we should show off alaska television. the studio is named after him. >> this is what happens in an earthquake. the whole building shakes and the foundation especially around wall seams sort of rips. you can see these studs where we have the studs coming in. they got shook loose. >> oh yeah. look at that. >> dana: all right. we lost that picture there. we have dan springer still available to us. ben english is in alaska. he joins me by phone. if you'll stand by, we're going to bring in ben english. ben, are you there? >> reporter: yes, ma'am. >> dana: tell me about what you experienced. >> i was on the 10th floor of my office building. the shaking was pretty extreme. exacerbated a little bit when you're high up in a building. there's pretty significant damage in the building. i was able to make it home. i live close to the building. but there's pretty much major road blocks. quite a bit of infrastructure damage. >> dana: how long did it last? >> welsh i have been through a lot. i have been here about 20 years. this one was

alaska forward. in this environment we live in today and the political word is toxic and negative and i know we can do better than that. i've been campaigning around the state, listening to alaskans and alaskans know we can do better but they're worried. they're worried about the state they love is slipping away. we have many challenges. if working together we can solve the challenges, together we can reduce crime and make it a safer communities all across the state. working together we can make sure that our education system is better than it is today, giving opportunities for our young people. working together we can protect the pfd, and make sure we have strong fiscal policy for years to come. a tough decisions have to be made. to make sure we are planning for the future, but for 30 years out and generations to come. i look forward to have a great discussions about the differences that we have. >> mike: thank and mr. dunleavy you're one-minute opening statement. >> mike: it's a pleasure to be here

alaska time. i'm here at the university of alaska anchorage campus. we're happy to report that there's no injuries here. we did close our campus. we do have some damage in some of our buildings but i think it's going to be manageable. our emergency or incidents management team is in full activity. we have planned for events like this. i can tell you, it will quite shaker. i'm originally from california. i experienced the loma earthquake. this was very strong. this was close to anchorage and the duration went or for quite some time. we're fortunate it could have been worse. >> shepard: we're hearing that kind of stuff. for a 7 magnitude quake, pretty serious stuff. the fact that we had no reported deaths or serious injuries yet and i hope that stays -- it's remarkable how a number of buildings held up as well. not so much on the number of reports and highways. can you tell us anything about that? >> we're looking at the news as you are. it's true that our buildings did perform very well. that is probably a reflection that we're a relatively new campus.

we have beakireaking news out o anchorage, alaska. around 8:30 in the morning, local time in aanchorage, there was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. folks felt it as far as 400 miles away. all the people we've been talking to last hour, they said of all the earthquakes they've felt in their lifetime in alaska, this was the worst, most violent quake they've ever felt. the silver lining is we're getting more and more photos of damage, tv stations, roadways, courses, is that there are no reports of fatalities and no reports of any injuries. we've been talking to more and more people reporting out of the airport, ted stevens international airport in anchorage, there was a full ground stop. no one was coming in and flights that thought they were coming in are being diverted. the aingenchorage school distri has closed all schools and the message is to anchor in place. earlier this morning, julie, how are you doing? >> i'm doing well, thank you. >> so 7.0 earthquake. i know you all feel these but i'm hearing this is the worst. how did it feel? >>

ktva in anchorage, alaska. that news room clearly damaged earlier today from the 7.0 earthquake that hit the anchorage area earlier. that earthquake, the aftershocks are now being felt as far as 350 miles away. on the coast of alaska in certain areas there's now a warning for possible tsunamis with residents there being instructed to move inland to some higher ground. we're going to keep you up on this story. that's taking place in anchorage alaska where the earthquake hit earlier today. i'm now going to hand you off to katie tur who is down in washington, d.c. >>> we're going to continue to follow this story. a 7.0 earthquake on the richter scale hitting seven miles north of anchorage, alaska. as we can see from the damage it doesn't look so good up there. the shaking lasted for 20 to 30 seconds. that could be a not quite that long. it feels like it's stronger while you're in the middle of it. a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has caused significant

