miyagi was a tsunami pounded sendai city washing inland ten kilometers. police say 200 to 300 tiods have been found. in other parts of miyagi prefecture, 62 people have been confirmed ad rescue and identification s bng slowed because much of the area is under water. a fire has engulfed much of the bay area. thfi dasr management agency says the flames may have been sparked after oil leaked in nghring fukushima a uni. prefecture, 91 people have been confirmed dead and more than 480 are missing. tna hhe than 7.3 meters hit a port in the prefecture. wide stretches of the coastline iwata prefecture, at least 191 people have been confirmed dead. more than 200 others are reported missing following a tsunami. in tokyo and neighboring prefectures, 29 people have died, some after being hit by falling deis thumr o people dead across japan has reached 573. about 730 others are missing. the total number ofeand missing is expected to rise to more than 1,300. >>> the massive earthquake has also damaged two nuclear power an i fukushima prefecture. air has been released f

in waters off natori city, miyagi a phenomenon called an andula bore was seen. in which a series of tsunami waves were high near the shore and flooded in. tohoku university professor fumihiko imamura says more than 20 andula bores and the extensive damage may have been caused by them. schools in the quake hit area have become a temporary home for thousands of evacuees. many students have returned but not for classes.

this is in a rural region north of tokyo called miyagi. as you can see, this is obviously causing mass destruction in this particular region. as we continue to get more details, most people are saying the aftershock was just as bad, coming in at 7.4. once again, this quake struck in the middle of the afternoon, a friday amp locally, 2:46, so most people at work or out and about. perhaps the one upside might be this looks to be sparsely densely populated region as opposed to an area like tokyo, a city with more people in them. it looks like a lot of farmland. this is footage from the initial tsunami, taking out cars and obviously causing a lot of problems. >> absolutely unbelievable footage. the extent of the destruction still a big unknown. we want to turn things over to akiko fujita, our correspondent in japan. good morning, akiko. are you hearing anything about the extent of the damage? i know it's pandemonium and chaos, not surprisingly, but are you hearing anything about the damage of all this may be? >> reporter: it's interesting. we

we begin with encouraging news of the rescue in miyagi prefecture. self defense forces say they found a young man eight days after the earthquake hit central japan. rescuers found the man in the collapsed house on saturday morning. he was immediately taken to a hospital. the self-defense forces say a young man has been rescued in miyagi prefecture eight days after the earthquake hit. the man was found in a collapsed house on saturday morning. he was immediately taken to a hospital. our best wishes for his recovery. >>> at the troubled in fukushima , the fight continues to fight the radiation hazard. it will resume the operation in the afternoon. tokyo electric power company is making efforts to restore power to the cooling system. the tokyo fire department began spraying water into the storage pool into the number three reactor building early on saturday morning. it suspended the operation after spraying water for 20 minutes to connect electricity cables. five fire engines and 13 firefighters were the at site. one truck has a 22 meter discharging arm

from our camera reporter in miyagi.oks like the tsunami has engulfed several cities in miyagi prefecture. live footage of miyagi, as the tsunami has struck the area. the river.ngulfing farms, live footage of an inferno going pretty much out of control, with firefighters not being able to contain it in chiba prefecture,

miyagi prefecture, roughly 46% of the town area have been inundated. in the devastated area they are speeding ahead with measures in order to build prefabricated homes and also to restore urban infrastructure. however, there are major obstacles in the way. the research institute have stepped into kesennuma city of miyagi prefecture that have suffered devastating damages. along the kesennuma port, along 2.5 meters from the map there is a tank that had been toppled. this contains heavy fuel. the heavy fuel may have spilled over into the town area and could have been the source of widespread fires. at 500 meters from the coast there is a 330-ton large vessel that has been washed to this distance. this is a witness. he says that from the red building just alongside it, along the road, the vessel had been washed to where it is. he never dreamt that such a large vessel would find its way here. and this researcher says that there are vessels and also tanks that are installed along the port and these are debris that have been washed away and this is one such e

. >> aún no están excluidos los habitantes de miyagi, que son diez mil. >> hablando sobre lo que pasód y el susto de esta mañana. >> cuando suena la alarma, todo el mundo corre. >> un hombre nos grita, corran y salven la vida. >> todo el mundo corre. >> algo normal cuando se ve lo que causo el más reciente. >> este era el pueblo, sólo es escombro ahora. >> Él es un funcionario de una oficina cerca del agua. >> la gente salío corriendo, creo que muchos murieron. >> 40 sobrevivientes fueron encontrados el domingo en la mañana. >> es una carrera contra reloj. >> se encontro a un hombre cerca de la costa, su vivienda fue arrancada, él conto la historia cuando el mar arrastro a su esposa. >> el banco de japón inyecto dinero a su bolsa, algo más de 85 mil millones de dólares . >> el indice bajaba el cinco por ciento. >> dos de las 18 embarcaciones que se hundieron en santa cruz, se recuperaron . >> ningún barco saldra del puerto hasta que las autoridades den el permiso necesario. >> nos vamos. >> al regresar... . >> se arresta a una mujer porque puede haber matado a su propia. >> sepa porqu

