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the east coast is one big plate. the other difference is the climate. >> the earth is hotter in california than the east coast and when the earth is hot, the seismic energy doesn't travel away from the earthquake fault nearly as far. >> records he says. >> reporter: the virginia quake didn't have many aftershocks. based on the fault's history it probably won't lead to another big one anytime soon. facebook and twitter blowing up about ours overnight. weighed a couple of comments on our facebook page one from dale who said all shook up near daly city. and another comment from michelle king says she is in south vallejo near the carquinez bridge. hayward fault ends just beyond this area. i have never felt my apartment building settle so this was recognizable. it felt like a shake then a pause then a stronger shake- rumble. probably lasted all of six plus seconds. she then called her mother. [ laughter ] >> reporter: two scientists from here will go to the east coast to study that and scientists will study what we saw he

the 2011 either quake, the biggest east coast, coast fukushima daiichi since gangster rap. >> the west coast. >> i'll see you back here tomorrow. contessa brewer in the peanut gallery next to me. >> i don't know why you didn't let me just participate in that. >> you could have. >> you know what the east coast has that the west coast doesn't have yet? hurricanes. and hurricane irene could be a good one. >> in hurricanes? >> these are the guys complaining about carmagaddeno. >> where are you from, canada? >> oh, for sure. hurricane irene more on this ahead. a look at rick perry's unusual campaigning methods as well. she has a lot of people working for him. could it pay off in the end. you could save a bundle with geico's multi-policy discount. geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance. ♪ geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance. and i was a pack-a-day smoker for 25 years. i do remember sitting down with my boys, and i'm like, "oh, promise mommy you'll never ever pick up a cigarette." i had to quit. ♪ my doctor gave me a prescription for chantix, a medic

getting into and out of the east coast is different and maybe worse. air travel has been utterly snarled by three days, four days of a big hurricane. something like 11,000 flights have been canceled. the airlines for obvious reasons took most of the aircraft out of the east coast. now it will be reset up with an enormous backlog of people who want to fly and get out of places like new york and already we are looking at a back up. they are saying if you book a flight now. you may not get out of new york until wednesday. >> we had similar stories hereof lks trying to get back not until saturday. thanks very much. >> stay with us for continuing coverage of tropical storm irene on air and online. you can head to nbc bay area and click on the weather tab for up to the minute information. up next at 6:00, the growing debate over the safety of raiders fans and versus niners fans. you might be surprised by the security history for both teams. we will have a live report. the seemingly ordinary los altos house that became more of a tourist attraction than ever l

so, a lot of this is new to us on the east coast, but i'm sure a lot of the viewers on the west coast are saying, welcome to the party. >> right. >> but that is a considerable, and that is a considerably going to affect obviously the afternoon commute and potentially tomorrow morning for amtrak and the northeast corridor, and secondly, a homeland security official tells me that a quick pulse around washington, d.c. finds no reports of any damage or any injuries from the earthquake here in the washington area, tamron. >> all right. thank you, pete. now, over to bill kcahill with the port authority in new york. and bill, start off with the information of where things stand right now. >> the federal aviation administration evacuated its control tower at john f. kennedy international and newark international airport after the tremblers hit. they are going to do an inspection to make sure that the building is sound. and we are going to inspect our airfields at those two airfields to make sure they are sound, and if they are, we will resume operations. our other airport, teterboro and lagua

travel between the east coast and the caribbean are suspended. amtrak canceled service south of washington at least through sunday. trains operating along the northeast corridor are moving at reduced speeds. >> terrell brown here in new york thank you for that live report. we bump, and bromance, a close non-sexual relationship between men. >>> in sports, slam, slam, slam, the bronx bombers liven up or actually live up to the name and make another mark in the record books. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. new york partly cloudy 84, miami showers and 90 degrees there. chicago sunny and 79. sunny and a whopping 103 in dallas and l.a., a sunny 88. >>> time now for a check of the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows hurricane irene off the florida coast, moving toward the carolinas. clear and dry from the great lakes into the northeast. stormy in the southwest, while the west coast is clear. later today the carolina coast gets hit with heavy rains and dangerous winds as irene approaches. hot in the s

stun and aftershocks shook the east coast, what happens in a real emergency? >>> a fighting spirit, a champion and role model now facing the challenge of alzheimer's. >>> and balancing act. can working moms really do it all? new research tonight of what happens when they try. new research tonight of what happens when they try. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, i'm lester holt, in tonight for brian. still trying to shrug off yesterday's rare earthquake, the east is tonight bracing for irene. the now category 3 hurricane we have been telling you about is striking the bahamas at this hour with 120-mile-per-hour winds as it cuts an unwavering path toward a potential east coast landfall. tropical storm winds are blowing more than 200 miles from its nt.er. forecasters expect irene to intensify for a bit and then essentially hug the i-95 corridor up the east coast and as we look at the forecast track, that potentially puts tens of millions of americans at risk from flooding, rains and dangerous winds from north

