energy department's watchdog there were sixteen alcohol related incidents between two thousand and seven and two thousand and nine two in particular don't really raise some red flags with the energy department report explains how in two thousand and seven a driver was arrested for public intoxication and in two thousand and nine police detained agents during an incident at a local bar the worst part of it that these two events happened during what the government calls secure transportation missions where nuclear elements have been had to be transported over a very long distance for an extended period of time now keep in mind the energy department has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to incidents involving alcohol and i think that we can all understand why it is better now if the drunk drivers are on the road at all but this report shows that government workers on the job transporting nuclear weapons are getting wasted and what the hell if i was a driver responsible for moving nuclear weapons i think i would pass on that night cap at the corner bar the term precious cargo has never b

if you attack the department of energy, you are attacking the largest science department of the world't you? >> you are absolutely right that we have every politician saying we need more science and math. >> we are losing our place in the world. i make out -- i think we may do as well with latin and greek. >> it will have another fact is that budget is cut or actually right now, particularly in energy that is a good example because stephen chu came in, the current energy secretary, was very enthused about arpa-e which was supposed to take the model of the defense research which was darpa and apply it to energy and take us forward. that was created under president bush in 2007 but it was never funded until the stimulus bill. they got $400 million under the stem this bill and now it is unclear if they will ever get one cent a gallon. these basic research things which the government is looking at doing because companies cannot afford to do. this is one thing that the private market other than bell labs can't do it. >> i was lucky enough to tore them several times. they invented all sorts

budget, to go on top of energy budget the energy department already has. only 8 billion of it, i think 7 or 8 billion has been given for that. as that article probably notes is that without a price on cauton emissions, coal and natural gas will continue to rein as the most popular choices. nuclear power is too expensive. and dollars waste. yucca mountain has been yanked as an option. at hangs in the balance what to do with nuclear waste. host: next up. wade county, "washington journal." >> caller: i would like to challenge c-span to have a conversation on mountain top removal mining. it's destroying west virginia and appalachia. it's the dirtiest way for the coal industry to make money. a lot of this coal can be mined under ground. when they go from a thousand feet in these mountains and dumping this product, this violates the clean water production act. we cannot do mountain top removal legally in the united states. the probm is the legacy that's left for this, this rubble that's being removed from these mountains and shoved into the streams contains heav

. >> the energy department watch day said the agents sometimes got drunk while on the job. the inspector general's office said it reviewed 16 alcohol-lated incidents over three years. watch dog reports calls it potential vulnerability and credit national security mission. time, 4:38. 54 degrees. how a con man swindled the united states military. >>> plus, just in time for the holiday rush. it may make you think twice before you fly. >> next, a check of the morning's weher and traffic. stay wit >>> good morning. time for weather and traffic o the ones. 4:41 early this tuesday morning. many may be thinking about getaway day today. no travel problems this morning. temperatures are on the mder side. it's near 50 in the suburbs and rural areas. mid-50s in washiton and near the bay. we have a front brging rain across the midwest. that's heading into the ohio valley, moving into the mountains the next few hours. befo then some this morning. temperatures should shoot up to the mid to upper 60s by midafternoon. midafternoon here, metro area, midafternoon hours, showers passing throu

he is now in the department of energy. he forgive me. >> thank you, secretary. thank you to the staff of the national press club. thank you to the staff of the energy department. thank you for coming here today. this meeting is adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> the hse recessed about halfway through the bills that were scheduled for work today. for managers were not ready for debate. members agreed to a one-month delay in medicare payments to doctors. it now goes on to president obama. live coverage when the house returns at 6:00 to vote on two of those measures debated this afternoon. tonight, three perspectives on how technology is being used in other countries to promote government transparencies. it is at 9 at -- 8:00 eastern. >> i am the education program specialist. each year, we conduct a video documentary competition. this year's theme is washington, d.c.. we would like you to explain how the federal government has affected an issue when event in your

