cut off from aid, as new images pour in from the devastating earthquake in morocco. some regions are still stranded and asking the government to help rebuild what was lost

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magnitude tremor in morocco. the window for finding survivors in the rubble is fast closing. there are still miracles happening. >> reporter: high in the atlas mountain mountain glimmers of hope. this man clutching his two daughters. his other two children were killed these were the horrifying moments when this massive 6.8 magnitude quake struck friday night. sending customers pouring out of a restaurant, buildings crashing down this man imagmanaging to ese just before the roof caved in. here in the middle of the performance, the wedding band rushes out retravel to one of the hardest-hit areas. you can smell the death here between 90 and 100 people were killed in this village alone, and they're no longer looking

for survivors. she says this is her bedroom right here four members of her family were killed in the earthquake she says everybody was taken up. right now they're looking for things they're looking for identity cards and other things they need >> reporter: in mountain villages like this one, construction materials are rudimentary. faced with a mountain avalanche like this they didn't stand a chance helicopters caused further damage the moroccan government is facing criticism over the pace of the response. many struggling to reach remote areas. but this woman lost seven members of her family and her home but still has abundance of kindness she insisted on making us tea. but her son abdul kareem fears for the future he tells us without more help from the government this whole village may soon disappear all they're asking for is that the government rebuilds their homes and gives them food.

they're not asking for much. >> if you want to support the recovery and rebuilding effort, we encourage you to check out some of these organizations, including unicef, doctors without borders and the moroccan food bank who are all taking donations. the kremlin announced that president putin has invited kim jong un to russia. kim was confirmed to have left his home country aboard his private, heavily-fortified train late sunday for what will be his second known visit to russia the two powerful leaders are expected to continue discussing russia's war in ukraine and the potential sale of arms between those two nations. those negotiations began during a meeting over the summer. analysts say north korea has a huge supply of weapons that could be used to replenish a depleted russian military. north korea was urged not to provide the weapons to russia. the american scientist trapped thousands of feet

underground in a cave in turkey has been rescued alive mark dickey emerged from the catacombs more than a week after falling ill on an expedition our molly hunter reports on the ordeal and ultimate triumph of the international team that brought him out alive. [ applause ] >> reporter: the extraordinary moment rescuers have been working towards, as american scientist mark dickey is hoisted to the surface >> it is amazing to be above ground again >> reporter: in the last video of dickey underground inside turkey's deep cave, he's wrapped tightly to a stripper. cocooned so he doesn't slip as rescuers bring him through the final feet of a mammoth 3,400 foot journey to the top. in the last few hours the stretcher rocking and heaving but making steady progress on the pulley system. the 40-year-old new jersey native, an experienced caver suffered from severe gastrointestinal bleeding about ten days ago

the news reached the surface saturday september 2nd and the first medical team to reach him said he was in serious life-threatening condition remarkably, they performed a blood transfusion. >> as you can see, i'm up, alert, talking i'm not healed on the inside yet, so i need a lot of help to get out of here. >> reporter: when he's stabilized, the mission began on saturday and the nearly 200-strong-team delivered him to safety this is an incredibly remote area he was assessed on site. the plan is then a helicopter airlift to a state hospital in turkey president biden is taking action to bring five american prisoners home from iran the exchange involved granting tehran access to $6 billion in oil revenue at that had been blocked by u.s. sanctions. the state department told congress it was preparing for

this action on monday. so these five oust citizens have been detained for years now on espionage charges that human rights groups say had no foundation the white house says the deal will also include the release of five iranian nationals detained in the u.s in libya, thousands are feared dead after a powerful storm caused flooding that swept away whole neighborhoods hardest hate is the eastern city where two dams burst causing deadly flash flooding. a state of emergency has been declared in the area between 5,006,000 p0 and 6,00 0n are missing. a new report from an internal watchdog says the department of homeland security has lost track of thousands of migrants while they await their asylum hearings. the i.g. report says the addresses for more than 54,000 of those migrants released

across the u.s. border prior to their immigration proceedings were left blank on their records. so this leaves dhs with no way to know where they are or to send notifications about their upcoming court dates in response to the report, the agency said it had no need to implement a program to validate address on migrant intake forms. the fda has cleared the way for updated covid shots from pfizer and moderna they are formulated to target the xbb 2.5 variant, which is no longer the dominant strain but the updated shots should still trigger an immune response, since other circulating variants are related to t here's miguel almaguer with more details >> reporter: fda authorization is a major step towards new booster shots. after the cdc meets tuesday, vaccines from moderna and pfizer could go into arms by the end of the week drugmakers say boosters should

increase protective appoint bodies against the latest strains including ba 286 the cdc says they chose it for even those who already had covid but it doesn't appear to be more severe >> what this booster will do is protect us against severe disease. hospitalization. and the data so far indicate that booster is well matched to those strains. >> reporter: though national covid cases are no longer tracked, some states are reporting a rise, though not a worrisome wave, in new infections hospitalizations are up nearly 16%, even though 97% of adults have some level of protective immunity >> i was extremely exhausted and just like bad congestion >> reporter: college senior lou just caught the virus as she returned to school just like many adults have at work and large venues. >> last week a lot of my classes

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