Good morning to you on this tuesday. Im marcus washington. Im laura garcia. We started with some breaking news overnight, maybe you felt it. A small earthquake rattled the south bay. It was a 3. 3 magnitude quake that rattled residents at about 1 30 this morning. It was centered outside of morgan hill. The usgs says people felt it as far away as orinda and pacific grove. No reports of damage. Now, cinthia, at first it struck me as interesting to see that they felt it as far away as orinda and the east bay, but its along a certain fault line. Its along the calveras fault and that starts around san ramon and it goes all the way down into san benito, and it sandwiches the San Andreas Fault and goes out to the coastline. Maybe thats why some people in the east bay did feel it. Minor quake, 3. 3, a depth of around four miles. The closer it is to the surface, the more that people can feel it. If you have felt any earthquake since, make sure to let us know on nbcbayarea. Com. Lets start out a
Daiichi. Some residents are happy while others have concerns. Kurdish forces in Northern Iraq are surging ahead in an operation to win control of a strategic facility. They are working to take back the largest dam in the country from sunni militants. Their momentum has been fuelled by a flurry of u. S. Air strikes. Reporter u. S. Bombers, fighter planes and drones targeted the dam. They carried out 14 air strikes own sunday alone. The largest single day attack since the operation began ten days ago. They took out armored personnel carriers and vehicles. Operated by Islamic State militants. It helped kurdish fighters in their effort take back the dam. The Islamic State seized it and kept it running. The facility provides water and electricity for much of the region. People feared the militants would destroy it. President obama outlined the importance of the infrastructure in a letter to congress where he explains his authorization of the air strikes. He said the failure of the mosul dam
Opposition parties in pakistan condemn a call from imran khan for civil disobedience to unseat the government. Talks are underway to try to begin to end the fiveday political standoff. Also coming up for you this what crisis . The Economic Outlook in france might be glum, but for these agencies, business is booming. Of a jewish bride and a muslim man turns violent in israel. Sorry about that picture messup there. That happens sometimes in live television. First, we will start with the latest fighting in eastern ukraine. A convoy of buses carrying refugees from an eastern city has reportedly been hit by rebel missile fire. The exact amount of casualties is still unknown. Kiev says the rebels were firing on fleeing civilians, leaving many dead, but a senior, prorussia, rebel leader has theyd the strikes, saying dont have the capability to carry out that kind of attack. This comes as peace talks in berlin seem to have come up empty. The Russian Foreign minister says there were no positive