Top of the Hour: Nuclear Emergency, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

Japan faces a continued nuclear crisis while relief efforts begin following last week’s tsunami and earthquake. Reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, Peter Ford has in Sendai and is now on his way to Niigata, on Japan’s west coast.

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