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To meet our energy needs, the administration believes we must rely on a diverse set of energy sources, including renewables like wind and solar, natural gas, clean coal and nuclear power. we look forward to a continued dialogue with congress moving that agenda forward. >> 35 past the hour. a live shot of the foggy washington, d.c. welcome back to "morning joe." quick look at the news. japanese officials say that workers evacuated earlier from the crippled japanese nuke plant are getting ready to...

New explosion at the puke seem fukushima power station. this happened in the number two reactor. it may have damaged the reactors containment vessel. units one and three had explosions saturday as well as yesterday morning. 11 people were injured yesterday, now there are three overheating reactors to be concerned about. all three have been rocked by explosions. all three are in danger of melting down completely. the possible outcome is a three mile island situation. three mile island times three...

Closely now for the last several days. this new explosion happened in the number 2 reactor. it is a very ominous development. it may have damaged the reactors containment vessel. units 1 and 3, as you may remember, had explosions on saturday as well as yesterday morning local time. 11 people were injured yesterday. so now there are three overheating reactors to be concerned about. all three now have been rocked by explosions. all three are in danger of melting down completely. the possible outco...

Explosion, the third at the fukushima daiichi power station south of here. this is the power station weve been watching closely now for the last several days. this new explosion happened in the number two reactor. its a very ominous development and may have damaged the reactors containment vessel. units one and three had explosions saturday as well as yesterday morning local time. 11 people were injured yesterday. now there are three overheating reactors to be concerned about. all three have bee...

Daiichi power station south of here. this is the power station weve been watching closely for the last several days. the new explosion happened in the number two reactor. it is a very ominous development. it may have damaged the reactors containment vessel. units one and three, you may remember, had explosions on saturday as well as yesterday morning local time. 11 people were injured yesterday. so now there are three overheating reactors to be concerned about. all three now have been rocked by ...

>> the nuclear crisis is escalating. well start first with fukushima. we have been monitoring this for 24 hours and explosion there and there are fears of another explosion at another reactor. they are fighting now to try to cull two reactors, just the one plant. also there are concerns of overheating reactors and they have declare and emergency. now back at fukushima two, this is a plant nearby. they understand there are nuclear reactors. they are trying to pump coolant to stop the nuclear reac...

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I an few hours later it was announced it had been a mistake. it was safe for the engineers to go back. there was a new strategy using helicopters to scoop water from the ocean and drop it onto the overheating reactors, but this was quickly aborted because radiation levels above the plant were judged too high with options running out, theres now a suggestion that police will try to use water cannon normally deployed in riot control. if the japanese people were worried before, the rare sight of th...

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Suffered extensive damage. three of them are in some stage of melting down, and nearly everyone who works at the plant, some 800 people now have evacuated leaving just a few dozen workers to try to cool down those overheating reactors. cnn international correspondent stan grant has the latest from tokyo. >> reporter: the nuclear emergency here in japan continues to move into uncharted waters. there has been so many developments and so much confusion about those developments, there was a hydrogen...