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et's get edwin lyman to respond. guest: yes, well -- host: 500 square mile, i should say. guest: i think you are right. the culture that created places and the other hi the ary sites around country posing enormous clean-up challenge came out of the secrecy during the cold war. u.s. defense the establishment thought that up the u.s. nuclear eapons to term was the primary objective and things like nvironment safety and worker health were not given the deserve and t they polite here.ght making plutonium was the factor and at that time, there was enormous oversight of blic the atomic energy commission, hich ran the sites and they engaged in practices that were absolutely intolerant. you are right, it was a culture that has hopefully changed to some extent and hopefully we'll continue to see in the culture 6789 host: in time magazine, notes, the tunnel at hanford have been feared for note the energy department received permission until g removing waste 2042, the waste was supposed to 2024.ne by a republican, good morning. caller: yes, good morning. i just want to say thanks a l

but edwin lyman from the union of concerned scientists said -- "collapse of the earth covering the tunnelsld lead to a considerable radiological release." now the state of washington's department of ecology's nuclear waste program has announced on twitter it has taken legal action against hanford. for more, we are joined in seattle by tom carpenter, executive director of hanford challenge, which advocates for workers at the hanford nuclear site. tom, welcome to democracy now! explain what has taken place. given what is happening in washington, d.c., there is little national awareness that what you are dealing with in washington. >> ok, so the nation's most contaminated site. washington here, it was built to make nuclear weapons, plutonium for those weapons. now we are left with his legacy of radioactive waste. what recently happened on tuesday morning was one of the facilities at the site suffered a collapse of a tunnel holding vast quantities a very highly dangerous radioactive materials. the government is saying none of that escaped, except radiation is self, into the sky, but no particl

at 9:00, edwin lyman on nuclear waste safety. and at 9:30 a.m., caroline finkel on team mental health and suicide prevention. host: good morning everyone on this friday, may 12, president trump's firing of james comey earlier this week has as collated calls among democrats to a point of special counsel to oversee the investigation into the trumps campaign contact with russia during the election. republicans in the administration believe that the committees on capitol hill as well as agencies doing the investigation can handle the job. we turn to you this morning. code do you trust in these -- who do you trust in these russian and -- who do youns trust in these russian investigations? start dialing in so we can get your thoughts on this. who do you trust? withdent trump sat down lester holt yesterday and he had this to say about any investigation into russian ties to the trump campaign. let me ask you about the termination letter. i greatly appreciate you informing me. >> he told me that. mr. holt: he told you that? was it in a ph

department claims no radioactive contamination has been reported so far from tuesday's tunnel collapse, edwin lyman from the union of concerned scientists said -- "collapse of the earth covering the tunnels could lead to a considerable radiological release." we will be reporting from washington state tomorrow on democracy now! in south korea, voters elected human rights lawyer moon jay yin -in to challenge the thaad missile defense system the u.s. recently installed in south korea, and to open talks with north korea. his election comes after former president park geun-hye was ousted and jailed on charges of bribery, extortion, and abuse of power after massive street demonstrations in march. in florida, at least three people were arrested when passengers staged a revolt at the fort lauderdale airport monday after spirit airlines canceled nine flights, strandi hundreds of people. spirit canceled the flhts in part because the airline company is also facing resistance from its pilots over the poor working conditions, w pay, lack of profit sharing, and the company's attempts to slow down contract negoti

at 9:00, edwin lyman on nuclear waste safety. and at 9:30 a.m., caroline finkel on team mental health and suicide prevention. host: good morning everyone on this friday, may 12, president trump's firing of james comey earlier this week has as collated calls among democrats to a point of special counsel to oversee the investigation into the trumps campaign contact with russia during the election. republicans in the administration believe that the committees on capitol hill as well as agencies doing the investigation can handle the job. we turn to you this morning. code do you trust in these -- who do you trust in these russian and