student trade was money. from having to sit through a donald trump joe biden debate on cognitive decline now a very very real possibility to the coronavirus still on the rampage across the globe things my friends things are looking very bleak these days so bleak that even the 2020 olympics appear to be in jeopardy is the quadrennial gathering of the world's greatest athletes representing their respective nations on the grandest stage of the mall is facing not one but 2 potential threats this year not only is

there now very real talk of the games being postponed due the global effects to contain him due to the global efforts to contain the corona virus but now greenpeace he has greenpeace is reporting that like a zombie in the 3rd act of a 2 bit horror movie fukushima may put a dent in this year's olympic games i kid you not the nuclear disaster of 2011 has clawed out of the ground once again you see despite japanese prime minister declaring that the pooka she was situation was under control back in 2013 greenpeace is reporting that 7 years later there still remains a nuclear emergency at the nuclear plant and surrounding areas how bad is it well according to greenpeace as recently as december of last year they had detected some spots with radiation levels as high as 1.7 micro server per hour when measured on the metal on the meter above the surface and that tepco the company who operated

the torrijos nuclear facility is still facing the enormous challenges of how to safely manage over $1000000.00 tons of contaminated water at the site and as much as $880.00 tons of nuclear fuel. just makes you a warm inside and that that nuclear energy and rico fermi's get that just keeps on giving. now let's start watching the whole house. was going on a city streets. clear so you could see see the grass is always state see. this great city desolate systemic deception is the late show which. built this. world and what it through watching the hawks i robot turn and i'm a me and joining us is radioactive waste watchdog kevin cams from beyond nuclear

thank you so much for coming on the base for having me look let's cut right to the bone here and how bad is the situation at the fukushima disaster sites because we haven't even brought up or talked about fukushima a long time since you're 212013 you know i mean what kind of dilemma is tepco sitting on with like you know a 1000000 tons of contaminated water they're still trying to figure out what to do with we know the lies about the olympics go back to 2012 that's one still serving japanese prime minister abbay said to the international olympic committee please come to japan in summer 2020 fukushima daiichi is under control that was a lie that was a very serious lie that he told they won the games the lies do continue to this time and you mention the greenpeace report they've done really cutting edge work they've showed that across downtown fukushima city there are hot spots all over the place that need to be cleaned up before large numbers of people come in from around the world to watch the games even at the softball and baseball stadium which is

near fukushima city where the olympics will be held you know those events there are serious contamination spots and even worse than all that is the j. village it's a soccer complex very near fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant which fortunately didn't go up on march 11th you know 9 years ago but it's not that far from fukushima daiichi and it is contaminated and greenpeace found pretty serious contamination there you meant. $1.00 micro sieverts per hour they found a hot spot at j village of $71.00 micro sieverts per hour and ironically enough that's where the japanese will begin the relay with the olympic torch so those kinds of serious contamination spots have to be cleaned up before dust gets kicked up and the worst exposure of all is if you breathe it in because now it's in your long where it can stay for years or decades depending on the particle just quickly just to people to so what's like the normal level of these you know what's the normal level of acceptable kind of radiation in the year that we're going to talk

about like you know 1.7 what's the most what's the normal before the catastrophe a normal background was 0.0 for michael similar to. the japanese government goal at this point is 0.23 so you can see that they're violating that all over the place and it's going to take a long time to get down to 0.23 which is still a serious level to have to live with that's the residence of japan the ones who live in this area are going to be facing this for the rest of their lives not just for a short visit during the olympics in terms of time span because we just talked about that number and right now they are greatly outside of what a recommendation would be how how long do you think it would take them to get to something that is a lot safer or something closer to what the japanese government has issued as regulatory for an appropriate measure while the japanese government and tokyo electric have spent something like $28000000000.00 just to decontaminate contaminated areas and what the greenpeace reports every year have shown

consistently is they can decontaminate an area then a typhoon will hit like happened late last year and that massive amount of rainfall brings contamination from the forested mountains of fukushima fukushima 70 percent forested mountains where they haven't even tried to decontaminate washes it down through the rivers through the streams to rican tammany decontaminated areas having spent tens of billions of dollars to decontaminate. it's incredible how you know this disaster in almost 10 years ago is still kind of you know coming up today and i think it speaks to the dangers of nuclear energy yet we've got a lot of people i've heard a lot of these arguments come out you know when we're talking about you know climate change and how do we get to carbon neutral lot of people still come out and say well you know nuclear energy is like the fastest in the cleanest way to get to carbon 0 and we see that many of these aren't environmental activists who stand on this you have weight in the in the community still when we're seeing something like this and it looks extremely dangerous what do you say to those people well