jeff ranieri will be on the east coast as we watch the system go through cape hatteras, the outer banks of north carolina and notice it moving up the east like a bowling ball. hitting all these areas based on this center. if the center stays offsheer we could see a category 1 hurricane as it crosses long islandly sunday afternoon. a storm surge on the coastal areas and yinlets and bays of 5 to 10 feet if the storm keeps its path as we suspect it will. rainfall totals could cause flooding and wind speeds across some of the larger downtown areas east of philadelphia and eventually up toward cape cod and boston, this is reason why the folks on the i-95 corridor are keeping a close eye on hurricane irene. on the west coast, we're tame. low clouds and fog spilling over the peninsula at this hour. santa cruz got sunshine h sunshine today. the trend towards the weekend is warmer. the marine layer will 'squish down so a few more 90s popping up. especially to the trivalley. upper 90s for the the weekend. if you're heading to the high country, we could see thunder off to the east. cloud tops buil

a magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered in virginia shook the east coast from georgia to new england. e could grow into a category 3 storm when it hits the bahamas tomorrow. it's expected to reach the carolina coast on saturday. and libyan rebels hold moammar qaddafi's fortified home in tripoli tonight. qaddafi is now a fugitive in the nation that he ruled for 42 years. that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> a bay area community without a grocery store gets its wish. the one thing they don't want to come along with it. >>> one unofficial community pushing in on the turf of another. how neighbors are fighting over an invisible border. >>> and fewer days in the school year, it's up for debate tonight in the east bay. the sad lesson on why teaching less will save more. >>> good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm allen martin. >>> it's bringing jobs and pumping money into the local economy

east coast earthquake. if you've been watching tv, or listening to the radio or following social media, you already know the headline, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the east coast just before 2:00 this afternoon. tens of millions who think the quakes as something who happens that happens to people on the west coast, were jolted into a rare and nerve-racking reality. it was centered in mineral, virginia, felt in 22 states as far west as illinois. while there are no reports of major damage, there may well be hidden structural damage. we'll have the details and bring you live reports throughout the hour here on "hardball." >>> what would have been our lead story took place on the other side of the world. in that libya, where rebel troops overwhelmed pro-gadhafi forces and poured into his compound. the rebels fired and grabbed what they could but colonel gadhafi's whereabouts remain unknown. >>> the central tower of washington's national cathedral sustained damage in today's earthquake. no one was injured to t

local red cross chapters are sending seven volunteers to the east coast. rom the chapter consists of a nurse and emergency medical technicians. >> makes landfall we'll need a lot of mass care, feeding and sheltering. >> other local agencies helping include the coast guard, spying two specialists. and out of sacramento a coast guard aircraft is on standby ready to deploy up to 10 people to help with anything from search and rescue to transporting supplies. 15 members of the bay area fema management team are now in new hampshire. >>> a federal judge in san francisco has upheld barry bonds' conviction for obstruction of justice. the judge also denied his request for a new trial. bond's attorneys were in court this week asking the judge to toss out bond's constriction for obstruction of justice. the jury deadlocked on three other charges of perjury. formal sentencing is expected in about three months. >>> two men convicted of murdering oakland journalist chauncey bailey will spend their lives in prison. they were given life without parole. chauncey bailey was s

talking about the that's correct shook the bay area hours after an earthquake jolted much of the east coast. >> we are making fun of them and we had a 3.6 quake. the epicenter was in the east bay hills near san leandro. the quake hit about 11:36 last night with smaller aftershocks about 5 minutes later. >> anne makovec is in menlo park at usgs headquarters. we didn't feel it. did you? >> reporter: no. a lot of people were sleeping. i slept right through it. it happened at 11:36. and it was a pretty small earthquake. a lot of people making fun here on the west coast about what they were talking about on the east coast everybody was freaking out about what had happened there and then we have an earthquake that's much smaller than what they had and everybody still concerned about it. we saw a lot of posts from people on facebook and twitter who did feel it overnight centered in the east bay. let's look at the seismograph from last night. it was centered three miles from san leandro, 3.6 magnitude but it was felt from danville to san francisco even up to marin. according to the u.s. geological

thousands of flights to and from the east coast and to the east coast have been cancelled affecting flights here and at other bay area airports. there's three flights to washington, new york and boston will head out as scheduled tonight but are cancelled saturday and sunday. a man from baltimore, a woman from the east bay and a man headed to new york all said the hurricane is on their mind. >> actual little i'm here for a wedding. it just so happens that i'm out of town for the hurricane. i love it like that. >> everybody was talking about getting out. there was golf tournaments and a lot of stuff going on. everybody is passing on that, so i came home a day early. >> i've lived in the east coast for a long time. we can handle this. we've experienced a lot of things. rain and water are not going to kill us. >> reporter: no matter where you're flying you should check your the airline's website and see how your flight will be affected by hurricane irene. live at oakland airport, i'm john sasaki. >>> even though the full force of hurricane irene hasn't hit the bay area, many people are already

