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Disaster is that there do not appear to be many survivors to find. the vast majority of victims appear to have been killed by the earthquake and tsunami, rather than injured by it. further complicating the rescue effort are enormous aftershocks that continue to come, one after the other. search and rescue in soma had to be called off after a 6.2 aftershock struck the area. the japanese coast was hit by more than 150 aftershocks since the initiaearthquake struck friday. the immediate needs on the...

Were following breaking developments out of japan. its now a series of aftershocks that have felt minutes ago, the strongest a 6.2 in eastern japan, the epicenter which is actually southwest of tokyo. no damage has been reported so far. the nbc team on the ground in tokyo are feeling these aftershocks right now, and of course, chris jansing is on the ground reporting for us in tokyo. shes going to take over in minutes. well give you a firsthand account of what she felt there in tokyo. buildings ...

Rolling through a moment ago and one at 6.0 and the other 6.2 and either way, no tsunami warning is issued and we are back on that in a moment. >> and hope of finding survivors in the rubble is fading fast at this hour, five days since the record breaking earthquake and massive tsunami and not many people have been pulled from the wreckage alive. the official government death toll, now topping 3300. but japans national police saying at least 10,000 people are dead, or missing this morning and of...

Rescues. japanese troops, firemen, police have been mobilized to work in this rescue effort and rescue crews from other countries, including the united states, are now on the ground in japan assisting in this effort. but the sad reality of this disaster is that there do not appear to be many survivors to find. the vast majority of victims appear to have been killed by the earthquake and tsunami, rather than injured by it. further complicating the rescue effort are enormous aftershocks that conti...

Talking about. but it is a very different situation in other ways than other natural disasters weve seen in recent history. >> sanjay, im getting information that aftershock we felt on camera was a 6.2 magnitude. one of the many aftershocks. does dozens of aftershocks. in this next break well talk about the radiation fears and nuclear emergency thats happening. very briefly though, the government is talking about handing out iodine tablets to people. i know it doing something with the thyroid to...

And new zee lapped. everyone says to the same conclusion that is business between a 70 and 80-85 percent chance of another significant quake somewhere in the 7 scale about a point less than the initial quake which would be in the high 7s. although one of the experts i spoke to on the phone says probably more like the low 7s because there have been so many significant after shocks. this morning there was one that was 6.2 that woke us up in the few hours we had downtime a strong one especially on ...

And new zee lapped. everyone says to the same conclusion that is business between a 70 and 80-85 percent chance of another significant quake somewhere in the 7 scale about a point less than the initial quake which would be in the high 7s. although one of the experts i spoke to on the phone says probably more like the low 7s because there have been so many significant after shocks. this morning there was one that was 6.2 that woke us up in the few hours we had downtime a strong one especially on ...

Slightly lower. everily estimates suggest the damage to the countrys infrastructure could top $100 billion. for more on the effect this colossal earthquake and tsunami have we cross over to andrew stephens joining us from hong kong. andrew. >> that could be a conservative number. ive seen estimates from the early research notes putting the numbers as high as $170 billion. certainly until we know the full damage of the devastated northern part of japan it is difficult to pinpoint the accuracy. le...

Lily and i are back on the road again. where we belong. with zyrtec®, i can love the air®. we get our first look how the earthquake in japan affected that countrys already unstable economy. nikkei saw substantial losses 6.2% on the first business day since the earthquake. thats the lowest seen in four months. whats the ripple effect on the world economy? cnbc senior economics reporter steve liesman joins us now. tell us how this is affecting the world market. >> if the first instance ripplin...

And new zee lapped. everyone says to the same conclusion that is business between a 70 and 80-85 percent chance of another significant quake somewhere in the 7 scale about a point less than the initial quake which would be in the high 7s. although one of the experts i spoke to on the phone says probably more like the low 7s because there have been so many significant after shocks. this morning there was one that was 6.2 that woke us up in the few hours we had downtime a strong one especially on ...