lord, what a shocking moment there from turkey. good morning to you this monday, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. the death toll continues to rise after this catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck near the border of turkey and syria. more than 1,800 people are now reported dead, but there are concerns that that number could ultimately reach into the tens of thousands. at this hour desperate rescue operations underway. crews searching for survivors who may be trapped under piles of rubble. here you see this is the moment that a child you see in the arms there of that rescue worker, a child was pulled from debris this was in northwest syria, a region which of course already heavily impacted after years of a bloody civil war. in each city, in each village, across northwest sudan there are people under rubble. the number of trapped people under the rubble, it s countless up to now. we don t have exact number. countless. multiple powerful after shocks have al
bright stars through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave will: good morning and welcome to fox and friends on this saturday morning. last saturday in february. we are back in new york city together once again. after a weekend in daytona, florida, fuels like coming home to a house after a long vacation. rachel: the couch feels different. pete: i don t know if they improved it or what. i am glad to be here. rachel: great to be back. we had a great time. pete: president biden spending the weekend at home in delaware after he says he is not going to visit east palestine, ohio. the federal government is saying the federal government will send people door to door to check on the welfare of its
new reports of deaths and buildings collapsing. the catholic bishop fatally shot in los angeles. there is word tonight of an arrest. what police are saying. the cross-country winter storm on the move with heavy snow and freezing rain. we re tracking it. the massive explosion in ohio just about 70 miles from the site of that toxic train derailment. what we re learning about injuries. former president jimmy carter in hospice care at his home. the tributes pouring in tonight. the big legal win for alec baldwin in the deadly rust shooting case. and the marine veteran who used his battlefield skills to reunite a girl and her beloved dog. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and thank you for joining us. we have seen american presidents quietly slipping into war zones before, but never quite like what we saw today. americans waking up to news that president biden had arrived in the ukrainian capital of kyiv on an unannounced visit c
For donald trump. Well he has got a message on his own plus the Breaking News out of taiwan. Have you seen the images already . A massive earthquake rattles the island. The strongest quake and italy, quarter of a century, a live update and just moments tonight alarm codes lie all right, by now, weve all heard about the undecided right. But President Biden his face and what we maybe his mode worrying opponents so far in the battleground state of wisconsin, the uncommitted, theyre coming, theyre counting switching those primary votes as we speak. And now weve got another vocab term to consider. The uninstructed so far there are more than 37,000 votes for uninstructed and even though biden won easily, 37,000 votes is nothing and erase as tight as this he said another warning to the president on his handling of israels war in gaza. And the risk it poses for his chances at reelection. President biden even running a statement that this evening that is real as quote, not done enough to protec
take a look. reporter: los angeles s mayor telling residents our message today is clear. stay safe, stay home. and stay informed. reporter: the slick roads making driving treacherous. we need everybody to slow down. law enforcement isn t going to be able to get to all of these accidents quick enough. reporter: all of l.a. county now under a flash flood warning. it s going to be harder rain, faster rain. it s going to be coming down pretty quickly. reporter: in the middle of the storm, a 5.0 earthquake striking in the l.a. area. chief, i m really sorry to interrupt right now. our studio is shaking right now. not only are we dealing with a tropical storm, but now it appears we re dealing with an earthquake. reporter: the rain also a concern for desert areas. zohreen shah is in palm springs. reporter: the soil here does not absorb water very well, so in extreme rainfall events like this, dangerous flash flooding can develop even faster, sending massive amounts of rai