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>> sure. sure. there were actually two quakes. after the first one we got up and looked around and saw what was going on. and i tried to get an understanding what people in the office were either told to do or what they were doing, and we looked outside and there was a large fire. at that point when we were looking at the fire that was across town, another earthquake came, and when that happened, after that was finished, i had enough. i got a colleague, a colleague and i left, and as we were walking down, everyone seemed to have these white construction hats to protect themselves from, i guess...

>> i can imagine. david, i know you're trying to learn the japanese language but far from proficient at this point. what is that like? you're hearing announcements and the like. did you have a clue what they were saying any time before that quake struck? >> at the time i didn't hear it. i didn't -- it wasn't -- there wasn't an alarm. i didn't know that it was even a loud speaker until someone told me there was a warning. obviously, i would have loved to have some loud alarm that went off, but that wasn't the case. so getting information now, i rely on people i know in the government, news sour...

David, we should sdplin folks unable to read your articles in the "new york times," you're 6'3". the shaking starts and you are finding yourself diving underneath a child's size desk for cover. tell me what happened. >> sure, sure. a child's desk might be the best way to convey the difference in size between myself and some of the fun dhaer i find here. -- furniture that i find here. the difficulty was just trying to fit under the desk. fortunately things weren't falling in my office around me. i was quite safe, but it's the insecuritiy when you're sitting under your desk and there's nothing t...

hour. take a look at this. a tour bus accident on i-95 in. bronx here in new york. the new york fire department has just confirmed at least 12 people are dead. as you can see, dozens of firefighters and police are there. a frightening scene. it appears this bus tipped over and the top of it slid through one of the posts that holds freeway signs. it appears to be a tour bus ever some kind. trying to learn more about this. as we get more information we'll bring that to you. so a very good morning to you. i'm alex witt. welcome to "msnbc saturday." we'll have more on the bus crash as it...

That's hardly functioning. although rescue and relief efforts are being stepped up, the challenges they face here are enormous. back to you. >> all right. we mou head back to tokyo and robert bizzell. it's been a couple of days since the quake and tsunami hit. give me a sense of what things are like in tokyo right now, and i have to say we spoke with a gentleman named david abraham earlier who we talked with yesterday as well, and he talked to me about 25 minutes or so after the second quake, the first major aftershock. his office sent him a note about a meeting on monday. i mean, talk about m...