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>> we've been clearing it for the past few days, so we're making good progress. let's head to tokyo and nbc's lee cowan who's developing stories there. >> reporter: it all stems from the injuries to the workers we talked about yesterday, the ones that were in the basement level of unit number three. they were trying to strip a cable there. they came in contact with radioactive water and had to be taken to the water. they were actually transferred to a hospital here in tokyo today so they could monitor their condition a little more closely. the consider is that the radiation levels were so hi...

Themselves. all five of the containment has appeared to be maintained. because we had nor time, the fuel in there has turned to degrade. it has gotten less potent. so that is a positive. it is the spent fuel pools i think we need to be most concerned about. as you know, within the last 24 hours they re-established hours in units five and six. that is going to allow them to put water into the enclosed spent fuel pool. you mentioned the fact at unit two they are hoping to re-establish power to get that spent fuel pool facility water -- >> are the pumps still working? >> we don't know. >> we have...

Eyes on japan's nuclear reactors as workers struggle to cool fuel rods. after days of setbacks, a fire broke out earlier this morning at reactor number four soon after naoto kan addressed the nation and the world. >> translator: for reactor number one and reactor number three, hydrogen came out and caused a hydrogen explosion. we've also seen fire at reactor number four. radiation has spread from these reactors, and the reading of the levels seems very high. there's still a very high risk of further radioactive material coming out. >> well, the reactor number four follows what's already being ...

People running for their lives behind them the incredible wall of water destroying everything in its path. japan's prime minister calls this the worst crisis. as i mentioned, since world war ii. we have team fox coverage this hour and james has the latest from washington on the u.s. effort to help. but first we will get to the pacific coast of japan. what is the latest on the nuclear situation there to the north? >>reporter: well, it is happening again, up the coast from where we are, the massive complex of nuclear reactors has been targeted, hit by both of earthquake and tsunami. the technici...

With each one. give us an overall sense of exactly what's going on as far as we can tell. >> one picture is worth a million words here. look at this. this is the closest image we've had yet of the battlefield. this is the degree to which they've had destruction of the side of the building here. look at this, this super structure collapsing over here, pipes down here disconnected and falling apart. look at all of that and think about what we're talking about in terms of the damage that has occurred in this area. we think this is reactor number three. let's go through a few of them. number one o...