major earthquake hitting turkey and syria. hundreds of people are killed hotel among the buildings that collapsed the desperate search now for survivors in the rubble. this little girl found alive. the us already offering help, the latest from the quake zone. new fallout after the u. s military shot down that chinese spy balloon what china's government said overnight and the white house now clarifying its statement about previous by balloon encounters. what's next is navy divers recover the debris. breaking overnight an urgent new plea for hundreds of residents to evacuate after this fiery train derailment in ohio the concern about a major explosion, another close call at a major u. s airport, two planes

coming close to colliding. what's to blame for this latest string of near misses are expert weighs in rising grocery prices taking their toll the choice more americans are making to save in the checkout line. music's biggest night from beyonce to harry styles lizzo to bonnie raitt, the history the surprises and the performances all the big grammy moments. abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good monday morning, everyone i'm andrew denberg, jacqueline lee. we will begin with the breaking news. a major earthquake rocking central turkey and syria overnight. hundreds of people have been killed. the quake was so strong even the coast of italy was briefly put on alert for a possible tsunami. a hotel in southern turkey is among the many buildings that reportedly collapsed when the quake hit around four am local time. it's

among the strongest on record. in turkey. hundreds of people are reportedly trapped beneath rubble. the white house has alreadyannounced that assistance is on the way. and shows and mosque destroyed in the quake. nearly 700 people were confirmed dead overnight, but that number is expected to rise. here's a b c's derek dennis. this morning death and destruction in south central turkey and in neighboring syria . a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, followed by a series of aftershocks, leaving a rising number of dead and dozens of buildings destroyed at the top of one building marking wires could be seen lighting up the sky the main tremor felt in at least nine cities. survivors out of breath and in a daze, searching for loved ones buried in debris. the epicenter in the turkish city of cameramen morris near the border with syria, so close to the syrian civil defense declared an emergency, noting the collapse of several residential buildings and activating teams to rescue the

stranded in those trapped under the rubble, but the damage in turkey is extensive. even those whose homes are still standing so light fixture sway is debris fell around them. the white house national security adviser , issuing a statement saying president biden has directed us aid and other federal government partners to assess us response options. we have warehouses filled with a word, deploying trucks rerouting trucks from warsaw. they're already like in route this afternoon straight to turkey, and we already have teams at the airport right now from warsaw, so they'll be landing there. my like 1 30, turkey's president, erdogan tweeting. the quake was felt in many parts of the country, adding search and rescue teams have been immediately dispatched and expressing his hope that we will get through this disaster together. the death toll between turkey and syria is staggering, and search crews are only just beginning to come through the rubble. syria's civil defense, calling it a catastrophe. andrew

jacqueline. derek thank you. we'll bring you more from turkey throughout the morning, but we turn now to the big story here at home new fallout after the u. s military shot down that chinese by balloon efforts are now underway to recover debris from the balloon. the chinese government released a new statement today condemning the us and saying this incident has seriously damaged efforts to improve relations between the two countries. the white house is now clarifying something it said about previous spy balloons over the usa bcs faith. bubi is here now with the very latest faith. good morning. good morning to you. andrew. navy divers are working to recover debris from the chinese spy balloon and effort that it's expected to take days. this morning. federal investigators are hopeful navy divers can find most of the technology bay that was suspended below the now destroyed chinese spy balloon, which was reportedly used to monitor sensitive military installations. the fbi is expected to take custody of any components and ship them to a lab in critical virginia for intelligence gathering. abc

selwyn lopez wasn't far from the debris field seven miles across shallow water from myrtle beach, south carolina. we've been feeling what kind of conditions the us navy and coast guard up against? let me tell you. these are rough conditions on saturday of fighter jets, striking the balloon with the missile at about 60,000 ft. the air force confirms this is the pilot speaking moments after the balloon was hit last a kill overnight, china's vice foreign minister accused the us of an indiscriminate use of force in shooting down the balloon, saying quote what the us has done has seriously damaged both sides. efforts and progress in stabilizing sino us relations. the balloon first entered u. s airspace over alaska. january 28th. after hovering over canada, the balloon made its way over idaho on the 31st and then drifted across the continental u. s. critics accused the white house of showing a lack of urgency. i

can assure you that if we fly a balloon over china, they're going to shoot it down, senator marco rubio says. china used the balloon to deliver a message to erica and the message they were trying to send this what they believe internally and that is that the united states is a once great superpower that's hollowed out that's in decline, according to senior administration officials, the military took immediate steps to protect against sensitive military information. the white house says president biden ordered the balloon shut down as soon as opposed to no risk to people on the ground. i'm grateful that the military took decisive action when they did and how they did but we obviously have issues here. meanwhile former president trump and senior members of his national security team have denied the claim that china used spy balloons over the u. s at least three times during the trump administration, biden administration officials now say those incidents were only discovered after trump left office. and andrew and then new statement overnight. china insists the balloon was a civilian airship acclaim. us

