this is bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: president biden uses his annual state of the union speech to ask the country to be more united. he stresses the importance of democrats and rebublicans working together. my my friends, we work together in the last congress, there is no reason we can't work together on this congress as well. the search continues for survivors of the earthquake that's devastated turkey and syria. the number killed soars to more than 7000. rescuers capture the extraordinary moment when a three—year—old girl is pulled out alive from the rubble as the scale of the disaster around

the epicentre becomes clear. if you picture eight, nine, ten buildings, all collapsed in a row, the debris mixed together, it is astonishing. that is replicated across what is a big city here. and why microsoft believes artificial intelligence will revolutionise the way people use the internet. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in america. president biden hasjust delivered his state of the union address. it has just it hasjust gone 11 p.m.. he told the joint session of congress that american

democracy is bruised but unbroken following his predecessor donald trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election. he said he wants to finish the job and pass legislation that includes a ban on assault weapons, protection for abortion rights, and reforms to make police officers more accountable. he also urged republicans, who now hold a majority in the house of representatives, to work with democrats to help bring the country together. my my republican friends, if we could work together in the last congress, there is no reason we can't work together and find consensus on important things in this congress as well. i think the people have sent us a clear message. fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict, gets us nowhere. and that's always been my vision for our country. i know it is for many of you. to restore the soul of

the nation. to rebuild the backbone of america, the middle class. to unite the country. there was bipartisan applause for some parts of his speech, but president biden was booed and heckled as he criticised some republicans for proposing cuts to social security and medicare. in instead of making the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes, some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. anybody who doubts it, contact my office. i will give you a copy. i will give you a copy of the proposal. that means congress doesn't vote — i'm glad to see. i enjoy conversion. if congress doesn't keep the programmes, and i'm not seeing it as the majority, i don't even think it is a significant... i don't even think it is a significant. . ._ i don't even think it is a i significant...- but i don't even think it is a - significant...- but it significant... jeering. but it is been proposed _ significant... jeering. but it

is been proposed by - significant... jeering. but it is been proposed by some i is been proposed by some individuals. 0ur north american correspondent anthony zurcher joins me now from washington. that was a wide—ranging speech going forjust over an hour. 0ne phrase that kept coming up was "finish thejob". 0ne phrase that kept coming up was "finish the job". the one phrase that kept coming up was "finish the job".— was "finish the “0b". the point is to make — was "finish the “0b". the point is to make a _ was "finish the job". the point is to make a case _ was "finish the job". the point is to make a case for - was "finish the job". the point is to make a case for his - is to make a case for his re—election. he is running for president yet but any president who wants to win re—election needs to come up with a vision for the future and finishing thejob is his way for the future and finishing the job is his way of saying there is more to be done. he needs the republicans in congress to help them to enact his legislative agenda. if they don't, he can say elect democrats in 2024, let me in 2024, and we can deliver on what we promised.— 2024, and we can deliver on what we promised. and there was a bi what we promised. and there was a his focus _ what we promised. and there was a his focus on _ what we promised. and there was a big focus on unity. _ what we promised. and there was a big focus on unity. he _ a big focus on unity. he started by congratulating the new speaker kevin mccarthy. but there were some points that generated hackles from the crowd. , , _, .

crowd. the biggest conflict in the coming — crowd. the biggest conflict in the coming congress - crowd. the biggest conflict in the coming congress will - crowd. the biggest conflict in the coming congress will be l the coming congress will be about raising the debt limit. the american borrowing authority, if they don't do that, then the nation will default on its national debt. that will have to be done one way or another. that is a real source of conflict between republicans and democrats. republicans and democrats. republicans want a condition raising the limit on cuts to the budget. democrats want to just raise the limit, noting, asjoe biden did, in his speech, that the limit has been raised — it was raised three times under donald trump's presidency. that is something that will be very contentious. anthony, a couple of points the president stood firm on, one was abortion, following the overturning of roe v wade. he said he would veto an attempt to ban abortion nationally. how did that go down? it to ban abortion nationally. how did that go down?— did that go down? it was a big issue for democrats. - did that go down? it was a big issue for democrats. the - issue for democrats. the abortion issue is one of the reasons why democrats over performed in last year's midterm congressional

