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Compelling thing that you have seen so far, adam? >> well, the obvious one is the destruction. behind me we are in a fish market, bill. and about five or six years ago when we were covering the southeast and asian tsunami with you for your show we were standing in an in area just like this. the difference being there thousands died. here that did not happen. the destruction is massive. a 10-foot high wall of water came through here tearing out everything in its sight. massive boats up on the doc...

>> bill: what the most compelling thing that you have seen so far, adam? >> well, the obvious one is the destruction. behind me we are in a fish market, bill. and about five or six years ago when we were covering the southeast and asian tsunami with you for your show we were standing in an in area just like this. the difference being there thousands died. here that did not happen. the destruction is massive. a 10-foot high wall of water came through here tearing out everything in its sight. mass...

Welcome back. im becky anderson in london where few will forget the initial images out of japan. this is what it looks like when the 8.9 quiet quake struck midafternoon on friday. shock and fear in a country all too used to earthquakes. then a huge wave hit. a 30-foot high wall of water sweeping across fields and highways and towns. the tsunami reached as far as six miles inland, toppling homes, cars and even highways. leaving a river of destruction in its wake.

To flee to their roof tops to escape what was described as a 26-foot high wall of water that ripped houses from foundations. officials in germany are monitoring a sink hole which has so far swallowed three cars. authorities think melting water from recent snowstorms in the region may have caused the problem. and the hubble space telescope snapped a picture of a mysterious green blob in space first discovered four years ago by a dutch schoolteacher. the bizarre object is actually a blob of ga...

Projects. this is in western mexico. when its complete, this hydroelectric dam on the santiago river will be one of the tallest in the world, more than 700 feet high. >> we are installing 750 megawatts of power here, enough to give energy to the city of guadalajara which is 5 million people. >> ensuring a 700-foot high wall of water stays in place is an overwhelming priority for mr. menendez. >> safety is high. we cant allow any minor divisions because we will have two more dams and lit be work ...

Historic vote this afternoon. >> $1.1 trillion spending bill funding the government through september heading to the senate after approval in the house. $15 billion in emergency funding will go toward rebuilding the military, for border security. the money will be used for thousands of additional beds, upgrades and border infrastructure and technology like surveillance and does not provide funding for a border wall. that is not stopping the president from fulfilling one of his biggest campaign p...

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