i want to bring in paul vercammen. he has been out. he has been driving around. he is a veteran of these earthquakes. first of all, paul, we've talked about it a little bit. this was the biggest one i've experienced. how did this compare to you for others that you've covered? >> well, i've covered a lot of earthquakes in california. i covered the northridge earthquake. 6.7. but of course in an urban center in reseda. on a personal level, i had transferred from the new york bureau. i was living in temporary housing. the television went hurdling across the room. but safe and sound. northridge was marked immediately by what we saw a little bit of tonight, and that's those gas fires. you get a gas main in that case that ruptured, and all of ventura boulevard in some parts of los angeles on fire. massive damage, calamitous, garage collapses, building collapses, 57 officially dead, almost 9,000 wounded. now let's take a deep breath here. this was absolutely ner nerve-racking for all of us to be through this, that 7.1. it was stronger in a way. i was in my car. we went t

fires and must trip the damage is centered in ridgecrest that's in kern county and that is where paul vercammenh the very latest. >>well as the sun starts to set here in ridgecrest you can see here is a mobile home park that got hit home in this quake in this instance, it knocked this mobile home right off its platform. a startling morning, this 4th of

fires and must trip the damage is centered in ridgecrest that's in kern county and that is where paul vercammen joins us live with the very latest. >>well as the sun starts to set here in ridgecrest you can see here is a mobile home park that got hit home in this quake in this instance, it knocked this mobile home right off its platform. a startling morning, this 4th of july for residents in california. off the wall a 6.4 magnitude earthquake. the strongest quake to hit the region almost 20 years was felt as far away as los angeles, a 175 miles away from the epicenter. >>want to go inside everyone's been outside the open in the parking lot there's nothing really to this fall and crush you are the >>more than 100 aftershocks have been reported and seismologist warned. they will continue for several weeks a state of emergency has been declared the city of ridgecrest one local resident says his house seem safe minutes after the quake, but then. >>i heard some things directly into that went to that door. >>a suspected gas rupture set fire inside the garage. gas leaks in water leaks are now the top

. >> cnn's paul vercammen went to nasa's propulsion laboratory, and he took a look at what is next for where do we go from here. >> reporter: 1957, the russians launched the first satellite into space. and it rattled john casani, a young air tro spaerospace engin. >> walking out of work, 5:30. we saw the sputnik going across the sky. that was sort of a devastating blow. we realized we where nowhere near that. >> reporter: so the united states began its ambitious quest to put a men on the moon. they leaped to the unmanned surveyor. >> surveyor did land on the moon and worked. >> reporter: they wanted answers on the surface. >> were the astronauts in 14 feet of talcum powder or on the surface? that was the difference between the ranger or surveyor to demonstrate a reasonable space to put a spacecraft down. >> reporter: and the manned apollo program would follow. now kpl is riveted on the red planet. >> we looked at the ranger mission and we learned from the reconnaissance of the moon. we applied those lessons from reconning mars. understanding it. >> reporter: eight times jpl has landed

reporting from ridgecrest, i'm paul vercammen. >> two strong quakes in just today. people in southern california are really on edge especially with the u.s. geological survey saying there's a chance and even if there's a small chance that a larger quake could still come within the next few days. cnn meteorologist chad myers. we can predict hurricanes and other severe natural event, but not earthquakes. how far has the science come? >> not very far at all, but what the earthquake prediction had the threshold been higher and we knew it would take 45 seconds for the wave to get to l.a. they would have had a 45-secondses notice and the threshold wasn't high enough for the alert system to go off and that's why l.a. didn't have their phones and pagers and all of that going off. the main quake was 7.1 and there's a 3% chance of this being bigger than that. another aftershock that could turn this into a foreshock, but only 3%, which means a 97% chance the other way and this is from the latest briefing, 27% chance of that. we still will get big after shocks and we've been ge

