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Killing their livelihood. essentially killing the ocean outside of japan. remember, seafood is -- this is the number one consuming seafood nation in the world and yet on top of that, it exports a lot of seafood. nobody, they say, is going to want japanese seafood now. levels of radiation have been detected in fish. some fish, 43 miles away from the plant, were found to have levels of radio iodine in them that exceeds the japanese limit. at least twice. so this is, of course, raising the concern for so long people have been saying it isn't going to matter, all this radiation, it won't have an i...

Situation in a hurry before someone got hurt. >> i'm sure what he was doing wasn't right but he is 8 years old. in newport beach, california, billionaire richard branson announces plans to splor the bottom of the sea in a solo submarine. he and explorer krit welch will take separate trips in the virgin oceanic sub in the deepest parts in all five oceans. coming up, suzanne malveaux will talk to richard branson about his goals and so much more. we told awe former congressman is in libya meeting with mow a gaammar gadhafi. nic robertson is in tripoli. i talked with him about the visit's si...

You had a chance to see what gadhafi was like, how he operates. this former congressman is going. what do they do? do they walk him up and, you know, introduce him? how does that work? >> reporter: well, representative curt weldon was this nch after the turnover of weapons in libya. i suspect what is publicly reported that weldon was actually invited. weldon made sure he is not representing the state department or the administration but going as a private citizen. he has laid out publicly what he believes a solution would look like, including gadhafi stepping down. the question really is does ...

He is the incumbent who has refused to surrender power after losing an election despite massive pressure from world bodies like the united nations. ouattara is hoping to capture gbagbo and end what's turned into a bin ladloody civil confl. nothing has convinced moammar gadhafi to step down as libya's dictator but former u.s. congressman curt weldon thinks he might be able to persuade him. he's meeting with the dictator today and asking gadhafi to leave power. weldon says he's going there on the invitation of gadhafi and met with the dictator in 2004 when libya agreed to end its nuclear weapo...

Conversation with western powers about a transition. >> fran, you know, being under the bush administration and working for former president bush is it harmful or helpful to have a private citizen involved with the gadhafi regime? we know the state department and white house is aware of his visit. does it help you have a private citizen somewhat going rogue? >> reporter: no. i will tell you similar things happened during the bush administration. typically, what happens is the leaders who are desperate will reach out to a private citizen like curt weldon and invite them. whether that is libya o...