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 bystanders
But we made the decision and i believe the player association agrees with us that it would be unfair to these players and these teams in the middle of the series to announce results of the investigation. the nba suspended morant for eight games for flashing a gun on social media first time in a night club back in march. finally, tom brady shutting down all the rumors and speculation that he might unretire again and make an nfl comeback with the raiders. the 45-year-old told sports illustrated he is moving on to tv and being a minority owner in las vegas. i m certain i m not playing again. so i ve tried to make that clear. and i hate to continue to profess that because i ve already told people that lots of times. but i m looking forward to my broadcasting job at fox next year. i m looking forward to the opportunity with the raiders. we re in the process of that an other things i m part of professionally and in my personal life, just spending as
A great opportunity for me to take some time to certainly at my broadcasting job and also catching up to other parts of my life that need some time and energy. the seven time super bowl champion signed a ten-year deal with fox last may to become the network s top analyst, whatever it was he decided to stop playing for good. brady is not expected to be part of sunday s coverage but i imagine we ll hear about how 80 for brady, a surprising box office hit, his new movie. let s turn now to the nba. the league has approved the suns. the team expecting to hold a press conference today. ishbia agreed to acquire the team for a record $4 billion back in december. let s pick up the kakz at the madison square garden in new
On. and to celebrate being americans. wow. i have one thing to say to all that. luke bryan for president, everybody. [cheers and applause] my slogan hunting, fishing and loving every day. [cheers and applause] carley: how about that guys? i like the royal wave that he has as he announced his potential presidency. steve: the windsor wave? carley: is that what it is. ainsley: i like the campaign slogan. carley: hunting, fishing, loving he every day. steve: something i can get behind. brian: do you notice we see peyton manning everywhere. every commercial. manning with his brother. and i remember when he turned down the broadcasting job. i guess he wants to fade away. count his money. steve: carley thank you very
indeed. let s get to it. mattie wanted to know what was your first broadcasting job? i am relatively new to tv, my fifth year doing tv. i started in new orleans, cbs affiliate, wwl, number one station in new orleans. first day on the job was 7/7/07, they let me anchor the news show. the only one. unbelievably nervous. and the broadcast just went to cable. let s see what you got. i was a newspaper guy for years. that saturday noon came, this is how it went down. good saturday afternoon, everyone. it is 7/7/07, i am rob nelson in for lea zorich. we ll get to the stories. first let s check in with dawn brown and a quick look at the forecast. hey, dawn, people think today is lucky. are we going to get lucky with the weather? awful, god awful. great transition. i didn t know where to look. blinking too much.