then john boehner blamed the president saying he's blocking energy production. appare apparently mr. boehner never heard of libya. what's behind the latest nons s nonsense? remember, everything republicans say these days is aimed it at the ears of conservative iowa caucus voters next year. and let me finish tonight with how the unions defeat in wisconsin could lead to the comeback of the u.s. labor movement. we start with the earthquake in japan. an nbc news producer based in tokyo. i've been watching your coverage. i've been watching what you had to say about this and all i can tell you, i do see a lot of disaster movies. this looked real and very scary. what was it like? >> reporter: this happened 180 miles authority of tokyo. we felt it all the way down here in tokyo. it was so bad that i couldn't stand. you had to sort of crowd a little bit to not fall down. >> i just saw a picture.