a 7.0 magnitude quake rocking the city of anchorage five to ten miles north of anchorage. it happened huge cracks in the roads and caused people to run for shelter. dan springer is live in seattle. he has been with us trying to explain all that he knows so far. tell us what you have. >> reporter: dana, we just got our first news out of the anchorage police department. they have been scrambling to try to get all the calls they are taking in and responding. we got the first report from them. it says we are handling multiple situations working to keep everyone safe. here's the thing. they say there is major infrastructure damage across anchorage. major buildings and homes are damaged, many roads and bridges closed. they're obviously dealing with a lot of problems there. the schools have asked for parents to pick up their children. we just god word from the anchorage international airport that the runways are open. they are landing planes but are not allowing people to drive up to and from the airport. so the ramps, the incoming and out going ramps to the airport have been clo

that is where anchorage is located.ittle further up from that, you have high areas, but even in downtown, a lot of these coastal regions are at a significant area where we have the potential for that liquifaction to take place. no flights are leaving out of the anchorage airport as of now. in terms of some planes coming in, they are still there in that area, they may reroute them. there is a ground stop. if you have any travel plans there today, please check with your carrier to make sure that may still be taking place. again, we talked about some of the impacts here from this particular earthquake. again, it was a 7.0 depth of about 40 kilometers. that's about 25 miles give or take. this again is the areathatfelt it. it goes pretty far out for those people that felt strong, if not very strong shaking. we are in what's considered the yell yellow major damage area. >> i want to hone in on the anchorage area. fiphillip peterson was in downtn anchorage when it hit this morning. are you doing okay? >> yeah, i'm fine. a lit

a major earthquake in the anchora anchorag anchorage,alaska area. there is a tsunami warning for part of the anchorage area. let's listen to our local affiliate. >> the pictures you see from the good friday earthquake. look at that. hugs from texas, prayers from north carolina. we appreciate you guys tuning in. pretty quiet here at the station. we do have -- >> they are closing campus today and nonessential personnel should go home. do not go to campus if you are already there. again, we are hearing on the overpass in minnesota. that is out here at the international airport. the northbound off-ramp. i will show you the picture. >> that was international. >> yeah. >> that's minnesota international. hopefully no one is hurt. that was the question in minnesota. >> right now, this is a preliminary 7.0 five miles outside of anchorage. >> i want to bring in brian. we are watching what is extraordinary local coverage, a camera outside of k tv a as they are talking to the reporters. the media stations are all down. that's how significant this is. >> that's

a 7.0 magnitude quake rocking the city of anchorage five to ten miles north of anchorage.he roads and caused people to run for shelter. dan springer is live in seattle. he has been with us trying to explain all that he knows so far. tell us what you have. >> reporter: dana, we just got our first news out of the anchorage police department. they have been scrambling to try to get all the calls they are taking in and responding. we got the first report

just close to anchorage. the reason it's so concerning is the proximity to anchorage.red, those are aftershocks. there's a lot going on here. the worst was the 7.0. that aftershock was a 6.6. because of that, there was initially a tsunami warning across the cook inlet. just want to tell you real quick, we don't have much more daylight, about three more hours left. it's 26 degrees. tomorrow the temperatures go up to 40 degrees as they continue to do recovery. neil? >> neil: thanks, rick. just as you said, there would be after shocks and there are, 40 since the this morning. more after this. rates over one mistake.hiker see, liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats moderate to severe plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla,75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrh

anchorage is no longer accepting any arrivals. ten flights were in bound to anchorage.hey have now been diverted either to air force base or fairbanks. the damage assessment continuing there on the ground to check out the runway, ramps, the buildings and the air traffic control tower. all of that has to go through a thorough assessment. they are hoping to have all ten in bound flights on the ground within a few hours. one or two of them we're told is an international flight. at the moment, that's where we stand. in bound, no arrivals allowed. . only a few outbound allowed. >> that is runway 7 right coordinating via radio with another pilots and controllers. good news, no injuries that we know of right now at the anchorage airport. back to you. >> that is good news. we heard from someone expecting to be back in the air in one hour. he does not see any damage at least on the runway right now. in terms of the roads and the highways, what are you hearing there? >> i honestly have not had time. but it is awfully early for them to have any sense of the scope of the damage. ob

