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david wright, abc news, tokyo. >> david wright reporting in from tokyo tonight. david, thank you. and let's bring in physicist dr. michio kaku. thanks for being here. i wanted to show our viewers this am nation tonight, the plant itself and the troubling suspected breach in reactor three, prompting the prime minister to call this grave. but we're curious what concerns you most about this. >> breach of containment are the three scariest words in the dictionary of any nuclear physicist. for the very first time, we may have a direct pathway between the super hot uranium core through a crack in the vessel into the environment. at best, it means more radiation, more contamination, more panic. but at worst, it could lead to an evacuation of the emergency operators and then we may have three simultaneous meltdowns. >> and dr. kaku, you heard david wright report that staggering figure. that water at the plant, 10,000 times more radioactive than normal. do you believe there's a connection between that and what we learned today at the reactor? >> very much so. the only way you're going to g

here now is david wright with the latest. >> reporter: this was the news everyone here has been dreading for two weeks now, since the nuclear crisis began. a suspected breach of the reactor core. today, the prime minister himself called the situation grave and serious. "we need to be extremely vigila vigilant," he said, adding darkly, "this is not a time for optimism." >> think of the little dutch boy putting his finger in this crack and this crack. suddenly, a huge crack begins to open up. >> reporter: the canaries in the react wear the engineers who bravely put their lives on the line to get the cooling system running again. several of them were dragging a power cable in reactor number three when they stepped in a puddle and radioactive water seeped into their boots. two of them were rushed to the hospital with serious burns to their feet. >> skin contamination is maybe the least of their problems. there are lots of organs inside the body which are far more sensitive than the skin. >> reporter: the doctors have since determined the water they stepped in was 10,000 times more radioactiv

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>> david wright reporting in from japan tonight. david, thank you. we want to bring in joe cirincione. we heard david wright say that safety warnings might have been ignored. we've been wondering all along about this, six reactors clustered right together in an earthquake zone. why on earth would they do this to begin with? >> yeah, well, the answer, david, is primarily cost. it's more efficient to put your nuclear reactors together in a cluster like this. they design these facilities to withstand all the probable events they're likely to encounter, but not the possible. it's just more expensive to design for a rare earthquake or rare tsunami. unfortunately, even rare events happen. >> a lot of people are going to wonder about the nuclear plants in this country. curious to know, have they thought about all of the potential scenarios or only a few because of cost? >> they've thought about them, but they haven't designed the plants for them. so, we have plants on earthquake faults. we have plants in hurricane paths, in tornado paths. it's time to have

but as david wright reports there are also moments of joy. >> reporter: dramatic bit of hopeful news, a miracle rescue. rescuers freed this 80-year-old woman and her grandson trapped since the tsunami. she was apparently pinned under her fridge and the two survived nine days eating yogurt from the fridge until the grandson flagged down rescuers by standing on the rooftop. the japanese coast guard released dramatic new video of the tsunami before it hit shore. that dark shadow on the horizon is the wave. as it passes right under the bow of the coast guard, you get a sense of just how enormous it is. silent footage, but it is jaw-dropping. on land, they're still dealing with the damage wrought by that wave, mostly at fukushima daiichi power plant. the plant has already contaminated japan's food supply. spinach and milk farms, tokyo tap water and fava beans exported to taiwan. government officials are downplaying the risks saying you'd have to eat those things for a year to be exposed to radiation equivalent to a c.a.t. scan, but many are concerned anyway. the potential economic toll of

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david wright is in japan tonight. >> reporter: today, japanese search and rescue teams in this coastal town got sudden word of survivors trapped alive. inside the debris of this three-story house a 16-year-old boy cries out. he tells them that his grandmother is with him. 40 minutes later they're free. weak and dehydrated but alert and able to speak. she's 80 years old. trapped in her kitchen. eating yogurt for nine days from the fridge that pinned her down. rescue workers strapped her into a harness and air lift her out. country starved for good news. a morsel of hope. this is another coastal town. wiped off the map by the tsunami. the fire chief here saw this coming. two years ago, the seawall broke after another earthquake he said. he was worried about it and i told my bosses. the giant harbor gates, designed to protect the town, failed to shut, when the earthquake struck 45 of his men rushed here to try to shut them by hand, all of them were swept away. the fire chief now feels guilty. ashamed to be alive. he spends all of his time searching for the bodies of his men. but the story