elections. republican efforts to ban abortion have been fairly unpopular across the board. there have been so moves by republicans to pass a federal abortion ban. nothing actually introduces legislation yet on this congress. but it is something that i think democrats see as a way of rallying their base and also turning a popular issue onto their side.— turning a popular issue onto their side. �* ., , . , their side. anthony, there was a bi their side. anthony, there was a his focus _ their side. anthony, there was a big focus on _ their side. anthony, there was a big focus on the _ their side. anthony, there was a big focus on the economy i a big focus on the economy earlier on in the speech. mr biden focused on this by america policy. tell us how that works with policy plan. —— buy. it that works with policy plan. -- bu . , , ., buy. it will be investing a significant _ buy. it will be investing a significant amount - buy. it will be investing a significant amount in - buy. it will be investing a l significant amount in green jobs and climate spending in spending money on roads and electric vehicles, things like that, and there are conditions put on that to try to improve investment in investment companies committee use this money to help american jobs.

another visit legislation was investing very heavily in american semiconductor manufacturing and microchip manufacturing. these are things that the united states use not only as good policy but also good economic policy. they have been controversial in the global stage. they have opened america into criticism, even from our european allies. but it is something thatjoe biden likes to chart as bringing manufacturing back to the country and also pertaining to national security. this country and also pertaining to national security.— national security. this was naturally _ national security. this was naturally very _ national security. this was naturally very domestic i naturally very domestic focused, but a couple of international points give up, one being ukraine and the defence of democracy, and another being china as well. he: brought up foreign policy but it was way down in the speech. it was not a top concern ofjoe biden's. it was domestically focused speech but said that america would defend its sovereignty, noting the balloon that was shut down, the surveillance balloon, shut down earlier this week, talking

about how the united states saw ukraine as a bipartisan issue, and that it brought democracy to the world together to fight russian aggression. but it was a low priority part of the speech. a low priority part of the speech-— a low priority part of the seech. ., ~ i. , . joining me now is steven israel an american political commentator, lobbyist, author and former democrat congressman. mr israel, thank you for joining us. what did you make of the state of the union address?— of the state of the union address? , ., ., ., address? the state of the union attracts more — address? the state of the union attracts more viewers _ address? the state of the union attracts more viewers to - address? the state of the union attracts more viewers to a i attracts more viewers to a president that almost anything else. 30— 40 million americans tuned in to the state of the union flop and the president has three objectives in the state of the union. particularly this one. number one, they need to remind the viewing public of the accomplishments. joe biden did that tonight. numbertwo, he had to offer opportunities to republicans to build on partisanship. he did that. i

can't say it was well received, giving the hooting and hollering that the republicans displayed. numberthree, he has to chart a path to the future. he has to acknowledge that the economy is improving but we are there yet, and talk about the specific policies that he wants to create in order to, as he said, finish thejob. 0n to create in order to, as he said, finish the job. on all three metrics, joe biden did thejob today. three metrics, joe biden did the job today.— the job today. lets go into more detail— the job today. lets go into more detail on _ the job today. lets go into more detail on the - the job today. lets go into i more detail on the economy becausejoe biden said he wants to rebuild the backbone of america. what details did he give about that? this america. what details did he give about that?— give about that? this is 'ust vintaae give about that? this is 'ust vintage joe i give about that? this is 'ust vintage joe biden. i give about that? this is 'ust vintage joe biden. this i give about that? this isjust vintage joe biden. this is i give about that? this isjust. vintage joe biden. this is the vintagejoe biden. this is the joe biden that i worked with when i was in congress for 16 years. this is thejoe biden who hails from scranton, pennsylvania. this is middle—class, fighting joe biden. so talking about bringing back manufacturing, talking about the fact that the chip was invented in america but america has been overtaken by foreign markets in the manufacturing of computer