a major earthquake has struck near anchorage, alaska. mesh aring 7.2 caused extensive road damage, one highway buckled in several places. our cbs affiliate was knocked styed by this quake or at least quite a bit of damage inside. that was followed by others one measuring 5.8 an after shock. ktva staff have continued their reporting now on facebook live as we've been watching here but number of roadways have buckled, travel very difficult in the area and obviously we're waiting to find out if al all these reports still coming in. joe from ktva our affiliate i update. >> that was heck of an earthquake. this thing hit hard and hit fast did a lot of newsroom. there's things all over the place trying to get the information out to the people. phones off the hook, water pipes broke, so everything is soaked in here. you can see a few people trying to get the information out. this is our assignment desk right back over here, this is one of our reporter spots where we do live shots trashed. people over here on the phones, again trying to get infor

ktva in anchorage, alaska.m clearly damaged earlier today from the 7.0 earthquake that hit the anchorage area earlier. that earthquake, the aftershocks are now being felt as far as 350 miles away. on the coast of alaska in certain areas there's now a warning for possible tsunamis with residents there being instructed to move inland to some higher ground. we're going to keep you up on this story. that's taking place in anchorage alaska where the earthquake hit earlier today. i'm now going to hand you off to katie tur who is down in washington, d.c. >>> we're going to continue to follow this story. a 7.0 earthquake on the richter scale hitting seven miles north of anchorage, alaska. as we can see from the damage it doesn't look so good up there. the shaking lasted for 20 to 30 seconds. that could be a not quite that long. it feels like it's stronger while you're in the middle of it. a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has caused significant

those two quakes hit around 90 minutes ago north of anchorage. one a 7.0 and several other smaller quakes near big lake. >> i want to take a look at our first tweet here from allison. she was in art class about an hour north of the area. this is what she was able to film. noone was able to make phone calls. you could only tweet or text. it looks like everyone has their phones out. they are either recording or letting loved ones know they are okay. she confirmed everybody is okay. she said the earthquake sus happened right now. i'm actually shaking we a a seeing a lot of things ton ground if that area. michael had his office thrown aparking lot. i also saw a few other pictures from him. ceiling panels fell down. chase has video from a grocery store. he confirmed everyone in the store is going to be okay. there were a couple minor injuries but most of the damage was to that product. you can see that is a mess. there are grocery items all over the floor and some spills there as well. we are also getting word that there is an airport in anchorage. al

on the line from anchorage. back to senator murkowski from alaska. do you have a sense for when we'll have a handle on how widespread it is, how bad it is and who needs what? >> that review is beginning as we speak. it began several hours ago. i've spoken with the regional head of fema, the director is on his way to alaska along with a second in command of fema. peter gainer who will be onside working already with a local resource management team that is on the ground. the state and local teams that are in place already. but we know that a tragedy of this magnitude will require outside resources. the governor has declared a disaster. we will work on our end here to ensure that we have whatever resources may be called upon to assist in the aftermath of this quake. as of this point in time, we don't know the full extend that we're dealing with. >> shepard: we don't. senator, we're thankful to learn that we have no reports of serious injuries and no reports of deaths. we hope it stays that way. it would be a silver lining for sure. all the best to our f

>> he's on his way home from anchorage. they're routing everybody through the because the bridge has been damaged and then one of the bridge's in peter's quick there are sinkholes on the highway as well. >> so maybe a minute before you see your sweet husband come home. when we talk about the 7.0 magnitude quake, you say it's the most violent quake you felt if 3 plus decades. >> when i was on hold with you guys, we have two of them. things just start to rattle, maybe start to shake a little bit. you get a little scared because you don't know how big it's going to be. >> what does it sound like? >> um, like somebody is shaking everything in your house. literally, your house is just shaking. anything and everything is rattled. it's hard to describe. my piano moved half a foot away from the wall. organization, there's another aftershock right there. >> you just felt another one? >> yeah, i have a lan turn. it's organize. >> thank you for calling in. this is also affecting air trave travel,. >> >> here we go around. >> at the ca