we hear that the alaska pipeline so far, no damage confused alaska airline says there's no injuries to staff or guests as far as they're concerned. and the emergency rooms. >> and seconds feels like minutes. and to see the walls of your hou house. >> it's an exceptionally difficult situation to find yourself in. >> i spoke to a woman named gabby black. she was in ainge ridge this morning, breakfast and she was talking to me, describing what it was like. >> i've been in alaska my whole life and it was absolutelywe're looking around thinking it wouldn't mash and things start falling and so immediately i, you know, pushed everything that's under the counter out and went in there and all my co-workers were yelling "get under the table." there were people that weren't from alaska, if they didn't know what to do to get under the tables to be safe but i'm still shaking. can you probably hear it in my voice. i'm too scared it's going to happen again. but it was slully terrifying. >> owe and so how many people were around you and what was everyone else's reaction once it started? >> so people a

that is our lifeline to alaska. the only other option we have is to have a navy operation come in and do a pass pass to ground. >> what did the earthquake feel like? >> it was a very sharp, abrupt rattling. you could hear everything shaking and the whole house just moving. it was very abrupt. it was like something taking you and shaking you. you knew you had significant event your hand. >> what were you doing when it happened? >> i was in bed. we were just contemplating kind of getting up. we're four hours behind you. 8:00 in anchorage is 12:00 noon in new york. we were taking an easy morning out. didn't have any work requirements at that time. >> what did you do? >> we jumped out of bed. things were toppling off the bed side table. we heard this crashing in the kitchen. we ran down the hallway to our living room area. i grabbed this old 17th century standing clock that i had to make sure it wasn't going to topple over. we just looked into the kitchen and it was broken glass and bottles of beet juice and canned good

that for coastal areas of southern alaska after the earthquake. and we don't want to over blow that. what they were expecting our large waves that would be coming in. tsunami-like. so we will fill people in and sometimes those will expire. i just want to talk with you, you mention that area of that road, tell me more. >> minnesota drive is probably a six lane road and it is heavily traveled in anchorage and it has damage, i saw a car that was passed the damage point and there's no passing that road right now, so we talk to the fire department and we are not getting through. this point mckenzie is just across cook inlet. done some stories on the bridge to nowhere. one of those bridges to nowhere was supposed to cross over that area of the cook inlet, to point mckenzie's there was a heavily populated area just north of anchorage, but you mentioned about the tsunami warnings, its interest interesting because you're talking about smaller waves in the inlet but those tsunami warnings have not been issued further down the coast into seattle so i talked

back to senator murkowski from alaska. do you have a sense for when we'll have a handle on how widespread it is, how bad it is and who needs what? >> that review is beginning as we speak. it began several hours ago. i've spoken with the regional head of fema, the director is on his way to alaska along with a second in command of fema. peter gainer who will be onside working already with a local resource management team that is on the ground. the state and local teams that are in place already. but we know that a tragedy of this magnitude will require outside resources. the governor has declared a disaster. we will work on our end here to ensure that we have whatever resources may be called upon to assist in the aftermath of this quake. as of this point in time, we don't know the full extend that we're dealing with. >> shepard: we don't. senator, we're thankful to learn that we have no reports of serious injuries and no reports of deaths. we hope it stays that way. it would be a silver lining for sure. all the best to our f

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she was heading to anchorage, alaska. you were there from wisconsin to train for the iditerod for the dog race and you were trying to head to anchorage. you are in wasilla. tell us about what you are seeing. describe the scene around you. >> we just left the only gas station that's open where the woman who runs it is contemplating turning on the american off switch. everyone is fueling up on gas to drive to high ground. my husband and i are driving east. we are driving north -- east. we turned a couple of times. we are close to the coast. we are getting conflict iing an we are going to keep driving unless we hear otherwise from an official source. >> the official warnings are that the cook inland has a tsunami warning. this is a limited tsunami warning and it is in effect. blair, what is the damage like? they have gas leaks and the power is out in this entire town. >> what's the damage like? >> people are concerned about gas leaks, i should say. we are on the road and it's a lot of stop and go traffic to get to high groun

a major earthquake has struck near anchorage, alaska. mesh aring 7.2 caused extensive road damage, one highway buckled in several places. our cbs affiliate was knocked styed by this quake or at least quite a bit of damage inside. that was followed by others one measuring 5.8 an after shock. ktva staff have continued their reporting now on facebook live as we've been watching here but number of roadways have buckled, travel very difficult in the area and obviously we're waiting to find out if al all these reports still coming in. joe from ktva our affiliate i update. >> that was heck of an earthquake. this thing hit hard and hit fast did a lot of newsroom. there's things all over the place trying to get the information out to the people. phones off the hook, water pipes broke, so everything is soaked in here. you can see a few people trying to get the information out. this is our assignment desk right back over here, this is one of our reporter spots where we do live shots trashed. people over here on the phones, again trying to get infor