chips. talking about these new factories that are being created in places like 0hio. those are very specific achievements that the biden administration has had, but it isn't enough, in this particular economy and environment, you can't rest on your laurels. you have to talk about additional steps that you are going to take to renew manufacturing, to rebuild communities, and to strengthen our middle class that has been quite bruised over the past several years in the united states. ~ , ., states. when it comes to the economy. — states. when it comes to the economy, there _ states. when it comes to the economy, there was - states. when it comes to the economy, there was lots i states. when it comes to the i economy, there was lots focused on the middle classes, talk about tax hikes for bigger companies that would affect nurses and firefighters, talking about the junkfood prevention act. why is he focused on the middle america? festival because he is a product of the middle class. this is somebody who is a senator did not take a plane to washington, he rode the train, read the amtrak, between delaware and washington, dc.

when he tells the story about his father, talking about the dignity of work, that is his dna. i would also say that in addition to that heartfelt impulse ofjoe biden, there is a very important political calculus here. going into a presidential election in two years, it is going to be eight or nine presidential background states —— battleground. voters in those states, in the summers, they tend to be from the middle—class, so it important to communicate with those voters. ——in the suburbs. he did that in my view. following the january six insurrection, he said democracy insurrection, he said democracy in america was bruised but not broken. is that a fair assessment?- broken. is that a fair assessment? . , ., ., assessment? that is a fair assessment. _ assessment? that is a fair assessment. so _ assessment? that is a fair assessment. so many i assessment? that is a fair i assessment. so many people assessment? that is a fair - assessment. so many people have observed the kind of — the catcalls in screaming and billowing of many members of

congress, the heckling. i have been to 16 state of the union addresses and i have not seen anything like that. but i'm not surprised because so many of those people bowing and cackling the president, these are the same people are virtually welcome the insurrection, the violent insurrection, the violent insurrection two years ago, who cheerleader did. in a climate and i think that the president tried to establish himself as the adult in the room. —— chair pleaded. the adult in the room. -- chair pleaded-— pleaded. thank you very much forjoining _ pleaded. thank you very much forjoining us. _ you can find more background to the set of union on our website. just go to bbc.com/news or download the app. stay with us on bbc news. still to come:

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this is bbc news. our main headline: president biden defends his record onjobs, health—care and the climate crisis, during this year's state of the union address. he calls for the united states to be more united and stresses the importance of democrats and republicans working together. a huge rescue effort is continuing in freezing temperatures to find survivors of monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria. thousands of turkish soldiers along with international teams are taking part in the emergency operation in the south of the country. more than 7,000 people are now known to have died. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster has spent the past two days travelling towards the epicentre of the earthquake in south—eastern turkey — and she was one of the first journalists to arrive there.

from the severely hit city of karamanmaras, she sent us this report. here at the epicentre, every rescuer is waiting for this moment. after hours trapped in the rubble, a sign of life. a family complete again. each survivor feels like a miracle. but these are hard and painful days, and not everyone gets to experience hope. wailing. this powerful quake has claimed more than 3,500 lives so far. in marash, it has taken the heart of a city, too. the destruction is vast. there is a bitterly cold wind here today, and it is whipping up the smoke and the debris, the particles of dirt, it goes in your eyes, it goes in your throat. and despite that, the rescuers

are still here on top of this pile of rubble. this is a whole city block in the centre of marash, maybe nine or ten buildings, nowjust melded together into a huge pile of twisted metal and broken glass, and still, still they search in the hope of finding survivors underneath all of this. people here wonder if they can ever rebuild. "marash is finished," they told me. "marash is finished." under a flattened building in adiyaman, a child cries. "fatima," a man shouts into a hole in the debris. we do not know what happened to her. here, there are no emergency services. nobody can help. the scars run right

across southern turkey. the same desperate scenes in each town. today, president erdogan declared a state of emergency. when night falls, the searching becomes harder than ever, but there are small victories. "where is my mum?", this child cries, as she is carried to safety. many areas are still without power tonight. some people are homeless. others are just too scared to go back indoors. translation: they are - speaking, but nobody comes. we are finished. we are finished, my god, there is nobody here, nobody. what kind of state is this? in the winter snow, this part of turkey is bitterly cold. people burn what they can in the street to keep warm. but it doesn't hold

