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Main fault that are shaking. everything yesterday was offshore in the subduction zone where one plate is going under another plate way off in the ocean. nagano, way out here. >> does it have a different epicenter? if its related, does it have the same epicenter? im a little confused -- >> it very well could be a separate quake, completely separate quake, but probably triggered by an 8.9, less than 200 miles away. when things shake, other seams that maybe would have taken two more weeks to move, ...

Breaking news continues. we now have what appears to be a second earthquake, a different earthquake, not necessarily an aftershock. the u.s. geological survey is calling it a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in nagano japan northwest of tokyo. >> chad myers is joining us, p.j. is with you as well for more on this. aftershock or separate quake? >> if you notice, not every aftershock that weve already had is in the same spot. they have been moved around. this shock, well just call it that, is about 250 mi...

Earthquakes in that area. >> kate, explain to all of us how japan is situated along three different faults. >> the plate situation is fairly complicated there. the bottom line is its a subdukz zone where the plate is sliding under japan and this type of situation is where all of the greatest earthquakes around the world occur in subdukz-zoned areas. the largest faults are available and it take a very large fault to produce a very large earthquake. >> how does it compare to the california coastli...

Many in iran, paul, as you know, were disappointed that the president of the united states really was not very forceful in his public rhetoric pack in 2009 during the revolution, the demonstrations after that false election that occurred in iran, that he missed the boat and he didnt speak out more forcefully. was that a blunder on his part? does he have an opportunity now to fix that? >> yeah. i dont know if its a blunder. i think the great risk, of course, is to allow a dictator like ahmadineja...

Government. you understand the pressures people are dealing with. could it be that one of concerns is that if the united states keeps calling for the ouster of these -- of presidents and prime ministers, that countries like saudi arabia will get rattled and say, wait a minute, is the united states going to sit here and try to unseat all the monarchies in the middle east? >> i dont think thats a legitimate reason to stand by a man who slaughtering his own people. i have a lot of criticisms to mak...

These -- of presidents and prime ministers, that countries like saudi arabia will get rattled and say, wait a minute, is the united states going to sit here and try to unseat all the monarchies in the middle east? >> i dont think thats a legitimate reason to stand by a man who slaughtering his own people. i have a lot of criticisms to make of the saudis, but i dont believe they are capable of this sort of butchery. we would be in a better position to say with all of the faults, saudi arabia does...

>> what bothers my mind is that surfers think nothing of it. youve got to catch a big swell. speaking of swells of the land variety we shshaking in little rock. a 4.0 magnitude quake happened a few minutes. this was probably felt, a shallow one. parts of arkansas in the past few months have been inundated with faults, a seismic zone thats been active, but very, very active, believe it or not, in the middle part of the country. also active are the temperatures across the country, looking at highs...

People and the egyptian military specifically, has proven to be a very, very good investment. theyve not staged a croup and theyve also not fired on their own people. we have to make sure that the relationship between our military and their military and these conversations should be going on right now and continuously maintain that kind of stabilization for the transition. but we also have to be insistent. although mubarak, as you point out, dylan, is going to insist that these are outside force...

Buildings and leaving small coastal towns devastated. administrator of the $20 billion gulf oil spill compensation fund says that the gulf coast should recover from the massive oil spill by the end of 2012. ken vineberg says by then, most of the harmful effects of the spill will have dissipated and the economy should be picking up. meanwhile, a federal judge has ruled that feinberg is not independent from bp and must stop telling potential claimants that he is neutral. a senate report on the...

Welcome back. a congressional investigation into the 2009 massacre at ft. hood faults the army and the fbi for not doing enough to prevent the tragedy. connecticut senator joe lieberman chairs the committee that compiled the report, and he was crystal clear about the results today. >> our investigation found employees of the department of defense and the fbi had compelling evidence of nidal hasans growing embrace of violent islamist extreme itch in years before the attack. >> jim miklaszewski li...