>> well, i think it's a big nrc.ean, there's about 4500 employees of the nrc, and, i mean, i think, you know, we interviewed commission for our documentary that we did for the center of investigative reporting, and, you know, i think he's proud of those employees. i think he is a believer in nuclear power. but i think what's worth pointing out. >> he's also gone. >> yes. are but young i think his concern is he feels -- being a real regulator will save nuclear power and make it probust and make it a part of the energy future. i think he worry we -- in a bureaucracy way. if you're editing him for a documentary, there's not a lot of flashy comments. i think he's concerned we can be heading toward calamity here. i think what's worth pointing out in terms of after fukushima an amazing story what's happened in the entire world. germany, for example, which has the same proportion of nuclear power in their fort portfolio about 20% of the united states. they are eliminated all nuclear power. they immediately took offplant pla

>> i'm not completely aware of the nrc before i got there. the nrc is restricted. we don't make policy. we regulate based on existing policy. we cannot set policy on look here reject nuclear waste disposal. that is the job of congress and the administration. we deal with issues that come to the table. >> over here? >> a was hoping to get your reaction to the milk bone shutdown. what is your perspective on the potential effects of climate change on reactors? do you have concerns about that? >> nice to see you. it is not the first time this has occurred as far as i understand. a water outlook gets warm enough to have to shut down for a little while. i have actually asked the staff to look into the issue of what are some of the climate change -- potential climate change impacts coming down the road. one of them is the issue of water sources getting warm. hopefully, we'll have more to tell you on that. >> yes, and there are a number of other issues. >> thank you. >> in terms of the waste confidence suspension, how long is that likely to last? it seems like it could be

aware oft completely the nrc before i got there. the nrc is restricted. we don't make policy. we regulate. based on existing policy. we cannot set policy on look here reject nuclear waste disposal. that is the job of congress and the administration. we deal with issues that come to the table. >> over here? >> a was hoping to get your reaction to the milk bone shutdown. what is your perspective on the potential effects of climate change on reactors? do you have concerns about that? >> nice to see you. it is not the first time this has occurred as far as i understand. a water outlook gets warm enough to have to shut down for a little while. i have actually asked the staff to look into the issue of what are some of the climate change -- potential climate change impacts coming down the road. one of them is the issue of water sources getting warm. hopefully, we'll have more to tell you on that. >> [inaudible] >> yes, and there are a number of other issues. >> thank you. >> in terms of the waste confidence suspension, how long is that likely to last? it seems like it could be signif

the public perception of the nrc is of a captive agency. and it cemented by a very high mode of industry protective rules. i'm just -- i want to explain how we perceive these rules because you may not commenting on the inside understand exactly how the public feels about them. fair are highly prejudicial and technical demand contention at mr. dudley standards that the public must meet within 60 days of a license application being filed. within 60 days you have to go out, gather all their technical support, all your affidavits, and file some heat, very highly restrictive set of standards. pleading standards. these pleading standards don't apply in a civil court where you basically notice pleading. so right there there's an enormous hurdle that citizens don't have to deal with indeed with other agencies and, indeed, with the court. and there's a wide latitude for licensing boards to interpret these pleading standards and to subjectively determine when they have been made. so this is the first mode that public has to contend with if they want

whether nrc takes that into account, that remains to be seen. >> is the nrc on the job, on the watch?> i think it is a big nrc. we interviewed commissioner ja czko. i think he is a believer in nuclear power. >> he is also gone. >> he is also gone. yes. being a real regulator is what will save the nuclear power industry and make it part of our energy future. i think in a bureaucratic way, he does that make a lot of a flashy comments, but i think he is really concerned. . i think it is kind of an amazing story. germany has the same proportion of nuclear power in their portfolio. they are limiting all nuclear power within the last 10 years. they are taking offline plants which are older than, i think, 30 years. they are heading in a different direction. they are important to talk about, too, because germany has such an aggressive program. nowhere else in the world has that commitment towards renewable. they had for the first time 50%. the entire nation was powered by solar power. of course, there were reliability issues with solar power. but still, it shows how far they have, and how ser