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abc's david wright in osaka has that and the news on the effort to get those reactors under control. >> reporter: the frantic effort to cool the nuclear plant appears to be making some headway, and radiation levels are slightly down. >> things appear to be on the verge of stabilizing. >> reporter: then last night reactor number three puffed out an ominous cloud of black smoke and work suddenly stopped. all workers on site forced to evacuate. those first responders are exposing themselves to potentially lethal doses of radiation. they said this weekend they left home in such a hurry, they had to say good-bye to their families by text message. "i apologize to them," the lead firefighter said, his voice shaking. he said one of the wives texted back "i hope you are the saviors of japan." but as the water from their hoses cools the reactors, it's been leaking into the ocean, seawater just off the coast of the plant now has radioactive iodine at 127 times the normal level raising concerns about contamination to fish and shellfish. already the food supply is tainted. tokyo tap water shows e

reporter: but her fans will always remember her when -- ♪ with my baby by and by >> reporter: david wrighthollywood. >> hope it's a wonderful night for you, and that we see you here again tomorrow. so glad you were with us. good night.rl >>> a major admission from pge and tonight. and the safety precaution they dismissed decades ago. >> san jose firefighters agreed to make kons yegss to help their jobs. >> motions denied. barry bonds trial, why his personal trainer appears destined for a return trip to jail. >>> and a san francisco neighborhood tired of getting dumped on. >> good evening, a shocking revelation by pg&e tonight about its response to the san bruno pipeline explosion. >> admitting the first employee sent to the scene was unqualified to turn off the manual valves. it wasn't until 30 minutes after that a qualified crew was dispatched and by then, the neighborhood was engulfed. >> pg&e was reluctant toest plate how much of a time difference having remote control shut off valves might have made but ntsb won't let go until it got an answer. the ruptured pipeline fire raged about an

david wright abc news, tokyo. >> earthquake and tsunami had slowed down production and shipping of japaneseds that come to the u.s. so much so that this tanker from japan was the first to arrive at the port of oakland today since the disaster two weeks ago. lee ann reports on the economic impact ever since. >> after china and south korea japan third largest exporter of container goods to the u.s. things like cars and auto part parts. computer and electronic product. these are the people who move those goods from the port of oakland. >> i have seen a lot of auto parts. mainly parts and machinery, al agricultural. >>reporter: electricity shortage that manufacturing plants in japan have slowed down production. then there are the damage roads and bridges that make getting goods from point a to b difficult. truck drivers at the port of oakland know they will start feeling the impact in a few week also. >> right now january february and march is like. that it's low. this year is going to be l more than that because it's miami. l that's all we have we have to wait for that. major company in silico

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more tonight from david wright.ne day after officials declared tokyo tap water unsafe for babies, those same officials tried to convince even the crisis is over. so eager was the governor of tokyo to demonstrate his confidence frjs he drank the whole glass in one gulp. the governor insisted he never drinks bottled water. tokyo water always tastes g-he says. that message may not go down quite so he's where i skeptical public. are you yourself worried about these reports about radiation in the water. >> oh, yes. >>reporter: he's a chemical engineer. >> 50 million nair i pishtion would you leave. >> leave. first, iodine 131 has half life of 8 days. the presence in tokyo water at low levels was first reported over the weekend. in the news that levels have shot up above what is legally safe for children came out just yesterday. how is it even possible isotope that increases risk of thyroid cancer just disappeared overnight. today also brought bad news from the reactor. 3 of the men working to restore power to reactor no.