so eventually he made his way up to the great state of alaska to work on the alaska trans-alaska pipeline. like so many people who came up to our state, he fell in loves with t he brought his wife linda to alaska to settle. stealthed in a wonderful -- they settled in a wonderful community called big lake, about an hour's drive from anchorage and made a wonderful life for themselves. they built a cabin off the grid, raised their kids in alaska. ron worked as a he in cantic -- ron worked as a mechanic. he had health issues associated with his service in vietnam, exposure to vietnam. he joined the american legion, post 35 in particular, in wasilla, alaska. and he began to get mored and more involved in veterans' issues. eventually he became the commander of the post. and then again duty called, another time for ran to help with regard to our veterans. now, mr. president, no doubt you and most other people watching have heard about this great network of americans called the honor flight network. this has chapters in individual states that bring veterans here to washington, d.c., at no cost to

have you the alaska pipeline. we heard matt saying visually as he's driving around, he's not seeing what you would consider to be any kind of catastrophic damage to infrastructure. but what do we know, tom? >> reporter: let me update you the situation on anchorage airport. i have been talking to the faa. they have now reopened the air traffic control tower. it was closed for a while. controllers are back in the tower. they are working on limited departures. for a time, just a few hours ago, they were in a situation where pilots were coordinating with each other via the radio because the tower had been closed. however, now, the tower is reopened. so they are now restarting some of these departures. in the meantime, arrivals are being diverted to various airports. >> that includes almonddorf and fair banks, so operations are normal there. i can tell you there is a traffic management system in effect as you would expect. because they need to do a real assessment of what damage there may be on the runways. in the ramp

every year, thousands of rthquakes shake alaska. the full extent of the damone from this is not yet clear. but it was far bigger than most, rattling even the resilient people of the frozen north. james cook, bbc ws. rajini: for more on thscience behind this quake, i spoke a brief time ago with theoretical physicist michio kaku. professor, it is great to have you with us. how comm that part of the world? michio: first of all, i think we dodged the bullet on this one. this was not the big one the big one was in 1964, 9.2 earthquake. this was 7.0, ich takes place somewhere on the earth once a month. once a month there is earthquake somewhere on the planet earth. the bad ws is this was centered eight miles, 12 kilometers north of anchorage, the largest city in alaska, and that is why there s so much damage. fortunately, the pipeline was not severed. airplanes could still land. of course, as a temporary measure they closed the airports. the damage could have been a lot rse. fortunately, it was not. rajini: fortunately, indeed. can we exp

alaska gets about 40,000 earthquakes a year but many alaska residents say this is the most powerful one they felt in at least a decade. some people are still feeling it. there have been multiple aftershocks rippling through the state. 15 so far have been counted and meteorologists say they could be feeling aftershocks from this major quake for years, connell. connell: it's a bad one, obviously. the worst of the worst was 1964. had a more 9-magnitude earthquake in the anchorrage area. thank you, hillary vaughn. >>> the biggest leaders in the world as we've been talking about argentina, how this impacts relationships between russia and saudi arabia. we'll talk about that, probably saw the handshake. it has gone viral. i think they're calling it -- i don't know what we can say a -- some people call it a bro-five. mbs and putin. more to come on that, special counsel robert mueller contemplating to bringing new charges to a former trump campaign member. what it might mean for the president with alan dershowitz coming on to talk about that. don't go away. ♪ to your goals and needs. some onl

and uake goes a lot further than just alaska. away was felt 400 miles from the epicenter and that is the center of the earthquake. check it out, hir is anchorage. here is where the center was. it was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. and less than ten minutes after this major arthquakehappened, there was another earthquake which we call an aftershock measured at 5.7. now, aska is pretty familiar to earthquakes. take a look. all of these blue dots coming out from the usga ofarthquakes that have been felt in alaska oefsh t over the last week, but these are just minor, maybe just second.a tremor for a so this earthquake is important today because of how it measures on that richter scale. you can see it is right on the line there between a strong and a major earthquake. each level as it goes up exnentially will get much more significant, ten times the amount of sthaking haking as yom a 6 to a 7 and 7 to an 8. epand this cansent back to 1964 when alaska had a 9.2 magnitude earthquake, the strongest in u.s. history. i'll have more at 4:30. >

