at the time, south korea's intelligence agency said north korea could have been behind the attacks. the agency says friday's activities resembled the 2009 attacks. they cannot rule out the possibility of north korean involvement. the south korean government is urging at-risk organizations to be on the alert against further attacks. >>> the united states is talking with its allies about plans to get the u.n. security council to come down hard on north korea. it's in reaction to the uranium enrichment program of the north. assistant secretary of state philip crowley updated reporters on thursday. it became clear last november north korea was operating a new facility in yongbyon. u.s., japan and other nations has urged security council to make a statement condemning the north. they say the facility violates past u.n. resolutions. discussions have been stalled because china remains cautious on the proposal. the u.s. statement is apparently timed to increase pressure on the chinese government. china holds the rotating president of the u.n. security council this month. >>> a shocking story

these tragedies they are trading partners will look elsewhere and i'm thinking about our china and south korea south korean economy makes many of the same thing for the japanese do i mean this is something that the japanese have to be very worried about remain competitive as they reconstruct. i think it is there's always the possibility that you know you'll see car sales shift for example especially south korea it's very closely competitive with the japanese. but i think what you're going to see you know the sendai area was not a big industrial area with most of the damage occurred so i think what you'll find is that in the course of a week or two industries will be able to patch things together and they'll be up in operating not not at full capacity but close to full capacity in most of the japanese. and the export sector especially so yeah i think you'll see some some work shifted to factories in china south korea for example but i think the japanese are very resilient people and i think we will see a recovery when you think about patrick i mean it is we is behind these great head . red i me

china is the chair, but the united states, japan and south korea are deeply concerned about the north's uranium enrichment program. they are even considering bringing up the issue at a u.n. security council session. >>> north korea says it wants to repatriate a group of fishermen that strayed into south korean waters last month. it proposed red cross talks with the south to bring them back home. a south korean naval ship found the boat with 31 men and women on board drifting near yeongpyong island in the yellow said and towed it to a south korean port on february 5th. south korea's unification ministry has told the north four are seeking asylum but the remaining 27 will be sent back. on monday north korea demanded the return of all 31 people and proposed holding the red cross talks at the truce village of panmunjom on wednesday. the north also called for having the four asylum seekers meet their families to confirm their intentions. south korea replied that it's willing to hold talks. the incident comes after military officials from the two countries met last month to prepare for high-l

the country's elderly population is rapidly increasing. >>> translator: south korea needs to nurture its nursing care services to help people who have dementia. we should introduce japan's advanced methods. >> reporter: governments and businesses that want to access japanese nursing care services sometimes turn to this man. he's the director of a nonprofit organization that provides a link to japan's nursing-related companies. >>> translator: it's important to offer ideas to shape the next generation of nursing care, not only techniques but the way of thinking and values as well. we're standing at the starting point. it's crucial that we seize this opportunity. >> our japan syndrome series will continue later this month. if you have any comments on what you have seen so far, please get in touch with us at our website shown below at www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/. >>> the portable game market is heating up. nintendo and sony are adding to their lineups this year with new cob sols. now they are finding themselves up against new competition in the industry. emily wang reports. >> reporter: it'

it said in response to south korea's navy barring into its waters during an exercise.for weeks there were bristling displays of military muscle. to countries whose cold war conflict of the 1950's saw a cease-fire, but no final peace treaty. when north korean shells fell on this island, there was a genuine fear that war would break out. since then, things have gotten a little better, but there are still regular threats. for people living on this tiny speck of south korea, just a stone's throw from the north korean coast line, they are genuinely concerned about another attack. apart from the soldiers permanently based here, most people on the island live from fishing. now retrieving anchors used to hold nets in place, which were abandoned during the attack. >> at the moment, we are trying to get things back to normal, but it all depends on what the north koreans do in the future. if they appear hostile, then our navy will react by restricting our fishing grounds. if this means our boats cannot go out, that will have a big impact on our livelihood. >> but for now, they ar

