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Admit radioactive water leaking into the pacific ocean is several million times the legal limit. the plant is now dumping more than 11,000 tons of contaminated water into the sea to make room for more dangerous radioactive water leaking from a crack in a maintenance pit. as a result of these findings, japan's announced it is setting a standard for the amount of radiation allowed in fish and vegetables. that move comes after fish caught halfway between the plant and tokyo contained levels of radioactive iodine that exceeded the new legal limit. toyota says it will have to shut down all 13 nor...

Dominic? >> reporter: jon, the reason they've got to do that is because there are such high levels of radioactive water now building up, they need to remove water that is contaminate today a lesser degree out of containment pools into the ocean to make room for that much more dangerous water. of course, the big issue is because of so much runoff water now being sprayed onto the plant and coming off the various reactors, those tanks are just going to fill up even quicker, so at some point the japanese government is going to have to decide when it starts dumping the very, very dangerous water in...

So you can save money. [sighs] amazing. it's like an extra bonus savings. [ cackling ] he's my ride home. how much can the snapshot discount save you? call or click today. i'm thomas roberts. here's what's topping the news right now. emergency crews at japan's fukushima daichi nuclear power plant is trying to stop radioactive water from leaking into the pacific ocean. a crack in the maintenance pit was found over the weekend which confirmed that radioactive material was making its way know the surrounding environment. after two years of searching under sea robots have found pieces of an ai...

Of radioactive water. over the weekend they found an eight-inch crack in a maintenance pit. they believe the water coming from the pit is the source of radioactive water reaching the pacific ocean. they tried pouring concrete into the pit to try to seal the leak but there was too much water for concrete to set. now they are trying a mixture of shredded newspapers, saw dust and a polymer that expands by 50%. it could be later today before we know if it works. even if it does, alex, the plant is in terrible shape. the cooling systems for the reactors are still leaking. they will have to repair t...

There is no agreement. republicans are firefightering for spending cuts to help end washington job crushing spending bills. >> negotiations aside, there are calendar issues. the house needs three days to pass the bill and the senate will need the same amount of time. unless there is a procedural maneuvering to allow both chambers to work on passing the bill at the same time it would be a challenge to get it done and signed by president obama by friday night. >> molly, thank you for much. >> harris: the budget battle front and center. anchor chris wallace sits down with house budget chairman pa...