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Making statements which are clear and declarative and that certainly not in the nature of the japanese government or in the history of the japanese government, but this is a time when people want transparency and honesty and most of the people i talked to dont feel they are getting that at this point. >> not getting it. it was a weak government to begin with. this is a major credibility test. lets take a minute. we are justifiably spending most of our time looking at the nuclear emergency and tr...

You know, theyre prepared for these kind of things. so a number of the buildings which lasted through the earthquake intablgt, evcintact,e buildings in sendai, there is frt electricity in some parts of soun, there are these neighborhoods that are now debris fields. theyre still trying to figure it out. the official death toll is nearly 2,000 people. but the actual death toll may be much higher than that. we, frankly, just dont know. there was about a 30-minute gap from the time the earthquake st...

People living in increasingly decemb desolated conditions. the debris fields are so packed with debris, 10 feet, 15 feet thick, that unless you have really heavy equipment or large number of dogs, it is very hard to find anybody who may be underneath. theres an increasingly desperate situation for people in shelters, people who are homeless, hundreds of thousands of people. some 450,000 people at last count that i heard were in shelters or had been evacuated in some form. in some towns they are ...

Their nerves are frayed over the quickly, tsunami and now the nuclear issue. back to you in new york. >> gregg: adam housely live in oarai, north of tokyo. >> heather: the u.s. is springing to action, to help with relief action, to deliver food and supplies and humanitarian missions and, american search and rescue teams are on the ground to help with the search for survivors and doug mcelway is live with us, with more on the u.s. response to the crisis, doug, wihat is this u.s. military doing to...

By this morning, u.s.s. reagan and support ships as well as other u.s. military had conducted something like 20 missions providing humanitarian supplies. aircraft has been conducting coastal missions over debris fields. take a look at this. this man found ten miles out to sea clinging to the roof of his home. he had apparently run back to his house to retrieve belongings when the tsunami hit. upon his rescue, he broke down and cried. his wife remains missing. in addition to military help the u.s...

Theyre trying to find loved ones. the authorities have closed several of the highways in this area to keep the gawkers out as well as to make sure that there is no looting. in some cases the debris fields go on for miles here, and so people who will be looking for things like familiy photographs et cetera, are going to have to sort of search around. i did notice back here behind this home, and this is kind of just one of those remarkable things here, the owners got out but they didnt get out in ...

Newsroom for all the power delays and storm damage. whos feeling the biggest impact right now? >> certainly a mess for several areas in the northeast and mid-atlantic regions at this hour. for hours yesterday strong winds swept through leaving debris fields for miles, taking down power lines and cutting electricity to as many as half a million customers at one point. this is the scene in new york city. just one area dealing with massive power outages. here are the latest figures. more than 127,0...

>> gregg: a fox news alert. we have now obtained videotape of that midair collision that we told you about. here are scening from the ground. three different debris fields a small plane and a glider colliding in midair and the boulder county sheriffs office in colorado confirming that indeed, three people have died. folks on the ground heard an explosion, looked up in the air and saw a black smoke emanating from what appeared to be a small plane that was nose diving into the ground having struck...

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