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(Washington: Andrea Mitchell) The military response if Kadhafi does not comply with a cease-fire order examined; scenes shown of fighting in Misrata, rebels in Benghazi cheering over support from the U.N.; details given about possible air strikes to be led by Britain and France with an Arab coalition and the US role. [President OBAMA – says the resolution will be enforced through military action.] [Secretary of State Hillary CLINTON – says Kadhafi has left us with no other choice.] [British Prime Minister David CAMERON – describes Britain’s response.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Tripoli: Jim Maceda) Kadhafi’s reaction to the ultimatum featured.
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(Cairo: Richard Engel) Crackdowns in Yemen and Bahrain against anti-government protestors featured; scenes shown of injured and bloody people, the chaos in the streets, Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh†† announcing a state of emergency, the bulldozing of Bahrain’s Pearl Square, celebrations in Saudi Arabia over King Abdullah’s announcements about the economy and health care; details given about Saleh’s claim the protestors were shot by civilians.
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(Tokyo: Robert Bazell) The critical situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant featured; details given about the effort to cool the reactors; scenes shown of fire trucks shooting water; photo of the damage near the fuel tanks at Reactor 4 shown. [Nuclear engineer Margaret HARDING†- explains the idea to put sand on the spent fuel pool.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Akita, Japan: Ann Curry) The situation in Japan a week after the earthquake and tsunami featured; figures on the dead and missing cited; scenes shown of a moment of silence, the Prime Minister’s address, the destruction, people in evacuation shelters, US relief supplies arriving in Yamagata, a reunion of cousins, a girl and her dog. [In Hachinohe, NBC’s Ian WILLIAMS – comments on a ship dumped by the road and the toll on the elderly.] [New Zealand rescuer Bryce CONEYBEER†- says there were able to send a girl’s body to her family.]
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(Chernobyl, Ukraine: Michelle Kosinski) The lasting changes from the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine 25 years ago examined in light of the nuclear crisis after the earthquake in Japan; scenes shown from the town today where radiation levels remain high; details given about the planned containment dome. [Nuclear physicist Stephan ROBINSON†- says for 300-1000 years it will not be possible to live normally or have economic development.] [Resident Marina LUTSENKO‡ {thru translator} – says you can’t go back home.] [TOURIST – reacts.]
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(London: Lee Cowan) The triumph of the human spirit amid the escalating horror in Japan featured; scenes/photos shown of helicopters spraying water on the leaking nuclear reactors, relief workers; details given about the workers at the nuclear plant striving to avert a meltdown.
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