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Center. were a complex of seven hospitals that normally have 35 operating rooms and we cover all major specialties in medicine. the situation right now is we only have two functioning operating rooms. there are issues with air conditioning. cannot open more operating rooms if air conditioning is not working. there are multiple issues and they keep showing up one after the other. i heard this morning from the radiology residents that due to power issues, their three ct scans are down and the mri ...

Sure our loved ones are safe. i mean this is serious. and we hear about these hurricanes happening in other coastal communities, but i dont think we truly knew the magnitude of it until youre actually in it and you get home and all of your stuff is just gone, your home is gone. and those are just things. were happy to be safe, were happy to be alive, but this is obviously going to be a lot of rebuilding and im scared right now for what is to come, but ill tell you that our community is being ver...

Than just power. they have lost their homes. but for so many people they are just waiting for the power to come back on. boy, look at these unbelievable pictures. im sorry i cant help but step off of what we are doing right now, because that is incredible. lets talk a little bit about the power issue as it relates to new jersey across 16 states, really, that are dealing with power issues. karen johnson from pse & g one of the main power companies. i know you folks are extremely busy. we thank yo...

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That area, probably have power issues. were so far away that it was not an issue. even after the last earthquake his power and internet. only my water and gas stopped working. >> you reached out to friends through facebook, i understand. what are they telling you, what are they saying? youre trying to comfort each other right now? >> well, my friends here in japan, were all trying to comfort each other. my friends in atlanta and other parts of the world are saying, why are you still in japan? im...

Spokesperson for the group that lobbies the u.s. government on pro-nuclear power issues. >> i think as weve seen in japan, despite the magnitude of that earthquake, they hold up quite well. >> reporter: but it turns out surviving the quake was not the end of the crisis. at fukushima daiichi, the backup power supply, 13 diesel electric generators ran for a while, then failed. when the generators failed, so did the water pumps that cooled the reactors. >> you have title six reactors under great st...

Trouble. >> a pattern emerged that tepco isnt frank and deliberately covers up to protect its own interests. >> reporter: despite promises to regain public confidence, tepcos honesty was questioned again in 2007 when a 6.8 earthquake struck western japan, shake i shaking the nuclear power plant. the public later learned a fire burned for two hours and hundreds of gallons of radioactive water had leaked into the sea. the plant that is now in trouble survived the most recent quake, a quake stronge...

Plant now in trouble. >> theres a pattern emerged that tepco isnt frank and deliberately covers up to protect its own interest. >> reporter: despite promises to regain confidence, tepcos honesty was questioned again in 2007 when a 6.8 earthquake struck western japan, shaking the nuclear plant. tepco reported only a minor fire at the plant and less than a gallon of water leakage. later the public learned the fire burned for two hours and hundreds of gallons of radioactive water had leaked into th...

We get into friday. rain in this area, this is the big problem spot, baton rouge, little rock, jackson, well be dealing with snow and sleet and maybe some power issues and road delays are going to be a definite possibility here and the airports will be effected especially in the houston area. jenna: well continue to watch the story of the weather in our country. we have breaking news overseas as well. jon: this fox news alert from cairo where right now gunshots are ringing out in tahrir square. ...

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