they re going to want to cash in as quickly as they can, right, because their moment is now and congratulations to all of them. bill: great olympics, a lot of fun. martha: yeah, happening now starts right now, see you tomorrow, same place. jon: good morning to you, it s monday, and it s march, i m jon scott. jane: i m jane skinner, happening now , more pictures of the aftermath of the earthquake in chile, it s considered 500 times more powerful than than the one that devastated haiti. survivors are still trapped in the rubble. jon: in the middle box, new developments in the battle for health care reform, an issue that affects every single american. there s word today the white house will push to change your health care system through a process called reconciliation. senate democrats would need only a simple majority, 51 votes. would they, and what are the political risks? we have reaction from both sides of the aisle. jane: on the bottom, a confession from beyond the gra
Buildings in that area. one other thing, paul, how long will the aftershocks last? these aftershocks will fortunately go down in magnitude frequency as time goes on, that it could last months and years from now. and severe ones too? yes, severe ones. the numbers will go down with time, but it s very possible that even after a month or a year, we could have more severe aftershocks from this earthquake. larry: thank you, paul earl, seismologist. how are they formed, the international we re founded right here, headquartered right here in los angeles by dr. bob stein man. how long ago. 1984, in response to the chriscys in afghanistan. soviet union invaded, they didn t have access to medical
have dealings with. a special larry king live is about to start in just a few minutes. we will see you back here at ten. six members of congress are retiring. why are they doing it? maybe because they think our government is broken. meantime a special edition of larry king live starts right now. larry: thank you, don. good evening. at least 214 people are dead after an 8.8 magnitude quake rocked chile early saturday morning. 2 million people have been affected. witnesses are reporting aftershocks about every hour. a resulting tsunami has ravaged parts of the chilean coast. warnings were posted in hawaii, while the surf did rise, hawaii is no longer facing the threat. japan is facing a major tsunami of three meters, that is nine feet. we just got new video of what the scene was like in chile moments after the quake. watch. [ speaking spanish ] [ speaking spanish ] larry: let s begin with jacqui jeras, our meteorologist and cnn weather anchor. she is in atlanta. jacqui,
Hawaii to prepare for these waves and for this rush of water that has been expected. businesses have been closed. some even describe maui as looking like a ghost town. joining us on the phone is paul earl, with the united states geological survey. he joins us now. so mr. earl, as we take a look at these live pictures from hawaii, we see some discoloration in the water. what are we expecting now as far as a time frame for when hawaii may feel the effects of of this? what people need to do is they need to listen to their local authorities and follow their lead in terms of when they believe it is safe. tsunami warnings are issued by noah and the noah tsunami center in hawaii. they need to listen to the word from those officials on when it is safe to return to their places. explain to us then about the power. we hear about the energy of this