energy investment very seriously. what can investments do? what we see and what the department of energy is investing is are very exciting technologies, a vehicle battery could go around a 500 mile range. a new approach at making biofuels and that could lower the cost. a program that could produce abundant domestic fuel directly from sunlight. we have a road map that says, how can we get solar energy down? that is the magic number. we are now developing plans. at what point do not need subsidies? can you get there? if you can, we will design programs to do that. we need to dramatically reduce storage costs. we need to use supercomputers and supercomputer simulations to skip very expensive design steps. the department of energy laboratories actually designed, for the first time, a diesel engine on the computer, a simulated it, and built it and they did not need another prototype. people were skeptical that could happen. it reduced costs by 50%. we can do this in many other areas. we have introduced to innovative research funding programs. one is called advanced research project

department of energy. >> thanks, jane. on home heating from the department of energy says that the average american home may be getting only half the heat you're paying for. now, we're gonna put the department of energy document number up on the screen so you folks at home can look it up online, but i'm quoting from the report now... and then it goes on to conclude that... >> jane: wow, richard. if that's the bad news, what's the good news? >> the good news is i'm here with a very special guest who is without a doubt america's favorite home improvement expert, mr. bob vila. bob, thank you for joining us. >> it's my pleasure, richard. >> now, bob, i had a lot of fun playing a home improvement expert on tv, but you're the real deal. we've been trying to make sense of this report from the u.s. department of energy that says that half of what people are spending on home heating could be wasted. could you explain to us what this means? >> sure. the typical home has a furnace with a forced air system. the heated air is delivered

the energy department says emissions dropped 7%, not only because of the slow economy, but better energy-efficiency and cleaner energy sources. >>> the box-office magic highway patrol was not diminished by the weak economy. the seventh in the series "harry potter and the deathly hallows," earned a mind blowing $330 million in global ticket sales this weekend. 125 million here in the u.s. it remains to be seen if the money- making series will remain unbroken. part ii is slated for release next july. >>> movie-goers may get a chance to see the story of the chilean miners on big-screen. miners are heading home after a star-studded weekend in california. the lawyer for the miners says he has fielded multiple offer for the film rights to the miners' story and confirmed one of those who approached the miners was mega-star, brad pitt. some of the miners made it clear they want to act in the film version of their story. . >>> a big price and a big lie. a costly scam is playing on a certain age group and it's tough to catch those responsible. >>> applications now being accepted. news on medical marijuana mo

energy investment very seriously. what can investments do? what we see and what the department of energy is investing is are very exciting technologies, a vehicle battery could go around a 500 mile range. a new approach at making biofuels and that could lower the cost. a program that could produce abundant domestic fuel directly from sunlight. we have a road map that says, how can we get solar energy down? that is the magic number. we are now developing plans. at what point do not need subsidies? can you get there? if you can, we will design programs to do that. we need to dramatically reduce storage costs. we need to use supercomputers and supercomputer simulations to skip very expensive design steps. the department of energy laboratories actually designed, for the first time, a diesel engine on the computer, a simulated it, and built it and they did not need another prototype. people were skeptical that could happen. it reduced costs by 50%. we can do this in many other areas. we have introduced to innovative research funding pgrams. one is called advanced research project ag

energy department report, carbon dioxide dropped for the first time in a decade. there's a link between gross domestic product and pollution. dropped 1.3% from 2008 to 2009. also due to factories shutting down and people driving and flying less. >>> the delayed trial for three uc berkeley students charged with spying in iran is set for next year. it was delayed because sarah shourd was released. the three are accused of crossing an unmarked border into iran last year while they were hiking in iraq. yesterday an iranian official says he hopes the case could be resolved before the trial. >>> a man in china survives 80 hours plus inside a pipe. how he ended up there and how crews got him out. >>> a team of american nuclear scientists are raising a red flag about a recent discovery in north korea. ocooer feoel cort eeit t totr r >>> in news of the world tonight: in israel a protest outside benjamin netanyahu's officer in jerusalem. thest has been pushing israel to impose a new building moratorium to draw them back to though negotiating table. in response netanyahu say

the energy department stressed the report found no evidence of agents driving drunk while on duty. the officers developed an alcohol testing program to try to resolve that issue. >>> in cambodia today is another national day of mourning for the hundreds of people killed and injured in a massive stampede. more than almost 400 people almost killed. 755 were hurt. thousands of people fled across a narrow bridge. people were crushed, some trampled, even pushed into the water and still not clear this morning what caused the stampede. it all happened after a festival at an island to celebrate the end of the rainy season. >>> 12 teenagers back home but that's after being stranded in snow for a night. the group of students ran into trouble in the national forest on sunday. now one car broke down. another got stuck in three feet of snow. four of the teenagers who were dressed warmly were able to walk two miles for help. the others remained in the cars until rescuers on snow mobiles arrived the next morning. >>> time now 6:48. sal, we've had crashes, cig alerts, wet roads this morning. how a

