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How serious is that? >> well, again, anderson, as weve been talking about, theres really two issues here in terms of the radioactive contamination we worry about. the first one is the iodine 131. now, on the surface, although the contamination is relatively high, iodine 131 converts itself into a noble gas, with about an eight-day half life. while for the moment its something that we worry about over the long-term, by the end of may it wont pose any problem whatsoever. the issues that give me co...

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Plutonium, these as a result of soil samples the company said it took on the 21st and 22nd of march so roughly one week ago. it says that none of the samples came back at any level that would be a threat to human life. still, it is disconcerting and the company couldnt say whether or not it came as a result of problems at the nuclear plant. only one nuclear reactor that uses plutonium and thats reactor number three. it has a mixture of uranium and plutonium but, again, the company couldnt say fo...

Military housing there in the past four years. the most recent death is a four-month old boy who was found breathing -- found not breathing. investors -- investigators have failed to find the cause of death of these infants so far. joining me is assistant professor at new york medical hospital. this is a tragedy. what do you make of this number and why this might be happening? >> the sad part is fort bragg is so large that actually, their rate of infant death is actually lower than the national ...

Understand, the parents want an answer, we all do. martha: fort bragg says theyre about ready to close this investigation. they have been looking into this. but the families are not ready, according to this investigation and talked about problems others have had, sign us problems, older children having bloody noses, things along those lines, and there was drywall, something that was used out of china, according to reports from the parents and families and they believe the smell of rotten eggs wa...

Repeated leaks. and now, more on the plutonium there. that has been found five separate locations in the plant compound itself, and half a mile away from the reactors, and they found it in samples taken a week ago and they cannot give us updates on the rates of plutonium today but there is indication from officials that they expect levels to be much higher and they expect further leaks from different sources and they are not sure which plant it is coming from, most likely number three because th...

Alleged murder weapon. they reportedly called the samples taken from a knife too slight to examine. and a fingerprint on a bloody bra clasp too damaged to evaluate. their report will be delivered in court in mid-may. judicial sources here describe the dna report as nothing less than dramatic, but we wont have the details of whats in the report until the next court hearing, which wont be until may, alex. >> all right, keith miller with the latest. thank you, keith. the president and his planned...

>> reporter: not revealed in court is the fact the witnesses appeared in three trials as an eyewitness to major crimes. according to italian press reports, thent alleged murder weapon. they reportedly called the samples taken from a knife too slight to examine and a fingerprint on a bloody bra clasp too damaged to evaluate. their report will be delivered in court in midmay. judicial sources here describe the dna evidence as dramatic. although we wont know the details of the report until court re...

Sign as you noted we are not out of the woods. in the last 45 minutes we report of white smoke or a haze or steam coming from specifically reactor 2 one of the most troubled in that complex. that has halted all activity, repair work, spraying, whatever. folks had to clear back. the latest reports of high levels of radiation 12 miles away. one could imagine the levels at the plan. one can suppose that. a quote this morning from a top japanese government minister saying in fact, things are not nec...

Can cool those -- those spent fuel rods. this is, of course, the material letting off that radioactive material. the other thing, kiran, which is important to note is the sea water. you mentioned that in the intro. high levels of radiation have been detected there. the iaea are involved in the monitoring of this. and theyre looking at eight particular locations where they will look at the samples and see how, you know, dangerous, i guess it is for residents in that area. >> anna coren in tokyo t...