david wright is in osaka, japan, with more on this story. and, david, as expected, the death toll, along with the number of missing, continues to grow. >> reporter: that's right, bianna. and the frantic effort to contain that reactor has all but eclipsed the relief effort here. and the fear that the radiation could spread has hampered efforts to get aid where it's needed most. for this sunora in tokyo, life is getting back to normal. but it's an unsettling, new normal. >> yesterday, my little one wanted to play outside in the playground. but i didn't let her go out. i'm getting to know how dangerous the situation is. >> this is the emergency bag. >> reporter: tiara sunora is just a schoolgirl. but she has big worries now. >> i don't really know what's happening. but what i know is it's kind of scary in other places. the north places. but it's really not scary in tokyo. so, i'm not really thinking about it. >> reporter: tokyo's narita airport now looks like a homeless encampment. many of these people have been waiting four days for a ticket ou

david wright in japan this morning. david, thank you. >>> we want to turn back to the breaking news this morning on the fuel pools now at boiling point again. joining us is physicist michio kaku, of course. dr. kaku, you've been leading us through this the whole time. we're glad you're back with us this morning. that troubles you to hear that? >> it does. the last few days, we had reassuring words. we've turned the corner. things stable. but it's on a knife's edge. any boiling spent fuel could cause workers to evacuate. guess what happened? just a few hours ago, this huge sufficient of radio active smoke came out and they had to evacuate the workers. >> you talk about that puff of smoke, let's turn to the map this morning. they put this together. as we push in on japan. you see sendai to the north, the earthquake zone. there's three areas where there have been concern. when we move in on this, we'll see them. sort of the towns to the north. the biggest concern in miyagi, they don't have indicators, do they? >> that's rig

david wright has the story. >> reporter: new aerial images of the smoldering nuclear cauldron that refuses to be brought under control. at reactor number one the roof is completely gone. reactors two and three have holes in the roof and steam is leaking out. reactor four, the walls are gone. that yellow ball is the top of the containment vessel. inside the control room for reactor two, workers had finally managed to restore power and turn on the lights. they were measuring radiation levels in puddles when suddenly one of their personnel radiation alarms sounded. >> the water contains 10 million times the usual level of radioactive substances. >> reporter: that staggering figure turns out to be wrong. a miscalculation. >> tokyo electric power company retracted its announcement that 10 million times the normal density of radioactive materials had been detected in water. >> reporter: by the end of the day power company officials apologized. >> if there's one consistent theme we know about these big power companies is, they don't tell the truth. you can't trust what they say. >> reporter: it n

david wright reports from osaka. good evening, david. >> reporter: good evening, diane. thankfully, the catastrophic meltdown everyone fears hasn't happened yet. firefighters on the scene trying to cool the reactors down are making progress. but radiation has already made it into the food supply. those brave men struggling to extinguish this nuclear tinder box are still working around the clock, pouring on the water to cool the reactors down. reactor number three, the most toxic of all, the only one where the fuel mix contained volatile plutonium, they have blasted more than 1,800 tons of water, enough to fill an olympic swimming pool. japanese officials say the tank containing the fuel rods now is completely covered and radiation levels have started to drop, but already radiation levels have leached into the food supply. milk and spinach now have radiation levels exceeding the maximum for human consumption, and in tokyo, the drinking water now has small quantities of radioactive iodine. officials insist the level's low enough that people would only be at risk if they co

raising the question based on japan, what about those reactors and nuclear faults underneath, and david wright decided to look more deeply into that. david? >> reporter: good evening, diane. we're at the san onofre nuclear power plant midway between los angeles and san diego right on the coastline and smack in the middle of america's earthquake country, and what's going on in japan raises very real concerns about the potential for such a disaster here. a deadly natural disaster that threatens to unleash an even deadlier manmade one. the operators of the san onofre nuclear power plant insist they're prepared. is this plant safe? >> absolutely this plant is safe. >> reporter: we asked the white house to explain how u.s. nuclear safety standards compare to japanese ones. >> u.s. power plants are designed to very high standards for earthquake effect. >> reporter: of the 100 plus nuclear power plants in the u.s., 11 are in areas prone to earthquakes. early indications are the daiichi reactor withstood the quake and the tsunami, but as we know, that one/two punch cut off the power supply and then kn

and david wright has the news today. >> reporter: good evening, diane. that news about the tap water brings a new level of anxiety to this city of 30 million people. today, empty spots on grocery store shelves, where the bottled water used to be. replaced by signs like this. "water all sold out because of news concerning radiation." tokyo's tap water is tainted with a radioactive isotope known to cause thyroid cancer. iodine 131. tests at one of the main water treatment plants showed the level of radioactive iodine at a count of 210. the acceptable limit for adults is 300. for infants? 100. "so, we advise babies in tokyo and surrounding areas not to drink the tap water," a water department official announced. government officials immediately started begging citizens not to hoard bottled water. but people, especially moerls with young children, are scared. "we can't see the radiation," she says. "and we won't know the affects on our children for years." today, we got our first glimpses up close at the efforts to prevent further contamination. these photos