but earthquakes in alaska are not unusual. amelia draperontinues our coverage with that part of the story. >> yeah, absolutely. so this earthquake was unusual because it happened so close it anchorage and it did register as a magnitude 7 which is a maj earthquake be. but check out this map i put together. s all of the earthquakes that happened around alaska over the last week, all those little blue dots, the yell will how on today's earthquake. you can see plenty there on the map. t a lot of those are pretty low coming in at maybe a magnitude 1, 2.ou wherean barely even feel them. now, alaska averages about 40,000 y earthquakes ar. yes, 40,000. which is more an the other 49 states combined. today though can compare back to the impressive hurricane in 964, the strongest in u.s. history at 9.2 magnitude. since then, the buildin codes have really been increased in alaska, so mostly we are looking at kcosmetic dad ge. is is in a tectonic zone, so they e familiar with earthquakes. to give you some idea, ale h ha came has abohas --

former alaska governor sarah palin tweeting, pray for alaska. our family is intact, our house is not. there's major infrastructureda homuildgs he da areas. president trump e. alex stone, abc news, los angeles. >>> brittney sutdser is a former bay area resident who was studied in anchorage. she was getting her daughter ready for school when the earthquake struck. >> it was pretty scary. everything started shaking. waves of shaking. we got into the doorway of our laundry room,ra

and alaska has six or seven 6 or 7 magnitude earthquakes a year. and so i'le have m the weather here in about 15 minutes. >>> and we'll have much more throughout this hour on this developing situation in anchage. and new details on the damage there. ming up at 6:00, as the governor of alaska is looking at the destroyed roads and highways all over thatregion. >>> and we are following more breaking news for you tonight in our aree we h scene in damascus, maryland. we have learned that were hurt after a car crashed into an apartment buildingn brigadier place aboutand beth.d ro the tow truck has shown up to get the car that is fully inside that building nicole jacobs is on the way there and we'll have more when she arrives on the scene. >> and mhte breaking news r now closer to home, a stiff sentence for the man who jacked a metrobus while high on pcp and then took it on a deadly joy ride through the streets of washington. today there is new video of that bizarre ride. ke a look. and the police takedown tt followed. meagan fitzgerald is live outside d.

a powerful earthquake in alaska. the magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit just over an hour ago about seven miles outside of anchorage. we have new pictures of a road that collapsed after the quake. look at the car stuck in the center of your screen. a tsunami warning has now been cancelled. >> that earthquake shook buildings. people running for cover because of that. this is brand-new video in from alaska that shows that damage done inside a grocery store. the associated press reporter saw cracks in the building. the total damage done isn't yet clear. the quake followed by an aftershock. nbc is expected to break in with a special report any minute now. of course, we'll bring that live as it happens. >>> now to the chris watts case. has certainly shocked the nation. he's the colorado man who confessed to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters. >> for the first time, we're seeing new video of his confession and learning new details about his mistress. nbc's miguel almaguer has details. >> i don't know they're not c

i went to the wilds of alaska before the snow hit. one of my first trips. i was in the homeless shelter in the city of new orleans in one week ago. so i put anyone who was the talk of veterans on the same plane. with the issue you mentioned, as i said under oath, i had one meeting with people come i have been told in my first week as acting secretary, that had a strong interest, and had a close relationship with dr. shulkin and communicated with him regularly. i was down at the west palm beach v.a. i said i would hop over. i have not had any meeting since then. what was reported, citizens were interested in, we are going to get the entire armed forces melody! [laughter] >> better than the alternative. sec. wilkie: pro-publica has said they were against a particular company getting the contract. even though i was an acting secretary, that means you are, but you are not. i signed the electronic health record systems. >> i have three questions from the audience on this. it has an a lot of controversy surrounding the use of canines in research at the v.a. who a

