akihito was the crowned prince, he spoke about the royals of japan being robots. he wanted to be closer to the japanese people, but it didn't allow that. if you think about the monarchy, what we've heard, what we've heard is about his son and daughter-in-law who by the way will not be going to the royal wedding. but crowned prince narohito have been having a difficult time. we heard she could not give birth to a son, so she has a daughter. and finally, the third son has managed to have a son. so the only succession would be if there was a son. so that's what we heard at this point about the japanese emperor. >> and the message -- the televised message. tell us more about what that message was -- >> i want to share some of what he said. and we spoke earlier about the shinto culture and the religion and it's about how you deal with the crisis not the actual