Birthday party. Thats it for today. Well see you next week on Fox News Sunday. For this urgent. On a very busy day and night for news, im harris faulkner, an american journalist has been freed in syria after being held for two years. Shes now to be safe. Lets first go to california. Serious injuries, widespread damage across Californias Napa valley in the wake of a powerful earthquake. At this hour, parts of the historic wine country are under a state of emergency. Some people were able to see this by camera. It awakened them. They were on the move. 6. 0 quake striking early this morning with devastating force. Six miles from the picturesque town of napa. This is the strongest earthquake to rock that part of california in 25 years. At least 120 people now reported hurt, some critically. Structural and fire damage is massive in that area. At least 15 buildings now tagged inhabitable. In and around the city of napa, roadways are cracked. Thousands of homes without electricity or water. We think it may take a whole week to get ever restored. We are going to go as quickly as possible, but it may take us that long. Heres what theyre dooling with. Officials say one of the biggest concerns right now, ruptured gas line which could ignite more fires in the coming hours, especially after dark, as the earthquakes continue to push off aftershocks. Adam housely joins us now from
napa. Adam, your hometown is where you are, one of the heaviest tourism areas in the nation. Reporter yeah, one of the busiest times of tour season. So basically most of the hotels and motels in this town were absolutely booked when this earthquake hit. Im going to show you some of the damage. You mentioned about six or eight downtown buildings have been tagged. That number has gone up significantly. There are hundreds and hundreds of homes that have major damage. These are this is basically a retirement Mobile Home Park that would four of these burned to the ground. You can see six others damaged. The water main burst here, and it took a water truck basquely to fuel the fire fight this morning. They were here for hours. Theres still some smoldering smoke as you walk around, but harris, we have driven all over the city since this morning. No matter went, you see cracks in buildings, bricks down, udrive by and see a how
that looks normal, and youll see the Foundation Even buckled. So there would be a lot of investigation that will take some weeks to figure out the entirety of the damage here. Im curious about the whole thing with water lines and ruptured gas lines. I know that sometimes you cant always smell this, and some of it has been treated and you can smell the natural gas. What is the situation . Theyre doing a pretty good idea of checking thousand. If you have any thought at all there might be a gas leak, a smell, sound, if youre not getting consistent gas service to your home or where you live, obviously called the pacific gas electric, and the same with water. They think they have determined where the leaks are, but theres still a lot of to fix. Its eyes and ears for everybody. You have only so many technicians. I mentioned the personal connection that you have. In fact your family has businesses there. I know you sustained some damage there. Tell me about the local economy. You mentioned this is the time
for tourism to really burst. I can tell you i delivered groceries to this park since i was about 12, 13 years old. You know a lot of people here, so theres that element. When you go to the local businesses, whether its my Family Grocery store, some video my brother gave me. The damage will probably by in excess of 100,000 just for them. I went to some businesses in downtown in napa. Like taquerita rosita, and every soda, every bottle of sauce, everything is oregon. Restaurants are trying to clean up. This is the height of tourism season. Most will not reopen until tomorrow. Some are buildings that have sustained major damage. The downtown napa revitalized the buildings. A lot of those buildings are no longer inhabitable or not fully inspected. So theres a lot of issue hugheser to deal with. The wine thinks multibillion wont affect the harvest, but we still dont have the full report from the wineries, whether some of the barrels came down. More importantly its about human toll. I can tell you, harry, i was walking in downdown about a week ago, and also in the morning, there were hundreds of people walking around. If this had happened about four hours later, the fatalities would have been much, much worse. On the three people who are listed in critical condition, a man, a woman and child at this time, adam well come back as the news warrants. Thank you very much. And as is the case following most powerful earthquakes, the threat of aftershocks can continues days, week, even months after the initial jolt. Our scientists on staff this evening, janice dean will join me. Not a weather event, but the science of earthquakes has you concerned . Absolutely, harris, theyre
already feeling aftershocks. Ive seen reports of 3. 0, and we have a 50 chance of a large aftershot over the next couple days that could cause more damage. Ive heard totals of over 30 already in the napa area of small aftershocks, and theres three different categories, foreshocks, the main shocks, and the aftershocks that occur. Taking a look at the classification. This was a strong equality. Above 7. 0 is major, 8 or greater is great, and you remember the quaem just off the coast of sumatra in 2004, that was 9. 1 magnitude. So theres what we typically look for and categories. How often do we see a 6 to 6. 9 . Around 134 times a year. Greater than that, 15 for over 6, and then 8 or greater very rare. So this area could be experiencing aftershocks in the next couple days, next couple weeks. Lets shift to the weather. A storm by name. Tell me about it. This is cristobal. Its a tropical storm, the third named storm of the season. Of course the bahamas is getting drenched right now. I do have in great news report. We are not expecting this to make a landfall across the u. S. Well still see high surf. Rip currents will be a concern, but its going to remain mainly offshore. Becoming a hurricane, our third of the season. Quick mention, harris, we have Severe Weather to talk about this evening. We have a tornado watch in effect for parts of minnesota as well as active tornado warnings right here in the red shaded area. These are tornado warnings, so some of these cells are producing some rotation. Well continue to monitor this situation, its a busy, busy sunday. Harr harris, back to you. I see st. Cloud at the bottom of the area. Thats not too far between the twin cities . Theres brainard, of course, heavily populated areas, where we could see some damaging winds, hail and tornado threats. My old home. Janice dean, well come back to you. The Obama Administration says an al qaeda affiliate took Peter Theo Curtis near the Syrian Border about two years ago. Officials now expect him to be reunited with his family. His freedoms just days after the horrific video we saw, the terror group isis posted a graphic video showing the behinding of james followy. Dominic dediininatale picks up
