is one of the biggest earthquakes we have seen in since, you know, the 1900s. little bit smaller than the indian ocean one but really the issue here is the prize and also in this case because it s the sea floor going up or down and triggers a tsunami and just seeing the horrendous pictures of the walls of water that are making a way into japan. looking at the live pictures now in santa cruz, california, we can take you to kntv s live picture over the marina, what we re seeing there is the flow pushing these boats out of their slips, ripping out docks and capsizing some of the boats and now the ebb of the water pulling all of this stuff back out to sea. right. well, that s right. you can think of it as a wave is kind of misnomer. it is a surge of water. all that water goes on shore and then it has to go somewhere and
since 1900. and it s the largest ever recorded in japan. a little more than an hour ago the first waves hit the u.s. mainland. let s take you back to santa cruz, california. kntv. you can see here s a boat that the waves have knocked up out of its dock or out its slip in the marina and on to the dock. we just saw a moment ago a capsized boat. this is part of those after effects from the waves coming through that pacific tsunami that s hit. natalie swavy of king of the hf in west port, washington. what are you seeing in terms of the effects of the tsunami and the quake in japan? well, so far, we haven t seen much. still watch and wait here. i got off the phone with a spokesperson with the emergency management department telling us that they re going to be meeting here shortly to discuss where to go from here so see if it needs to be downgraded or concerns to
like that. we are at the opinion, at least at this point in time we don t have our ballistics back yet, of a belief that the firearm used did belong to robert butler jr. s father, robert butler senior. it was put away in a closet, in a room and we believe he got access to it when his father left the house for approximately 40 minutes yesterday. as we now new york the school s principal was wounded. its assistant principal killed. also dead, the shooter in this case, 17-year-old robert butler. one more disturbing piece to this puzzle, butler had been a student at the omaha school for all of two months. until then, he had lived with his mother a town away in lincoln, nebraska, so what happened? i want to turn now to happen nah picket of cnn affiliate kntv out of omaha, nebraska. reporter: the student who shot two of his principals was new to millard south. started going to school up
off the grate, grabbed the animals before they were swept away. leading them safely to a nearby pond. and they re off again. cute. at number two the always classic dog nursing kittens. this video comes from kntv our nbc station in san francisco. these kittens lost their mother and have turned to the family dog for nourishment and attention. but at number one a youtube video on jimmy kimmel show last night, the cutest dog growl you may ever hear. take a listen. [ growling ]
now. to give us more details on the pending vote potentially happening sunday at high noon, we ll be watching for that and when the speaker steps up to the podium, we will bring you that live. meantime, in our search for stories far and wide rk talk about the special delivery when a san francisco mother went into labor at home. the only people there were her three children, but her kids sprang into action with her 9-year-old son calling 911. kntv has the rest of the story reporter: the 911 tape shows how the children sprang into action.