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Beach south of los angeles, and casey, what are you seeing there? >> well, i'm seeing the exact same thing that chad was just talking about. the tsunami was supposed to hit this area at least the first tsunami wave about 20, 25 minutes ago, and if you can see the water behind me, it is very, very calm. we have seen waves here hitting the beach, but no more significant than you would see on anymore mall day, now the local officials tell us that one of the reasons may be because it is low tide. that is keeping the vol yuumes water away from the higher ground and even away from being noticeable s...

10, 13 feet of water rushing in. we saw cars, boats, even homes just being swept away as if it was a toy. let's get more on the tsunami threat for the west coast of the united states. casey wian joins us. it looks beautiful in california at the moment but what are you watching for? >> reporter: it is beautiful at the moment, kate. what you can see behind me off in the distance is the "uss dubuque" which was just left seal beach naval weapons station a little south of here as a precaution. because there are so many am nirks loaded on to that ship at the weapons station the military has decided ...

Were fatally injured. >> mysteriously, two pirates were already dead. moments later, u.s. forces killed two more pirates below, shooting one, knifing another. 15 pirates in custody. >> there were explicit warnings to mariners about the regions, the dangers and the pirate activity in this area. >> this was the deadliest pirate attack on americans in modern history. it really brings a fresh warning that pirates are now roaming up to 1,500 miles offshore. to put that in some perspective, that's an area as large as the united states east of the mississippi. now i'm standing in front of the uss dub...