the nrc design gives passengers more space.t has could use the lifetime rates climbed and cannot be adjusted. of the key concession on longer flights. a >> for people sick of airports or air travel, and as high as four options here netflix in a car, there are many these factors, the seepage is 32 in.. on airplanes there is another dreaded factor, the random tests of the seeded fifth process. before phi pham at class handoffs board are coming up next with jason and more on the suspension of our total alone. as >>gary: and this is serious tran interstate 80 in fremont. the driver is being a model citizen until this. it you look closely the drivers hand is out the window. she is flicking a cigarette ashes out the window. the california highway patrol was also watching. flicking anything out of your window is a form of littering. let's listen in to what the officer says. officer >> you cannot the your cigarette ashes outside of the winter. the emperor holds space- bar, with all the dead grass, you could start a fire. >>stanley: i w

we saw en route to the 2010 elections, the nrc actually published its strategy list, the list of rayss going to be airs and that allowed the outside groups, then became public and based their strategies accordingly. i think we're seeing this on both sides and it's going to be a real challenge because these rules were not written with the citizens, post citizens united environment in mind where these groups are just dominating the air war. the democrats would like to see them come to their aid more, but they've struggled to raise the kind of money we've seen on the right. >> it's the coch brothers and the others on the right, sheldon adels adelson, the list depose on and on. that's really corrupting our democracy. >> their billionaires come forward as well if for whenever reason, whether it's unhappiness with president obama, whether it's just une easyness with this type of environment, they have been unwilling to come off the sidelines in the same way they did many 2004 when they were the ones who really driving the big money train with these groups that win over president bush unsucc

the decision allows the nrc to continue reviewing license applications from some two dozen environmental groups have pushed the commission to halt license and renewals, citing the dangers of nuclear waste. the new york times has reported a number of companies have increased the production of dangerous chemicals in order to profit from the carbon credits earned by reducing the pollution they cause. since 2005, manufacturers of gases used in air-conditioning and refrigeration have sharply boosted their production of a waste gas just to obtain a large number of credits they get for ultimately destroying it. the credits have been sold then to other polluters, yielding earnings of tens of tons of dollars a year. the u.s. and european union have taken recent steps to thwart the scheme, but critics say it has become so pervasive that it could be difficult to slow down. the pharmaceutical giant pfizer has agreed to a $60.2 million fine to settle allegations of making illegal payments to win contracts abroad. in a complaint filed by u.s. regulators, pfizer was accused of paying bribes to foreign

a federal court said that the nrc did not detail with environmental consequences would be if the agencywas wrong. there are 400 reactors that are awaiting licensing renewals and an additional 16 reactors are winning new permits for construction. there is an investigation underway to find out how the regional commuter flight landed at the wrong airport in western virginia. the flight was supposed to fly from morgantown but it landed at the fremont municipal airport that was miles away from the original destination. the flight crew has been removed from service. >> justine: are big story this morning is the weather for today it will be really hot and some triple digits and parts of the bay area. erica now has the details, good morning. >> erica: the morning to you just the new will be a scorcher. and we do have a pretty clear start to the morning and in terms of the temperature sitting outside the door. the have 64 in antioch, and a few degrees cooler in half moon bay. by lunchtime we have '60s, '70s, '80s, and 90's. we will contend with an onshore flow that will keep temperatures pretty

the pool is something we've worried about to the nrc that medically the scene more vulnerable when and what have you with. i'm more concerned about a dirty bomb going on in the society that has nothing to do with a nuclear power being abrogated to a dirty device than i am about a nuclear plant. fiber a terrorist linwood blowup the swiss chard plant and scare the living daylights out of millions of people and i do not think there will be aviation threat. that is my assessment from the years i spent and that isn't the reason for not, for attacking the nuclear power plant we want them or we don't want them. there are a few former abilities that need to spruce up the ability to repulse any kind of attack you can't take a plane out of the air, but i think we need to harden the spent fuel pool in some cases and i don't think that is the thing to worry about in the hollywood movies that make it a threat. >> marks fertel let's wrap up on the future plans underway right now. well more debt built in those right now in georgia and south carolina? >> we've been saying for three or four years now s

