but what would that be local time here in new york? in other words, how long ago did that phone call come in? reporter: good question. you can actually reverse the times here. it s just after 2:00 in the morning. it s just after 2:00 in the afternoon. this is 10:00 this morning. so about four hours ago. 10: reporter: 10:00 in the evening u.s. time last night. about four hours ago. to the point we have seen those pictures and it breaks your heart of the families who are waiting. you cannot even begin to imagine the agony of what this has been like for them. what kind of system do they have set up? if this phone call came in four hours ago, are each of the famili
latest. guest: we hear from the military they have been differenting, once a day prior to that and now many more times as a result of what is going on at fukushima and we hear that the water level, the safety level of the water is to u.s. standards, so that is safe on the basis of the moment but the military is taking no chances and evacuated military families from bases in japan and we hear it is put on charter flights and flying people back to denver and colorado and to seattle, up in washington state, and also to the air force base in california not tells us how many flights or how many people but the people will be arriving on thursday, u.s. time, and it is friday morning here. so, the people are on their way, something of an evacuation on if place. and store owners are handing out one bottle of water each, and the government is holding out 18 ounces of battle to family with