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They are doing, but it's different in in some places they're going to have to hand dig, and in others very carefully with mechanicized equipment. >> i think the first question i heard, they described it as like walking in quicksand. now we know it's almost the equivalent of cement in shall areas, as it just has form ed a soil structure around these homes that have crumbled. >> i think initially the river was dammed, so there was additional water in the area they were investigating. now they've been able to clear that stream and the water is draining away. so what was soupy has now turned into,...

Of oil, the fourth biggest to the unite. no, oil markets trade all the time. there's nobody reaction so far. while hugo chavez nationalized a lot of the oil structure in venezuela, they kept producing oil. it was less efficient under nationalistic infrastructure. still the number one source of income for that country. what happened to the money? he directed it to a lot of social programs, but they'll still produce oil, they'll still sell a lot of oil. >> let's turn quickly to the dow. on the face of it, great news. booming economy, the dow soaring, but not as simple as that. the last time the ...

It make a difference on main street and more on the death of hugo chavez potentially on the price of oil. joining me is cnn's chief business correspondent, ali velshi. any real reaction to the death of hugo chavez in the terms of oil prices? venezuela's the fourth biggest supplier of oil to the united states. >> the eighth biggest importer of oil, the fourth biggest to the unite. no, oil markets trade all the time. there's nobody reaction so far. while hugo chavez nationalized a lot of the oil structure in venezuela, they kept producing oil. it was less efficient under nationalistic infrastruc...

Supplier of oil to the united states. >> the eighth biggest importer of oil, the fourth biggest to the unite. no, oil markets trade all the time. there's nobody reaction so far. while hugo chavez nationalized a lot of the oil structure in venezuela, they kept producing oil. it was less efficient under nationalistic infrastructure. still the number one source of income for that country. what happened to the money? he directed it to a lot of social programs, but they'll still produce oil, they'll still sell a lot of oil. >> let's turn quickly to the dow. on the face of it, great news. booming ec...

The pattern they've dealt with. the folks in japan have done everything to prepare for this, they're not a stranger to this getting some 1500 quakes per year, but you can see what mother nature can do with very little notice there in japan. >> is there a readout of how much energy released in 2004? they sa they. >> i don't think we have, but the loose sandy soil along the coastal regions, we saw it in christchurch, the loose soil structure allows it to be felt more, and sendai certainly has a lot of loose sediments. >> and all of these areas you mentioned, you know, in christchurch as well as ...