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(Tokyo: Bill Whitaker) The crisis at the nuclear plant featured; scenes shown of helicopters dumping water on the reactors, police and fire vehicles; details given about containment vessel breaches, concern about the spent fuel rods and the challenge for the plant workers; diagram shown; Twitter comment quoted. [CBS nuclear safety consultant Cham DALLAS†- says the damage from the fires is very significant; comments on the danger from the plutonium-uranium mixture called MOX.] [White House press secretary Jay CARNEY – says Obama has faith the Japanese are aware of the severity of the crisis.]
(Studio: Katie Couric) Live interview held with Carnegie Endowment physicist James Acton† about the nuclear emergency. [From Washington, ACTON – explains the disagreement over the risk from the evaporating fuel pools; says the Japanese government is being forced to improvise; states it will be a pivotal moment when the power comes on.]
(White House: Chip Reid) Obama’s response to the disaster in Japan featured; scenes shown of him signing a condolence book at the Japanese embassy; details given about the effort to evacuate Americans, US involvement in the rescue and relief operations and concern about radiation. [OBAMA – speaks of standing by our friend and ally.]
(Studio: Katie Couric) Latest figures on the dead, missing and displaced cited.
(Tokyo: Lucy Craft) The psychological impact of the disaster featured; videos shown of the tsunami; details given about insecurity over the lack of information from the government, power outages and water shortages; scenes shown from Tokyo of people wearing face masks, empty store shelves, crowded airports and passport offices, devastated towns, damaged roads, search and rescue teams.
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(Pentagon: David Martin) The U.N. resolution that clears the way for air strikes against Kadhafi’s army, which is closing on Benghazi, examined. [Undersecretary for Political Affairs William BURNS†- says Kadhafi’s forces have made significant strides on the ground.]
(Studio: Katie Couric) The disappearance in Libya of "New York Times" journalists Anthony Shadid†, Stephen Farrell†, Lynsey Addario† and Tyler Hicks† reported; photos shown.
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(Studio: Katie Couric; Tokyo: Sanjay Gupta) The danger from the plume and how concerned we should be about people, cargo and food coming in from Japan discussed.
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