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Announcer: trade commission-free for 30 days, plus get up to $500 when you open an account. new video coming from the quake zone, the first images of people being rescued. a chopper performing the mission here. obviously i want to show you exactly what made it necessary. the tsunami, as it came ashore around 18 hours ago. just watch this. >> the tsunami engulfing farms and homes. cars, trucks. you can see some of the tsunami and looks like some fire-breaking out in the sendai

>> as it turns out, crown was a secret service code word for the white house, and raw hide was the president's code name. anderson, today in an l.a. courtroom, actor mel gibson pleaded no contest to a battery charge involving his former girlfriend. he will be on probation for three years and undergo anger management counseling. anderson? >> isha, as i said, we are on for the next hour live as well, bringing you the latest out of the quake zone in japan. our coverage continues at the top of the hour. we'll be right back.

The majority of the energy along the coast of japan there. notice how the plume follows south right toward -- >> what is the plume? >> the energy. the energy distribution right along where the quake zone was near sendai, japan. that is going to follow along this region. inside the next couple hours, central america, south america, keep in mind, this region, now, very impoverished region. el salvador, areas, nicaragua. this area of the world. the coastal region is far, far different from the live shots out of california. the concern that a lot of folks could be dealing with waves there they're ...

Tsunamis. and they are prepared for these very large-scale earthquakes. the structures, the warning systems, the culture itself, but nevertheless, despite that preparedness and understanding of living within a very active quake zone, this is still the aftermath. you see cars floating, and being pushed around by the waves of sea water coming into the coast. this on the arc a p archipeligo japan. tokyo has a population of 13 million people, that was the epicenter of this 8.9 earthquake. that, again, started, that hit at -- about 3:00 a.m. local time. 2:49 is what we're hearing,

This is heavy weaponry. i'm talking about heavy artillery. >> reporter: with borders closed, telephone and internet restricted, it's hard to confirm information. but opposition groups say more than 500 people have been killed. thousands more are wounded or missing. >> a woman went looking out of the balcony of her house. they shot her dead. these are not humans. these are guerillas. >> reporter: some are calling it genocide, gadhafi's brutal crackdown against political dissent, and they want international action, not just tough talk. u.s. officials say they've been watching the situation with ...