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World. give you the last word. >> you can't expect the president is going to take charge of everything. we shouldn't cancel st. patrick's day. he can play golf. he's a human being. filling out brackets that is worthy of denigrating him. if you want to talk about problems on leadership let's talk about the budget, his failure to say this is what i stand for. [ talking over each other ] >> sean: he's timid on foreign policy. >> timid? wait a minute this is the guy that sent more forces into afghanistan and has pursued president bush's course. >> sean: he's timid on foreign policy. alienated isra...

You want to keep your credibility. the japanese government, i know wants to keep their credibility. but all i can see from all of these facts, is that you have to conclude that this is a very serious situation that is growing more grim by the hour. and i think we have to act accordingly. >> sean: let me go to dr. mark siegel. he said even in a worst-case scenario it appears unlikely the reactor meltdown would sicken large sections of the pom laying. the radiation remains legitimate concern in terms of long term health risk he said that is dwarfed by the current risk to life and limb of society...

20s with windchills in the single digits to the north. there's snowfall that happened overnight. if there are still people who were last night living outside, sadly it is hard to imagine anybody surviving out in the elements another night without food, water and fuel in what we've experienced over the last 8, 10 hours. >> sean: thanks for your report. coming up, fear spreads across japan as conflicting reports emerge regarding dangerous radiation levels. we'll talk about it. >> plus, where is president obama while all of this is going on? he's filling out brackets. he's golfing. going to fundr...

Streets are almost empty. shopping hours cut in half. i would say many of the stores into which we've ventured for food and water and the rest, 90% of the shelves are empty. they are having trouble getting things imported. today we are told they are going to get more food and water off ships coming into the ports to the south of us. they believe some of that will cure itself. for today there's concern not just up the coast but here in tokyo as well. >> sean: you answered the food question. there had been long lines for gas and limits on the amount you can buy. is that still going on? >> shepar...

Best in the world. they are better than we are. i think they are taking every measure they can to ensure this disaster is contained the best way it can. there are some heroic people up depositing water on these reactors. because the reactors are exposed. >> sean: i gotta tell you something -- ambassador if i lived next to a nuclear power plant and something like this was happening, i want the truth from my government. i don't want to find out later, oops we were wrong. >> absolutely, i'm not defending the japanese government. i think the governments we ever they get into disaster, the thing th...