dividing, it is a concern to watch them as they grow in age that everything remains healthy that is there, it s so important. jenna: so much to find out and look ahead to and see how the crisis develops. dr. cromwell good to have you. reporter: our hearts go out to everyone in japan obviously. jenna: it s a tragedy when you see what is going on. looking forward to having you on again, thank you. jon: an ongoing crisis on a smaller scale in this country. floodwaters slowly starting to recede in new jersey. residents are not in the clear just yet. what the forecast holds for the days ahead. also the radiation danger in japan it highlights the potential risks at nuclear facilities here in the united states. trace gallagher is on that. reporter: in fact jon i i m at one of the nuclear power plants in the country built right on the ocean. what would happen if a major earthquake and tsunami struck southern california? some very surprising insight coming up.
what you can to help ease everyone s concerns. we were told a story today of a relative of one of the workers who was at that plant doing the very same thing. she had the opportunity to leave, she turned it down. she s a nurse. she wanted to stay at the hospital nearby to help in my way she could. you re starting to hear these stories all the time. the people realize this is the focusof attention, and that really is only a handful of people in there willing to do the work. what about the people in the country? we re hearing all kinds of degrees of americans 50 miles away, the tourists can go 50 miles away, the japanese people told to go 19 miles away or else stay in your house and our own colleague lester holt. this radiation danger, how is it permeating the country? reporter: well, it s different, depending on where you are in the country. if you re up in the north, where so much of the damage is, they re not worrying too much about the nuclear reactors, to