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Rideo active iodine has been detected in tap water, authorities say its within acceptable safety levels. radio active part cells have begun to enter the food chain here, spinach and milk produced in the plant tested positive and have been banned from sale. there has been one positive tellment -- development from attempts to cool those overheated reactors engineers say theyve attached a power cable to the outside of the plant this, could be crucial. if they can power up power systems it can help ...

Theyve been looking at food stuffs there and say its within products such as spinach and milk. there has though been one positive development today off of that plant. about 150 miles northeast of here on the coast. the engineers say theyve successfully attached now a power cable to two of the reactors at the plant. and this could be crucial, it is because if they can power up the cooling system, it could very well help those reactors cool down. a japanese government spokesman says theres now som...

Farms and even water in together wrote. and now, in tokyo with the latest on this. woe -- we hear reports of milk and spinach and drinking water showing signs of contamination. >>guest: deep concern about drinking water in tokyo. but people going about their business and there is a positive development at the fukushima nuclear power plant 150 miles northeast of here. i understand the engineers of the plant have successfully attached, now, a half mile power cable to the nuclear plant and this cou...

He had been trapped for eight days under smothering rubble. no one thought any one could possibly still be alive eight days after this 9.0 earthquake ruptured japan. just minutes ago the japanese military making the extraordinary discovery and the rescue. the man buried in rubble in one of japans hardest hit area. and more breaking news. japan makes another announcement though this is grim. the nuclear crisis level raised to a level five. meanwhile, more bad news. time, well, it is running out. ...

He had been trapped for eight days under smothering rubble. no one thought any one could possibly still be alive eight days after this 9.0 earthquake ruptured japan. just minutes ago the japanese military making the extraordinary discovery and the rescue. the man buried in rubble in one of japans hardest hit area. and more breaking news. japan makes another announcement though this is grim. the nuclear crisis level raised to a level five. meanwhile, more bad news. time, well, it is running out. ...

Panicked here as yet. -- >> greta: i dont see the evidence of panic. huge level of frustration when you hear one thing from the japanese government another from the power company another out of the u.s. government in terms of the level of danger. so much information is not getting out it is frustrating. are there any good signs, any positive signs they are getting ahead of this? >> shepard: there are a few positive signs if you believe what they are saying. if they are able to attach this power ...

Tntd on a 5 scale 1 to 7. wider and possibly more deadly consequences. three mile island here in the united states was also a five on that same scale. chernobyl the worst ever nuclear disaster was a seven. now engineers attaching a power cable to the fukushima nuclear plant. we have been waiting for this for days. they are traying to get the cooling stations. more cable inside the complex before they can attempt to turn the pumps on sometime over the weekend. but there is no guarantee that they ...

Trying to cool them down and, the plant is 150 miles northeast of here, and, it is called fukushima, and, there are great concerns in tokyo about what is going on there. also, at that plant, 25 trucks are still in action at this hour, and pouring water onto those reactors, and, reactor pools, trying to sort out the situation. engineers from tokyo electric have also now conceded they may have to bury the plant in sand and concrete as it may be the only way to contain the release of huge amounts o...

One week out. from the rubble to the evacuation centers. a short time ago the japanese prime minister naoto kan addressed his people he denied the authorities had been withholding any information. with tears in his eyes, he said japan would find their feet again. for now, it remains a frightening, desperate time. itv news. all week engineers have tried dumping water on to the fukushima plant from above and spraying water at ground level. nothing seems to be working. if all else fails, japan ma...

Panicked here as yet. -- >> greta: i dont see the evidence of panic. huge level of frustration when you hear one thing from the japanese government another from the power company another out of the u.s. government in terms of the level of danger. so much information is not getting out it is frustrating. are there any good signs, any positive signs they are getting ahead of this? >> shepard: there are a few positive signs if you believe what they are saying. if they are able to attach this power ...