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Ontario. breaking news out of japan right now, a possible set back at the fukushima nuclear plant. workers again being evacuated from the plant after smoke was seen rising from at least one of the six reactors. efforts to cool the overheating reactor now on hold. radiation is being detected in more of the food and water supply meantime. thousands of acres of land may never be farmed again. william la jeunesse live with those concerns in los angeles, william. >> reporter: radioactive fallout has been detected in food in five japanese tprof vinceess. after chernoble thousands died after drinking...

The clock ticks and urgency grows in the japan nuclear crisis and they will pour water over the overheating reactor at the damaged plant. this amphetamine has not seemed to work so far. what is the best and worst case scenario? cnn contributor jim walsh walks us through some possible outcome. should we start with the best possible outcome? i think we should. >> yes. my best possible outcome things don't get worse, we are able to stabilize the situation and slowly ratchet it down over time. two problems. one is the reactors one, two, and three have problems inside the active reactor. so what we...

With a fox news alert. first carrier to carry americans outside of japan. fears over a nuclear meltdown continue to grow. crews are racing to stop the meltdown. some say it may be too late. we turn to david piper who is in the ykoto air base west of tokyo. hey, david. >>reporter: yes, desperate measures now are being taking place in the overheating reactor in the fukushima plant 120 miles northeast of here. they are using helicopters to dump huge buckets full of water on the cooling pond of the reactor. pots of two other reactors are boiling at this time. the chairman warned there is

Damaged nuclear plant and, so far, it appears to be failing. the u.s. begins vaticevacua families of diplomatic staff and help other americans get out of the area as well. in the meantime, the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami is rising yet again. the latest numbers, more than 5,400 people now confirmed dead. nearly 10,000 people are officially reported as missing. in japan, the sense of urgency is unmistakable and unnerving. helicopters try to douse an overheating reactor and a fire truck moves in. cnn's stan grant is following it all from tokyo. stan, bring us up-to-date. >> y...

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