colleagues of mine at institute for energy and environmental research row just you know groundbreaking book in 2006 it was called insurmountable risks that said nuclear power cost too much and takes too long to solve the climate crisis and besides that has a long list of its own problems the 1st of which they named was accidents disasters catastrophes this was in 2006 this was 5 years before fukushima was after chernobyl but other insurmountable risks are nuclear weapons proliferation the unsolved radioactive waste problem and then we would add things like the routine release of radioactivity during normal operations at a nuclear power plant an incredible statement by a tokyo electric official just weeks into fukushima daiichi was we can't see why people are getting so worked up we release 10 percent this amount during normal operations that's very telling they release into the air they release into the water will permission from the wastewater is one of the big ones too because i think i believe there's a debate right now opening up what to do with the waste water i mentioned was you

know if it was 100000000 gallons and there's a big push the oil will dump it in the ocean well that's not really going to be helpful at the end of the day i mean what do you do with this waste water yeah it's 1200000 tons which is like 250000000 gallons of highly radioactive waste water they want to dump in the ocean and they think dilution is the solution the problem with that that they don't mention is really concentration in the food supply it's going to bio. accumulate in the seafood supply and humans are going to eat it so the japanese fishing cooperatives have been the little dutch boy with their finger in the dike preventing this intentional release this attack on the ocean so what needs to be done again arjun makhijani out i.e. are pointed out weeks into fukushima what needs to happen is that wastewater should be moved to a more stable location and allow the tritium the radioactive hydrogen that they can't get out because they can't filter it allow it to the quay and yes it will take over a century for that to happen but that's what needs to happen not to dump it in the

ocean or evaporated into the air which then people would breathe right through it isn't thank you so much for the growing and education of everything going on over there thank you so much. former vice president joe biden is the comeback kid there is the thing of leave no longer a path for senator bernie sanders to clinch the democratic party's nomination after stunning defeats in michigan mississippi idaho and missouri the future for the democratic socialist campaign that was known to inspire young people those seeking a revolution and biting the establishment came up short though some saner supporters might but moaned upset and blamed the democratic machine for his losses the real story lies in the voters' choice and the reasons they reacted the way they did for starters same as coalition relied heavily on low propensity voters specifically young people who rarely show up the polls secondly the road to the democratic nomination runs through the black community

a well known fact that seemed to be an afterthought for sanders earlier this week he scrapped a speech on race in michigan he's canceled appearances scheduled in mississippi the state with the largest percentage of blacks in the country and these missteps along with the narrative that never really appealed to the black community cost the vermont senator dearly he lost the black vote by 71 percent in many states a last minute jesse jackson endorsement. didn't seem to have much of an effect at all in contrast biden is putting the obama coalition back together in michigan alone biden won women by almost 20 points the kicker here white with biden won them by double digits as well the same white women bernie sanders one in 2060. and in mississippi 84 percent of black voters went for biden and overall the white working class those with and without college degrees from urban centers to rural areas famed for joe biden even among groups who have expressed strong favor ability

toward some of the interest policies like medicare for all the beat down last night was so bad that sanders didn't even speak the writing is on the wall fainter isn't about to bow out but will the ongoing battle for the nomination further split the democratic party and can his democratic socialist movement continue if you leave this to biden. good you know good burning questions especially coming off of tuesday's interesting you know michigan primary and what happened that they're split between biden and sanders and i do think the progress in my opinion i do think the progressive groups are going to move on whether it's burning at the helm or that's going to move forward because you don't a mass of that many people and be that record breaking because of let's not forget that groundswell of grassroots that was record breaking numbers that he put together on small donations and things like that that doesn't just as much as like kind of like corporate centrist democrats want to go away and think like oh they'll just naturally go go back in with us that doesn't just go away whether bernie wins

or loses this nomination i think you're right maybe one was listening to any of the mainstream media talking heads last night it wasn't a move to dismiss those people who support support of bernie nor a move to dismiss the amazing fundraising he done along the way because i think that there is an understanding that the revolution he was attempting to build that coalition is one that may not have shown up in the polls in the way that he had expected but it's definitely one that's not going to go away it's one that has a way it's one that's going to be active in policy making it's one that's getting elected in state and local races across the country so i do think that there's something to be said about not ignoring them but the way that and i think biden understands it as well because even in his victory speech in his victory lap last night he talked about being welcoming to them hearing their ideas even knowing that he is in that more moderate camp i think that he recognizes that there is a groundswell he recognizes that it happened in 2016 it's not going away in 2020 and that those young people are going to have to be brought into the fold because they are the future of the democratic party most definitely and the thing is this

