safe air field for military-type aircrafts to go into the affected aircraft and pick people up and fly them out and to refuel search and rescue helicopters. last count that carrier was still about 500 miles away so it s steaming its way there. there are other capabilities in the area such as the tortuga and the essex and blue ridge. the biggest capability will be in the reagan. those forces are deploying there and we couldn t condues deployment with employment and hopefully that s been done by now, that they got the paperwork from the japanese government asking the u.s. military to start helping search and rescue now. general honore, we appreciate it and one of the issues you mentioned is the rooftop rescues. general, please stand by and stay with us as we assess these first pictures and daylight images from japan. coming up, we ll be speaking with some of our correspondents
management drill. take a look at this. police, firefighters, the military all taking part. they staged rooftop rescues in preparation for the upcoming g20 summit there. in the middle, women going toe to toe in peru. a females-only boxing competition, part of a plan to attract potential buyers to an art festival there. and on the bottom, there s been a massive explosion at a greek courthouse. smoke is billowing through the building, police started evacuating the courthouse before the explosion because there was a bomb threat called in. jon: a fox news alert, we are waiting for president obama to emerge from the white house there for a statement regarding oil drilling in this country, and i guess more specifically what the administration hopes to do about that oil leak. currently raging off the coast of louisiana. he s been meeting with his cabinet members about it, now the president. good afternoon, everybody.
it s been a devastating 2a hours for west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety the water, a deadly torrent, destroying houses and engulfing neighbourhoods. smashing homes, like matchboxes. almost 60 people have died in west germany alone, others are still missing. armin laschet, who may succeed angela merkel as germany s next chancellor, said there was no doubt this was the result of climate change. translation: we will be | confronted with such events again and again, and this means that we need more speed in climate protection measures european, nationwide, worldwide. in schuld, they re still in shock. michal and his friend had just finished refurbishing the pub. they were supposed to open on saturday. translation: it s i
in the village of schuld. she and herfamily fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured. he s in hospital. margaretta points out what once was her neighbours house, but says she doesn t know what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone, her daughter tells us. it s been a devastating 2a hours for west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety the water, a deadly torrent, destroying houses and engulfing neighbourhoods. smashing homes, like matchboxes. almost 60 people have died in west germany alone, others are still missing.
a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured he s in hospital. margaretta points out what was her neighbour s house, but she says she doesn t know what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone, her daughter tells us. it has been a devastating 2a hours for west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety. homes smashed like matchboxes. more than a0 people are dead in west germany alone. others are still missing. armin laschet, who may succeed angela merkel as germany s next chancellor says it is no doubt it is the result of climate change. translation: we will be confronted