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Proving really difficult. here's what we think is happening. reactor one, its outer building exploded on saturday. there's probably been a partial melting inside. and they're still pumping in seawater. reactor two, the most worrying, with an explosion here last night and crucially a potential breach inside it. the first possible damage to any of the reactors. it's thought that this device down below, which handles excess pressure, may have been breached. and this could be one source of leaking radiation. now, reactor three is also in trouble with an explosion of the outer building, maybe a par...

Dollars into the money markets. >> and back home, wall street has seen quite a selloff. joining us is abc business editor dan arnall. thank you for being here. >> morning to you. >> we were talking about how really being tokyo is a banking hub, number one, and banking is not an isolated sort of country-specific industry, so how will this have a global impact? >> we've seen more than $1.6 trillion in investor wealth disappear over the last two days as a direct result of the fears. that this earthquake and tsunami have generated around the world. it's something that's definitely felt have where....

Getting hard information about the fate of the power station is proving really difficult. here's what we think is happening. reactor one, its outer building exploded on saturday. there's probably been a partial melting inside. and they're still pumping in seawater. reactor two, the most worrying, with an explosion here last night and crucially a potential breach inside it. the first possible damage to any of the reactors. it's thought that this device down below, which handles excess pressure, may have been breached. and this could be one source of leaking radiation. now, reactor three is also...

Day. very interesting piece. in some places you wouldn't expect that register radiation, everyday items, you wouldn't expect. >> a lot of people thinking about this issue for the first time. first we want to update you on the crisis in japan. it has taken a new dramatic turn this morning. efforts to prevent a meltdown at the nuclear reactor have been stopped because of a surge of radiation that made it too dangerous. >> workers who had been dousing the reactor with water were forced to pull back. diana alvear is joining us from narita with more on the worsening situation at that reactor. hi....

Extinguished. they also said earlier today that some more cracks have been found in some of the rack tores all at the fukushima plant. this is one of the english language newspapers here in japan. it has them all lined up. reactor one, reactor two, reactor three, reactor four. all four of them continue to suffer problems. shepard? >> shepard: do we know where we go from here? you know, the japanese government has instituted this no-fly zone around the plant, adam. i understand the basics of it. is it just too dangerous for the helicopters to get up there to try to put this fire out? particular...