yasuo onodera who is practicing in miyagi prefecture. he has decided to provide free legal advice to those who have been affected by the crisis and this man has entrusted his car to a dealer. however, the car has been washed away. and he asks whether he can seek compensation from the dealer. the lawyer says this is a natural disaster and therefore they make the assumption it is a force of nature however, let us try to file for such a complaint. however, it will take some time. this area has been affected by the quake and tsunami and also fire. this is the town of kes that city. 5,000 deaths are confirmed as of yesterday and there are many whose whereabouts are unaccounted for. 25 years ago, he has practiced law. when the tsunami struck he was in another town and he was saved. however his office, two kilometer from the sign has been devastated. the first floor has been flooded and important documents have been washed away. all the pcs are no longer working and most likely the data on the pcs cannot be accessed. for the time being, he felt

terremoto, de magnitud 8.8 ha sacudido durante dos minutos el noreste de japn, en la zona de iwate y miyagi, a unos 300 kilmetros de la capital. ---ademas, genero un tsunami con olas de hasta seis metros de altura ! -----al menos 102 personas resultaron heridas, seis de ellas de gravedad. -----el temblor se ha sentido hasta en el centro de tokio, donde se han tambaleado algunos edificios. ----segn estas informaciones , 49 personas resultaron heridas en los deslizamiento s de tierra en la prefectura de iwate y otros 19 en la de miyagi --incluyendo una mujer de 65 aÑos que sufri leves quemaduras. ---- en total, cerca de 38 mil hogares se quedaron sin luz en toda la regin. cu ----comenzo como un viaje estudiantil y pudo terminar en tragedia. ----- un joven de preparatoria salt del puente golden gate esta maÑana y milagrosamente salio ileso. take vo ----es un estudiante de la prepa windsor, de santa rosa. ---- 45 compaÑeros estaban con el alrededor de las 11 de hoy, y segun fuentes, aplaudieron la peligrosa "hazaña"- si se le puede decir asi ....y fueron unos surfistas los que lo rescataron. --

in miyagi prefecture, 1,860 deaths has been confirmed and 2 -- 200,011 people remain missing. await prefecture has 3,318 missing. fukushima prefecture has confirmed 509 deaths. over 440,000 people are in about 200400 health shelters. some of the shelters lack food, water and essential supplies such as fuel. relief efforts are hampered by fuel shortage for trucks and ambulances. snow is also falling. the meteorological agency warns the cold weather poses a health risk for the evacuees. the agency says strong aftershocks are likely to continue. it says near the epicenter the intensity could reach six minus to six plus on the japanese scale of zero to seven. now we have reports from miyagi prefecture that suffered extensive damage from the earthquake and tsunami. many people continue to search for their family members and loved ones. they are supporting each other in this time of great despair. >> reporter: this is the iwate prefecture after the earthquake and tsunami, a great fire broke out and the center part of the city was devastated. in the city office, an emergency telephon

the quake hit plant in miyagi prefecture is not in operation. panasonic, hitachi have increased production of batteries. they are operating at full capacity. following suit, osaka-based electrochemical company plans to increase production of flash lights to meet demand. >>> in a bid to secure funds for rebuilding quake-hit areas the japanese government will review plans for subcy dieding highway tolls -- subsidizing highway tolls. they will submit a draft proposal on wednesday. this is amid mounting calls from within the ruling democratic party to use highway toll-related funds for reconstruction efforts. the proposal will suggest shelving a planned cap for freeway tolls on weekdays which was to take effect in april. it excludes toll-free sections already in place on a trial basis which cover 20% of rural highway roads in the country. the ministry says the move will save $1.2 billion. the ministry adds that after june it will scale back the toll-free experiment. $1.5 billion have been earmarked for this program in fiscal 2011. >>> russia says it

north reportedly around a meter high but in japan you have a four meter high wave sweeping into the miyagi prefecture you have been looking throughout the day at dramatic pictures of water engulfing cars buildings and ships . now about two hundred people have reportedly been washed away several others missing on japan's sendai island that is a part of the coastal area that is closest to the epicenter of there are currently about fifty fires along the coastline about four million homes without power prime minister not the has been organizing an emergency response team to tackle the disaster according to of their reports they're having a bit of difficulty going to the quake hit areas because of the devastation communication is crippled the international airport is currently closed again that we heard a statement from russia's president dmitri medvedev he reiterated that they will help each other to deal with the catastrophe. commissioner. of course we're really to help our neighbors in overcoming these pictures of the severe earthquake and state of emergency has also been to clear our soil a