>>paul vercammen reports on the cleanup effort as residents. brace for more shaking.us now in ridgecrest recovery and rebuilding and all the while more strong aftershockntinue. >>to our inventory got absolutely destroyed by it was a freight train hitting our office. >>residents in southern california facing the daunting task of cleaning up. well dealing with dozens of new tremors. some of them significant numbers were nonstop. we actually got in the car with think about leaving. thursday's earthquake, a magnitude 6.4 was centered near ridgecrest that's about 150 miles northeast of los angeles. >>and then in the law of earthquakes and southern cal, the big ones in l a. >>and this was like the worst surveillance videos from shops and restaurants all show similar scenes. frightening moments as light swings items fall from shells and employees run to safety. the quake down power lines cracked roads and some residents were able to get back to their homes friday. >>we have a 30 of people sheltering. in our emergency center right now. there were some homes that were not and

paul vercammen reporting from los angeles. now back to you. >>9.37. at a school district letters to a fan 1000 parents say if you don't pay up for your kid's school lunch, they could be taken away from you. and a live look here at the san mateo bridge lots of cars to keep you company to think connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet. we've created access from at&t california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits. may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow, to learn more. >>welcome back to the kron 4 morning news still tracking major a strain delays this morning out of livermore after a spot 5 was involved in an accident with a car and we're hearing that it resulted in a fatality so ace 5 has stopped in livermore they hope to get it moving soon and 7 will combine with that rain to try and make up for some of the time lost but do expect major delays on a strain th

so they say this is all just routine. >> paul vercammen there, thank you so much. and later this hour, we will speak with an immigration attorney about these raids and the rights of those immigrants who are being targeted. >>> okay. moving on now. iran's foreign minister says the united states is at risk of becoming a global pariah if it keeps making decisions that benefit only america. javad zarif spoke to reporters on sunday. >> we've seen that at the security council, including the board of governors of the iaea, all of them called by the united states, all of them ended up condemning the policies, unilateral policies of the united states. so it is time for the united states to begin to return to the international consensus that we can only reach our goals through multilateralism. >> gentlemjavad zarif there in meeting in new york after having his visa personally approved by the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo. it all comes as the tensions between the two countries are getting worse, although zarif's visit could open the door to possible sideline talks. >> h

our paul vercammen was told everything involving i.c.e. and their arrests and removal operations is routine right now in southern california, to show you the anatomy of a typical day for immigration and customs enforcement, officers, paul, caught up with i.c.e. agents before the sun came up this morning and, paul, you were actually there when i.c.e. agents made some arrests? >> reporter: that's exactly right, ana, and what they told us, this has nothing to do with any threatened raids and that they didn't do anything special for us because the cameras were rolling. what we saw is they had targeted four individuals. one of them was too far away and time had lapsed. so then they went ahead and they arrested three of their targets, all of them as they say, had criminal records. it started off with a man arrested a little after sun-up on the streets. in this particular instance, they said the suspect had been removed at least six times before and when we found that suspect, he was arrested almost with a sense of resignation. >> i told them, get

i'm paul vercammen. now back to you. >>and thank you for that we are looking now at a map of where the brunt of the earthquake hit in richard quest. the california senator dianne feinstein issued a statement today saying in part quote we are we all need to be aware that severe earthquakes are possible at any moment and we must be prepared. my office will continue to work to ensure communities up and down the state are prepared for any disaster. >>all lanes of northbound to 80 and san francisco are back open tonight after a pedestrian was killed while trying to run across the freeway. it happened just before 5 this afternoon on geneva avenue at 2.80 is actually on the freeway. according to san francisco police the victim was apparently a suspect in an assault that happened near a muni station when police found the suspect we're told he took off jumped over a fence and on to the freeway where he was and struck and killed the driver of the vehicle that hit him remained on the scene. the highway patrol is now handling the in

