Good friday morning, everyone. We do begin with breaking news out of japan right now. A strong earthquake hit the northeastern part of the country this morning. And it has triggered a tsunami warning. The quake measured a 7. 3. It was centered in the Pacific Ocean. It was Strong Enough to cause buildings to sway in tokyo for several minutes. Abcs akiko fujita is in tokyo with the very latest by phone. High, akiko. Reporter youre right. This quake hit about 5 18 p. M. Local time. This is the largest quake we have felt in tokyo this year. To give you an idea of the intensity, in japan, they have a one to seven scale. This was about a five. Its a very stronquake, felt all the way out here. The big concern right now is the possibility of a tsunami along the northeast coast of japan. That is the same area that was devastated last year during 2011. Right now, we have not seen any reports of tsunami waves just yet. The Meteorological Agency here has forecast waves about three feet high to hit
Good friday morning, everyone. We do begin with breaking news out of japan right now. A strong earthquake hit the northeastern part of the country this morning. And it has triggered a tsunami warning. The quake measured a 7. 3. It was centered in the Pacific Ocean. It was Strong Enough to cause buildings to sway in tokyo for several minutes. Abcs akiko fujita is in tokyo with the very latest by phone. High, akiko. Reporter youre right. This quake hit about 5 18 p. M. Local time. This is the largest quake we have felt in tokyo this year. To give you an idea of the intensity, in japan, they have a one to seven scale. This was about a five. Its a very strong quake, felt all the way out here. The big concern right now is the possibility of a tsunami along the northeast coast of japan. That is the same area that was devastated last year during 2011. Right now, we have not seen any reports of tsunami waves just yet. The Meteorological Agency here has forecast waves about three feet high to h
And good morning, everyone. We begin with that developing story from syrias civil war. Credible, new concerns about the use of chemical weapons by Syrian Forces. Syrias chemical weapons stockpile is believed to be one of the largest in the world. And theres word that Regime Forces might be ready to use it. We spoke with Alex Marquardt a short time ago, from the turkey syria border. Reporter it seems that syria went through the preparation phase, loading components of the highlytoxic sarin gas. Syria doesnt even acknowledge that it has chemical weapons. Theyve said that they would never use them against their own people. But one top official warned this summer that they would only be used against what he called external aggression. And that sarin gas that alex just mentioned, it is extremely toxic. A single drop can kill a person in a matter of moments. Of course, the u. S. Has been worried about syria using chemical weapons for quite some time, now. Abcs Tahman Bradley has that part of
And good wednesday morning, everybody. Im rob nelson, in, today, for john muller. Im diana perez. We have some winners to tell you about. Two tickets matched all of the numbers in that massive Mega Millions jackpot. Less than an hour after that big drawing last night, lottery officials in california confirmed that a ticket was sold in that state, in the city of san jose. Then, news broke that at another store, this one in atlanta, georgia, also sold a winning ticket. The winners will share a nearrecord 636 million. Abcs Tahman Bradley has all of the details. Reporter the people who hold Mega Millions tickets with these numbers 8, 20, 14, 17, 39 and the megaball, 7. Reporter are about to get the best Christmas Gift ever. Overnight, lottery officials confirmed Winning Tickets were sold in atlanta, georgia, and san jose, california. Its good for san jose. Hopefully somebody will be rich. Reporter oh, they will be. The jackpot, more than 636 million. The secondbiggest in lottery history. T
Good morning. Im Marci Gonzalez in for diana perez. And im john muller. We begin with the winter blast version nine. Eight major storms since the holidays, and the next one in line is already slamming the midwest. The latest radar image showing a wall of snow stretching from canada to the carolina coast. Abcs Tahman Bradley starts our coverage from washington. Reporter overnight another winter storm unleashed its fury across the midwest, howling winds, ice and snow. Some areas got 1 to 3 inches per hour. I think its ridiculous. I think we should have spring already coming around. I hate this weather. Reporter whiteout conditions in parts of iowa and wisconsin. 15 semis and 40 cars were involved in this wreck on i94 in michigan. In illinois, thundersnow. In chicago, theres so much snow on the ground, the snowbanks are now taller than cars. Im getting tired of it because its been going on forever. Reporter across new england, crews are racing to get salt to towns desperately in need. We