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alice morrison there who has made her home near the atlas mountains. operation is continuing in southern turkey to move an american explorer who became trapped more than 1,000 metres underground. rescuers are reported to have managed to get mark dickey to a base camp 700 metres down in the morca cave. rescuers spent ten hours navigating the complex with mark on a stretcher. they say it could days to get him to the surface. experts from across europe are involved in the operation. on a visit to vietnam, president biden has defended the united states' engagement in the pacific, against a background of rising chinese influence in the region. mr biden told reporters in hanoi that american actions were not about containing or isolating china, but about maintaining stability. let's take a listen. look, i think china has a difficult economic problem right now for a whole range of reasons that relate to international growth and the lack thereof, and the policies that china has followed. and so i don't think it's going to cause china to invade taiwan, as a matt

live now to alice morrison, a journalist who lives in the atlas mountains and is currently travellingween the villages of imlil and asni, one of the most impacted areas by the earthquake. thank you forjoining us. tell us a bit about what you're seeing. i’m thank you forjoining us. tell us a bit about what you're seeing. i'm on the main road _ bit about what you're seeing. i'm on the main road from _ bit about what you're seeing. i'm on the main road from my— bit about what you're seeing. i'm on the main road from my village, - bit about what you're seeing. i'm on the main road from my village, and| the main road from my village, and as you can see behind me, the road is completely blocked by landslides. it's apocalyptic. it took me three hours to cycle 16 kilometres downhill. there are rocks everywhere, there are massive holes. there is actually a crack right in front of my feet, taking away have the road. it's very impassable. we don't have any power in my village. i literally cycled down to phone my mum. in i literally cycled down to phone my mum. , ., , ., , mum. in terms of the he

imlil resident alice morrison has been trying to get through. it is apocalyptic.e hours to cycle 16 kilometres downhill. there are rocks everywhere, there are massive holes. there is actually a crack right in front of my feet which is taking away half of the road. so it is very unpassable. 0ur correspondent nick beake is in the atlas mountains region and sent this update. we have just arrived in the province that has been worst affected by this earthquake. this is up in the atlas mountains. as we pulled up here a short time ago, we were greeted by the sight of an elderly woman wailing, tears were streaming down herface, and that is because already they have recovered 18 bodies just in this place alone. this is the hospital, and you can see some people are outside waiting for news of loved ones who have been treated. lots of people are camping out for the night because they are too frightened to go back in, they are worried about aftershocks, they are worried that another earthquake will come. just talking to some people here, they say they are desperately short of

let's talk now to a journalist currently in imlil in the high atlas mountains, alice morrison. i appreciate you doing this for us. just give us a sense of where we are now, a few days after the actual event. i’m days after the actual event. i'm standin: days after the actual event. i'm standing on _ days after the actual event. i'm standing on the _ days after the actual event. i“n standing on the roof of my home. we were in one of the epicentres of the earthquake. fortunately, my house wasn't damaged, but the geography, thatis wasn't damaged, but the geography, that is the problem with the aid. the government is working full out, it is fully across it, but if ijust turn the camera around, what you can see is very small hamlets, scattered across very high mountains. so, as you can imagine, it is very difficult, logistically, to get to them. it is not like having a city or town and some of these places, not these ones, but some of them are two days' walk away. i think has been one of the problems we have faced. ., . ~' been one of the problems we have faced. ., ., ~ ., ., faced.

alice morrison is a journalist who lives in the atlas mountains and is currently travelling in one ofhe most impacted areas by the earthquake. she told us what she witnessed. i'm on the main road from my village, where there has been a lot of casualties. as you can see behind me, the road is completely blocked by landslides. it was apocalyptic. it took me three hours to cycle 16 kilometres downhill. there are rocks everywhere, there is a crack in front of me that is taking away half the road. we don't have any power in my village, we don't have any signal. i literally cycled down to phone my mum. the casualties i cannot speak to, i can speak to exactly what i know. i live in a very small village. thank goodness, we have no casualties. we all ran down into the big car park. we all stayed there all night. but two men died on the show last night. four men died in the village nearby, and four men died and another nearby village. they may not sound big, but these villages are tiny, and this is just literally what i found out on my cycle here. just literally what i found out on my cycle her

let's talk now to a journalist currently in asni, alice morrison. good to see you.ense of the picture of where you are. behind me ou the picture of where you are. behind me you can — the picture of where you are. behind me you can see _ the picture of where you are. behind me you can see some _ the picture of where you are. behind me you can see some tents - the picture of where you are. behind me you can see some tents which i the picture of where you are. behind i me you can see some tents which have been put up to house people who have had houses destroyed or whether houses are two badly damaged to live in. people here are still very frightened and behind them is a row of army trucks, the army has fully mobilised to help the aid effort. it is very busy, i am standing in the market town where i normally do my weekly shop, it is a small town and now it is a hive of activity. there are helicopters flying overhead, there are trucks full of supplies going down the main road. everything here is in full swing to try and help any survivors of the earthquake.— help any su

we spoke earlier to a journalist alice morrison, who is in the area, and she said the moroccan governmentth regards to obviously getting to these remote areas has meant that the operations have not been as effective as they could have been. so you can see there the villagers assessing the damage, following the deadly quake in morocco. now, let's take you somewhere else. a good news story. an american truck in turkey's third deepest cave for more than a week has been rescued. this is the moment mark nikki was pulled by ground to safety by it was one of the largest and most complicated underground rescues ever mounted. believe it or not, it took on hundred 50 people to rescue mark dickey. he had become trapped underground, he had actually become very ill. i think it was something to do with internal bleeding, a stomach problem. at the deepest, deepest point of this cave, which reaches nearly 1.3 kilometres below ground, so you can understand exactly how difficult a rescue operation would have been. after being rescued, mark dickey said he didn't think he would survive the ordeal, so a lovel

