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Been a very bloody night. whatever weapons may be funneled in from across the border in egypt in the no-fly zone, the worry at this point is it may be too little too late. but obviously those rebels are planning to fight and have been told to report to their post and prepare for battle. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel working on a very busy day at 1600 pennsylvania avenue today. mike, thanks very much. so, here is what we are waiting for. waiting for a report from our steve harrigan who is in tri...

Some firm reports on numbers 1 and 2. they all come together after a time. reactor number 1 the rods have been damaged up to 70%. is that tantamount to a meltdown? it depends on whose definition you use. reactor number 2, damage at 33%. we got this information from the government in the last three hours. thats information we might have been able to get a few days ago. how do they know how damaged they are? you cant be inside there. this is a plant that had 800 employees and they are down to 50 e...

We are back with new developments this hour on the devastation gripping japan right now. nbcs chris jansing host of "jansing & co." right here on msnbc has more from tokyo including the growing threat of nuclear ca tatreau fee. >> explosion at reactor two blue a hole around the nuclear core. the fire at number 4 spewing significant amounts of radioactive material. a dramatic escalation of the crisis that shows no signs of slowing. the prime minister urged calm as residents around the plant lined...

Active material. its a dramatic escalation of the crisis that shows no sign of slowing. japans prime minister urged calm. even as residents around the crippled plant lined up for radiation tests and experts said theres a very high risk of further leakage. >> i think there is a genuine concern been panicking people, and these are all factors and some of it is subconscious. >> only 507b brave employees are trying to stave off a total meltdown with radiation levels near one reaer 400 times the norm...

What is the radiation that theyre being exposed to, and so how that being controlled or tested for? >> reporter: were told at this point by officials that none of them have actually reached the limit. of course, there that 250 miliseverts that they can have in one year. many may be halfway to that point. they know they have to swap people out, they have to find other experienced workers to be able to swap them out and to be able to give them a break. obviously when they hit that peak that theyre...

Tokyo and has an update on the nuclear crisis and search for survive ofs. >> reporter: at stricken fukushima daiichi plant, just 50 workers are left in a desperate struggle to avert nuclear catastrophe. a new explosion and fire at two of the reactors spewed high levels of radiation into the air, escalating the crisis. >> its certainly in many regards an unprecedented accident because you have multiple reactors failing at the same time. you cant say its over yet. >> reporter: japans prime ministe...