bob,is constituents, cajun got to alaska, is hard to fathom. [laughter] but he had a charge to me that said, mr. wilkie, your charge is to kick ass. [laughter] sf, senator sullivan come i am an air force officer. we don't use language like that. [laughter] but thank you for anchors away. [laughter] also -- one other thing come i mentioned talking to the alaska natives. we have not began -- we have not manun to fathom that hu brain, its potential, its deficiencies, the impact of service on that incredible machine. and that is the reason why i tok to the natives of alaska help us get those servicemen and women that we don't know into our system because the things we know today that can help them, were probably not available or known to them when they decided to remove themselves from our world. so the answer is, we are educating on the front and, we have -- we are educating on the end, we have the most comprehensive and well-trained force of medical professionals when it comes to looking for the signs and treating this. and i will tell you anothe

disaster in alaska. a powerful earthquake hits the united states causing far reaching damage in major city. we're getting new video and information. >>> placing blame. as the president attends the g20 summit, the white house is accusing robert mueller of undermining relations with russia. mr. trump is defending his decision to cancel a one-on-one meeting with slatd mirrvladmir . >>> the special counselor warns that paul manafort could be put back on trial

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-- goted bob got to know to alaska, it is hard to fathom. cajun bob asked a charge to me charged kick ass. i said i'm an air force officer we don't use language like that. but, thank you for anchors away. , i mentioned talking to the alaska native. fathom not begun to human brain. it's potential, is deficiencies. the impact of service on that incredible machine. the things that could help them were not known to them when they decided to remove themselves .rom our world the answer is we are educating on the front end. we have the most comprehensive and well-trained force of medical professionals when it looking for the signs and treating this. and i will tell you another thing most americans don't know, i had to tell my counterpart in canada because he did not know it. following the progress of dramatic brain issues as made manifest by the national football league. the wonderful people in boston performing that research. that is v.a. research. they are doing it in the boston v.a.. i told my canadian counterpart i have a relationship with the

so the coast guard has a huge mission in alaska, a really important mission in alaska, and covers all kinds of territory. let me just give you -- again, to give you the sense of the importance district 17 and the men and women of the coast guard in alaska center my constituents, to their fellow alaskans, a snapshot from the district 17 website. it said, just in an average month in alaska, the coast guard saves 22 lives, performs 53 assists, conducts 13 security boardings, and 22 security patrols throughout this gigantic area of district 17, just to name a few of their duties. in addition to making sure that illegal fishing in this part of our nation doesn't occur. mr. president, i'm also grateful that as we look at the recapitalization of the coast guard's fleet that the former commandant of the coast guard, admiral zunkov, recognized how important alaska was, sent me a letter as the chairman of the subcommittee on the commerce committee in charge of the coast guard -- so my team and i put a lot of effort with chairman thune and others in writing this bill and working ton for the last

in some ways alaska's nothing less than a promises. in the summer the constant sun might suppose so beautiful it seems a crime to look away. from a distance the tundra looks like a muted patchwork. only when you've done towards the ground to check if the berries have ripened or if the mushrooms have come about after rain can you see the spongy cosmos it contains. in the rivers salmon move powerful leaf like together. and in the times between night and day when even the salmon seem to still we were taken by the raw force of a landscape stripped of its summer an astrologer. by name and some era. of good tired after american. and my mom's side of the family is made of plastic and. i'm an online journalist for al-jazeera and. my mom's village has one of the last subsistence salmon cultures in the world but their way of life could disappear. for an hour persists and i feel really grateful to be a part of it. if people ask i usually same from qatar or the middle east. my dad says that when he was growing up the lifestyle in qatar was very si

jonathan white there in the city of anchorage, alaska. good you are safe and thank you for taking the time about two and a half hours after this major earthquake has hit your city. >> thank you. >> my pleasure. >>> we do have the latest information on our home page. just go to our web site there at ktvu.com. >>> switching gears now, also this noontime, a major security breach impacting marriott customers worldwide. as many as 500 million marriott guests may have had their personal information stolen. >> frank mallicoat joins us live from the city of emeryville with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon. wrap your around around that. that is a half billion, 500 million people that potentially could have had their information breached. that is incredible numbers there. the attorney general in new york got this all started and it will likely lead to numerous investigations. so whose information was breached? well, if you stayed at a starwood marriott in the past four years, that includes all the sheratons like this one here at emeryville,