off the biting wind and the feelings of abandonment. only a fraction of the help needed has arrived here so far. it makes each day feel like a fresh struggle for survival. anna foster, bbc news, marash. kerri murray is president of shelterbox usa and joins us live from santa barbara in california. good evening to you there on the west coast and it is good to have you with us. you have experienced being on the ground in places like syria. do you have teamed up and running there at the moment? we have been deploying _ there at the moment? we have been deploying our _ there at the moment? we have been deploying our emergency| been deploying our emergency response team to the region. we have been working in syria, specifically, for the last 11 years due to the civil war so we have deep experience responding to the region both to horrible conflict situations

as well as situations like this. we were in southern turkey —— turkey 2011 for that earthquake. this is what we do every day. we bring emergency shelter and essential supplies to communities that have been absolutely devastated i some of the world's worst disasters in conflict zones. i the world's worst disasters in conflict zones.— conflict zones. i imagine communication - conflict zones. i imagine communication is - conflict zones. i imagine i communication is problematic but what you hear from your teams on the ground? £311" but what you hear from your teams on the ground? our team is makini teams on the ground? our team is making its _ teams on the ground? our team is making its way _ teams on the ground? our team is making its way to _ teams on the ground? our team is making its way to southern i is making its way to southern turkey right now. right now we know that over 8000 people have been killed and we know that thousands of buildings have been reduced to rubble and so our team is going to be doing a rapid needs assessment on the ground to determine the right amount of emergency shelter, the types of essential humanitarian supplies, thermal blankets, there is no power, basic things for people to sustain themselves and when they literally have lost everything in this earthquake.

we have also been talking to our partners who we have deep relationships over years working within the region from rotary to local syrian partners in country and we know that this is going to be a massive amount of humanitarian need both in southern turkey but also in northern syria as well. it can be hard enough housing a dozen, 100 people after some kind of flooding or natural disaster but especially in syria we're talking about thousands of people, of whom are already living in tents and refugee camps. how is this going to be possible?- refugee camps. how is this going to be possible? that is what is devastating - going to be possible? that is what is devastating about i going to be possible? that is| what is devastating about the situation. in syria over the last 11 years we saw that half the population had already been displaced. so many of these vulnerable syrians had been displaced multiple times and so the scale of this is just going to be massive. the fortunate thing for us in this is that we

have partners on the ground, we have partners on the ground, we have prepositioned aid in the region and we also have experience working with displaced families and really understanding the needs they have. so what are the types of things they need? from tents to shelter kids delights, mattresses and blankets. 0ver mattresses and blankets. over the next seven days we are going to be doing a rapid need assessment immobilising aid and partners in the area to do everything we can to help these families. it is a horrible situation and for the syrians and in southern turkey it is absolutely a crisis in a crisis so we have to do so much to help these families. this will not be easy, the logistics are complex in working in these areas so we are committed for the long haul. we have been for over 11 years in syria to help displaced families there. so we remain committed but it will not be easy and our team is arriving now and they will be

working to quickly help assess. added to the complexities of the logistics is the political situation in syria after this decade of civil war. 0ut situation in syria after this decade of civil war. out of that affect things for you? for m that affect things for you? fr?" my organisation, we have been working at this and it is a very complex situation in the midst of a civil war situation there so for us having access to the humanitarian corridors and making sure our partners have the eight items that they need, many of our syrian partners have been risking their lives to distribute aid so it is being able to continue to mountain response. we are fortunate in that shelter box has been able to successfully work in the country for several years now is but one of the things that we know is needed is there will be more humanitarian act is needed to bring more resources specifically to syria right now because it is just really

complicated situation and you see it in the areas where we have worked, they need a lot of help. thank you for sharing your experience with us. the tech giant microsoft has announced that its search engine bing will soon be powered by artifical intelligence. the most popular search engine is currently google but microsoft believes that artificial intelligence can help propel bing to the top spot. 0ur north america technology reporterjames clayton has the story. here in seattle people are trying something that microsoft is touting as game changing. chat gbc -- chatgpt is touting as game changing. chat gbc —— chatgpt combined with being. it uses vast amount of data is with artificial intelligence to give humanlike and scarily accurate answers.