>> reporter: martin, what's interesting, a gap between the east coast and west coast when it comes toearthquake. a lot of people here in midtown manhattan raced for exits trying to get out of buildings. people on west coast, where i'm from, commenting from e-mail and twitter saying people on the east coast have been doing exactly what you're not supposed to do in situations like this. from childhood on, in the west coast, these earthquake centric cities, these are places where you're talking to duck and cover, not supposed to run out into the streets because of the fear of building collapses and downed power lines. the good news we didn't have that problem here. one of the real problems for a lot of the the people in this area is the lack of familiarity with an earthquake that may have put them in a more compromising situation trying to run out into the streets of new york city stfl. the good news, we heard, the mayor there, no reports of injuries now. no significant damage. one point he note worth pointing out as well, due diligence going forward into this evening as stressful aftern

a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the east coast just before 2:00 this afternoon. tense of millions of people who think of quakes is something that happens to someone else, something that happens to people on the west coast, were jilted into a rare and nerve-racking e part of the state, but flt as far south and georgia, west and chicago and north at martha's vineyard where the president is vacationing pap powerful earthquake. no reports of major damage there may well be hidden structure damage. in washington, d.c. and in new york, people poured out of buildings for an unscheduled mid-day break. and washington evacuated until it was clear to return to that building. all the details and bring you live reports throughout the hour here on "hardball." >>> also what would otherwise have been our lead story tonight took place on the other side of the world. in libya, where rebel troops overwhelmed pro-gadhafi forces and poured into this compound. the victorious rebels fired weapons in celebration and grab wlad they could, but colonel gadhafi's whereabouts remain unknown. w

rain, but nothing compared to the rainfall we're seeing with irene on the east coast. 'll take a look at what you can expect on the other coast, coming up in a few minutes. >>> also, the hot new item among east bay car thieves. where car owners can get free help to protect themselves. >>> still to come, honoring the emergency crews at ground zero with a very ambitious climb. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> taking a live look right now outside at kill devil hills, north carolina. you can see hurricane irene is moving in, been around for a few hours. and this is a live look at more head, north carolina. lots of wind, lot of rain there, as irene hits the coast and of course is expected to move on up the east coast. they are preparing as far north as new england. you see that boat being tossed around in some of those strong waves and the winds. the rain, coming in sideways this morning. we'll keep you posted on what's going on there throughout the day. >>> an east bay woman, meantime, says -- we'll be right back. ,, [ man ] did we get anything good? sweetie i think yo

but on the east coast, obviously, there is a lot less storms. i think you can see that people are maybe less prepared. and don't necessarily have the flood insurance that will be needed to help them take care of any damages after the storm comes through. >> we are going to have significant damages and we have to wait and see exactly whether they come close to the amount that you have estimated. but against again, scott little, a spokesman for core logic, a data analysis company, estimating losses of $35 billion in the new york metro area alone to rez decialt properties. scott, thank you very much for your time. caller: thank you. have a good night. >> if you and your neighbors dodged a bullet this time, consider yourself fortunate. but that's not always the case. mother nature can come in and strike with a vengeance. in fact, northeast storms of the past have wiped out stay, taking lives and causing a fortune in damage. geraldo rivera has a look at the worst in history. >> hurricane irene is bad, but it can't compare with the monsters to tear ac

east coast. as far as maine are warned they can see extreme flooding, power outages or worse even if irene stays off-shore. jenna: some projections said this storm would hit, but j.d. reminds us we are still a few days out. >> reporter: four days out there is a 200-mile margin of error with the cone of uncertainty. one thing is for sure, i'm getting emails saying what is my weekend going to be like in the ham tomorrow's? you shouldn't be going to the ham tomorrow's. i know that's terrible to say. long island, new jersey shore, you really need to be paying attention. i don't think the people across the northeast realize what this could mean in the next couple of days. this could be a tropical-storm force winds, heavy rain for a matter of six to 12 hours over the weekend, so, just, you know, we need to pay close attention and i'll make sure everyone knows the forecast. this is a look from outer space, a beautiful image but a potentially destructive storm. look at that well-defined eye there. you ca

no major damage has been reported along the east coast. we're not hearing of significant injuries either related to today's quake which started at 5.9 magnitude and downgraded to 5.8. today's quake felt on the east coast but its tracked and measured here in the bay area. nbc's george kiriyama joins us now. this is definitely a different style of earthquake. density in population and difference in the fault lines. what are you learning this afternoon? >> the earthquake happened on what's called a shallow thrust fault. when one package of rocks is pushed on top of another. seismologists call today's shaker a shallow earthquake. they say it happened at a depth of four miles. a quake this shallow will send out energy efficiently and you definitely will feel it. people are asking why was this quake felt from georgia to massachusetts when the epicenter was in virginia. the usgs says it has to do with the rocks in california. the rocks are not as solid so when a quake hits here in the bay area, people in l.a. might not feel it but on the east coa

