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what more do we know about his condition? reporter: well, at this point, jose, it appears the senate minority leader is still in the hospital, recovering from this fall. his office has not given us an update outside of what they told us shortly after the news broke of this situation that he was dealing with last night. of course, mcconnell is 81 years old, he had health scares in the past, heart surgery, he fell in 2019 and broke his shoulder. so he has dealt with health issues and gotten past them before. but in this situation, it is a new issue that has cropped up and we re still waiting to get a status check as to how long he could possibly be out, what caused him to fall during this dinner last night here in washington. and how long this could potentially impact him being away from the united states senate. all of that are the questions we re still contining to ask, jose. in other news from capitol hill, a top health official said a significant data breach expos ....
the train derailment emergency in ohio. authorities release toxic chemicals from tanker cars. the race to recover that suspected chinese spy balloon shot down off the south carolina coast. the military saying the debris field is roughly 15 football fields by 15 football fields wide. what can the u.s. learn from the remnants? president biden on the eve of the state of the union address. our new reporting on last-minute changes to his speech. a day after she made grammy history, tickets to beyonce s new tour on sale. and the father, the daughter, and the bucket list in inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for joining us. powerful and dangerous aftershocks have continued to rattle parts of turkey near the syria border where the death toll has climbed above 3,000 after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake. as we begin tonight, let me warn you, some of the videos are terrifying. multiple-story buildings crashing ....
the rubble in a desperate search for survivors. meanwhile here in washington president joe biden will deliver the state of the union address tonight. we ll go through what we will and won t hear from the president. and we ll have the latest from ukraine where more signs are pointing to a major offensive campaign coming from the russian army. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 7th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the death toll following that powerful earthquake in syria and turkey has now passed 5,000 people, and it continues to climb. a 7.8 magnitude tremor hit the region early yesterday along with multiple after shocks including a 7.5 magnitude quake that struck just hours later. tens of thousands have been injured, and search and rescue efforts are under way to find people who may still be trapped under the rubble. more than 6,000 buildings collapsed in turkey. some of that footage was caught by byst ....
social media platform and is being held in boston ahead of his next court appearance on wednesday. lucas tomlinson s life at the white house with more, lucas wicks jon, president biden spoke about the leak before leaving ireland. he did not appear to concerned. i have instructed the department to make sure they get to the root of why he had access in the first place, number one. number two, to focus extensively on the extent to which all occurred. biden secretary of state spoke in vietnam. i have not heard anything that would affect our cooperation with allies and partners. now more of the classified information have been discovered washington post reporting taiwan is unlikely to stop a chinese invasion not only because of beijing missile superiority but china s use of civilian transport ships to hide a pending investigation to be too many for appearing american something to sink u.s. intelligence agencies were aware of up to four additional chinese spy ball ....
president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. in belfast yesterday, he urged northern ireland s political parties to resume power sharing. today, he s expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. charlotte callagher reports from belfast. an irish homecoming for a us president. applause. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish american, arrives in his ancestral home of county louth. ., , ~ louth. coming here feels like cominu louth. coming here feels like coming home. louth. coming here feels like coming home, it louth. coming here feels like coming home, it really - louth. coming here feels like coming home, it really does. | coming home, it really does. the way every time i have come, the welcome, the people in the streets, they are so gracious to us. ., , , ., to us. he flew into dublin from belfast on to us. he flew into dubli ....