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This earthquake, what you hear about it and what causes such a quake? >> well, its not surprising. its similar to the one we had ten years ago, and these tectonic faults periodically have earthquakes. its unlucky, but its not a shock, and its the tectonic plates moving. theres a fault that runs right through the dominican, right through haiti, and weve known about it for quite a while. and, you know, the impact will depend on just where the very strongest shaking hit. and the earthquakes break a...

Its what we call the ground moving sideways. one side of the fault is close to the other, and its the same thing we worry about with los angeles, san francisco, even seattle has same kind of faults. the shallow faults are close to the surface, and because theyre close, they shake the ground more, and they can get very strong shaking that lasts 10-20 second. its hard to build for that, and we know for experience haitis buildings dont perform well under that test. eric: this was a 7.2, 6 miles dee...

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Slightly less densely populated area but there are still many, many people living in this region, and it is a mistake to think about quakes like this as points, they occur on fault, the faults ruptures themselves can be 15 to 100 kilometres long so they can affect wide areas. 50 kilometres long so they can affect wide areas-— kilometres long so they can affect wide areas. , , ., ., wide areas. so is is there damage we have not been _ wide areas. so is is there damage we have not been alerted _...

Attorney laid out the faults she fwounld the a.g.s report referencing some accusers by name and said the governor wasnt given a fair process. >> this investigation took every possible negative thing that could be said about the governor and they put it in. and they disregarded the positive, the things that would balance it, and the things that would undermine what some people were saying about the governor. and thats not right. >> reporter: the governor also offering an apology to his accusers, ...

Distractions is the last thing that state government should be doing. and i cannot be the cause of that. >> reporter: the 63-year-old governor getting choked up at moments as he gave his resignation, speaking to new yorkers, his staff and three daughters. >> ive seen the look in their eyes and the expression on their faces, and it hurt. your dad made mistakes. and he apologized. and he learned from it. >> reporter: his decision which takes effect in 14 days comes exactly one week after the relea...

Your dad made mistakes. and he apologized. and he learned from it. >> reporter: cuomos decision comes exactly one week after the release of the state attorney generals report which concluded the governor sexually harassed 11 women in the past seven years. before calling it quits, the governor defended himself. >> it was also false. >> reporter: moments before the presser, his personal attorney laid out the faults that she found with the a.g.s report, referencing some accusers by name. and said t...

Out there about that one fact. its fraudulent and its faults, and all think they are going to escape for six years, they are not. people will have a long memory about this. thank you for being here. and with that mob tried to ruin a life after something they thought he said it a major league baseball game last night. tucker carlson is here. and the breakdown of the obama big party and he tells us about his new book that just came out. stay there found your team? they all might look a little diff...

>> wasting energy on distractions is the last thing that state government should be doing, and i cannot be the cause of that. >> reporter: the 63-year-old governor getting choked up at moments as he gave his resignation speaking to new yorkers, his staff and three daughters. >> i have seen the look in their eyes and the expression on their faces, and it hurt. your dad made mistakes and he apologized and he learned from it. >> reporter: cuomos decision that takes effect in 14 days comes exactly o...

He apologized and he learned from it. >> reporter: cuomos decision, which takes effect in 14 days, comes exactly one week after the release of the state attorney generals report which concluded the governor sexually harassed 11 women in the past seven years. before calling it quits, the governor defended himself. >> however, it was also false. >> reporter: moments before cuomos presser, his personal attorney laid out the faults she found with the a.g.s report, referencing some accusers by name a...