On today’s episode of the 5 Things podcast: Death toll increases to 5,000 after quake strikes Turkey, Syria
More than 5,000 people are now dead and more are missingouton in debris after a ravaging earthquake. Plus, USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page sneakpeeks President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, Denver has a brand-new technique to homelessness, Defense authorities state they did not rightaway shoot down the Chinese balloon because they didn’t think it was a danger, and Dr. Andrew Hammond, from the International Spy Museum, talks about the history of spy balloons.
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Taylor Wilson:
Good earlymorning. I’m Taylor Wilson and this is 5 Things you requirement to understand Tuesday, the 7th of February 2023. Today, a shocking death toll from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Plus, a appearance ahead to tonight’s State of the Union, and we talk about the history of spy balloons.
The death toll has rose previous 5,000 after a ravaging earthquake and a series of aftershocks knocked the Turkey/Syria border collapsing thousands of structures.
[Audio: Screams as a building collapses]
The US Geological Survey stated the magnitude 7.8 quake hit simply after 4: 00 AM regional time theotherday, simply 2 hours priorto another 7.5 magnitude quake hit closeby. Turkey’s President, Recep Erdoğan, has stated 7 days of nationwide earlymorning. He spoke with President Joe Biden theotherday, who promised UnitedStates assistance. The White House stated part of that support would consistof sendingout 2 metropolitan search and rescue groups. Erdoğan called the quake the nation’s greatest catastrophe giventhat a 1939 earthquake eliminated some 30,000 individuals.
Across the border in Syria, a area is havingahardtime to recuperate after currently being knocked by the Syrian Civil War in refugee crisis in current years. In both nations, the death toll is anticipated to increase possibly by the thousands as numerous stay caught below debris.
Earlier this earlymorning, Ghanaian soccer star Christian Atsu was pulled alive from the debris in Turkey with injuries, according to the BBC. You can follow along with updates to the healing objective on USATODAY.com.
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President Joe Biden will offer his State of the Union address tonight, and as USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page informed me, it might provide a plan for the rest of his presidency.
Susan, thanks for coming on the podcast.
Susan Page:
Hey, it’s my satisfaction.
Taylor Wilson:
So what’s at stake in this specific State of the Union?
Susan Page:
A lot’s at stake. It’s a genuine pivot point for President Biden. He’s endedup 2 years of his term with some truly substantial legal successes, however now we have a Congress that is divided, Republicans taking over the home. Everything is about to get much harder.
Taylor Wilson:
Can President Joe Biden program the American individuals that he can reach throughout the aisle to get things done with this divided Congress?
Susan Page:
We anticipate him to talk about that, duetothefactthat he’s had years where he has firmlyinsisted that bipartisanship is the method to go back to when he was a senator, when he was vice president, and throughout his veryfirst 2 years as president. But it’s going to be a difficult offer, duetothefactthat you appearance at the House Republicans who now control that chamber. They have a substantial caucus, the Freedom Caucus, that is opposed to cooperation on nearly whatever, beginning with raising the financialobligation ceiling, which is mostlikely to be the veryfirst crisis of this year.
Taylor Wilson:
And how about when it comes to the American individuals, Susan? A USA TODAY Suffolk University survey in December discovered that about 2 thirds of Americans felt the nation was not heading in the right instructions. They likewise revealed little self-confidence in either celebration, or even a branch of federalgovernment to turn things around. So what can President Biden then state to encourage those Americans otherwise?
Susan Page:
Americans are not pleased with their federalgovernment. They’re not pleased with the president, with the Congress, with either celebration, with the Supreme Court. They puton’t think the federalgovernment is working for them. And this, even however we’ve had some great financial news inflation reducing a bit, the task market continuing to be strong. I believe President Biden’s going to shot to do a little bit of a selling task state