is an interesting war going on with the democrats because it feels a lot like the rest of the country kind of have the boomers versus the the gen x. was in the in the u.s. really you know kind of coming due with regard most of race color creed at this point too because like you said you know he didn't do well with black voters i think a lot of people thought that would have given way and not something i noticed him quite the you mentioned to his message didn't really go i mean as messy. it's basically pretty much we want to take care of everybody we want medicare for all we want workers' rights why didn't those use of you know why didn't those messages weren't true with black voters i think part of it is an age disconnect and a regional one so we look at the super tuesday states the majority of those were held in the south the south and south southern voters happen to be a lot more moderate a lot more conservative democrat than what you're going to see in a lot of the larger cities and a lot of the urban areas outside of the south so that's a story in and of itself but by and large african-american voters aside from 5 this swath that is $25.00 and under happened to leave more to the middle of the party and always have when it comes to social issues when it comes to environmental

issues there is a prioritize ation not necessarily breaking the our current economic structure and building it over again and it is more so making it a more even playing field so that they can also be a part of this capitalistic society that many african-americans don't see as ever going away so i think that for bernie sanders it had to have been a much more a much more talking with the community because i think that he designed several plans around what he thought the community wanted not necessarily things that the community has said time and time again and has told several people on the campaigns that they actually want to see happen they're doing because it's interesting somebody who did pull people was like need to turn. your party be in the celebrity front and things like that but i mean cornell west you know you did see some of those prominent voices jump to his campaign for longer than 4 years ago but it's interesting kind of that lock step biden thing just kind of bored well we know by you know about face we know what he's going to say but the thing that still frightens me about this is moving forward

a i wouldn't write burning off just because look there's still a long way to go from yesterday all the way to the primaries there are only 100 votes apart at this point i would say generally roughly generally yes still going to york city and still got pennsylvania this is been such a topsy turvy election cycle that i don't think i can just sit back and say oh bernie has done is frank wished he could suddenly sweep the next round and suddenly . again it's a neck and neck race again so i mean i don't know the end of the endorsement factor matters is coming through with a lot of the major endorsements but in addition to that we have to also remember that goal coming into the 9 coming into south carolina everyone before the south carolina primary assume that he was that bernie sanders was going to be the person who made this happen and it just didn't that was just 2 weeks ago i don't write up and down up and down all right as we go to break everybody remembered you can also start watching the hawks on demand through the brand new portable t.v. apple build one smartphone through google play on the apple web store by searching portable t.v. or stream us to your t.v.

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the world you know. but i'm stunned here and one said that this. is the 8th wonder of the world. he your understands it turns it he doesn't taste this is a remarkable quote from einstein and it has so much to do with today's stock market volatility and the coronavirus all working at the same time and showing what compound interest is all about. in a world where pedophiles sexual harassers and abusers seem to get off easily leaving

the shattered lives of victims in their wake many are breathing a sigh of relief that convicted rapist and movie mogul harvey weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison just as james burke handed down the sentence and became an instant hero during the course of the trial 6 accusers share painful and vivid details of the sexual abuse they endured the rape trial garnered loads of media attention as a pivotal test case for the me too movement though weinstein didn't speak during the trial upon sentencing he addressed his accusers in a rambling rant that show no one morse or acceptance of the lives he's forever changed at one point he even said he had a wonderful time with the women for more on this story we have our tea america's john hoodie. this chapter in the story of harvey weinstein has come to a close at least for now and it's not a fairy tale ending for the disgraced movie mogul and his fall from power and glory

the judge sentenced weinstein to 23 years in prison his lawyers say it's essentially a life sentence for the 67 year old who's in failing health that sentence that was just handed down by this court was a seed that number was a noxious there are murderers who will get out of court faster than harvey weinstein. well that number spoke to the pressure of movements and the public that number did not speak to the average ends that came out at trial that number did not speak to the testimony that we heard that number did not speak evidence nor did it speak to justice i am. overcome with anger at that number i think that number is a cowardly number to give i think the judge caved just as i believe the jury came to and i am not happy once he was convicted of raping one woman jessica man an