japanese officials say some two thousand bodies have been found in the miyagi district following friday's massive earthquake and tsunami the findings will significantly increase the number of dead which currently stands at eighteen hundred. and emergency officials are on high alert in russia's foreign eastern southern region that's close to japan's border concerned about the threat of nuclear contamination. coming to you live from our studios in moscow you're watching r t thanks for joining us now to our developing story japanese officials are reassuring locals that radiation levels be a focal sheen one number one power plant are within the legal limits lock to one hundred sixty people could have been exposed to radiation following two explosions up the facility in northeastern or japan along monday morning a second explosion there injured eleven people within a twenty kilometer radius of the site had been evacuated to safety the reactors are said to be intact at the moment and officials claim another blast is now unlikely all this was triggered by friday's massive earthquake which was th

in miyagi prefecture, 244 deaths have been confirmed. -- fukushima prefecture has confirmed 533 deaths and nearly 3,000 are missing. more than 336,000 people are in over 2,300 shelter unless the devastated prefectures. some of the shelters lack food and water and other essential supplies. relief efforts are hampered by a shortage of fuel for trucks and ambulances. on thursday morning, temperatures in some of the affected areas plunged below zero degrees celsius and snow has fallen there. fukushima prefecture says 14 hospital patients have died after evacuating to an emergency shelter. two reportedly died on a bus that was taken them to a high school for shelter on monday. 12 died after arriving there. most of the patients were elderly and some were bedridden. the school principal says there are four medical staffers at the shelter but they have only minimum medical equipment. >>> nhk world has a report from miyagi prefecture, one of the hardest hit areas. the recent cold weather is making it more difficult for survivors. >> reporter: it snowed all night in northern japan. a total of 85

officials estimate 10,000 people were killed in miyagi alone. towns along the coast were obliterated by a 30 foot wave that went miles inland. many bodies were washed out to sea and likely will never be recovered. >>> the quake and tsunami essentially wiped off some towns from the map. natori, once home to over 70,000 people, a thriving farming town, now it no longer exists. ben tracy is there. >> reporter: more than three days after the earthquake hit and tsunami roared through natori, the homes are still smoldering, and this is all left of this town once home to farmers. now it's basically deserted. emergency vehicles are the only traffic on the roads and this man is one of the only people left in town. everyone else is gone because so are their homes. this used to be a neighborhood. now it is simply a debris field. >> reporter: these were houses. now they're all gone. >> nothing. >> reporter: our driver used to take this street when he drove his people to the beach. he can't believe what's happened. >> we cannot run away, escape. >> reporter:

the north where the graves are around a meter high and in japan a four meter wave swept into the miyagi prefecture and golfing cars buildings and ships we had been getting a dramatic pictures from the area according to the government five people are known to have died while two hundred others were reportedly washed away of course the death toll is expected to rise as they are still having difficulty reaching the quake hit areas there are several others are missing on japan sendai island just to remind you that is the coastal area of japan closest to the epicenter of the quake . there are about fifty fires along the coastline and around four million homes are without power at the moment according to japan's prime minister and multiply and he had given a speech earlier he said emergency response team is being assembled to tackle disaster it's been a very difficult for officials as they've reported because communication has been crippled the international airport has been a close since the earthquake russia's president has said that the country is ready to help japan and you'll be catastro

. >> tan sólo en miyagi, la policía encontro entre 300 y 400 persona smuertas. >> a nivel local la alerta>> uno de los puntos más vigilados fue acá en san francisco . >> buenas tardes beatriz ferrari . >> buenas tardes, ahora estamos donde las olas no fueron una complicacion, pero si donde hubieron muchos daños fue en el condado de santa cruz, esto también en el condado de san mateo . >> el gobernador jerry brown declaró estado de emergencia. >> mire el bote que quedo enganchado. >> las autoridades intentaban tomar control de las embarcaciones que navegaban a la deriva . >> nunca había visto algo así acá, las embarcaciones estaban chocando una contra otra. >> las autoridades informaron que a pesar de las ordenes de evacuacion, las personas se quedaron por curiosidad. >> este hombre no obedecio y fue en busca de su bote. >> esta mujer dijo que se había preocupado mucho por la alerta. >> deje en la casa a mi perrito. >> veo que esta bien ventoso, como que las olas están bien fuertes. >> las aguas se retiraban y volvian con más fuerzas, pero no causaron estragos, algunos quisieron hacer surg

rock the country meanwhile the estimated death toll from the earthquake triggered tsunami in the miyagi province alone is believed to exceed ten thousand. bennett has the latest from tokyo. actually the city is still shaking there been a number of aftershocks just this morning even one the last one about twenty minutes ago the whole room was shaking as i walk downstairs the light fittings were shaking and it's very hard to actually walk in a straight line you're swaying and enjoying the night there in couple of aftershocks so strong in fact that they work me up and i could actually hear the room creaking and things now falling from the roof outside so the city is still experiencing aftershocks none that are actually inflicting damage on the city now and from what i see in that this is very little of surface damage here but the transport infrastructure is definitely still suffering when trying to arrange transport now to sendai for the epicenter there where that earthquake hit me days ago. and all the trains none of the trains going to the north of the country they're not working and the

