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Blackouts. electricity shortage is a problem for mass transit a side from that it is as calm as any day in any big city in the world. >> sean: shep reporting from japan. thanks. >> >> sean: could america's west coast be the site of the next big quake? we have alarming video of what that catastrophe could look like. first the latest on the potential nuclear meltdown that some fear would be imminent at this japanese power plant. that and more as our coverage continues. announcer ] to the 5:00 a. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we'v...

People plus left homeless and dazed by the quake and tsunami. how are relief efforts going? >> shepard: frankly, they are not going as well as we could hope. there are believed to be 500,000 who are homeless. the problem is getting food and water to them. potable water and food and fuel. you mentioned thousands of bodies that have washed ashore. that happened, the tsunami wave as gruesome as it is to think about, 27 feet or so washed in. then -- [ inaudible ] >> sean: i think we just lost shepard smith who was ginning us from tokyo. we'll get back to him with our own adam housley in just a mom...

Shortage is a problem for mass transit. it's calm as any day in any big city in the world. >> and shep, thank you for your report. we appreciate it could america's west coast be the site of the next big quake? alarming video of what that could look like. first very latest on phone shall nuclear melt down some fear could be imminent at this power plant. that and more as our coverage continues. [ male announcer ] things seem 30% better

300,000 people left homeless and dazed by the earthquake and tsunami how are efforts going. >> frankly, they're not going as well as we can hope. there are believed to be 500,000 people homeless at this moment. the problem is getting food and water to them. and for that matter fuel. so much of the area is devastated. you mentioned thousands of people have wash add shore, it's believed when that happened tsunami wave of 27 feet washed in, then as -- . >> i think we just lost shepherd smith joining us from tokyo. we'll get back to him with our own adam housley in just a moment. we've got shep ba...

Able to keep water on roads, if they're not able to do that and it penetrates that outer containment dome they'll have serious problems. you mentioned humanitarian crisis is ongoing. we're four days into this. in some areas they're out of food and water, it's not as if you can drive to get those sorts of things. roads are covered. >> sean: the world community stepping in as much as possible. and you run into people, shep, how are they coping? >> very been dealing with and gone to, visiting natural disasters and man made disasters around the world. one thing you can hear about japanese culture ...