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Has gone so far to the right that. so things that candidates like alexandria ocasio-cortez are calling for i think democrats really should consider doubling down on their base. >> the broadest context, what she is part is of not just a progressive weave. wave, peak wave. a lot of that gets to the women in this election. pete: a lot of talk of wave he is, the future of the democratic party is socialism in this new socialist from the bronx. if you actually look at voter turnout in the bronx on june 24th that primary that put her in the forefront, have you got over 200,000 registered democrats th...

Above three feet. we'll bring in our jen carfagno who is a meteorologist at the weather channel and she is going to explain how that works. jen, what are the scientists looking for right now? >> reporter: what they're looking for is the peak wave, and you don't know that you've had the peak wave until you start getting lower measurements. and so it's normally not the first one, it's not the last wave that could be the largest of the tsunami waves. it's one in the middle. so they need to continue to get measurements which is why this warning does continue for several more hours. >> so you're sa...

Dangerous because they were coming onshore for much longer. so these waves are intrinsically less dangerous because they're close together, and they're also small smaller. the largest we have seen so far is one and a half meters peak to trough five feet from the top of the wave to the bottom of the next wave. so that's like two and a half feet above ambient sea level. that's how high the water rose. >> i know you are looking at a trend. one of your colleagues said the numbers are getting bigger. >> they seem to be getting bigger. yeah. we usually looking at tsunamis on the islands, the biggest...

And what we know now is the all clear has not been given. we're waiting for the peak wave to come in and then two hours after that i believe the pacific warning center should issue the all clear. i'm veronica de la cruz. we're going to take a quick break right here. we'll have more right after this.

Occurred in hawaii but also in california as well. there was a 1.4 foot water rise in crescent city, california, 1.1 in marina cove, and while that is not terribly significant, you know, in smaller ports or in harbors, that can cause boats to be disrupted and is something to consider as well. the vertical evacuation, as i heard you were talking about, that's always important, third floor and up in buildings and off the beaches. and, as you mentioned, better safe than sorry. it seems like common sense to this point to wait and see what happens. the first wave is not usually the largest. and onc...