chuck wallace is director in emergency management. do people here understand the cascadia zone, do they understand the risk? >> i think they do >>> to get a better look at the challenges facing coastal communities, he took me up an observation tower on the coast. >> i think once the tsunami waves come and they will be coming from right where you're looking at right out in front of us, you're just hoping you can get to higher ground >>> even though roads are marked with tsunami evacuation roots, he says the earth quake that proceeds the tsunami will maybe the roads undrivable. that means walking to higher ground. the math is not encouraging. a tsunami is likely to hit within half an hour of an earthquake. the high ground from here in west port is a 50-minute walk. in case you were wondering, wallace says this tower would not survive a tsunami. there's more. a tsunami isn't like a wind generated wave, the kind you see at the beach. they're caused by the sea jerking upwards causing a massive wall of water. >> the wave is vines and vines

chuck wallace is an emergency manager for this county. >> if you're in an inundation zone or close to the coast, if you feel an earthquake you have to suspect that a tsunami could be following. if there is one, if there is one coming, we have about 15 to 25 minutes along the coast to move to higher ground. >> brangham: and so the town of ocosta, with just a few thousand residents, is now building this- - a large tsunami evacuation shelter-- here on top of its public school. it's the first of its kind in north america. >> well, right now we're in the stair tower, and this is after the earthquake and we're evacuating to the rooftop to the tsunami evacuation shelter. >> brangham: so there are four stairways like this one? >> yes. >> brangham: paula akerlund is the school superintendent for the district, and she was instrumental in getting this shelter built. akerlund said they started discussing this shelter four years ago, in an ominous coincidence, hours later, the massive tsunami hit japan. the whole world watched as waves destroyed buildings and roads and entire towns in just a matte

several of those officers sat down to talk with investigative reporter sarah wallace. >> chuck and sibila, the police commissioner declined to be interviewed for this story citing the officers' lawsuit. he has repeatedly maintained that numerical quotas do not exist. just like any other organization, there are employees are evaluated. on the streets in certain new york city neighborhoods, ask about police quotas for arrests and summons and this is what you often hear. >> there is a quo that system. quota system. >> these nypd officers all currently on the job say it's true. they've all worked the streets, the subways and patrolled housing developments. >> the department says there are no quotas. >> i can tell you. there are quotas in the nypd. >> are they lying? >> absolutely. it's ill paralegal for them to egal for them to admit it. >> they tell you this to your face. black and hispanics between 14 to 21, they must get stopped. >> they're plaintiffs in a federal class action lawsuit

chuck todd is with us. nicole wallace remains with us. counselor, what do you do with this establishment? >> i think what you do is face the reality that you have to do a lot electorally in the next two weeks. march 15th is the cutoff date. if you care about where the party goes, you get into the rules a little bit. and you learn that 73% oe delegates are chosen at state conventions, or by state party executive committees with little or no input from the candidate who wins that state. who the actual delegates are is a product of the state parties for the most part. they're bound to vote for the presidential candidate on the first ballot. they're not bound to vote for the presidential candidate for rules issues, for credentials challenges, for the vice presidential nominee. or even who the permanent chair of the convention is. so if you were to devise a plan to stop a runaway nominee, you would have to do a lot of state-by-state organizing with the delegates at the convention. >> if you were going to organize that kind of effort to, let's

chuck. >> let me turn now to nicole wallace, former communications director to president george w. bush and an msnbc news political analyst. nicole, this issue of the stop-trump movement, if he wins three or four states tonight, he's not going to win any of them probably over 50%, he hasn't done it yet. and i want to put up a little map. there's only three states where he's gotten over 45. there are six states where -- and nine states where he's gotten under 40. does that help the rationale of the anti-trump movement to say, you know what, he can't even -- he has yet to win 50% of republicans anywhere. does that matter? >> you and i both root for miami sports teams. the stop-trump movement doesn't have a lot of points on the board. and the stop-trump movement, in its most honorable form, i think is what carly described, an effort to beat him by his on e opponents. >> got to beat him fair and square. >> i think the fallacy of the argument that somehow ted cruz nah one on one race starts running away with this really overlooks the fact that trump does have a solid, very sticky base o

. >>> let's dive a little further into this with chuck todd, nicole wallace, nbc news political analyst and mark halpern, managing editor of bloomberg politics. i want you all each briefly to give me your headline from last night. something we haven't first thought about. ladies first. >> i think you'll hear a deaf ening roar about a brokered convention. i think there's a disconnect between the conversation republicans are having and the reality. >> i'll be simpler about it. the republican establishment died last night. >> the republican establishment is shockingly willing now to let donald trump be the nominee, they're resigned to it and they're going to focus on trying to hold the house and senate. >> let me pick up on that. nicole, would we like to talk about the stages of grief at the table, the bargaining, anger and -- >> she does it all on a daily basis. >> exactly. >> since our establishment republican, is it really acceptance phase? and if establishment republicans are saying we accept it, does that mean to them we're accepting we're probably going to lose the white house in 201

guy, we have the right guy for this conversation, however, ben ginsberg is with us, chuck todd is with us, nicole wallace is with us. all right, ben, what do you do with your republican party and the establishment? >> well, really good question, you have to face the reality you have to do a lot electorally, and if you care deeply about where the party goes you get into the rules a little bit. and you learn that 73% of the delegates are chosen at state conventions or by the state executive committees with little or no input from the candidate who wins that state. who the actual delegates are is the product of the state parties for the most part. so they're bound to vote for the presidential candidate on the first ballot. they're not bound to vote for the presidential candidate for rules issues, for credentials challenges. for the vice presidential nominee or even who the permanent chair of the convention is. so if you were to devise a plan to stop a runaway nominee you would have to do a state by state organizing to win the delegation. >> if you were trying to deny the nomination even though he won the mo

chuck todd. nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." nicolle wallace, political analyst, and mark, the managing editor of "bloomberg politics." give me your headline from last night. >> i think you'll hear a deafening roar in the republican party about the prospects of a brokered convention. it'll take place at the same time that trump has done nothing but strengthen himself. there is a disconnect between the conversation the republicans are having and the reality. >> the republican establishment died last night. the republican establishment is shockingly willing now to let donald trump be the nominee. they're resigned to it, and they'll focus on trying to hold the house and the senate. >> let me pick up on that. nicolle, we talk about the stages of grief at the table. the bargaining, the anger. >> she does it all on a daily basis. republican, is it acceptance phase? if establishment republicans are saying, we accept it, does that mean we're accepting we're probably going to lose the white house in 2016? >> i think it is a healthy acceptance of the wil