there is something genetically wrong with politicians in these governments that just can t come forward and tell the truth. it s absolutely true. interesting enough it s in their dna. we have a post on the daily beast this morning about an interview with a guy who s in japan, our writer joan bach asked him what american can do. he says within a 30 kilometer radius, the government instructed the refugees to stay sealed indoors. the government isn t sending in food and fuels. he says they re being exposed. one government official made a historical statement accusing private companies not going to into the 30 kilometer area voluntarily. people are trapped in their houses. there s a sense of not wanting to criticize the government. that feeling in japan is intensely viewed in their culture. the government are doing badly right now but nobody wants to
what would be so wrong if people in japan decided you know what, i want to be 150 miles away instead of 25 miles away. how would that be a terrible choice for them to make in a situation like this? well, actually what that would do would be a situation where you have you re acting as a precaution, and this would be a precautionary action, so it is not really about overreacting, it is about taking the necessary precautions to avert the colossal event that s coming. one of the things that s really astounding right now is how the government that under-reacted in terms of not taking out the most vulnerable populations in that 20 to 30 mile or 20 to 30 kilometer radius, where we now have children and pregnant women huddled in these makeshift shelters of their homes, many of them probably damaged by the
a precautionary action, so it is not really about overreacting, it is about taking the necessary precautions to avert the colossal event that s coming. one of the things that s really astounding right now is how the government that underreacted in terms of not taking out the most vulnerable populations in that 20 to 30 mile or 20 to 30 kilometer radius, where we now have children and pregnant women huddled in these makeshift shelters of their homes, many of them probably damaged by the earthquake or the tsunami, and you know, around them now this 30 kilometer line has actually become exclusionary zone. literally, these people are quarantined inside this zone,
world on cnn international as well. we re going to give you an overview of what happened the last day. we continue to follow the breaking news, the explosion now in reactor two, at the fukushima daiichi plant. the japanese government saying that anyone radiation levels are elevated around that plant. and that they re saying that levels that can impact human health are being experienced around that, and that people in the immediate area around that plant should stay indoors. people within a certain how many kilometer radius? people within a radius of 30 kilometers in that plant should stay indoors at this time. we continue to monitor that very closely. i just want to show you some of what we ve seen over the last 24 hours. four days into this terrible tragedy, new video gives insight