disaster in alaska. a powerful earthquake hits the united states causing far reaching damage in major city. we're getting new video and information. >>> placing blame. as the president attends the g20 summit, the white house is accusing robert mueller of undermining relations with russia. mr. trump is defending his decision to cancel a one-on-one meeting with slatd mirrvladmir . >>> the special counselor warns that paul manafort could be put back on trial as mueller tries to prove that manafort lied to prosecutors. he may be poised to reveal new evidence in the russia investigation. >>> very legal and very cool. that's how president trump is describing his business dealings with russia trying to down play new revelations by his former lawyer and fixer. we're following all the fall out from michael cohen's cooperation agreement with the special counsel. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer live here at the begg20 summit and you're in "the situation roo

this is close to anchorage, alaska. all of these bright yellow colors are people in those areas that claim they felt it and felt decent shaking, not just light shaking. around this vicinity, you will have a lot of people this particular earthquake was at a depth of around 40 kilometers. a lot of these numbers will adjust in the short minutes after it takes place. they have to take a look at all of the data. again, for reference, this is anchorage. all of this yellow area you see here is people that felt strong or very strong shaking. the green areas indicate light or moderate shaking. the further you get from that particular epicenter, obviously the lighter shaking you are going to feel. this particular earthquake, a 6.6 is the latest numbers that we have give or take 40 kilometers. that's relatively shallow, but anything that is 70 or less, we consider to be shallow. the shallower an earthquake, the more likely you are to feel it. if there were a threat, the shallower the earthquake. that will have an impact. the paper

but it is a familiar story having gone back to alaska year after year and has definitely affected my family here. i think it's one of those things that can be quite baffling if you don't look at the bigger picture. when there's no job to look forward to is you know. we haven't really heard so much about that drugs but we've heard you know they're here everybody that i know that's working they have a reason to get up and they and all it's making them feel better and they're doing something and not just staying home watching t.v. or you know not doing anything that's also the scary thing is having no law enforcement is here yes what do you do if you need it to i mean well we have would call we have an eight hundred number and he does respond he comes in from my sala so many hours away and that's like the next flight the next morning. but we had to respond to a couple homes and we don't go by ourselves. of work for the social service department. that's called the indian child welfare act . some helping our tribal enroll members that are. having trouble with substance abuse something you

i love this story out of alaska so much, right? when they realized the democrat and the republican were tied, in the initial count, they did a machine recount of the ballots. it turns out it's tied. after that, they did a recount by hand. after the hand recount, turns out, yeah, it's tied. and then today it was certified as a tie. but here is the incredible drama in this one. this is from the "anchorage daily news" today. so, after the initial results shows a tie and the machine recount shows a tie and the hand recount shows a tie, and it becomes clear that this tie means that the whole legislature is tied, after all of that, they found a vote. what? they found one vote. quote, a single ballot remains uncounted. quote, that ballot was found in a gray secrecy sleeve on election night and was deposited in a ballot box normally used for absentee or questioned ballots. in conjunction with this story, the "alaska daily news" published this picture of the state review board considering this tied race in trying to figure out how to do a c

>> there is one specific one, up in alaska, don young, the at thrge house heb from alaska has been representinstate for 46 years and there are rumblings he may be in trouble. that would really send some shock waves through capitol hill. more broadly, there is some indication that millennials who e always assumed correctly not to be voting much, may be tuing out, the ely vote for millennials has been very surprising. so if the polling we have seenno hataken that into account and it is hard to reach y millennials are a poll person, all of our assumptions about the wave in the house and how the senate might go get thrown into a top hat and we wake up wednesday and how in heavens name did that happen a >> thompson: all right, jeff greenfield, thank you so much. >> >> thompson: read about democratic candidate abigail spanberger, a former c.i.a. officer stirring up a race for congress in northern virginia. visit our website, pbs.org/newshour. thousands marched through the streets of tehran today to mark the 39th anniversary of the takeover of the u.s. embassy. shortly after an islamic revolution in 1979,

