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, supportingnvestigative rertinand terprise 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 ripping off.

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, 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 point's 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. i

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. ( phones ringing ) >> smith: the news broke on december 11, 2008, and within seconds, phones were ringing around the world. ( phones ringing ) michael bienes was in london when he got a phone call from his business partner, frank avellino. >> "and i said, frank, what's wrong?" because i could hear it in his voice. "michael, bernie madoff..." i said, "he died." in a nanosecond, "he died." "...was arrested..." i said, "oh, no," and then another nanosecond-- "...sex crime or some [no audio], you know?" "...for stock fraud." >> smith: phones were ringing in palm beach, too. >> i received a call from an investor in aspen who said that he had heard that bernie was arrested. and i called bernie's offic

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, with a grant from millicent bell, through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. >> bergmacsi is the most watched drama series in the world, brimming with flash and glamour, where cutting-edge forensic technology always reveals the truth. (siren wailing) but crime scene investigations in the real world are rarely so simple. >> (on radio): go ahead. >> county 51, can you advise the tow yard that's housing the 187 vehicle from the ninth? case number 275. >> 10-4, you there? >> negative. i need to know so i can... >> 10-4, give me just a momen. i'm finishing up with a spanish interpreter. >> bergman: detective joanna grivetti leads the crime scene investigation unit for the police department in richmond, california, one of the most dangerous cities in america. >> everyone thinks that when you tell them that you're a csi, that you're 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 critil issues. and by tfrontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> narrator: every day tens of thousands of workers make their way to wall street. they work for banks, brokerages, hedge funds, insurance companies and mortgage lenders. it is the largest single sector of the american economy-- an industry that is almost double the size of america's manufacturing sector; a business with enormous power and global reach. it is the industry that led america and the world into its worst economic crisis since the great depression. the banks say they exist to create wealth-- holding in trust our collective worth, promising to invest the trillions of dollars that stream in from businesses, pension funds and savings accounts that belong to all of us. one morning in the fall of 2011, bankers arriving in lower manhattan were caught by surprise. >> thi

major funding is provided by reva & david logan, committed to investigave jrnalism 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 docuntary fu 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 retaliat

and by reva & david logan. coitteto investiti journali as thgudian 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. additional funding for this program and for frontline's expanded broadcast season is provided by the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> thompson: i'm heading to amarillo, texas, to investigate a case that began 11 years ago. it was a saturday morning, and a mechanic named ernie lopez was babysitting the children of a local doctor at his home. the youngest was six-month-old isis vas. >> i fed the kids breakfast. i had them on the kitchen table, and i had isis in her swing. she had her bottle but she wasn't eating it. so i got her out of the swing, and i went to go put her in the crib. and i went to the kitchen. i left her in the crib, and whenever i went back in there, i noticed that isis-- she was limp. she w

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, decated to heighning plic awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. with grants from scott nathan and laura debonis, and the hagler family. >> what a cute little face. aww, here we come. it's a girl! >> yeah! >> she's beautiful. >> what's her name? >> rachel. >> she's beautiful. she doesn't want to cry. >> narrator: a new life begins. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> narrator: out of her mother's womb, rachel murphy is now surrounded by a new world filled with countless germs. modern medicine will do what it can to protect her. >> just a tiny little stick. >> narrator: barely an hour old, rachel gets her first shot against hepatitis b. this is the first of up to 35 inoculations she will get in the next six years of her life to fight 14 diseases. >> it's all right. it's okay, princess. >> narrator: public health doctors celebrate vaccines as one of medicine's shining achievements. >> that's all. you'r

david eisenberg. this question is addressed to miss lee and mr. logan. diplomacy seems the only viable all tern it active. military attacks are a nonstarter for reasons i won't bore people with. but i would ask you to assess -- it would seem the constraint on effective diplomacy is, in part, restrained by domestic political opposition and i would ask you for your assessment, how seriously -- how much of an impediment is the current domestic position, neoconservative elements to the administration? i noted in the news this morning that mitt romney is starting to turn to the obama administration and focus its critique on its foreign policy, which is a bit like pee wee herman challenging mike tyson, but i would appreciate your assessments. >> sure. president obama said something very sensible. i forget whether it was in h his -- i think it was in his speech to the apec convention where he pointed out that the only way you can actually get a country to not build nuclear weapons is if the leadership of that country decides not to build nuclear weapons, that t