they put an end to the leak but the spread of it is what is concerning. this particular oil is post production oil. it s not the same from the crude oil. raw crude was far more dense, far more thick. this is lighter in density, can spread a lot more easily. the currents across this region are conducive to spreading it. the on shore winds can bring it close to the coast. the off shore winds can push it off shore. that will vary over the days. current spill 130,000 gallons. you ll notice over 400,000 gallons spilled in the 1990s. in 1960, that was a record, 3 million gallons. this is a biodiverse area. the damage and the loss of life is going to be extensive.
affiliate kttv, lauren is long in fon tan kwrarbgs california. i ll glad you were able to stick with us through that commercial break, lauren! reporter: me too! me too. had a few chances to blow away this morning. yeah, as you mentioned, there are about 30,000 people in southern california still in the dark today after those fierce santa ana winds have whipped through and they are kicking up again today. take a look. we re sear outside interstate 15. now, this is a popular route for folks headed out to vegas from los angeles. it s also a popular route for those 18 wheelers. and big rig drivers have been telling us they re just pulling off the side of the road when they feel those winds kicking up, because their trailers are really shaking, and it is very dangerous to head through this path with those wind gusts of up to 60 miles an hour today. so they re not taking any chances. and you can tell why. take a look at some of the damage we ve seen all across southern california. ninety
hour per mile wind gust, 400,000 customers without power. as crews continue to clean up that mess, and try to get the juice turned back on for folks across this area, these winds are kicking up again. if you take a look here out back with me, these trees over here, right off the interstate, well, they re permanently tilted in a southwest direction, because those off shore winds are coming from the northeast at such a rapid clip, bending those trees. so as cleanup continues throughout southern california, the santa ana winds are kicking right back up. jon. jon: hope they get the power back. lauren sivan, thanks. jenna: right now the feds are stepping up the search after a shocking new bank heist. patti ann brown is working the story for us. patti ann. reporter: they think right now actually this is the 16th bank to be held up by the so-called geezer bandit. this time, it was a bank of america branch in san
that s right. what we do is we give weeks if not months for everyone to adjust. there is a national security waiver in the legislation, just in case the president needs an absolute out, and we want to work with oil suppliers, particularly libya, which is going to double production, iraq, saudi arabia, all who are probably pretty interested in helping out this diplomatic effort against iran. jenna: something like this hasn t been done before. we ll see if there is progress in the house and if we have a response from the white house as well. senator kirk, thank you very much for joining us today. thank you. jon: we re going to take to you california where the fierce wind is not letting up, gusts as high as 65 miles an hour, knocking down trees in several community, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. the fearless lauren savon with our affiliate kttv is out there braving the winds for us right now. try to stay grounded, laura. we ll be talking to you next. plus, a
major blackberry service outage. we re finding out more about what went wrong. good morning to you. it is thursday, october 13th. this is your am wake-up call. the treasury department has slapped new sanctions against iran s force. the government describes a money trail starting within that iranian organization. but former homeland security secretary tom ridge says think bigger. it s a monstrous ly buffet. they are working unilaterally independent of the ayatollah himself. clearly that, is a force under the control of the hierarchy of the mullahs within iran. so i just can t imagine that anybody s been authorized to operate independently of that leadership. senator joe leberman tells cnn a military response should be considering saying this behavior by iran cannot go unresponded to. the president as kmapder in chief, our allies and the you saudis including the target here have a lot of options that are both owe ververt and covert. in my opinion, there has to be a respon