>> well, things are progressing. what one might think to be more slowly than expected. getting the electric power back is vital in order to continue to provide water to the reactors and the fuel pools where the threat of damaged fuel exists. and as you've seen, it's not an easy job, and there are going to be barriers, but all of these barriers, even this radioactivity situation, are able to be over come, and as long as they can continue to work toward getting the electricity back and the cooling back, that things will be stabilized, and it's possible and likely that things will be stabilized within days or at least a week. >> as we watch this, though, tom, it seems like they do take a step forward and then maybe hit these setbacks, maybe take two steps back and it brings new attention to the details that are going on there. so in your estimation, though, and from your expertise, how