to japan now. officials say the crippled fukushima power plant is leaking radioactive water into the ocean. the source of the leak is an 8-inch crack in a concrete pipe. efforts today to seal the crack with concrete were not successful. they'll try again to plug the leak using synthetic material but still don't know where the contaminated water is coming from. of course, japan is dealing with a much bigger problem than just the fukushima plant. the prime minister visited one of the areas hardest hit by the tsunami on march 11th. he promised aid to the victims quote, to the end. president barack obama is spending part of his weekend trying to avoid that looming government shutdown. he called both john boehner, republican speaker of the house, and harry reid, democratic senate majority leader. the president's message to them, stop squabbling and reach a solution. lawmakers have to pass a new spending plan by friday, when