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Buckle up. the first minute of trading the dow industrials down 184 points and analysts say what youre seeing is the u.s. market pricing in the worst case scenario with japans cries with loss of life and affects of radiation on the economy. this become a global crisis and not just a disaster confined to japan. in the world markets, japans nikkei fell almost 11% on tuesday. that is 17% in just two days. almost every sector is being hammered. im talking about electric companies, nuclear power comp...

With the situation. 600 sailors and pilots from californias lamore naval station. >> never in the course of any of this did they feel any affects. the first indication we had was the sensors. it was not through anything that they noticed. >> it was a huge relief to find out that it was something that could wash off and be decome tam natured, that it was fine. megyn: the u.s. s. ronald reagan has repositioned itself so it will no longer be downwind from the crippled power plant. even though the d...

Sanjay gupta is on the ground at a refugee camp. >> one of the big concerns the thyroid gland in particular can take up this radioactive iodine. so this is sort of a simple, yet important concept is if you give a stable iodine, in this case, potassium iodine youre flooding with this stable component. and even if there is exposure to this element, it doesnt get stuck. it seems to work pretty well. its just simple iodine tablets. now, thats not going to work after someones been exposed. not going ...

Cancer. jenna: we are looking at the radiation and also looking at people not having heat in their homes. what is the biggest medical emergency? how would you approach this as a doctor? what is your biggest concern? >> reporter: i would say acutely our biggest concern is actually any trauma and illness that people -- that affected people immediately from the earthquake from physical damage from all those types of things. the affects from radiation we need to help people who are having a cute, na...

Dna and prevents cells from being able to divide. within your gastrointestinal track the cells are dividing so quickly that is the first area affected. jenna: can that be permanent damage. >> reporter: it can be permanent damage. what happens with the initial radiation poisoning people can start to feel better and then actually the affects return. this can last from weeks to months. jenna: we just got a news blast at the top of our show that was talking about hundreds of thousands of iodine tabl...

Jenna: right now new fears over the health safety of u.s. troops and also the japanese people, anyone in what is happening in japan right now. the u.s. s. ronald reagan may have passed through a radioactive cloud while doing relief work off the coast. 17 helicopter crew members treated for radiation exposure during one mission. what health issues are facing our troops as well as the japanese. dr. cromwell is joining us now. we are talking about radiation affects or poisoning. what would that fee...

Joining us dr. robert weiss he studied the affects of tsunamis for the past 10 years. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> sean: obviously, we have the tsunami there. from what i understand this is moving at the speed of a jet. about 500 miles per hour. walk us through how all of this occurs. obviously we dont have a lot of warning but we have tsunami warnings. as you see the water sweep through and picking up trucks and boats and houses, i mean, explain the power to people. ...

On the ground and the automobiles and the loose debris. >> the pacific ocean like a bathtub with harsh affects on the edges. >> exactly. >> i want to show you pictures of what we are watching on the roads in japan. this is more tsunami explainers. we show this and this video here, tell us whats happening. the ground is turning into liquid. this will happen in the united states actually. we have a huge fault in central america. the soil likhovtseva wiified. an enormous amount of energy and the so...

Of the future. it seems like this out of control know no bounds government, oil wells 84 or some of caldwells favorite author of minor atlas, they it. where did this vision come from? >> she grew up in russia. she saw what could happen with big government. i read it as a kid. it is still selling millions of copies. having become a consumer reporter and studied the affects of big government. i reread it, it was oh my god how could she see 50 years ago what would happen now in america. that you ha...

Of the future. it seems like this out of control know no bounds government, oil wells 84 or some of caldwells favorite author of minor atlas, they it. where did this vision come from? >> she grew up in russia. she saw what could happen with big government. i read it as a kid. it is still selling millions of copies. having become a consumer reporter and studied the affects of big government. i reread it, it was oh my god how could she see 50 years ago what would happen now in america. that you ha...