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White Helmets volunteer discusses recovery efforts

The death toll is climbing in Syria and Turkey, one week after deadly earthquakes hit both countries. At least 36,000 are dead, thousands more are still unaccounted for as rescue crews sift through the rubble in search of survivors. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has more about the recovery efforts and then White Helmets volunteer Ismail Alabdullah, who is aiding in the search and rescue efforts on the ground in Syria, joins CBS News for more.

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Aid to Syria delayed by political complications

Turkey and Syria are reeling from the devastating earthquakes which have killed thousands of people. Humanitarian groups warn the earthquakes could worsen a crisis both countries were already facing prior to the earthquakes. Andrew Tabler, a Martin J. Gross senior fellow at the Washington Institute, and the former National Security Council director for Syria, joined CBS News to discuss how the complicated politics in the region is becoming an obstacle to help those impacted by the earthquakes.

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