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Still, even under those situations, given the tsunami and earthquake and given undoubtedly damage existing inside the power plant itself, it is a very, very difficult situation, no doubt. >> michael, you worked in five different plants. you know the culture of nuclear power plants, what the workers think. when these workers, these 50 in japan being sent in to do this, if they have communication with their families, what do you think they are telling their families before they go in to do this? >> well, again, these are brave men and women, and they understand the responsibilities to protect th...

Hospitalized after grasping his chest and finding himself unable to stand. members of japan's self defense force, police officers and firefighters have joined the workers on site to battle flames and spray water at the reactors. u.s. military personnel and aircraft that have flown over the reactor are being checked for radiation. joining me now, michael friedlander, former plant operator in the united states over 13 years. thanks for joining us, michael. could you tell us what goes through the mind of these workers? they know enough about the place where they've been working that what they're ...

workers heading in on what he called a suicide mission. and even that may be too late. as family members of some of the workers have begun to weigh in, one of them writing tonight, "my father has accepted his fate, much like a death sentence." and, the japanese people are lining up today to be tested or to leave, but we want to talk, as well, about what this means for the united states. we're going to tell you about worst case scenarios, what it might really deliver to hawaii, to california, the rest of this country, all of that ahead. but martha raddatz leads us off, she spent the d...

>> the situation appears more bleak by the day. ç >> dual disaster crippling japan. >> earthquake victims force today move away from the nuclear site as the crisis continues to get worse. >> radiation levels south of the plant spiked to 300 times the normal level today. >> pictures of smoke coming out of one of the reactors. >> new ruptures and fires releasing yet more radiation into the air in northern japan. >> none of us had any traces of radioactivity. when they checked our shoes, they did find. >> good thing or bad thing? >> that's a bad thing. >> inside the plant, those brave...

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