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They're trying to get patients down stairwells there. there are four young babies they're trying to get to another hospital on vent laters. >> i thought they had this situation in hand. there are huge back up generators but they've now failed. >> we'll continue to follow that. >> along the many communities feeling the brunt of the monster torm, sand gee long ild yantd. right now you're looking at a picture from long island. meteorologists tell us the reason it's being pounded hard is because storm is packing what they describe as astoundingly low pressure is giving it energy to push water inla...

>> but the explosion at reactor 1 was just the beginning of things to come. >> there's a lot going on in japan right now. >> at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, along japan's northeastern coast, four reactors are crippled by the earthquake when their power shuts down. >> they all shut down as they're designed to immediately. but when a reactor shuts down, there's still radioactive decay going on there. >> making matters worse, back-up generators are designed to keep the water circulation system flowing so that the reactors can cool, but they fail. >> then the tsunami came through, so they ...

Back-up generators for each reactor. at least five killed and nine wounded when a gunman opened fire in a crowded mall in the netherlands. the gunman then killed himself. witnesses say the man had an automatic weapon and appeared to be firing randomly. the gunman likely acted alone and had a criminal record. much of the nation's midsection is on high alert for wicked weather this weekend. dramatically warmer temperatures are expected to trigger power thunderstorms, bringing hail, rain, and tornadoes from minnesota to the carolinas. severe weather is expected to be most widespread tomorrow....