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>> all right, patrick fuller, spokesperson for the international federation of red cross. thank you so much and best of luck to you out. there we'll check in with you again soon. nightmarish scene. >> it is. and people like patrick who have seen so many international disasters describe this as the worst they've ever seen. >> you mentioned 127 million people in the country. the country in geographic size smaller than california. you can imagine just the density, the population density and the kind of scope of the tragedy as they try to help people and how difficult -- how difficult that must be...

U.s., australian, new zealand, that has come to aid. i'd first like to focus on saving lives. and, secondly, the comfort of the evacuees. >> aid organizations like the international federation of red cross are also hard at work but as ifrc member patrick fuller tells us, they face major obstacles. >> taking relief supplies into the evacuation, things like blankets, people who had to leave everything behind. i think one of the challenges is getting newspaper the northeastern areas and we're finding it very, very difficult. we've had teams on the road for the past 36 hours to trying to

One of the challenge is identifying and retrieving dead bodied in these areas. the red cross may play a role in that but certainly civil defense at moment undertaking search and rescue. it's a fairly traumatic time. >> patrick fuller, you've got much work ahead of you. appreciate your time talking to us. our guest there, patrick, said it's difficult to get around. our crews are having some difficulty but slowly making their way up the coastline. anna was in sendai but she's north in ishinomaki, north east of sendai. do you have any new information from there? >> reporter: pauline, we have sp...

Standing. many people who decided not to heed the tsunami warning, it is difficult to see how they could have survived but at this point there are still survivors being found. >> still reaching survivors is difficult. the sheer devastation of the earthquake and tsunami are providing many obstacles. earlier patrick fuller of the international red cross gave us information. >> people are being housed in a very organized way in buildings until power comes back. until they can return home. a lot of people can't or won't be able to return home because they have lost their homes or their homes are d...

Welcome back. japan is asking for international help. among those answering the call, the international red cross. patrick fuller works with the international red cross asia pacific zone. he joins us on the phone now from tokyo. mr. fuller, it's been now about 34 hours or so since the quake and the tsunami hit. what is the red cross doing right now to help? all right. we lost patrick fuller from the red cross. we do hope to get him back on the phone. in the meantime, we'll take a quick break. starts with back pain...ove and a choice. take advil now... and maybe up to 4 in a day. or, choose ale...