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for the entire u.s. west coast and alaska. take a look. we are now seeing the first waves arriving on the mainland of the u.s. and this is video of waves arriving moments ago in santa cruz, california. more and potentially larger waves are expected. the tsunami which was triggered by an underwater volcanic eruption overnight in the south pacific. the satellite images are incredible right now. they are showing a massive ash cloud and shock waves. the eruption happened near the island nation of tonga. now, a tsunami has already hit the largest island there sending waves flooding into the capital. the tsunami warning center says the first waves are now hitting the mainland of the west coast. so laguna beach right there in southern california already shutting down all beaches and boardwalks out of precaution. natasha chen is live at the santa monica pier in california for us, but let s begin first with allison chinchar, she is in the cnn weather center. allison, what are pe ....
jeff: while it s a much different situation of the pacific nation in tonga, here in california near the coast and other states like hawaii and alaska were under tsunami advisory from the undersea volcano, we will 1 to 2-foot waves. also worth noting likely dangerous rift current. it s a terrible day to be in the water whether that s swimming, surfing or boating. this how it all started massive undersea volcano erupting near tonga and that sent large waves crashing undershore. tonga s king was reportedly evacuated after tsunami funded the capital. beyond tonga, parts of japan are under tsunami warnings and advisories have been issued for parts of new zealand. here advisories on the west coast, alaska, hawaii. so far no damage. anita: tsunami is in effect across the west coast as you heard jeff say, alaska and hawaii after underwater volcano erupted near the pacific nation tonga, meteorologist adam klotz has the latest in the weather center. adam, big activity this weeken ....
a very good friday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. i m bianna golodryga. the big story we re following this morning the world s number-one-ranked men sen the nis player, novak djokovic, will be detained tomorrow in australia before a hearing before a federal judge. he is appealing after his visa was revoked for a second time over his covid-19 vaccination status. cnn s sports correspondent andy scholes has been covering this story. he has more on djokovic s fate. andy, is this largely a done deal at this point or is it still an opening? i m no expert in australian law, jim, but, you know, it certainly seems like novak djokovic and his lawyers are climbing an uphill battle right now. he ll be interviewed by the australian force at a secret location and escorted to his lawyer s offices and then back into that detention hotel while his case is heard in the federal court. this comes as alex hawks said friday he used his ministerial discretion to cancel djokovic s visa ....
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and thank you all so much for joining us for a very busy our laura coates lives starts right now while the big apple tonight is now one big stage, that s tonight on a special to our lara codes live well, good evening, everyone. i m laura coates here in washington, dc, and you say politics. where do you normally think about? well, where i am right now in washington. but today, all new york was a stage for the 2024 presidential contests because both men who are currently on that ballot they re trying to turn new york, new york, the big city of dreams, into a dream come true for them in the form of a reelection call, it who wants to be a fundraising bajillion air while joe biden s campaign, tonight s as they are breaking records and may are doing it in style holding a star-studded fundraiser at where radio city music hall and event that just ended a few moments ago, people like president barack obama and bill clinton, stephen colbert, and plenty more were there, incl ....