paul vercammen reporting from los angeles.to you. >>6.34 new this morning, 2 pedestrians were struck by cars in one was killed last night in the city's tenderloin just cover story few days ago with a major a pedestrian accident in san francisco and this is the second deadly incident involving a pedestrian in just a week kron four's will tran joining us live with more details will. >>i'm in front of the san francisco police department where investigators had to rush out of here and get to the scene to arrest the 22 year old driver who they say was speeding at the time with yesterday's fatality we are on pace to have a record breaking year, 21 people so far this year have either died as a bicyclist or pedestrian on the streets of san francisco, let's get to the video this all happened around 2 o'clock in the afternoon. when a man and a woman they were in the crosswalk on o farrell and taylor, they were minding their own business when according to investigators, the driver of a black tesla was speeding at the time goes through a

i'm paul vercammen. >>there the bay area the usgs is monitoring the aftershocks and has an important reminder when it comes to the next big one kron four's charles clifford has the details. >>well here at the usgs in menlo park they are keeping a very close eye on what's happening in southern california another region. we're the 4th of july quake hit that 6.4 magnitude quake. it is an area that's not a densely populated, but it is an area that is known to geologists is being seismically active. the as the earthquake and the aftershocks are all near the city of ridgecrest. >>luckily it's a fairly remote area. thank god. the earthquake occurred 10 miles east of ridgecrest rather than under the city because of that had occurred under the city that would have been a lot more damage. i know with earthquakes, it's it's tough to make accurate predictions but kind of what you're feeling at this point to think they'll be more aftershocks in the near future. >>weaker stronger what do you think. well the aftershock

because they wanted to show the world that they're ridgecrest strong reporting from ridgecrest i'm paul vercammen. now back to you. >>and while many are celebrating the holiday with a 4 day weekend a handful of lawmakers will be back at work first thing today to vote on a controversial wildfire liability bill. it would create in essence a california catastrophes council in addition to a fund that will help pay utilities for future welfare costs. the genie is in the bankruptcy process right now after being held responsible for the campfire and would not have access to this money until it resolves of course recent welfare claims without raising customer rates. however, a bipartisan group of lawmakers and fire victims have already spoken out against the bill. >>to the interim process going back to committees us and other common making adjustments. considering aspects of the work was broadly good that we're closer than that. most legislation this complexity and the >>a spokesperson for tells us the utility hasn't yet taken a position on the measure saying it is likely anyone there is unlikely that an

paul vercammen reporting from los angeles. now back to you. >>it is probably considered the most anticipated congressional hearing in decades, former special counsel robert mueller set to testify publicly before congress on wednesday and we're learning that not even the justice department is getting a heads up about exactly what mueller will say in his opening statement. >>mueller will speak before 2 house committees, a spokesperson says he's been preparing with some of the aides who work with him on the investigation. he is expected to mostly stick to his report during the testimony. we will be streaming robert mueller's testimony live you can catch it on. >>all at kron 4 dot com and continuing coverage of the hearing will follow on the kron 00:04am morning news. let's get a check of the weather around the bay area on this monday afternoon time for the 4 zone forecast group a chief meteorologist lawrence karnow you guys say you know how weekend around a good part of the country to now they're going to feel. >>little he really for that some ho

reporter paul vercammen was on the scene just moments after several a quake caused fires broke out.alk to watch over. >>my friend just called easy part 3 miles away. describe for me that moment when you first builit. a much bigger than the one a couple days ago, but not as long. we're glad you survived as you look behind them. that's how far the a monumental mission. under the previous weight. >>all right, here's a shot at linda mount diablo as we see not a fog problem going on here beautiful sunrise temperatures into the 50's a few lower 60's to be had with cnn few afternoon clouds will burn off introducing my new spicy chicken strips combo. bigger, tastier strips of juicy chicken with crunchy batter. spice them up with hot sauce or cool them down with buttermilk ranch. try my 100% all-white meat spicy chicken strips combo today. only at jack in the box. finally, an eggo thick and fluffy waffle all to myself, whoa. karen, karen you've got to try this. breakfast in bed? major. husband. points. would you l'eggo your eggo? ...you discover paint bleed you under your tape...... not with

