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An excellent but that legit massmy is to very thin. tough take them seriously but recognize that these are leaders this essentially i do whatever the international community generally asks them to do thats why you have these uprisings all over the arab world. trnchts analysis there i want to get you updated on the other major story in the world today. that is, of course, the japanese earthquake, tsunami, nuclear issue. tests reportedly find radioing active iodine in a drinking water system near ...

States, whether its the west coast, hawaii, alaska or u.s. territories in the pacific. let me repeat that. we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the west coast, hawaii, alaska, or u.s. territories in the pacific. >> again, that was the president literally minutes ago. well get you more on the u.s. response, but first, surviving a massive earthquake and tsunami, thats one thing, but living in the aftermath is something entirely different. in tokyo, for example, grocery stores are ...

To find out. >> greta: right now it is snowing in some parts of japan. imagine sitting in that snow. you may be with members of your family, bodies, buildings down around you. we cant get to them to even save them, to help them. >> shepard: it is hard to believe that but it is the case. you have to consider all that the rescue folks here in japan are having to deal with at the same time. some 17 nations nearby have offered help and they are ready to do that. around the fukushima nuclear plant --...

In that video dealing with snow and freezing temperatures, imagine how cold those people were, as they were waiting to be rescued. a town literally flattened, snow falling on top of collapsed houses in northern japan, and rescuers clinging to hope that they may still be able to find some survivors out there and sadly it is bodies now being pulled from this rubble. martha: a little bit more of a look at what is going on on the ground, rescue workers wearing personal radiation detectors because of...

On tuesday, some rain moving in and there might be some snow mixed in with that during the morning hours. so, contessa, still anything but ideal for the rescue workers there. >> and bob bazell mentioned to us, nick, that the radiation clouds are now being blown, instead of out to sea, down toward tokyo. are we expecting the wind to remain in the pattern it currently is? >> well, for a while, anyway. were going to see for the next couple of days, the winds basically blowing from the west and nort...

Children. >> i was so scared for them, more than for myself, and just because theyre so little, and for a day we couldnt even feed sakura. there was no there was no baby milk. >> and devastated villages, rescue workers climbing these mounds of debris. theyre searching for survivors. did you see the red flag here? the red flags signify where they find the dead. theyre also sharing heart-wrenching moments. >> reporter: a woman finally arrives to identify the body of a family member.

Places is even with no sign of life, seemingly nothing to come back, to people keep coming back. trying to get through this rubble that you can barely walk through trying to get to their house and maybe find something that they can take back. late in the day here the hope finding someone alive gave way to a desperate reality yet again. a body was found inside this house in one of the crevices. they covered it in a flower blanket so this area, like so many others, devastated by the tsunami. no su...

Plant are really putting their lives on the line at this time. bill: and duke it for their country, too, you have heard them talk about that. david piper on the ground in japan, new word red tape perhaps force aid group of rescue workers from the u.k. to leave japan. the international rescue corps saying the british embassy denied the paperwork needed to join the other british emergency response crews like the one you see in operation here. the team says it was told, no because the british embas...

Did not get caught up in that tsunami at all. in fact, at last check, she was trying to make her way here to tokyo and eventually back home to the united states. meantime rescue workers pulling a survivor from the wreckage of his home up in the north near the center of this quake here in japan. they say they have been trying to find him for five days. he had food and he had water. they could keep him alive until they got to him. but other search crews found more victims in the ruins. the governm...

Families need gas for their day-to-day life, he remarks, "but also for any disaster." probably not reassuring, a rare tv appearance from japanese emperor. "im deeply concerned," he observed, "because the situation is so unpredictable." also concerned and not waiting around, foreigners they jammed tokyo airports trying to get the next flight out. hanging in, though, are rescue workers from the u.s. and elsewhere, helping to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that started this. ...