tragedy still unfolding in turkey and syria this morning. the death toll in yesterday's devastating earthquake now in the thousands as crews scour the rubble for survivors president biden will deliver his state of the union address tonight, the first before a divided congress a plume of toxic chemicals in the air over eastern ohio as crews try to prevent an explosion at a fiery train derailment evacuated residents are still waiting for the all clear.

and if you thought your morning was bad, a woman in new york presumed dead found breathing at a funeral home. and did ""brebreak my soul" break ticketmaster early today starts right now glad to be with you, i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. president biden is hours away from delivering his state of the union address and possibly setting the stage for his re-election campaign but lhow accepting will the public be to his message a new poll shows the president as approval rating at just 43% and more than 60% felt mr. biden has not accomplished very much during during his time in office. brie jackson joins us. it will be a chance for him to turn those numbers around what do we expect >> reporter: that's right, good

morning, phillip one white house official describes the tone of tonight's speech as optimistic aides tell nbc news that the president is extremely mindful that the country is still very divided and he will try to build on his message of unity. we can also expect to hear about foreign policy three white house sources tell nbc news that some lines of the speech that refer to china are being edited after that spy balloon was shot down. but the changes are not expected to include major policy announcements. the president is also expected to focus a lot on the economic wins and recovering from challenges caused by the pandemic he will refer to the spending battles to come and the debt ceiling. now this marks the first time the president will address the joint session of congress since republicans took control of the house. yesterday house speaker kevin mccarthy gave a pre-state of the union address and called on democrats to come to the table to debate the debt limit >> defaulting on our debt is not

an option. but neither is a future of higher taxes higher interest rates. and an economy that doesn't work for working americans. >> reporter: arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders will delivering the republican response to the state of the union tonight. the former white house press secretary promised to give her party's optimistic vision for the future only time will tell which message res thatss the most with americans. >> we will have full coverage and real time analysis on the state of the union tonight starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern. now to a nbc news exclusive. president biden is expected to visit poland this month to mark the first anniversary of the ukraine war. that's according to three people familiar with the planning poland is a nato member and shares a more than 300-mile border with ukraine. since russia invaded on february 24, the u.s. government has committed nearly $30 billion in

assistance to ukraine. the death toll in turkey and syria has risen to more than 3700 after monday's catastrophic earthquake turkey's state-run media has reported that more than 6,000 buildings have collapsed rescuers now racing against time to search for survivors. here's megan fitzgerald. >> reporter: a 7.8 magnitude earthquake striking turkey and north west syria, followed by another large earthquake hours later. magnitude 7.5. the quake prompting thousands of buildings to collapse. turning bustling cities into rubble the death toll thousands and rising as rescue crews search through the debris the earthquake also slamming syria, a country already in tatters after years of civil

war. this injured child saved from the rubble in the northern region of the country. but others still stuck the turkish armed forces setting up an r corridor to create a pathway for rescue teams to reach the most devastated areas. and this area in turkey filled with syrian refugees, a vulnerable area with vulnerable people the turkish defense minister pleading for help. >> translator: we feed aneed ai and we need rescue teams >> reporter: 45 countries have offered to help in the search and rescue efforts, including the u.s., israel and war-torn ukraine. there is a lucky break through in the toxic fire crisis threatening an ohio community. ever since a freight train derailed on friday, tank cars containing toxic chemicals have been on fire, on the verge of exploding. but specialists may have now

aver averted a disaster >> reporter: emergency crews desperately trying to get control of a potentially deadly situation with a controlled detonation over three days, warning residents that burning wreckage of a freight train could explode, sending shrapnel and toxic fumes for miles over direction. thousands of residents aunder a mandatory evacuation order authorities going door to door threatening families with children with arrest if they don't leave. friday night, as many as 50 of the cars derailed en route from illinois to pennsylvania the response focussed on five cars carrying hundreds of thousands of pounds of vinyl chloride, used to make pvc pipes and vehicle upholstery and linked to an increased risk of cancer, according to the cdc have >> this is a matter of life and

death. are you in imminent danger >> reporter: they use small explosives to blow holes in the train cars, hoping the hazardous material will seep into ditches where it can burn safely away. >> we want to be able to control that situation that's the safest way is to control the situation, and that's with this operation we're going to take this afternoon >> reporter: railroad official december clairofficials declaring that operation a success. and resident await word that it is safe to go back home. the fbi says it thwarted a white supremacist attack on a power grid they hoped to render the majority black city unviable by shooting up five power stations. clemdaniel told an agent that the attack would probably lay the city to waste. >> the accuse wrd were not just

talking but taking steps to further their extremist goals. >> it comes after recent attacks in oregon and north carolina where gunshots were fired at two sub station, leaving 45,000 customers without power amid freezing temperatures. a nursing home in new york is under investigation after a woman who was declared dead was actually alive the situation creating unnecessary trauma for the family and catching the attention of the health department and attorney general's office >> reporter: a routine day at the ob davis funeral home took a stunning turn when an 82-year-old woman pro nounsd dead was found to be alive and breathing. >> cannot even imagine awful. >> i can't imagine the shock for the family and friends to see the person who was actually dead and starting to breathe. >> reporter: according to

suffolk county police, she was in port jefferson at a rehab center and pronounced dead at 11:15 a.m. and discovered breathing by 2:09 and taken to a nearby hospital. >> i was blown away. that was pretty scary. >> reporter: scott burkemire's mother had been a patient at that center and discharged two weeks ago. this news hits him different >> i don't know who was running the show there was some incompetence there at some level. >> reporter: the funeral home which discovered the woman alive said in part, we are not in a position to comment further on this matter. >> i have a neighbor who was at that rehab for probably nine months, you know and could have been anybody. could have been my relative. it's got to be very upsetting. >> our thanks to paisley chang fo

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