is that correct, dr. lyons? >> secretary chu testified many times yes, technical criteria and -- >> where does it say the social public acceptance is a criteria? >> i didn't say that it was a nuclear policy act. >> on the decision making process. >> again, sir, our secretary has the benefit of legal counsel and this is in the courts and the inner city -- >> the secretary decided that yucca mountain should -- couldn't be -- wasn't acceptable because it was in the desert. would that be a criteria? if he just decided he didn't like the color purple would that be a criteria? >> i think you know our secretary, sir, and he has a substantial criteria. >> i don't think social public acceptance is a criteria. >> as i noted in my testimony, there are many actions that are still required if yucca mountain were ever to open. and many of the decisions require permits and conferences from the state of nevada. >> my understanding is everybody through your level and above has to hold up your hand and take an oath of office or a

based on previous testimony by dr. lyons, there was a great deal of discussion regarding social acceptance as it pertains to the yucca mountain license. mr. gaffigan, can you cite any precedent for social acceptance theory? >> not in nuclear waste policy. >> mr. friedman, can you cite social acceptance criteria? >> not that i'm aware of. >> and dr. lines, can you cite statutory authority for social acceptance? >> not something statutory authority but what i have tried to indicate is the number of steps that would be required to ever open yucca mountain. these are steps that nevada is an opposition to. i believe they could successfully blocked that bet you would agree there is no statutory authority for social acceptance? >> not specifically in the nuclear waste policy act. >> the answer is no, then? >> no. >> thank you. what is the theory of your legal counsel and he believes that social acceptance is a valid criteria? >> the secretary has outlined that many times. the briefs that are -- our general counsel has filed either

. >> dr. lyons, is it true they were given an alliance not to expedite yucca mountain?>> they were given a mandate to not consider yucca mt.? >> are simply not a citing commission sir. >> so that the gas? >> that is the statement i would make him. not the interim storage, nothing can start with yucca mountain? is a decentralized regions storage states coming up tonight and could not be considered? >> i didn't say that. isn't this that they're not deciding committee. >> it's my understanding of blue ribbon commission was given explicit directions not to consider yucca not in. >> it is not deciding committee. they are not considering sites. >> my concern as more of a statement than a question as we have followed the country insights to in text as where we are actually storing on-site and we would hope that we would have some long-term permanent storage. i support recycling so we don't have budget. that's unavailable in our country, but that is making your is by starting over a year and a half ago, it could be 25 years, maybe longer. even now are looking years away even ou

dr. drew pinsky, thanks. >> a pleasure. >> let's bridge in our legal experts. andrea lyonnse attorney. she's the author of "angel at death row" and law professor. and paul henderson is a prosecutor. paul, why is the defense raising the question of whether casey's daughter was the daughter of her father or brother? is this just a ploy to get this -- put a suggestion in front of the jury? >> absolutely. this is just a red herring that they're throwing out there to try and paint a picture without putting her on the stand. and the reason that you know that that's the case is because up until now, they never requested any of that dna be tested. and if they really suspected that this was a possibility, they could have easily have asked the prosecution to have the dna tested for that likelihood. >> the prosecution are the ones who requested that it be tested. i think that that might be the purpose of asking the questions in the first place is to show that prosecution and the police suspected incest. >> the jury now still doesn't have an answer about george anthony. there was an a