one wise guy on the west coast tweeted, east coast quake is now a 5.9. ost. californians, yawn, shrug and go back to their iced latte. >> thanks for the compassion from the west coast. so nice of them. >>> coming up next, family budget so tight these days, the pawn shop business is booming. >> we'll show you some of the surprising items that are showing up. you're watching "world news now." >>> welcome back, everybody. tough times call for some extreme measures when it comes to making ends meet. >> for more and more folks these days, that means selling practically anything at the local pawn shop. >> and as abc's andrea canning reports, anything really means everything. >> reporter: on the hit show "pawn stars" we've seen sales on everything from swords - >> how much you want for it? >> reporter: -- to super bowl rings. the harrison family has opened a pandora's box of opportunities for everyone out there looking to make fast cash. >> 40 bucks. >> really? >> reporter: elliott salter has also seen it all. he says weird is the new normal at his pawn shop in

rain and heavy winds battling the east coast. mandatory evacuations are in place and flights are canceled. in a few hours new york transit will slow down. the storm has weakened overnight but it will remain her case force winds into new england. >> hurricane irene already made landfall in north carolina leaving an estimated 200,000 people without power. it has the potential of affecting tens of millions of people as it makes its way north. hurricane irene made landfall near cape lookout n.c. this morning. cities along the east coast are bracing for this major storm. the strongest hurricane that they experience and perhaps 20 years. >> is surfer in virginia beach died after being caught in a recurrence. thousands of people are without power. new york ordered a mandatory evacuation for low-lying areas of the city. >> the best thing that could happen is this storm turns east and heads to see. that is not likely to happen. unfortunately there will be a serious storm coming in. it is better to take precautions and get out of the way o

it is expected to hit all of the cities along the east coast. we already have a state of emergency in virginia, maryland, new jersey and new york city everyone knows that they will see some flooding. >> in the buzz, actress dakota fanning is now a college freshman. she is a part of the incoming class of 2014 for new york university. check out our facebook fan page. >> do not forget, dr. phil is coming up.

east coast to see exactly where it goes, lynn. >> all right. kristen there for us in north carolina. thanks. >>> let's get to libya now where rebels are on the hunt for moammar gadhafi, placing a bounty for his capture. all of this as battles continue with loyalists vowing to fight on. brian mooar is in washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. gadhafi's whereabouts still unknown this morning as libyan rebels continue to crush the last pockets of government resistance in the capital of tripoli. there's a $2 million bounty now on gadhafi's head, but gadhafi, through that audio message, is urging supporters to march on to victory or martyr dom. safe passage now looking very unlikely. meanwhile, the united states has vowed to there's a report that while foreign journalists have been held, four more italian journalists have been captured. >> unfortunate development. brian, thanks. >>> we have learned former vice president dick cheney kept a secret letter of resignation hidden away in his safe from the earliest days

and up and down the east coast.eling firsthand a rare, powerful magnitude 5.8 earthquake. we'll have the latest on the massive evacuations, the gridlock, and the damage. and in the libyan capital of tripoli, black smoke and treacherous mayhem. teams are risking their lives to take you inside gadhafi's compound as rebel forces desperately fight to seize control. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." let's get to the stunning magnitude 5.8 earthquake sending shock dl shockwaves from the carolinas to the east coast of the united states. in 100 years you can see the damage at one apartment complex in the area. rows of crushed cars literally covered in rubble up and down the coast. it sparked massive evacuations. this was the scene here in our own cnn washington bureau as it was happening. the epicenter was outside of richmond, virginia, about 88 miles or so from washington, d.c. lisa sylvester is joining us from northern virginia, indiana, where there has been significant damage. lisa, tell us what you're

irene is now hitting the northern half of the east coast. we have a live report. >>> rowdy football fans kicked out of candlestick park. the results of beefed up security. >>> and a little boy shooting death triggers calls for more security in the east bay. it is 7:30 on sunday, august 2/8. imc five. phil has a morning off, but we are starting off with hurricane irene coverage. jim, i know you've been watching it. >> that's been the main story all weekend long. we will have updates throughout the show. >> we have a live look at stonington, connecticut as irene slams into the most densely populated area of the nation. she has lost some steam. you can see it still plenty windy but irene has been downgraded to a tropical storm. up-and-down east coast, 4 million homes and businesses are without power. at least 11 people have been killed in the storm in five states. the california national discard -- they are going to be on their way, guardsmen flying to the east coast today. susan mcginnis is joining us live from long island, new york. susan, wha

