bringing su plppliesupplies, br personnel, search and rescue. these types of things that the japanese don't have to rely on their own equipment, they can use their own for their own humanitarian relief. the u.s. also sent some search and rescue teams. but the u.s. doesn't want to do anything that confuses the japanese as they're launching their military operations, as they're launching their relief. so they really want to say, what do you need from us, we're prepared to do it. and also u.s. assistance team they call it a dart from usaid, a disaster assistance team will be there to see what else they need and how else the u.s. can help out. >> so if the japanese said we do indeed need your help, d.a.r.t. could be there in a matter of hours? >> this d.a.r.t. team is en route. some officials are already on the ground and there will be some kind of large assessment with a team of officials and the japanese will give a list of other things that they need. right now, the important thing is search and rescue. search and recovery. trying to find those live survivors that these teams can