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They need to work together during this time of crisis. >> hearing a lot of anecdotal evidence. that its getting out of japan and heading to countries around the region. thank you very much for that, stan. nina? well, the full magnitude of the crisis in japan is still unknown, but the images and stories coming out of the country, of course, raising serious concerns about the safety of nuclear power plants right across the world. matthew chance now joins us from moscow to explain exactly how the...

Facilities perhaps being breached. that would raise the level to -- raise the concern to a new level. with all of this happening, the emperor unprecedented has never addressed the people before during a time of crisis. he did today in a televised address. he recorded a video that was played across the country saying he deeply cares for these people. telling them to keep hope and saying they will be able to build a better and new japan, but also expressing concern about whats going on the unpredi...

And stan, you were saying a little earlier in the hour before we had audio problems that this is such a rare event of the emperor of japan to address his people. >> reporter: it really is, you know. it comes during a time of crisis. during the kobe earthquake in 1995, he visited a gymnasium, walked among the people there, the survivors of that quake and shared some of their stories. and now hes reached out again via video message, which we broadcast on the television networks here where he menti...

And absolutely unprecedented move from the emperor. suzanne. >> stan, thank you very much. a difficult time for them. we certainly hope they remain optimistic during this time. thank you, stan. well 180 unnamed japanese workers are on the last line of defense against a nuclear meltdown. if you can believe that, the level of radiation exposure they are encountering is terrible to think about. they may well be sacrificing their futures their lives to protect their country. these workers, heroes....

The fire. stan grant, cnn, tokyo. >> stan is following all the stories up to the minute. and were still trying to sort through exactly how significant is this health wise. but we do know that radioactive material is being released in northeastern japan. were going to our meteorologist jennifer delgado in atlanta this morning. what do we know right now about the winds and how they may perhaps be carrying the nuclear plumes? radioactive plumes? >> right now weve been dealing with winds coming in...

Cooling situation under control. we know theres been various problems along the way, the build-up of hydrogen, which caused the explosion, blowing out walls and rooftops off part of the reactors, radiation levels peaking and dropping and now the situation in reactor number four. so they still need to get to the heart of the problem. lets address that issue with the cooling systems. what we are hearing from the officials is that water has been flowing into reactors one, two, and three, and able t...

You have to so you dont have something horrible happen. if you do that, you run other risks. this is one of the other risks. as to unit number 1, if theres new smoke to unit number 1, thats open to speculation, i cant comment what may be causing that. clearly, thats already a compromised plant. earlier, we had gotten good news about unit number 1. they had made progress flooding it with sea water. even though it would kill the plant forever, it would have the positive effect of cooling it down. ...

Dang damaged areas. he says today is the day to think about the situation of the people in japan and to continue the rescue effort. >> all right. thank you for that. we thank you, stan. meteorolgist ivan was on duty when the quake hit. he has been following the numerous aftershocks after hitting japan and monitoring weather conditions. i apologize for pronouncing your name incorrectly. we have better things to do than get our names right at this point. whats the forecast? >> i want to talk about...

Thats the real concern here, getting the water up to a level where you can cool that reactor down. and thus far, were now 30 hours since the initial crisis there began, and theyre still working to achieve that, john. >> yeah. japan really facing three disasters right now. stan grant, live for us in tokyo, thank you, stan. well, none much us will ever forget the first pictures of this disaster, walls of water surging against the landscape. one found himself in the quake and witnessed the traged...

Paula, thank you for that. what have you got there, stan? >> lets bring you up to date on the situation with the nuclear reactors. they are right about the nuclear emergency, the situation that is occurring with the two nuclear power reactors. now at the time of the quake, those reactors were shut down. that is what is expected to happen. there is an interruption to another power source which has led to the cooling problems. some parts are three times hotter than normal. that has led to radio ac...