line of japan marking a week since the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the region. seven days later, the people of japan are still in crisis. a record 262 large aftershocks have struck since last friday, and the situation at the fukushima nuclear power plant does not appear to be improving any time soon. japanese officials raised the crisis from level four to level five today, putting it on par with the three mile island disaster. in a televised address, the prime minister kan said the nuclear crisis remains very grave. forecasts show changing winds could start moving radiation closer to tokyo by the end of the weekend. for more on the continued efforts to stop a meltdown at fukushima, we go to nbc s robert bezel in tokyo. bob? reporter: lawrence, part of the effort involves restoring electrical power to the site.
now they are obscenely rich, paying themselves 262 times more than the average worker, and they don t work any harder than they did in the 1970s. president obama took the opportunity to gently suggest ceos might consider reinvesting in america for a change. today, american companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets. so i just want to encourage you to get in the game. many progressive groups are not pleased by the latest display of, quote, sucking up to wall street. the agenda project released this ad today. you deserve to know when you re elected officials are meeting with lobbyists. you deserve to know when your
now they are obscenely rich, paying themselves 262 times more than the average worker and they don t work any harder than they did in the 1970s. president obama took the opportunity today to gently suggest that the ceos might answer reinvesting in america for a change. today american companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets. i want to encourage you to get in the game. many progressive groups are not pleased by the latest display of sucking up to wall street. the agenda project released this today. you deserve to know when your elected officials are meeting with lobbyists. we deserve to know when elected officials are meeting
paying themselves 262 times more than the average worker, and they don t work any harder than they did in the 1970s. president obama took the opportunity to gently suggest ceos might consider reinvesting in america for a change. today, american companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets. so i just want to encourage you to get in the game. many progressive groups are not pleased by the latest display of, quote, sucking up to wall street. the agenda project released this ad today. you deserve to know when you re elected officials are meeting with lobbyists. you deserve to know when your elected officials are meeting with lobbyists.
of 2010, nearly 2900 murders were recorded there. average 262 a month or nine murders a day. in new york, laura ingle, fox news. bret: still ahead, playing politics over the constitution. up next, hard times and learning to live with a lot less. [ male announcer ] we asked people all over america where the best tatoes come from. the best potatoes? idaho. idaho! idaho. [ male announr ] and how do you know you re getting idaho potatoes? well, uh. um. [ male announcer ] not all potatoes come from idaho. so if you want the best, you have to do one important thing. always look for the grown in idaho seal. i knew that. i kw that. [ male announc ] look for the grown in idaho seal.