tepco. keeping them honest tonight, despite pledges to be transparent and keep people informed, we continue to hear contradictory statements and statements that lack specifics. most recently the question of radioactive water at the plant and the nearby ocean. in tepco's briefing late last night, an official said levels of radioactive iodine from a pipe near the number one reactor had reached 10,000 times the standard limit. a short time later, the utility said no, that's wrong and we'll get you more information shortly, but they haven't. a government minister later tried to clear up the confusion saying more testing would be done. cnn's kyung lah has been on the story for weeks, trying to cut through the fog. keeping them honest, we're joined now also with michael freelander. and also joining us is tom foreman. is this an attempt at message control backfiring, are people becoming increasingly upset with this company? >> reporter: upset might be an understatement. if you go onto the blogs and websites about tepco, anderson,