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Thats one of the questions i will ask a nuclear plant worker when they join me less than an hour away. trace, thank you. its hard to evaluate what kind of exposure the workers are experiencing. back in 1986 during chernobyl, 350,000 emergency and rescue workers helped. 28 died. by 2002, 4,000 thyroid cancer cases were diagnosed. that is one of the main health impacts from a radiation leak. the situation in japan ranks a six out of seven on the nuclear event scale. chernobyl was a seven and they ...

Energy lobbyist, right over the shoulder of energy secretary steven chu as he testified all morning on capitol hill today. jessica? >> front and center right there, dana. this is an energy policy is also big business. how much do you know that the nuclear industry spent lobbying congress? >> reporter: last year it was $2 million, 1.7 million to be exact. to be sure, thats nowhere near the hundreds of millions that big oil companies spend on lobbying congress but it is significant for the smaller...

And save the people in them but, of course, down here, they almost didnt have a chance. just on the other side of the building is an inlet that sort of funneled waters in here and rescue workers said it made the worthy stronger. it just swept over this entire area. im here with chief chief chris shaw. when you come upon a zone like that, how do you not get overwhelmed? >> if you look at it big picture it is easy to get overwhelmed. the way we break it down to small coordinates and grids, it make...

In from the ocean. so it kind of funneled the tsunami waters in here and rescue workers tell us that it made the waters even stronger. just incredible force that came through that funnel, through that inlet and swept over this entire area. im here with chief chris shoft. when you come upon a scene like this, how do you not get overwhelmed? >> if you look at it in a big picture, it is easy to get overwhelmed. we break it down to small coordinates and small grids, it makes it easier for the guys a...

Feet. >> kyung lah reporting from akita, japan. wolf, to toss it back to you, a point made over and over again, that its japanese culture that largely accounts for this lack of a breakdown in social order that were seeing. wolf? >> yeah. so far, all right. lets stay on top of the situation. isha, i want to go one of the areas hardest hit by this disaster. our own brian todd is traveling with u.s. search-and-rescue teams as they hunt for survivors. >> reporter: were here in the town of ofunato de...

It was frustrating for them that they didnt find anyone alive but they know persistence often pays off in these situations and they will be back at a soon. >> i am seeing the pictures, brian, and seeing the rescue workers spray orange paint on posts. what does that mean? >> reporter: that usually means that that is a building that they have just finished checking and if they put a zero on that building means that he didnt find anybody alive. >> brian, youre breaking up and we have to let you go....

At this hour, a desperate scramble to contain the spiraling catastrophe at the fukushima nuclear plant, fears now that two more reactors at units five and six may indeed be unable to be stoned from blowing themselves. experts say the disaster there has eclipsed three mile island and could ultimately reach a level only previously achieved, yes in chernobyl. fears of radiation exposure heightened by the fact tens of thousands are homeless and exposed to the elements as a result. hundreds of thousa...

Breached. energy secretary steven chu says the u.s. is watching the situation closely. >> first were focused on helping in any way we can to help the japanese government and the power company contain -- cool down the reactors containing and stop the leaking. two amazing rescues five days after the quake. a 70-year-old woman rescued from her toppled home, and further down the coast a man in his 20s pulled from the rubble after rescue workers heard him calling for help. but the humanitarian disa...

Houses. it it give us you an idea how strong that tide was when i tell you the house that was built here was pushed 50 feet up the rote to where you look now. at the request of the japanese government, part of the rescue and recovery work has fallen to the uks international search and rescue team made up of firefighters and rescue workers around the country. they have to sift through the mounds of debris in search of anyone that may be trapped and identify where those who died have washed up. th...

Some cases sadly they have lost their family members. there wont be a normal in japans quake zone for a long, long time. hala gorani joining me now for "globe trekking." i want to begin with aid. what kind of help is coming to japan now is. >> many countries have offered help, 91 countries in fact. the united states is sending 150 search-and-rescue workers as well as several dogs, search-and-rescue dogs, because there is still hope. we saw it in haiti. i remember reporting on the rescue of a man...