Huge waves and dangerous rip currents as jeff said. Michelle roberts is live in santa cruise. You caught up with at least one surfer today who was torsed around and struggling big time. Reporter he was a beginner, got in over his head. It can be deceiving. Some of these waves dont look big. Right now things look fairly calm although every now and then a major wave will come in and take out even some of the best surfers out there. Andrew didnt want to miss this. Theres a good one, a big one. Reporter each set rolling into Lighthouse Point in santa cruz is another opportunity for that perfect shot. You look for waves to develop and guys who look like theyre paddling hard and trying to be first on the wave. Reporter some swells are bigger than others. Its calm right now. Reporter peel like earl. Before today hed never tried to catch waves this big. Wave came in, pushed me into the cliff. Reporter waves as high as 13 feet plowed into the coastline. All the Energy Breaks right on your face.
Remember the exact moment the quake struck. A call for getting ready for the next big one that still haunts us today. Live in San Francisco with how people mark that anniversary. And monte, a quarter of a century later and it still feels like yesterday when you see that damage. Reporter well, jessica, thats true. And there were some solemn remembrances today. But one of the more uplifting stories to come out of the earthquake 25 years ago involves this building behind me, the marriott marquee. Reporter the view lounge was swinging tonight on the 39th floor of the marriott marquee, a celebration of the Hotels Opening day that happened 25 years ago on the same day as the devastating 1989 quake. We were getting ive opened many hotels before. And, obviously, splg that you would nevada, ever expect. Its supposed to be a dance sell wrags. Chris sullivan who now manages the marquee was on the 18th floor when the building began to sway. It was very loud, extremely loud. Sounded like a train. A
We started out with sunshine, the clouds steadily increasing at this point. From high atop mt. Hamilton, the overcast sky developing. And yeah, already getting showers here on the san mateo bridge where we witnessed a crash live a few moments ago. You really want to take it easy out there. Travel cautiously. You can see here over parts of the bay area, your visibility will be reduced. Let me show you the front as it comes in. Its kind of falling apart. Nonetheless, muchneeded rainfall to the santa cruz mountains. And all of this is starting to press past the San Francisco bay. On our way to a little bit of shower activity here in the south bay as we head through about 1 00, 2 00, ill time this system out. And the good news is. Theres more on its heels. We keep rain in the forecast as we head late into the week. So stick around, got lots to go over this morning. First, though, sam, kris, and the rest of the top stories of the day. Thank you so much. And christina tracking that rain as i
Getting the tests where we need them. Announcer this is new day. Welcome to our viewers of the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Its wednesday, april 29, 6 00 here in new york. As of this morning, there are more than one million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States. The death toll, more than 58,000. More than 2,000 new deaths reported just yesterday. Now, its true the number of deaths is no longer growing expo nengly. But its also true that the daily death count seems to have settled at a level thats very, very high. What does that tell us . Also this morning, as more states loosen their lockdowns, the top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci is warning that a second wave of the virus is inevitable and how bad it is will depend on keeping measures designed to stop the spread. Its not going to disappear from the planet, which means, as we get into next season, how we handle it will determine our fate. If by that time we have put into place a
The scene outside of that train station, there are police lined up in front of the station preventing those migrants from actually boarding the trains. The migrants are hoping to leave hungary for western europe. But so far many are going nowhere. It is 7 00 in the morning in budapest, hungary right now. Protests on wednesday were peaceful. Several migrants were detained by police. A Government Spokesperson insists the they must be documented before they are allowed to leave. Until we are able to establish identity we simply dont know who they are. They are Illegal Migrants. They have to go through the registration process and identification process that is required by all european countries. That is european law. It will happen to them in germany anyhow. Current european legislation requires all migrants, Illegal Migrants to arrive to the union to be registered. For many migrants this is the latest stop in what is already a very dangerous journey. Arwa damon spoke to two syrian famili