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The world, since world war ii, certainly. suzy defrancis, thank you, curt welling, thank you for that effort. if you want to give some money to the american red cross or to americares, go to our website for donation information. its hardball.msnbc.com. real simple, hardball.msnbc.com. when we return, incredible pictures of devastation. well go back to japan for a firsthand look at the destruction. this is "hardball," only on msnbc.

>> let me go now to curt welling. the long-term challenge, i mean, were talking about a can country thats been hit, ive never seen pictures like this. none of us have ever seen pictures like this. and now the president, i did like the way he moved quickly to offer our u.s. aid, in terms of airlift and food supplies for the emergency support that only the military can give in a big power way. whats down the road here, curt? >> well, chris, the pictures remind me a lot of the tsunami aftermath in ...

Back to "hardball." now to the humanitarian relief challenge following the devastation over there. the tsunami caused devastation in japan. susan de france is public affairs officer for the american red cross and can curt welling is the president ceo of americares. susie, good to see you, around strange circumstances. what are you looking at as a red cross spokesperson for what, the hell over there that we have to deal with. >> were working with our counterparts, the japanese red cross. theyre a...

Was obviously much greater than what we experienced in japan. and the japaneses high level of preparedness for disasters informed in part by their experience with the kobe earthquake in 1995. so i suspect that this relief effort will be much better and easily organized. having said that, all of these situatio situations, some of the pictures youve seen and interviews youve conducted over the course of the day highlight the fact that when something of this magnitude, which is almost indescribable...

Receded, but you know, you cant get in there through the roads. so theres some people that still havent received any help. >> let me go now to curt welling. the long-term challenge, i mean, were talking about a can country thats been hit, ive never seen pictures like this. none of us have ever seen pictures like this. and now the president, i did like the way he moved quickly to offer our u.s. aid, in terms of airlift and food supplies for the emergency support that only the military can give in...

To help. curt welling, thank you so much for joining us. if you want to help the relief effort, go to americares.org and hear also some other ways that you can help. check that out and well be right back. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 tdd# 1-800-345-2550 if anything, it was a little too much. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 but the moment they had my money? nothing. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no phone calls, no feedback, tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no "heres how your moneys doing." tdd# 1-800-345-2550 i mean what about a little sig...

What a challenge. i hope we can have a part in this, because i think its a great goodwill opportunity for us and one of our big friends in the world, since world war ii, certainly. suzy defrancis, thank you, curt welling, thank you for that effort. if you want to give some money to the american red cross or to americares, go to our website for donation information. its hardball.msnbc.com. real simple, hardball.msnbc.com. when we return, incredible pictures of devastation. well go back to japan...

Godfreyed has been fired as the voice of the aflac duck after some tasteless comments about the disaster in japan. now back to "hardball". back to "hardball." now to the humanitarian relief challenge following the devastation over there. the tsunami caused devastation in japan. susan de france is public affairs officer for the american red cross and can curt welling is the president ceo of americares. susie, good to see you, around strange circumstances. what are you looking at as a red cross ...