so -- >> how rare is this for the east coast, jeff? >> well, you know, we get storms through out florida. we get them in the carolinas. it happens quite a bit. we have had plenty of active seasons. but for the storm to make it up into new york city, the new england area and hold its hurricane status, there have probably only been, you know, han handful of those in history. they have, i believe, hurricane edna in the 50s. hurricane express in the 30s. and what is known as tropical storm or storm number 6, before we started naming the storms. i got ahead mif self. there was hurricane bob in 1991. but i mean, overall, when you think about this, it is a very rare occurrence for this storm to make it all the way up into the northeast, new england area, and i think that's why so many people are concerned. because so many people don't know how to prepare, they don't know what to do. they may be able to weather a nor'easter but a hurricane is an entirely different storm. >> that's a whole new experience for us on the east coast. >> yeah. >> yo

east coast impact is real quick. the threat of tornadoes up and down the coast, and anywhere from 500 to 60-mile pen hour an hour winds for an extended period of time. power outages, trees down. this is not me sounding alarms. this is real. megyn: janice dean, thank you my friend you've been doing great work on this. irene bearing her teeth in the bahamas slamming the islands with winds, heavy rains and powerful rains. phil keating is live for us there. >> reporter: the eye of hurricane irene now a hundred miles or a little bit north of that north, northeast of nasa. this morning pre sunrise mornings winds and rains were actually pummeling this island and have dissipated to winds of 30, 35 miles an hour. it has turned into a strong stormy day rather than a hurricane it felt like this morning. the bahamas, 80% of the homes in an area called lovely bay flattened by this category 3 hurricane early this morning and overnight. taking a look at the large satellite shot of this mammoth storm it's more than 400 miles wide fr

. >>> the east coast gets rattled. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening i'm chris jansing in new york tonight for chris matthews. leading off tonight. if you've been watching tv, or listening to the radio or following social media, you already know the headline, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the east coast just before 2:00 this afternoon. tens of millions who think the quakes as something who happens -- were jolted into a rare and nerve rackic reality. it was centered in mineral, virginia, felt in 22 states as far west as illinois. while there are no reports of major damage, there may well be hidden structural damage. we'll have the details and bring you live reports throughout the hour here on "hardball." in that libya, where rebel troops overwhelmed pro-gadhafi forces and poured into his compou compound. they fired their reps in celebration and grabbed what they could, but colonel gadhafi's whereabouts remain unknown. no one was injured in the cathedral, and there was no damage to the stained glass windows, but t

>>> getting out, evacuations ordered as folks up and down the east coast brace for what could be an historic hurricane irene. >>> and stepping down, steve jobs, the founder and creative force behind apple shocked the tech world by quitting his post. captioning funded by cbs >> good morning everybody and thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. we begin with the latest on hurricane irene, a large and dangerous storm taking aim at the east coast. irene will hit the western bahamas later today. significant damages reported on smaller, less populated islands. the storm center is currently about 150 miles east-southeast of nassau. irene is a category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour, and is expected to strengthen today. storm watches for the carolinas will likely be posted this morning. irene is moving north-northeast, heading up the atlantic coast. the storm could make landfall anywhere from north carolina to new england, but looks likely to affect much of the eastern seaboard. >>> as irene heads north the navy has ordered ships at virginia's norfolk naval base to prepare to mo

train and bus service on the east coast has also been scaled back. here major travel troubles tonight at san francisco airport. jade hernandez talked with travelers who have been told it may be days before they can get home. >> that's right. we spoke to a lot of people that want to get home and can't but for one family in particular their urgency to get home has more to do with medical issues than vacation. this family vacations hadn't heard about hurricane irene's path. >> we came out and everybody was facebooking saying how are you getting home? >> reporter: nine hours later melissa and her family don't know when they can get home. american airlines said the earliest flight to new york city is next saturday and they aren't the only ones. american canceled flights to new york and chicago and united, continental, virgin and u.s. airways did the same. >> somebody said we can -- there is a plane for us and then after a second, there is no plane and i don't know. i'm really confused. >> reporter: it's also tough news for the family that wants to get the

the first hurricane of the season is on a collision course with the east coast. here's the view from space. irene looks like an organized storm around a well-defined eye. this is the track over the past 12 hours. the hurricane has grown to a category 3, 120-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rain have damaged homes, knocked out power, and touched off flooding on the caribbean islands. irene is on track to hit the east coast this weekend from north carolina to new york. we have correspondents in the hurricane zone tonight. first, mark strassmann in wrightsville beach, north carolina. >> reporter: off north carolina's coast, scott, evacuations began before daybreak, and with each passing hour, more people are leaving as irene moves closer. the first major hurricane on the east coast in years. >> it's heavy. >> reporter: with the new generator and groceries, patricia cardwell is afraid irene could be north carolina's katrina. >> i'm here by myself, and... it's just scary. >> reporter: but cardwell's more scared no hotel would take her dog, zack. so she's staying put at h

