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
now, santos was completely denying the allegations. he also was making a reference to the fact that this prospective staffer who is a former reporter made some audiotapes, recorded conversations with santos and then leaked them. but this is just the latest serious allegation in a long string of allegations against the embattled congressman. a long string that keeps on getting longer. melanie, thank you. it is the top of the hour. just a short time ago the pentagon defended the president s choice to delay shooting town a suspected spy balloon from china. a fight jet brought it down saturday. after the balloon crossed the continental united states, multiple republicans have criticized it calling it a weak response. but commander at norad says the intelligence gathered will be of value. there was a potential opportunity for us to collect intel where we had gaps on prior balloons. this gave us the opportunity to assess what they were actually doing, what kind of capabilit
also, a district judge has granted a request by former president trump for a special master to review all the documents seized from his mar-a-lago estate last month. what this means for the investigation into the former president. the united kingdom has a new prime minister. just hours ago, liz truss met with queen elizabeth who officially appointed her to lead the nation and new nbc news reporting about how republican senate hopefuls are planning to launch a vigorous push to try to win control of the senate as we re now just 80 days from the midterm election. we ll break down where things stand. and we begin this morning in uvalde. a community starting a new chapter despite unimaginable grief. fear and anxiety surround the beginning of the school year there. children will not be returning to robb elementary. the scene of the massacre. instead, relocating to other schools. the school district is adding new security measures, but many families say that s not enough. most a
pulling back after more than two months of fierce fighting. desperate search, the latest on the baby formula shortage. reporter: i m todd wade in los angeles where stores are facing customer backlash. luciano: and later: strike, ford energies with an electric ford f-150. this truck will change everything. this is the cbs weekend news luciano: good evening. i m lillia luciano. this breaking news in buffalo, york, cbs news confirmed last ten people killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket in buffalo, it happened at the tops friendly market details coming in but the suspected gunman was taken into custody and tonight was reigned. michael george joins us with the latest. michael, good evening. reporter:. authorities called this pure evil, a racially motivated hate crime, the accused shoot is in custody tonight face add judge. the 18-year-old accused of shooting more than a dozen people identified as payton gendrin was reigned on charges of first-degree murder, autho
today president biden returns to the white house from camp david as he prepares to deliver the state of the union address tomorrow night to a divided congress. his administration has already been out there previewing the president s message of building a stronger u.s. economy. in d.c. us capitol police ramping up security, adding a nonscaleable fence around the capitol grounds. joining me to discuss laura lopez white house correspondent for pbs news hour. good to see you this hour. look, the administration would love to focus solely as we know on the state of the union but the reality is this chinese balloon is what s dominating conversations in as we know. house republicans considering this note ahead of the state of the union that would criticize biden and his actions and response there. how much is this china spy balloon issue overshadowing the state of the union address?