the energy department stressed that the report found no evidence of agents driving drunk while on duty. but the office has developed an alcohol testing program to try to resolve the issue. >>> in cambodia today is a national day of mourning for the hundreds of people killed and injured in a massive stampede. 378 people are now dead. 755 injured. thousands of people ran across a narrow bridge where they were crushed, trampled or pushed into the water. it's not clear what caused the stampede but it did happen after a festival on an island to celebrate the end of the rainy season. >>> time now 5:46. the fatal shooting of bart passenger oscar grant led to major changes for the bart police force. one recommendation was for officers to be more visible at trains and bart stations. ktvu news has obtained internal documents to determine how much time bart police spend on these patrols. those records show that most officers work a ten hour shift. on an average they check the platform six times per shift. and according to the records bart officers take even fewer train rides less than three per s

. >>> this mornin the energy department watch dog said government agents hired to drive trucks to drive nuclear weapons sometimes got drunk on the job. two agents were actually detained by police at a bar during a convoy mission. inspector general said it reviewed 16 alcohol-related incidents over three years. it is a potential vulnerability in a critical national security mission. >>> it is now 6:27, 53 degrees. are you heading out of town for thanksgiving? security changes the tsa is now making following your complaints. >>> and a developing story overseas. north korea and south korea fire ♪ ♪ [ dad ] yeah! [ cheers and applause ] [ male announcer ] achievement gets points for living life. earn pnc points r your credit and debit card purchases. ♪ find out more at pnc.com/getpoints. pnc. for the achiever in us all. >>> turbulence following a huge public outcry. the tsa is now tweaking security features. whatou need to know if you're flying this week. good morning. welcome back to news 4. i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome on this thursday, november 23rd, 2010. a live look at 6:30.

energy department shows 16 alcohol related incidents were investigated involving staffers from the office of secure transportation. the results over the two-year period warned of a potential vulnerability. about 600 federal agents transport nuclear materials across the u.s. their job description includes preventing the theft, sabotage or takeover of protected materials. >>> a horrible incident for one family at a laker's game last night. a tragic reality for them. we're going to show you a photograph, a security guard at staples center looking over the ledge of a third story balcony, where a 2-year-old fell to his death. the family with the 2-year-old in a luxury suite when they lost sight of their toddler. the boy was rushed to a hospital but didn't survive. >> say a prayer for the family's sake. it's very very very unfortunate. >> the lakers and staples center have expressed their condolences to the family. the safety barriers at the center were checked today and they are up to code. >>> family members of the two cal grads being held in iran are using the thanksgiving holiday to once ag

energy climate? >> well, let me just say what the department of energy, you know, this is a complicated economic issueartment of energy, as you said, is focusing on is, you know, corn-based ethanol is a good way of getting it going, realizing that americans can drive their vehicles using agriculture-based fuels. but we are primarily focused, as you noted, on developing the new technologies that can supersede ethanol made from starches, sugars, like corn, but we're also focusing on ways that we can actually go beyond ethanol. ethanol is not an ideal transportation fuel. gasoline, jet fuel, mostly kerosene in jet fuel. they don't require changing the infrastructure. one the things we are focusing very much on, how do you take biofuels but make direct substitutes for these fuels that can be stuck and blended in any ratio directly into the gas tank? let me just add because of this, we've actually started some -- four years ago, before my time when i was director of lb & l, three biology research centers on the same rubric of the energy hubs. you say this is your task. come up with dramatically new technol

i am part of a program that the department of energy is involved in an apartment energy is part of the u.s. government and so the medical program provides ongoing monitoring for radiation we gave it as for the people on the lab and you do it if you have one quick test these . but i mean yes birth defects. is about getting ready and it is a classic line of plan and i think you have heard of other people like that even but. i'm not sure if you're familiar with the bear seven report in this report it did say very clearly that there's genetic mutations that are changed biologically by radiation and they've shown it in the plants mice in bacteria so if you follow that through then there probably is genetic things that are transmitted by you know enough radiation a much radiation that takes it didn't comment in there but in your mind you know being a woman would that affect your children i can see from that there are seventy four and i don't know. it's never been showed to see yes but it's also been never shown to see not. mainly by saying of the woman who has these ads many a woman believe

