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Tsunami at the fukushima plant. the biggest wave was 4.5 feet and hit sendai to the north. the tremors felt as far as tokyo. you see the video where the lights are moving and swaying. tsunami warnings have been lifted, but residents will continue to feel aftershocks. president obamas final medal of freedom ceremony is heavy on star power. recognizing significant contributions to the national interests of the u.s. or world peace. among the people, bruce springsteen and michael jordan and bill a...

Earthquake off the coast of japan. it triggered a three-foot tsunami at the fukushima plant. at this point, it caused no additional damage. thank goodness. the biggest wave 4.5 feet hit sendai to the north. tremors as far as tokyo. you see the lights in the bookstore swaying. tsunami warnings have since been lifted. residents are expected to feel aftershocks. and snow shovels are out in parts of the northeast here at home. more than a foot of snow fallen in some areas and more on the way. lets...

Boris and christine. thank you, dan. three people injured after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern japan. it triggered a 3-foot tsunami at the fukushima plant. it caused no additional damage. the biggest wave was about 4.5 feet and hit sendai to the north of the country. the tremors felt as far away as tokyo. you see the lights swaying in the bookstore. residents are expected to continue to feel aftershocks. here at home, snow shovels and snow boots and gloves ou...

Intentionally burst a levee to ease the mississippi river. the move is an effort to prevent flooding in the illinois town of cairo downstream. most of it is farmland in the southeastern portion of the state. and cnn has just obtained dramatic, never before seen footage of the japanese tsunami as it hit sendai. you can see everything from helicopters to cars, trucks, boats, literally being swept away. at least 14,000 were killed in the march disaster. 11,000 people are still missing, wolf. >> 1...

[siren] >> bill: that almost looks not real. its surreal. almost looks like miniatures or something you would have in your bathtub. >> it looks like a movie. and that street level shot of the water moving in, i just think about just the utter fear that people must have experienced. >> bill: we had. >> people witnessing it, who were seeing that. >> bill: we heard the people above watching one town, you know, they were crying and wailing. you work your whole life to get a house and possessions and...

[siren] >> bill: that almost looks not real. its surreal. almost looks like miniatures or something you would have in your bathtub. >> it looks like a movie. and that street level shot of the water moving in, i just think about just the utter fear that people must have experienced. >> bill: we had. >> people witnessing it, who were seeing that. >> bill: we heard the people above watching one town, you know, they were crying and wailing. you work your whole life to get a house and possessions and...

>> look at it sendai which was in the first video, that is a city of a million people. thats bigger than san francisco. that is about the size of san diego, california. can we as a nation ever imagine? we can after hurricane, but just a town getting wiped away like that. >> bill: we can imagine it because we saw it in katrina and those people down there had their houses, they thought they were safe behind the levies and all of a sudden boom, those watters come over and their whole lives are swep...

In crowded shelters right now facing long lines for food and fresh water. the entire time there, having an agonizing wait for news of missing family and friends. but amid the ruins of sendai, people who know theyre lucky to be alive and be together. >> reporter: in a tsunami disaster this massive -- she is learning the small gestures matter most. food and water she says from someone she barely knows. sato lost everything in the tsunami that hit sendai. she learned from these before and after sat...

Shelters there in japan right now. heres cnns kyung lah with more from sendai. >> reporter: in a tsunami disaster this massive mari sato is learning that the small gestures matter the most. food and water, she says, from someone she barely knows. sato lost everything in the tsunami that hit sendai. she learned from these before and after satellite images of the newspaper that her home was destroyed. >> translator: i never imagined a tsunami could do this, she says, saying she lives inland about ...

Nearly 2,000 people confirmed dead. who knows how many more bodies rescue crews could find here in he remote areas in the coming days, weeks. but enormous poorts of the country have no power, no basic utilities and 500,000 people are sleeping in shelters because their homes are simply gone. cnns kim la is in sendai. >> reporter: in a tsunami disaster this massive, marisato is learning the small gestures matter most. food and water, she says, from someone she barely knows. sato lost everything in...