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shouldnt have triggered an fbi search. lets go the evan perez this morning. >> good morning, erica. the trump team largely ignores a lot of the allegations that the justice department made in its bombshell filing a couple nights ago. they are saying it should not have been a surprise that there were classified documents found at mar-a-lago. they were considered personal and presidential records. i will read you part of what they say in the court fueliling. that the records contain sens...

ambassador is arrested on the same day the uk announces new sanctions against the military regime. more calls for the government to step in as the cap on energy prices is set to triple, compared to a year ago. and well hear from a french politican who says britain is threatening frances coastal waters, by dumping raw sewage into the sea. we start in ukraine, where there are growing fears of a nuclear accident at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant — which is held by russian forces. ...

Backup diesel generators because it was disconnected from the grid. and another key piece was the spent fuel on-site. zaporizhzhya keeps the waste in spent fuel pools. the inspectors will be checking to make sure the facilities are operating as normal. >> in many ways, it seems the russian army, vladimir putin, is holding this plant hostage. a demilitarized zone around it. but as melissa pointed out, the fact theres team members staying behind, that may help in terms of keeping the peace, for la...

To back those up, more batteries to back those up, water that can be used to be put back into the core of the reactor, or the fuel pools, and of course very new operating methods and oversights and vigilance airing more on the side of safety. i and oversights and vigilance airing more on the side of safety.- more on the side of safety. i want to turn to — more on the side of safety. i want to turn to this _ more on the side of safety. i want to turn to this other _ more on the side of safety. ...

These systems could be compromised, and then we really have to worry that -- that there could be a serious accident. >> right. and -- and to that point, how can a scenario like this be perhaps better mitigated? i think only one reactor of the six was running. if the reactors arent running, are they safe or safer? or -- or not? >> well, even as a controlled shutdown of the reactor, its not like you just click a switch and its off. the fuel remains in the core for some time, for several weeks actu...

Still quite radioactive. it may be not as active as within the core, but its normally packed really tight so there is less material but there is more of it. so, again, if the -- and those pools of spent fuel pools also need to be cooled and kept at certain temperatures. so, again, if the cooling system is compromised, uh, then -- then there could be trouble. >> were -- were almost out of time. but real quick, if you can, in a worst-case scenario in this sort of situation, what sort of radiation ...

The nature of operating a nuclear power plant safely is inconsistent with military operation. >> correct me if im wrong. i read that there will -- that pools of water with spent fuel rods at the zaporizhzhia power plant and is that your understanding as well and i would assume that in a -- if there is a fire fight going on, or bombs falling or shelling, if there are large pools of waters with spent fuel rods, that would be concerning. >> so every nuclear reactor has spent fuel pools right next d...

arabic networks saying he is walking around in tripoli and calls rebel forces criminals and traitors and rats. more and more the rebels do believe he is still in or near tripoli. in fact, they think two days of fierce fighting near the airport could be pretty significant. we are covering every angle of this story with multiple correspondents on the ground. sara sidner is in tripoli central square and we have arwa damon and frederik pleitgen and zain verjee. lets get to arwa damon right...

Laura ingle live inside of buchanan new york on the banks of the hudson. >> reporter: to the fuel pools to the back up generators, security systems and the control rooms our cameras take you along for a very rare look inside one of the most talked about nuclear power plants in the united states, that story come up. 

Time. the double whammy of earthquake and tsunami trigger ad nuclear disaster in japan. when the fukushima plant lost power backup generators failed and batteries ran out and cooling systems shut down. radiation spewed from damaged reactors and spent fuel pools. the tornadoes that spiraled through alabama knocked out power to three units and at the browns ferry nuclear plant. reactors automatically shut down and officials say that the safety systems worked. >> all available diesel generators sta...