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>> areas that may receive the most damage, you would expect those fire department buildings may not be operational. >> reporter: the scientists suggest we test early warning systems which were working in japan and may have made a difference. theyre pushing for more aggressive building codes and new rules to reinforce more of our oldest buildings. >> if you look at haiti, chile, christchurch and now japan, i think it would be the question, why arent we looking at this hazard and why arent we gett...

Worst. now were finding 70% fuel with a hole in the side of it. this is 100 times worse than the worst case we imagined a year ago. >> sobering, sobering perspective. arnie gundersen, sharon squassoni, thanks so much. as i said last night, i dont like what im hearing but appreciate insight from people who understand so well. we will give you another sobering look of a before and after glimpse of the nuclear complex that tonight is in crisis. ♪

Catastrophe at the other areas. >> we believe radiation levels are high which could impact the ability to take corrective measures. >> look at this new image. it is stunning and sobering. the buildings housing one, three and four clearly damaged and steam most likely, radioactive steam in the after photo leaking from units 2 and 3. the escalating nuclear crisis comes as the death top continues to climb. 4,314 now confirmed dead and as many as 8,606 still listed as missing more than five full cas...

I want to show you some new video we just got in. were going to be live through the next hour. we are getting new video and new information in all the time. look at this. it was shot in a small coastal city north of sendai. this is debris picked up by the tsunami water and deposited there. as the water retreated, its left all of this behind. you get a sense of the power of the water, what it has picked up and what it has changed. sobering, not much more you can say other than our prayers go out ...

I whereabout to i want to show you some new video we just got in. were going to be live through the next hour. look at this. it was shot in a small coastal city north of sendai. this is debris picked up by the tsunami water and deposited there. as the water retreated, its left all of this behind. you get a sense of the power of the water, what it has picked up and what it has changed. sobering, not much more you can say other than our prayers go out to everyone in the quake zone. thats a look ...

It was a famous saying by nap ole on. let china sleep. when she awakes, the world will be sorry. >> yes. >> i hope not. but we have to, its sobering. >> so the military ramifications for the u.s. are what? >> military ramifications are that if china becomes a rival to the united states militarily, right now it wants to protect the world order and in fact appreciates the fact that america is trying to help keep order. but the day may come when it has enough military power that it will become an e...

Can get around it and they can do it and getting away with it. >> yeah. it is hard sometimes just to pay for cash with things overseas. wow. >> right. >> sobering. thank you. >> thank you. more than 100 dogs from the gulf coast have arrived in a new jersey shelter hoping for a new leash on life. the previous own hers to give them up because of financial difficulties caused by the gulf oil spill. volunteers are now looking for new homes for all the great dogs. if youre in the area, go check the...

Intent upon using americans to help them get an eye in for the best carry out another 9/11. >> sobering, as always. thank you very much. our world view this morning begins in panama. workers clash with police at a banana plantation. an officer sprayed tear gas. the clashes come on the heels of a bilk signed. students are being taught to duck and cover and dive to the floor and cover their heads when they hear gunfire. the classes are being taught in areas where there is escalating war betwee...

>> sobering, trish regan. thank you for the heads up. >> sorry. thank you very much. >> well see you on "the call" at 11:00 a.m. every week day on cnbc. its time for the battle of late night joke. two hosts, one topic. you decide who had the line of the night on the oil spill cleanup in the gulf. >> the plan is to try to plug the leak this week with something called a top hat. but first they have to find an enormous game of monopoly that has one. >> thats right. prison inmates are helping out ...

Loves lacrosse coach. as loves coffin was brought outside her la crass teammates were visibly upset, embracing each other as they left the church. here is the program in the funeral service today. i want to share with your an excerpt from the inside from what she wrote in high school. after college i hope to attend virginia law school for three years and after that i wish to have a family and become a lawyer. if i had to wish for three things go to university of virginia for college, have a heal...