our best to everybody there in anchorage. i want to go to keernt tom costello monitoring the impact it is having on travel into and out of alaska. have you the alaska pipeline. we heard matt saying visually as he's driving around, he's not seeing what you would consider to be any kind of catastrophic damage to infrastructure. but what do we know, tom? >> reporter: let me update you the situation on anchorage airport. i have been talking to the faa. they have now reopened the air traffic control tower. it was closed for a while. controllers are back in the tower. they are working on limited departures. for a time, just a few hours ago, they were in a situation where pilots were coordinating with each other via the radio because the tower had been closed. however, now, the tower is reopened. so they are now restarting some of these departures. in the meantime, arrivals are being diverted to various airports. >> that includes almonddorf and fair banks, so operations are normal there. i can tell you there is a traffic management

about 10 miles northwest of anchorage.ar, no word of any injuries or deaths. >> we are getting a lock at some of the very extensive damage. can you see from this photo here, several on social media showing buckled and cracked roadways. a lot of damage inside buildings. a tv station had its power knocked out and they ended up going live on facebook to show some of the damage at their station. that station by the way is just five miles away from the epicenter of this earthquake. anchorage police say there is major instruct damage across the city and that some highways and bridges may be compromised. you can see from the pictures here, lots of shattered glass out in the middle of the street. some cracks reported in the buildings downtown. a tsunami warning was issued after the quake but lifted around 11:00 our time without any highway waves being reported. anchorage is prone to earthquakes but this was exceptionally strong. we spoke way former danville resident who now lives in anchorage. >> while we are used to earthquakes t

anchorage, we're the size of delaware.d out are closed is significant. >> how is the city holding up? you're obviously very concerned infrastructure wise about these roads and whether or not supplies are going to be able to get in and out. what most concerns you? >> well, the port and the airport are open. so we're not all that concerned. i think we're a tough, resilient group of people here and know how to rely on one another. and this is a community that's dealt with earthquakes and disasters before and we have the right kind of attitude for dealing with this. >> is this something that residents in your city were prepared for? you said that this is earthquake country. but were you ready for something like this? had buildings been prepared? is there emergency response plans you're all just following in anticipation of such a day? >> it's not just the emergency response plans that we've deployed. it's the fact that we have building codes and building professionals here that know how to build for these kinds of conditions.

but its epicenter, just miles from downtown anchorage. the local cbs station, livestreaming the damage to its studios. ceilings caved in, offices flooded. roads cratered, this car marooned where the road ripped apart. >> holy smokes. can you get out of there? >> reporter: for hours, the city's airports shut down. and before evacuating their tower, air traffic controllers frantically waving off incoming planes. >> fedex, go around! fedex, go around! >> going around, fedex 49. >> reporter: fear ripping through colony high school, north of the epicenter. >> we're gonna die. >> reporter: students cowering beneath their desks. sarah palin posting this video of damage at her parents' home. emergency responders inundated with calls. and when the quake struck, dr. owen ala was operating on a patient. >> we had to give the patient a big bear hug so the patient doesn't fall off the bed. >> incredible. matt, already a number of aftershocks, and authorities are warning they could last for a week or longer? >> reporter: that's right. we've been keepin

after a massiveocarthquake r anchorage. good evening, i'm wendy rieger. >> and i'm jimandillyhandly. this 7.0 earthquake caused serious damage to all the roads. >> and people living there are getting the aftershocks and aftershocks and they are bracing for more. here isne chris polloith a closer look. >> reporter: it happened around 8:30 local time, the ground in anchorage started rumbling. >> we doave a massive earthquake that was felt early this morning about 8:30. >> reporter: when it s over, people there flooded social media with pictures and videos of damage to buiingsnd roads. >> we see the ground is cracked, windows are shatteredout. and we peeked inside and it looks like part of the ceiling came down. >> reporter: the local affiliate captured the moments it struck a local courthouse. the shaking lasted nearly a full .inu attorneys and spectators dove under desks for cover. the quake broke glass, knocks things off shelves and buckled roads. schoolchildren hid under desks. it was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, the epicen

