empowerment let's change together we're giving a $100000.00 grant to the american civil liberties union for its critical work in criminal justice reform and racial justice we must listen to the voices of then heard and join them so it becomes a lasting chorus that leads to progress and yet just a year ago people making clothing for them and other top labels were struggling in ethiopia to live on just $26.00 a month and yes we get it you can't just say it's all the companies fault would be great if it were that easy but competitive pricing and cheap foreign labor that's the way of the world and it's likely that those textile workers in ethiopia might be even worse off if they didn't have those jobs paying them next to nothing just like there's no saying that those people yes even children at risk in their lives when the cobalt mines to be shut down what we're seeing is the structural consequences of colonialism and slavery throwing money at the problem is not going to cut it anymore taking out a few statues of races isn't going to do it either what's not needed is

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i understand that a vermont doesn't help to lead the world in getting off rogerson joy and moving toward global energy as fast as possible the planet will be on livable for organisms like us hi i say let's shut down vermont yankee in 2012 meet the promise that we may ensure that energy louisiana cleans up the masts and let's have a governor who's going to move us to renewable energy and move to a sane energy future let's vote for change on november 2nd thank you so much.

peter shall. do solemnly swear that i will be true and faithful to the state of vermont. where there will be true and faithful to the state of vermont. federal regulators now say that for my gang he is fit to be open for another 20 years or jena bowler joins us now with the latest on this jena christan late this afternoon in a conference call the n.r.c. nuclear regulatory commission and now instead they voted to extend vermont yankee is license the n.r.c. says it will formally issue the yankees new license in a matter of days but under vermont law the public service board in the legislature must also approve the less than 60.

tonight unlike a lot of nuclear emergency a massive new explosion rocks a crippled reactor plant in japan prompting the greatest fears yet radiation

catastrophe and a new wave of back you wish you'd. pull out a british reactor up in smoke how dangerous radiation leaks can be a plant located on a seismic fold the smoldering disaster zone the latest challenge at the fukushima daiichi site a fire in the number 4 reactor that's right down here in the area just near the roof where highly radioactive spent fuel rods are stored this term for the worst of the. back to forth after a day in which there was some evidence japan might finally be making some small progress as it struggles with the worst nuclear crisis since trolled. let's assess the risk with arnie gundersen he's a nuclear safety advocate who consults with him on state governments about the launch yankee nuclear plant mr gundersen is joining us on the telephone sir based on what you have heard this is reactor number 4 there was a fire there the other day what does that tell you mr gundersen i've learned from my sources that the radiation levels in the 4th reactor are so high that they've

had to evacuate the personnel from there what that indicates is that the fuel pool is running out of order and if the personnel are not there to keep it refilled it doesn't surprise me that radiation levels are increasing dramatically if the wind turns and goes the other way. i would suspect contamination not just in japan but but potentially korea and china as well how much time do they have before this is catastrophic it can boil dry in a day so they have you know on the order of 24 hours to straighten it out arnie gundersen is a very sober assessment we appreciate your expertise you have experience building these spent fuel rods checks and we appreciate your expertise tonight i can't say i enjoy what i'm hearing but i'm glad we're getting from someone who knows this so well mr gundersen thank you so much.

i show bang theory i felt scared but felt very sad when i heard about focus. because of the people there who were displaced and because of the contamination of our world environment. those folks had to evacuate and god knows for how long i love this place i love where i live i don't want that to happen here. i don't want to see this beautiful paradise destroyed like that. in the united states there's 23 general electric mark one reactors identical to

fukushima daiichi are mine yankee came on line all tied to fukushima daiichi you know what. they have the same design. the same reactor same contractors worked on them and the same flaws and weaknesses in. the containment structure of a sigh. the hold in all the radioactivity after an accident is too small by $986.00 the nuclear regulatory commission had to term and there were 85 percent probability that the containment would blow up and fail in the event of a meltdown. so much hydrogen gas would be released that the containment would be blown to smithereens and all of the radioactivity inside it would be released to the public. shima show decided to percent 3 of. their regulators have known that this design isn't capable of withstanding an accident since it was built

. during the middle of the crisis and focus even to each one of the key regulators that the n.r.c. got in chuck casto said this is the worst containment in the world. well if it's the worst containment in the world why are we keeping $23.00 of them running here in america. the actual fukushima dai ichi was caused by an earthquake and a tsunami. but really at the root of it was that the earthquake knocked out the off site power and that the tsunami knocked out the cooling more pumps on warming the ocean. that can happen anywhere you can lose offsite power from the storm or from a tourist action and you can lose the pumps they call the plant from the same exact cause and so we don't need a tsunami we don't need an earthquake to cause that kind of

a damage in an american nuclear plant. i'm here because i think this is very dangerous we're facing end of life found. thank you. and when. i was devastated. i felt i got to get at yankee because it's.

