storms threatening the west coast. 17 million people across california and nevada are under flood watches. the storm is known as an atmospheric river, basically a fire hose of water. the big concern, flooding from rising rivers and melting snowpack. the ground is already saturated from weeks of heavy rainfall. look at oakland. parts of the interstate shut down because of flooding. east of oakland, the roof of a dollar store collapsed from the wait of the rain on top of the snow still there from earlier storms. the store said to be a total loss. the good news, no one was hurt. evacuation warnings are in effect for five central california counties. officials are telling people to move to higher ground now. we re covering this from all angles. nick watt is just outside san jose. let s go to we ll start with nick. nick, what are you seeing there? reporter: victor, we re seeing a lot of water here in felton. we re a little bit up river from santa cruz. as you can see, if you
in sacramento, in northern california. so significant earthquake hitting here and centered, the epicenter, around here, this town, ridgecrest. i should also mention that the governor has declared a state of emergency. not just here but also in san bernardino county where there are already reports of some damages there. a lot of people just shaken by this because although they ve been told by seismologists that there s a one in 20 chance or 5% chance that there could be another one that is larger, most folks are used to having the big one and then a bunch of little ones after. very unnerving for the folks in this town. vict victor? no question about that. sara sidner, thank you so much. thursday s earthquake was the strongest in nearly 20 years to hit southern california. and geologists say now that was just the setup for last night s 7.1-magnitude quake. what experts call the main shock. they say it was five times the
coming in and out of the dmz for the last couple of hours for this e visit. by schedule we were expecting it anytime soon but they were running a bit behind in terms of this meeting happening and the visit from the president himself. there at the dmz. richard engel, who is there. victor chcha, who is on the pho with us right hanow. ands msnbc current affairs analyst as well as a former director of asian afashz for the national security council joins us on the phone. still with us on the phone at the moment. vict victor, how many missiles is ofimated what s the range the number of missiles that north korea has that have nuclear capability? well, north korea has short, medium, and long-range ballistic missiles that are arrayed in three strategic belts going up the northern part of the peninsula. they have around 300 deployed short and medium range missiles thatan can target anything including u.s. troops in japan and south korea.
department could and should release more information than they may typically because it s in the public interest, citing a number of sources. look, this is heating up. this is the first time the trump administration has faced this kind of oversight and accountability and checks and balances. there are going to be a lot of fights ahead, let s hope it s focused on a fight for the truth not simply partisan food fights. thank you for the analysis. happening now, rescue crews in the middle of their search efforts for victims and suffer viefrs after that monster tornado, many more tornadoes, in fact, leveled much of lee county, alabama, at least 23 people were killed, dozens more hurt in this catastrophic tornado outbreak. the national weather service says the most powerful of those tornadoes was an ef-4 that had winds of 170 miles per hour. victor blackwell is live in salem, alabama, with the latest. vict victor? reporter: john, after rain overnight and temperatures right now hovering
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