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In your mind, tell us what is going on right now. >> i think there's two areas for concern and the important thing is whether they are directly linked or not. first it's what is happening in the fuel itself suggest that some of the metal cans that surround the fuel have probably burst and that's allowing some of the radioactive material out into what's called the containment. that has been measured for some hours and that's of itself is not a huge question. then we've seen the collapse of the outside building, the explosion that we've been getting pictures of in the last few minutes. most of t...

That it leaked radiation into the air. four workers on the ground were injured in the blast. japan's nuclear agency believes a fuel rod may have melted after the system's cooling system failed. residents have been evacuated from the area. a cooling system has failed at a second nuclear plant, triggering a second explosion. time is running out since failure to cool the reactor could have or would have disastrous consequences. >> this is the situation that has the potential for a nuclear catastrophe. and it's basically a race against time. because what has happened is that plant operators have n...

Recapping our top story for you, an explosion has been reported in northeastern japan pap small amount of radioactive cesium has escaped into the air. that's about 250 kilometers northeast of tokyo. the agency says there is a strong possibility this is caused by a melting fuel rod. japanese media say radiation levels are more than eight times normal near the daiichi and daini nuclear plants. a 8.9 meter tsunami tore through towns. more than 900 people are reported killed at this point. and we want to take a moment to

Luckily, no one was inside at the time of the storm. news not so good in franklin county, tennessee, a twister ravaged a mobile home leaving a 79-year-old man dead. and now to toledo, ohio, where floodwaters are expected to rise nearly 7 feet above flood level today. crews are still searching for a woman who was trapped in her car. in indianapolis, a rescue of the four legged kind. rescuers pulling dogs to safety when their shelter was flooded out. a gas explosion shaking lakewood, washington, the explosion outside the pierce county transit building was so hot that firefighters had to back awa...

Minneapolis with the next system. this one doesn't have nearly as much moisture, maybe an inch or two. i want to applaud our keiran chetry for braving this. she can get a hotel room to make sure she's there. gut to get this video, of course with an armada of snowplows to get her here. >> no, see what happened, that snowplow pulled up when he was trying to plow the on-ramp and that car was completely stuck. and then the nice samaritans with their own snowplow stopping, they actually helped us out. we gave them a nice tip. >> that a girl. glad you made it in. >> thank you, rob. first, the expl...