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Across most of tokyo are now down to five hour days and they reduced the number of trains that are running asking businesses and individuals to cut use, something to which they are complying. this is on top of the rolling black outs the past four days as the other damaged power plant make an attempt to get things back to normal. the head of the u.n. nuclear watch dog is now planning to meet with top japanese officials here in tokyo to discuss the crisis at the nuclear power plant to our north. this as we learn more of early everyone whattings safety problem, many early warnings at the nuclear ...

Commission to prove that they're built to survive earthquakes and tsunamis but could not say whether it could withstand what's been upgraded to a 9.0 in japan. u.s. warships are backing off because of concerns of radiation. digging deeper into the debate over nuclear safety, last night on "hardball with chris matthews," chris asked congressman ed markey, a massachusetts democrat on the house energy committee, if we've been careful enough in avoiding seismically active areas when constructing nuclear power plants in the u.s. >> no, we have not. for example, the power plant in california is on...

Look at the map that shows the risky earthquake areas in our country. san andreas fault. there's the nuclear power plants. here's the two maps together showing the quake prone areas and the plants themselves. have we been careful to array our plants away from the earthquake zones? >> no, we have not. for example, the power plant in california is only built to with stand a 7.0 earthquake. the san francisco earthquake of 1906 was a 7.8 earthquake. the diablo canyon plant in california was built on an earthquake fault which by the way was not discovered until after the whole plant had been design...

There were areas where the road had buckled. you could see destruction not necessarily to the bridges themselves but areas around the bridges. it was safe to go over them . but in terms of damage we haven't gotten to the hardest hit area yet. it's so difficult to get in and out. >> lee, we'll let you get back to work. appreciate it. >> thanks, richard. >> the nuclear industry in the united states is watching the events unfold in japan. joining me now is democratic congressman from massachusetts ed markey. he sits on the energy and commerce committees. as you know the u.s. has 104 nuclear power...