Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington where the White House, Congress, and national security officials are all grappling with both the domestic and international political fallout from the U.S.

shooting down a Chinese spy balloon this weekend.

We will have the very latest on that story in just a moment, including new reporting from NBC News

about edits being made to the China portion of tomorrow night's state of the union address.

But first, a global emergency response and rescue operation is underway. These are live

pictures out of Turkey that you are seeing right now, where you can see workers combing through

some of the rubble, presumably looking for potential survivors. This after two massive earthquakes

hit Turkey and Syria overnight, images out of the region today show damaged towns, collapsed buildings, and people,

including young children being rescued from the rubble.

The death count has now surpassed 3,000 people across the two countries.

More than 10,000 more have been injured.

We expect those numbers to rise amid ongoing search and rescue operations.

This was the strongest quake turkey has felt in over 80 years. 7.8 magnitude. It hit just after 4 a.m. while many were

asleep. The epicenter of the quake was only 20 miles from a major city that is home to over 2 million

people and just 30 miles from Syria's northern border.

Another 7.5 magnitude quake hit nearby just a few hours later.

Turkey's vice president said there have been 145 aftershocks so far.

This terrifying footage shows the moment this morning when a building for the last.

Turkish president. this morning when a building to the wax. Trumpish. President Erdogan said today that more than 45 countries have offered aid,

including the U.S., the U.S., the U.K., and Russia.

President Biden expressed his sympathies for those lost, and U.S. officials announced they are sending two teams of nearly 80

officials to support the search and rescue efforts. NBC's Molly Hunter is in London with the very

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