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Navy and the huge historic pearl harbor base to send destroyers and frigates out to sea where the impact of the tsunami would not be felt. is it like a wave on the ocean that doesn't break, you float up and when it crashes on the coast is, that what it is? >> if you were on an ocean liner and the tsunami goes but you wouldn't notice it. it is a slip a few inches tall but it goes all the way down to the bottom of the ocean. it hits ground and the bottom slows down and the top keeps going and the spillover effect can dwarf a city. the wall of water can be up to 60 feet tall in a gigantic earthqu...

Spillover effect on the race. >> right now -- i just came back from a week in illinois. having seen how this -- democrats have just been battered left and right, lieutenant governor fiasco and just got over that. illinois democrats are back in the news, having to explain the blagojevich controversy. if you think it is bad now, just think. the blagojevich stril supposed to happen during the summer when the campaigns are really getting, you know, reaching more critical mass where people may be locking in decisions. this is a side show. the federal marshal in chicago actually issued a memo kind o...

>> it is playing as a big economy story here in part because when you think about products that are made in japan, the big company that comes to mind is toyota. toyota is largely aligned with japan's image as an export-driven economy and the marquee company. so when people hear about this and anybody in japan has heard about this story, they really do worry about the spillover effect that this may have on all "made in japan" products and not just on toyota's image, but the image of the companies that we know, honda, nissan, panasonic and sony just to name a few, a spillover effect on that, and...

Company of record. this is the company that japan aligns its identity to. products that are made in japan, what they want, to pop into your head, is a quality product. whether it be toyota, honda, nissan, sony, panasonic, any of these companies, you want to think of quality. so, if the biggest of these companies has something like this happen to it, there is concern that it's going to have a spillover effect to the other companies, and generally for the made-in-japan brand. so, there is that concern. there is something else that's happening in the blogosphere that we find interesting, some peo...

Apologize to customers for its massive recall. the company says it's working on a fix for millions of gas pedals. we hear the announcement could come as early as tomorrow. dealers could have replacement parts this week. the problems from this recall extend way beyond the company. they also spell trouble for the country toyota calls home. that is japan. our kyung lah joins me from tokyo, where toyota management has been on this for a while. what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, don, we haven't been hearing very much from management here in tokyo, but certainly there are a lot of eyes in gove...