. >> rose: how about south korea? >> south korea has the biggest student population in china. >> rose: biggest student population in china? >> yes, biggest. their parents are opening companies there and they've got to understand the chinese language and... >> rose: so the south koreans are sending their students to china and the chinese are sending their students to america. >> and elsewhere. >> rose: and elsewhere. europe. south korea. how about indonesia? >> knees depends on (inaudible). >> rose: vietnam. >> vietnam is a special case. it's a long history of non-friendliness and take motorbikes for instance, if we had a free trade agreement with china, the motorbike industry would be wiped out. the chinese motorbike would be cheaper and better. >> rose: so you can't have a free trade agreement? >> no. they cannot really get close to china. >> rose: are most of the countries in the asian region scared of china? wary of china? >> very wary. not scared. wary that if you know you take a step which hurts their calling. >>

the year award because there's a long way away that was hard during training and economists from south korea and that's going to do it for now for more on the stories we covered through our website our you got com slash usa also check out our youtube page youtube dot com slash r.t. america you have a lot more to talk about in the half hour we'll be back and meantime i'm christine for.

. >> mark: north korea or and south korea of deadly.uch a up are escalating tensions and that could trigger an unspecified deadly real retaliation. south korea sent the now i the accusations of coming near the borders. they say they have only parole that area. a >> darya: we will be back with more in a couple of minutes. a life peek at mt. tam clouds of the distance. >> george: a back up at the bay bridge, and two steals on this began. traffic is backed up to macarthur maze. >> darya: if you're headed up to a heavenly, or somewhere in toronto, union sheens, they had raised over the weekend as well. >> mark: watching wall street a big rebound aware one official said right now, dow was up almost 200 points. best over the 12,000 mark. everybody excited about acquisition of team mobil by at&t. >> darya: we will be back in just a couple of minutes, think you for waking up with the kron 4 and morning news. here is the shot for you. we have had some breaks but we are getting a bit of a break in the rain in san francisco.

bush -- it was the first time that bush repudiated colin powell and told the leader of south korea, no, we're going to take a hard-line and we have come full circle. we are depending on the chinese to act as intermediators with north korea. and i think that we can make progress because that is a very, very poor country. very repressive. all regime. but they need outside assistance. and so we are coming back and we are negotiating. so, yes, maybe we'll make progress, but it isn't because of our unilateral throwing about our weight that we're succeeding, but because we are using negotiations and we're using allies. >> you said that the administration's ideology is a crude form of social darwinism. what does that mean? >> the idea of natural selection, survival of the fittest and -- and the fact that it is a -- that is, in fact, what's happening. that's how species survive. but the fittest is not -- does not mean who is the strongest in -- in combat. the fittest is who can cooperate better? who can find allies? it is a distortion of idea of darwin's idea of evolution to say that if milita

south korea, england, just to name a few. you can argued that we are not spending the money properly, but to make a statement at the beginning of your presentation that we did nothing -- we get nothing back from foreign aid is absolutely ridiculous. host: ian vasquez. guest: i'll take the concerns of the first caller first. there is in the budget that says foreign- aid and this is the number. there are things that could be considered far an aide. it depends on how you characterize it. it is not just usaid, the u.s. aid agency, but it is the pentagon, the agricultural department, whole array of agencies and departments that spend money they could be considered foreign aid. and some of it is in the guise of military, is a very difficult to come up with a figure that everyone can agree with. as far as a and the success of countries, no successful developing country today became rich because of foreign aid. certainly a lot of countries have received aid and they have achieved this despite that. south korea received large amounts