and this earthquakepe hd bout 7 miles north of anchorag here anchorage, and here is the epicenter. an idea of how familiar alaska is with earthquakes, and again they are not this serious, but check it out,heaphisf all the is earthquakes that hav happened in alaska within the last week. but again, this one higher on the richtercale and causing some substantial damage. back here, it is about our weekend rain and i'll have more on that in 15 minutes. >>> and meanwhile back tthe other breaking news and other top story this afternoon. we've been telling you about thr tt data breach, the hotel chain says the personal information of some 500 million guests has been compromised. jay gray with the beginnings of a widenv ranging itigation by the fb >> rorter: a distuing ke-up call for marriott and as many as 500 million guests. e company acknowledging that ts starwood guest reservation database has been hacked. >> it is the second largest data breach in history. >> reporter: for approximately 327 million ofue thes affected, the information includes some combination of their name, address, ph

that is minnesota drive in anchorage after that earthquake.his is by the way, provided by the office of senator lisa murkowski. we'll keep you posted on any developing stories about that throughout the hour. later in the show, facebook's number two, sheryl sandberg be out? you will see the drama. president trump chatting up with two of the world's leaders after signing a new deal with canada, mexico and trade. as his trade representative tells our very own liz claman he would be shocked if the trump-xi meeting is not a success. she will join us live from buenos aires next. ♪ comcast business built the nation's largest gig-speed network. then went beyond. beyond chasing down network problems. to knowing when and where there's an issue. beyond network complexity. to a zero-touch, one-box world. optimizing performance and budget. beyond having questions. to getting answers. "activecore, how's my network?" "all sites are green." all of which helps you do more than your customers thought possible. comcast business. beyond fast. unstopand it's stren

there's about 300,000 people who live in the anchorage area.st city in all of alaska. again, they have about 40,000 earthquakes there per year on average. that's more than every other state combined. but a magnitude earthquake 7.0 certainly is rare. the strongest earthquake to ever strike the united states was a 9.1. >> and that was back in the 1960s. this area, while used to seismic activity, is not used to an earthquake this powerful. the good news right now, there has been no early reports of injuries or fatalities. that, of course, could change as the day goes on. first responders are still trying to navigate through local cities to assess the damage. that could take several hours. and i should also mention, lester, at this hour, they're dealing with aftershocks. many people reporting powerful aftershocks. we have seen images of children inside schools ducking and covering as this quake began to rattle across the region. as you mentioned, about 8:30 in the morning, many people just getting to school and starting their workday. >> we saw vid

again, out of the anchorage area.have, this national tsunami warning in effect urging folks in lower lands to move to higher ground. >>> all right, in the meantime, we are focusing on other developments like the corner of wall and broad where stocks ticked up on reports that a chinese official is saying a consensus could be steadily increasing in trade talks. dave, if that isn't yet another sign the markets sort of pegged their hopes on trade, they are down when it doesn't look up and up when it could potentially look good, what do you think? >> i think that's right, neil. look, the china trade to me, that's where the action is. the rest of, you know, the sab , erat willing and today's announcement about the mexico and canada thing, that's a side show and has always been a side show. you have the world's two dominant superpowers whose economies are structurally incredibly different, and who is frankly their kind of business, ethical, moral values work differently. not saying who's better or worse, they're just differe

. >> the epicenter was about 8 miles north of anchorage. and the quake was so pullerfuow it was felt 350 miles away and aftershocks will continue for weeks even. but earthquakes in alaska are not unusual. amelia draperontinues our coverage with that part of the story. >> yeah, absolutely. so this earthquake was unusual because it happened so close it anchorage and it did register as a magnitude 7 which is a maj earthquake be. but check out this map i put together. s all of the earthquakes that happened around alaska over the last week, all those little blue dots, the yell will how on today's earthquake. you can see plenty there on the map. t a lot of those are pretty low coming in at maybe a magnitude 1, 2.ou wherean barely even feel them. now, alaska averages about 40,000 y earthquakes ar. yes, 40,000. which is more an the other 49 states combined. today though can compare back to the impressive hurricane in 964, the strongest in u.s. history at 9.2 magnitude. since then, the buildin codes have really been increased in alaska, so mostly we