aspiring actress who testified that weinstein forced himself on her in a manhattan hotel room in 2013 and sexually assaulting another miriam haley a former production assistant who testified that weinstein forced oral sex on her in 2006 but the stories of weinstein's alleged abuse of women date back decades and involve numerous victims including some well known names in hollywood weinstein story sparked the me too movement and embolden not only his victims but other women throughout the united states and world who have fallen prey to similar harassment abuse and assault to come forward with their own stories manhattan district attorney side vance said he was grateful for the sentence the judge who is. used by the somewhere. in the potential for underage going to be taken. seriously. exactly i think the average weinstein has been housed in an infirmary

unit at rikers island in new york since his conviction february 25th weinstein addressed the court and specifically his accusers from his wheelchair before the sentence was handed down saying he was remorseful but also confused about what had happened to him adding quote we may have different truths but i have remorse for all of you and for all the men going through this crisis i really feel remorse for . the situation i feel it deeply in my heart i'm really trying to be a better person weinstein in his statement also said in what was clearly a reference to the me to move may quote i think about the thousands of men and women who are losing due process and i'm worried about this country weinstein's lawyers have also argued that the intense media coverage and scrutiny of this case prevented a fair and impartial trial and thus asked the judge 2 for a minimum prison sentence of 5 years well the judge clearly wasn't swayed weinstein also still faces charges in los angeles for the alleged sexual assaults of several

victims there as well for watching the hawks john hurt it. great report by john i'm sorry it's a weinstein get some front of the judge there it says thousands of men are losing due process i'm worried about this country i'm totally confused i think men are confused about these issues really that's the best. heat it in the midst of all of this decides that he is going to fall on the sward of protecting men who actually commit these crimes it's crazy it's also in raging it's problematic because he acted as though well men just don't know now because we're in this new age where now men don't know how to react to women at all so that's one of the reasons why you know the me too movement is taking off no sir you actually sexually harassed and you women like that is what happened there is no secondary explanation and last time i checked he got more due process than maybe people who

are actually not convicted of a not guilty of anything so i'm very it bothers me that this guy use this basic i mean last stand on it i mean you know who is confused about the me too movement in the times they are changing rooms compute sexual predators or confuse the public here i used to be able to get away with this i don't understand why i'm being held you know not only years and years decades went by with him not you know mariel were being say what is confusing now is that women are actually fighting back and i think i'm one of those women i think that deserves a lot of credit on this day along with all of them stood up especially during the trial and stood up and said i want my voice will be heard this man needs to be put away but the person who 1st sounded the alarm about our view weinstein rose mcgowan she simply tweeted very simply today let us be free obviously talking about all of his victims and all of them who are getting a little bit of justice today 23 years i think they're going to get more justice when r.v.s. to face to face trial again in los angeles i think he's going to get more years left on the absolute. earlier this week i had the honor to interview author and

civil rights activist margaret kimberly about her new. book covering the history and relationships which read every single u.s. president and black america presidential presidential today in the wake of the 2nd great. march a vote in the democratic primary i want to present to you the last part of my discussion with ms can really about her new book in this discussion we touch upon how both democrats republicans and all of our us presidents throughout our nation short history have benefited from large scale voter disenfranchisement take a listen. one question to that i want to get good to as well as is these limits on black voting and political power that you you point to during the rough 3rd behaviors administration actually your book presidents and parties have benefited from a large scale there's some french reisman at various points throughout history the tactics tragically are eerily similar to what we're seeing used today do you think

that we will find a way to change this at the end of the day can you know what what needs to happen in order to get rid of this disenfranchisement and really truly get help and bring up these voters who we often time was ignore so easily in this country. well we need a mass movement that's what always works whenever even those presidents who did the right thing who were supposed to be quote unquote good for black people they did the right thing when they were forced to we have to see the political system is being somewhat adversarial to our interests johnson shepherded through the civil rights act the voting rights act but that's because there was a mass movement which forced his hand and all of the changes that we need to see it's like any other change in this country it has to come from the bottom up and the electoral system is not the only means it's not even the best

means to really get significant change people have to recognize their power and reus. what people did 50 years ago the political candidates were in selma this weekend they all pack into a church and say talk about martin luther king but if people are really going to revere that era they have to do so by repeating what the masses of people did at that time most definitely in the best way that you can the best way that you can change the world tomorrow is by studying the mistakes in the past and finding out you know what mistakes were made in the past so you can better change tomorrow i want to say thank them one of the ways they can do that is checking out your book presidential black america on the president's margaret kimberly thank you so much truly an honor to talk to you it's been a very very good indeed thank you so much. thank you for having me. great book great guest all right that is our show for today remember everyone in

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