his stories sold 2.5 million copies, being translated in south korea and they are about to become a movie in japan. his characters are ordinary people, retired couples, middle-aged office workers and young students. he says there is a similarity between mountain climbing and life. both are filled with accidents and challenges. and you have to make choices for yourself. >> reporter: i take it that you write, draw, sort of an invitation for climbing. >> right. >> reporter: are we all invited? >> yes. that's my main thing. it is very simple. i like climbing, how about you. why don't you come to the mountain. >> you want to introduce to readers the fun of climbing. >> it's a fun sport, more like sports. >> reporter: i see. when i read your stories, many people do make mistakes and they fall off the cliff, get lost and sometimes people die. and the drawings in there are very vivid. don't you think that would scare people away from the mountains? >> i don't think that people get scared because it's a reality. every day we have a choice. we have to choose. and many sections we are surrounded by

northern japan that hit, not all of japan not of china or south korea. other markets that could take those goods and read transport them. it is a big story, very dramatic. it will work itself out. >>pam: think the biggest issues, will be mainly delays in getting parts delivered and things like that? >>rob: some of the electricity issues are problematic, some city conductor issues will be fired up and tie. toyota will look for parts. a lot of economics were not talking about japan in a big consumer nation. if it was the united states it would be a disaster economically. this is the social and human disaster. i certainly would want to beat the shot group was to build these nuclear power plants across the united states. >>pam: overall its relatively minimal. >>rob: relatively. >>pam: should i use my r i a to pay off by credit cards? >>rob: that's the worst idea possible. to get a job selling keep saw, some stuff at your house. to which it can first and then sell-off your ira and get the credit card. most people don't look in other areas. borrow the money fr

south korea, australia and the united kingdom have all deployed search teams and time is working against them. >> we know there are miracles survivors days after an incident like this. but we know the longer time goes on, the less likely it is that we will find survivors. >> in fairfax, virginia, teams loaded supplies. tomorrow they'll join a feel from los angeles in japan. it was that same crew that pulled a woman in haiti from the rubble of port-au-prince six days after the devastating earthquake there. her story inspired a country. the team will be looking for another miracle this time in japan, where some 10,000 may still be missing. >> to me, it is the right thing to do. as a member of the international search and rescue community. >> reporter: just back from new zealand the los angeles team worked side-by-side with a team from japan. now the japanese team is headed home to a disaster that hits home like nothing they have ever seen before. miguel almaguer, nbc news, japan. >> for more on the relief effort and how you can help, go to our website. nightly.msnbc.com. >>> when "nbc nigh

activists in south korea held a rally to denounce the development of nuclear power there. and in taiwan, they gathered in front of one of the top administration buildings to call on the government to top building a fourth nuclear power plant. >>> let's talk about haiti, the former exiled president of haiti is headed back home. the first democratic president has been in south africa since he was ousted in 2004. his return to his country comes just before haiti's runoff presidential election this weekend. it remains to be seen what such an influential figure will have on the vote, that's why the u.s. is watching very very closely as is other countries. they want haiti to continue to be stable. he took over after baby doc duvalier fled hatety. >>> the big event now, the weather on its way. jeff ranieri joins us. >> we're tracking the system as we head into tomorrow, and also another one for this upcoming weekend. it is st. patrick's day. we have a little bit of radar happening now. spotty showers offshore, sign of that upper level area in the atmosphere, getting a little mois

. >>> south korea is investigating an alleged sex scandal involving three diplomates at the consulate in shanghai. the three may have traded secrets for sex with a 33-year-old chinese woman. on wednesday, a major south korean newspaper reported the diplomates are believed to have given the woman phone numbers for more than 200 south korean officials including president lee myung-bak . they are expected to have leaked information on his visit to the shanghai expo last year. kim sung hwan apologized before parliament on tuesday and wednesday while the former the council general was questioned about the scandal. it may develop in to a new source of friction as the woman reportedly has ties with the chinese government. >>> minority christians protesting the burning of a church clashed with majority muslims in egypt killing 13 people and raising fears that sectarian tensions are escalating. the two sides threw stones at each other in a christian-dominated neighborhood cairo on tuesday and wednesday. the health ministry says more than 140 people were wounded. security forces are trying to p