you have to keep in mind that the east coast have unreinforced masonry structures. n fact, earthquakes of this size can start to do damage to this type of structure, and so the east is not really prepared for earthquakes in the magnitude 5.8 or 6 or higher range and so they can do damage. >> that answers my next question is how well prepared are we. so, are you saying that you think that it would take new buildings is what you're saying, which is probably not physically real at this point? >> well, you know, the hope is that the older buildings, the ones that can't withstand earthquakes, will be rebuilt perhaps, replace the building stock over the next 100 or several hundred years before such an earthquake occurs. well, obviously in this case we had the earthquake first. in california we have codes that require retrofit of older structures, probably the type that were damaged in this earthquake. and specifically for unreinforced masonry structures, because these do not do well even in moderate earthquakes like this 5.8. but on the east coast, you don't have such code

dozens of other flights nothing to do with the east coast are now running late. here at the united terminal right now 16 departing flights are listed as delayed and eight have been cancelled. some of those delayed flights include destinations such as hawaii, houston, and oregon because they're depending on aircraft coming from the east coast. right now there's a long line of people at the counters. some people are sitting on the floor because it's taking so long to resolve what has become a travel mess for so many people. >> i wait three hours. three hours i'm waiting. two people taking care. they have time. continental have time. how much time i need to wait? no water. no food. i'm tired. >> it's frustrating, i guess for me. for them it's worse. their flights are cancelled. i don't know where they're going to go. hopefully i'll make it out. but these guys, i'm sorry for them. >> reporter: one passenger told us he waited five hours in line before getting a flight to cincinnati tomorrow. he and his wife are planning to make a ten hour drive to new york tomorrow af

mariners and the indians when that earthquake hit the east coast. it rattled upper deck for nearly a minute. shin-soo choo sent an after shock through cleveland. indians flipped their doubleheader on a wild day in the east. that's an early look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> early today sports the brought to you by just for men hair color. live forward. >>> reports that one of hollywood's biggest power couples son the rocks. your headlines are straight ahead. summer heat got you longing for sights like this? in texas, of all places, it's closer than you might think. >>> welcome back. just want to give you an update on the forecast. portions of the southwest still hanging on easily to triple digits. 115 in phoenix. even hot by, let's say, southern arizona standards. albuquerque chance of showers and thunderstorms. m medford may see a chance of rain. long the island chains, showers in the chain. if you're watching in reno, nevada, see how one printmaker chose to illustrate charles darwin's groundbreaking book on the origins of species at specimens. >>

what made this rare east coast quake unique? >> getting people water to drink is nice, but the sanitation department. >> why porter potties are sprouting up along one bay area's road. >>> pulling the plug on charging stations. why some say the big box chain will regret the decision. good evening, i'm dana king. >> and i'm ken. all along the east coast tonight, officials are assessing damage following the most powerful earthquake to hit the region in nearly seven years. >> this video caught the shaking in virginia. there were no serious injuries, but the quake sent people running into the streets in new york and washington, d.c. the magnitude 5.8 quake hit about 40 miles northwest of richmond, virginia. but people felt it as far away as toronto and georgia. so if this was a moderate earthquake by west coast standards, why do those waves travel thousands of miles? sharon chin with the answer. >> miles from the virginia epicenter, people felt the shaking all the way from maine to atlanta and cleveland. >> there's another tremor. ho

there's a lot more solidarity in the ground in the east coast. you don't have a lot -- as many fault lines splitting it up like we do in california. i those waves, that motion te o spread further. that 5.8 had wide impacts in terms of people feeling it. when you look at the overall fault system here, there is the fault system just outside of washington, d.c. here's the interesting thing, you guys. the usgs is still saying they're going to need to research this even further to pinpoint exactly the fault area that this came from. and in fact, this could take anywhere from six to possibly 18 months. there is no definite fault area point of causation at this point that they can pinpoint. we do know once again the strongest quake in about 100 years. >> thank you very much. >>> a couple of bay area residents who were at a business meeting in washington, d.c., when the quake struck were surprised at how differently people there reacted. >> nothing big. if you were in california you would have turned -- like, wow, that was a pretty big one, anyway -- got

a lot of 70s deeper to the east. coastn low to mid-50s. 79 in palo alto and 80 fierce everybody else around the bay. south bay and north bay and near 90 in east bay valleys. today is one of warmer days in the forecast because a cooling trend starts tomorrow. wednesday and thursday will be the coolest days, six degrees cooler than today. >> good morning. hot spot, san leandro towards hayward this morning, northbound 880 a sig alert into effect, multi-car accident the one we've been telling you about involving a tow truck and two to three other cars, two middle lanes are blocked. stop and go towards san leandro and authorities are telling us at least until 7:00 before they can get that accident cleared out. farther south, southbound 101 santa clara before bowers great america parkway, we don't see any significant slowing with our sensors but keep an eye on it for you. 680 concord towards walnut creek bunching toward the 24 junction. bay bridge, metering lights are on, traffic is backed towards the west grand overcrossing. >>

