With the latest. Anchorage hitting 90 degrees and more than 100 wildfires across the state. The hottest day of alltime. Heat and humidity combined for a sweltering day from the south to new england, with the heat index above 100 grees. T will be sizzling again. Spacey shocker, the young man that accused the actor of groping him against his will abruptly drops his civil suit with a hearing in the criminal case set fornd mo. From nbc news this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Thank you for jning us on this morning. I am peter alexander. Good morning. Waking up to the news of yet another big earthquake hting our friends in california overnight. Exactly right. The state of california on alert this morning and we want to get right to the breaking news from overnight. The second major quake to hit california in two days, a magnitude 7. 1. This one containing 11 times more energy than the first. This one was centered near ridgecrest, california out in the M
Not even atm the fireworks were shooting skyward on the streets in alviso. 8 pm. San jose has tried to curb this in recent years with outreach enforcement. But neighborhoods across the city are being rattled. Residents of organized demanding police take fireworks seriously. The Good Old Boy Network is fun. It is a bunch of guys having a good time. This is what we have always done. Why should we do anything about it . Opal this critic complains she and other residents are told they must document violations. They expect us to go with s fireworks. When the police are afraid to intervene. They want everyday citizens to take a someone lights a firecracker and runs. Reporter this councilman setting up fireworks in the hills. Organizing a show tonight over the lake he said is an alternative that makes a difference. Illegal fireworks have subsided substantially. Little carrot and stick. Everyone wants to enjoy the fourth of july. Everyone likes fireworks. Lets go see the free fireworks display
Yesterday morning. It sparked fires at a couple of homes, gas lines cup tours and those whose homes were spared still have a lot of cleanup to do. All of a sudden, it was a large, rolling earthquake. Everything in my kitchen hit the floor. Picture frames started falling off the wall, everything in my bathroom came down off the shelf. Kids, theyre very scared. Reporter theres repair work also to be done at the Ridgecrest Regional Hospital where some plumbing was damaged and some patients had to be temporarily evacuated. All that cleanup is on tap despite those continuing aftershocks and the fear is they uld cause even more damage. Back to you. Thank you very much. As weve already learned, with that strong aftershock this morning, the shaking is far from over in ridgecrest and the surrounding area. Since that initial magnitude 6. 4 quake, there have been more than 500 aftershocks and the number is continuing to rise. This time lapse shows the main quake and then all of the aftershocks th
Cars out on the roads but again, we havent had any big accidents. We had two fender benders, one in fremont, one in the south bay, those cleared out quickly and dublin seems to be building the most commute so if that is your commute head out now. Back to you. Thanks, vianey. The shaking continues in Southern California, this is after yesterdays 6. 4 earthquake in mojave desert. A little after 4 00 this morning there was a 5. 4 aftershock that hit the same area, that is the strongest aftershock yet in the almost 20 hours since yesterdays quake. Today in the bays roz plater is here now the latest developments. Good morning, roz. Good morning. As daylight comes folks were expected to gather at the walmart in ridgecrest to pick up emergency supplies, thats what theyve been doing last night and into this morning. Look at the seismograph here, this is what happened the shaking the aftershock a little after 4 00 this morning, 5. 4. Very, very strong, so were checking to see if there has been
Again, we were on our way to a story. Hi, sir. Did you just feel that earthquake we had. Yes. A short time ago. Yeah. Tell us tell us where you were going and what kind of sensation it was for you. Oh, i was in my office down there. I felt a very strong shake. You fet a strong shake. Did you feel the earthquake yesterday. No, yesterday i was in a boat some he didnt feel it. You were on a boat yesterday. Yeah. So today, can you tell us kind of what kind of feeling was it and for you, did it feel like it went on for a long time . It was fairly long. Its like a swinging movement. And its kind of weird, but at first i thought its like, i was in a boat so i thought i was sea sick or something but it was
fairly strong. So you were on a boat yesterday. You already have some boat legs going on. So again, we are here in anaheim. Were on our way to another story, an officer involved shooting Down The Street on the 91 freeway when we stopped at this carls junior, a lot of people definitely feelin