Welcome back to wake up everyone.
Let's get to this morning's need to know headlines. Another massive
earthquake hit the Turkish Syrian border region last night.
Hundreds of people gathered outside in southern Turkey after a magnitude
6.4 earthquake struck around eight p.m.
As of this morning, at least eight people are dead. Hundreds more injured.
Secretary of state antony Blinken gave remarks on the
aid the US plans to offer the region.
In the coming days,
we have sent hundreds of U. S.
Government personnel to the region,
including the disaster assistance response and search and rescue teams,
uh and also emergency managers, paramedics,
hazardous materials technicians and engineers.
We've sent approximately £1..
50,000 people dead that happened earlier this month.