take it back here, thank you. fox news alert, southern california reeling from back to back earthquakes. oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my gosh. a 7.1 magnitude, the temblor proceeded by 6.4 the day before, the strongest to hit california area in two decades cracking building, damaging roads and sparking fires, experts warn more aftershocks could come in the days and weeks away, jonathan hunt live in ridgecrest, california with more, hi, jonathan. good evening to you too, two earthquakes and yet miraculously minimal damage here, that really is striking as you drive into ridgecrest, looks like it looked 36, 48 hours ago, very hard to find any damage, that s not to
another vivid display of fear caused by earthquakes caught on the cell phone of our producer dan who has taken a well-earned break at restaurant last night when the 7.1 hit, you can hear and see people screaming and rushing out of the restaurant simply terrified, dan put it to me that that might actually be the end, thankfully it wasn t for anybody there, and there have been no major injuries as a result of these two earthquakes, still, the fire chief warns that everybody should remain alert, listen here. through time the buildings are going to get weaker, maybe it s not a 7.1 next time but maybe it s, you know, lower, and with that there could be more damage just because structures have weakened and so we need to be vigilant and the community of ridgecrest
now, it s been several hours i would say, mike, since we felt any aftershocks right here, but i can tell you this, no one in ringcrest is going to rest easy tonight, mic. our hearts go out to people in ridgecrest, thank god it was not a 7.1 in downtown los angeles, jonathan hunt, thank you so much. arthel. arthel: joe biden doing some damage control, the former vice president apologizing for his past comments about working with segregationists, but at the same time he is also defending his overall civil rights record, mr. biden making the statement during a campaign event in south carolina, the state is an early presidential voting contest where african americans are a key demographic, jackie joins us live from new york news room. joe biden has had a lot of ground to take back, comments on working with segregationist and
kristina coleman from la bureau, kristina. arthel, we learned that just moments ago california governor arrived in ridgecrest, people shopping at local wal-mart got up close look at at the mess that the quake caused. this is the wal-mart in ridgecrest, town 10 miles southwest of epicenter of last night s 7.1 quake, hit 8:19 local time, jugs of water and food scattered on the floor making total mess on the aisles, more than 100 aftershocks sin thursday s earthquakes and more could come, check out albertson s, employees, customers walking on piles as aftershocks continue to rattle the entire store, this ridgecrest family got under the table, listen to frantic moments when all of this was going on.
oh, my god, oh, my god. oh my gosh. the front door came open. it s okay, it s okay. oh, my god. this is bad, brian. take a look at this for a family obviously trying to enjoy the holiday weekend watches on as the water in the pool start moving back and forth and this video swinging lights taking in restaurant after the morongo casino in california, the casino is about 160 miles south of ridgecrest, two senior citizens homeless today after the mobile home went up in flames earlier this morning, this is also in ridgecrest, the city close to epicenter of last night s quake, two people were inside the home when it happened, kern county officials say they were able to escape, california governor gavin newsom declared state of