here is paul vercammen. >> reporter: i'm here to get a sense of what happened inside some of these buildings. just stuff knocked down everywhere, bottles off the shelves, broken here. the owner, anton, said in the two days they've been rocked by this quake inside the store, he believes they've had more than $100,000 worth of damage. you can clearly see strong, knocking things off the shelf, shattered glass and bottles everywhere. it's going to be a long time cleaning up. to the credit to the people in the store, they've stayed open. we've seen a steady stream of people coming in here to grab whatever it is they need, including vital things such as water. >> all right, 7.1 earthquake last night. >> still ahead, battling for votes in the bayou. 2020 candidates are pitching themselves to voters at the annual essence festival in new orleans. why that venue is quickly becoming an important stop for democrats, next. nothing feels like connecting with the people that matter. holiday inn. holiday inn express. we're there. so you can be too. are battling for votes in the bayou. seven of them are appe

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. >> our reporter there paul vercammen.rlier cyril vanier spoke with a couple who own a super 8 hotel in ridgecrest and they describe the moment they started to feel the shaking. >> i was checking a customer in and we had this little shake. so we stepped out, we went back in and right after that, what we saw was madness. i mean it was the first time i experienced something. i felt like the whole building was going to collapse. we just ran out on the road. i could hear the sounds of earthquake, the rattling, shaking, the whole building was like shaking to a point i felt that the whole roof was going to fall down. and yeah, it was bad. it was really bad from what we experienced yesterday. i just started crying. i felt whether we will survive this or no. and like every moment i was feeling that's it, it would stop. and re just rushwe just held ea tight and we were just praying for the shake to stop. >> i had gone through the groceries and i was in the parking lot and i felt it. so i just got out of the car, closed my car and m

but our paul vercammen found one store open, a liquor store, here's what it looked like after the quake reporte >> reporter: i'm here inside this convenient store in richmond. see what happened, stuff knocked down everywhere. bottles off the shelves broken here. the owner anton says in the two days they've been rocked by the quake inside the store. he believes they have had more than $100,000 worth of damage. you can see things off shelves. glass and bottles everywhere. it's going to be a long time cleaning up. but to the credit of the people in the store, they stayed open. we've seen a steady stream of people coming in to grab whatever it is they need, even water. >> people often look out for one another. employees at an albertson's supermarket were doing just that right after the earthquake. >> everybody okay? did you get hurt? is everybody okay? i'm trying to see if anybody is hurt. the air is really thick. dusty. this is a bad one. this must be the one -- that's got to be at least 7. >> well, that's the scene in one store. now, we have the scene in a hotel. earlier, my colleague cyr

thank you very much, paul vercammen there in los angeles. >>> as i.c.e. raids are under way across the country, the president of the united states told progressive democrat women of color in congress to go back to the crime-infested places from which they came. he's targeting alexandria ocasio-cortez, born in new york, congresswoman rashida tlaib, born and raised in detroit, michigan, congresswoman ilhan omar, growing up in minnesota, and congresswoman ayanna pressley, born in chicago, illinois. in a series of racist tweets, we're calling it as we see it, this morning, trump writing this. so interesting to see progressive democrat congresswomen who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world, if they even have a functioning government at all, now loudly and viciously telling the people of the united states the greatest and most powerful nation on earth how our government is to be run. why don't we go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested pl

paul vercammen reporting live now back to you. >>now in response to friday's earthquake. the state's emergency management operations center is now working around the clock at its maximum level. >>sacramento bureau reporter ashley zavala gives us a look inside and explains the resources that the state is providing. >>we should center it's still all hands on deck. here key state agencies are collaborating on recovery and preparation efforts in the aftermath of these earthquakes. >>figuring out what are the impacts what are the needs going to be trying to always be several steps ahead of the local government officials inside the operation center dozens of state agency workers monitor conditions and gather information from affected kern and san bernardino counties cal fire is at peak staffing levels keeping an eye on weather conditions and fire threats cal fire fire marshal's office. >>is out and they have crews that are checking all of the pipelines making sure that there aren't any breaks any leaks, the national guard has 200 troops helping the effort on the ground and in t

