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Scheduling note. president obama will be -- he had a previously scheduled press conference, but you can expect, of course, the tsunami, the earthquake, the aftermath will be a large part of that. that will be happening in the 12:00 hour eastern. that is in the 9:00 hour pacific time for all of you wanting to hear that. >> that conversation with the japanese prime minister a little more than 20 minutes ago. let's talk about western coast of the united states. the first waves of the tsunami are closing in on the west coast, and they are traveling at hundreds of miles an hour. chad myers is here ...

200% debt in gdp to debt ratio, that's incredible. >> we've heard from the reporter out there, there's pressure on one of the leaders who has been caught in a scandal and now this. the biggest earthquake in japanese history. and as we look at these new pictures, can you imagine being the chopper pilot and we just saw that gigantic tsunami wave sweep through a town where you are absolutely powerless to warn the people. hey, get out of the way! although they did have some warning but nonetheless, would you look at all that debris? and the fires. this is a dark day in japan. >> on the phone with ...

Since this hit us and i happened to be home at 3:00 in the afternoon, it's a friday here so i came home early and i haven't been out of the house now so the whole thing is when this happens, they teach you and train you not to go outdoors. stay where you are. or if you're in an open space, go outdoors. i'm in a neighborhood now and i contemplated that, went outside but there's all kinds of wires and telephone poles and it's just -- >> aftershocks. >> it's really tough to make decisions when it happens. >> tom byer, amazing to get your firsthand perspective in japan live for us this morning. co...

Minutes is when they're estimating it to hit hawaii. they are estimating waves are going to be about three feet at least when it hits the philippines. you mentioned something earlier and that was an important point. we we look at these pictures, we think look at that tsunami wave. but what prompted all these is this gigantic earthquake. this is a major earthquake. i don't know that we have covered an earthquake of this magnitude. it is 8.9 magnitude. it is the largest since records started in hawaii, and that's a country used to dealing with great big earthquakes. so far they have had 19 after...

Where the epicenter was 80 miles from there is the epicenter of the quake. the footage you're looking at right now is the very area in which you said -- which they say is populated by the elderly of japan. >> yeah. if you're just waking up, come to your tv and look at these pictures. that was just a neighborhood. and as you can see the debris and the muddy water, a wall of water, some estimates say in some spots, it was 13 feet high. other estimates say that the tsunami wave was 33 feet high. and right there, what you're looking at is sundaii airport and there's no airplanes there. presumably ...