president returned to the country and is looking for the united states help to keep him in power, and some of this was political in nature. sure. absolutely. in fact, the u.s. government discouraged him from returning to yemen, as did the saudi government. we know that from officials in both governments. he went back anyway. he is looking for support. we don t know whether or not the united states was directly involved in the killing, the yemeni government does not have the capability without u.s. assistance to get this done. fran townsend, hope you ll still around. many more questions. live to istanbul to check in with mohammed jamjoom who has information about exactly where al awlaki was killed. good morning. reporter: good morning, christine. we re told by the yemeni embassy in washington, d.c. that the operation that killed anwar al awlaki was killed out in a province of yemen about 140 kilometers from the capital, from sanaa. interesting, because anwar alky was be
it is astounding sean, considering the fact they built for 58.2, they had a 9.0. the plan is 40-years-old. we have safety mechanisms far above what we are were ever originally constructed. the plant was going to be taken out of operation in the near term. yet, with that all, the japanese engineers have been able to manage this. what they call a meltdown is an exposure of the rods, heating that isn t yet brought under control. residual decay. it is going to be under control in a few days there. is no reason for concern. sean: what about the concern of an aftershock that is of significant magnitude, do we then have to worry of additional damage? no. because once it is cooled down, that s it. the radioactive chain reaction is over. we do not have to worry about an aftershock. let s say a week or two from now. sean: thank you guys both. coming up, people are asking,
considering the fact they built for 58.2, they had a 9.0. the plan is 40-years-old. we have safety mechanisms far above what we are were ever originally constructed. the plant was going to be taken out of operation in the near term. yet, with that all, the japanese engineers have been able to manage this. what they call a meltdown is an exposure of the rods, heating that isn t yet brought under control. residual decay. it is going to be under control in a few days there. is no reason for concern. sean: what about the concern of an aftershock that is of significant magnitude, do we then have to worry of additional damage? no. because once it is cooled down, that s it. the radioactive chain reaction is over. we do not have to worry about an aftershock. let s say a week or two from now. sean: thank you guys both. coming up, people are asking,