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Americans to get at least 50 miles away from that plant, a sign the situation could be more dire perhaps than japanese officials are admitting. >> a lot of the world's focus is on the desperate situation in japan but in libya moammar gadhafi is taking the opportunity to take back his country. he may commit genocide and he's stepping up air strikes on his own people. there is new video showing a rocket-propelled grenade attack on opposition forces, in ra ras lanuf. the arab league is calling for a no-fly zone over libya. sec. stare of state hillary clinton told our wolf blitzer there is new pre...

>> the company that operates indian point says it was built to withstand a larger earthquake than one the region has never seen. there are 17 million people living in the 50-mile vicinity that may have to evac bait. >> the united states is breaking with the japanese and warning all americans to get at least 50 miles away from the crippled daiichi nuclear plant in fukushima suggesting the nuclear crisis may be worse than japanese officials are letting on, that's the concern. >> our chief medical correspo correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is in tokyo and joins us live. there are 180 rotating on the...

Nuclear plants here at home, which are the most vulnerable if a quake should strike this country. first the u.s. government taking action to help americans evacuate the disaster zone in japan. tokyo's airport is still packed with people trying to get out of the country. the u.s. state department says it's now chartering planes for family members of its staff and other americans who need help getting home. foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is live at the white house with more. how are they working this? how do you get a charter flight? >> right now they've got this authorized depar...

We have the problems in numbers three and four, especially the exposed spent fuel rods, if they are exposed, in the pool of water, there is debate how much water is in there. that's where the real dang ear parentally lies. >> seems to be a debate. it. lots of details of what's going on there. it's almost very hard to follow really because we're trying to figure out where is the most serious danger and what is being done about it. american authorities are saying 50 miles is what they'd like to see americans evacuated to. stan, thank you so much, stan. radioactive radiation plumes are making t...

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