clouds will be back to the coast about an hour quicker. low to mid 90s in the east bay valleys. low to upper 80s in the north bay valleys. my had to upper 70s through most of the bayshore. out into the coast, mid to upper 60s. accu-weather seven-day forecast, it will be 4 degrees warmer throughout the weekend. >>> good morning. hello, happy friday. so far so good. quiet commute. we like it that way. an event happening today at infineon raceway, grand prix is going to be there and big traffic delays too on 37 past infineon. 101 in marin and vallejo beginning this afternoon as fans head there. live look to san rafael, construction areas down by north san pedro well, it's flowing well. 80 through berkeley is a bit bunched up as you head towards the macarthur maze but moving at the limit. we'll check on that for our next report. >> still ahead, joining the men and women in blue. which bay area police department is putting out the help wanted sign and how you can apply. >> a bay area county takes on a food giant and wants salty claim. >> one trillion and counting. facebook sets a huge

east coast.cularly the folks in the south not taking any chances. the hurricane center saying this is a nightmare scenario. evacuation order forcing people to secure their homes or get of town completely. martha: let's go down to john roberts who is live from kill devil hills in north carolina. first we'll go to janice dean tracking the storm in the extreme weather center. >> reporter: i hope you know your evacuation route if and when we hear those evacuation calls. this will be a storm that will scrape across the northeast. there is no way of escaping it. right now looking like a formidable storm. it's a category 2 and on the verge of category 3. there are signs this storm is strengthening. you can see the outer bands already moving across the carolinas, down towards daytona beach. this is a very large storm. tropical storm-force winds 290 miles from the center of this storm. so the whole east coast will feel the effects of this storm and a good chunk of the northeast coast and the mid-atlantic

the east coast of the u.s. groans and rolls as one of the strongest quakes ever to hit the region sends panicked people pouring out of trembling buildings, rattling the white house, shaking the capitol. nuclear plants go to backup power. and a bride makes a run from the altar. >>> battle for libya. rebels pry open the doors of gadhafi's legendary fortress, toppling golden statues. our reporter is right there in the chaos. so, where is gadhafi? >>> and glen campbell. the first tv interview about his diagnosis of alzheimer's disease. preparing for a courageous farewell tour as a last gift for his fans. ♪ >>> good evening. at 1:51 this afternoon, millions of us on the east coast, together, looked up and it did not seem possible. the room was moving. but an earthquake, here? and one of the strongest ever in this part of the country. a 5.8 magnitude, lasting 30 seconds. take a look. the camera is fixed on the white house, see it shaking? and the national cathedral in washington loses the tip of a spire. and as we sa

the geology of the east coast is much more coherent. on the west coast, we're more a pile of junk. on the east coast, it's all melded together in one big, clean thing. so when you hit it, like a piece of metal, you can hear the waves, feel the waves all the way to the edge of the met 58, whereas on the west coast, an earthquake of the same size makes more like a thud. it's felt locally, but not very broadly. >> does that mean it could have been worse? >> i mean -- >> could it have felt more broad ly, or with more impact? >> so if it had been bigger, there would have been more impact and felt more broadly, but it wasn't bigger. it was already felt much more broadly than it would have been on the west coast. >> so on the west coast, the same 5.8 would not have been as brought and impact would not have felt the same because of the crust of the -- how the earth is on the west coast as opposed to here on the east coast? >> right. so a magnitude 5.8 in los angeles isn't felt in san francisco. this one was in richmond and felt all the way to martha's vineyard, to boston perhaps. that's a

we're still watching the pattern in the midwest as the east coast deals with the big storm. seattle and portland, maybe two nice weekends in a row. is that too much to ask? >>> if you're watching us in reno, nevada, pack the lawn chairs and head over to carson city. enjoy a free acoustic rock concert, food and dancing under the stars at the concert at the cove at the cove at carson mall. and that's your pacific event today. i'm a romantic guy. that would be my date night. >> your wife's lucky. all right, bill, thanks so much. now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. a big storm and debut movies canceling each other out should keep last weekend's box office winner on top once again this weekend. after debuting in second two weeks ago "the help" had the rare experience of moving up to take the top spot. the experts think this weekend's smaller audiences will focus on this film. and the newer films should keep each other in check. $15 million should keep the help on top. "our idiot brother" boasts a cast of paul rudd, elizabeth banks and emily mort

