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Joining me with the latest are jay laar from the heartland institute and nuclear safety consultant margaret harding. jay, im looking at not only the contamination story of the uss reagan crewmembers. this is a race against time. japans frantic efforts to avoid a meltdown. some day we were told not to breathe the air, scary. how realistic is this threat? >> sean, it is not at all realistic. i can tell you with the utmost confidence there will not be a health impact of anything that is going on at...

Defense facility outside of japan. the other thing is researchers spend a lot of time interacting with our colleagues across the world to improve construction. >> sean: can can you tell us what we are looking at -- at in these videos? i assume a mock-up of a quake and structural issues, correct? >> correct. a shaking table that simulates an earthquake load. that causes the columns to swayback and forth. in one case they are older buildings that are looked at. >> sean: okay. as far as it relates ...

Defense facility outside of japan. the other thing is researchers spend a lot of time interacting with our colleagues across the world to improve construction. >> sean: can can you tell us what we are looking at -- at in these videos? i assume a mock-up of a quake and structural issues, correct? >> correct. a shaking table that simulates an earthquake load. that causes the columns to swayback and forth. in one case they are older buildings that are looked at. >> sean: okay. as far as it relates ...

Under a situation that could never be expected. the public in japan has enough to worry about a horrible disaster without worrying there is going to be a nuclear explosion. >> sean: the safety agency rated the damage at the plant in fukushima at a 4 on a scale of 1-7. three mile island was a 5. chernobyl rated as a 7. do you agree with the assessment of jay? >> not at all. i was a 4 two days ago. very bad things have happened since. we dont know what is going to happen. there may not be a signif...

Jay laar from the heartland institute and nuclear safety consultant margaret harding. jay, im looking at not only the contamination story of the uss reagan crewmembers. this is a race against time. japans frantic efforts to avoid a meltdown. some day we were told not to breathe the air, scary. how realistic is this threat? >> sean, it is not at all realistic. i can tell you with the utmost confidence there will not be a health impact of anything that is going on at the fukushima power plant. a m...

Under a situation that could never be expected. the public in japan has enough to worry about a horrible disaster without worrying there is going to be a nuclear explosion. >> sean: the safety agency rated the damage at the plant in fukushima at a 4 on a scale of 1-7. three mile island was a 5. chernobyl rated as a 7. do you agree with the assessment of jay? >> not at all. i was a 4 two days ago. very bad things have happened since. we dont know what is going to happen. there may not be a signif...

>> sean: a police chief says 10,000 people are believed dead in his provence alone. and temperatures are nearing the freezing point as millions of people are with out power across japan. for more let me bring in fox news anchor shepherd smith live in tokyo. shep? >> good morning from tokyo. just past 10:00 a.m. here, were getting information about how they believe this happened. happened just after sun rise here in japan about 190 miles north of us. at the reactor number two. remember,...

thousands of gallons of seawater are ongoing. on japans eastern seaboard is being described as a tide of bodies. estimated 2,000 victims have washed ashore. crematoriums in the region are filled. authorities are scrambling to locate body bags. the official death toll is mounting a police chief said an estimated 10,000 are believed to be dead in his province alone. food and water shortages are complicated -- are complicating this crisis. temperatures near freezing as millions are withou...