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let's bring in cnn's supervising meteorologist brandon miller. brandon, good to have you back with us. just moments ago i was speaking to professor karl lang and he was explaining to us the concept of shallow earthquakes which apparently this was a shallow earthquake. explain to us in terms of what kind of -- does it make it more devastating when the epicenter is shallow rather than deep? >> yeah. absolutely. this would be considered a shallow quake, only about 10 to 15, you know, 17 kilometers deep. that may sound deep under your feet, but you have to think the earth goes hundreds and hundreds of kilometers, even just the crust of the earth is very deep. i think i would say we would consider a shallow earthquake anything that's 50 or so kilometers or less. and so this being only 17, you know, they don't come too much shallower than that. so if you just picture, you know, if you were to have something just underneath your feet, you know, shaking, that's going to be much more than if you had, say, seven or eight mattresses under your feet and shaki

led by star freshman brandon miller but instead of celebrating, the school is facing increasing pressure miller off the court. investigators say in january, miller brought a handgun to former teammate darius miles moments before it was used to murder jamea harris, a 23-year-old mother the gun belonged to miles, according to police. brandon miller's attorney says he was asked to return the gun and that he never touched it, was not involved in its exchange to mr. davis in any way an never knew that illegal activity involving the gun would occur. miles was kicked off the team and now charged with capital murder, along with another man, michael davis, who allegedly pulled the trigger miller has not been charged with a crime. and has continued to play basketball >> law enforcement must have been really convinced of miller's lack of knowledge or intent to not charge him >> reporter: but jamea harris' parents say miller should not be allowed to play. in an interview with "usa today," harris' mother called the school's decision unimaginable. >> she has a 5-year-old son waiting at home for his mo

and alleges that brandon miller was on the way to pick on his former teammate darius miles, got the textring his gun. and he allegedly left the gun in miller's car. and then took the gun and handed it off to a third man, michael lynn davis. both of them are held in custody and charged with murder. here is what miller's attorney said. miller never touched the gun and was not involved in any way. >> nick, thank you. we are waiting for many more answers. thanks for the reporting. >>> coming up on cnn this morning. an exclusive report from a ukrainian city under fire by russian forces for week. the former secretary mark esper joins us live as a new year of russia's war begins. when i was his age, we had to be inside to watch live sports. but with xfinity, we get the fastest mobile service and can stream down the street or around the block! hey, can you be less sister, more car? all right, let's get this over with. switch to xfinity mobile and save big on the new samsung galaxy s23 series. i should get paid more for this. you get paid when you win. from xfinity. home of the 10g network. in or

in a statement miller's attorney said brandon never touched the gun, was not involved in its exchange to mr. davis in any way, and never knew that illegal activity involving the gun would occur. miller hasn't missed a game since the investigation began. the university stressing he's fully cooperating with authorities and is not considered a suspect >> make decisions based on available facts, and that's what we did here. >> reporter: tonight the mother of jamea harris upset miller was allowed to play today, saying had there been no gun, her daughter would still be alive. >> i haven't stopped being angry. i haven't stopped long enough to grieve because i'm so angry. she has a 5-year-old son that's still at home waiting on his mom to come home but she's not going to come home. >> reporter: morgan chesky, nbc news. >> and we are back in a moment with the failure to comply why some hospitals still are not posting prices for patients, despite a law saying they have to >>> plus, the deadly crash that killed two bicyclists in arizona. >>> we are back at the scene of a deadly crash in arizona

in a statement, miller's attorney said brandon neve touched the gun, was not involved in its exchange. davis in any way, and never knew that illegal activity involving the gun would occur. miller hasn't missed a game since the investigation began. the university stressing he's fully cooperating with authorities and is not considered a suspect >> we make decisions based on available facts, and that's what we did here. >> reporter: the mother of jamea harris tells nbc news, she's allowed miller is still upset to play, saying had there been no gun, her daughter would still be alive. >> i haven't stopped being angry, long enough to grieve because i'm so angry she has a 5-year-old son that's still at home waiting on his mom to come home and she's not going to come home >> reporter: morgan chesky, nbc news >> and miller is projected to be one of the top picks in the nba draft coming up. we'll see how this plays out >>> a rare moment on the ice last night in the boston bruins game against the vancouver canucks. the canucks down 2-1, pulled their goalie late in the game hoping to tie the scor

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. >> how brandon miller can still be on this team is beyond me. >> reporter: freshman phenom brandon day after detectives allege he brought a gun to now-ex-teammate darius miles after miles asked him to, and that gun was allegedly used to shoot and kill 23-year-old jamea harris near ua's campus back in mid-january. miles who owned the gun allegedly admitted to providing the weapon to a third man who police say pulled the trigger. both now charged with capital murder. miller facing no charges and said to be cooperating fully with investigators, but facing more criticism over this pregame patdown ritual head coach nate oats called inappropriate. oats facing backlash of his own. >> i can't control anything anybody does outside of practice. >> reporter: walking back his initial comments on his player's alleged involvement. >> i used a poor choice of words making it appear like i wasn't taking this tragic situation seriously. >> reporter: in a statement to abc news, miller's attorney says miller has never handled any firearm, including the one involved in this murder. the attorney saying

>> reporter: the university of alabama is having a huge season led by star freshman, brandon miller, ncreasing pressure to take miller off the court. investigators say in january, miller brought a handgun to former teammate, damian miles, before it was used to murder a 23-year-old mother. miller's attorney says he was asked to return the gun and that he never touched it, was not involved in its exchange to mr. davis in any way and never knew that illegal activity involving the gun would occur. miles was kicked off the team and is now charged with capital murder along with another man, michael davis, who allegedly pulled the trigger. miller has not been charged with a crime and has continued to play basketball. >> law enforcement must have been really convinced of miller's lack of knowledge or intent to not charge him. >> reporter: but harris' parents say miller shouldn't be allowed to play. in an interview with "usa today," harris' mother called the decision unimaginable. >> she has a 5-year-old son still waiting on his mom to come home. >> reporter: but the match-up on saturday again

there were questions heading into last night's game at south carolina about whether alabama's brandon miller a fatal shooting near campus last month. not only did miller play but scored a career high 41 points including that go at the basket with less than a second left in overtime to lift the crimson tide. miller faces capital murder charges after being accused of transporting a gun to a former teammate who allegedly used it to kill a 23-year-old woman in mid-january. miller's attorney said he never touched the gun and drove away from the scene when shots were fired. and hours before last night's tip off the school, alabama, said miller was, quote, not a suspect and would remain an active member of the team. i don't know capital murder charges should he still be suiting up right now? we'll follow the story in the weeks ahead. meanwhile there was a court storming in chestnut hill last night after unranked boston college knocked off number 6 virginia by double digits. the 63-48 upset marked the third win this season. my brother unhappy on the eve of this program. meanwhile nba veteran kevin d