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
morning futures. i m sean duffy in for maria bartiromo. today, more hostages to be released by hamas after a nail-biting exchange yesterday.s 13 israelis and 4 foreign citizens are back in israel afte cr hamas terrorists put the deal on hold for over 6 hours. israel has received the third hs list of hostages to be released, so for now the deal seems to be back on. national security advisor jakeit sullivan said this morning he has, quote, reason to believe at least one of those released today will be an american. up to ten americans are believed to be held by hamas. here s what president biden sai friday when asked about the kidnapped and missing americans. we don t know when that will occur, but we expect it to occur. we know thpecte numbers when thr going to be released, so it s my hope and expectation it ll be soon. and of the americans [inaudible] do you know all of their - conditions? are they all alive? we don t know all their conditions. seanican: plus, days af
Korea wea, north want to get a sense from you, if these recent events are making you anxious about whats going on and how the u. S. Is handling these events. If so, what is the way for the u. S. To go forward . For republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. For independents, 2027488002. If youre anxious about world events, post on twitter or facebook. Abc news has the latest on the meeting currently going on between the russian government and the u. S. Delegation that features the secretary of state. Rex tillerson was met with a stern scolding by the Russian Foreign minister. The Russian Foreign minister criticizing the u. S. For airstrikes on the syrian government, warning similar action was unacceptable to russia. The abc news piece also adding that regardless of those russia expressing a desire to work with the u. S. On counterterrorism issues. On the issue of north korea, this story by the Financial Times this morning. President trump and the chinese president spoke about the north Chi
As the Prime Minister visits with an aid package. I feel i can save the word. We head to gaza to hear the story of a competitor hoping to represent palestine. Egypt is checking airport cameras for suspicious activity in the lead up to last weeks plane crash investigating local ground staff, too, and grew who had access to the plane. 224 people were killed when the metro jet flight from st. Petersburg went down. Britain, u. K. Say than explosion is behind the crash but information is not shared. Information about the incident has not yet been shared with the egyptian agencies with any details. This is a question mark we should ask as well because were the most involved party we expect tech tall information to be provided to us instead of spreading it on various media outlets. French investigators have suggested there was a sudden violent explosion. The tie lots can be heard chatting normal and communicating with air Traffic Control up to the apparent bla blast. U. S. State also picked u
Government. This even dominate the interior ministry. So these groups have been around for a while. Lebanese hezbollah, theyve also been around since the early 80s. But that doesnt mean they are not growing at rates weve never seen before. Because theres a new crisis we have new organizations. The other main thing is irans reach in this is totally overstated. I cant say how much annoyance that actually causes me because theyre so open about this about how they control these organizations. Again, all you need to do stoimz is go sometimes is go on facebook or follow iranian media. Heres the weird thing, and dr. Knights brought up this. Even if theyre not directly controlling the group theyll claim to do that and beyond that theyll try to influence them with cash and weapons and support, and then guess what happens. They become another micro hezbollah. I would actually say in this you can never ignore this topdown strategy. Just because these people are recruiting from a wide stream of sh