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Arkansas, are looking out their front windows this morning at a major oil spill. and by major, i mean thousands ofallo several homeowners knee-deep in slick mess after a major pipeline ruptured. 26 homes had to be evacuated. a major oil company saying we regret that this incident has occurred and apologize for any disruption and inconvenience it has caused. speaking of the cause, the cause of the spill is unknown at this point and it's under investigation by federal, state and local authorities on the site.usually bring up this expression in cases like this, bring your wheelbarrow to pick up y...

Certainly in the immediate areas surrounding these nuclear plants. there have been radiation releases. if the situation gets worse, it's possible that that radiation release could spread to other parts of japan. it does not appear it poses a threat to hawaii, our territories or the united states. >> obviously he's got advisers telling him there's a concern it could spread throughout japan. what's your level of concern on that? >> it's growing. the radiation levels are being detected 60, 70 kilometer frs the site. >> 35 and 40 miles. >> and much above normal. so, i think people with children, p...

>> with the after shocks that are taking place near that site. 6.one and others and higher. >> that's a big earthquake. >> what will that do to the effort to contain this thing in >> it will make it harder. if you are standing there and you are a worker and you are pumping sea water and everything starts to shake. you naturally retreat and not just intutitty and insinctiively. logisticallyy you can't keep power going to the putches and you can't cipe the nozzle aimed and you are not where there is a safe place to stand and operate. the problem gets really, really complicated and the trouble wi...

Festival last weekend. german chancellor angela merkel joining with the thousands of mourners at the service. the head of the epa has got really a firsthand look at the oil spill in the kalamazoo river and she says she's confident the oil won't seep in to lake michigan. thousands of barrels have leaked from a burst pipeline and oozed into the river. you see some video right there between the towns of battle creek and marshall. the spill covers about 25 miles. an environmental protection agency chief, lisa jackson, governor granholm and senator debb debbie stabenow flew over the site. 103 d...

Bed now what. are they going to do now? >> the president and staff are exhausted by this, it's been a cliff-hanger for the better part of the week. the president cancelled a trip to indonesia to stay in washington. as express bid many advisors the president did not stay in town to watch a defeat and clearly today, he did not. couple things i want to tell but what happened after that scott brown defeat, and what resurrected, if you will, if that is the proper metaphor, health care reform. very to explain what happened before the scott brown defeat brchl that election in massachusetts, to replac...