story. Apparently he going under the guise of teachers as english. Thats how journalist often try to get into the country. So weve had a second video. Harris, you and i were talking about it earlier. The second has emerged in which he appears he was being held under duress. Listen to this. I have a message for governments in france and america and england, across europe. It has been 20 days now. 20 days of contact hes the only person that can save me. My life is in very, very grave danger. I have three days, three days to live, three days. If you dont do anything, im finished. Im dead. Now, the family very much kept under wraps he was being held, which is why were only seeing this video right now, but the family releasing this statement, saying that please know we are eternally grateful and we appeal to the captors of the remaining hostages to release them in the same humanitarian spirit that prompted theos release. Those that were Holding Peter are not necessarily the same ones holding the other u. S. Journalists, one of whom has been threatened to be executed imminently. Back to you. What we know about this group, this group, it actually had a split with isis and al qaeda, and theyve actually fought each other, if in fact thats the group that was holding him. What is the white houses role in the release of curtis . We dont know how direct its been. They have a close relationship with the qataris. They have brokered all sorts of agreements including with you recently very controversial with the taliban. So we know they will have been operating on their behalf. John kerry saying the white house and u. S. Government relieved, issues this statement which gives us an idea of perhaps bhofs involved. The United States reached out to more than two dozens countries, asking for urgent help to secure theos reese release and the release of any americans held hostage in syria. We continue to use every diplomatic, intelligence and military toad at our disposal to find them and bring our fellow citizens home. In fact we understand theyre holding 20 journalists in total. How many of those are american we cant actually confirm, but if the qataris do have any influence, and they are sunnis, so they may be able to reach them, there could be movements on that, but that really is a
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theyre raising funds, theyve done a crowd funding effort for him. Give me the latest on that. That is happening at another side of town, a bar called barneys its attracting some controversy, because demonstrators from this side, if you will, people supporting the family, have gone there to try to disrupt it. They dont like that kind of thing happening, and the message that the supporters of officer wilson are trying to little out is they support the police, and theyre raising money to the tune of some 400,000. Mike tobin, thank you very much. I know that rally continuing tonight. You said across town, the supporters for officer darren wilson. We appreciate you popping up and reporting. We didnt know what we had here. And then we heard from the parents of Michael Brown calling for piece. Before we step away smolder debris. The biggest earthquake in years area. Plus chaos after gunfire in a hollywood nightclub. Stay close. When you run a business, you cant settle for slow. Thats why i always choose the fastest intern. The fastest printer. The fastest lunch. Turkey club. The fastest pencil sharpener. The fastest elevator. The fastest speed dial. The Fastest Office plant. So why wouldnt i choose the fastest wifi . I would. Switch to comcast Business Internet and get the fastest wifi included. Comcast business. Built for business. Word they have captured a Major Military base in northeast syria following a bloody battle which lasted three weeks. This was it is last cake outpost controlled by the assad regime in syria, really in that entire region. Listen to why this is so painful to lose. The savages of isis now have their hands on more tanks, artillery and several squadrons of war planes and helicopters. Heres the video which shows some of those weapons taken just by isis captured the base. It does come as some military leaders that are expanding the air campaign into syria. And then into syria. Where isis terrorists have captured wide swaths of territory and are now prayeding in a virtual safe haven for them. Meanwhile, british intel gens executing american journalist james foley. Britains Ambassador Says theyre using techniques including sophisticated Voice Recognition software to identify that killer. Molly, i am hearing this i dont even have a word he posted his own voice online. He did. He posted his own voice, and a western official tells fox the clues from the horrific
execution video, including the mufrders voice have led the, to a former hiphop rapper from london. He left london last year to travel to syria to fight with the isis terror group. He with lyrics such as, quote,ivity differentiate the angels from the demons. I aint got normal feelings. Then after going to fight with terrorists in syria, he started a twitter account and posted a gruesome picture of himself holding a severed head. Harris . Actually, this guy is not exactly a top isis leader. Exactly. Certainly the u. S. Wants to get this guy, but one former u. S. Intelligence tissues says the u. S. Shouldnt focus solely on
foleys killer. It doesnt really matter who the executioner was. This was the group that killed james foley. This order came from the very top of the group. His egyptianborn father was expedited on terrorist charges in 2012. Allegedly a close associate of osama bin laden, and u. S. Officials believe he was connected to the 1998 bomb us of u. S. Embassies in africa. Molly, thank you very much. James foleys hometown is paying transcribed to butte to him. Remembers james as a loving and caring man who went out of his ways to help those less fortunate. They called it a mats of healing, hope and for peace. Speakers praised foleys determination to report on the victims inside of syria, but the ceremonies were not limited to just here in the United States. A crowd also gathered in erbil in Northern Iraq for a special memorial service. Most people there never knew him, better wsh appalled by his death. The recovery is already under way in the golden state, bu