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Still today and you saw that in the events of today that i'm about to explain to you. the fact they have reconnected power is exactly what we've been waiting for. so as worried as we were yesterday, we're now feeling much, much better. and it looks like they're going to restart the cooling pumps. do you understand that? the reason power is so important is because if we don't -- if we can't cool the reactors, the reactors one, two and three could melt down. they were the active ones. you have to cool them all. remember all the problems we had with reactor number four. if the power is back on, y...

In on reactor number three and it keeps switching around as to which is the worst every day. this video was released by the tokyo electric power company showing a flyover the crippled fukushima plant. now you can see there is some major structural damage, to say the least. so maybe that's part of the reason they were in such bad shape. now authorities are just trying to keep control of the situation while they work to restore the power to the reactors. that's what they've been trying to do all day. it looks like according to the news we just got, they might have done that. they're hoping the c...

Meltdown after another explosion last night. now, reactor two, the one in the middle, is also in danger of overheating. some radiation has escaped. 17 u.s. military personnel flying relief missions were among those exposed to low levels. chris jansing is live for us in tokyo. what can you tell us today about what the government is saying about the nuclear situation and do we feel like we're getting all of the information that we need? >> that's a question that's being asked here again and again, chuck. i hear it on the streets, you see it on the news, you see it in the newspaper and certainly ...

Actions to cool them as authorities try to prevent dangerous radiation leaks. >> translator: in reactor two, while the work on cooling the unit, namely pumping in water has resulted in a certain level of effectiveness. it cannot necessarily be called a stable situation. >> the deepening nuclear crisis is the most urgent of japan's challenging tonight. the death toll now more than 1,800 but it is by all accounts likely to climb and climb much higher as the waters recede and search and rescue teams reach the most remote northern japanese towns. sifting through the rubble hoping to find her husba...