the nrc is said -- has said they're pulling their money out of the state. nrsca said they will pull their ads today if he does not resign by the deadline. karl rove has said there will take their interest out of missouri and they have already spent millions of dollars against clare mccaskill. they are saying if you stay in this race, there will be no one coming to help you with fund- raising. akins has not raised a huge amount of money on his own. without that outside help, it becomes pretty difficult. being abandoned by the entire establishment makes it look very difficult for him. host: how can he change the race? guest: a couple of candidates are being mentioned. there are other members of congress from missouri is names are being tossed around. congressman blaine lukemeyer is one of the possibilities. there's also the state auditor. he had toyed with entering the race back in march but decided against it. many people had originally complained about the republican field in the primary. there are rumblings that another candidate could get in even back the

in texas, there are a lot of other people that will come and jump in that race, and that is why the nrc isc fully prepared -- nrcc fully prepared with our support for jim renacci, and even the democrats recognize this race will be over quickly. >> congressman sessions, thank you for your time. [applause] >> thank you. >> we will bring guy harrison, and the executive director of the senatorial committee from the national republic convention, to talk more about these races and the national landscape. after that, we will bring up analysts, jennifer duffy and david watson to talk about the house and senate contest. grab a cup of coffee, if you would like, and we will have come up here in just a moment. -- up -- we will have them up. just a moment. -- up here in just a moment. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> thank you for being here. we want to take a moment to introduce guy harrison, executive director of the republican -- national republican committee, and he says -- senator sessions things to pick up 5-to-

the nrc says we're not spending money.nk after surviving 24 hours the way it is that voters of missouri would choose to pick him. >> you're saying what he did was dumb. butting for obama care, like claire mccaskill would be dumber. >> i absolutely think so. i don't think he can get through the noise now, to be able to make the case. >> i suspect you're probably right. let's bring in donna brazile, a democratic political strategist. what do you think about this? >> first of all, i found the congressman's statements reprehensible, and i think any woman, any decent human being would do the right thing and apologize. it's up to the republican party of missouri to force him to step aside or the congressman himself. but i don't think it has anything to do with claire mccaskill. representative akin has spoken out against abortion in cases of rape and incest. this is about a policy that the majority of americans and especially women find troubling. this is a policy decision that he has always advocated. he wants to redefine forcef

engineers from the department of energy and nrc have been in japan we didn't go into detail what it seems in one area we can step up and learning from the experience and then together with other like-minded states, courier for example, pushing for higher level nuclear safety globally at the time we're looking at future most reactors in the world were going to be built by russia, china and other countries that may not have our same standard so there's an opportunity there as we go forward. >> yes, secretary. >> this question is for david asher but anyone else that wants to respond it seems the alliance is in good shape but obviously it can't afford to stand still particularly in the context of so many game changers the military rise of china being first and foremost. with the relaxation of the three arms export control, david, how can you see that changing as a game changer not least potentially how can you see that changing not only the security relationship, but the economic relationship? >> there is no doubt both the united states and the javanese industrial sector involved in the natio

initially we met with the policy platform committees of both the nrc see and the dnc see.sunday to tampa to the rnc convention and from there we are going to the dnc convention to ensure that republicans and democrats address hispanic agenda recommendations as a party for the next congress as well as -- with regard to congress, we intend to hold them accountable for a promise or the lack thereof in the areas of this agenda. we will issue a two year progress report outlining what issues have been advanced and which have not. it is through this report that we will inform and prepare latino voters in 2014 and 2016. both the convention and the 2012 election nhla plans to meet with republicans and democratic leaders on capitol hill, the white house and the president and governor romney to secure the commitments we are aligning here today. by adopting his party's party leaders have an opportunity to gain the political support from latino community and key organizations around the country. at nhla we have a number of communities and working groups with experts in each one of the

engineers, from ge, the department of energy and nrc have been in japan. one area where we could really step up is in learning from the experience and then together with other like-minded states, korea, for example, pushing for higher levels of nuclear safety globally at a time when we're, you know, looking at a future where most reactors in the world are going to be built by russia, china, and other countries that may not have our same standards. there is, you're right, there is an opportunity there as we go forward. >> yes. >> good morning, this is a question for david asher, but anyone else who wants to respond. seems to me that the alliance's is in pretty good shape, but can't afford to stand still, particularly in the context of so many game changers, the militarized rise of china first and foremost. with the relaxation of the three arms export control principles, david, how can you see that changing as a game changer, at least potentially, how can you see that changing not only the security relationship, but the economic relationship? >> well, there'