nbc news terrorism expert. thank you. now to the results of our text poll. do you approve of president obama s handling of the situation in libya? we asked you this question yesterday. you see the results there so far. 57% of you watch news nation say yes. 43% of you say no. now to the other breaking news. this one out of paris. the eiffel tower has been evacuated after a suspicious package was found on the plaza beneath the tower itself. a paris police official said nearly 4,000 tourists were evacuated after an anonymous caller warned that the paris monument would be blown up. this, by the way, is the fourth time the eiffel tower received an anonymous call and forced into evacuation mode. the three earlier calls were false alarms. we turn to the latest out of the japan. where parents in tokyo are being told not to let infants drink tap water. water samples there contained more than double the amount of legal limit of radio radioactive iodine which can cause thyroid
this just in, we are watching the earthquake and the tsunami that followed in japan. we are learning now via reuters news service. tokyo electric power company reportedly is saying that the pressure inside number one reactor at the fukushima nuclear plant is rising. that means there could be a risk of radiation leak. their local news agencies reporting this in tokyo. we know that this has been a situation that they ve been watching, because secretary of state hillary clinton had said u.s. military forces in the region had transported cool atlantcoolantto the nuclear plat had malfunctioned after the earthquake hit the plant earlier. the pressure inside a reactor there is building, and this risk of radiation, they are in evacuation mode reportedly in areas near and around this
those impacted and this is that tough period of time where they do not know what s going on. was their loved one unfortunately part of this incident? were they able to get out? this is the most crushing for them trying to determine and it s incumbent on officers to determine what they re dealing with, have the process that goes on. obviously, the company will be key in determining who should have been inside the building and making accountable everyone there and ensure that their safety is paramount. this is period of time where they have to do that and quickly because you have a lot of people out there that are simply wondering are their loved ones impacted? let s listen in to the police officer. get them to safety so we re in evacuation mode right now so we re trying to secure the building the best we can. once it s secure, once we re 100% that that building is secure that s when we will be able to provide more information with the extent of injuries and
let me see if we can try to confirm that with lieutenant ryan frazier of the anne arundel county police department. do you have any information you can add to what we know here, that the shooter is in custody and there may be fatalities and there are certainly numerous injuries? yeah, at this point we have no new information from when we first arrived on scene. what i can tell you, what i can confirm is around 2:40 we were called, 888 westgate road. active shooter inside the building. once we arrived the officers quickly secured the building. we continue to get people outside the building. we re in evacuation mode right now. we re trying to secure the building the best we can. once the building is secure, once we re 100% the building is secured, that s when we ll be able to provide more information with the extent of injuries and information on the suspect.