from an absolutely huge earthquake and almost equally large aftershock that hit today. the initial quake was centered in south central turkey. that initial jolt hit between 4:00 and 4:30 in the morning so people were home in their beds that initial quake was 7.8 and it was followed hours later by an aftershock that was 7.5 now, having such a huge quake like that followed in such quick succession but almost equally large quake, anything significantly damaged but still standing after the first shock, it came down in the aftershock in turkey alone they re saying ther more than 5,000 buildings that collapsed across across the southern border into northern rdsyria, there are aga thousands of, buildings collapd there as well between turkey and syria, we are talking about a death toll alreadyou approachin 4,000 people killed with many, many, many more thousands of peoplend injured. tonight, of course, is the twin horror of trying to rescue people trapped in the rubble and under coll
n 10 plus, remember that baby born in the rubble? now given a name, aya, which means miracle in arabic vehicle also this evening, thefr ce presint me pencdia home lawsuit cuses trstyreichols deo kill alack army veteran. three days before nichols was attacked. the new york-bound delta flight that made an emergency landing. we have the new details. ahead of the ballantine day, why have-grown diamonds could soon become a $50 billion industry. and on the road with the story of forgiveness. announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. tonight, the losses in turkey and syria climbed to more than 23,000 but there are some glimmers of hope. a ten-day old and his mother were pulled alive from the rubble today. and this family, husband, wife, and their four children rescued after 101 hours trapped under debris. a small air pocket keeping them alive.
Breaking news situations unfolding. On capitol hill the House Republican conference is meeting right now and we are told this meeting could last all day with the intense pressure on them to elect a speaker of the house after Kevin Mccarthy lost the speakership in a recent vote. And without that top member of the u. S. House of representatives in place, Congress Remains at a stand still and is unable to act on a brutal war that weve been Covering Thousands of miles away. Were watching the latest developments from israel as they hit the embodiment of evil. Hamas terrorists. Thats where well start. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Five days of horror. Israel families missing, tortured, killed. The closer they were to the border with palestinianian territory on gaza, the closer that they were to hamas Serial Killers killing them. Loved ones taken hostage are now begging for help. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is set to be in israel today. This was near continuous r