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around them and get to the affected area has made it very difficult but we re going to do it. we are working on it as we re talking right now. i got people working on it. you already have people in japan. what is it like for those aid workers? well, it s it breaks their heart. they have been up there and seen people without electricity and food and cold. this is a modern industrialized nation and to see this nation brought to its knees, it just breaks your heart. but, at the same time, your heart is broken, but you want to do something. we just cannot stand by. we have to do something. that is why we got the plane and why we are air-lifting and we are going to do all we can as long as we have the resources, we re going to keep helping japan and if we have to next week, we will send another plane just like this and bring more material. the people of japan, especially there in the north, they are without electricity. they don t have enough blankets. the shelters that they are in, m
declaring an immediate cease-fire comes not long after the u.n. skuecurity council approved a no sf-fly zone. rebels are celebrating in benghazi. opposition supporters there calling for a no-fly zone especially pending a an tack by gadhafi forces. turning to japan. the u.s. dropped atomic bombs on japan in world war ii to end the war. survivors say the first victims of the nuclear era. cnn a cnn s kyung lah reports. reporter: nervous residents flee from the growing crisis. but the elderly running from a disaster, this is their second nuclear crisis of their
get there. we have just been told at least 33 killed and expect the death toll may get higher in the coming hours. mohammed jamjoom, thanks so much. international atomic experts in japan say things are fairly stable right now. in the meantime, president obama is assuring americans the radiation threat poses no threat to the united states and he says the united states has a responsibility to learn from japan s crisis. the japanese media is reporting some 380,000 people have poured into shelters and they have no idea when they will be able to leave those shelters. many of the shelters are without enough power or kerosene to properly heat them so the people are pretty much living in freezing temperatures right now. japan s nuclear agency is raising the crisis level on the damaged plant and overheated nuclear fuel. the new rating is five out of
going joining us. japan s deadly nuclearer happened in world war ii. those who lived through the crisis say it opens up wounds. just ahead, hiroshima survivors, in their own words.