hours ago and so far no reports of major damage and officials warn the danger is not over and the waves can propagate and grow larger. that is important to keep in mind and we expect tow tsunami to hit several major cities over the course of the hour in california and we ll get our first indication of the strength of the event on the u.s. mainland, over the next 15 minutes and that is when forecasts show the waves will reach san francisco. whether or not they ll be damaging, or even noticeable, has yet to be seen. japan s east coast, hit with a 23-foot tsunami, shortly after the quake struck. police along the country s northeast coast, report finding the bodies of two to three hundred people, japan railways working to find a missing passenger train. while the government reports the giant wave swept away a ship, carrying about 100 people. unfortunately we expect to get more reports like those, 8.9 magnitude quake is japan s worst on record as we say, one of the worst in
the epl pass. they are threatening to find them in contempt of the senate and arrested. jenna: a judge ruled that demonstrators could no longer spend the night there. no more sleep overs, any more than two weeks of round-the-clock protests inside. jon: doug mcelway has the latest live from washington. what are the options the governor has to get the democratic lawmakers back into their home state? reporter: well those layoffs are probably the clearest and most profound option that he has right now. legally there are really no easy answers. we can take a look at the constitution much wisconsin and here is what it says. each house may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. but it s generally given that law enforcement in wisconsin cannot enforce wisconsin state laws or rules in other states without the assistance of said states, and the senate majority leader has explicitly said that he will not seek extradit
pelosi says they will stand firm against any attempt to undue what they do. jenna: the president says he s eager to work with democrats as well as republicans, but stressing, that quote, we can t go backwards, jon. jon: the vote to repeal the healthcare law is expected to pass in the house but it might not go any farther than that. that is not stopping harry cantor from challenging harry reid, daring the majority leader in the senate to bring the vote to the floor. saying if he is so confident it will die he should bring it up and defeat it. the american people deserve a full hearing and deserve to see the legislation go to the senate for a full vote. jon: reid is not taking the bait calling cantor s call grandstanding when we should be concentrating on jobs and the middle class. jenna: we will be talking to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and issue. we re going to talk live to a major player, an assistant to the president who has been a big part of the healthcare over
palmeroy who was deceited by cristie nome. another democrat just retired also. kent conrad will fill out the rest of his term, the last two years, he says he s work on getting the country on a sound fiscal course and reducing america s dependence on foreign energy, among other priorities. he also wants to craft a new farm bill. he says he doesn t want to be distracted by the rig ors of the campaign trail and so he will not run again. senator kent conrad the first democrat to announce he will be ending his service, 24 years in the senate thus far in 2012. jenna: are we already to the 2012 election season? jon: it has pea gun. jenna: it s only january. glad you re with us today, i m jenna lee. jon: i m jon scott. president obama prepares to receive chinese president hu jintao at the white house. it will be a high stakes visit for both nations. growing tensions over our military. north korea and the economy on the docket. jenna: the president also signing an executive order to r
terrorists behind the mail bomb platte to kill americans intensifies. thousands of people in yemen cheering the release of a suspect. authorities now say the woman was the victim of identity theft. in this country a new prime suspect heads to the top of the list. investigators are focusing on ibrahim hassan al-asiri connecting him with the plot to send printer cartridges packed with powerful explosives via shipping companies. greg palkot is live in london with the latest on the investigation. reporter: from my conversations with yemeni government officials they are backing up what u.s. authorities and intelligence authorities that ibrahim hassan al-asiri is in their sites, that they would like to get them, his fingerprints literally and figurative are on bombs in the arabian peninsula yemeni officials are telling me they are stepping up an operation in the southern part of that country. it is a stronghold for the al-qaida chapter. it is frankly where ibrahim hassan al-asiri