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Using pickup trucks, not military vehicles, that sort of thing. >> japan, want our viewers to look at this. around the fukushima daiichi nuclear facility, take a look. >> reporter: i have inside the 20 kilometer zone. im wearing face covering here and down at my feet, my shoes are also protected. this is to stop me coming in contact with any potentially contaminated material on the ground or breathing in any contamination. >> and michael that evacuation zone, seems like nobody would want to be i...

Under control anytime soon? >> reporter: certainly. and a lot of it is because of whats happening with the aftershocks. seismologists have been saying that japan is going to continue to see aftershocks up to a magnitude 7 for up to a year. its very difficult for tepco to get a handle on it to get ahead of it. and the other problem has been, they arent quite sure what the nuclear impact is on the people that live near the plant. the government announced theyre going to widen the evacuation zone. ...

Growing confidence gap in terms of -- between what the government is saying and what is actually happening. we talked to a number of people here, all of whom said they dont believe what japanese officials have been publicly stating to them about the situation. the united states has now come forward to -- the united states has come forward today saying that the area around the plant, that americans should not be within 50 miles of this nuclear plant. that is very different than what the japanese ...

>> the damage is just extraordinary in some of these areas. what weve noticed in talking to people here in tokyo is a growing confidence gap in terms of -- between what the government is saying and what is actually happening. we talked to a number of people here, all of whom said they dont believe what japanese officials have been publicly stating to them about the situation. the united states has now come forward to -- the united states has come forward today saying that the area around the pla...

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, and where you could say they are being sheltered in place, in fact, theyre being held as hostages in another sense, and as we understand it, food columns, convoys bringing food to these people are not moving ç beyond that 30 kilometer zone, not getting in there. so we are hearing pleas for food. we dont understand why th...

And where you could say they are being sheltered in place, in fact, theyre being held as literally, these people are quarantined inside this zone, and where you could say they are being sheltered in place, in fact, theyre being held as hostages in another sense, and as we understand it, food columns, convoys bringing food to these people are not moving beyond that 30 kilometer zone, not getting in there. so we are hearing pleas for food. we dont understand why there is not already extraordinary ...

And where you could say they are being sheltered in place, in fact, theyre being held as hostages in another sense, and as we understand it, food columns, convoys bringing food to these people are not moving beyond that 30 kilometer zone, not getting in there. so we are hearing pleas for food. we dont understand why there is not already extraordinary measures going onto send convoys in to put kids and pregnant women into buses and they would be just as safe in buses getting out of there as they ...

Not happened. people are using that word all over the place, or at least it hasnt happened on a major scale as far as we know. what we do know, at least 20 people are believed to be suffering from radiation sickness and the nap niece network nhk is reporting elevated radiation levels 20 mile from the plant. thats higher than weve seen at times in tap water, but not nearly as high as the air itself. 20 miles, by the way, is beyond the japanese evacuation zone, on the edge of the stay indoors grap...

The difference is that governor thornburg at three mile island did tell pregnant women and young children to evacuate, and i believe that the japanese should do that out beyond this 20 kilometer or 12 mile zone. i think the japanese should extend that warning for pregnant women and children out to at least the 30 kilometer zone. being in your house with a developing fetus, for instance, is not a good idea because your cells are growing very fast, and it is fast growing cells that are more suscep...

They are handling it as well as they could. theres a lot of similarities here to three mile island, underestimating the magnitude of the incident on the first day, for instance. thats a dead ringer for what happened at three mile island. waiting for an evacuation for several days, thats a dead ringer for what happened at three mile island. the difference is that governor thornburg at three mile island did tell pregnant women and young children to evacuate, and i believe that the japanese should ...