more. we would like to believe those who are here to listen to. everything that i know to do all i have left is my body. but. just say no. and. we will definitely be doing it to.

a women. and. when people asked me how many times have you been arrested and i say not. to. entergy sued the state of vermont in the u.s. district court. energy's lawsuit claims that vermont should have no role in approving vermont yankee speech or after 2012 in the state of vermont i don't think it's too much to say that this is this is an anti-democratic situation you've got a large. wealthy out of state corporation trying to have its way and override the legitimate laws of a sovereign state and it's a it's a power struggle unfortunately for not being its size it's

a david versus goliath power struggle but it's one we've got a lot of energy to fight. it's the 1st day of the trial corporation versus the state of vermont and there are many of us who want to support the state of vermont in that legal battle we believe that corporations are businesses that operate in the state of vermont should be should be falling from our long. this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where is it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is power lie with the people. this case

demonstrates that struggle in very real ways.

financial survival. money laundering 1st visit the 3 different. we have our 3 banks all set up something in your something in america something over the cayman islands all these banks are complicit in this after. to

do some serious money laundering ok let's see how we did well we've got a nice watch for max and 1st a beautiful jewelry. from that hey you know what money you want to hire. a bunch of guys. when it became clear that entergy was going to continue to operate past the end of its 40 year license which came to an end on march 21st 2012. we felt that it was necessary to. take an action that would inspire people in the area not to give up not to. we are here to demonstrate in the most dramatic way we can that

a gross injustice is being created by this pro corporation the entergy corporation against the people the government of ramadi and the whole surrounding area where all of us are threatened by this reactor as long as it stays open and we're calling upon the entergy to respect the democratic process in vermont and to shut this dangerous leaking accident plagued plant in town. there are times when you feel something so strongly that just holding up a picket sign or just attending a rally or demonstration is not enough you want to speak with your whole life your whole body and so we are placing ourselves in jeopardy jeopardy of being arrested and possibly jailed in order to make the strongest statement that our conscience is called post.

mistake years life this day cares or future generations the very things that we need to exist clean water clean air the health of our citizens it's all at stake and for what. for right now it's just for corporate profit that's all it is. it's a power struggle about the will of the people to decide what's best for them. it's a political struggle about the basic fabric of our country despite democracy

so this is about whether people's voices are going to be heard. yankee is shutting down nuclear power plants will close by the end of next year of officials from entergy which owns vermont yankee made a surprise announcement this morning. today's an extremely tough day for us of interest and more importantly really 630 employees and for my yankee earlier this morning we told these men and women the vermont

yankee nuclear power station will stop operating at the end of its current fuel cycle and move into the decommissioning process in the 4th quarter of 2014. this decision was based on the economics of the point. not operational performance not litigation risk. nor political pressure simply put the plant costs exceed the plant revenue in this asset is not financially viable for those of us and. it's not good news it's a very sad day. it's sad because we're worried about what's going to have more friends neighbors for the folks who have to move away it's going to be painful see them go nuclear plants around the country under the warmest financial pressures right now they're getting old and everybody knows the cost more to maintain an old car than a dozen new car the same is true for a nuclear plant. all of them are going to require modifications from lessons

learned after fukushima daiichi. sankyo is going to need about $250000000.00 of repair and replacement over the next 2 or 3 years to keep running and entergy didn't want to spend that money. entergy new that from entourage we're not going to allow this plant top arrayed unless it was in top notch condition. and they couldn't afford it so they pulled the plug on for mine yankee for economics but it was economics under the scrutiny of a smart electorate who had kept themselves in form for the last 10 years. the closing of vermont yankee is a victory for democracy. entergy would continue to operate if it wasn't for all the hard work all these people did to make this happen

is a win for david over. people power works we as citizens have the ability to effect change. what gives me hope in all of this is that. in some little way our actions are going to inspire others. i. think you know that i find that there is no way. out people often say to make a wish my grandmother or for her like you know i say get your grandmother did join our benedict group. and you know we did have

a victory for egging meant that the whole state i feel fortunate to still be alive and in relatively good health and a boat you know struggle. you can't do it alone you need kevin unity to do this son then you're going to support one another and low fat head together. there's no getting around the fact that the site where vermont yankee exists on the banks of the connecticut river will remain as a high level nuclear radioactive waste dump and danger in people for miles and miles and miles and miles around. in this toxic legacy

of what has been created is not going to disappear and it will affect future generations for a long time to go. this

is a technology that's fundamentally flawed i don't believe we should build a new nuclear power plant ever again and i think we should you know orderly manner shut down every nuclear power plant we've got. beginning with all of these mark one designs that are identical to vermont yankee and identical the fukushima daiichi. then gradually over the next 10 years do it the germans are doing and shut this technology down for it.

54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to heal some air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area rush up. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil.

take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have nuclear weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so that's why we're going to drill down on the story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly it's time to do news again. we go to work. straight home.

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