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In iraq we are fully committed. we have to be careful about how we go. it is a very difficult path there. are no great options. let's prevent the humanitarian disaster. from there it is difficult to see how to proceed. >> greta: you see prevent the humanitarian events in libya, i think they have happened. i think some may think it is really bleak. i guess my question is should we have moved sooner, not alone. i don't think we could have moved alone but inspired others to move with us to move faster? >> it is possible. it would have been difficult without the arab league. it would have been dif...

Sendai helping with the relief efforts pleading for more help to come. i was reading you said dinner yesterday was a roll and banana and everyone gets one meal a day. you said it seems like the ocean came up and took everything back into the ocean. tell me about sendai and what you've seen? >> i'm in front of disaster center. if you can see behind me, it is the americans in the city lined up to get on buses. the situation is -- this is our 85th disaster. we've never seen anything remotely like this. the description you gave is that and far worse. >> greta: tell me whatw÷d help you need. >> we...

We're now six days in. really in just a couple of hours we will be one week since this disaster has hit this country. most folks say that five plus days out, you will not find any more survivors. that's why as shep noted, the british relief teams, rescue teams have decided to pack it in. there's an australian team that did not mind -- did not find one survivor in two days. the quake was one thing, the tsunami as our viewers, as you have seen from all this home video, is just another animal. it took a lot of people, we think, out to sea. that's why we've seen bodies being washed up along that u...

Really in just a couple of hours we will be one week since this disaster has hit this country. most folks say that five plus days out, you will not find any more survivors. that's why as shep noted, the british relief teams, rescue teams have decided to pack it in. there's an australian team that did not mind -- did not find one survivor in two days. the quake was one thing, the tsunami as our viewers, as you have seen from all this home video, is just another animal. it took a lot of people, we think, out to sea. that's why we've seen bodies being washed up along that ugly, ugly coastline. >>...

>> reporter: in this area, no. we witnessed that in tokyo. again the city itself is 13 million in the center we were seeing empty shelves. people not going out. obviously, people who were staying inside and hunkering down. what we also saw the americans who were here are in line with the japanese in being careful, being conservative, maybe not panicking. today for example, the second charter plane that the american embassy here has been scheduled. there's one that went out yesterday with about 100 people. frankly, there could have been more people onboard if they had wanted to be. i think the ...