here you have two different types of answers. take this question ijust put in. give me an itinerary for a 24—hour visit to seattle. i get a bunch of links but i also get a tailored answerfrom the of links but i also get a tailored answer from the chat bought and it is significantly more detailed. it bought and it is significantly more detailed.— more detailed. it is the first time that — more detailed. it is the first time that al _ more detailed. it is the first time that al really - more detailed. it is the first time that al really gets i more detailed. it is the first time that al really gets into j time that al really gets into the hands of billions of internet users and there is a vast — internet users and there is a vast opportunity for injecting similar— vast opportunity for injecting similar functionality into the software of billions of businesses.— software of billions of businesses. ., ., . businesses. the announcement has to to businesses. the announcement has go to google _ businesses. the announcement has go to google panicking. i has go to google panicking. google dominates make search. more than 90% of the world searches are on google. but being has only 3%. yesterday google announced its competitor to chatgpt. now it is all anyone in technology can talk about microsoft that it is just the

start. and a reminder of our top story. president biden has told a joint session of congress that he wants to, quote, finish thejob congress that he wants to, quote, finish the job and pass legislation that includes a ban on assault weapons, protection for abortion rights and reforms to make police officers more accountable. in his annual state of the union address he urged republicans to work with democrats to help bring the country together. 0n the topic of foreign policy is to biden said that washington would support ukraine for as long as it took and said the united states would act if china threatened its sovereignty. and there is much more on that story on the bbc news website. 0r story on the bbc news website. or you can catch up on a low —— live page for more in—depth analysis all on the bbc news site. i can be reached on twitter. get in touch, we would

love to hear from you. thank you for your company and we will see you next time. hello, there. recent weather days have been dominated by high pressure, but with light winds at this time of year, that's brought an issue with frost and fog. the high pressure still with us for england and wales, more to come, but plenty of isobars further north and west, the arrival of this weather front as we go through wednesday. so that means, with more wind around, and certainly increasing cloud, not quite as cold as the start here. the fog may well be slow to linger in places across england and wales. early morning frost will melt away, we'll see some sunshine coming through into the afternoon, but the winds continue to strengthen, particularly in the far north—west. gale force, perhaps severe gales at times, gusts in excess of 70 mph. that's strong enough to cause some disruption, and there will be some rain by the end of the day. temperatures ranging

from seven to ten degrees. now, that weather front will continue to sink its way steadily southwards, but as it bumps into that area of high pressure, it loses its intensity. by thursday morning, it'll be a band of cloud, just clearing away from the south—east, and then behind it, more sunshine returns. a north—westerly wind driving in a few showers into the far north of scotland, some of these turning increasingly wintry to higher ground. top temperatures on thursday between seven and nine celsius. the high still with us across england and wales. weather fronts trying to push in across the top of that high. the wind direction changes somewhat, as we move into friday, to more of a south—westerly or a westerly, a milder source, the air coming in off the atlantic. more cloud around, still outbreaks of rain to the north, but with the cloud in scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales, here those temperatures perhaps up as high as 12 or 13 degrees. further south with the sunshine, nine or ten. still, that high pressure across central europe still dominating the story for england and wales. we do see more isobars continuing in the far north, but as we head into the weekend, once again, it could be an issue with some mist and fog first thing

for england and wales, somewhat warmer, but sunnier conditions, but windier to the far north. will this weather pattern change? well, it looks likely, as we head into next week. we could see more weather fronts pushing in off the atlantic, which means an increase to more wet and windy weather, perhaps the driest in the south, but it will turn just that little bit milder.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president biden has used his annual state of the union speech to call for the us to be more united. in his first address to congress, since republicans took control of the house of representatives, he also said police officers must be more accountable to the people. rescue teams are continuing their search for survivors of the earthquakes that devastated large parts of turkey and syria. more than 7000 people are known to have died. thousands of turkish soldiers along with international—rescue teams, are taking part in the emergency operation. and microsoft has announced a new version of its bing search engine which incorporates artificial

intelligence in a bid to challenge google's dominance