Well go live to india for what we can expect from the meetings. And possibly bad news for donald trump. A judge rejected a bid by his former Chief Of Staff to move the cases in georgia to federal court. We begin with Breaking News out of morocco where rescues are under way after a powerful earthquake. The government says the quake overnight killed more than 600 people and injured more than 300, and the death toll is expected to rise. The u. S. Geological survey says the 6. 8magnitude quake was the strongest in more than 120 years. World leaders and International Leaders are Offering Support and condolences. Have a look, video showing the harrowing moments friday as residents run for safety. Some just barely escaping falling debris. Cnn now live from lagos, nigeria. A devastating earthquake. What more are we learning about the damage and the Rescue Efforts . Reporter kim, were in the critical window to save lives, and Search And Rescue operations are going on in the high Atlas Mountains
people were killed and more than 300 others injured. they cite the interior ministry, the u.s. geological survey says the 6.8 magnitude quake was the strongest in the region in more than 120 years. rescues are under way in the country at this hour. the tremors brought down buildings throughout the region. officials say there is an urgent need for blood donations for the victims. and take a look at this. this is video that shows the moment that the quake shook a mosque in marrakech late friday night. it s incredible. and what appears to be dust rising off the building as people fled for safety on the streets. cnn s larry madowo joins me now live. sadly, larry, it seems this death toll has gone up. day has broken there. what more can you tell us about rescue efforts and what authorities are saying about where this earthquake struck. reporter: paula, the moroccan government says it has deployed all resources available to it to respond to this earthquake, the strongest that the
coming up this hour, a powerful earthquake rocks morocco in the middle of the night, killing hundreds. we ll bring you the latest on the search and rescue operations. plus, president biden arrives at the g20 summit in new delhi, live to india for what we can expect from the meetings. possibly bad news for donald trump, a judge has rejected a bid by his former chief of staff mark meadows to move the case he faces in georgia to federal court. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with breaking news out of morocco where the death toll from a powerful and devastating earthquake has gone up dramatically. the government says the quake overnight killed more than 600 people, and injured more than 300. and it s expected those numbers will rise, even more in the hours ahead. now, as you can see here, rescues are under way around the country. the u.s. geological survey says the 6.8 magnitude quake was the strongest in the region in
i m victor blackwell. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the news out of morocco of a devastating erk. the official death toll has risen to 1,037 deaths after a powerful magnitude 6.8 quake. the strongest to hit the north african nation in more than a century, it struck late last night, centered in the mountains surrounding marakesh, a tourist destination. the world health organization says more than 300,000 people in that city were affected. officials say there are more than 1,000 confirmed injuries, too, and with the sun up now, there is a race to reach victims in the most affected areas. but officials say rescue teams are struggling to get to those places. cnn s ben wedeman joins us now. rescue efforts are under way, but there is a concern this morning about aftershocks, especially knowing that morocco s infrastructure is not built for these kinds of large quakes. reporter: this is not considered a quake zone, in fact, and one of the problems is this earthquak