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Leaders, politicians, celebrities hiding their wealth in offshore accounts, as one does. npr reports it this way. quote, of 12 sitting heads of state implicated, most are from low or middle income countries. our report tonight from chief nbc correspondent andrea mitchell in paris. >> reporter: in a leak of nearly 12 million documents called the pandora papers analyzed by 150 news organizations, including the "washington post." heads of state and other major figures have hidden vast amounts offshore. today the president responding. >> you said if you could fight this corruption in your national...

Paris. do you ever any reaction to the pandora papers? it's not only world leaders. delta dawn and shakira are also named in the documents. nbc, paris. when you hear a voice for decades, that voice becomes a part of your life. we'll remember one of the greats right after this. we'll remember one of the greats right after this who have become their parents... okay, everybody, let's do a ticket check. paper tickets. we're off to a horrible start. ...but we can overcome it. we're not gonna point out our houses, landmarks, or major highways during takeoff. don't buy anything. i packed so many de...

Just a short time ago, senate majority leader harry reid responded to a question of an ethics complaint of new jersey democratic senator menend menendez. reid called him my friend and outstanding senator and didn't know about the complaint. this after federal agents searched the office of a florida eye doctor whose trips to the dominican republic with senator menendez prompted the complaint. chief nbc justice correspondent pete williams has more for us. >> reporter: in florida, federal agents held away boxes of material tuesday night and wednesday from the office of a west palm beach eye docto...

Of claims of conservative websites saying that he met with prostitutes while in the dominican republic. those allegations the menendez statement says are manufactured, politically motivated and false base odd an is series of e-mails that first surfaced last april sent to a political watchdog group in washington crawled crew but a crew official says when the tipster repeatedly talked on the phone they turned the messages over to the fbi. >> seems he has no real law enforcement issue. it seem that is he's much more interested in seeing it bra tougt light as a big scandal. >> that was nbc's pete ...

>> and what was this? what was this? >> translator: my house. >> and at another town another cruel reminder of friday's disaster. >> on the coastal road, the tall, concrete school has stood its ground, the school clock stuck at 2:46, the moment the quake struck. >> joining us now on the phone enroute to kesennuma is nbc's lee cowan. thanks for your time. what is the latest on this developing nuclear crisis. >> reporter: well, what's difficult is up here the communications are so bad and so cut off that people actually are unaware of how bad the situation is or is becoming. i think the main par...