amara, is going to turn on its facts. Of course, what mr. Meadows was arguing, he was a function of the president , he was carrying outside his responsibilities, he had a role and obligation on behalf of the president to act the way in which he did. And others will move forward, and there will be an evidentiary hearing to determine whether under those facts they were acting under the color of a federal office or under that. But we just dont know yet. Okay, and turning now, joey, to the unredacted Georgia Special grand jury report that was made public just yesterday. And in it, we saw that The Grand Jury recommended charges against 39 people, which included a long list of Government Officials including a sitting senator lindsey graham. But Fulton County d. A. Fani willis ultimately indicted 19 of those 39 people. Why . So, one could argue that she was incredible restrained, with respect to what she decided as a prosecutor to do. We know, amara, that prosecutors have a vast amount of discretion. And, of course, she can exercise her discretion to charge more people, they did not. So, i think the first issue is prosecutorial discretion. The second issue, amara, theres a distinction between what a grand jury does and what a regular jury does. At the end of the day, the prosecutor charges those that you believe you can prove beyond a reasonable doubt committed a crime. Apparently, a decision was made, as it related to some, she could not. The other issue, beyond that, what you can do, in terms of others who might be involved who you can get cooperation from. So, i think, instead of really indicting, going forward, they made a decision as to who the core actors were, who we can use to prove our case who were not indicted. And i think based upon that discretion, she moved forward on the