Death toll surpasses 15,000 in Turkey and Syria after 7.8 magnitude earthquake

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Officials say at least 15,000 people have died and more than 58,000 people have been injured after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria. Thousands of buildings have collapsed as search and rescue teams continue to look for survivors. Chef José Andrés and his team at World Central Kitchen are on the ground in Turkey helping serve meals. He tells Anderson Cooper what they’re seeing and how many meals they were able to deliver.

Plus, President Joe Biden traveled to Wisconsin to bring his State of the Union economic message to voters in the battleground state. CNN Chief National Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny talks to democratic and democratic-leaning voters in the state to see if they would support a potential 2024 Biden reelection bid.

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0:00.0	Good evening.
0:02.0	If President Biden picked to fight with Republicans at the State of the Union last night, he showed
0:05.2	today that it's a fight he's happy to have.
0:07.8	And if it was a trap, he baited Republicans into.
0:10.2	They showed last night they were just as happy to step right in.
0:13.0	Both sides, for reasons of their own appear to want this.
0:15.8	The President to show voters that the GOP is in his eyes in the sway of extremism was certainly
0:20.8	resonated during the midterm elections.
0:22.7	And Republicans appear to want it to reinforce their credentials with the base and use their
0:26.7	newly won control of the House to amplify that effort.
0:30.1	So last night with House Republicans using a potential default on the national debt,
0:34.0	the leverage budget cut for the administration, President Biden framed what they want the
0:38.5	way he wanted.
0:40.5	Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share of some Republicans, some Republicans want
0:47.2	Medicare and Social Security to sunset.
0:49.0	I'm not saying it's a majority.
0:51.4	Let me give you anybody who doubts it.
0:58.5	Contact my office.
0:59.5	I'll give you a copy.
1:01.5	I'll give you a copy of the proposal.
1:04.0	That means Congress doesn't vote.
1:07.8	I'm glad to see you.
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