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Here in this region with the aid efforts sending more emergency rescue teams and supplies and seven ships are position the off the coast. navy helicopters flying relief runs between the mainland and the uss ronald reagan is serving as a base of operation. we will have much more on that mission in a moment. dozens of other nations including the united states are sending the japanese government millions in disaster relief. early on monday, early today in the united states, president obama said the...

Stranded here without food, without water, without electricity but also to search for others who are missing. >> greg, thank you so much. stay safe. our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by this. thank you, greg and thank you, james. coming up we talk with minnesota congressman michele bachmann. will she add republican presidential candidate to her resume? thats coming up on

Stranded here without food, without water, without electricity but also to search for others who are missing. >> greg, thank you so much. stay safe. our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by this. thank you, greg and thank you, james. coming up we talk with minnesota congressman michele bachmann. will she add republican presidential candidate to her resume? thats coming up on [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider. the "ill sleep when its done"...

Lets bring in our reporter in sendai. its 11:00 p.m. where you are. how are search operations going? [ no audio ] >> we will be back right after this. [ male announcer ] this is james.

Stranded here without food, without water, without electricity but also to search for others who are missing. >> greg, thank you so much. stay safe. our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by this. thank you, greg and thank you, james. coming up we talk with minnesota congressman michele bachmann. will she add republican presidential candidate to her resume? thats coming up on "justice." [ woman announcing ] every subaru is responsibly built in a zero landfill plant. so its no wo...

And there is a release of some of the steam into the environment, indeed. they are saying that some radiation is being released. what are your thoughts about that? >> well, judge, you see when you shut down a nuclear power plant you dont instantaneously, you cant instantaneously shut off the heat that is produces and that heat has to go some where. under normal operations you are able to cool the core of the plant and take that heat away safely. the problem is that the earthquake and then the ts...

And there is a release of some of the steam into the environment, indeed. they are saying that some radiation is being released. what are your thoughts about that? >> well, judge, you see when you shut down a nuclear power plant you dont instantaneously, you cant instantaneously shut off the heat that is produces and that heat has to go some where. under normal operations you are able to cool the core of the plant and take that heat away safely. the problem is that the earthquake and then the ts...

Were back with james who is with us from washington, d.c. james, we were talking about the worst case scenario if the unthinkable were to happen. and i guess my question is if there were a meltdown and i think the fact that they are using some of the seawater to cool off the center of the core is an indication of how almost desperate they are to get this thing cooled off. what actually would happen in japan? >> well, a colleague of mine described pumping seawater into the core of a reactor as so...

And the life you want to live. were back with james who is with us from washington, d.c. james, we were talking about the worst case scenario if the unthinkable were to happen. and i guess my question is if there were a meltdown and i think the fact that they are using some of the seawater to cool off the center of the core is an indication of how almost desperate they are to get this thing cooled off. what actually would happen in japan? >> well, a colleague of mine described pumping seawater...

It wouldnt look all that different from what we have now. a more extreme case and i emphasize this is only one of a number of possible outcomes, the worst possible case would be core meltdown coupled with significant release of radio activity into the environment. japan can evacuate people from around the plant but any large injection of radio activity into the environment is damaging because of its long-term effects on human health. >> all right, james, stay with us. we will have more on this d...