Freedom as Five Americans released by iran are now on their way home to the United States. Well discuss the terms of the deal that ended their wrongful imprisonment with the Top National Security adviser to President Biden, jonathan finer. Also tonight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now in the United States for critical meetings over at the United Nations and here in washington. Well preview his plea for more Global Support as ukraines Counter Offensive against russia drags on. And another trump codefendant attempts to move the Georgia Election interference case to Federal Court. This as the former president is taking credit for efforts to try to overturn the 2020 president ial election declaring it was his decision. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. We begin this hour with the release of Five Americans wrongfully imprisoned in iran, and the deal that made it possible. Cnns Becky Anderson is
Remembrances we will be watching them. But also this morning, south korean media is reporting that kim jongun appears to be on his way to russia. They believe hes traveling by train. Last week u. S. Intelligence said that kim jongun and Vladimir Putin might meet to discuss advances arms negotiations between their two countries. Its a race against time in morocco, nearly 2,500 people now confirmed dead after that powerful earthquake. Next few hours critical for Emergency Workers trying to rescue survivors. And the escaped murderer on the loose in pennsylvania slips through the police perimeter. He was spotted 20 miles away after stealing a van. He also looks quite different. This is a new photo showing him clean and shaven wearing a green hoodie. Hurricane lee strengthened back to a category 3 storm. Its too soon to tell what impact lee could have on the u. S. s east coast. Right now one of the most active value cay knows on earth is erupting in hawaii. Theres no threat to surrounding c
we begin this slit with breaking news out of iraq. we have to take an updated death toll from last earthquake. more than 2000 people now confirmed dead. another 2000 are hurt after the quake rocked the country s atlas mountains. officials are reporting extensive damage in cities across the region, including marrakech, a popular tourist destination and unesco world heritage site. nbc s priscilla thompson is following the story for us. what is the latest? alicia, it is that death toll which has risen by a built 1000 people over the course of today. and we know there are rescue crews on the ground. they are working to get into some of those mountainous areas in the atlas mountains, trying to get to folks to rescue folks who may still be trapped in the rubble. we know it is situations like this, time is of the essence. and getting to those folks in time is going to be a challenge because of the amount of destruction and devastation. a lot of the buildings and structures there,
hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. destruction everywhere, that s how one survivor describes the aftermath of a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck morocco friday, killing more than 1,000 people. it was the strongest to hit the area in over a century. rescuers are now struggling to access the hardest-hit areas after roads were damaged and we re seeing images of patients waiting outside hospitals, residents have been sleeping on the streets, fearing for the intense aftershocks. i want to bring in cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman for more. these first few hours, you mentioned the first 72 hours are critical in trying to locate survivors. what are you learning about the kind of rescue efforts that actually can happen, given so many roads and thoroughfares are impassable? keep in mind that the epicenter of this earthquake which happened at 11:15 friday evening local time was 45 miles southwest of marrake
earthquake has rocked the county. the death toll has jumped to 1,300. this is the moment the earthquake struck. the initial panic has given way to new fears. strong aftershocks are expected threatening damaged buildings and adding to the number of injured. cnn s sam kiley joins us from marrakesh. i understand it s about 9:00 p.m. there. how are the recovery efforts going? reporter: jim, i m in the medina of marrakesh here in the old city, that is. this is a very, very ancient city. and you can see the remains, glorious remains of its past, and now here is much of its present. this devastating earthquake killed 13 people here in marrakesh. mostly here in the medina because the city is ancient, and it is very tightly packed. there are buildings here that if there s another quake that are riddled already by cracks, it could come down. elsewhere in the country things have been even worse, jim, with 13 people, as i say, killed near marrakesh. 1,300 as you reported there across t