live now to alice morrison, a journalist who lives in the atlas mountains close to the quake epicentreere you are joining us from. tell us where you are “oining us from. �* ., ., ., ., from. i'm “oining from one of the areas from. i'm joining from one of the areas that _ from. i'm joining from one of the areas that was _ from. i'm joining from one of the areas that was hit, _ from. i'm joining from one of the areas that was hit, 30 _ from. i'm joining from one of the | areas that was hit, 30 kilometres from the epicentre. this is a little tented camp that the villagers set “p tented camp that the villagers set up because many houses have been destroyed and those that have not been destroyed have huge cracks in them so everybody, including me i have to say, is scared to sleep inside. it is segregated here so the men are sleeping here and the women's tents havejust men are sleeping here and the women's tents have just been put up in that direction. women's tents have 'ust been put up in that direction.— in that direction. what are people doinu , in that direction. what are people doing.

let's talk now to a journalist currently in imlil in the high atlas mountains, alice morrison.pact this earthquake as had. i you and the impact this earthquake as had. . , . you and the impact this earthquake as had. ., , ., ., ., ., ., as had. i am standing on the roof of m home as had. i am standing on the roof of my home so — as had. i am standing on the roof of my home so i _ as had. i am standing on the roof of my home so i was _ as had. i am standing on the roof of my home so i was directly - as had. i am standing on the roof of my home so i was directly in - as had. i am standing on the roof of my home so i was directly in the - my home so i was directly in the impact and my neighbours still haven't come back to the houses because even though the houses are standing they have huge cracks in them. i think you can see from the geography behind me the difficulty for people trying to rescue. these are all very tiny communities set in these enormously inaccessible mountains. so i think the picture paints a thousand words. 0ur value was relatively likely hit, the next valley o

let's talk now to a journalist currently in asni, alice morrison. very good to see you. where you are. i can see tents behind you.— happening where you are. i can see tents behind you. yes, i have come to the local — tents behind you. yes, i have come to the local centre, _ tents behind you. yes, i have come to the local centre, one _ tents behind you. yes, i have come to the local centre, one of - tents behind you. yes, i have come to the local centre, one of the - tents behind you. yes, i have come to the local centre, one of the town is badly affected. it is a small market town where i do my shopping at the local market on saturday. now it is the centre of an aid operation. you can see the blue tent with women and children sleeping in them. these are supplied by the government. there is a hospital set “p government. there is a hospital set up by government. there is a hospital set up by the army and the red crescent. you will hear so much noise, ambulances going past, helicopters up ambulances going past, helicopters up above looking for the small villages we know hav

live now to journalist alice morrison who lives in imlil in the atlas mountains close to the quake epicentrens at the moment. when you hear there will be provisions made for people coming up in the winter months, that must be reassuring because has it been a real concern just how cold it can get where you are and the people that shelter might really suffer in winter? here in the winter _ might really suffer in winter? here in the winter it _ might really suffer in winter? here in the winter it is _ might really suffer in winter? here in the winter it is so _ might really suffer in winter? haze: in the winter it is so freezing cold. we are used to not having heating, so not having cold weather so we are in a home is normally so those traditionally built homes, the modern claimants are particularly warm. it is such good news the king has announced this programme which is exactly right, generous, practical and you know people here love the king and trust him and trust the leadership. so this is all wonderful news and it is a horrible thing that has happened but we are all trying now to just mov

uk—med, which is sending a specialist team of aid workers to marrakesh and also byjournalist alice morrison. we are so devastated, people have lost their families. we are all working together. the government has really mobilised, things are working. it is the personal loss. look at this house behind me! that is horrific. so sorry the community is going through it and you are witnessing it. it must be as shocking as you are saying that good news that help is starting to arrive there. may be further afield in the more remote parts, it is a different story. well, everyone here has mobilised. field hospitals have been set up, tented camps set up. ambulances up and down the road. the road has been committed by the army. this is a mountain community with small villages scattered across the mountains. when i say villages, they are hamlets. wherever there is water, there is life. you may have two family is built on the side of the mountain. when the mountain throws an earthquake at hee, that is it full to get into those mountains, i have hiked all over the area. sometimes it is a two, three day hik

i'm on a long list of more distinguished writers from judy bloom, to alice walker, to tony morrison.andparents, but they don't have kids in the school system. they have been mobilized to show up. in florida, they brought a preacher from north carolina in who is a right wing conservative preacher who is on his podcasts drooling about this all the time. they brought him to a local school board to have him read from the book. it's theater. it's cynical theater at the cost of, to me, of the children's freedom and liberty to read. we also -- we have never given kids enough credit for what they read and how they absorb it. we think desantis' thing about indoctrination. it's actually, in his case, projection. that's what they are trying to do. >> in some cases, it's working. you have outsiders saying what about the vaccine and they cancel your event. it's crazy. >> it's crazy. this is just an adventure story in key west, florida, one of the coolest places you could grow up. it's crazy. i feel bad for the kids. >> you mentioned margaritaville. one of the guys who makes a brief appearance in