[T.j. Holmes, Cnn Anchor:] Well, it's the top of the hour on CNN SATURDAY MORNING. We have been telling you about these updates in Japan, where a crack in the concrete in one of those damaged nuclear reactors in Japan allowing radioactive water to flow into the Pacific Ocean. The race now is underway to seal that leak. Also, government troops are taking aim at protesters, bullets flying in Syria. Also, in Libya, Moammar Gadhafi's government says an opposition cease-fire offer is just plain silly. From the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, this is your CNN SATURDAY MORNING for April 2nd. Glad you could spend some time of your weekend here with us. I'm T.J. Holmes. We do want to start, though, with that the Southwest plane. It's now has a sunroof, an unexpected sunroof. It's a three to four-foot piece that was torn away on a flight yesterday. This is above the skies of Arizona. Share with you a few pictures here that were taken inside this particular airplane. Investigators now want to get a look at it for themselves. Again, to give you an idea, this plane took off yesterday. It was heading from Phoenix, supposed to go to Sacramento. When they got up into the air, passengers report hearing explosions and then a hole opened up in the top of that plane and they were sitting inside, folks, and could look up and see the sky. The plane had to be diverted. It landed at a military base in Yuma, Arizona. I spoke to one of the passengers about this scary flight a short time ago.
[Debbie Downey, Passenger Aboard Southwest Flight 812:] My husband looked up and said, oh my gosh, it's a blue sky. We looked at each other and thought, oh, my gosh, this is not a good sign. Immediately put our head down and looked up. The air masks fell down immediately within seconds. So, we grabbed our masks and started to kind of look out the window. And as soon as I tried to look out the window and put up the shade screen, the airport went into a complete nose dive fast.
[Holmes:] Wow. On their Web site, Southwest Airlines saying that they have now taken 80 similar 737s out of service this morning. They say they will undergo an aggressive inspection. I want to turn to what's happening in Japan, a new development there and kind of a scary one here. New explanation for the rising levels of radiation detected in the seawater near that crippled power plant. Utility officials say they discovered an eight-inch crack, an eight-inch crack in a concrete basin outside the number two reactor at that Fukushima facility. It's leaking it's believed to be highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. They are uncertain exactly where this leak is coming from and all the water is coming from. They are trying to install a camera now to figure this out. This discovery comes as Japan's prime minister makes a visit to that area. He tried to console evacuees, thank utility workers as well, and soldiers for helping during this crisis. It could be a while before people are allowed to return to their homes that are around the plant. And here we are now three weeks after the earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear disaster. Take a look at this picture. A dog being rescued from the roof top of a demolished home that was found floating off Japan's Pacific coast. Meanwhile, I can give you the updated casualty numbers now coming to us from Japan's national police agency, put the number of dead at 11,828. More than 15,000 people are still missing. We turn now to Afghanistan where new anti-American protests are happening, the second day of demonstrations there. In Kandahar, today, provincial officials say at least eight people were killed during protests today. A school was also set on fire. This is all comes a day after protesters attack a United Nations compound in northern Afghanistan. Twelve people died in that attack. Seven of those killed were U.N. workers. Protesters stormed the compound there. So, what was it that sparked all this violence? A Florida pastor who says he burned a Koran. You remember him as the same guy who was going to burn the Koran last year, but then changed his mind. He was going to do it around September 11th. Now, here's what he had to say for himself. He says, "We must hold these countries and people accountable for what they have done, as well as for any excuses they may use to promote their terrorist activities." We will have much more on this story coming your way in the next hour. We turn now to Libya where opposition forces are battling government troops in several cities. Among them, Misrata, essentially what we've been watching here cities changing hands, going back and forth between pro-Gadhafi forces and rebel troops. Opposition leaders offered a cease-fire plan, but the Taliban excuse me, the Libyan government called their conditions silly and said they had no intention of pulling the military out of the cities. Also, there had been talk about a possible political solution to the conflict. A British newspaper reports that secret negotiations are underway in Britain. But sources close to Gadhafi tells CNN that any deal to get the long-time leader out of power would have to include a transition of power to his son. Looking at the scene and the sounds in Damascus, Syria. Protesters there are gathering just after Friday prayers. But in a nearby suburb, witnesses say seven people were killed when government forces opened fire on the crowd. The protests weren't confined just to Damascus. Thousands gathered in a number of other cities as well. An Ivory Coast's bloody battle could be nearing an end with forces loyal to the new president taking over the state-run television station. They've also attacked the residence of the former president, Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to give up power. He hasn't been seen in public in recent days. But a U.N. spokesman says they have been in contact with both sides trying to negotiate a peaceful end to the violence. Well, it is springtime. It is April and we got snow. Take a look at what the folks are seeing in the Northeast right now. It's gorgeous. But is this the right time for it? It's six minutes past the hour.