japanese officials say some two thousand volleys have been found in the miyagi prefecture following friday's a massive earthquake and tsunami findings will significantly increase the number of dead which currently stands at eighteen hundred. and russia see officials are on high alert in russia as a far eastern a solid region close to japan's border with concerns about the threat of nuclear contamination. and in other news that libya's rebels are losing ground as colonel gadhafi forces push through the opposition stronghold in the east the latest area to fall back into the hands of the government is the oil port of bragger. where the international community has been debating what measures to take to help stabilize libya well everyone has been critical of colonel gadhafi use of force on the opposition but we sat down with the model spokesperson of the arab commission for human rights to find out what he thinks about the way the undressed has been handled in the country. we're talking today to talk to. the commission for human rights. commission for human rights the prosecutor general for the i

aseo, aquí, en un alberge imporvisado una escuela secundaria en igashi viene de la prefectura de miyagi, el tsunami que afecto sus vidas. lo perdi todo, el tsunami inundo y perdi mi cas y mi coche. reaccionamos demasiado tarde, se llevo a mi esposa. todabia se trabaja para reunir a las familias. en esta oficina municipal se reoprtan los muertos mas de 16500 desaparecidos. a pesar de las circunstancias, podemos encontrar sanas dosis de alegria y sentido humano pablo herrera, japon. en noticias univision 14, ya volvemos los niños que faltan a clases por bulling tendrán mas ayuda. --se acerca la fecha limite para presentar la declaracion --se acerca la fecha limite para presentar la declaracion de se acerca la fecha limite para la declaracion de impuestos, hablamos con los expertos. ya solo quedan 3 semanas para entregar los impuestos. este año es el 18 de abril en vez del 15 de abril, feriado, entonces es el lunes 18 muchos contribuyentes prefieren hacerlo de manera electronica es mas rapido y facil, es mejor, uno ve el dinero mas rapido. además el irs ofrece ayuda en español. si la perso

japanese officials say some two thousand bodies have been found in the miyagi prefecture following friday's massive earthquake and tsunami the findings will significantly increase the number of dead which currently stands at eighteen hundred. and urgency officials are on high alert in russia's far eastern a southern region close to japan's border with concerns about the threat of nuclear contamination. and in other news that libya's rebels are losing ground as colonel gadhafi forces push through the opposition stronghold in the east but with no positive action and a constant power struggle locals say the end seems no where inside. coming to you live from moscow you're watching archie thanks for joining us it's just six pm in japan though there were new threats and warnings coming there from the country with reports of a possible third explosion on the way up in fukushima nuclear plant where this call was monday second blast there were injured eleven people were japanese officials have been reassuring locals that radiation levels at the plant are within legal limits up to one hundred. sixty

tan solo en la regÓn de miyagi, la más devastada, esa cifra superara las 10-mil victimas.en los albergues ya hay unas 450-mil personas y millones más enfrentan las nevadas del Élido invierno sin electricidad para calentar sus casas con poca comida y agua.--a cinco Ías del desastre, siguen ocurriendo los milagrosos rescates. hoy se encontraron dos sobrevivientes que estaban flotando en casas distintas que fueron arrancadas de sus cimientos por el maremoto. ---la crisis en los reactores nucleares de la planta "dai-ichi" en la prefectura de "fukushima" contiÚa igual de cÍtica en estos momentos debido a un incendio en una de las vasijas de contencÓn. ---por ahora no se conoce si las llamas provocaron una fuga de material radioactivo, pero Í se detectaron altos niveles de radiacÓn debido a un incendio ocurrido ayer en el sistema que controal la presÓn de los reactores. ---sin tratar de causar Á nico, las autoridades le han pedido a unos 140-mil residentes que viven cerca de la central nuclear que se encierren en sus hogares, y sellen puertas y ventanas. ---tambÉn se han detecta

elsewhere in miyagi prefecture, around sendai, the city that seems worst hit, there's a very large fire that's been burning throughout the night. several square kilometers in a built-up area. >> i don't know if this makes you very lungy or unlucky but -- lucky or unlucky but you don't need me to remind you you were in the asian tsunami of 2004. can you give us a sense of what that's like? >> unless you experience a tsunami it's impossible to imagine the poush -- power of the water. it's not the height -- 10 meters in this case -- it's the speed and the weight and pressure as it bears down on you and hits up. i remember from the south asian tsunami cars being thrown up into trees fanned buildings falling over. in this one we've seen the power of that from aerial pictures, cars and boats and houses being swept along in the sea, eating up the land at a very terrifying pace. it's not something you can run away from. when it hits you, you have to make sure you are lucky and you are the -- hope that you are the one that survives. >> the earthquake was 8,000 times more powerful than the one th

