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There. the signature of this explosion only looked to the seismographs out there about the size of these things here. thats why they say we dont think of it as a hydrogen blast. but if they picked up some information that gets them closer to that, again, kate, you can see why the whole world is watching and concerned about this. >> that is a startling comparison when you line them up like that, tom. thank you so much. wow. "outfront" for us next, donald trump and ted cruz, the two gop front-ru...

Korea. they want to at least keep it at bay but keep a closer eye on it. they dont know what would follow if the regime collapsed and if there were an exodus of migrants across the border. thats been their play, and they have clearly let some of this material -- sanction material get across the border. thats the border that is the more porous into north korea. that said, the u.n. is going to have to do something because this is another very clear violation. no matter what kind of test this was, ...

Seen the level of radioactivitys declined some time after. >> reporter: the level of radiation does seem to spike. it declines and rises rapidly again. why do your knowledge is this happening? >> reporter: well, this is something that is difficult for us to identify at this juncture. we are looking into what is the actual causes for those radioactivity. in the past where we saw a blast over hydrogen blast, we found out that that was the result of venting to emit air from inside, which would cont...

And there goes your first barrier. the second barrier in one of these reactors is the containment itself, and that containment was damaged in a hydrogen blast, so they now have a clear pathway, and they are committed to continuing releases. they might get through this without huge additional releases. they are certain to have to keep releasing radioactive materials for some time to come. >> matthew, how much can we trust the japanese government to tell us the truth? >> well, the tokyo electric p...

Lets bring you up to date with the latest from japan. and six people injured in a new explosion today in the northeast of the country. it was a hydrogen blast occurring at the building that houses the number three reactor at the fukushima nuclear plant. this is where most of the crisis has been unfolding on this story. officials say the number three reactor was not damaged in that explosion today. and japanese media are also quoting japans nuclear safety agency. theyre saying the cooling system ...

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Than 1600 and all-out search for survivors is still under way. well, cnns stan grant is in tokyo following the latest developments at the two nuclear power plants that were damaged by the earthquake and tsunami and he joins us now. of course, we mention those two emergencies, want to go first to the fukushima plant because thats where, of course, weve been reporting this hydrogen blast. what information have you been able to pull together on this? >> reporter: yeah, hydrogen blast very much a ca...

Call this toll-free number now. now our top headlines from now our top headlines from the disaster in the pacific. there are nuclear fears in northeast japan today after another hydrogen explosion at fukushima power plant. even before that blast people from a wide region were forced to evacuate due to radiation risk. international aid is arriving today in japan. specially trained dogs are there from the u.s. to search for earthquake victims but a u.s. aircraft carrier just off the coast wa...

Nagano. details are very sketchy at the moment. we dont know whether this is an aftershock, but it is certainly a long way from the epicenter of fridays 8.9 magnitude quake. well continue to bring you details as we get them. we dont know whether its caused any damage or whether theres there has been any casualties. well get some more information to you as soon as we get it here at cnn. lets continue, though, our coverage of the twin disasters from friday on the east coast of the country. now t...

Higher aftershock in the next three days. its much closer to the west coast than the quake-hit east coast. meanwhile a new hydrogen blast has injured six people at the fukushima daiichi plant. it was in the building that houses the plants number three reactor. that reactor has been shut down. government officials say the reactor has not been damaged. the official death toll from the earthquake quake and tsunami stands at more than 1,600 people, 1,700 people remaining. those numbers are expected ...