a 6.6 magnitude earthquake rocked anchorage, alaska. the quake was centered about seven miles north of alaska's largest city. photographs posted to social media sites show damage that included collapsed ceiling tiles at a high school and buckled roads. facing on the warning is any future southern alaska coastal areas. global news 24 hours a day on-air and a tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from bloomberg world headquarters, i am vonnie quinn. amanda: i am amanda lang. welcome to "bloomberg markets." here are the top stories we are following from around the world. dinner and diplomacy. president trump says he is close to a trade deal. we are live in buenos aires. my interview with the td bank ceo this half hour. hotel hack. marriott hit with what may be one of the biggest data breaches ever. that data breach has the attention of investors. it is so large. one thing striking about it, not just the 500 million potentially

alaska as it goes has fairly generous seat proportions. it is especially true in our first class cabin. >> and i think we had richard on about this time last year. he came on and said the absorption by alaska airlines that it would be a foolish move. is that past us? >> well, you know, people will say what they are going to say i think what is true is one brand is better than two you can run multiple brands. in the airlines business it is clear one brand is better than two. we thohad to choose. honestly, i respect everybody for having their views the alaska brand has a lot of equity we feel like we made the right choice >> you raised guidance does it suggest that competitiveness in terms of, you know, fairs and all of the rest of it has eased up a little bit? >> i think what's really going on, integration in the airline business are hard. we are a small airline we still have 22 or 23,000 people what we are -- i think what is most indicative of we are getting back to basics, the things that we do, running an airline. i think markets are set

i love this story out of alaska so much, right? when they realized the democrat and the republican were tied, in the initial count, they did a machine recount of the ballots. it turns out it's tied. after that, they did a recount by hand. after the hand recount, turns out, yeah, it's tied. and then today it was certified as a tie. but here is the incredible drama in this one. this is from the "anchorage daily news" today. so, after the initial results shows a tie and the machine recount shows a tie and the hand recount shows a tie, and it becomes clear that this tie means that the whole legislature is tied, after all of that, they found a vote. what? they found one vote. quote, a single ballot remains uncounted. quote, that ballot was found in a gray secrecy sleeve on election night and was deposited in a ballot box normally used for absentee or questioned ballots. in conjunction with this story, the "alaska daily news" published this picture of the state review board considering this tied race in trying to figure out how to do a c

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every year, thousands of earthquakes shake alaska. the full extent of the damage from this one is not yet clear, but it was far bigger than most, rattling even the resilient people of the frozen north. james cook, bbc news. the nhs in england and wales recorded the highest number of excess deaths last winter for more than a0 years. the office for national statistics estimates that more than 50,000 people died as a result of flu and the particularly cold weather, the highest numbers of deaths since the winter of 1975. this year, it's hoped an enhanced flu vaccine for the elderly will save more lives. the records of as many as 500 million guests of the hotel group marriott international have been involved in a data breach. the cyber attack began four years ago and the passport details and phone numbers of more than 300 million guests could have been compromised. marriott international includes sheraton and w hotels. well, our correspondent simon 6ompertz is outside a sheraton in central london. simon, we are talking huge numbers here in

. >> i want to put to rest this idea of too much alaska. tell us what happened with alaska >> we grew 25% in 2018 on the heels of 15% capacity growth that goes against the grain of what all the pundits expect to happen and we think we'll do a very well -- a very good alaska program this coming year, when we add -- we'll add 30% capacity, but we'll have the best hardware without question in the china and alaska market so we're very confident that we can, again, outperform on the important summer alaska season >> you're the only travel group that is truly secular in growth and just great numbers i want to thank frank del rio, ceo of norwegian cruise lines. "mad money" is back after the break. this is huntsville, alabama. aka, rocket city, usa. this is a very difficult job. failure is not an option. more than half of employees across the country bring financial stress to work. if you're stressed out financially at home, you're going to be too worried to be able to do a good job. i want to be able to offer all of the benefits that keep them sat

be able to support itself economically so the challenge for alaska how do we need to have an economy. that's a state that's balanced with step with the environment around. here what type of salt or a. truck along on the top of the other hill or you're out here well if it's got a buyer area i think people are going to. come to pebble. can you talk about what's under under our feet yep under our feet there's a world class discovery of copper gold a lived in the silver rhenium and palladium many other states they have access to rail or power or road we have none of that here yet the product from where you acquire it to to the place where you can transport it to market is a big deal talking about portage room yeah so one bridge crossing over upper to lara that then extends down to the north shore of elite on the lake will have a ferry terminal will be able to load the concentrated minerals onto icebreaking ferry transport across the lake to be along to it will have one crossing there but yeah it will go kind of around till patel are because tonic is the spawning area percent and it just h

