one degree in moscow. 11 in berling and looking mild toll the west again. here's the extended forecast now. >>> an earthquake has shaken northern trp jp. the tremor occurred 11:45 a.m. on wednesday. it had an estimated magnitude of 7.2 and was centered off the coast of -- in northern japan. the depth of the quake was estimated at 10 kilometers. japan's meteorological agency issued an advisory along the pacific coast of northeastern japan. once again, a earthquake has shaken northern japan. the tremor occurred 11:45 a.m. on wednesday. the quake had an estimated magnitude of 7.2 and was centered off the coast of -- in northern japan. . we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

[berl -- bell] commissioner hwang: how long has this site and operable? >> since november 18. under the old law, it is not a sign of completion. under the new law, it is basically saying it is complete. commissioner hwang: so under the old law, it has actually been functional, but prior to that time, it was not? >> prior to november 18, no, it was not functional. commissioner fung: how many of your facilities require some type of modification, in terms of the antenna and in terms of the flush mount. >> i know we have seven under the 3-g and trying to do some quick mathematics, we had some for the 4-g network, and i believe of the panel antennas, a lot of sights of a different condition on them. it did not essentially change it. not properly reflected or they were never updated, and i think with those flush mounts, from looking at them, there were probably about 10 out of 65. those are the ones that we still have the parts on order. " they have not been completed yet. commissioner peterson: i do not know much about your company and how many people are employed, but i get a sens

ifed lived in berlin for three very interesting years and i live in berl -- bavaria. >> have you ever worked for an american politician in --? >> no. i did a lot of work fore them at herityage indirectly and that soured me on it. it's one of the things i love about this network, it actually, facts do matter. and they didn't know enough about that. and, two -- and, too, i love the politics of washington, but if that's all it is, it's a pretty shallow, useless life. brian: what politicians did you work for? >> well, everybody, i did work for joe biden, chuck hagel on trying to work out a common sense policy for republicans. i did work for the finance committee, treasury committee, foreign relations, international committee, testified for these people. last night i talked to hill staffers again, to constantly do what you do, to educate people as to what is is going on. brian: do these groups pay you? >> not in this case. the way that this makes money is that the way i'm connected in washington, that's the selling point. they don't have to charge for being here. and the good news and we s