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presidency in the republican party primary. >> ron paul is running for president again. if he had won the last time, guess what he wouldnt have done about bin laden? then, remember japan. >> this is a ticking time bomb. >> ill ask him if the japanese government has learned from its mistakes. how bad in libya? 30,000 refugees crammed into leaking boats. a terrifying trip toll safety. some have made it. many have not. more on the way. body parts scattered across the street. thats how...

Broken, therefore, we have no cooling system, and we have to have these firemen -- its a suicide mission, theyre like samarai warriors going in with hoses keeping everything cool. this is not in the manual. >> is it doing anything? >> its keeping the rods cool temporarily. once the firemen no longer put water in, everything boils off. at that point levels begin to drop like they did next week and the meltdown starts and you have to evacuate because of a small earthquake or pipe break, if they ev...

Force is on reserve, they can hit it with everything theyve got. you know we should hit that thing with everything but the kitchen sink. i say hit it with the kinken sink. sandbag it, concrete -- >> today. >> as a reserve. today its somewhat stable, another earthquake, we are one pipe break away from having to exercise this option. but right now, its stable. >> i was talking to bill nye yesterday and he said that nuclear scientists are what he termed believers. they are, as it were, perseverers,...

Theres no chapter that talks about the sequence of whats happening. hitting the reactor with firehoses, thats not in any text book, calling out firemen to put out a nuclear accident. >> but every day we have further explosion, we have smoke, radioactive plumes pumping out, attempts to reconnect electricity, none of its worked. how many days is it now, ten? >> two set backs in two days. yesterday smoke coming out of the reactor because of the spent fuel pond is boiling over. if those rods are exp...

Youre in "the situation room." happening now -- president obama signs an emergency disaster declaration for the state of massachusetts after a giant pipe break that left much of the boston area without safe drinking water. just how dangerous is the water and then will the supplies be restored? stand by. as the massive oil slick expands across the gulf of mexico, a firsthand look how to stop it. brian todd will show us the containment under construction right now. im wolf blitzer and youre in "...

Emergency disaster declaration for the state of massachusetts, and in the wake of a massive pipe break, that left much of the boston and surrounding area without safe drinking water. workers have successfully repaired the ten-foot-wide pipe, by broke saturday, but an order remains in effect while the water quality is tested. authorities expect the water supply to be restored within the next couple of days. new questions today about the fate of a taliban leader who was reported killed in pakist...