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>> hello, again, alex. >> im so glad youre here. lets talk about what we are seeing. i dont know if you can see the monitor. can you, thomas? can you see this video? >> yes, i can. i can see some of the video that was being shown about sendai and places in japan. >> yeah. this is absolutely shocking. have you ever seen anything like this? >> i have never seen anything like this. weve seen things which were similar after the indonesian earthquake and tsunami in 2004, but this exceeds even the des...

Japan. right around 5:57 eastern time. that is when well see those first pictures and assess the damage and someone who knows much about damage and response efforts, russel honore, instrumental in helping the united states gulf coast recover after the katrina disaster along mississippi, alabama. hes joining me. general honore, as you watch these pictures -- do you have a monitor in front of you? were you able to see the picture from japan after this massive wave swept across this piece of land? ...

Right slowly. at first, hardly noticeable. then the shaking got larger and the tapes were dropped to the floor. it was hard to stand-up straight and by the time we reached the ground floor, it subsided. >> not to make light of this, but for those of you used to living in earthquake country, in your case, japan is an earthquake country, for the united states it means the west coast. you sort of monitor the magnitude of the earthquake and as it gets stronger and stron r er, you react realtime. i t...

Had. i think it was todd bridges who made the comment, ive been there, i know that guy. ive been in that room with charlie before, and i know that face, and i know those mannerisms. i dont buy for a second that hes sober, no. >> are you seriously worried that charlie sheen is slowly killing himself here? >> yeah, i dont even think its slowly right now. you know, i think that something really bad is probably going to happen. they talk about in the 12 steps about hitting a bottom, and the sad thin...

Did the night before, i fully recognize and heard a clip you had, i think it was todd bridges who made the comment, ive been there, i know that guy. ive been in that room with charlie before and i know that face and i know those mannerisms, i dont buy for a second that hes sober, no. >> are you seriously worried that charlie sheen is slowly killing himself here? >> yeah, i dont even think its slowly right now. you know, i think that something really bad is probably going to happen. they talk abo...

Here say is, just wait, were not there yet. lets try to get a deal, lets try to get closer. theyre trying to be practical about it and strategic about it. but i think that there is frustration on the progressive side about this and a great number of issues. we just were talking yesterday about the fact that guantanamo bay prison looks to be open indefini indefinitely. that was a key campaign promise. >> savannah, look at this. did you see "the washington post" this morning? im putting it up on y...

Innercity america, louisiana, africa, southeast asia, wherever they are, are the ones clearly the most affected by this. >> right. >> how much -- and a lot of those people live in the middle east under oppressive regimes, where they have a culture of bribery, a culture of people going 20, 3 years without a job, selling organs to make money. the reason why you get the level of motivation that weve seen so far in cairo and elsewhere. how relevant is theç cost of fd to the disruption in middle ea...

Floating in a boat with little food or water and happy to take any ship that comes along like an o an oasis in the desert. whats important are the lives of the crew onboard and theyll take any ship they can get. >> how organized are they, jay? are they cartels, gangs, or are these, you know, a bunch of guys getting together in a boat looking for a target and dealing with it on a case-by-case basis? >> i like to think of it as a business. a free-market business with very few entry barriers. and v...

Flexibility. they have less family responsibilities, they can stay there, whereas some of us with more obligations have to leave and then we cannot get back in. and i did talk to some students in there and they do have a message for the senator. they said that its not a big party. four days without fresh air, showers, and beer, freezing on cold marble surrounded by 100 police officers is not their idea of a party. >> senator, youve been smiling and chuckling at what youre hearing from the protes...

Building. he is marginalizing that it is a bunch of students and theyre having a party. citizens have been locked out of the house, there is a greater majority of students in there because they have more flexibility. they have less family responsibilities, they can stay there, whereas some of us with more obligations have to leave and then we cannot get back in. and i did talk to some students in there and they do have a message for the senator. they said that its not a big party. four days with...