Reactor Three News Today

Before it was a nuclear disaster, Chernobyl was a land of wild grape and lilac, owl, polecat, and bees.

Feet that hit some par of the island. you compare that with the earthquake in 2011 and tsunami warning when waves were 30 to 60 feet high. so theres actually very little damage to see. it was the anxiety that was triggered today. japanese television following the protocol from the government where theyre instructed to issue very emphatic warnings to people. you saw broadcasters like nhk with live stream, cameras all over the country, explicit graphics telling people to move to higher ground. the...

Starts. so we have a new report of smoke. i understand its black smoke coming out of reactor number three. how do we make sense of that? >> reporter: yeah, i know. this is a problem, ali. i think when we spoke yesterday, it was barely visible. thats what authorities were telling us. and late this afternoon, sure enough, that black smoke began billowing from reactor three. this, of course, has been the problem reactor for officials that had the explosion, the fire, the buildup of pressure. and of...

He was speaking about the water issue. we did get off the phone from tepco, they confirmed that smoke, grayish, blackish smoke is rising from reactor three. they say something is burning. they just dont know what it is. of course this is raising huge alarm at the site. theres been a massive evacuation around reactor number three. and we believe also that reactors one and two, there have been evacuations from there as well. reactor three has been a problem for officials for the last couple of day...

Nobody knows why. are they actually making progress or not? >> reporter: its really to tell. it appears theres positive news and then two pieces of negative news. certainly this wednesday there has been negative news. weve heard that there is more blackish grayish smoke throughout the daylight hours emanating from reactor three. this was announced about 4:30 p.m. this afternoon local time. of course this had started on monday but we had heard from tepco officials that it was barely visible and i...

>> gadhafi stands firm. >> theres more belt tightening in britain today to try to plug a gaping hole in the countrys public finances. and it was once the engine of america. we bring you the startling new figures on detroits mass population exodus. before all of that, we want to update you on the situation now in japan. black smoke has been seen rising out of the fukushima daichi plant number three reactor building. this is the reactor that has been giving crew theres some trouble the past coup...

Plumes of black smoke billowing from reactor three. this, of course, has been the problem reactor for authorities. this is where the explosion took place, the fire, there was a build-up of pressure. and then, of course, the fire smoke has been, you know, coming from reactors two and three for the past couple of days. earlier this morning, they thought it was barely visible, that they had the situation under control. and, of course, this afternoon, that smoke whips up again. officials say somethi...

Even though there is a call for calm, it does appear to be falling on deaf ears. >> 150 miles to the north of where you are sitting right now, black smoke is rising from one of the reactors at the daiichi plant. do we know whats causing this latest event? >> reporter: no, christine. we havent been told by tepco what is happening. we were told about 4:30 this afternoon local time that there was blackish, grayish smoke coming from reactor three. this has been the problem reactor for officials over...

Welcome. >> look at that. >> pretty shot this morning, isnt it? it is the capitol and pretty lights in the background. its 46 degrees at 6:29 this morning. a little bit later, though, not so pleasant. its going to be 59. but theyre expecting thunderstorms. >> i thought you meant when everyone wakes up in washington. >> no, its always stormy. if you -- if youre talking about that. but yes, the weather too. >> good morning to all of you. will the me get you caught up on your top stories. black smo...

Moammar gadhafi forces are still attack being the town of misrata. these attacks after a u.s. fighter jet crashed in libya today east of misrata. the military says both crew members ejected after a malfunction. the pilot and weapons officer are both safe and suffered minor injuries. some positive news out of japan and fukushima daiichi. the workers have finally restored power to the control room inside reactor three, which has been a top priority as you know in recent days. this latest devel...