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is dramatic, this was on the sixth floor of the courthouse in downtown anchorage, you can see thingsanging against the walls and people taking cover, there are reports of widespread damage to the house is in area, while sarah palin former vice presidential candidate put out that her family is intact, but her house is not, alaska is the most seismically active state in the country with 10,000 earthquakes per year and 45 that range and strength from magnitude 6 and 7, but rare to see a quake this strong and anchorage, no deaths or injuries, but there was plenty of drama, we have a picture taken by the guy who was driving the truck when the earthquake started it was dark outside and he stopped the truck, when he got outcome of the road had collapsed around him. he is okay. but like so many alaskans today, nerves have been shaken and it is too early to tell the extent of the damage. >> bret: in our northwest bureau, thanks. the number of active-duty troops around the border with mexico will go down, but the department of homeland security is requesting civilian law enforcement from sever

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>> tucker: a women's shelter in anchorage, alaska, it may have a women's shelter in anchorage alaska,have to close its doors because it wants to admit only women who are in fact biologically female. the hope center is currently being investigated by the city of anchorage foror allegedly violating the city's transgender nondiscrimination law. in response to this, the center has sued saying the law infringes on religious freedom. kate anderson is senior counselor. thanks so much for coming on. are we misstating that? here we have a women's shelter who says they just want to admit women.arin what are their arguments for being allowed to do that? >> the hope women shelter exists to serve women and women who have been abused, women who have suffered domestic violence and sex trafficking, some of the most horrible abuse imaginable. to protect those women's privacy and safety and allow them to heal, they keep it women only. they are trying to force the hope center to allow biological men in to sleep next to these women. >> tucker: so i'm confused, where are the people that make a living defe

this is close to anchorage, alaska. these bright yellow colors are people in those areas that claim they felt it and felt decent shaking, not just light shaking. around this vicinity, you will have a lot of people this particular earthquake was at a depth of around 40 kilometers. a lot of these numbers will adjust in the short minutes after it takes place. they have to take a look at all of the data. again, for reference, this is anchorage. all of this yellow area you see here is people that felt strong or very strong shaking. the green areas indicate light or moderate shaking. the further you get from that particular epicenter, obviously the lighter shaking you are going to feel. this particular earthquake, a 6.6 is the latest numbers that we have give or take 40 kilometers. that's relatively shallow, but anything that is 70 or less, we consider to be shallow. the shallower an earthquake, the more likely you are to feel it. if there were a threat, the shallower the earthquake. that will have an impact. the papers that

but first, let's get the very latest on that major earthquake in anchorage, alaska. cnn's brian todd is working the story for us. brian, we're seeing some very dramatic video. what's the latest? >> we are, wolf. first, the good news. so far, no reports of deaths or serious injuries. but we're still early in the recovery, and make no mistake, this was a very severe event. violent shaking. debris falls from the ceiling. terrified people dive under desks. >> it's okay. you're okay. >> this video from a tv reporter inside a sixth floor office of the courthouse in downtown anchorage shows the earthquake lasted several seconds. inside this home, a horrified mother grabs her children. she heads toward the door, then hugs them. a passenger in this vehicle took this video of an off-ramp that collapsed, an suv stuck in the middle of the damage. the earthquake, which measured 7.0, struck at about 8:30 a.m. local time, and caused significant damage to homes, buildings and other infrastructure across anchorage. widespread power outages are reported. in this security video, you ca

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connell: anchorage, alaska. melissa: that is good too hear. as lot of pictures of damage we've seen elsewhere. connell: you don't know what happened to some people in the cars. you get a lot of stuff on twitter, elsewhere. it looks bad, from gary's point of view, it could have been a lot worse, much, much worse. >>> former long time attorney for president trump, michael cohen. more charges could be brought against another trump campaign official, paul manafort. alan dershowitz joins us what that means or might mean for the president. he's next. place, the xfinity xfi gateway. and it's strengthened by xfi pods, which plug in to extend the wifi even farther, past anything that stands in its way. ...well almost anything. leave no room behind with xfi pods. simple. easy. awesome. click or visit a retail store today. melissa: all right. we have breaking news for you right now. we're finding out the decision on james comey, whether or not the congressional hearing in which he was supposed to have testimony behind closed doors, that was scheduled for

