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Making statements which are clear and declarative and that certainly not in the nature of the japanese government or in the history of the japanese government, but this is a time when people want transparency and honesty and most of the people i talked to don't feel they are getting that at this point. >> not getting it. it was a weak government to begin with. this is a major credibility test. let's take a minute. we are justifiably spending most of our time looking at the nuclear emergency and trying i get better information but from day five to day six, i mentioned the better weather conditi...

You know, they're prepared for these kind of things. so a number of the buildings which lasted through the earthquake intablgt, evcintact,e buildings in sendai, there is frt electricity in some parts of soun, there are these neighborhoods that are now debris fields. they're still trying to figure it out. the official death toll is nearly 2,000 people. but the actual death toll may be much higher than that. we, frankly, just don't know. there was about a 30-minute gap from the time the earthquake struck and the time that the tsunami actually hit. and there were warnings so people were often abl...

People living in increasingly decemb desolated conditions. the debris fields are so packed with debris, 10 feet, 15 feet thick, that unless you have really heavy equipment or large number of dogs, it is very hard to find anybody who may be underneath. there's an increasingly desperate situation for people in shelters, people who are homeless, hundreds of thousands of people. some 450,000 people at last count that i heard were in shelters or had been evacuated in some form. in some towns they are scavenging for food in the debris, we're told by red cross officials. there's just not enough food ...

Their nerves are frayed over the quickly, tsunami and now the nuclear issue. back to you in new york. >> gregg: adam housely live in oarai, north of tokyo. >> heather: the u.s. is springing to action, to help with relief action, to deliver food and supplies and humanitarian missions and, american search and rescue teams are on the ground to help with the search for survivors and doug mcelway is live with us, with more on the u.s. response to the crisis, doug, wihat is this u.s. military doing to provide relief for the victims en japan. >> a lot so far, the uss ronald reagan and support ships a...

By this morning, u.s.s. reagan and support ships as well as other u.s. military had conducted something like 20 missions providing humanitarian supplies. aircraft has been conducting coastal missions over debris fields. take a look at this. this man found ten miles out to sea clinging to the roof of his home. he had apparently run back to his house to retrieve belongings when the tsunami hit. upon his rescue, he broke down and cried. his wife remains missing. in addition to military help the u.s. providing lots of civilian and humanitarian aid. two urban search and rescue teams, one from fairf...