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Reactors and fuel pools. its worse. now, it sounds as if they are now clawing back and getting some control and hopefully theyll be able to restore some off site power and be able to provide the necessary cooling for the most troubled reactors. the reactor -- the concern that i have that is the highest is the spent fuel pools in units three and four. and i think that the reason why the nuclear regulatory commission or the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission has reason to believe that p...

It pays to discover. wherever you are in the world, youre watching "world one" im jim clancy at cnn center. japans nuclear safety agency raised the fukushima accident level to five from four. thats according to media reports. experts are rating these kinds of nuclear vents on an international scale from zero to seven. chernobyl was a seven, a major accident. and that was the highest, three mile island was rated a five. authorities say the accident at fukushima plant rates a six. theres bee...

They talk about what level it is, seven being the highest. >> the chernobyl event was a seven. well, the crisis in japan has taken a toll on the nikkei, but japanese markets are rebounding this morning after the u.s., canada, and the european central bank have intervened to help weaken the yen. the dow bounced back too posting a 163-point gain after two days of steep losses. >> yesterday, shelters packed with hundreds of thousands of people, the ever present danger of radiation poisoning, the ...

This is what they look like in the latest image from digital globe. you can see all the damage. officials have been covering this a lot more closely and getting more pictures, looking close. they can see the damage, too. look at this photograph taken after the tsunami. you dont see as much apparent damage. when you look at the current pictures, you can see things have broken down in the explosions, the heat, the radiation, so they have changed the rating. one reason is the radiation reading. com...

Arent nearly as smart as donald trump says he is and still believe despite lots of evidence and fact that the president was indeed born in the united states that he is indeed a united states citizen. >> jonathan capehart at the white house. fun to think about. it would make the race very interesting. >> yeah. my big question today is donald trump the gops best option for president? id like to hear your thoughts and, wow, are we already having a lively conversation online, on facebook and twitt...

Over the coming year. thats nearly twice as high as it was just three months ago. steve liesman is cnbcs chief economic reporter. steve, whats the take-away out of all this? >> the take-away is how astonishing these results were. it floored me. we had this really interesting blip up, positive blip, in december, and then to see these numbers rocket down like this, i think the take-away is as follows. one of the things we saw was that peoples expectations for their wages have pretty much crashed. ...

Leaks. >> reporter: yeah, theres no question, errol and this whole idea these workers are in there putting out fires, trying to stop explosions, turning valves, its remarkable work and youre right, the radiation levels within the plant obviously the highest of all. weve only gotten an idea of the levels outside of the plants or gates. those are some of the numbers given to us but inside the plant where the workers are working who knows what theyre being subjected to. there are a few different de...

Nuclear reactors. the u.s. has the largest number of commercial reactors, 104, france has the second highest with 58. japan has 54. china has 13 reactors to generate power, but leads the way under construction with 27. russia is building 11 new reactors while india and south korea each have five under construction. almost half the worlds commercial nuclear reactors gain operation in the 1980s. we have 218 coming online in that decade. and one last figure for you, more than 155 nuclear power plan...

Clark was linked to the case through dna evidence. turning to politics now, our new poll of republican-leaning voters shows favorable impressions of sarah palin have fallen to a new low. 58% say they favor palin but those who say they have an unfavorable impression of her grew to 37%. 60% say they have a favorable opinion of another presidential candidate, mitt romney. 21% had an unfavorable view of him. mike huckabee ranked the highest with 61% saying they liked him. 18% say they did not like...

Why was this the critical first move. >> because he ep bodies government as usual, how its been in this community for many years. and by that, i mean the nerve of a mayor to propose a budgeting with the type of economic times that weve had here in this community that we have among the highest unemployment rate, it the highest in the state of florida. its almost -- its been running close to 40% higher than the national average. >> the foreclosure situation, as well. >> foreclosures were in the to...