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Part of the southeast asian region. >> all right. and david, as you look at these images that are coming in from japan of all the devastation from the tsunami wave, that has to take you back to 2004 and what happened in thailand though that wasn't nearly as widely televised with images as the waves were happening as this one. >> that's right. from what i understand, the japanese media and the government had a really clear indication of when the tsunamis will hit and they sent the helicopters out to see and to record what was happening. we never had that chance in the greater asian tsunami of 2...

Breaking news here on msnbc. watch what's happening in japan. if you are just joining us, let me give you what we know right now. here at 4:57 a.m. eastern time. we have heard reports there hannan 8.9 earthquake. that number may change but an 8.9 magnitude earthquake. now, they have had aftershocks since. an hour after they had the earthquake, about five hours ago, they then experienced a tsunami wave. that was the first. this is the afteraffect. this is where the epicenter is. tokyo not too far away. the tsunami wave going through all the farmlands of japan and taking down anything in its way...

In common to call, they should make sure that they have that contact outside of the -- that area. >> and you -- we have some other news to share with you and that is the death toll has now gone from 10 when he with started the show, then up at 32. now they said 44 in the after effects of what's happened in japan with the 8.9 earthquake that struck this morning. this afternoon there, this morning here. >> right. coralie, we probably have a lot of people who are watching right now who have relatives who are vacationing in hawaii this particular week, are you confident that everybody who is stayi...

The extent of damage. the powerful quake has stop bullet trains across the country and trains around the tokyo area. east japan railway company says all lines have stopped and major tokido lines all -- >> okay. taking a look there at an oil refinery fire, one of many as you're hearing. there are fires all over central tokyo. however, it is the countryside being hit the hardest with the tsunami wave. one of the biggest cities in the miyagi province called sendai, it is the most populated city there, it faces the pacific. which explains why they're being hit with a devastating amount of water. y...

Tapes off the desk. and we were told to evacuate the building. we walked down 27 flights of stairs. and all of us. and everyone in the building were outside sort of in a daze. because of what just happened. and then we saw the pictures of the tsunami that you mentioned. in miyagi which is two and a half hours north of here. >> to give people an idea, you're talking right now of miyagi area, and that's the video that folks are looking at right now. and i'm hoping that you have a screen that you can look at as well. this is about two hours north of you. nearby where this magnitude 8.9 quake stru...