of. thank you so much, ron allen in cairo. the crisis in japan, 8,805 are now confirmed dead. more than 1200 remain missing. taylor anderson, a 24-year-old english teacher from virginia is the first identified and confirmed american to have died in the tsunami. at the fukushima power plant, new power lines have been run to all the reactors. plant operators caution there is a lot of work to be done before they can turn the power on.รง the seawater around the power plant is under the microscope. highment as of radioactive eye owe dine 131 and other elements have been found in well above acceptable limits. japanese officials insist that the water essafe but has set up ongoing water. trace levels of radiation have been found in washington state. health officials there say the traces are millions of times lower than areas that would prompt health concern. james lee wit now joins us. it is good to see you again. you are an expert at this kind,
way this is all going. on the one hand in the eastern part of the country, near the second city, benghazi, where the uprising started, there are indications that the opposition has control of that area and is trying to consolidate it. the border in that part of libya seems to be open. in tripoli, which is in the other part of libya, on the western side, very muddled picture. you describe it as a wore zone. we ve heard the same reports. mers they re riz, foreign soldiers have been flown in, attacking civilians, a lot of blood shed in the streets again today. a very dangerous situation. ron allen in cairo for us. thanks very much. we have breaking news for you. those four american hostages that have been held captive by somali pirates have been killed. they were on a private yacht and, of course, as we found out, this is the seasonal time for
particularly anyone seen as an opponent of the regime. that s at the top of the list. the military council in charge here says it may take six months before they feel that the security situation here is stable enough to do that. so, there s a long list of grievances and demands but things have been moving forward somewhat here during the past week or so since the big day when mubarak left. of course, things have been peaceful. nothing like what we re seeing in libya or other countries around the middle east or north africa. a lot of political process going on now but peace is holding. ron, is the military supposed to dismiss the remaining mubarak ministers? and also, give us the fate of the vice president appointed by mubarak, omar suleiman. reporter: yes, that s another of the demands. the protesters, the opposition, it s unclear what to call them because there aren t daily protests in the streets, they are private citizens demanding rights who have been demanding their rights. th
hundreds demanded the government step aside. libya has been ruled by gadhafi for more than 40 years. bahrain, thousands camping out in a tent city in the central square for a third day, demanding several political reforms. that nation home to the u.s. navy s fifth fleet. iran a scuffle broke out along the funeral procession route for a student killed in protests yesterday. yemen s government has sent 2,000 ploiolice officers to try stop protestors in the capital. day six of demonstrations against yemen s president of 32 years. nbc s ron allen in cairo with we re watching protests from hundreds of airport employees. what s happening, ron? reporter: well, i think the key thing to watch in all of the situation, contessa, what do the authorities, what do the military authorities, the security forces, do when these various places, as these
be rebuilt, that they will channel this energy and take ownership of the country. [ inaudible ] they re saying egypt will be built with democracy and liberty and their struggles. as you can see people standing on that tank. tanks that were people were afraid of when they first rolled into cairo. when the police pulled back after clashes here, and these tanks took position, people thought maybe they were going to fire on the people and the tanks never did. now they are standing on the tanks. people here are cheering the army saying hand in hand the people and the army are together. he s saying 80 million people