now, back to our developing story along the east coast. her can i rain is gaining strength and expected to make landfall this weekend. >> conditions are the same in terms of the weather. the beach we're standing on is an entirely different place than it was yesterday. it is not necessarily because of the weather, it is because everyone is gone. we saw a few surfers try to catch waves. law enforcement has been pretty good about taking people off as soon as they get out there. >> our evacuation orders expected? >> yes. in effect in several places along the eastern seaboard. even at 5:00 p.m. people were kicked out. there are very few people here. when you look up and down the street in the see any people or cars. it is kind of eerie. people are definitely bracing for something big. >> emergency officials usually stay in areas where this kind of thing is going on. we are with a few other television crews. we feel pretty safe right now. for the most part they're picking up guests. they didn't want people to be here who do not need to be. >> 65

it will be a heavy weekend along the east coast. meanwhile along the west coast we are looking pretty good. waking up with partly to sunny skies. we have a nice warmup expected for the weekend. wide spread 60s for the coast. 70-80s for the bay. temperatures wide spread 50s. we have been holding steady. low 60s out there. mountain view reporting 62 opinion afternoon highs for today 80 z and low 90s for inland area fortunes synura clara valley 83. 67 in the city. 80 degrees for san mateo. ly 70s in santa -- low 70s in santa cruz. and then we begin a bit of a cooling trend monoand tuesday. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it's now 6:11 and right now hurricane irene baring down on the east coast. as people evacuate, the storm is now effecting washington, d.c. martin luther king june memorial. >>> there is a new controversy tied to america's terrorism nightmare ten years ago. >>> welcome back to the morning news. hurricane irene is expected to hit the u.s. mainland this weekend and the nation's capitol is one city caught in the line of fir

the storm left a wake of destruction up and down the east coast. at least 21 people were killed. most of them from falling trees. 4.5 million people are without power, and some places may stay that way for days. the damage from irene estimated at up to $7 billion. president obama says even though the storm may have passed, it's still a threat. >> many americans are still at serious risk of power outages and flooding, which could get worse in the coming days as rivers swell past their banks. so i want people to understand that this is not over. >> in new jersey more than 800,000 people are without power this morning. all across the state trees came crashing down, knocking over power lines. the rains flooded streets, trapping cars. but in one town some kids turned a flooding intersection into a swimming pool. in new york's long island crews are working around the clock to get the power back on. a record 470,000 people were left in the dark. susan mcginnis is in long beach. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. folks up and down the east coast are waking up to a muc

hurricane area is now a tropical storm although the effects of the damage trail along the east coast. these are flooded streets in massachusetts. the waters are causing damage but the wind is blamed for most of the 21 deaths. the deadly and devastating mark made by irene. trouble story of our rain overwhelmed of the northeast on sunday. in vermont to the emergency management division said some entire towns are covered in water. elsewhere including new york city and the unprecedented and evacuation was ordered, they have begun assessing i reinstalled. >> do not underestimate the damage that has been done. this will go on for days, literally. i think it was prudent that we did what we did. it would have been worse if we have not. >> from north carolina to new england, i read it left its mark. coastal areas of new jersey to a rowboat beading and there was flooding in winter. and the nation's capital, 200 trees were brought down including these at the national cathedral. along the chesapeake bay, these residents were among many dealing with damage. >> it is pretty catastrophic but things

we don't have much experience with earthquakes on the east coast unlike the west coast. it's highly likely this is not a foreshah dove something bigger but people should be prepared notless. megyn: if we were face an aftershoict would occur from the same fault in virginia? >> it could, yes. megyn: what is the likelihood much it reaching around the 6.0 mark? >> usually the largest aftershock is one richter unit less than the main shock. so you would expect a 5 or 4.8. but there is a 5% chance in the west coast -- this would be a foreshorveg something larger. we -- this would be a foreshock of something larger. we can sort of assume that. megyn: we can assume what? >> we can assume it's not a foreshock of something bigger. megyn: getting an aerial shot of the george washington bridge that doesn't look that unusual. traffic jammed on one side and flowing freely on the other. that's one of the things they have to consider when they consider what may have been damaged and what needs to be inspected before they can see rall wait what is safe and what is not here in new york ci

checking other top stories, 65 million people on the east coast are bracing for hurricane irene. m is expected to hit north carolina, then turn up the coast all the way up to massachusetts. it could be the most destructive east coast storm in half a century. let's check on weather and traffic. >> you saw the clouds behind eric there and flight arrival delays about 62 minutes into sfo. marine layer is not as stout and it means we will see more sunshine today, about an hour or two quicker in the east bay valleys about 10:00 or 11:00, and probably 1:00 around the bay but a lot of clouds, mid-50s, warmest weather low to mid 90s in the east bay valleys. >> a sig alert in effect, northbound 880 at embarcadero, fifth street, big rig and multiple vehicles still blocking the two left lanes, traffic is backed to 238 in san leandro. a place to avoid this morning, use 580 or the san mateo bridge to get around. >> sue, thank you very much. >> thank you very much for joining us for the abc morning news. we'll have a local update at 7:24.

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