you see, red arrows across the board. the dow jones down by 215 points. it s only 11:00 a.m. it s a reaction to what we have seen overseas and many market analysts did expect this. i m thomas roberts. great to have you with me. japanese officials did raise the death toll to more than 2,700 people today but thousands more are still missing and boys continue to wash ashore. 400,000 people are homeless battling cold and windy conditions. nbc s ian williams is innia ma ga ta with the latest on the rescue and aid operations. good morning from yamagata air base where u.s. smirlt officers are in discussion about aid for survivors of the disaster. this could become a forward operating base for a major u.s. marine operation. we witnessed a navy c-130 transport aircraft fly in earlier.