kristen holmes is now in atkinson, about 40 minutes where i am, and where trump is going to be campaigning later today, and the weather has been following us, kristen. what are you learning? well, kate, it is such a joy to be in this snow and where it is not ice cold. i feel like i could take my coat off right now. you know, i am going to talk to trump s advisers today about where his mindset is. and they got in late last night to new york and in court all morning and this is what is leading up to last night, and this is the result they were looking for. they were hoping that ron desantis would come in second and this is crazy since trump spent the better part of the year attacking florida governor, but they are seeing a lot of momentum for nikki haley going into new hampshire and ron desantis does not have a path in new hampshire, but nikki haley does. so the fact that he came in second instead of nikki haley is good, the trump team believes because they believe it could h
powerful quake that sent tremors across the entire region. the magnitude 7.8 quake struck before day break in southern turkey nearly the border with syria. the quake and aftershocks collapsing buildings. now a desperate search and rescue efforts under way to find people trapped in piles of rubble. cnn s scott mclean joins us from london. scott, this is one of the strongest quakes to hit turkey in a century, what do we know? reporter: that s right, this part of the turkey, christine, used to earthquakes but nothing like this. this happened in the middle of the night, so people were jolted out of bed with this terrifying shaking. they re finding themselves running out of their houses and apartment buildings into very cold weather. turkey is experiencing an unusual cold snap in that part of the country. andmalatya, they re working to get people of the rubble. with the cold weather, time of the essence, because people were not survive in this kind of cold. we re getting message
good morning, everyone. we start with really serious news this morning. there is devastation happening. the staggering death toll keeps rising in turkey and syria after a catastrophic earthquake. 1300 people are now reported dead and a powerful after shock. it just hit just moments ago. we ll go live to istanbul for the latest on this frantic search. and new fallout from the downing of a chinese spy balloon. president biden is preparing to deliver his second state of the union address. a train loaded with hazardous materials derailing in ohio. thousands of people ordered to evacuate. now a battle is under way to keep that toxic wreckage from exploding. we re going to begin with this. devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. it struck before dawn and collapsed buildings while people were asleep in their beds. just moments ago, just got word of a powerful 7.5 magnitude after shock. there you can see people digging through the rubble. more than 1300 people now reported