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women com welcome to our vi the united states and around the world. we begin with the race to find survivors in turkey and syria more than 24 hours after an earthquake that has killed more than 5,000 in the two countries. the 7.8 magnitude quake and its powerful aftershocks collapsing more than 5,000 buildings. aftershocks are still creating treacherous conditions for rescuers who are trying to reach victims trapped. a massive international rescue effort now under way. and salma abdelaziz is live for us in istanbul. unfortunately the death toll is expected to rise. reporter: it is expected to ric rise. and you have rolling pictures right few on turkish television 24 hours of the search and rescue operations as families listing member after member that is missing. it is those families that turkish authorities are desperate to bring answers to. this is the critical window right now, this is the 24 to 48 hours after the earthquake where there is still a glimmer of hope t ....
Welcome to our viewers joining us in the group and around the world. Im bianca nobilo. Im max foster. It is tuesday, october 17, 11 00 in israel and gaza. U. S. President biden will leave later today for an extraordinary wartime visit to israel. It is a strong show of support for the long time personal lie. T personal lie. Antony blinken has been on a Marathon Mission across the middle east. He is coming here at a critical moment for the region and for the world. The president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with israel and commitment to security. The president will hear what it needs to defend its people as we continue to work with congress to meet those needs. Also following major developments from Southern Gaza, the Palestinian Interior Mini ....
Catastrophe. it is strtragic to think how th search and rescue operations will continue when that part of the world is so cut off from aid that we see pouring here into turkey. all right, salma, thank you. and of course the international community is responding quickly to the disaster. a host of countries including the u.s. sending teams to help with the efforts. how is this all being coordinated? it is all about coordination, but synchronizing the international rescue teams with local authorities to dispatch them across that fault line where we saw the earthquake striking and frankly over 100 aftershocks which is causing even more devastation. so the u.s. is deploying z a dance, eu has launched its teams ....