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Los angeles with the latest. what are the folks there trying to do to help? >> well, good to see you. they are wasting no time at all. already springing to action, holding benefit concert and fundraisers to raise as much money as they can to spend in the devastated region. a lot of people don't know this, california home to largest japanese american population in the united states. that's followed by hawaii. no doubt there is a lot of interest here in addition to an awful lot of anxiety and sadness and worry. people in little tokyo area of los angeles having a tough time coming to grips with w...

>> eric: the tsunami triggered by the japanese earthquake, crossed the pacific to pound parts of our country in hawaii. the powerful waves smashed boats and docks across the coast. some boat owners were stunned by the damage that the tsunami caused so far away. >> both have been damaged. the dock. >> 60, 70 boats are floating around. >> three docks here. ours is gone. the middle dock is gone. a lot of damage. it's really bad. >> what would have helped if they would have come down here and did what we should have done is take the boat. >> eric: fortunately no one in hawaii was injured or kilted...

The u.s. military of course reaching out to assist with disaster relief there. the air force now sending manpower to aid the country. here as you can see, trips are getting ready to leave from base in honolulu. the commander says what the japanese really need is their support. >> prayers go out to the government of japan and people of japan affected by the earthquake and resulting tsunami. they are very resillient and capable. our job is to support the self-defense forces. maritime, air, and ground forces. help them recover from this. they will. >> eric: we'll visit various air force bases in ...

It devastated the city. >> i don't recall the magnitude, a 7. most of the damage that occurred in san francisco at that time was due to the fires which were caused by gas lines being reptured from the earthquake. >> eric: are we better prepared now in this day and age than we were then? >> we're better prepared, without a doubt. however, if we have earthquakes that are 7.0 or better, there will be damage there is no way to earthquake-proof a city. >> eric: are we as earthquake-proof as many of the buildings in japan have been? >> that is a little bit out of my field how well the buildings are ...

Earthquake we saw in sumatra in '04 that caused the devastating tsunami caused the earth to speed up 6 micro seconds and a little bit strong and more than that one and none of us felt the effects but geologists, certainly, jamie, will continue to study this one, and, be quite in awe of the power of it. >> jamie: we are, even if it isn't that significant, it is interesting, rick, thank you very much for tracking all of it. >> eric: a programming note for you, you know we have "sunday house call" at this time with dr. isadore rosenfeld and he is on vacation, this week, and, will be back next sun...