over the summer. and, b, put me in contact with early on through his early connections. reporter: alex s immediate to-do list includes picking a college and getting a driver s license. he dreams of becoming a college coach but it s clear that the possibilities are endless. so, whether he s back on the sidelines, armed with that notepad or even schooling a tv reporter on his driveway court, it seems alex s best hot is yet to come. i feel like even though i have accomplished a bunch, i m just scratching the surface of it. but it s been a great ride and i think this is just the start. that s remarkable. he s a really nice guy. knows that game. he even dunked on me in his driveway. he made me look like a punk out there. he got that rebound and skied over me. recruitspeed.com, a lot of people follow that site. don t know it s a high school junior. can t even drive.
be more impressed. reporter: from his home in new jersey he uses his popular website recruitscoop.com and twitter account to keep tabs on future stars of march madness. he travels to dozens of schools in tournaments around the country, scrutinizing players and building his credibility. as far as recruiting he knows almost everybody in the college scene. that s good. reporter: alex loves this game and is a student of it. sharing his observations with a growing legion of followers, including coaches, players and even an nba scout. good around the basket. i check his twitter probably six times a day to see what he s updating, you know, what he sees, you know, what s the latest scoop out there. connections in my favor. i can help other people succeed. reporter: alex is more than just a scout. to many of these young athletes, he s first a friend. personally it makes me feel like i have somebody i can talk to and be around. so, like he s a brother to me. he s really knowled
reporter: right now there are 104 nuclear reactors across the united states. these facilities account for just 20% of the nation s electricity. far less than countries like japan and france. nuclear power there makes up 70% of the total electrical output. and developing nations such as schin that and india are moving quickly to catch up. the chinese are currently building 100 reactors. last year president obama said the u.s. cannot afford to fall behind. if america fails to invest in alternative energy sources like nuclear power, it will mean lost jobs and higher costs for american consumers. rob and peggy? in other news now, seven people are missing after an apartment building exploded in ontario. canadian police and firefighters have not yet been able to go into the rubble to search for the victims. they hope the seven missing residents were not home at the time of the blast, which took place yesterday morning. that building uses electric heat. although some residents s
when the country was hit by yet another serious quake. also new reports of damaged fuel rods at the fukushima nuclear plant. we ll have the latest. and we ll lighten the mood later this half hour. march madness is not really madness to one talented teen out there. i ll introduce to you a guy who keeps tabs on college basketball like nobody else. you won t believe how much he s done at such a young age. you re in first place with the competition. not bragging yet. first let s get down to the headlines. there are reports rebels have taken moammar gadhafi s hometown of sirte. that would be a big victory for the reb. s. they were aided by international air strikes overnight. continued u.s. involvement in the operation may be a tough sell. so the administration is now taking its case directly to the people today. abc s david kerley reports. do you think libya posed an actual or imminent threat to the united states? no, no. it was not a vital national interest to th
brought under control. at reactor number one the roof is completely gone. reactors two and three have holes in the roof and steam is leaking out. reactor four, the walls are gone. that yellow ball is the top of the containment vessel. inside the control room for reactor two, workers had finally managed to restore power and turn on the lights. they were measuring radiation levels in puddles when suddenly one of their personnel radiation alarms sounded. the water contains 10 million times the usual level of radioactive substances. reporter: that staggering figure turns out to be wrong. a miscalculation. tokyo electric power company retracted its announcement that 10 million times the normal density of radioactive materials had been detected in water. reporter: by the end of the day power company officials apologized. if there s one consistent theme we know about these big power companies is, they don t tell the truth. you can t trust what they say. reporter: it now