You were woken up. I was up at the time, i was texts back and forth with you, mark. We had a chance to talk with the employees inside. Let me show you what they said while the earthquake was happening. I was up on the shelves actually. I could see everything waiver, but it didnt last long enough to tall down. Reporter did you know immediately it wasnt a truck going by . Yeah, they are not supposed to move like that. I was shocking the shelves and you could hear it. I stood in the center of the aisle in case anything fell. Reporter kron4 is your breaking news. As soon as it happened, i tweeted out immediately. We hit the social media site really hard. We went on the air as soon as we possibly could. We were audiotape over this, and if you want to keep on telling your stories to us or give us pictures of anything that fell at your place, please, let us know, we have set up a place for you on kron4. Com. Click on the weather tab to find out more information about the earthquake and hear o
For the u. S. And cuba, today both countries have restored diplomatic ties. This afternoon theres an excessive heat warning in effect for the region. Its oppressively hot and humid as we look live over penns landing. Meteorologist david murphy is tracking the dangerous conditions and joins us live at the big board with the latest. Reporter second straight day, rick, of course yesterday was sunday, a lot of of you have the option of hanging inside with the airconditioning. Up and down the east coast were dealing with excessive heat and high humidity. 90 in philadelphia. Upper 80s in delaware and south jersey and allentown is up to 87 degrees. As you factor in the humidity, the heat index thats the temperature combined with the effect of the humidity is making it feel like 94 in philadelphia. 94 in wilmington, allentown 93. Same thing in reading, these are the heat index values. 91 in trenton and even down the shore upper 90s for the heat index and closer to 100 in dover. We have an exce
Zoo says no animals are missing. Calling out nicki minaj over her tweets. Are there artists tweeting into the fray . Today, wednesday, july 22nd, 2015. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome on a wednesday morning. Lets ask the guys in the control room to put the images up of a massive warehouse complex fire in north brunswick, 40 miles from manhattan. It has grown to five alarms. Well have much more on that story coming up. But on this wednesday morning, lets start with another breaking story overnight. A United Airlines crew reported being the target of lasers at a new york area airport. This after a dozen similar incidents there last week. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation. What can you tell us . This problem has been growing worse over the past few years. Laser pointers start out with a small light but as the distance grows, that beam of light grows bigger and bigger. So big it can light up a cockpit and blind the pilots. This morning, the police
Not so fast. The South African officials put the brakes on Oscar Pistoriuss Early Release from prison. How long will it last . This morning, we talk to reeva steenkamps mother in an exclusive interview. And coming to a theater near you. The nations largest movie chain announces it will now begin inspecting bags. Worth the peace of mind or a disturbing sign of the times . Well ask you where you come down on it today, thursday, august 20th, 2015. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. A busy thursday morning. Keeping an eye on breaking news coming from atlanta where there as you can see former president jimmy carter is speaking publicly for the first type since he revealed he has been diagnosed with cancer. He hadnt revealed maybe specifics about that so well be keeping an ear on this to hear if he reveals details. Well keep an eye on that and go back live as necessary. First, the top story in the west, the unpredictable fastmoving wildfires. The newest c
Calling the crews here on the front lines heros. Matt and is a mchatt, i want to give you a snapshot of how many fires are burning across the country. 80 large wild fires burning across the west. There are thousands of firefighters spread out across six western states. Theyll face dangerous conditions today. The firefighters on the front lines fighting with a heavy heart. Miguel, thank you very much. Turn o the president ial race and the salw down in New Hampshire between republican rivels donald trump and jeb bush squaring off in dueling town Hall Meetings. They didnt hold back on how they feel about each other. Kristen welker was watching closely. Good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. The candidates are back on the campaign trail in nut hampshithre again today, and it comes on the heels of those fireworks you mentioned between jeb bush and trump trading jabs on everything from iraq to their conservative credentials. Its face off in New Hampshire with jeb bush and trump squaring