it right there at the daiichi plant. injured four workers. additional danger now is the impact of a nuclear meltdown, which is when fuel in the reactor overheats, allowing radioactive material to escape into the air. the evacuation zone around the plant has been widened to 20 kilometers, affecting about 200,000 people. japanese media reports quote the prime minister as saying 3,000 people have been rescued. for more on how those operations are going we have patrick fullen on the phone, a communications manage for the international red cross, and he s on his way to sendai right now. we had a sound bite from you saying it was virtually impossible to get there. how is it going right now? well, it s impossible for a lot of people, simply because the highway s not open to ordinary traffic. it s restricted to emergency services and we got up here