defense. defense forces launched their mission on saturday to enforce a newly approved united nations no-fly zone. so far the fighter jets and the more than 100 u.s. and british tomahawk cruise missiles have aimed primarily at libyan air defense systems. japan s nuclear safety agency says the pressure is increasing in the containment vessel of reactor number three at the crippled nuclear power plant. a super pumper is trying to keep that reactor cool as that crisis unfolds, the search continues for nearly 12,000 people still missing since the march 11th earthquake and tsunami. the death toll has rise ton 7,700. the polls have closed in egypt s first free elections in decades. 45 million egyptians were eligible to vote on proposed constitutional amendments in the post-mubarak era, including presidential term limits and putting elections under judicial oversight. i m fionnuala sweeney. stay with cnn.
the government? do they believe they re being transparent? reporter: there is certainly a trust deficit, fionnuala. there has been throughout this. you hear the soothing words from the government trying to say that there is no risk to people s lives from the radiation. but then you see the images. i think that s what that gentleman there was pointing out. the images seem to speak louder than the words right now. now we don t only have radiation at high levels, we have contamination. what happens here is that the words themselves become radioactive. people hear contamination and they fear the worst. now the contamination s been found in milk and spinach. the government again is reassuring people it s not at levels that do you harm. when you hear that word contamination, when you hear radiation, when you look at the track records of a point or two with the officials here of not being so forthcoming with the truth, the fact that this information seems to come after events, a bit of a ti
military strikes as well as a time line of events all at cnn.com. i m fionnuala sweeney. the best of back story is next. before that, i ll be back with the headlines. right now.
months. and placing elections under judicial oversight. i m fionnuala sweeney. we ll continue to monitor the situation in both libya and japan. piers morgan tonight is next. . the radically new 42 mile per gallon ct hybrid from lexus. welcome to the darker side of green. see your lexus dealer.
defects. fionnuala sweeney, we ll leave it there, watching it happen friend cairo for us. if you ve wondered if world events affect your krpockets th crisis in the middle east shows you. all you have to do is go to the grocery store. after yesterday s rough weather, parts of the eastern seaboard starting to dry out. winds starting to drop. out west a big dose of winter weather. [ crickets chirping ]