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Ahead of the tokyo olympics, we have an extraordinary look inside the nuclear disaster at the fukushima power plant. keir simmons found people still feeling the impact nine years later. >> reporter: we've been given rare access to ground zero of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters. we keep a radiation monitor close. nine years ago, japan's strongest earthquake in history followed by a 30-foot tsunami. 22,000 people dead or missing. the wall of water smashing into the power plant causing meltdowns and explosions the cleanup has cost $294 billion now in many places, you don't need to wear...

Here in the u.s. it potentially could mean higher prices for consumers. we see other countries hit back at the u.s. yesterday, canada slapped retaliatory tariffs on $13 billion in u.s. goods. that includes a 25% tax on 40 u.s. steel products and 10% tax on items like maple syrup, coffee beans and strawberry jam. it makes products -- those products more expensive in canada and can wind up hurting u.s. exporters or u.s. companies. american companies that sell goods in canada could be forced to cut jobs or raise prices here in the u.s. this is the beginning. president trump also considering placi...

To avoid a trade war. trump threatened tariffs on chinese imports last week. really important here, the timing. china is also the u.s.' biggest foreign creditor, just ads the government plans to -- just as the government plans to sell $294 billion worth of debt this week. look at that. that's the highest amount of debt issued since the financial crisis. china owns more treasury bonds than any foreign country. the sale is to boost federal revenue because of trump's tax cuts. companies are paying less into the treasury coffers. that means, government still spending a lot of money, that means the...

On one. the u.s. is also currently talking with china to avoid a trade war. trump threatened tariffs on $50 billion of chinese imports last week. china is also the united states' biggest foreign creditor. just as the government plans to sell $294 billion of debt this week, the highest level since the financial crisis, china owns more treasury bonds than any foreign country. the sale is to boost federal revenue, we've got to borrow money to balance the books because of the big tax cuts. back to china. do you think we'll try a similar approach as we did with south korea on cars? again, the chi...

One on one. trump threatened tariffs on chinese imports last week. china's also the u.s.' biggest foreign creditor just as the government plans to sell $294 billion worth of bonds, issuing debt this week. the biggest amount since the financial crisis in 2008. china owns more treasury bonds than any foreign country. the sale is to help boost federal revenue declining because of trump's tax cuts. let me say this again -- you remember how republicans and fiscal conservatives screamed during 2008-2009 over government spending. >> very well remember that. >> almost $300 billion the united states ha...