now, i don't doubt they should be calling on experts from around the world, i'm sure the united states is happy to provide assistance, the international atomic energy agency headed by a japanese official, so, i think they'll have the best technical advice they can get. and continue to work to see that the engineering basics of the reactors continue to function, to prevent leakage. >> eric: from your experience, what do you predict will happen later today and the next couple of days? >> well, they are fighting now to make sure that the -- whatever cooling they can do to the reactor works. there must have been a number of failures in here, and indeed the press reports indicate that while it was the earthquake that knocked out the power for the cooling system to begin with, it was actually, the tsunami that knocked out the backup generators for the cooling system. which is more or less -- a lesson in where you put your backup generators than on the safety of nuclear power serving and, japan is the world's third