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Laden was giving instructions or plans for the next phase of al qaedas operation. its possible it was a tape made some time ago in anticipation of the possibility he would be killed. its clearly significant as is the al qaeda web site announcement that bin laden is dead. thats helpful in laying to rest some how hes not dead. bill: the audiotape when it comes out will be pored over by the intelligence communities to look for clues. sometimes there are messages that could trigger the next attack. ...

Jon. jon: jenna, we have long known that usama bin laden liked to use airplanes in his terror plots, he did so successfully unfortunately on 9/11 but there were indications from what was found in his compound that his next attack would involve trains in the united states. go to our "happening now" show page, if you scroll to the bottom of the page here, youll see this train picture, and weve got an interactive map of the train lines around the country that carry passengers. check out your part o...

Outwardly about it. they were trying to carry on life as normal, knowing it wasnt normal. >> yeah. especially, i think i felt that the next day, the day after, i think the electricity was back and the day after the disaster, at least in the tokyo area, the train system was back up. so i think people went to work. all of the stores were open. i think we were trying to, you know, kind of go back to the routine to kind of make sure that, you know, things were happening normally but i guess undernea...

Again. its been -- we are very, very dependent on our train system. so its been very crowded in the streets. outside my apartment, there has been traffic going all day, like almost -- traffic has been almost stopped, which is very unusual. normally its empty. normally people are not using their cars. it seems people are a little afraid to use the trains. >> yes, i can fully understand that. now, the thing is, japan and tokyo obviously is as earthquake prone zone. anybody who visits tokyo will kn...

Family were on the train, next to the station, which comes out of tokyo and at 2:55 p.m., it suddenly stopped, and we knew there was a quake, right there. an, my first idea was, well, you know, this is fantastic, the japanese earthquake technology is at work. essentially, the train system -- if it feels the magnitude of the earthquake, it stops to prevent any derailing and that was good news and the bad news is we were stuck on the train two hours after that, no power and no bathroom and, we had...

Witnessing and just some of the most amazing video captured by people who were in the middle of this at the time. but again, millions of people, of course, are without power there so theyre not able to see this. many of them dont have transmission. of course they are wondering about many others, hundreds if not thousands who are missing. four train cars and all of the above. again, that is japanese television anchor there, but were going to continue to follow this developing story here on cnn. a...

Well, its 6:32 p.m. on saturday now in japan and much of japans transport instruct has been significantly impacted by the devastating quake. railways were hit particularly hard, stranding tens of thousands of people who were simply unable to get home. take a look at the train system around tokyo. each of these black lines is a rail line. the majority were closed. japans famous high speed bullet train that runs between tokyo and send a ai and provides transportation for many every day was strande...

Land. wow. well, were going to speak with an eyewitness coming up in just a moment who saw it all and lived through it. and now the day after the earthquake struck the day after the tsunami came and overtook so much of the land we will be able to get firsthand accounts of what it is actually like on the ground as we wait to learn how vast the devastation really is we know that the death toll will exceed 1,000, according to authorities there. we know that thousands are officially missing. this, i...

Tokyo on a friday, busy friday, were trapped inside the city and people trying to leave the city, all stuck in traffic. its starting to ease up now. some of the train system have started to resume its operation. im looking at my window outside my office and before, maybe three hours ago, the cars werent moving, but now its cleared. >> arata yamamoto, thank you for joining us. lets turn to meteorologist jeff ranieri in san francisco. good afternoon, jeff. >> reporter: hi, martin. >> have you seen...

Higher ground, hopefully the number of fatalities might not be as bad as people expect. but its hard to tell. theyre trying to assess the extent of the damage and the casualties and fay talitiefatal. >> history has taught japan how to take them seriously but also how to prepare. the skyscrapers in japan are built with steel girding. were looking at new video right now. the damage at least from the pictures were seeing inside tokyo does not look to be can he have investigation stating. is that a ...