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european principle of concentration of power. it does not just the state versus the federal government. it is private philanthropic power as well as civic institutions in the community. >> senator alexander, you talked earlier -- you were trying to steal this away from the debate about left and right. it is important or essential to the distinction of americans. the importance of the cyclical "ill institutions -- will institutions. the fact that we exceed it play out in europe in that way, an empirical example, a does not a theoretical argument, aid debate -- a debate and what makes ...

You know, link up with our equipment right now and get out to where there's the greatest need. u.s. when we get to the space, will direct us where we need to go and the greatest need. >> we'll just pray that your efforts yield the greatest results. thank you, dan schmidt for joining us. kelly. >> kelly: all right. well, the race is on in japan right now, as you mentioned to find survivors and treat the injured as well, but the biggest medical challenges, well, they still lie ahead and we'll talk with our a-team dr. mark segal next, what's expected there.

>> welcome back. it's great to have you here. it's a race against time and the rubble and debris in japan. crews need all the help they can get. from virginia they're lending out a hand and they helped out in haiti after the devastating earthquake. and from the fairfax county fire and rescue department. dan, the unit is well-known and i'm sure you can appreciate it. what are you prepared to do? >> we're prepared to stabilize and we're there right now and you know, we should be landing early tomorrow morning on the air force base to help, help the situation when we get

the 1994 north ridge earthquake and it absolutely pales in pair son, the north ridge earthquake compared to what i experienced in tokoyo. >> kelly: how many people here in the united states recall the north ridge earthquake in 1994. as you were saying and this one is far worse. and we've seen the devastation hereof the tsunami. were you a witness to any of that? i know you're far away from it. >> well, yes, i'm about 250 miles away from the epicenter and here in tokyo, luckily, based on the geography we're surrounded by two peninsula and the tsunami left tokoyo relatively untouched a...

>> the honorable lady is absolutely right to raise that. although cancun will not achieve the binding global agreement that we want, it can make important steps towards that, so we can stay on track. on climate finance, first, we will stick to what was set out previously on the limit in the aid budget for money used for climate change purposes, although there are very real connections between climate change and poverty; and secondly, there is a commitment, which we will keep to, of £2.9 billion for climate change finance. britain is a leader on that, but inshe saiaimust look at more...