the republicans have a big address. it s one of the great set pieces of american politics each year. and then the response is flat and there s no audience. i think it would be a lot better if they took this super bowl halftime show and then at least had some entertainment piece of it. because the whole sort of governor s mansion fake oval office scenario is death for these people. marco rubio reaching for the wat water. the rubio experience points out just kind of how hopeless a task it is. but i want to go back to that list of the tea party responders, starting in 2011. we have michelle bachmann up
and in addition to those days, what they are going to be doing is to be testing the water supply, but they can t deem it safe to use until they produce a number of tests that say it is safe, kyra. so that the truckloads of water have to be what the people rely on for a long time. on top of that, businesses throu throughout charleston and the surrounding areas are closed as well. so there is a significant economic impact as well as the daily life impact, and of course, the health impact of the thousands off people who are sick after being exposed to the wat water. we will definitely continue to follow the story. erin, thank you. and baseball superstar alex rodriguez has won a partial victory in fighting his suspension to steroid use. but he is not happy about it. an arbitrator upheld most of the suspension, but he reduced the 211-game penalty to 162 games
water pumps at the daiichi facility crippled reactor s this weekend. let s go to anna coren. she joins me in total. let s begin with the ongoing efforts at the nuclear plant. they are hoping power can be restored through a power line. that has not been a change just yet but they re hoping that will be done by today and if that is successful, three and four by tomorrow. restoring power to all six by the end of tomorrow is the best
at japan s crippled fukushima daiichi power plant to release hydrogen gas and steam. this as fire fighters pump tons of water on the facility hoping to cool overheating fuel rods. france is meantime convening a meeting in paris today. to talk about implementation of the no-fly zone ordered by the u.n. on the ground in libya, opposition forces say they re still under attack despite the government s claim it is observing a cease-fire. i m natalie allen at cnn center. we ll be back with more news in 30 minutes. stay with us now for ireport for cnn.
the crack is just moving. there is water, i don t know if water lines are broken. but this water was not there a minute ago. the buildings are making a racket. i seriously thought i was sick first. i didn t know what was going on. i could just feel like i was disoriented. step over another crack. we have a little lake. here is a huge crack. and it is still moving. it s just going back and forth. swaying. it s making me kind of nervous. especially since this is reclaimed land i am on right now. this used to be part of tokyo