we re talking breaking news out of turkey where a major earthquake has struck the southern part of the country. officials say the death toll has now risen to at least 17. the u.s. geological survey says the 7.8 magnitude quake was centered east of nadagi in gaziant. p province. officials say multiple buildings have collapsed not just in turkey but also in syria. an aftershock with a magnitude of 6.7 struck northwest of the initial quake about 11 minutes later. a local journalist tells cnn there were up to eight very strong aftershocks in under a minute. let s take you now to cnn s jomana karadsheh for the very latest. more details coming in, jomana? reporter: we are starting to get more and more information, leila, coming from different parts of the country. we heard from the turkish interior minister saying they are getting reports from many places. at least ten provinces across southeastern turkey have been impacted by this major 7.8 magnitude earthquake. according to the
done before the fighting is set to resume? later, loved ones reunited. how the families torn apart by that october 7th attacks i hope no one will ever have to go through, any nation, any nationality, to go through this situation where innocent civilians we just woke up that morning, just snatched from their beds. also happening right now, attorney general merrick garland expected to address both the ongoing hostage negotiations and the increase in violence against the jewish and muslim communities here at home. hello. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news, the fourth and what could be the final day of the final truce between israel and hamas. any moment we re expecting more israeli hostages to be released by hamas in exchange for more palestinian prisoners to be set free by israel. this on the heels of 17 hostages released by hamas yesterday including young israeli american abigail edan who celebrated her four