issued. it struck at about 4:00 p.m. local time. a series of strong aftershocks have already been recorded. and tsunami waves of 1.2 meters have hit a number of areas along the western coast. japan s prime minister is urging residents in tsunami areas to evacuate as soon as possible. the u.s. geological survey and japan meteorological office as well have been making similar warnings. hanako montgomery is joining us live from tokyo. tell us what information you ve got right now, that knyou have w hanako. reporter: this was a large and powerful, 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit around 4:10 p.m. local time, a time when many people are celebrating new year s day with their familiesnd loved ones. and it was a shallow earthquake with depths of around 10 kilometers or about 6 miles. this is significant to note because with shallow earthquakes, we know that they could potentially be more powerful and more destructive and essentially trigger tsunamis that could really devastate cer
professional resume, his education, even teeny tiny little details of his personal life have turned out to be either little white lies or outright pathological falsehoods in the last 72 hours, there has been a breathtaking avalanche of new reporting on the house of cards that is george santos public life. where to begin? well, there is his secret resume unearthed by reporters at the new york times that reads like a detailed road map of his lies, including claims he attended baruch college, earned an mba from nyu and was a wiz kid at goldman sachs. and then today, santos has deeper ties than previously known to a cousin of a sanctioned russian oligarch. he gave tens of thousands of dollas to committees linked to santos. msnbc has not confirmed that reporting, but it is worth noting that george santos has not addressed some of the accusations against him. he has apologized for what he calls, quote, embellishments and to say he s done nothing unethical. if we have learned any
in the next three to five hours. mourners have paid their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who was buried in moscow, this afternoon. a £2 cap on bus fares across england for three months from january is announced by ministers in the hope it will help people cope with the rising cost of living. a to me, it is a no brainer. there is no point taking the car and then paying for parking fees and everything. it is costing me £15, normally, for a trip, for a day ride for myself and then a day ride for my children. it is extortionate. this will help with millions ofjourneys through the toughest months of the winter, when we know things are going to be tough. and i think it will help attract people to the bus, particularly at a time when fuel costs are so high. russia s main pipeline transporting gas to europe through germany will now not reopen as planned. russian state energy firm gazprom said it had found an oil leak in a turbine on nord stream 1, meaning it
donald trump now has only nice things to say about his former republican rival. what is he signaling now? we all love good in company if you re traveling from memorial day, you ll be in very good company, a record breaking weekend expected on the roads at an airports across the country new technology meant to shut down r& and shoplifting is costing retailers and you, the consumer, the customer billions of dollars on kate bolduan with john berman, amara walker is in for sarah. this as cnn news central this morning and the immortal words of jim carrey. so you are saying there is a chance donald trump opens the door to nikki haley for something. maybe the day after haley said she would vote for donald trump, we are hearing from him for the first time on what that might mean moving forward, cnn, steve contorno with us now on what he s saying, steve zhai, he s going from bird brain to extending an olive branch to nikki haley on this coming after she said that she is going t
washington and then news, this morning, severe weather is battering several states, right now, extreme storms. let s start in dallas. they left disruptive mark. they look at this. this is what happened over this was a shell gas station after a possible tornado touchdown. it s not far from their 18 wheelers blown over. search crews, operations happening right now this morning, more than 200,000 customers across missouri and kansas, texas, oklahoma, nebraska, in the dark and more than 100 million people are at risk of severe weather across the country today, we of course, are tracking at all. another breaking story. we are watching this morning, a stabbing spree across to massachusetts communities. police hit suspect stabbed four young girls at a movie theater before driving to another town and stabbing two others at a restaurant. an hour later, we will have the latest on that amara walker, i m victor blackwell here for you on this busy sunday morning or breaking news r