about 18 to 20 miles north of anch anchora anchorage, alaska. police are telling residents to head to higher ground to be on the safe side amid a tsunami threat that continues. also looking at washington state and oregon but so far, they are under no such immediate threats themselves. but this quake could have extended to their areas. more after this. won't replace the full value of your new car? you'd be better off throwing your money right into the harbor. i'm gonna regret that. with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ there's no place likargh!e ♪ i'm trying... ♪ yippiekiyay. ♪ mom. ♪ neil: all right. we are still focusing on this earthquake, with the preliminary magnitude of 7.0 that struck near anchorage, alaska. alarmed a lot of residents, apparently a number of office workers felt it, saw it. lot of them plunging under their desk trying to get out. residents have started reporting damage via social media. "usa today" is reporting one man was s

best chance to pick up a governor's seat is now much less certain, what was a three-person race in alaska is now a head-to-head battle and the math is changing droid dan springer tells us all about it from anchorage. >> squeeze over there, thank you. >> alaska's race for governor pitting former democratic u.s. senator mark baggage against former state senator mike dunn leaving might appear conventional, it's not. missing is the incumbent governor bill walker, an independent who dropped out a few days ago. the stunning move gave life who polls showed was splitting that liberal and moderate vote with walker. >> people look at which one is the right one but now it's changed. there's huge momentum. governor walker bailed three days after, he then threw his support who is open to new taxes and lowering oil and gas fund dividend checks in order to close a huge budget deficits. dunleavy said he could do it by cutting spending. alaskans are used to bizarre elections. ted stevens was defeated due to a federal corruption verdict before the vote. senator lisa murkowski retained the seat with a right

people are usually shocked when i tell them my mom is from alaska my dad is from qatar and they always always ask how they met but the story is pretty boring really they just met in the university and at the time they still had to see if they can make things worse this is not fun. coming to town half and the first time i was excited to come and see the country because. you know it's just someplace new and different fuels come to. if someone isn't something i want to adopt a situation where you think this is going to be home for you know i'm i think i'm almost the thought of wants to learn. about different cultures number of indians to come that all new dalton away from moscow all the way through the fault of the war the never been here and just lived on promises here taking the woman both of them i love what they do promise the parents of the proudest of britain had a back of a tree yes the. picking of the fruit first so i think i was probably. pretty nervous about what he would think those are going to experience see them go there or to him what can gravel on the way you can see this

in some ways alaska is nothing less than a promises. in the summer the constant sun might suppose so beautiful it seems a crime to look away. from a distance the tundra looks like a muted patchwork. only when you bend towards the ground to check if the berries have ripened or if the mushrooms have come up after rain can you see the spongy cosmos it contains. in the rivers salmon move powerful leaf like together. and in the times between night and day when even the salmon seem to still we were taken by the raw force of a landscape stripped of its summer an astrologer. my name is america. i've got tired after america and. and my mom's side of the family is made of boston . i'm an online journalist for al-jazeera and. my mom's village has one of the last subsistence salmon cultures in world but their way of life could disappear. for an hour persists and i feel really grateful to be a part of it. if people ask i usually same from qatar or the middle east. my dad says that when he was growing up the lifestyle in qatar was very simple and som

the good news in alaska most of the train service is freight. it's not passenger. this earthquake, 7.0, stronger than the san francisco earthquake and the north ridge earthquake. the damage right now significant but not devastating. >> thanks for the report. let's go to rick in the fox weather center for more on this massive earthquake. >> they get a lot of earthquakes in alaska and really strong ones. the first one in 1964. a 9.2. that was the second strongest earthquake we have seen on earth in recorded history. they get very, very strong ones there. the last one caused a tsunami into south america. the tsunami is not the case with this one. that's what we have the last 12 hours. those yellow dots are the last 12 hours and the red dots within the last hour. you get an idea of all of the aftershocks in the last 12 hour. lots of them. we were concerned about damage from an 7.0 earthquake and the first aftershock was a 6.6. we had a tsunami warning that came out here. that expired. we are looking just fine with that. as far as temperatures go, it's very cold right n