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Is some sort of flexible movement where they can get in and out very quickly using helicopters. we're hours away from daylight. at this point we still don't know what the devastation is going to be. we can tell you that logistically tokyo is still heavily impacted. people are still trying to cope with the loss of infrastructure in this city. up north, though, rescue crews still trying to get up there, still trying to assess the exact scope of the devastation. >> that's the issue. that a lot of the damage has been in more isolated parts of japan, in some cases more rural parts of japan. fishing...

Welcome. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm ali velshi. >> the world is not only watching a historic disaster, much of the world is feeling it as well. >> it's been a rough morning in some california harbors. beaches have been closed all night. waves have been higher than normal. so far we haven't heard of any damage other than to boats and docks. >> here is where the damage is. northeast japan, monument damage. the known death toll, in the hundreds, and it is certain to climb. >> 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck a little more than 13 hours ago was foll...

Age of the world, is a pin prick. >> in 1995 the kobe earthquake was 7.6 and killed 6,500 people or something like that. in the days after that, they had about 50 aftershocks. they can be very damaging, particularly if -- again, if you hit in areas where your engineering is set up for it, it can minimize damage, but these things, at a much lower magnitude than 8.9, can be very damaging. >> a perfect example is the christchurch earthquake. structures that weren't tended to right away ended up collapsing. >> had to evacuate because they thought things would disappear. >> a 6 prnt .6 in any other...

Airport is closed. and narita is opened with some flights out, but mostly because the people are stuck there, and the highways are closed going into the major airports and the railways are closed as well. so you have long lines and people trying to figure out how to get out of to airport, and some flights have been a big ec. $5.5 trillion economy. it is a big global player in the global economy. this is, even ads the human tol is something we're focusing on right now, this is a story that will be an important story for all of us in days and weeks ahead. >> you and i talk about the business of ...