system there was a backup to the backup. but even that is short term. that s why they have gone to this very desperate measure of pumping in the sea water. cnn homeland security reporter jeanne meserve. we want to talk a little bit, p.j., about what would happen we know that there are some there s radiation in the area. what happens to that and how does the weather affect that? excellent question, candy. the weather, of course will play a large role as far as what is concerned out there with the winds. past couple of days we had the winds coming in on offshore component pushing a lot of the radioactive materials offshore. winds going to reverse here as the storm system comes in that we will talk about moment tearily and the concern is that will be onshore component. a lot of the radioactive material certainly could work its way towards some of the population sources. just take a look at the aftershocks that have come in the past couple of days.
dan simon where the church is based. we will get their resxhaks a lot more on the breaking news in haiti. take a look at the live picture in washington on capitol hill. the u.s. senate floor. vice president joe biden getting ready to swear in the senate-elect scott brown. he will be sworn in moment tearily and you will see it live. we will have live coverage of that at his news conference that will follow. other news we are following as well including a major blow today to the public s confidence in toyota. the new focus on the problems with the prius on top of the gas pedal recall affecting millions of cars. we are at a dealership. we will take you step by step through the process of getting your recalled car repaired. oh sure, we have plenty of employees that.