david wright answers that tonight from japan. >> reporter: today we learned that highly contaminated water is leaking into the ocean, and elevated levels of plutonium are in soil samples taken near the reactors. >> this is like a boiling pot, and the lid is shaking on it, and it's too hot to handle. they're trying to get control of it. >> reporter: a nuclear reactor produces energy from the steam of boiled water. the steam is radioactive, so is the fuel that lights the fire inside the concrete and steel containment vessel that's now starting to crack. >> at three mile island, about 90% of the core was destroyed, but the vessel held. that's why we did not have to evacuate large portions of pennsylvania. but here apparently there's a crack, a crack in the vessel by which radiation is escaping. >> reporter: nuclear inspector katsuma yokato spent five days inside with the workers, sleeping in hallways and meeting rooms. after just five days, he was exposed to nearly a year's worth of radiation. >> we're in a slow motion meltdown that the problems are mounting faster than the japanese abi

david wright shows us the rescue of two survivors more than a week after the massive earthquake hit.ramatic bit of hopeful news, a miracle rescue. they freed an 80-year-old woman and grandson trapped since the tsunami. the two survived nine days eating yogurt from the fridge until the grandson stood on the rooftop. japanese coastguard released new video of the tsunami before it hit shore. as it passes right under the bow of coastguard cutter you get a sense of how enormous it is. on land they are still dealing with the damage from the tsunami. they eased pressure on the reactor but releasing steam but it may be necessary to do it again. it has contaminated japan's food supply. spinach and milk today and water and today, fava beans. you would have to eat those things for a year to be exposed to radiation. the potential economic toll of this disaster seems light compared to the human drama. first responders to the reactors what was the toughest part of the job. the team leader broke down. >> they have a high level of motivation and they worked very hard. they left behind families. i fe

david wright explains exactly what is going on. >> today we learn that highly contaminated water is leakingocean and elevated levels of blue tone um in soil samples taken near the reactor reactors. >> this is like a boiling pot and the lid is shaking on it and too hot to handle. trying to get control of it. >>reporter: nuclear reactor produces energy from the steam of boiled water. steam is radioactive. so is the fuel that lights the fire in the concrete and steal containment vessel now starting to caichblingt 3 mile island about 90 percent of the core was destroyed but the vessel held. that's why we did not have tow evacuate large portions of pennsylvania but here apparently there's a crack. crack in the vessel by which radiation is escaping. >>reporter: nuclear inspector spent 5 days inside with the workers. sleeping in hallway and meeting rooms after just 5 days he was exposed to nearly a year worth of radiation. >> we are in a slow motion melt down. the problem are mounting fasterp the japanese ability to fix them. >>reporter: keep in mind this isn't just one boil pot on the stove. it i

david wright has the latest from osaka. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. just when they seem to be making progress on that stricken reactor, a setback today. officials say the pressure inside reactor number three has built up to such a critical degree that they may have to release radioactive steam even though that would no doubt cause further contamination. but today there were also some hopeful developments. late today a dramatic bit of hopeful news, a miracle rescue. rescuers freed this 80-year-old woman and her grandson trapped since the tsunami. she was apparently pinned under her fridge. and the two survived nine days eating yogurt from the fridge until the grandson flagged down rescuers by standing on the rooftop. today the japanese coast guard released dramatic new video of the tsunami before it hit shore. that shadow on the horizon is the wave. as it passes right under the bow of the coast guard cutter, you get a sense of just how enormous it is. it's silent footage, but it is jaw dropping. on land, they're still dealing with the damage wrought by

david wright in japan for us this morning. >> robin.et's turn to libya where the air strikes are intensifying. looks like colonel gadhafi rallies to move on. martha raddatz is in washington. has the latest on all of this. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this war is not dying down. and gadhafi's forces are not backing off, with vicious attacks overnight on opposition forces. as the military operation enters its fifth day, at least in public, moammar gadhafi shows little sign of giving up. delivering a fiery speech to supporters on state tv. it was his first appearance since the air strikes. saying, we will be victorious in the end. about r but, in fact sources tell me, that he's moving around all of the time. he is paranoid. he is very anxious and i don't blame him, robin, with awful those cruce miss cruise those cruise missiles coming down. >> let's talk about the pilot rescue yesterday. you have details. >> reporter: i do. there's one fascinating note about the rescue of the pie lost the downed u.s. fighter jet.