would which includes the brick plus south korea, turkey, mexico and indonesia. which is a real compliment but i think going forward we want to be better than, you know, how we're being recognized. >> charlie: what do you want from the united states? you clearly want the corporate sector to invest in indonesia. >> we don't just want financial capital, we want intellectual capital. that's what we're seeking from anywhere when we're talking about the americans, the indians -- >> charlie: the intellectual capital means what. >> technological transfer. >> charlie: right. >> know how, you know. because if one takes -- teach us how. >> charlie: china did it successfully too didn't it, in terms of sure you can come in, but we want to learn from what you do and learn how to do what you do. >> but do you know, gladly when we were in silicon valley, a lt of people know because they're detecting how the internet and the social network came and all of the other stuff that's happening on the internet, how it's rapidly changing in indonesia. how do you see the development of s

. >>> in south korea, bottled water producers are working full time to meet demand from japan after radioactive substances were detected in tap water. a major beverage maker, based in seoul says monthly orders from japanese customers have doubled since the march 11th earthquake. the company received more than 100 orders on both wednesday and thursday. the firm says it's diverted products intended for the domestic market to japan and extended production at its plants but still can't meet demand. a similar situation is developing for vegetables due to radiation contamination. frozen vegetable producer in the chinese province of jaijang say orders increased 30% since the earthquake. the producer has increased operating hours and work force to deal with the situation, despite a limited supply of fresh vegetables . >>> police say the number of deaths from the march 11th quake and tsunami has now risen to over 10,000. the national police agency says there are 10,019 confirmed deaths and 17,500 people missing. the massive amount of debris and blocked roads are hindering the search operation. about 202

. >> i came to this country with my parents from south korea when i was 7 years old. i remember vividly the new york mets had just won the world series and ronald reagan was the very popular president at time. my parents pretty much liquidated all of their assets. there was a small network of koreans in new york city. through their friends, they were able to spot an opportunity and get a small grocery store there were able to purchase. i think they genuinely believe in the american dream. anyone with the willpower and the right capital can succeed. my dad was a professional engineer by trade. he wanted me to not stake in korea but see the world and be a leader. he foresaw that if i stayed there, it didn't matter how wealthy the family got, the opportunities were limited. there's not even a moment where my dad wanted me to continue. i remember my first day of seventh grade, he gave me a speech about the american dream. he found me playing game boy and was so disappointed. i responded that i had no homework and it was the first day of school. he said that's not point. h

turns its back on nuclear power, china, japan and south korea won't. so this -- this is -- >> what will we do with the rods. >> what the french do it's a process of breaking it down and glassflying it and storing it. they're taking it from other countries and making money off doing it. >> you know so much about it, did you hear the science that you got from eleanor, namely, that this yucca mountain is not big enough to sustain it? it lacks the size. is that what you said? >> that's right. >> you have any knowledge that? >> we heard -- regulatory headset. >> lets assume it's true. i think the french have the answer to the problem and the americans won't adopt it. >> what do we do with thehe$13. billion we researched for yucca mountain? >> same politics behind this, john. >> i think we have to do with what -- the french are doing, and the brits, and that is they recycle this fuel so they get more than one use out of it. and so it doesn't have to be destroyed. but the waste -- continuing problem. >> we all agree that president obama is not going to restor

together with us china japan south korea sanctions in full flight thank you thank you very much for being with us and good luck to you just reminded us my guest today was milner the doubts general of d.s.d. global and the first russian venture capitalist in the fortune teller fifty that's it for the problem policy if you want to have your sales fart live or maybe you have someone in mind if you think i should do next time to drop me a line of calgary not particularly dark are you and let's keep spotlight interactive movie back with more plays than common summer was going on and so gosh so then they are to. refute. it. in india all cheese available in the grand central shirts in mumbai the taj mahal in the us the mumbling polish president combining visual made with prison walls home on a beach resort called clothes are going to go on taj mahal hotel charges the actual cement hotel close kind of photo from close up the meridian the leader should be.