officials are not buying andrew faith. thank you urgent plea overnight to hundreds of people living near a fiery train derailment in northeast ohio. they were asked to evacuate immediately because of the potential for a major explosion that could send shrapnel flying up to one mile away about 50 cars derailed in the village of east palestine friday night in some are still burning. cars were carrying hazardous materials, including vinyl chloride, but officials said there was no evidence any the chemical was released. we need people to stay home. and not come into the east palestine. i cannot stress that enough. as of right now, we are still not conducting any what we call downrange or on scene operations. it's still too volatile of an area. investigators say in mechanical issue with one railc axle caused the derailment officials yesterday, said aaron water quality in the area remains stable. it's happened again another close call at a major u.

s airport this time in texas, a potential disaster averted with only moments tospare. this morning. federal officials investigating a string of runway incidents and close calls the latest friday in austin, texas, where a southwest flight was ordered to abort takeoff from the same runway where a fedex cargo flight was landing southwest of port is on the go in thechaos, the southwest pilot refused to follow the towers order to turn off the runway. roger can turn right, unable to move may have averted disaster as the fedex pilot aborted its landing and pulled up at the last second, the tower had told him determined to the right, but that would have been a very dangerous thing to do, and the southwest pilot refused it. it follows a dramatic close call just last month between a delta and american airlines flight at jfk airport in new york. 1943 cancel takeoff plans to planes carrying more than 300 people coming within 1000 ft of colliding with the departing delta flight was able to abort takeoff at the last second, experts say airports are simply

seeing more traffic these days. we're back to just about where we were before covid the reason that we're seeing so many of these years because the increasing pace of operations is overwhelming the system to a certain extent and another incident this past friday two united airlines planes clipping wings at newark as one plane was being towed to the gate. midge seen here extensive but no injuries reported. all three of those incidents remain under investigation and developing story from the war in ukraine. president zelensky has announced his replacing the country's defense minister because of a corruption scandal. ukraine is bracing for a new russian offensive and is pleading with western allies to send warplanes , but some western leaders fear supplying planes would provoke the kremlin. back in this country. the economy is expected to be a main focus of president biden state of the union address. tomorrow night's speech will be the president's first since republicans took control of the house. white house officials say biden will highlight job growth and lower inflation, but our new poll indicates that would be a tough

sell. 41% of americans say they are worse off financially since biden became president. our new poll also finds only 44% of republicans want donald trump to be their presidential nominee, and in a setback to trump, the powerful political organization. funded by charles koch says it will support a candidate other than trump next year to the weather, tens of thousands of homes and businesses in austin, texas, are still without power nearly one week after an ice storm hit the region, many residents say the worst part is not being told when the power will return. hundreds of people fought over food that was thrown into a supermarket dumpster. a social media post claimed it was free, but the food was spoiled because of the power outage time now f a lk atoumo ather. coast to coast storm is dumping heavy snow in the mountains of the northwest today before moving into the rockies. it will eventually bring rain from the gulf to the great lakes this

week that storm or some mild temperatures for the northeast. some areas could be 15 degrees above normal. that's quite a turnaround after the record breaking cold snap over the weekend, checking today's high temperatures elsewhere. it's chilly in the upper midwest, but mild across the southeast 81 in miami. americans are saving money on groceries. first, the dramatic rescue at sea after a massive wave overturns this yacht what authorities soon learned about the man on board and later beyonce makes history.

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california, the woman wearing sunglasses appeared to be slouched and motionless. the people who shot the video say they tried to alert the driver for about 15 minutes. police are investigating a suspected thief caught a lifesaving break after the yacht he was accused of stealing capsized. the coast guard rescued the 35 year old from the mouth of the columbia river off the coast of oregon. after the boat capsized friday, the rough surf forced officials to lower a rescue swimmer into the water. petty officer first class branch walton dropped down from a chopper so i saw the wave coming. he pointed to it. i looked over. there's a little too late. tried to duck underneath it. i didn't get hit as bad as the boat. thankfully but, uh, i got hit pretty good. that was a phenomenal job done by that rescue swimmer. police had been looking for the man after video was posted online of him, leaving a dead fish at a house made famous in the 1985 movie. the goonies. americans may soon be getting some relief at the breakfast table with

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