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(Tokyo: Bill Whitaker) The nuclear crisis updated; details given about a possible breach at Fukushima Reactor 3 and radiation burns for 2 workers; map shown of the expanded evacuation zone; scenes shown of the prime minister speaking. [TEPCO spokesman Hiro HASEGAWA†- notes a crack in the reactor is a possibility.] [National Institute of Radiological Sciences Dr. Makoto AKASHI†- says the radiation level does not cause any problems to the people.]
(Studio: Katie Couric) Live interview held with Carnegie Endowment associate James Acton† about the nuclear crisis; diagram shown. [From Washington, ACTON – says it is more likely the leak has occurred from somewhere else other than the reactor; comments on the expansion of the evacuation zone; comments on radiation levels in the drinking water; notes it is unlikely this will be another Chernobyl.]
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(Pentagon: David Martin) The US role in Libya featured; scenes shown of a British plane attacking a Libyan tank. [Joint Staff director V/Adm. William GORTNEY†- says job one is to protect the Libyan people; says the division of labor has evened out.] [Former US Ambassador to NATO Nicholas BURNS†- says we’ve never had a significant NATO operation which the US has not led.]
(Studio: Katie Couric) Live interview held with Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass† about the conflict in Libya. [HAASS - explains how the operation is changing; comments on Congressional criticism; predicts the day will come when you will need an international military presence in Libya; notes the alternatives to Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi are not necessarily benign or good.]
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(New York: Michelle Miller) Improvements to working conditions prompted by the tragedy featured; historical photos shown; details given about new labor and safety laws. [Lower East Side Tenement Museum Annie POLLAND†- describes how the fire started.] [Researcher Michael HIRSCH††- says those people died because there was almost no regulation of the workplace.] [Victim’s relative Erica LANSNER††- describes the heroic actions of her aunt, Fanny Lansner††.]
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(New York: Seth Doane) The comeback of the monarchs featured; scenes shown from Mexico; details given about progress in the fight against illegal logging and the impact of the weather. [ECOLIFE Foundation Bill TOONE†- says last year was the lowest number of butterflies in Mexico since 1993.] [Monarch biologist Lincoln BROWER†- says industrialized agriculture is destroying the milkweed food plant habitat.]
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(Koizumi, Japan: Lucy Craft) The survival of most of the population of Koizumi, Japan after the earthquake and tsunami due to practice drills featured; scenes shown of the devastated town and of neighboring Minamisanriku, where more than half the residents died.
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