Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110317:11:47:00
That's odd for americans to see. >> your headline says edge quake, tsunami, nuclear disaster. this say country that's been torn up. setback in time. how -- yes, you can be resilient but to what at this point? >> it's a country that has been defined by disaster. it's perched on the edge of a continent. there have been earthquakes and tsunamis all the way back. we have a beautiful wood kout from 1836 about a tsunami held there. they are always perched on the edge of disaster. that resilience comes from all of that history. of course remember -- i mean, we have pictures from world war ii and the ...