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way again today. the protests began last month and have now spread to several other u.s. cities. >> folks, sit down, please. folks, everyone, step down. >> there was the scene yesterday. today the brooklyn bridge is open after the group shut down one side of the bridge in protest of what they call corporate greed. 700 people were arrested. the u.s. state department has issued a worldwide travel alert for americans living or traveling abroad. it warns that followers of al qaeda figures killed on friday could stage revenge attacks. read the entire warning on the u.s. state department...

Joining us dr. robert weiss he studied the affects of tsunamis for the past 10 years. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> sean: obviously, we have the tsunami there. from what i understand this is moving at the speed of a jet. about 500 miles per hour. walk us through how all of this occurs. obviously we don't have a lot of warning but we have tsunami warnings. as you see the water sweep through and picking up trucks and boats and houses, i mean, explain the power to people. >> well, the first thing is that tsunami is generated by vertical movement of the sea floor. you ha...

Ocean very well, there's a tremendous amount of variability in the coastline. so that the most important thing is people just need to move away from the coast. >> last thing here to you quickly, sir. how much of an impact does it have on this event that it was only about, i believe this was about 15 miles deep. the depth of an earthquake, the epicenter is always so critical. what kind of an impact did that have? only 15 miles down? >> well, you know, that's very significant. of course, particularly for an onshore event because it means that the population is that much closer. now, this one was...

Systems are work in progress. oh, no. he continues, both systems currently have limitations on water depth and barrel per day containment capability. now, let me decipher that for you. do you know what still a work in progress means? it means if it blows now, we still have no way to contain it. but hey, we got a lot of pressure from the oil companies to get that oil flowing again. drill, baby, drill and let's hope it doesn't blow. bad idea. now, it turns out the fight over wisconsin budget isn't just about unions. governor scott walker is also making it about -- are you ready for this? birth c...

Liberty island, a manmade island subject to the less string jen onshore regulations -- less stringent onshore regulations. >> the manmade islands work up to a point many after you get to a water depth greater than 25, 30 feet the an applicationability does not work. we are in this year -- this wear we need a threating rig. >> greta: are you subject to onshore or offshore? >> offshore. >> greta: mms your regulator? >> mms -- >> greta: that bothers us too. i realize they had conflict of interest trying to regulate and collecting money horrible conflict of interest that has been changed. how can ...