does anybody have any comments on christchurch new zealand?he japan van, very early, there will be a lot of lessons to be learned. we don't have the experts to really dissect it yet, i wanted to hone in on the experience in washington, the ringside seats in trying to get a public message out about this event. we were there 48 hours after the earthquake and a tsunami. mr. the really deal with the radiation aftermath. watching our partners in the federal government having offline conversations with them, they got hung up in the bureaucracy of saying what needed to be said. they were begging for just a press release from the federal government that said it is going to be ok. it just goes to the fact that public messaging is another area where we have got to streamline and focus. and with that, any comments about japan? excellent. >> we are going to have diana and commande>> excellent. >> hello. i am commander aa. [unintelligible] -- commander dudley. we started planning the day after the last one. we heard from the community and supervisor mirkar

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of course we're looking at what happens in christchurch and japan very closely. >> it's been 22 yearswith the recent devastation in japan, we need to reaffirm our commitment as a city to be prepared. >> i think we're on the right track. but mayor lee is absolutely right, we have to constantly reaffirm our commitment to this. we have to constantly reevaluate where we're at in terps of readiness. i would say that since i joined the department back in 2005, i have seen a huge shift in how san francisco works together, and i would say san francisco is doing an amazing job of being able to manage events as a city, and working with our private partners, our nonprofit community. our community as a hole. and now our focus over the last couple of years has really been toward looking to how can we make a resilient community. we're looking to nonprofits. how do we all play together to just make this city as resilient as it can can possibly be? the main lesson we take away from all of these incidents throughout the world is that it comes down to the people. it's us as individuals, but us as a com

in christchurch he saw the effects of february's earthquake.ere? so max hastings is a former editor of the staunchly monarchist "daily telegraph." >> if time passes and prince william is more and more at the center of the stage one question they think is bound to be asked, would it be in everyone's interest including those of the prince of wales for a new, young next generation prince william to succeed to the throne? i think an enormous amount will depend on what seems to be the will of the british people. >> reporter: other voices say no. sarah bradford is the queen's biographer. >> i think that it will be very strange for the monarchy if public opinion forced the heir to step aside. i think that that would be extremely dangerous for the monarchy. i think that we simply have to accept the rules of the game. >> reporter: so william must wait and that according to his godfather ex-king constantine of greece is how it should be. >> in my line of business if you want -- or in our line of business there is no such thing as being in the -- it works