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This struck about 2:46 local time. so about two and a half hours ago. there has been a tsunami warning that has been issued for hawaii and the west coast. we're continuing to follow that. we are told that there are sirens that are going off in honolulu. the most important thing for folks to do is to tune in to their local broadcaster, and get the information of what exactly they should do. there are evacuation procedures. we also know this is the fifth strongest earthquake in the world since 1900. it has triggered massive fires, like the one you're looking at right there. japan's prime ministe...

Kenya and then to libya. >> what was it like? you decide you have to get off. you get to shore. america sends a ferry ship. a catamaran ferry, you get on and what are you thinking? >> brian, at the time i was glad to get on the ferry. all of us on board had a common story, common denominator, we ran out of evacuation procedures to get out of the country. the airlines had shut down flights. the airport was not allowing charter flights to come into the country. we had a -- we actually -- our company had a bus waiting at the tunisian border if we could get to the tunisian border and i have to adm...

Gustof. we learned a lot. we have better evacuation procedures and one thing that happened, after katrina a lot of people didn't leave because of their pets so now we have an elaborate pet evacuation process that the city has. >> all right, mayor ray nagin, thank you for being with us. you, like the folks of new orleans and the gulf region, resilient. we appreciate you being with us and you're in our thoughts and prayers, thank you. >> thank you for your help and everyone across america. >> definitely. now, for the rest of your headlines, federal authorities are now taking over the investigati...

>> let's talk about what's going on in the gulf this morning and certainly, all eyes on this well as the concerns over tropical depression bonnie moved into that region. foushs saying, look, it shouldn't be that big of a deal. any waves they get, even the largest possible waves would never reach the wellhead 5,000 feet under the water this morning, but a lot of the ships moved out of the way, evacuation procedures in place as they move away from the spot of that disaster. >> including, eric, some of the ships drilling the relief well. remember, how they were ahead of schedule, this was a big d...

As bp halts efforts to permanently disrupt the leak in the oil well, rival oil well companies are coming together on a new million dollar rapid response plan. marvin odem is one of the four big companies working on this new effort. thank you very much. good to see you again. let's talk about the storm and what the problem is. it takes time to move them out. >> storms in the gulf of mexico, particularly something that could turn onto a hurricane is always a serious item. what you have to do is move people out of the way of the storm. because of evacuation procedures and the time that takes, you...