i understand that a firm on doesn't know how to lead the world in getting off rogers and joy and moving toward global energy as fast as possible the planet will be unlivable for organisms like. i used to. shut down vermont yankee in 2012 the promise there we may be sure that actually scheana cleans up the mast and much of our governor who's going to move us to removal 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 few shall only swear there will be true and faithful to the state of vermont. federal regulators now say that vermont yankee is fit to be open for another 20 years or jeanne a bowler joins us now with the latest on this jena kristen late this afternoon in a conference call the n.r.c. clear regulatory commission and now said they voted to extend for model employees license the n.r.c. says it will formally issue resumed his new license in a matter of days but under vermont law the public service board and the legislature must also approve a license extension. you

going. tonight on nightline a nuclear emergency a massive new exposure rocks a crippled reactor plant in japan prompting the greatest fears yet radiation. and a new wave of back to a should. fall out of reactor up in smoke how dangerous radiation leaks can be

a plant located on a seismic fault 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 room where highly radioactive spent fuel rods are stored this term for the worse in reactor 4 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 turned old. let's assess the risk with arnie gundersen he's a nuclear safety advocate who consults with them on state government about the mont blanc 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 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 unless time 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 it from someone who knows this so well mr gundersen thank you so much.

i feel angry i felt scared felt very sad when i heard about fukushima 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. came on line almost. 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. the containment structure designed to hold in all the radioactivity after an accident is too small by $986.00 the nuclear regulatory commission had determined 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 and that the containment would be blown to smithereens all of the radioactivity inside it would be released to the public. show decide to percent 3 of. the regulators have known that this design isn't capable of withstanding an accident since it was built . during the middle of the crisis of hooper she went to each one of the key

regulators at the n.r.c. a guy named chuck casto said this is the worst containment in the world. well of a source containment in the world why are we keeping $23.00 of them running here in america. the actual human daiichi was caused by an earthquake and the 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 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 the end of life as if it just about you. when i heard that. i was devastated. i thought i've got to get erik at yankee because it's 10 shelf the cliched.

or. are all are. we would like to believe. on what we've. done everything that i know to do and all i have left is my body. just say no. we will definitely be doing it together again. name in a women a women. when people asked me how many times have you

been arrested and i say not. today entergy sued the state of vermont in u.s. district court. 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. when 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 lot of 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 following. 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 ide the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is power lie with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in very real ways.

the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. the

day or thinks. we dare to ask. is wrong with us as american citizen native plants that's why. we're in a tough time we have asked to die and i don't think. i would vote for a republican or trump i would vote for anyone who's not you and has half a brain defeat john the truth. is if you get. my 2nd

wife. she can handle it. she and i divorce because our trouble is elected president and i floated for her and she couldn't stand for. that when the most important election. in our history list of the months to go before the next presidential election is the atmosphere in the us now i. want to the highest priority problems only they vote should they do next. just some of the questions leaflets are looking really america. showed some of the same wrong why don't we all just don't all. i mean you get to shape out of this thing to educate and engage with. the

trail. find themselves worlds apart going to look for common ground. 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 allow themselves to be rolled over by this corporation.

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 plague plant down. 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 consciences call finest.

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 the side what's best

for them. it's a political struggle about the basic fabric of our country despite the market. 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 of 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 are under the warmest financial pressures

right now they're getting old and everybody knows it costs 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 dai ichi. from my aunt he was 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 were 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 a minute for economics but it was economics under the scrutiny of a smart electorate who had kept themselves informed for the last 10 years. the closing of vermont yankee is a victory for democracy. entered you would continue to operate if it wasn't for all

the hard work all these people did to make this happen. 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 me i wish my grandmother or for her like you get your

grandmother did join our benedict group. and you know we did have a victory for egging men that the hall stank 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 community to do this sound then you're going to support one another and low fat head together. there's no getting around the fact that the site we're vermont yankee exists on the banks of the connecticut river will remain as a high level nuclear radioactive waste dump endangering 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 ago. 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 daichi. then gradually over the next 10 years do it the germans are doing and shut this technology down.

as the u.s. economy was booming growing numbers of people were made homeless. you can work 40 hours in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still is the land of opportunity the reality of it is we're not financially equality and

unlike affordable housing for a living minimum wage gave many people no choice. that's been a problem with the city and always turn their backs on the cold who stay way out almost all of the sins of the food that there is no answer because yes the required resources the most vulnerable are abandoned on the streets to become the invisible cops. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation for community. are you going the right way or are you being so. direct. what is true what is faith. in the world

corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. aura maybe in the shallows. a dark industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women sells their bodies on the streets many of them underage. los angeles police reveal a taste of their daily challenge no if you're going to exploit for a child here in los angeles there we're going to come out you see officers going undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight the 6 trades. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic developments only and going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical

time to sit down and talk. headlines this morning possible peace in the making a ceasefire in the disputed i'm going to care about region comes into force i mean there is a john struck a deal after more than 10 hours of talks here in moscow. a cease fire is announced from 12 pm on the 10th of a humanitarian purposes. pre-election chaos the 2nd us presidential debates canceled after donald trump refused to participate online claiming he's cured of covert 19 democrats though claim is health makes him unfit for office. plus frustration boils over new restrictions because a covert 19 sparked massive protests in.