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Navy personnel who were exposed can get back on their helicopters, go back to the aircraft carriers and the aircraft carriers can move out of the radiation zone. the rescue workers cant. the media cant. the people cant. its very important that these radiation levels be very carefully characterized and people take appropriate steps. if theres a much more serious accident, if there is more fuel melting that lead to a breach of containment then youre in a much better position to make sure that peop...

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Tokyo. its making it terribly difficult for the rescue workers trying to comb through all of the rubble they have to look through trying to find survivors. you can imagine the fear and panic among the people that went through this earlier and today herd the sirens sound again and had officials telling them to try to get to higher ground. there was a slight rise in the sea level, no wave did come ashore. but just sheer panic during those moments after the aftershocks. waiting for what could have ...

You can see cars that have been smashed into buildings, but buildings are still standing. you can see a huge, thick black plume of smoke. we have tried to go closer but the tsunami warnings are keeping us away from the water. they believe thats the area of a factory where they think this is -- there has been a gas explosion or fuel is burning up. it has been like that since yesterday, for 24 hours. the rescue workers cannot get close enough to try to put it out. certainly people are fairly jumpy...

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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 --...

Let the procrastination get started as well. well give you a full breakdown, a look at the top seeds, thats ahead in sports. but first we want to get to the news. live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. japan is working to contain a humanitarian nuclear and economic crisis. three days after getting hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami. the pictures still so dramatic. right now, rescue workers are searching for survivors. largely in the countrys coastal towns. where this mornin...