and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by tfrontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. (man speaking japanese) >> (translated): on march 11, there was a relaxed atmosphere at work. i was at my computer, writing reports. before that day, we'd had a few earthquakes, around magnitude four. then, i think it was about 2:46 pm, i felt an incredible rumbling in the earth. it was like nothing i'd ever experienced. >> narrator: the earthquake that shook the fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant was the most powerful to strike japan since records began. the company that operates the plant, tepco, has forbidden its workers from speaking publicly about what followed. but one year on, they are starting to tell their stories. some have asked for their identities to be hidden for fear of being fired. >> (translated): i saw all the pipes fixed to the wall shifting and rippi

and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation dedicated to heightening public awarenesof critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, with a grant from millicent bell through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. major funding for this program is provided by the alfred p. sloan foundation, supporting public understanding of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. >> o'brien: passed. there's something that's both scary and awesome about nuclear energy. >> it will you give the rate at which you're receiving radiation as well as how much you've accumulated. >> o'brien: oh, i see. thanks to the magic of nuclear fission, this plant, indian point, generates about a quarter of new york city's electricity with no greenhouse gases or air pollution. but the reality is indian poins nuclear technology is not cutting edge; it's old. >> so this is one of three emergency diesel generators. >> o'brien: the two working reactors here came on line some 40 years ago. it l

and by reva and david logan. committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. additional funding for frontline's expanded broadcast season is provided by the bill and melinda gates foundation. ( cheers and applause ) >> montgomery: san francisco's cow palace has hosted everything from rodeos to revival meetings. but last summer, it was home to something completely different-- a trade show for marijuana. when i first began covering this story, marijuana was on the verge of becoming legal here in california. inside, it already seemed pretty legal to me. >> the coolest mug in the city, right here. >> montgomery: everything was on offer-- pot smoothies, pot cookies, every known device for smoking, inhaling and generally consuming marijuana. >> california was the wild, wild we

and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. >> narrator: the story begins two and a half years ago in a town called haditha in western iraq near the syrian border on the banks of the euphrates river. before the war it was known as a serene oasis, a popular vacation spot. but by the fall of 2005, nearly three years into the war, haditha was war-torn, and sunni insurgents were in complete control. >> insurgent traffic of foreign fighters, fighters from syria, from places outside of iraq, came through the haditha triad and then down into points south and east like fallujah and on into baghdad. >> narrator: control of haditha was vital in order to protect a massive dam that provided electricity to all of anbar province. to retake haditha, the marine corps sent in some of its most battle-hardened men, kilo company, from the legendary third battalion, first marines-- the thundering third. >> the 3-1's one of the most

and by reva and david logan. committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, with a grant from millicent bell through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. >> bergman: we all die, two and a half million americans every year. sometimes, the cause of death is no surprise. sometimes, death comes suddenly-- from accidents, heart attacks, homicides. there are medical experts whose job it is to figure out why and how people die. they are called forensic pathologists or medical examiners, and they perform the postmortem, the autopsy, your last physical exam. ( saw buzzing ) one of the leading forensic pathologists in america is dr. marcella fierro. >> when i was treating live patients, i spoke with them. and when i have dead patients, i talk to them, too. >> bergman: but they don't talk back. >> they talk back to me with their physica

and by reva and david logan. committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> 3407, turn left, heading 3-1-0. turn right, heading 1-4-0. >> right, 1-4-0.u >> miles o'brien: it was february 12, 2009. inside air traffic control at buffalo international everythin[ was running smoothly. continental flight 3407 was on final approach from newark.%;i ñ >> 3407 buffalo. >> delta 1998, turn left. left heading 3-6-0. >> o'brien: then at 10:16, controllers suddenly lost contact with the crew. >> delta 1998... of your right side about five miles. >> o'brien: they scrambled to locate the plane. >> you need to talk to somebody. either state police or sheriff's department need to find out if anything is on the ground. >> it's just blackened and charred wreckage... >> i had the tv on,

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it turns out she is talking about a calculation done by david logan of the tax foundation.called him and he said if you assume the loopholes exist from the second million it looks kind of like 44%. in other words there's no 44% that's made up. and she claims to be non-partisan. in reality their president has worked for citizens for a sound economy, which are both deeply conservative, and then they push for tax cuts for the rich that bush passed and guess who they are funded by? the koch brothers. of course. here is what paul said about the tax foundations announced in the buffet rule, quote . . . apparently that does not include erin burnett who tests them when it helps her make the case. oh, please don't raise taxes on the rich. they are my best friends. we're going to hold you to account here and show the american people the distortions you put into your reports in order to protect the rich. we'll be right back on "the young turks." ♪ the newest voice in cable news is on the new news network. >>it is an independent progressive voice and i love that. >>jennifer granholm jo

major funding is provided by reva & david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. with additional funding from the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. major funding for frontline and for "the interrupters" is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. with additional funding for this program from the sundance institute documentary fund and the richard h. driehaus foundation. >> it was a violent night in chicago. nine people were shot in just five hours, one person died. >> gregory robinson is the 28th chicago public school student killed this school year... >> he died last friday... >> 124 people have been killed so far this year-- about the number of americans killed in iraq and afghanistan. >> sadly, in another sign of the times, members of ceasefire were also at today's memorial service, hoping to stop any thoughts of r