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And prays for those who are facing the brunt of this and fighting on the front lines surrounded by enemies. the fukushima worker says they are all working to their limit, both mentally and physically. three workers spent time in the hospital last week after standing in contaminated water. they have since been release. tepco and the government say they are trying to improve conditions for the fukushima employees. >> translator: the workers are working under very dangerous and very hard conditions, and i feel a great deal of respect to them and very apologetic. >> reporter: plans are being drawn...

South carolina, and cnn will be having a debate of its own sponsoring one in june in new hampshire. all right. well, here's another story. this one on the tea party, and i do wonder if this one is a sign that it's becoming part of the establishment. a new cnn opinion research poll shows that a growing number of americans are developing a negative impression of the tea party. 47% of americans have an unfavorable view of the tea party. well, that puts it right in line with the democratic and republican parties. 48% of americans have an unfavorable view of those parties so tea party, welcome to...

Their own personal tragedies. c cnn's paula hancocks tells their story. >> reporter: in theize of the world, they are heroes. risking their lives a few hundred workday and night to bring fukushima's nuclear power plant back from the brink of disaster. an official from joo pan's nuclear watchdog has spent five days at the plant and tells cnn conditions are harsh. food and water are rationed. crackers for breakfast, a ready-made meal for dinner. he says a few hundred people sleep in a building about 500 meters away from the reactors. many sleep on the floor in the conference room. those who can'...

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>> reporter: you know, it does. earlier in the week, when the rebels were on the advance, there was nothing on state television but there would have been plenty on satellite international channels like ours and plenty of people here watch cnn and other stations because they can't trust state television. and you could tell out on the streets here the sort of atmosphere was quite muted. there wasn't the sort of relaxed atmosphere we've seen here over the past couple of weeks. then, since the rebels have sort of been pushed back, this tactical withdrawal, and we're seeing the government forces mo...