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the terrifying moments the massive 7.0 earthquake rocked anchorage. women on the sixth floor of this courthouse ducking under desks and the building rocked for what was 90 seconds. >> oh, my god. >> it's okay. >> reporter: the quake forcefully shaking the airport before the lights go out. trying to run out of terminals, alerting inbound flights not to land. >> there was an earthquake here. >> reporter: on the ground outside the airport this row collapsed leaving a vehicle stranded in middle and there's reports of sink hole downtown and rock slides blocking roads elsewhere. buildings quickly evacuated in the city. this cnn affiliate news room badly damaged. all anchorage stations knocked off the air. >> i was standing right over here. >> reporter: many residents who lived here their entire lives say this is the worst they've ever felt. >> you hear it and feel it. you're looking around thinking it won't be that big. it's going to pass. things get worse. things start falling. just scared it's going to happen again. it was absolutely terrifying. >> report

a number of roads around anchorage have been damaged including the seward highway. is backed up for several miles. the seward highway was shutdown because of a rock slide. a lot of major access roads are open or in the process of being reopened. remember there was a tsunami warning earlier. people were told to go to higher ground. they are trying to get back into their homes. and bridges, the inregitty hasn't been checked out. electricity, 7,000 homes and businesses without power. one of the primary substations has just gone back on line. there are no reports of any powerlines down. that's good news for the crews trying to get those electricity needs up and running again. the amazing thing. the fire chief said that they went and scanned around anchorage and found no major stri structural damage of the buildings. alaska airlines is back up and running and flights are going back to and from the airport. the airport is really emphasizeing to people that it is open again. earlier the roads to and from were closed. now they are saying the roads to and from the airport ar

have been no reports of casualties the epicenter was just twelve kilometers north of the city of anchorage visions of cancelled a tsunami warning that was generated automatically after the quake. well to mexico now authorities have begun removing central american migrants from an overcrowded shelter in te awana they're boarding buses that will take them to another location which is further away from the border around seven thousand migrants had been staying in the but ito sports complex while waiting to reach the u.s. to apply for asylum but the facility was overcrowded leading to squalid conditions . are those pulled in our correspondent stefan is he months he is next to the new shelter there too you want i understand good evening to you stefan where are the migrants going to stay now and are we talking about better conditions for them. well i would like to answer their question about the better conditions to you but i can't really because let me show you this gate here is full press for now for another two hours the end of access is you can see they're closing in now this is where the wh

the epicentre was about 8 miles north of anchorage, the largest city in the state.latest. alaskans are used to earthquakes, but sometimes you need luck on your side too. holy smokes! there quake struck at 8:30 in the morning... can you get out of there? ..buckling roads and leaving this road stranded, but safe. inside, there was confusion. earthquake drills are all very well, but reality can be quite different. some pupils were already at school. this boy‘s instinct was to start filming as the children took cover. there are tvs on the ground, you can see this right here... the first quake caused damage inside buildings, forcing all of the local tv stations off the air. many people had returned to their offices when a powerful after—shock sent them scrambling out again. scientists calculated that the epicentre of the first, most powerful tremor was under ab inlet north of anchorage and issued a tsunami warning. president trump responded on twitter, saying that the great people of alaska had been hit hard by a big one. he promised that the federal government will spar

the epicentre was about eight miles north of anchorage — the largest city in the state.ts of casualities. james cook has the latest. alaskans are used to earthquakes, but sometimes you need luck on your side too. holy smoke! there quake struck at 8:30 in the morning... can you get out of there? ..buckling roads and leaving this road stranded, but safe. inside, there was confusion. earthquake drills are all very well, but reality can be quite different. some pupils were already at school. this boy's instinct was to start filming as the children took cover. there are tvs on the ground, you can see this right here... the first quake caused damage inside buildings, forcing all of the local tv stations off the air. many people had returned to their offices when a powerful after—shock sent them scrambling out again. scientists calculated that the epicentre of the first, most powerful tremor was under inlet north of anchorage and issued a tsunami warning. president trump responded on twitter, saying that the great people of alaska had been hit hard by a big one. he promised tha

