yes, you would hold that a charge like this would bring the 2 countries together. journalist, vanessa billy, thank you very much for your time today in your insights in the situation on the ground in survey. thank you. thank you. and as aftershocks felt, i felt as far away as israel videos posted on social media show lumps, shaking inside buildings and local residents running for safety. well, let's cross life now to a spokesperson for united to pot zavalla, emergency service, organization, rock, rafael, posh, rafael, thanks. so much for joining us today. i'm, can you give us a quick update please, on the situation in israel, in the wake of these earthquakes for driving around the angels. morning or early in the morning, most people are sleeping, but some people walking up by building ranger beds, moving a little bit there weren't any injuries reported. thank god. what we're really here is sending a mission to release to to turkey. currently by organization, united i thought many others and even the government are sending pages and religion . we're gearing up to 10 doctors premiere team mem

hospitals are overcrowded with some people having to wait on the floor. independent journalist, vanessa billy, who's now in the syrian city of damascus, says it's rescue operations are being strained by lack of equipment. there is been some material damage or in damascus, but the bulk of the devastation um is in the north and north west. of course, jordan and lebanon also felt the earthquake, those various images coming from lebanon, in particular from surveillance cameras showing the duration of the crate, which, which seemed to go on forever. and, and that is something that friends all around syria telling me that despite for having survived 11 years of a military war, economic war, political war, media war, this was the most terrifying night of their life for many of them. and that says something, the emergency services i have been suffering from a lack of supply of equipment, thanks to the western imposed blockade and barbaric sanctions. sorry, a while, they are doing their absolute faster. you know, they're dealing with really a disaster that is beyond their capability. we know that egyp

billy: our system is very safe, at the same time we don't take that safety for granted and we recognize we have to continue this journey of modernization. vanessaors also expressed concerns that the faa has not had a permanent administrator for nearly a year. and actress raquel welch, who became an international sex symbol in the 1960's and 1970's, died today in los angeles. she had an early role in "fantastic voyage," the 1966 sci-fi adventure film. later that year came "one million years b.c." welch hardly spoke in that film, but this image of her became iconic. in all, her career spanned more than five decades in film and television. raquel welch was 82 years old. still to come on the "newshour," members of congress seek ways to stem the flow of fentanyl into the u.s. also, india's government cracks down on press freedom after the bbc aired a documentary critical of the prime minister. plus, an award-winning poet works to bring new life to her community. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: authorities are searching for a