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For a earthquake conference when the ground started shaking below him. mounting concerns regarding the nuclear plants after a second explosion and fuel records completely exposed at one of the reactors. he is now staying in one of the hardest hit areas of japan trying to see the scope of the disaster. he joins us on the phone. kit, what is the worst problem facing the people around you right now? >> right now i'm actually driving up to the sendai. the real issue right now obviously two things, one is the nuclear meltdown is one issue. the bigger issue that is affect being the whole country and...

Shortage caused by this disaster. not only the nuclear plants got damaged but many of the conventional power plants have been damaged, so that actually is causing the major shortage in energy here, so actually we are facing a few hours' black out in all of the eastern part of japan, including part of tokyo. jon: i know in a disaster of this scope it's tough to separate what was caused by what, but is it fair to say that because of japanese building standards the earthquake itself was not the big issue, it was the tsunami and all of the massive devastation that that wall of water brought that l...

Red is the fukushima power plant. it is blowing out of the north and making the vapors blow off-shore. we are going to see shift there the northwest. they will still be blowing the vapors away from sendai. we know tokyo off to the south will actually begin to blow the vapors towards tokyo. we're looking at that possibility throughout tuesday when the winds do shift from the northeast. now these are surface winds, the winds aloft will be generally blowing west to east. any vapors that do make it to higher levels of the atmosphere will continue to blow towards the united states. areas like hawai...

The night where you are and you're headed towards sendai. when you get up there and particular a look at more of the damage and give what help you can, given your profession i hope we can check in with you again. >> exactly, thanks so much, i appreciate it. jenna: brand-new details emerging about that deadly tour bus crash over the weekend in new york. what the driver and passengers are now saying, we are live with the latest on that investigation, plus whether in japan today how it affects rescue efforts and the danger of radiation spreading across that country and beyond. we'll tell you a li...

What is the overall attitude right now? >> reporter: it's remarkable. they aren't exactly stoic, they put on a brave face, they try and go about their lives as much as possible. monday morning there were people walking through central sendai going to work in suits and tie like it was just another monday morning, let alone what happened over the weekend. the story obviously in the worst affected areas is very, very different. we spent much of the afternoon there today. people are picking through the remains of their homes. there were families cycling back from where their homes had once stood w...