that needs to get to the other side of that road, it is absolutely impossible. there s no way to pass that. this is just one specific road. we have already seen a number of other images not of that road but in the area. when you look at damage like this, erica, i mean, it is stunning. it is and another thing i d like to point out is that it is the middle of winter just about. and that means that the sun angle is extremely low in this part of alaska even in southern alaska. you are getting minimal daylight at this point. so that means that it s going to get dark which makes it s harder to see road impediments, areas flooded because of the damage and the aftershocks producing those waves. and when you have power outages, of course, that becomes an even bigger concern. the sun sets very, very early this time of year. here in new york it s before 5:00 so we re probably already looking at sunset in alaska within the next hour or two. i mean, imagine that. people losing their power.
russia s aggressive acts against ukraine and everything to do with the plea agreement of michael cohen and the russians really slapping it right back at president trump as he apparently for the first time tried to brush back vladimir putin canceling this meeting. the president again today said it had only to do with this issue of ukraine and again as we have reported the only significant development of aggressive incident and his decision yesterday to call off that meeting was that plea agreement, steph. all right. jeff, ambassador, i m going do come back to you in a moment. we have breaking news out of alaska. a major earthquake has taken place. the u.s. geological survey detected a 7.0 earthquake just a few minutes ago. i want do bring in nbc s miguel amalguer with the latest. what is going on? we are getting early reports of some damage to local buildings. many people fled out of the area into streets. anchorage is the largest city in all of alaska. we know that many people here
that struck alaska. a tsunami warning for parts of the alaskan coast is issued. it is telling people to move themselves to higher ground. power is out in the city and there are reports of damage to highways and roads. we re going to give you an update when we come back next. right there you are looking at an anchorage grocery store. you have seen this scene before in other earthquakes. a number of items, 7.0. tiles off the roofs of buildings. that is very big deal. we ll stay on this story when we come back. you re watching velshi & ruhle. we saved hundreds on our car insurance when we switched to geico. this is how it made me feel. it was like that feeling when you re mowing the lawn on a sunny day. .and without even trying, you end up with one last strip that s exactly the width of your mower.
anchorage? it is an earthquake area. they re prone to earthquakes in the area and not uncommon to get earthquakes. we have alerts of 3.1, 3.2 felt across the area. but this is absolutely a big tremor felt across a large swath of the region and why that tsunami alert you are looking at is put out. they have not had reports of a tsunami yet and always a concern, especially in alaska. anchorage is on an inlet close to the water. so that s a concern they re watching right now, as well. all right. miguel, i m going to check back with you in a few. as soon as you have more developments or updates, flag us. we need to keep the audience aware. i want do go back do ambassador burns and jeff bennett. are you there, ambassador? yes, i am. so, i want to go back to the conversation about president trump and the upcoming meetings at the g20. just yesterday when the white house decided to cancel the meeting between the president and vladimir putin, you saw
power outages, broken gas lines if their gas heat up there. there could be a lot of disruptions with this. there was a roadway that s severed by the shaking of the quake, right? there are going to be roads that could be impassable and blocked for those reasons, as well. for people in that tsunami warning zone, when it s just move yourself to higher ground, what s that even look like? well, i mean, the terrain does get very mountainous outside of the city of anchorage. so that might be easier said than done. hopefully people are aware that live in the area that they re in an earthquake vulnerable zone. it s been a long time since there s been a bad earthquake in the area. but hopefully people are aware of their risk and have an action plan to evacuate. again, though, because of the potential for roads being completely impassable or closed, because of the possibility that they ve been damaged we could