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Saying there is really no risk to americans living here as far as radiation coming overseas. they say it's a matter of science and physics in terms of the distance the radiation would have to travel. we'll hear the president possibly speak to that and this ongoing crisis with respect to the nuclear plant. does he make remarks here? i'm being told that he comments at the end of this signature that we're watching. in the meantime there are questions about president obama's discussions with the leaders in japan and our discussions with them and whether they are giving us the straight skinny on wh...

In the spent fuel pool. if that is true this is a crisis of unbelievable enormity. can you confirm it's correct? >> i saw the testimony itself. i cannot directly confirm it, but what i can say is that this unit 4 of fukushima daiichi needs continued cooling activity and we are trying utmost efforts to realize the cooling of the unit number 4. >> this is startling testimony from the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commision before congress. he made these statements today here in the united states. do you not know whether it's true or not or you simply disagree with it? how can it be that you...

♪ all right, then, back to work helping clients. individual attention from our highly-trained mortgage professionals. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. joining us now is one of the former commissioners of the nuclear regulatory commision, one of those in charge during the three mile island disaster and he thinks what we're seeing tonight is so much worse, especially the new details we're getting on damage to the spent fuel pool at reactor number 4, victor gilinsky joins us. good to have you back. >> nice to be here. >> will cain joins us, as well. what do you make first of...

Helicopters and water cannons to try to cool down a damaged nuclear reactor. it's a desperate attempt to prevent a meltdown. helicopters are trying to drop sea water on the overheated fuel pool at the reactor. choppers jumped 7 -- dumped 7 1/2 tons of sea water with each of the four passes. radiation levels remain high after the initial attempts, but the plant owner says the effort will continue. we want to bring back cnn contributor jim walsh. he's an international security analyst at mit. all right, so a lot of things have been attempted now. you've got the water, then the attempt to get the...

That is coming out of japan, and it is not just u.s. officials that questioned it. the officials from the international atomic energy agency based in vienna, the u.n. atomic watchdog have questioned just how good the information is that's coming out, and the head of the nrc, gregory jazko did not back down from his claim that there is no water in the spent fuel pool at reactor number 4. he says his staff -- he is talking to his staff in tokyo and they are talking to experts in japan's nuclear industry, and he did acknowledge the disagreement with japanese authorities, but he said he stands by ...