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it's a probably that's never been wassed by a quake in this country until now. first responders may be getting reasons. stand by for dr. sanjay gupta and details of a new medical study. i'm westbound westboun i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> how did their political leaders do big things like reduce the debt if they butt heads over a scheduling speech. we're learning more about the duty-up over the president's make-or-break jobs speech this week, and how the date was finally set. athena jones is covering the story for us. now, actually scheduling that speech has tu...

Was -- didn't create many waves this time, in the next couple weeks or months, there may be ground motion that does create waves and then that will be a question, can they handle it when they're pumping all this water around. probably -- it's going to be hard. it's going to be trouble. >> 7.1 in itself is a large wake. bill nye, thank you. >> thank you. coming up, stalemate in the desert sands of libya and a stalemate in the halls of congress. i hate to say it but many think prospects of a government shutdown look pretty real. ♪ [ female announcer ] mini, meet berries. introducing new kell...

Broken, in fact -- >> it's an entirely different building code. >> and that costs money. >> that's what makes it so a345iamaz amazing with the large wake they had last time. when we consider the structural rigidity of the reactors. they have been throwing in a lot of gallons. each gallon of water weighs eight pounds. can they handle this? >> apparently, but apparently there's a leak somewhere. the word handle it, i guess the answer would be kind of, sort of, up to a point. they're cooling it off with water, and then they have to store the water. it's radioactive. everything around there is get...

Requirements on the plant being able to withstand earthquakes that are historic to the area in which the plant is located. and then puts additional margin on that to make sure that that determination is conservative. the nuclear regulatory commission has indicated they're going to look again at those standards and make sure if some additional requirements may need to be placed. but that plant is well maintained. there are stringent requirements on it. it has been considerably updated since it was first built. >> so you basically don't have any concerns about radiation leaking should there be s...

Seriously. they're working as best and as fast as they can to determine the situation. and most important to mitigate further risks. >> disasters tend to happen when things you don't expect come along. the japanese didn't expect an earthquake over 7.0. they didn't have reactors that could withstand that. they didn't expect a huge earthquake, 9.0 followed by a tsunami. what is it that the u.s. is not expecting? could our reactors on the west coast withstand a 9.0 right now followed by a tsunami? >> if a reactor is located in the vicinity of site -- it's forbidden to put a reactor on an earthqua...