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And i said gene robinson i said no way. republicans don't control the house of representatives. it doesn't happen. and i remember going to washington, d.c. looking at that dome, that was a wholly owned subsidiary of the democratic party and i couldn't even imagine even after we won that the republicans had actually won the majority and it really showed just like 1980, just like 1974 that when a wave hits, man it sweeps everybody out of the way. this is a wave election, then yes, the democrats are going to take control of the house but they won't hold serve in the senate. if it's a wave electio...

They travel as far as the speed. this is rocket science here. this is the height of the waves and this is computer modeling now from noaa. this is the epicenter off of the coast of chile, and you can appreciate that this is over open water, i may say, and this is where you get the worst of it, the higher amplitude waves. agains you cannot extrapolate what is happening in the ocean along the shores. you can have a two-foot wave here and end up with a 20-foot wave depending upon the irregularity of the shorelines and the orientation of how that wave hits. that is why we can't say, okay, well, we...

Right now on the phone. there are precautions being taken right now to get the u.s. military ships and submarines into place or out of harm's way. we are talking about a tsunami wave that will be coming in with the velocity of jet-like speed. >> reporter: absolutely, fred. we've been in touch with the navy all day. we can tell you now in hawaii at pearl harbor area, four u.s. navy warships getting under way. the number of ships will stay tied up in port. they are trying to get as many as they can out of the way. these ships are very expensive, multibillion dollar war ships and they need to get...

The popularity scale. people tend to personally like their own congressman. the reports we are getting back is that this time it could be different. i wanted to ask you, do you think some of the incumbent are in trouble? >> i talked to democratic campaign committee who handles the house. the average rating of approval for members of the house is about 88% or 89%. 70% now. i think the idea of a safe incumbent -- when i was in the business if you had an incumbent very rare they lose. if a wave hits, if a big issue comes along a lot of people who think they are safe will be in trouble. >> anythin...