renault is suspending production of cars in south korea because the parts come from there. one of the people on "washington week" told me before we started the show that some of the tapes that you get from sony are not arriving. auto parts and electronic components are something japan produces and they supply very much to the rest of the world. i think the other thing is it goes beyond these kind of tangible things. gwen: right. >> this is a time of great anxiety in the world markets and people's minds and businessmen's planning. libya, europe could be in debt situation and now this. i think this generalized anxiety could be a real problem for the world economy. it could exceed some shortage of this or that plan. >> i've got a question for both of you. do we know yet how bad the disaster will be and how bad the economic consequences of those disasters scenarios are? i was wondering, for example, if there is a worst case scenario in the area around the nuclear power plant becomes uninhabitable, how important is that and what would that do to the japanese economy and what's t

make a suspension of the libyan membership to the human rights levels of the budget has been to south korea this has been the side of the tuesday after and this decision has been taken unanimously or on what they call in a way where we have no vote a consensus so all the members are behind this decision this is a clear signal i would see in so far that you when with its largest body that mean well means well all one hundred ninety two members are assembled has said this is the behavior of this government which is no longer in line with our fundamentals in particular human rights the security council also has. had a resolution in which apart from condemning in the same way these actions against the civil population there are two elements that are important the run is there the we for to the international criminal court so they think that actions that have been taken in this country have to be inquiry by the international criminal court and on the other hand they recalled also or what is something quite new in un what we call the report responsibility to protect that means every government ha

the u.s., china, south korea, and india have all stepped up their inspections of food exported by japan. italy has banned them all together. at stake for japan, an export market worth $5 billion a year. here's lucy craft. >> reporter: at this dairy farm here in chih be 20 miles east of tokyo there's a real fear that the cash will soon go out of their cows. though they are 150 miles from the radiation source, dairy officials here are concerned about recent reports of abnormal radiation levels detected in milk near fukushima. "since we grow the same food as fukushima" says this a.g. official "we're afraid of being tainted by association." some spinach samples south of fukushima tested more than seven times the illegal allowance of radioactive iodine. sea water near the plant has tested 126 times higher than the legal limit and people are warned not to drink tap water. outside of the 20-mile danger zone, japanese radiation experts say right now their food is safe. this analyst says "there's no reason to worry about eating food from other areas." back in chiba, there's concern. but for now

together with us china japan south korea and i should like thank you thank you very much for being with us and good luck to you just reminded us my guest today was milner the dark general of d.s.t. global and the first rush should venture capitalist in the fortune top fifty and that's it for doubtful all of us here if you want to have your sales floodlight or maybe you have someone in mind who you think i should do next time to drop me a line of calgary not at our t.v. diet are you and let's keep spotlight interactive movie back with more quest and among some of what's going on in side russia so then they are to. thank you. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future covered. also you stop stories as brittany considers sending new true back into the libyan opposition and starting fears of another disastrous middle east war. against foreign military intervention in the region. channel challenge us said come stay very clinton said the u.s. is losing the global information that america's need to bring from zones up to the job losing out to

nor south korea has sent food donations in two years.s time pyongyang reached out to five private western humanitarian groups. all five sent representatives last month to assess conditions in three central north korean provinces. north and south pyonggong. for more what we are found we are joined by david austin, he lead the delegation. and welcome mr. austin, thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. tell us first of all, what did the north koreans say in explaining why they wanted you to come? >> they asked us to come because there is a food shortage and it's affecting really the most vulnerable population in their country. and they site a number-- cite a number of reasons for this. there was a lot of floods this past summer. and there was also a late cold in the springtime last year. the flooding in the summer. and then also this winter they've had more than 60 days of below freezing, really bitter freezing winter cold. >> warner: did they explain that they have lost a lot of their crops. >> they believe they have lost anywhe

