original bassist for the black crows. >> i don't know -- i'm not sure i know that one. >> these days johnny colt is an independent journalist filing reports from haiti and places like japan. he grew up there. sohn when it hit japan, he headed back to take a look. >> reporter: seven days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami, i'm kneeling on a street that's been turned into a river. >> he spoke to me earlier from tindo outside of sendai via skype. hey, johnny, you gave a preinterview to some of our producers that viewers can see on the show blog. you said amazing things. you said we're used to living in a world that makes sense. that cars are parallel to the ground and trees point up. your world right now is very different from that. tell us about it. >> reporter: the scope of the disaster is epic. it's really hard to get your head around. you know, when it first happened, i observed it on television like everyone else.