one of the places hardest hit by the tsunami is the coastal port of miyagi co.ur correspondent returned to the town to see how it has coped now that the flood waters have receded. >> it is hard to believe it now, the way these waters rose, devouring all they saw. a week ago a giant wave was racing toward the shore. it swamped octobermiyako's -- defenses.ped miyako's she was standing on the fourth floor of the city hall, watching. the tsunami rose exactly half an hour after the earthquake struck. all of the water was sucked out just before the tsunami hit. i could see the sand on the bottom of the river bed. -- river boat. >> that but now lies crushed. at least 1000 died here, adding to this nation's mounting losses. what you can see that many of the houses here were built of wood, and have been wiped out. the high street is just this way. >> even now, many people are still coming to pick up what is left of their lives. when she heard the siren, she ran home to save her father. they lost each other in the waves. >> everything was being swept towards me. i knew i

he was found in the miyagi prefecture. >>> we mentioned the final impact. this is part of a story that continues to evolve financially around the world. >> lots of moves being made today. we want to bring in scott bud n budman. we're starting to see those effects here. >> companies here at home realizing that the japanese market is going to be uncertain and going through uphooefl alup. concerns about shipping, supply chains, digging in and bringing u.s. stocks down. even apple previously immune to all things recession realitied says it will delay planned production of the ipad 2 in the japanese market. it was scheduled for release on the 25th of this month. apple shares down about 2.5% today on the news. more news from the auto industry. one day after announcing plans to shut down production in japan, toyota along with sub rue say they'll scale down production at their american plants as well. the concern is how quickly they can get parts from japan to the american dealerships. japan, the largest supplier of silicon, which the chips are made from that make

over 237,000 people are living in shelters across japan in the three hardest-hit prefectures of miyagi, i watta, and fukushima, that border the tsunami. people are taking refuge at shelters. many of the evacuees are suffering from shortages of food, water, and other essentials. we have chief cabinet secretary yukio edano way news conference now. >> translator: thanks for waiting. there is a cabinet meeting. i'd like to report to you the outcome. there are two general issues. one issuance of low and personal changes. starting today we are going to have a meeting for the support of the people in the evacuation shelters. the activities of the meeting, in order to have a smooth operation, we have decided to establish a meeting, a liaison meeting to support evacuatees. we will have close contact and confirm and follow up all issues that are necessary to support the victims. mr. matsumoto is the head. mr. katayama, mr. sengoku, mr. hirano are the members of the special meeting. they will serve as the vice chairmen. and the deputy ministers of different departments have attended this meeting.

at this evacuation center alone. 9600 in the town of minami sanriku. 166,000 in the prefecture of miyagi. 285,000 in the whole affected areas. that is just one indication of how serious the situation remains reporting live from minami sanriku. >> sdf helicopters arriving there for rescue work, but you can see snow was still there and the situation still continued to be very see veer for the survivors doctor -- se is veer for the survivors and up next is the weather forecast wisakiochi. we are looking at conditions across japan this morning and it is looking a lot warmer. milder weather is set to move in as that cold air mass pulls away for much of the country by tonight. that's good news. high pressure is moving in instead and we will be seeing some sunny skies. precipitation wise, too, finally a little snow lingering in the northwest flank here this morning, but that is short lived. it is now headed out and then we will see really dry and clear conditions across much of the country today. winds too are showing signs of easing. so that also will help to bring in milder túe

. >>> miyagi prefecture was mitt hard. this footage of the port taken wednesday morning shows the devastation caused by the double natural disaster. boths were swept inland and lined debris where

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those who cannot make it home spend the night in emergency shelters, like here in me augie -- in miyagi. >> the road show and heaved. it was terrible. >> i do not know how to get home. >> power outages are widespread, and the government has asked supermarkets to provide emergency supplies to those who need it. >> police in japan are now saying they expected the death toll to reach 1000. the kyoto news agencies reported that 1800 homes have been destroyed. we had this report on when the earthquake hit. >> in a shop in japan's second yalta -- second-largest city, staff and customers were caught off guard as the earthquake struck. the intensity of the earthquake increases. the power goes out. parts of the ceiling crashed down as patrons seek cover. a camera team is working outside and captures images of the moment the earthquake struck. shock and alwe. >> it is too dangerous, shouts the camera man. we have to get away from the building. >> i cannot stay on my feet. i have never experienced such an earthquake before. >> i had a feeling something like this would happen. it is really frighten

the death toll shot up after about 1,000 bodies were washed up on the miyagi coastline. a second explosion caused by a buildup of hydrogen has rocked a japanese nuclear facility. people living nearby staying indoors. last night's blast sent a column of smoke into the air. 11 workers were hurt. these explosions are fueling question here at home about whether our own plants are safe in the event of a massive earthquake. today in the east bay, tracy potts reports from washington. >> put the brake on right now until we understand the ramifications of what's happened in japan. >> reporter: there are 104 nuclear plant in the u.s., about a quarter designed like those under a state of emergency in japan. the nuclear regulatory commission insists each american plant is built to withstand the most severe shocks. at least four more are on the drawing board. president obama is asking for $36 billion next year to build even more. but in light of the explosions in japan, some on capitol hill want to take it slow. >> we stro listen to what is listening in japan to protect ourselves and

