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we begin this morning with a nuclear nightmare. radiation levels spiked in japan this year in the wake of a series of explosions at the fukushima nuclear power plant just days after suffering its most crippling catastrophe ever. japan is now facing the worlds worst nuclear disaster since chernobyl. for the latest we turn to kristen dahlgren in tokyo. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. the latest radiation levels appear to have leveled off some, but a spike earlier had us ta...

You know, ben fell out of favor, you know. he got just a crushing amount of publicity in his personal life, and that made people i think loathe to work him for a while there. he was kind of in the penalty box. so he did what he did originally, which was he -- he first with "gone baby gone," a terrific movie, directorial debut. wrote and directed it. and with " -- with "the town," he couldnt get a job as an actor so wrote and directed it himself. >> if you were picking a dream team for a movie an...

Actor so wrote and directed it himself. >> if you were picking a dream team for a movie and had your ultimate power hat on again, who would it be? who would be the leading man, leading lady? producer, director? >> well, my hope is to start directing. thats really where i want -- i -- >> lets make you director. >> here, my -- he said this so i can say it publicly, my cinematographer, stephen soderbergh, has agreed to be my cinematographer on my first movie. i would lock him up. >> hes locked in. ...

>> if you were picking a dream team for a movie and had your ultimate power hat on again, who would it be? who would be the leading man, leading lady? producer, director? >> well, my hope is to start directing. thats really where i want -- i -- >> lets make you director. >> here, my -- he said this so i can say it publicly, my cinematographer, stephen soderbergh, has agreed to be my cinematographer on my first movie. i would lock him up. >> hes locked in. whos the producer? >> well, chris moore,...

i really mean that. >> emily blunt -- >> the stories i could tell. but i wont. >> wayne macky, cast of "the adjustment bureau." secrets, this show will have it all. >> matt damon, how are you? >> terrific. >> i saw the film last night. and -- its a compelling movie based around a very simple premise. "the adjustment bureau," where somebody can basically control your life, your free will, and dictate how you lead it. and i thought what better way to start this than to get you to be the ...

up to me. has there been a moment when you could have veered down the charlie sheen route? >> sure, theres always a moment for anybody. >> matt damon -- >> i might be the luckiest man on earth. i really mean that. >> emily blunt -- >> the stories i could tell. but i wont. >> wayne macky, cast of "the adjustment bureau." secrets, this show will have it all. >> matt damon, how are you? >> terrific. >> i saw the film last night. and -- its a compelling movie based around a very simple pre...

for anybody. >> matt damon -- >> i might be the luckiest man on earth. i really mean that. >> emily blunt -- >> the stories i could tell. but i wont. >> wayne macky, cast of "the adjustment bureau." secrets, this show will have it all. >> matt damon, how are you? >> terrific. >> i saw the film last night. and -- its a compelling movie based around a very simple premise. "the adjustment bureau," where somebody can basically control your life, your free will, and dictate how you lead it....

we begin this morning with beating the odd. after losing her states republican primary, alaskas incumbent senator lisa murkowski launched a seemingly desperate write-in campaign to seep her seat. after weeks of wading through write-in ballots shes being called the winner. tracie potts with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. and it was a hard-fought one. s difficult to win these national elections as a write-in candidate, but it appears this morning that is exact...