Quote, it felt like Armageddon, the lead starts right now.

A new baby, one of the thousands of innocent people killed earlier today in that catastrophic

7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria, disgrambled to reach the people

buried alive beneath crumble buildings.

Then, we're learning more about China's suspected spy balloon shot down after flying over

the United States for days, including concerns that the balloon may have had explosives on

board, plus arrests in a neo-Nazi plot to completely destroy a major American city

by targeting electrical substations, the details coming up on the wild and violent conspiracy.

Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper, and we start today with our world lead, the

frantic search for survivors after the devastating earthquake that so far has killed more than

3,400 people.

A number that tragically continues to grow seemingly every hour, the 7.8 magnitude earthquake,

striking Turkey and Syria earlier this morning, powerful aftershocks, complicating the

rescue efforts, making things even more difficult, some of the areas are under winter

weather warnings, for snow and high winds and very low temperatures.

Turkish President Erdogan, today pleading for other countries to send their most experienced

search and rescue teams, there's currently really no way to assess, even a rough idea

of how many people are missing right now, trapped under these giant piles of concrete

and twisted metal.

Videos captured the moment this building collapsed in central Turkey today.

This was one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in more than 100 years.

Now, there have been some moments of hope today, this video shared by the White Helmets

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