. >> reporter: before march 11th, most americans had never heard of miyagi, that district in japan now so synonymous with pain and loss. but taylor anderson knew it in better days. the girl from richmond, virginia, had made it her home. >> she loved it. she loved the culture. she loved the people. she loved teaching japanese children. she was living her dream. >> reporter: but taylor taught more than english. she taught compassion in full measure. when the earthquake struck, she helped get children out. but the time she needed to save herself was gone. it took rescuers days to reach that area, to begin picking through the grim jigsaw puzzle of debris. it seemed hopeless. and yet nine days in, a 16-year-old boy was found clinging to a roof, exhausted and cold, but alive. he had saved his 80-year-old grandmother too after finding the refrigerator stocked with yogurt and coke. [ speaking foreign language ] we always knew there was something special about him, said his father. special indeed. and for a time, it seemed that taylor was part of that special group. in fact her parents got a ca

this is the town in the area called miyagi of japan when the tsunami hit.lose to 70,000 people live in that town. the images of the earthquake and tsunami in japan are mesmerizing and horrifying at the same time. nbc's lester holt shows us this disaster and remarkable moments of survival as it unfolded. >> reporter: in the hardest hit corner of japan, survival. in the middle of so much destruction and loss, hope. a group of kindergarteners rescued, stranded aboard a boat, now back on land. treating their injuries on the spot. today growing worries about those who hadn't been found, lists of evacuees were posted at local shelters. >> translator: my husband hasn't come here yet. he left home a little later than me. our house was swept away. >> reporter: on the roof of one hospital, the staff used towels and sheets to spell out a simple desperate plea. 300 people, help. elsewhere, a young woman says she's glad to be alive. >> translator: we are all right. i'm relieved that my baby was not harmed. >> the american red cross is hoping the devastation half a world

the spinach was found in farms in the miyagi prefecture. >> most of the limits are set low to begin with five times higher than the legal limit still would not be enough i don't think to cause a discernible health effect. >> reporter: the government said drinking a glass of contaminated milk a day for an entire year would expose a person to as much radiation as one ct scan. to block the effects of containmented food, officials recommend that people take iodine tablets. radioactive iodine was found in the drinking water here. those don't exceed safety standards but experts say if the reactor was brought under control tomorrow and it won't be, radioactive contamination will continue for weeks and perhaps months. lester? >> >> tonight when we come back, america stepping up to relieve the suffering in japan. be, radioactive contamination will continue for weeks and perhaps months. >> tonight when we come back, america stepping up to relieve the suffering in japan. plavix helps protect people with acs against heart attack or stroke: people like you. it's one of the most researched prescriptio

japanese officials say some two thousand bodies have been found in the miyagi prefecture following friday's a massive earthquake and tsunami the findings will significantly increase the number of deaths currently stands at eight thousand eight hundred. and emergency officials are on high alert in russia's foreign eastern asahi in a region that's close to japan's border they're concerned about the threats of nuclear contamination. more on the latest from japan in about half an hour's time but for now we delve into the story of the infamous the regular leaks website and its creator to stay with us on our team. the website. up a hundred seventh as. stated it's chilly and such feel better i think that adults are detention and right out of the bag which exist out there and. he says he has a dream a world without secrets the first step in the fall of the institute to get information out of the real world today anyone can find out what information the government the military and bankers have kept under lock and key secrecy is the biggest. emitter markers or is wiki leaks the dream of an idealist o

japanese officials say some two thousand bodies have been found in the miyagi district following friday's massive earthquake and tsunami on the findings will significantly increase the number of dead which currently stands at one thousand six hundred. have emergency officials are on high alert in russia's far eastern suffer little region close to japan's warder concerned about the threat of nuclear contamination. of course we will be bringing you more on the developing a situation in japan throughout the day here on our t.v. but for now let's turn our attention to libya and the international community's debate on what measures to take we sat down with not us spokesperson of the commission for human rights who's been keeping track of the events of that country . we're talking today to dr mona a spokesman of the arab commission for human rights in paris. to monitor the arab commission for human rights asked the prosecutor general for the international tribunal to begin an investigation into events in libya a decision to begin the investigation was made how will it be carried out. first of a

just only ones with carrots and young parents with children yesterday may need a daughter her little miyagi quake happening as we tried to call her but more connection was lost although the epicenter was far away from talking oh i thought it was an issue rocked it seemed like everything around me were crashing it was happening all day every time i returned home it started again. has declared a major just nuclear power emergency after the cooling system failed plan to focus shima following that earthquake in the northeast he spoke. earlier he's a u.n. expert about chemical safety he says there is reason for major concern right now. the problem is that she lived very serious because we're talking could both be possible destructionists of the chemical plants and also the atomic storage stations and as to the chemical plant evidently we are having in mind it possible come terminations. of the air and the land with the toxic chemicals which my. bowing to the agricultural products and as to the nuclear power stations i have to say bed the japanese nation became very sensitive to the problem of fe

