on this. we have a reporter in hong kong. michelle kosinski is at the white house. david, i want to begin with you. this is a situation that's developing. >> developing across the last few hours. extremely serious. japanese officials and the police taking this very very seriously. what we know is there were a number of threats, death threats, according to japanese media called into the u.s. embassy specifically against the u.s. ambassador caroline kennedy. threats also called in against the console general in okinawa, the southern island though about the timing with the first lady michelle obama, arriving for the beginning of a five-day trip to japan and cambodia. also former president clinton actually in japan giving a speech at a tokyo university. also alongside the japanese prime minister and caroline