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>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> if youre just tuning in to us here at cnn, theres been a 7.0 magnitude earthquake right around the anchorage, alaska area. the seismologist said its been felt around 400 miles away. we have no reports of injuries, no reports of fatalities but lots of reports of damage in and around the anchorage area. i just talked to one woman who said this was the most violent earthquake she had ever felt. lets go now to the press secretary over at the white house, w...

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 papers that we were given based on all available data as of now, there is no tsunami threat from this earthquake, but they will continue to monitor it. there could be aftershocks. there likely to be aftershocks from this. they will have several in the four and five range. some of those will have to be monitored for the threat. the aftershocks do not...

Damage to the pipeline. it was shut down as a precaution. right now they are still assessing that. very important oil pipeline, obviously. >> certainly is. brian, thank you very much. brian todd reporting. here in buenos aires, the cloud of the special counsel robert muellers russia investigation is hanging over president trump and the white house now says its undermining washingtons relationship with moscow. our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta, is also here in buenos aires with us. ...

In alaska could have saved many lives here. other good news is there was a tsunami watch. thats now been lifted. as i said, the after shocks keep on kcoming. 45 of them at my last count. theres a chance we could get an after shock stronger than the original earthquake which was a 7.0. wolf. >> all right. well stay in very close touch with you. thanks for that update. mpl lets go to president trump. hes here at the g20 summit. hes feeling the heat from the russia investigation back home in the ...

>> harris: we are getting reports in anchorage, alaska, now from local television there that people are being told to shelter and first pictures, fresh pictures coming in from the damage from a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that has hit alaskas largest city. some 298,000 people in this area. if the magnitude again, 7.0 was upgraded from a 6.6 not long ag ago. initially, they had said 7.0. the usgs revised down and now it has revised back up. also a shallower earthquake than we had first been told. pu...

>> one would presume a state that had 45 earthquakes this year, that they would be prepared for this thing. yet theres vast damage. is that significant to you from what youve seen? >> how do i put this? it does not surprise me to see this level of damage. >> dana: thats u.s. geological survey giving an update. another one from argentina. sarah sanders tweeting the president has been briefed on the earthquake near anchorage, alaska, and is monitoring damage reports. we are paying for the safety o...

Message out. >> even though the area is prone to this type of seismic activity, 7.0 is a big number. >> its a big number. yeah anywhere is, its alaska. you have the 64 event up there which is still the largest recorded in history which is bigger than this. seven is big. not surprised to hear the damage reports. were watching closely on the water levels so we make sure we keep people safe and well pull that warning down once were sure theres not more to come. >> were only seeing very early images...

Havent been able to call for help. they also assume the death toll will continue to rise. they would not be surprised if the damage reports are still coming in. this area is completely destroyed or heavily damaged. the majority of the schools in this district were badly damaged. that means that the vast majority of students who attend schools will be displaced. so given that there are only a handful of schools that were not damaged, how do you ensure that students can get back to class and gradu...

Like harvey did to southeast texas. there it is right now. a tropical depression. it is weakening. but we are still seeing more rainfall in the forecast. flash flood warnings in parts of south carolina, north carolina, now up to virginia. the storm will pull northward up towards the northeast. but we are not done by any scope. the damage reports continue to come in. we wont know the real epic legacy of this storm until perhaps weeks in, back to you. steve: it is one for the record books. j.d., t...

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