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Inundation area. the trouble is it says the danger area ends here. in fact, the power of this tsunami wave took it for well over a mile further down this valley. it is no surprise that the poor people who lived here were caught completely unawares. >> that was james mates from itv news. >> joining us live from tokyo, chris jansing, host of "jansing and company." thanks very much for taking time to join us. really appreciate it. >> hi, rachel. >> even areas like tokyo that weren't affected by the tsunami or by the earthquake are dealing with smaller earthquakes, rolling blackouts and potential ...

They were picking over the remains of a town that no longer exists. as if earthquake and tsunami were not enough, no sooner had the water retreated then fire engulfed the town. fueled by kerosene from cooking stoves and wooden remains of thousands of houses, it burned for two days, and left nothing. walking through it now, the sten much of smoke is still everywhere. friday morning of last week, this was home to 17,000 people. only 5,000 have been accounted for. the population was certainly aware of the danger, sign warns this is a tsunami in undags area. the trouble is it says the danger area ...

Area. the trouble is it says the danger area ends here. the power of this tsunami wave took it for well over a mile further down this valley. it is no surprise that the poor people here were caught completely unaware. >> joining us live from tokyo, chris tokyo is msnbc's chris jansing host of "jansing and company." thanks very much for taking time to join us. really appreciate it. >> hi, rachel. >> hi. even areas like tokyo that weren't affected by the earthquake or by the tsunami are dealing with small earthquakes and rolling blackouts and potential radiation from this crippled nuclear plants...

Japan showing the brute force of the earthquake and tsunami four days ago. many of the pictures are startling, unsettling and others are just sort of eerie. it's almost like watching the earth open up beneath your feet. take a look at this video from chiba. >> this is the other end of the road that i just video'd. you can see the damage. this is the -- >> now i want to replay you video that we showed you yesterday, and this is important. you're going to see why in just a moment. first i want you to watch this with me. >> you see the tsunami wave, it's carrying what looks like an entire buildin...

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...