people it's very difficult to get a phone line to connect to anybody within tokyo or within japan. we're all trying to call our families with mixed luck. i've been able to get through finally but it took quite a few tries but government, the prime minister held an emergency press conference very soon at earthquake. he seemed quite prepared in that sense and now he's considering trying to figure out what local officials need aid and military assistance. >> uh-huh. this is the biggest earthquake in the history of japan. and i know you've seen the images. there's never been a tsunami wave in recorded history like this. when you see these pictures of that 30 foot wave go over the north shore of your country, what do you think? >> yeah, it's really, really frightening. i mean, i've been in japan for over 30 years. but this is the first time that