. a warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom we are sadly now into the window where so many of the ambulances will likely be taking people who perished. i hate to disappoint you, but the biden economic plan is working. this is a blue collar blueprint to rebuild america. responsible nation would have put out some kind of statement saying head s up, this is heading your way. just want to let you know. it is thursday, february 9. in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 16,000. rescue crews are getting desperate to find survivors. in northern syria, there are mountains of rubble. officials in damascus say close to 300,000 people have been forced from their homes. this video shows a crew working to clear debris despite limited resources. and white helmets are digging mass graves for the victims. the syrian government wants international sanctions lifted so
North Korea launched a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile, possibly related to developing a new solid-fuel hypersonic weapon. Solid-fuel technology offers advantages like easier operation and greater responsiveness in crisis. Countries like the U.S., Soviet Union, and China have utilized solid fuel in missile systems. North Korea s solid-fuel ICBM aims to enhance its nuclear counterattack capability.
The Hwasong-18, a brand-new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, has been tested by North Korea. It is powered by a rocket engine that burns solid fuels like ammonium perchlorate and aluminium. It will radically promote the nation s nuclear counterattack capacity, believes Kim Jong Un
icbm, this as opposed to a liquid fuel. so it would be easier and quicker for the north koreans to be able to set up a launch and it is mobile. and of course that makes it far more difficult for the u.s. or south korea to be able to track it. so what we re seeing at this point is what kim jung-un has been consistently saying that he wants a bigger and better nuclear arsenal, that he wants to have more icbms, he wants the solid fuel technology. it appears that that is going in the right direction as far as north korea is concerned. and the threat is growing certainly when you see the shear number of icbms that they have, that they have certainly been ramping up production experts say in recent months and years. now, of course what we re seeing at this point is all shown by north korea state run media. there is no free media there showing anything other than what they want us to see. but certainly the takeaways are that what kim jung-un has been
administration in 2012. they say the facility has nothing to do with the ballistic missile program. listen to the sicientists told e in 2015. what can you say to the world to prove this is not a ballistic missile program in disguise? translator: why on earth would we drop nuclear bombs on people of the world? including the united states? reporter: of course, many analysts believe north korea was launching satellites from sohae. that could be used to deliver a warhead to the u.s. or elsewhere. sohae missiles rely on liquid fuel. they have to bring the fuel in. you could spot the activity before the launch. now north korea has moved on to solid fuel technology to allow the missiles to be moved out with little notice and those missiles can travel just as far. no word if they are dismantling