i had done a column about the fact that our energy department and president obama wanted to create eight innovation... energy innovation hubs around america at american universities and research centers to solve the biggest energy problems in the world. a battery... to create battery break throughs, fuels from sunlight break throughs, etc. so the idea was to give these eight research centers $25 million over five years each and for a billion dollars really make a break through in the basic science all across the energy spectrum. so what happens? the congress funded them... said we'll do three, i think they said. and we'll do each one at $12 million. so i was talking to the man who runs the public policy school in singapore about this and i think that only would fund them with $12 million. he said $12 billion. i said no, $million. he said $12 billion? i said no, $12 million. he said the united states of america is only going to fund break through science at $12 million? in singapore we spend a billion dollars to attract bioscience to the united states. you know, steve chu had someone on h

than the department of energy. traditionally, that has been in conventional oil and gas, and we have all been reminded about that with the bp oil spill, and surprise, surprise the department of the interior regulates oil and gas offshore. we also develop oil and gas onshore, and the department of interior manages 20% of the landmass of the united states and with the other major federal landowners ,-com,-com ma we developed the subsurface rights they are, so fully a third of the united states domestic energy supply comes from a third of the man -- landmass which we manage, the oil and gas coal from etc.. and that 50% of the coal mined in the united states comes from the department of the interior land. now the traditional approach has been very traditional. it is all about oil and gas and that certainly was the case with the prior administration, where the unrelenting efforts was in opening up more areas for oil and gas drilling. an approach that the broad new balance to which i would love to talk about a little bit

he's a member of the department of energy, and working in the sectors in the u.s. department of energy, he heads her own firm, he's been intimately involved with libia, and the with oil and gas producers of arabia and the gulf. chairman, randa fahmy hudome. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, dr. anthony, and thank you to the national council for not only sponsoring this seminar on energy, which is your right, is so important with respect to our relations between the u.s. and the arab world, but also for all of the world that the national council does throughout the year. many of you may know about the model arab league and other types of events. but this past year, dr. anthony, in the national council sponsored an event on capitol hill, which was intended by policymakers, the men and women who advise, it was probably one the most enlightening sessions they had. i'd like to quote ambassador al jaber. sometimes it becomes the silly season. right now in the political election season of america here, it's the philly season, but those of us who have to live in washingto

that includes the california energy commission and the department of labour. it is a great partnership. it has been particularly great to have a co-chaire from california edison who has been a great partner leading the effort. doug. [applause] i would like to give you a few details about the california against lighting controls sales training program. it is a really exciting program. we are thrilled to be here. you have heard some things about it from some great sources of information already. it is hard to follow those terrific acts. i will give you a few more details. we will be training and recruiting salespeople in all the major metropolitan areas in california. the people we will be recruiting are unemployed executive sales people. these are sales people who are well experience. they have sold software, corporate jets, commercial real estate, i.t. infrastructure, all kinds of big ticket items and services to ceo's. they really know how to sell already. we will not teach them how to sell. we will teach them about sustainability and energy efficiency. they

the energy department said the watchdog is telling us about it. listen to this.ound 16 alcohol-related incidents involving government agents hired to drive nuclear weapons and components. the two most troubling happened in extended missions while agents check in the local hotels and the vehicles were placed in what's called safe harbor. in 2007, the agent arrested for public intoxication. and last year, two agents were handcuffed and detain bid a police after an incident in a local bar. >>> to zbafrn now where i have to tell you about political uncertainty there today two months after parliamentary elections, 119 candidates have been disqualified. most of them are suspected in connection to fraud with the voting. 25 of the candidates had lock in their seats. a spokesman for thee welcome to recall complaints commission tells us 330 polling places have been declared invalid. >>> next, king abdullah is on his way here to the u.s. for medical treatment. the country's state-run media tells us the king has a herniated spinal disk and blood clots causing him back pain.