together with us china japan south korea sanctions and the like thank you thank you very much for being with us and good luck to you just reminded us my guest today was a beauty millner of the doubt general d.s.p. global and the first rush should venture capitalist in the fortune teller fifty that's it for now problem policy if you want to have your sales spotlight or maybe you have someone in mind for you think rationing through next time to drop me a line of kalgan of. our year and let's keep spotlight interactive movie back with more than common funnel going on in side russia so then players have to take tricky . we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around. the future. as colonel gadhafi once again refuses to be prised from power in humanitarian crisis is being played out on the libyan border. we've come to the region to find out how sellers of people are coping as they see it so many lives join us in a few moments some more. as the flood of refugees also reaches europe oil prices spike their fears of radical islamic group take hold over look at what implication

together with us china japan south korea saying russia isn't part thank you thank you very much for being with us and good luck to you just a reminder that my guest today was milner of the doubt general d.s.p. global and the first russian venture capitalist in the fortune top fifty and that's it for doubtful all of us here if you want to have your sales floodlight or maybe you have someone in mind who you think i should do next time to drop me a line of calgary not at our t.v. diet are you and let's keep spotlight interactive movie back with more than a month i was going on ten so gosh so then they are to take that leap. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future covered. as colonel gadhafi once again refuses to be prised from power a humanitarian crisis is being played out on the libyan border. we've come to the region to find out firsthand how thousands of people are coping as they see they so many lives join us in a few moments. as the flood of refugees also reaches europe oil prices spike and their fears of radical islamic group take

south korea cross-member thousands gathered a little sort of by. the side step. so they need to appreciate your survival rate to shootings are exhausted right into the on rest explosion or mission in the suddenness of general hundreds of people they're going to be an injured player and her child will seize balance and group was in the process of being looted by civilians for cigarettes as of spotless. hundreds of tourists have been stranded on the result out in the southern thailand after five days of rain was once for thirty two airports have suspended operations and definitely going to build closures of course not looking words on a promising bridges all heavy rain is expected over the next few games. in the ivory coast forces loyal to the internationally recognized president on a sunday tomorrow so his then you've taken control of several major cities incumbent presidents on a rug over a few years to see the office at this point above a consensus that he lost his election the country is already truly has split the generals in the world both presidents are spea

japan's and near neighbor south korea have rallied so voice their concern over the damaged nuclear power stations they fear that radioactive materials will lead to problems crossing into their shores south korean authorities say they've strengthened radiation monitoring levels and is pledging to help japan recover from tragedy. and elsewhere in the world today five opposition leaders are reportedly being detained following a crackdown on protesters in the capital on wednesday the opposition is said to have gone to ground planned the next move in its struggle for political reform earlier violence or at least three activists and three policemen killed as a state of emergency and a curfew in place in bahrain which has been seeing antigovernment protests for over a month. but i'll see you in libya where opposition supporters of marched through the rebel held city of benghazi with a call to end the country's month long violence russia has been pushing for a cease fire resolution through the u.n. security council which is so far failed to make any decision including that of the it was a bit of

i have seen them with my own eyes when i arrived in tokyo i have you know it seems from south korea actually on their way to tokyo they have a right with us at the same time but of course you also have to we also have to point out one interesting thing and that is the fact that all with. the nuclear disaster everybody has stopped talking or mentioning of the. the fact that rescue operations really should be still undergoing i mean we have become so he has survived a manger earthquake which has been upgraded where. the higher category has survived the tsunami there are still people missing just a reminder twenty five hundred have been. least three thousand are missing but the numbers could be a lot higher and you also have to remember the fact that the aftershocks are still continuing we have them on our own throughout the day today in fact when we were at the airport the ground was still shaking it was about three or so so if you would have after announcing that despite the fact that the western media especially seem to focus on nuclear disaster for understandable reasons they rescue our eff

