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Just seeing this is worrying. waves crashed into the island flooding coastal areas, damaging shops and reaching the palace. communications lines were impacted. it was making it difficult for authorities to fully assess the damage. it spewed ash and smoke more than 12 miles, if you can picture that, into the atmosphere. tsunami waves reached japan and hawaii. we are joined from tokyo. it was stark seeing the warnings hit north america. >> yeah, paul ra. tsunami warnings never a good thing no matter where you are. in japan there were sirens and

Rippling. >> important point. 800,000 federal workers in this position, contract workers, and all of them live and pay other people for their services. so when the back pay comes, you've missed out on paying a bunch of people once that actually is a real hit to the economy. tom, thank you for your great reporting on this. >> it's not like they're staying home. they are going to work and doing their job and not getting paid any money to do t. >> joining us now is the man i mentioned the president of the air traffic controllers association. paul rinaldi. paul, first, you are not people who get t...

Let me just tell you. i've had a lot of people questioning me and asking me what's the mood at the headquarters for these various -- the agencies? i'll tell you they're beside themselves. they are very upset that their employees are having to go through this and so while you may have trump appointees running these various administrations, they themselves are just beside themselves that they now have to secure the skies, secure the food supply, whatever the case may be, run the fbi, you name it, and yet their employees who put their lives on the line or ensure that your life is safe when you tr...

Whether it's health care or now it's immigration. knock it off. we run the safety est, most efficient system in the world. let us continue to work and do that job, and also pay us for the great job we do. >> well said, paul. thank you very much. and again, thanks to all your workers, members of the air national controllers association for keeping us safe on an ongoing basis. paul rinaldi is the president. >> i appreciate the opportunity. thank you very much. >> a lot of people we talk about all the time. this is one of those things. there are so many workers, the fda, inspectors all sorts of p...

strings attached. we're keeping them honest tonight. also, in a moment, we'll take you live to a town that's still under warde, and you'll hear from a man who has been stranded by hurricane irene and he says forgotten by fema. rising waters leaving him surrounded. roads are gone. nearby houses gone as well. power is out. supplies are still limited. he says he hasn't seen a government official or fema worker and only local sheriffs trying to deal with the problem. he joins us shortly by phone. breaking news tonight. late word that president obama will hit hard hit patterson new je...