. >> they are still being shaken up by magnitude 3+ quakes and i envy you paul vercammen life for usridgecrest. >>> it is going for quite a bit everybody. >> it continues. this is a very strong quake. 8:21 on the air, we are experiencing very strong shaking. i think we need to get under the desk. >> our colleagues were on the air when the studio started shaking. as you can see, keep in mind, they were 150 miles away from the epicenter. now, of course no one is ever prepared for the ground to suddenly start moving. but you can, and should, be ready for the aftermath. >> do you have an earthquake kit? >> no, i do not. >> how come? >> i got lazy. >> we polled a number of people on the street in san francisco and most admit they are not ready to go it alone in the event of a major disaster. but many soon will be. jeff runs a disaster supply store and his business is suddenly booming. >> this is a typical two person kit. dust masks, instructions, leather gloves, you always need gloves with all the class and everything. >> do you have one? >> i have 13 rubbermaid storage containers full of

we're seeing the footage taken by cnn's paul vercammen. there have been fires. that was at the mobile park. >> yeah. >> in ridgecrest. have you seen or heard about any other area where there was damage in ridgecrest? >> i've heard like kind of first person reports from people claiming block walls were knocked over. that's what i've heard. and a lot of the inside of people's houses are a mess. and obviously our office, our ceiling is falling -- not where i'm sitting, but part of the ceiling that had partially collapsed at the earlier quake is now further collapsed. >> hold on. i didn't know that. part of your ceiling was collapsed yesterday and continued to collapse today? >> yes. >> and that doesn't concern you? >> in our office? well, you know, it's like the ceiling -- you know those kind of foam tile things. >> yeah, we can see those behind you. >> yeah, those. >> all right. so not a major safety concern then. >> no, it's nowhere near where i'm sitting. and they're soft and light anyway. >> all right. and as for your house? pause this is what in ridgecrest mus

because they wanted to show the world that they're ridgecrest strong reporting from ridgecrest i'm paul vercammen. now back to you. a new staging a lot for uber and lyft is now open at sfo this morning. this is the 3rd lot for ride shares and it's meant to help. >>alleviate the ongoing congestion at the airport with the pickups and drop-offs and everything else. the lot is located north of the airport on san bruno avenue and it will effectively double the capacity for rideshare. all right still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, lawmakers are back in sacramento today to vote on a controversial wildfire bill to help utilities pay for future damages. and the battle over the citizenship question on the upcoming census is the upcoming census is apparently not over love m oh thaphenomenal!, that's unfair. that's so unfair. c'mon jay-bo. let's go. let's go. woahh! try my $4.99 bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. only at jack in the box. covergirl has created trublend matte made foundation. it's transfer resistant, so it stays on you. and nothing else. new trublend matte made foundation, in 40 shades. f

let's go to our paul vercammen. he is gathering information there in our los angeles bureau. you know, paul, when i first heard that this happened at the gilroy garlic festival, that was hard to comprehend. this is a family festival. it is very popular. it supports the community. what more can you tell us about it? >> well, you're right. it supports the community in so many ways. they say the average attendance per weekend and usually more than 100,000, natalie. this particular festival has raised $11 or so million for local schools and local nonprofits. as you articulate, it's very popular. people will come down from san francisco, oakland, san jose, monterey bay, throughout california. and garlic is huge agri business. well known for the gilroy garlic fries. we should also note so no one is alarmed by what happened here in case their relative was at another stage here. they had three stages set up at this festival. as we've heard from witnesses, this tribute band, tinman, that plays classic rock was winding things down. other artists such as kaleigh hammock from nashville an