each helicopter is cape able of carrying 7 poen 5 tons of sea water and they have sprayed it on the number three building at the fukushima daiichi power plant. due to the radiation levels it should be conducted from a minimum altitude and limited to 40 minutes per helicopter per day. we are waiting for the defense minister to hold a news conference to explain the helicopter operation that was just held about an hour ago pouring water, sea water on the reactor buildings at fukushima daiichi power plant. on wednesday a white plume was seen rising from the fukushima daiichi power plant and they say water in a storage bowl intended to cool fuel has not been working since the quake. since there there's been urgent need for cooling those reactors to stop the fuel, emitting hydrogen for possible explosion or meltdown to japan's self defense force helicopters have sprayed water on the crippled number three reactor build agent the fukushima daiichi power plant. this was done by two helicopters at 9:48 a.m., 9:52 a.m., 9:54 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. japan time with sdf helicopters. each sprayed 7.5 tons o

this was just the poen call that they had been waiting patiently for. >> exactly the news that you want jeff glor at the news desk for a look at some of the headlines we're following for you this morning. >> so good to hear that this morning. good morning, everyone. meanwhile here is the late oets nuke cleerp c nuclear crisis. dangerous levels of radiation are leaking from the daiichi power plant that follows an explosion at a third reactor and a fire at a spent fuelage facility.fire is out, but energy officials say the pool where the spent fuel is kept may be boiling and the water level dropping. and the nuclear regulatory commission says the core of one reactor ma >>> just a few moments before we went on the air this morning, we got shall very good news from devastated northern japan. taylor anderson, a virginia woman who teaches english in ishinomaki, one of the towns hardest hit by the tsunami, was missing for four days as her family desperately tried to locate her and feared the worst. this morning we know taylor is safe. her parents got the good news at their home just before 7:00