case ahead. already more military and rescue teams are on their way to japan bringing help. let s talk more about the u.s. outreach now by bret baier, anchor of special report . what has japan asked for thus far and what is the u.s. delivering? a lot of airlift, humanitarian relief. you mentioned, greg mentioned there the uss ronald reagan and the efforts that aircraft carrier is making to be careful about the radiation in the area, moving the 7th fleet, announcing moving back a bit from the nuclear plant. it is important to put it in perspective however. the 7th fleet put out a statement about the radiation discovered on those 17 marines and the helicopters and it says, quote, for perspective, the maximum potential radiation dose received by any ships force personnel aboard the ship when it passed through the area was less than radiation exposure received from about one month of
they have to meet, the plants that have existing but also that have been designed and are under construction have to meet very strenuous seismic requirements. they have to meet requirements they can withstand any sort of environmental impact, whether that s a hurricane, a tornado, tsunami. that is in the regulatory space. we update the requirements continuously as the usgs comes up with new seismic data. we update requirements are for the plants. so we think we have the safety and regulatory requirements in place to ensure these plants will continue to be safe and be completed and can go into operation sometime after 2016. jon: in short you think that the u.s. nuclear industry has actually planned better than japan for this kind of emergency? i think that after 9/11 in particular, the u.s. industry began to take steps to consider some of these very improbable scenarios. i have a lot of regard for the japanese program. they do run an excellent program. on the other hand, the u.s. flee
there and appear to be gaining some ground. what qaddhafi is now offering and what that means for the latest out of libya. u.s. troops are working in the quake zone in japan delivering food and aid but radiation levels there are on the rise. a look at the dangers our troops and the japanese people are now facing. more information on how you can help the victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in japan go to foxnews.com for details on several of the organizations working on relief and recovery in the region and requesting donations. go ahead and check it out foxnews.com. [ female announcer ] it s lobsterfest.
on the bus to see how fast the bus indeed was traveling. and hoping to get answers there. so at this point it s looking a little dodgey. jon: julie bandaras in our newsroom, thanks. jenna: still keeping an eye on what is happening in the mideast today. libyan reblts taking a beating losing ground in key areas they once controlled. an international noose is still tightening on qaddafi. we have the latest developments a whole bunch of different reports coming out of libya. we ll break it on down from you. breaking news from japan this morning. brand-new reports, three react erts may be in the process of melting down as the people of japan struggle to deal with this multiteared disaster. we ll give you the latest in just three minutes. pwhrafp
deteriorate our weather conditions across sendai japan. temperatures are starting to plummet, by tuesday clouds roll on in, showers to start off the day and that precipitation becoming steadier overnight with temperatures also plummeting below freezing. we ll also start to see tphours mixing in with that rain. thisnow showersmixing in with r. this is dangerous for people without shelter. and no heating available to many residents. we are expecting windy conditions. that will make it feel even colder. we are talking about the threat of hypothermia for anyone caught outside for a long period of time in these cold temperatures. by wednesday we ll see snow showers, very cold temperatures, a lot of cloudiness will provide poor visibility for any rescue efforts by helicopter. we want to take a look at the wind, we are talking about the possibility of some of these video active vapors leaking out of the fukushima nuclear power plant. the dot in blue is sendai, the