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Indications that the containment vessel surrounding a reactor may have ruptured and released radioactive steam. japanese officials released this picture of the number four reactor at the facility that shows a large portion of the building's outer wall has collapsed. it is fairly unbelievable to look at that. in its first public assessment since taking over the afghan war -- you want to move on to afghanistan? >> yes. >> general david petraeus says the uss on track to hand off security to afghan forces by 2014. testifying before the senate armed services committee yesterday, petraeus said, tali...

Survivors and people who are isolated especially today because every minute counts. >> reporter: the blast at the fukushima power plant occurred on saturday. the two pictures you're seeing at the moment are of the plant before the blast and after the blast. in the lower one circled. you can see that some of the outer wall has fallen down. >> translator: i will repeat again this was not caused by the nuclear reactor, and there was no harmful gas emitted by this explosion, and the radiation level has not changed since the explosion. >> the biggest problem now we have is there's no food anywhere....

That was the good news. they say it was an outer wall, and the roof of the building, that's where the explosion actually happened, no harmful substances were released into the atmosphere. in fact, they say radiation has been slowly coming down throughout the day. but, of course, as you say, they have increased this exclusion zone. that's been interesting too, john. you can almost track this crisis through the exclusion zone itself. initially it was a mile, mile and a half, then extended to six miles, now it's up to 12, 13 miles, 20 kilometers. so that really goes to show as time has gone on, t...

$165,000 in aid and says it will consider offering more when the extent of the damage is known. and the international red cross and red crescent say they've mobilized 11 teams to heavily damaged areas. they have 20,000 tents, and other relief supplies ready to pass on to local red cross teams. and let's get more on the situation with that nuclear power plant now. cnn's stan grant in tokyo. you've been talking with the nuclear energy agency there. just how serious is this as we get word now that this explosion may have been more related to hydrogen? >> reporter: yeah, didn't involve the rea...

Here is slow motion so you can see it a little bit better. my goodness. there is the contact. there is the flip as it slams into the outer wall and then bounces along the track and eventually through the grass. but bouncing along the super stretch, it's hit by several other cars. it kind of makes you wonder how can anyone survive. the good news is dale earnhardt, junior is okay. he climbed from his car without any help when it finally stopped. of course, there is a mandatory ambulance ride to the care center. he was checked out. but literally released within a few minutes and, of course, this ...