closer relationships and develop more capable systems with countries like japan, france, israel, south korea and australia. we can work with our allies and partners to upgrade their warships to enable them to conduct missile defense operations. and we can work with them to deploy sensors around the world to provide the data necessary for our interceptors to take out ballistic missiles. i want to conclude with a note of reassurance. i know there's a debate at home over missile defense can be contentious my former colleagues on both sides of the aisle feel very passionately about this issue. and i do too. but the lesson that you can take away is one that should reassure our allies and send a message of resolve to those who threaten us. missile defense is a national and bipartisan priority and nothing is going to change that. our country and our allies and our partners depend on missile defense agency and that's why we're so appreciative of your hard work. i want to thank you very much for your time today. i want to thank you for your hard work and patriotism. and i'll be glad to take a few eas

from six countries including the united states great britain germany australia new zealand and south korea meanwhile here in the russian capital people are coming to the japanese embassy and laying flowers its walls ok well we know that russia has been on high alert especially because the far east is very close to the center of the epicenter of the nuclear power plant just how has the situation in the russia's far east been affected by the what's happening in japan. caution atomic energy agency has assured that in the worst case scenario of a mission of radioactive particles they will not reach russia's sure's one of the explanations of that could be the fact that the air flows around the globe move in such way they move from west to east and from north to south so if you look at the map in the worst case scenario the particles would be carried away from japan and russia towards the pacific ocean having said that russia does have the sad experience of dealing with consequences over a nuclear disaster so nineteen eighty six ensure noble so in the worst case scenario russia is ready to help

which incredibly just because i found the course here on the short side of the house the bounce in south korea the slope was much longer ass's the case with the majority of the places where we raced on the world cup tour i would have liked this course to be a little bit longer and maybe in the future than maybe able to do this more russians when you have three so boarders in the world's top ten men's side just nearly have the same strength and then began to talk on the gold standard started called appeared to be the best hope for he come out of the reckoning early on leaving under the sole belief to point a fly zone in the twenty one year old second season on the professional circuit and he produced a credible performance getting into the quarter finals to justice and i think i made a little mistake in my second run which didn't help but i'm still learning and i think that it will consider a whole new way into the tour but to get the sole remaining russian left in the competition on the twenty three year old underlined her status as the competition favorite not breezing through into the semifi

and europe are still best lead the an oil is low in south korea which makes it highly valued in the west because the fuel produced from it pollutes less and it's these light and sweet all i'll die for decades kept western companies on sweet terms with the get off the regime environmentally conscious politically nonchalant some work of art. he broke. well let's go back to japan now and the tsunami that sweeping through the northeast right now the government has confirmed twenty nine deaths will be a number expected to rise the japanese meteorological agency reportedly says that the earthquake is the strongest in the a country's history there is considerable destruction two hundred people have been washed away live pictures of buildings sparse and there are ships also being swept by raging waters and several are missing in sendai that is of course still a city near the epicenter of the quake and the tsunami again follows the eight point nine magnitude earthquake which sent four meter wall of water inland across the creek thatcher. getting new data that it's the tsunami is now ten meters th

and south korea stockpiles to help protect them from potential radiation. now, the pentagon is sending a nine-person team to japan to try to figure out exactly how much radiation has escaped and is escaping from those reactors. the next step could be sending several hundred from a specially trained unit to help with decontamination. katie? >> couric: all right. chip reid at the white house tonight. chip, thank you. meanwhile, the nuclear crisis in japan has in some ways overshadowed the growing humanitarian disaster there. the official death toll from the earthquake and tsunami climbed today to nearly 5,700. almost 10,000 are still missing and about 390,000 lost their homes or were forced to leave them. lucy craft now on death and life in the disaster zone. >> reporter: he's shouting "a tsunami's coming." and running for safety to a nearby building. as more dramatic videos like this emerge today, the shock of what's happened continues to flood the japanese psyche. people haunted by scenes of crushing water and death. made more insecure by a lack of informat