this follows the eight point nine magnitude earthquake it sent a four meter wall of water across the miyagi prefecture we're looking at to far at an oil facility in the northeastern part of tokyo we're also getting reports initial reports of far turbine building at a nuclear power plant in northeast japan have more details to come as it unfolds officials in japan are still assessing the damage has been difficult for them although the a prime minister not autocrat i have sent organize an emergency team to go to the affected areas so we will have definitely more on that so the waves are the tsunami waves has caused a tsunami watch in the whole of the pacific region russia has been affected the first wave has reportedly reached russia's real islands to the north and the waves are reported to be about three meters high the tsunami watch goes as far as the central south american continent the west coast of the u.s. of course you have australia new zealand also watching our house by watching out for a major tsunami to come in becoming ours but of course the tragedy in japan it is going to have a

rock the country meanwhile the estimated death toll from the earthquake triggered tsunami in the miyagi province alone is believed to exceed ten thousand. moscow says it is ready to help tokyo with russia having vast experience in dealing with both natural and manmade disasters well earlier i spoke to are. from kiev in ukraine and i thought that no vehicle in the capital for more. prime minister putin said the crush raised ready to double its gas supplies to japan as well as it's ready to stand fuel if it's necessary of course many parts of japan remember me without electricity and energy is crucial at that point also russia can send fourteen units of hardware including seven jets they're ready to takeoff as soon as needed with two two hundred doctors and rescuers on board now forty five countries have offered help to japan and to japan has already accepted and number of those overseas including from countries like the united states great britain germany new zealand and others japanese ambassador here in moscow has sat that japan is looking into the rushes over of help as well meanwhile

at spokesman in one of the hard hit regions miyagi estimates death tolls will exceed 15,000. >> reporter: in an hour hundreds of americans who evacuated from japan will start arriving in solano county. two chartered military flights scheduled to touch down at travis air force base this morning. the first at 5:45. the second will land around 9:00. >>> this morning, this english teacher is identified as the first american confirmed killed in japan's disaster. u.s. embassy in japan says the body of 24-year-old taylor anderson was discovered in the wreckage of the earthquake and tsunami north of tokyo. anderson is from virginia. her sister tells a local newspaper she helped all the her students evacuate but then couldn't get out of the way of the tsunami fast enough. >>> opening statement and the first witness expected in the perjury trial of former giants slugger barry bonds. the first person to be asked to take the stand will probably be bonds' personal trainer greg anderson but he is expected to refuse to testify and to be jailed for the duration of the four-week trial. a jury of eight wo

experiencing a partial meltdown meanwhile radiation has increased to four hundred fold in the region of miyagi which lies dozens of kilometers further north well it's not. we are at the moment if the radiation came from the local nuclear plant or drifted up from the facility in fukushima following saturday's explosion the government claims the radioactivity rubi so far there's not a pose a threat to human health but having said that the number of people admitted to hospital suffering exposure is said to be rising amid a series of aftershocks continue to rock the country bennett has the latest from tokyo. actually the city is still shaken near being a number of aftershocks just this morning a good one the last one about twenty minutes ago the whole room was shaking as i walked downstairs the line of things was shaking and it's very hard to actually walk in a straight line you're swaying and enjoying a night there and couple of aftershocks so strong in fact that you work me up and i could actually hear the room creaking and things are falling from the roof outside so the city is still experienci

eight point nine magnitude earthquake which sent a ten meter high wall of water inland across the miyagi prefecture destructions widespread we know that two hundred people have been washed away with buildings cars and ships all swept by those waters will be ramifications are widespread a four point five by this huge earthquake has now struck why and we are expecting residents there to brace themselves for a tsunami to reach its shores within the next few hours and we will of course keep you updated on the developments in the pacific region well the repercussions also being felt in the world's economies and that's causing you to clean all the business deaths now with all the details on that. there are going to business here on our c.n.n. we go straight to our top story the powerful earthquake in japan is likely to affect the country's fragile economic recovery along with massive blackouts the country's infrastructure is paralyzed some exporters like the auto and saudi halted their operations it's too early to guard the economic impact of the japanese central bank has already pledged to do

this is new video that shows the severity of the disasters in the miyagi prefacture. it is estimated today there are actually at least 10,000 people dead in that area alone. the official death toll in all of japan from that earthquake and tsunami is just over 800. we have team coverage of the developments in japan. ally rasmus is in san francisco. first, we want to check in with jana in tokyo right now. >> reporter: good morning. or good night as it is right now. 11:00at night on sunday. sunshine we reported -- since we reported live on the 10:00 news last night, we've since moved into central tokyo. that is very close to where all the embassies are, and all the national offices. sort of like the u.s. equivalent of capitol hill. we have not had a chance to go anywhere outside of tokyo right now. the transportation is very limited. as you can imagine. with everything that's been going on up there. but i've been listening closely. right now, i have the japanese national news on. a short while ago, early this evening, they had japanese officials who came on, who were tal

