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Area, you just sort of froze with the crowd and looked around. because you weren't sure exactly how to escape. especially in the underground region. in the area that i was in, in the underground subway, you heard the announcement. everyone was told to stay put. there was certainly much more of the sense of concern. i won't say that it was a level of panic. people in japan know if there is an earthquake, the worst thing you can do is panic. i will say there is a high level of concern as this earthquake struck. when people were told to leave the underground region, the first you know this they d...

Breaking news this hour. we're watching what's happening live in tokyo at this moment. 8.9 quake off the northeastern coast. this just about 230 miles northeast of tokyo. 13 million people at the risk of a tsunami hitting. you can see some of the effects hitting one of the local airports in that area, not hitting the main airport in tokyo. but the aftereffect of this 8.9 earthquake, 2:46 local time, is a tsunami. a concern of further waves. already you can see the aftermath of this. absolutely devastating many parts of tokyo. this not only at ports and earthquakes, but also in areas up and dow...

Secondly, he has been formally charged. a few days ago, the state's public commission formally charged the governor with breaking ethics laws and recommended criminal charges of perjury, very serious. this is something more immediate. gregory meeks can say what he wants publicly, but there are a lot of leaders in state, african-american, white, hispanic, saying privately they don't think the governor can last. >> fred, it's good of you to join us today. thank you. two students expelled from school because their parents are gay. do the schools have the right to do that? plus -- amazing vide...

Scientific curiosity, you were able to take a picture that you tweeted to show everybody what you were monitoring there in northern california. so explain what caught your eye, caught your interest. >> well, there was a line in the water. but i suspect that's just there all the time. i think it was more of a tidal effect than the tsunami hitting. but i took it within just a few seconds of what everybody thought was going to be the first hit. and it's just fascinating that you can be thousands and thousands of nautical miles, on the other side of the world, and have wave action in a harbor. it'...

There. that was actually the airport that is a very, very new airport that was built, that's right on the ocean line there. that's why it was so devastated. >> we're showing the video that came into our newsroom a little while ago. you can see the pacific ocean in the background and the tsunami wave and this is mid wave, you can see if you're looking at h.d., screen left, part of the runway still not covered. don't exactly know where any of the airplanes are. maybe there was a bit of a warning. how long was the warning, tom, between the time the earthquake hit at 2:46 p.m. local time and it wa...