abc's david wright tells us what that means and also how real the threat is. >> reporter: we learnedre in soil samples taken near the reactors. >> this is like a boiling pot. and the lid is shaking on it. and it's too hot to handle. they're trying to get control of it. >> reporter: a nuclear reactor produces energy from the steam of boiled water. the steam is radioactive. so is the fuel that lights the fire inside the concrete and steel containment vessel that's now starting to crack. >> three mile island, about 90% of the core was destroyed. but the vessel held. that's why we did not have to evacuate large portions of pennsylvania. but here, apparently there's a crack. a crack in the vessel by which radiation is escaping. >> reporter: nuclear inspector spent five days inside with the workers, sleeping in hallways and meeting rooms. after just five days, he was exposed to nearly a year's worth of radiation. >> we're in a slow motion meltdown that the problems are mounting faster than the japanese ability to fix them. >> reporter: keep in mind, this is not just one boiling pot on the

david wright went to one of them in california. >> reporter: a deadly natural disaster that threatensy, not long enough. in the u.s., some backup batteries last half that long. >> some of the batteries in the u.s. are not as good as the japanese. >> reporter: here at san onofre, they say they have learned a lot from past disasters. now, across the country, nuclear power plant operators and nuclear regulators have one more disaster to study. david wright, abc news, at the san onofre nuclear power plant in california. >>> and car buyers are going to be seeing the effect of the catastrophe in japan if they're buying japanese. brands like toyota's popular prius hybrid are made entirely in japan. production has been suspended amid the disaster and no sign the assembly lines will be running any time soon. >>> officials in california say damage there from last week's tsunami could top $40 million. in santa cruz harbor, 18 vessels sank, about 100 were damaged and another 12 still remain unaccounted for. nearly 60 commercial fishing boats are stuck in the harbor for at least a week while debri

our david wright has the latest. joins us this morning from osaka, japan. david? >> reporter: good morning, robin. you know, it really seems to be one step forward, two steps back, when it comes to the efforts to contain this nuclear catastrophe. just as officials were set to announce progress, today, another setback. the good news, high-voltage power has been reconnected to three of the stricken reactors, making it possible to restart the cooling system, in hopes of averting another meltdown. then, late today, a cloud of gray smoke puffed out of reactor number three. and the seven emergency workers on-site had to evacuate. officials have also discovered that water from the hoses used to cool down the damaged reactors has leaked into the ocean, raising concerns about more radioactive contamination. already, the radiation has leeched into the food supply. milk, spinach and other leafy vegetables farmed near the reactors are unsafe for consumption. radioactive iodine and cesium is even detectable in tokyo tap water. at supermarkets, shoppers are paying attention to

our david wright has the latest on all that and joins us this morning. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the headline is the water crisis is over. that's what some officials are saying, at least. government officials who were horrified by the run on bottled water in the past 24 hours, now, reassuring the public it's safe for everyone to drink tokyo's drinking water, babies and adults. but convincing the public may be another matter. one day after officials declared tokyo tap water unsafe for babies, those same officials tried to convince everyone the crisis is over. so eager was the governor of tokyo to demonstrate his confidence -- he drank the whole glass in one gulp. the governor insisted he never drinks bottled water. tokyo water always tastes good, he says. but that message may not go down quite so easily with the skeptical public. are you, yourself, worried about these reports about radiation in the water? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: this man is a chemical engineer. >> if i was a millionaire, i -- >> you would leave? >> america or

