jessica elgot and bryan lanza, who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team. we start tonight here in the uk, where immigration minister, robertjenrick, has announced plans to move away from using hotels to house asylum seekers. instead the government intends to use disused military bases in the southeast and east of england in essex and lincolnshire, and a separate site in east sussex. the government s plans are aimed at reducing spending on hotels and detering small boat channel crossings. according to research by bbc news, 395 hotels are currently being used to accomodate more than 51 thousand people. the uk says it is spending £6.2m a day on hotels for asylum seekers. mrjenrick told the house of commons that the government is also exploring the possibility of using vessels at sea. but the refugee council has described the proposals as entirely unsuitable . let s listen to some of what the immigration minister had to say today in the commons. m
as soon as he has something, let me know. i know you are just gathering the info right now. spencer: trying to get the latest information just south of hollister. i did hear from two people on the east bay who said they felt a little movement. apparently it sent some shockwaves in that direction. don t have a significant amount of information right now. kristen: i will say some of here at abc7news felt the shaking and we are a good 70 or 80 miles from the epicenter. so it did travel. we did feel it here and the good thing is we are hearing no tsunami warning advisory has been issued, no watch or threat right now, but this is about 4.5 and magnitude. that is beyond the minor range but also not in the large or moderate range, which i think starts with five. but close enough and a lot of people around the bay area have felt that. this is coming in and people are telling us about it. we have the usgs map pulled up. let s take me off so viewers can get a good look at it. you can