an opposition spokesman says the town is relatively quiet, with many grocery stores and shops opening for the first time in weeks. in eastern libya, the u.s. naval forces commander says allies have successfully established a no-fly zone over benghazi. air strikes have taken out most of gadhafi s air forces and its long range air defense. in japan, tokyo government workers say the tap water now has levels of radioactive material that could be harmful for babies. in fact they say the water contains twice the limit considered safe. parents are being advised to not use tap water to make baby formula and bottled water has now, as a result, become scarce. japan has also expanded food shipment restrictions to 11 types of vegetables grown near the fukushima plant because of that radiation contamination. the u.s. and hong kong are banning dairy products and
officials say the death toll could go to 10,000. power and water still out to millions of people because these nuclear plants are shut down. millions of people are struggling to find food. a fox news alert, new information on the situation in japan as we ve been breaking news all throughout this morning. the kyoto news service is saying that the fuel rods at one of those reactors has become fully exposed. so the water has declined to the point where these rods are exposed and that means there could be a possible meltdown. also an explosion at different reactor at that plant earlier. this is a very, very frightening situation. brian: we know over the weekend they threw all types of sea water and thought they cooled it effectively. guess not. martha: that renders those useless. that s the last ditch effort to cool them off. but that has not succeeded. steve: in the meantime, u.s. naval forces being told to keep their distance from japan over fears that the troops could be exposed
jane: we re just learning that the suspect in the fort hood shootings is now being moved from the hospital to jail in texas. major nidal hasan s attorney says hassan had a discharge physical last night. in the middle box, u.s. naval forces have captured five pirates near the seychelles pirates confiscating what s known as a mother ship. we re working to bring you more details, and on the bottom, two detention hearings in detroit for some of the militia members accused of plotting an attack against police officers. trace: there s a manhunt going on in florida, a robbery at a check-cashing store, a female employee who tried to run but the suspect, as you can see, grabs her. he throws her to the ground, and then he punches her, and then he
korea. at least four people are dead and 300 unaccounted for as a ferry sank off jeju island. government officials say over 300 of the passengers were students. the u.s. navy is standing by as south korean ships and a fleet of helicopters work the area. rescue efforts will continue throughout the night. it s just after 10:00 there right now. lieutenant arlo abramson is the public affairs officer for the commander u.s. naval forces. he joins us by phone now. sir, can you give us the latest on the water? is the u.s. navy directly involved in the rescue operations? first of all, luke, thanks for having me. first i want to say that our thoughts are with the passengers of this ship, this ferry, that