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earthquake in the state of alaska the epicenter was just twelve kilometers north of the city of anchorage the alert means tsunami waves are expected and was issued for areas along alaska's southern coast a yellow vest demonstration in central brussels has turned violent protesters burning police vehicles and blocking city streets police dispersed the crowd with water cannon and arrested dozens of people armed with box cutters and smoke bomb the yellow best movement protesting fuel tax increases began in france last month. well it has been an intense two weeks for germany's conservative c.d.u. party in a succession of regional conferences members have been hearing pitches from candidates who are vying to take chancellor angela merkel's place as party chair how do they choose in the upcoming national conference in december may have a profound effect on germany and europe. america is on her way out. after nearly two decades leading the c.d.u. germany's strongest party. these are the three who want to replace her. they've been crisscrossing the country making their pitch for the leading role

the powerful earthquake in anchorage, alaska. a magnitude 7.0. roads buckling. cars swallowed.cover. you will hear the air traffic controllers telling pilots not to land. >>> the police officer, you will remember her pacing outside of her neighbor's apartment. tonight, she has been indicted in his murder. >>> the major storm

raised here and don't want to leave you know i've lived in hawaii i lived in the states i've lived in anchorage. why would you want to live anywhere else. there are parts about native culture that i don't really know about yet but i also don't think that's an uncommon thing and i'm trying to learn more every summer and here's my sewing room this is my happy place in the winter time my mom didn't have a hand sewing this is what she used to do. is this what is the calfskin this is the part that would be the hardest because she used to use are some nail and her teeth. how do you harden the other like this is so you don't can them so much that they get soft. they're pretty who are discussed bugs most women around here i feel like it's not just like a big thing or done a nothing or it's yeah i think all of the people pretty much everyone in alaska wears and so i've always wanted to coast parker doesn't know if. all. everyone that want to cost book even half the herbs your mom's from here you can wear to and if you have a sweater like a loose writer you could bring it to me and i can make one really

a 7.0 magnitude earthquake has rocked buildings in anchorage. the u.s.ical survey says the quake was centered seven miles north of anchorage and a tsunami warning it s in effect. >>> house democrats debuted their newly elected leadership team with nancy pelosi delayering let the new administration begin. >> make no mistake, oversight is a congressional responsibility. the administration may try to say oversight is investigation. no, oversight is our responsibility. article 1, the first branch of government, a check on the other two. >>> and a new study of patients across the country says 60 to 80% of them say they have lied to their doctor. more than a third reported not speaking up when they disagreed with the doctor's recommendation. the biggest reason for lying being embarrassed to tell the truth. >>> you are up to date. back to you. >> thank you. >>> look out elon, there's someone else catching up in the rear-view mirror. audi unveiling its answer to the tesla model s. phil lebeau has all the details. >> reporter: when you take a look at this audi ca

there the only way to get to the villages on a nine cedar plane flying forty five minutes out from anchorage which is the nearest city. and a good family. the community that my grandmother lives in is actually two villages one is called early on and one is called the hill and the hill in is at the mouth of the river that feeds into lake. lake is part of this broader water system that produces forty six percent of the world's sockeye salmon. salmon return to the place that they're hatched so they're hatched they go out into the ocean and stay there for a few years and then fight their way back to lay their own eggs. we probably should come to the back door can we just walk through oh yes because i want to see. my grandma around about a breakfast here for at least twenty years pretty much the same as you remember and your member when you kids planted all those trees they got so big we couldn't see the lake hardly disappear so scared of this of like run. isn't this the room where we found the interns. yes. miss america here down here the memories here are so wonderful. going to stay here in thi

