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To cool down the spent fuel rods and the power source has been hooked back up to reactor two but that cooling pump is not yet back operational. experts say there is so much pressure inside the reactors themselves it will be difficult to get water inside. another problem the spent fuel rods in the pools there are reports that the nuclear regulatory commission believes that one of those tanks, specifically number 4, could have a hole in it which is why the water is leaking out i want to show you t...

Explosion did not compromise the core facility. the same process, deja vu all over again. we lose a cooling pump, had problems at one reactor, the hydrogen builds up, then explodes. that happened at unit 1 and apparently at unit 3 and we have to assess how significant the damage is. hopefully just the outer structure, concrete building itself and left unaffected the reactor and unaffected the containment vessel. if it were to affect those things, that would be bad news. oh, and by the way, theyr...

Guiding us through it. youve got to meet this guy, a former commander. hes a former astronaut. he was a commander on the international space station. hes done space walks himself. and were -- as you know on this show, we like talking about space and understanding whats going on out there, because what happens out in space is very important to what happens down on earth. they come up with inventions and discoveries out there that serve us here on earth. leroy joins me again, this time from mounta...

On top of race fan, and eight people were killed. he writes on his facebook page he was incredibly dev stateded. people were standing as littles a ten feet from the trucks. china overtook japan as the worlds second large of the economy and they should claim second place for all of 2010. you can see the projections in the dark blue. the international monetary funds values the u.s. economy at $15 trillion this year. lets go to the international space station where they are trying to replace a ...

Checking top stories, china is poised to become the worlds second biggest economy, pushing japan to third place. chinese economy has been fueled by exports an massive population. amid increased tensions in on the korean peninsula, north korea is responding to exercises with tough talk. astronauts taking a space walk this morning to replace a cooling pump on the space station. todays work is the third of a three-part repair job that began more than a week ago. seems like we need a cooling pum...

Fix a cooling pump that failed last month. phil keating is live in miami and they had a lot to get done this morning. what did they have to do to get the pump in place? >> well, they did it all so far, so good. and they actually remarked its like butta! as they slid the 780-pound backup pump into place. doug whellock and tracy dyson removed the pump which apparently broke because of an electrical shortage july 31st. since that time for the past two weeks the international space station with thre...

Of three space walks underway to replace a critical cooling pump on the international space station. so far theyve removed the lines and unhooked the hoses overcoming earlier problems with this high-flying repair job. thats a bit of an understatement really. tom jones is a fox news contributor, also the author of plantology. so nice to see you. >> hi, jenna. jen youve dealt with a similar problem, what can you tell us about that? >> we had a leak when we were installing the u.s. destiny laborato...

Here are some stories to watch today on abc news. it is day 11 for jurors deliberating in the rod blagojevich trial in chicago. the former illinois governor is accused of trying to sell off president obamas senate seat. two nasa astronauts have a big job ahead later this morning at the international space station. theyll go on a space walk to repair a cooling pump. the holy month of ramadan starts today for muslims worldwide. the observance calls for a fast from sunrise to sunset. finally ...

A dangerous leak is dae railing urgent repairs on the international space station. two crewmembers went for an 8 hour spacewalk yesterday and the mission, to try and fix a broken cooling system. doing the repairs, an ammonia leak burst and the gas forced the astronauts back inside the space station. and nasa said they have to get the cooling system back on-line, soon, and the orbiting lab will overheat they believe if the backup cooling pump fails and the space walks will try and make the repair...

Cooling pump. elena kagan sworn in as 112th justice of the supreme court. she will be the fourth woman ever to serve. well bring you that at 2:00. and bp bringing you that. three months back in the leap horizon rig. well determine how the explosion happened. and from dish washer to al qaeda senior leader. who is ahman el shukrjumah? >> he is the part of the global operation for al qaeda and responsible for planning attacks and taking the post of the calid sheik muhammad. the master mind of s...