her eyes. and i probably had the same reaction. let me ask you, jonathan. i ve experienced two minor quakes in los angeles. both of which were utterly terrifying for the few seconds they lasted. what seems particularly appalling about this experience that you all had to go on through there is it went on for minutes and minutes. i mean, there must have a point where you thought you were all going to die, wasn t there? yeah. i can say two thing really stood out about this one. number one, it lasted so long. i mean, the the major shaking i mean, it had to have been two minutes long. really, i couldn t believe personally that the building was going to be able to withstand such shaking. i couldn t believe it. i really there s a good 30 seconds in that time where i seriously thought this is it. there s no way this building s going to be able to hold up. another one of the scariest thing for me was the sound. it was this horrible low rumbling sound that i just can t describe. i didn
looking at this building shaking and heaving as it did, it was simply care iref f simply terrifying. what is the scene at the airport? we ve heard some flights, no flight getting through. can you explain what s going on? absolutely. all flights were canceled yesterday. after the initial earthquake hit, we had a couple of large aftershocks after which they evacuated the entire airport. we were marched i think we may have lost andy there. we ll come back to andy in a moment. we re going to turn to japan s ambassador to the u.s. am passdor ambassador fujisaki. thanks for joining me on this terrible day for your country. can you tell me your understanding of the scale of this disaster in terms of people
away as wichita, kansas. you can imagine people were nervous, reportedly officers from the norman police department felt their building shaking and ran outside thinking a truck or something had smashed into it, so a rare earthquake in that part of the country, 4.5 on the richter scale, once again, no reports of any damage or injuries: it all broke about an hour and 15 minutes ago. but so far, it seems everything is okay. jenna: you could definitely feel a 4.5, that s for sure, earthquake, in that part of the country. strange. here we want to tell you also about a breaking story in arizona. if you live outside or around phoenix, you might be affected today by this, a suspicious package was found supposedly at this nuclear plant, just west of phoenix, and there is a bomb squad investigating this suspicious package that was find early this morning, around 4:35, 5:00 in the morning local time by some security guards outside that generating station that pal
class in a texas high school. when you get o that next tier, race is one of many factors that are considered when they look at the candidates still vying for the remaining opening position. what the university says it s the nuance, wholistic approach, that it s completely constitutional and in line with supreme court precedents. here is what the university s president said after the arguments. we made the case that the university of texas has crafted an admission policy that includes race as one of many factors and that meets the strict guidelines established by this court. universities all across the country lined up in step with university of texas in austin, filing briefs in its position today and offering a their support here at the supreme court, bill. bill: we re hearing the university s lawyer took a lot of heat today. is that right, shannon? absolutely did. the minute he stepped up to the podium, he was under a constant barrage of questions.
little easier to understand because people simply mentally did not even think that this was possible. kyung lah, thank you very much indeed. andy clarke lives in tokyo and was trying to fly to san francisco when the earthquake hit. he s coming to us live from norita airport. describe to us what it was like to endure this earthquake at such an appalling magnitude. good morning. the gentleman that just described it before i will really nailed it down. it was terrifying. i lived in japan for 20 years. and we re used to earthquakes. but something of this magnitude was simply terrifying. the earth shook with such ferocity that as the last gentleman described, i thought that things were coming to an end. and when you do have three minutes to think about it, the things that go through your head are haiti and new zealand and looking at this building shaking and heaving as it did, it was