the only way to get to the village is on a ninety day or plane flying forty five minutes out from anchorage which is the nearest city. i mean good family. the community that my grandmother lives in is actually two villages one is called and one is called the hill and the hill in is at the mouth of the river that feeds into lake. lake is part of this broader water system that produces forty six percent of the world's sockeye salmon. salmon return to the place that they're hatched so they're hatched they go out into the ocean and stay there for a few years and then fight their way back to lay their own eggs. we probably should come to the back door can we just walk through oh yes because i want to see. my grandma around about a breakfast here for at least twenty years pretty much the same as you remember at your member when your kids planted all those trees they got so big you couldn't see them make hardly and they said they're so scared of this of like run. yeah isn't this the room where we found the jews. yes. miss america here down here the memories here are so wonderful. going to stay her

we are just getting reports of a very large earthquake that has hit anchorage, alaska.at it's approximately 6.7 in magnitude. that is a big earthquake. there's also a tsunami warning in effect right now for the coastal areas of the cook inlet and the southern peninsula that is in alaska. there's a tsunami warning now in effect after this earthquake. we are getting very preliminary news of this. there's not a lot else that we know at this moment. we will keep you posted as we get more details. a major earthquake, right there. we want to bring it back down to the couch to talk about one of the things we just saw a short time ago, going on at the g20 summit. that had to do with the president and the crown prince of saudi arabia on the sideline. we are told they were exchanging pleasantries. we don't know what that means. or, many more details about that. acknowledging each other. what is your take? >> david: conversations like that can be helpful but often at the summits they produce nothin nothing. the larger policies that america and the president are pushing toward saud

that's been canceled, but we are going to keep you updated on the situation in anchorage as we get new information. because there hasn't been damage to that pipeline, the price of oil is still falling in the after market session here. we are at $50.67 per barrel, down 1.5%. it's been a horrible week for oil bulls, i can tell you that. major short squeeze here -- major, rather, bull squeeze. if there is such a thing. i just made that up. let's take a look. the markets have suddenly hit bigger session highs. dow jones industrials just a few minutes ago popped up about 138 points. we do have it up 141 and climbing, so if you're in the markets, you're making money right now. dow stands at 25,479. look at the s&p, at its low it was down five, right now it's up 17. >>> you've got to wonder whether as host of the g20 summit, argenwill tiarge argentine's president, who welcomed president trump for breakfast this morning at the presidential palace, whether he secretly loves this trade dispute between the u.s. and china. in retaliation for president trump's tariffs on chinese steel and aluminum

it struck near anchorage. damaging roads and buildings and knocking out power. there is no longer a tsunami threat. senator dan sullivan of alaska tweeting earlier, hope everyone is safe and accounted for after this morning's alaska earthquake. we are monitoring the situation closely. and reaching out to the appropriate authorities. and from congressman don young, who tweets, please be safe, check in on your family, friends and property. >> when the new congress starts in january, the democrats will control the house and the republicans the senate. new congress. new leaders. watch the process unfold. on c-span. >> president trump is in buenos aires, argentina, for the g-20 summit where he's holding several one-on-wun -- one-on-one meetings with world leaders, including japanese prime minister abe who the president met earlier. saturday the president meets with german chancellor angela merkel, also on saturday he has a dinner scheduled with chinese president xi. yesterday president trump canceled his meeting with russian president vladimir putin. >> best selling

september first one thousand nine hundred three korean airlines flight from new york to seoul via anchorage was shot down by a soviet interceptor aircraft over the territory of the u.s.s.r. in the sea of japan there was absolutely no justification i don't legal or moral for what the soviets did the tragedy of the korean bowing was considered a perfect occasion to demonstrate the nato military power within dangerous proximity to the soviets on november second one thousand nine hundred eighty three nato launched able archer attend a command post exercise simulating a conflict escalation culminating in a nuclear attack it was followed by placing pershing two nuclear missiles in europe . what reagan didn't take into consideration was the paranoid overreaction of the soviets. a recently declassified us intelligence report shows that for the first time since the cuban missile crisis the world was close to nuclear war. just like in one nine hundred eighty three the malaysian boeing crash was leveraged against the enemy. a new wave of sanctions hit russia mediately after the tragedy. the united sta