japanese officials say some two thousand bodies have been found in the miyagi prefecture following friday's a massive earthquake and tsunami the findings will significantly increase the number of dead which currently stands at eight thousand eight hundred. and emergency officials are on high alert and russia's far eastern southern region that's close to japan's border concerns about the threat of nuclear contamination. of we'll bring you more news on japan at the top of the hour but next our debate cross-talk and rich peter lavelle talks about the rise of the right in europe just a reminder there are scenes in the program which some viewers may find upsetting. can stand. alone and welcome to cross talk on peter lavelle the drift to the right all across europe and the us more and more people are giving the political rights a new look and more times than not it is the issue of immigration they galvanizes voters is the politics of intolerance coming into vogue. can. you discuss the growing appeal of the right wing i'm joined by tommy robinson in london he is the leader of the english defense l

>> that's right, miyagi, the indicators damaged. ibaraki, further south, is measuring normal levels. but again, only temporarily. we expect the cloud to go over ibaraki, as well. and normal levels will start to shoot up in the next few hours. >> and i want to see what you think about fukushima. we'll push in there. and you'll see a number of indicators are showing spiked levels. this is expected. when you hear the plume this morning, we could see readings even higher than we're seeing. >> the outer ring is six miles outside of the radiation zone. radiation level there's are approximately 110 microsieverts per hour. in other words, a chest x-ray per hour in these areas. as you go closer to the reactor, it starts to go up to hundreds, thousands of chest x-rays per hour. 6 >> we heard from david wright, that the average person working noir the near the plant and living around faukushima has ben exposed to 16,000 times the radiation? >> that's right. we're talking about staggering amounts of radiation. if you go in the reactor site itse

you saw our camera reporter in miyagi. and it looks like the tsunami has engulfed several cities in the miyagi prefecture. live footage as the tsunami has struck the area, obviously, engulfing farms, homes, alongside the river. can you see the white tsunami wave moving upstream. obviously, the camera is shaking there from aftershocks that are going on. looks like there's a fire that's happening inside the city. obviously, not being completely contained by firefighters. there's obviously someone inside that building, waving a white towel, seeking help. obviously, doing the right thing, moving to higher ground. >> a large earthquake, magnitude 8.4 hit northern japan. it has led to fires. that fire in an oil refinery completely under control. a large inferno. chiba prefecture. >> so much devastation all across the country. we should add there are close to 100,000 u.s. military personnel and dependants in japan. the u.s. military is saying they're all safe thus far. >> that's right. military planes were stuck up in the air cir

i saw miyagi on the television.e and where she was. >> you probably didn't expect her to pick up the phone right away under the circumstances. when were you able to get some information about her whereabouts immediately at the time of the quake? >> this past wednesday. >> and what were you told? >> that she was working at the elementary school. >> she was working at the school. the quake happened. my understanding is that she helped get some of the kids home. is that what you have heard? >> we heard that she -- the parents were coming from their children. she waited until the children were picked up. some of them -- some of the parents hadn't arrived yet so they were outside waiting in a pavilion and when she left and was told that she needs to be careful because tsunamis often come after an earthquake. >> andy, her form of transportation was a bicycle. have you been able to do the math and figure out how much time she had from the time she left until the tsunami came through? >> yes. it was probably ten to 15 minut

we are sending them to the miyagi prefecture and fukushima prefecture.e area and started assessment and started the mobile clinics. but unfortunately, because of the phone connection is quite bad, we haven't got all the information yet from them. >> it sounds like, then, without perfect information, there may still be areas that could be impacted that we don't even know about at this point. is that your sense? >> yes, it could be. affected area is very large, so you have haven't been able to take a whole view. >> what, at this point, would you say is your biggest fear? >> well, still not enough information is coming out, so still people are trying to coordinate, and rench and rescue. the coordination is lots of effort putting in the coordination, and also the logistics challenges that might happen. and we just have to do everything at once, and we just don't know how big this operation is going to be. >> it is certainly a very complex scenario with multiple moving parts. people around the world are watching this unfold, and wondering what they can do. sa

and now, government officials north here in the miyagi prefecture, which is home to sendai, the worst-hit area, say there could be 10,000 people dead in that one place alone. the government is calling on all people here to conserve electricity. it's warning that electric power will be rationed because so much of the electricity comes from the nuclear power plants that are now shut down. my team and i took a helicopter tour up north. we saw the devastation firsthand from the air. as we make our way through the outskirts of tokyo, life looks surprisingly normal. the trains are running again. three days after the powerful earthquake shook even this capital, hundreds of miles from the epicenter. last night, there was an explosion at the fukushima power plant. as we're driving, we hear that another reactor is overheating. >> translator: we're assuming that a meltdown has occurred. with reactor number three, we're assuming the possibility of a meltdown. >> reporter: as we continue to make our way towards the quake zone, we wonder how much of the country has been affected by this kind of chaos a