the other thing i really like about india, unlike the department energy, the department of agriculture, into your isn't on crosscutting kind of agency. and as such they have to balance that is competing interests. water, recreation, energy production. and i think particularly right now we are in the midst of possibly a major political change in congress, major stresses to our ecosystems, and the need to develop new technologies and energy requires balancing competing interest in the way that injury has, has been four years. so with all those things in mind, i want to talk more about the specifics of solar technology that we're talking about deploying in the mojave. it's different than what you see on your houses, or on at least houses in california, and in germany. so can you just talk about what one of these power plants looks like? >> well, there are several types come as you know, alexis. one or two other projects that we are permitting this fall are the traditional photovoltaic array, albeit at a very large in scale. most of their concentrated solar plants. and either use the parab

the department of energy stacks more than three million cubic feet of studies on radiation the scientists were so fascinated by this research that from one nine hundred forty seven until the seventies they conducted experiments on the american population itself. people were injected was plutonium though some of the leading health institutions in the united states the stated purpose of many of these experiments were to devise ways to protect people from radiation exposure we haven't seen any as far as i could i could recall any really useful information or they came out of these pregnant women who were given radioactive iron to see the metabolism or really right of our body and though children part of it there was a school for supposedly retarded children and a radioactive cereal was fed to these children the president of the health physics society was asked would you give this radioactive cereal to your children and he said of course not and so this is the problem of of places like we're all alone there's travel of immediate us appeared to be intimidated a war what. so that the castle pro

adaptation side we are jointly looking at between the navy, noaa and the air force, also have department of energy and nasa involved, is how do we look at a next generation of weather, ocean, ice coupled prediction model so that by roughly 2020, in about ten years from now, we can predict that system as a couple -- as a whole and really going spanning between weather time frames, say hours to days, out to, say, roughly about two or three decades. because as we're planning for our infrastructure or let's say if you're the port of new york and new jersey, you're planning for your infrastructure. you want to be looking at that. there are for very, very good reasons there are boundaries in the science community between the weather folks, the oceanographers, the climatologists. but if you're a decision maker, if you're running a business or a government agency, you know, with all due respect you don't really care what those boundaries are. you need an answer. and your answers span these time frames. the words of the former directer of the national center for atmospheric research, he said, hey, typicall

in september, the department of energy approved the application of one of those import terminals in sabine pass, texas, to convert to an export facility. it turns out the u.s. still produces plenty of what the world needs. i'm daniel gross. >> susie: that's "nightly business report" for tuesday, november 2nd. i'm susie gharib. good night, everyone, and good night to you, too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie. i'm tom hudson. good night, everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> more information about investing is available in: to order this dvd, call 1-800- play-pbs or visit online at shoppbs.org. >> be more. pbs.

department of energy. he heads her own firm, she's been intimately involved in libya and increasingly with the oil and gas producers of arabia and the gulf. chairman randa fahmy hue done. [applause] >> thank you, dr. anthony, and thank you to the national council for not only sponsoring this seminar on energy which is, you're right, so important with respect to our relations between the u.s. and the arab world, but also for all the work that the national council does throughout the year. many of you may know about the model arab league and other types of events, but this past year dr. anthony and the national council upon sored an event on -- sponsored an event on capitol hill attended by about 200 policymakers, men and women who advise the senators and congressmen, and it was probably one of the most enlightening sessions they had had regarding the issues of energy. i'd like to quote the ambassador yesterday when he said when you talk about energy issues with respect to the u.s. and arab world, sometimes

but i would make it about $740 billion-plus because i add in expenditures for things like the energy department, which is involved in making and maintaining nuclear weapons. and i would say to round it off the pentagon is spending about $750 billion which, as i said before, is almost as much as the rest of the world put together. and the administration, the obama administration is not cutting it -- the pentagon budget is going to be reduced, but county fact is they're planning on increasing it by 1% and % a year for the next five years. host: the next call is from truth or consequence. great name for your town. caller: hi. it seems impossible to me the kind of message that north korea is trying to send to us may be off the mark. more than likely that the message is for their own population. thank you. guest: yeah. this caller raises a question that fascinates me. how do we know what's going on in the north? and he's saying, well, maybe what they're doing, their aggressiveness, they're torpedoing the south korean naval vessel in march, they're attacking this island now, maybe they're doing it fo