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wright will fill and flush. he had 26 and david lee had 21.what got into them was the raptors were in town. kir had 23 curry had 23 and -- curry had 23. 9 games remaining. this was a great, great ncaa second tier regional. >> -- great, great ncaa second tier. kentucky wins over ohio state. >>> brandon burdgess the layup for 72-71 lead on florida state and they hold on, smart is a young coach. vcu will play kansas in the regional final and santa clara has a couple options that they will have to play. santa clara wins tonight and kevin foster had 35 points. giants and a's winding down training camps. the scores today, not very nice in favor of the home teams. alex gordon, you off of bumgartner. that special that we have been pumping up all week, this is -- you are excited about this? it's just going to be me. >> i've been working hard on the this. >> i'll be more of a clinical technician tomorrow night. no. no really. sometimes we are crazy here just having fun. when i work clinically, i'm good. i'll be okay, i'll give you another lead in. can m

with 27 points, wright willl fil and flush with 26 and david had 21, the to run all rappers were in town, with 84 points on the first half. the largest one half scoring in this end the season. 138-100. against washington on sunday. only nine games remaining. >> this was a great, great, n.c.a.a. regional. brandon knight hit with kentucky and ohio state. with forced overtime. kentucky advances by north carolina on sunday. virginia commonwealth the team that everybody was screaming that should not have been in the tournament. brandon purchase a layup 71 lead on the florida state. and shsmart with kansas and the regional final. santa clara, or east tennessee state in the championship of the cit santa clara winds kevin foster had 35 points. the arizona training camp is winding down. alex gordon, a two-run double. bogart, too, with royals 15-3. the aggies lost to the angels 10-3. the and royals-loss to the angels. >> and also at stanford unless they can come up with $4 million this was not going to be reinstated this was reinstated in 1912. creating a four n.c.a.a. championships. >> a reminder

david leigh is taking it to nowitzki. 68-60 warriors in the third, but here comes dallas. he is doing the dance off camera. wish we had that. wrightthree and warriors up 7. mavericks with a 15-0 run. jason kidd tied his 96th. dirk, i must break you, nowitzki. that's what the good teams do and they win it 112-106. all signs point to the kings leaving the state capital on an attorney they filed trademark registration for the name anaheim royals. the kings called sacramento home for 26 years, but can't get an arena. the bears wots mark curry. he dislocated his shoulder and the guards lead the way. cal off to the early lead. and he finished with 20. all of this hanging around. he is weaving his way through traffic. less than 30 seconds left and he had an iv today because of the flu and hits the 12-footer. rebels with a chance to tie and down 3 late. cal wins it 77-74 and advancing to play colorado in round two. 11 seeds, usc and virginia commonwealth and maurice jones the turnover and 34-27bcu. second half and trojans get within one. missed everything. next possession for the rams ed nixon, the three ball. bcu pulls away and it will b

among the original signers from stanford alone, kenneth arrow, martin carnoy, paul david, roger noel and gaven -- gavin wright. dreier mr. speaker, if i could -- mr. dreier: mr. speaker, if i could reclaim my time, what we've shown is that the economists say on one hand, on the other hand. the fact is, not every economist agrees on this notion, but a statement has been made and in fact my friend made it upstairs and that is, he said, when he was quoting mark, that everyone basically, every economist came to this conclusion and my point in actually referencing professor taylor is that there is disagreement on it. i happen to come down on the side, personally, of mr. taylor. i think it's important for us just because we want to all encourage individual initiative and responsibility to do everything that we can to reduce the size and scope and reach of government and that's what the goal of h.r. 1 is, so that we can get the economy growing. and i believe that more incentives by reducing that tax and regulatory burden will create jobs because we do share that goal. i'm convinced that everyone wants to do that. bu

wright was all about. they also allowed obama to get away with minimizing his relationship to the former weather terrorist -- former member of the weatherman, bill ayers. david axlerod said he was somebody he knew from the neighborhood. in fact they had a relationship over ten years in several different venues and a couple foundations. they were closer. i would like to switch now to immigration and just look at just how much immigration has been seen as a fait accompli. there's -- nathan in the new republican in 1993 says when you look at mass immigration, we have been reverted to a policy of mass immigration without making a does do that. i wrote a piece about the reform acts which lifted the quotas at the time of the democratic party, which backed it, and "times," said it would not swell the roles of immigrants with -- wouldn't change the demographic character of the country, nor would there by millions of people lining up. in fact both have happened. whether the demographic change is good or bad makes no difference to me. what is important is that this was a huge pivot, a pivotal period, a pivotal moment in immigration history and the "times" was complete