How lucky am i . Watch this special presentation tonight. The person who changed my life. There are Inspiring Stories and it airs tonight at 8 00 eastern time right here on cnn. The next hour of the cnn newsroom begins right now. Thanks for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. The east coast is dealing with the aftermath of that recordbreaking snowfall from tennessee to new york for people trying to fly out, a travel nightmare at major airports throughout the northeast. New york and d. C. Area airports are at an absolute standstill. Many runways still closed as you see there. Earlier images, Dulles International airport trying to clear out the tarmac there. Some airlines are already canceling flights for tomorrow. And in both washington and new york, dangerous icy roads are beginning to reopen, though driving is being highly discouraged in many cities hardest hit. In new york, utility workers and snowplows are attempting to clear the roads for mondays commute. The death toll from this s
Right now. We know the quake hit near capital. Now theres a tsunami warning in effect. What do you know so far . This is a very significant earthquake. We have seen damage coming in from local viewers who have thwarted in information. If theres any good news is we havent subpoena significant structural damage. We havent seen buildings toppled over or massive cracks. It pyres to be cosmetic that were see sg as a short time ago. We saw a desk flipped over and chairs on their sides. Bookshelves that have come down. Thats scary situation to be in. At this point we should mention theres no reports of serious injuries or death. For the most part there doesnt seem to be structural damage to buildings. Roadways is a different issue. What youre looking at is more user generated material thats come into our news room. It shows a massive crack in the alaska area. Its fairly remote. Some 300,000 people do live in anchorage. Its the largest city in alaska. The earthquake was about seven miles away.
Situations working to keep everyone safe. Heres the thing. They say there is major infrastructure damage across anchorage. Major buildings and homes are damaged, many roads and bridges closed. Theyre 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 closed. I was texted a picture from a colleague, a person who works for senator murkowski who had seen a tweet about this. Major road damage on Minnesota Drive which is right there next to the international airport, international boulevard, which runs to the airport is damaged as well. So you have Severe Damage to a lot of the roads. I did talk to some people in hotels there. One in a marriott said his shook pretty well, for about a minute,
Abe, along with indias Prime Minister, the white house is denying reports from Russian Media that President Trump and russian president putin will have a brief meeting at the g20. Yesterday, President Trump canceled a meeting with putin over a growing confrontation between russia and ukraine. Today the white house said there is no scheduled poleaside, and a short time ago, press secretary Sarah Sanders saying the russian witch hunt hoax, which is hopefully no nearing an end, is doing very well. Unfortunately, it probably does undermine our release trip with russia. However, the reason for our canceled meeting is ukraine. Hopefully that will be resolved soon, so that the productive conversations can begin. This morning the president and leaders of canada and mexico signed a new trade deal to replace nafta. The president touting the agreement as a win for american workers. The usmca is the largest and most balanced trade agreement in history. All of our countries will benefit greatly. It
Coast. As we get more information and possibly video and pictures to show you, we will bring them to you as long as all live report we are working on as well from later in the hours of stay tuned for that. Also this. Fox news alert, as President Trump has scored a big political win of the g20 summit signing a revamped version of nafta. Remember, he is all about trade and getting those deals done as he can in argentina where that sum is happening. You are watching out numbered over time. I am harris faulkner. We can continue to following developments at that summit in buenos aires. It signing that new trade agreement today. The president says it will benefit American Workers and revolutionize trade between our neighboring countries. Watch. With her signatures today, we will formally declare the attention of our three countries to replace nafta with the usmca, a truly groundbreaking achievement. The usmca is the largest, most significant modern and balanced trade agreement in history. Al