probably in earthquake engineering and systems that warn trains and get them to shut down before the seismic waves hit so hopefully those systems worked well for them. >> well, you know, they can build buildings to withstand earthquakes but they haven't figured a way to stop the pacific ocean from doing what it just did right there. >> that's right. >> robert, thank you very much from the u.s. geological survey. >> you're welcome. >> thank you. >> first we heard from the white house. now we have a statement from vice president joe biden on the earthquake and for that, we go to washington live with peter doocy. >> and gretchen, the vice president joe biden is on the back end of a swing through europe today. and before he made a bilateral statement, he talked about what he describes as a mega earthquake and he said "the thoughts and prayers of the american people and i'm sure the moldvan people when we find out