a third hydrogen explosion had exposed pools of discarded radioactive fuel to the atmosphere. these spent fuel rods were still highly radioactive. if the pools boiled dry, they could catch fire, and the contamination could be even worse than from a reactor meltdown. >> we had some pretty clear indication that there was fuel damage occurring in the spent fuel pools from the lack of water. and as they were worried about japanese citizens, we were worried about american citizens. and we thought, to put all this to rest, put water in there. >> narrator: the japanese prime minister ordered a desperate tactic: dumping water on the spent fuel pools from the air. the first crew to take off knew that soviet pilots who'd done this during the chernobyl nuclear accident had subsequently died of cancer. >> (translated): that morning, before i started the engine, i called my wife. she said, "if someone has to do it, then go and do your best. i am praying for you." so she was supportive. she was crying at the time. i almost cried as well. >> narrator: an earlier reconnaissance mission had be

classified military data he was led by good intentions the prosecution is determined to prove his expose jeopardized american interests. u.k. dependence party delivers a blow to the government conservatives in a closely watched byelection europe sent in to gain momentum. u.s. economies held hostage on capitol hill just hours left for lawmakers time around the. massive budget cuts which launched global finances deep crisis. international as it happens twenty four hours a day this is carrie johnson american army private bradley manning has confessed in court to charges of passing u.s. secret data to wiki leaks he justified his actions stating they were intended to shed light on the ugliest side of washington's foreign policy and the spark of public debate manning though fell short of admitting to tougher charges of aiding the enemy denying that his leaks could have harmed american interests. reports now . he has accepted guilt but makes no apologies for what he did at a pretrial hearing on a maryland military base u.s. army private bradley manning admitted to sharing u.s. classified docume

we are not exposed to individual toxicants in the environment. we're exposed to hundreds and thousands of chemicals in our food, air and water, many of these natural, many of them human-made. so the question is, what happens when we have all of these added together, in varying amounts? many of these chemicals are difficult to escape. they reside in the atmosphere that surrounds us. john peters: for years, there's been a well known set of responses that people get when they breathe southern california-type air pollution. eye irritation, you know, irritation in the chest, cough, things of this sort-- but the real question that i think some of us have been interested in is what does this repeated kind of experience result in, as far as permanent, chronic damage to the lung, or anything else? health officials suspect that air pollution may be a factor in diseases such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and lung cancer. it can also intensify the breathing difficulties people with asthma experience. john peters: if you divide the population into asthmat

they may have been exposed to hiv and hepatitis by their dentist. dr. scott harrington and his tulsa practice a menace to health. some of the investigators who checked out his office left physically sick. this is just shocking, ed lavandera. >> reporter: the allegations leveled here in the state of oklahoma by health officials against the man who runs the dental practice behind me is staggering. tulsa health officials say the sanitation conditions inside this building where dr. scott harrington works as an oral surgeon were horrifying. >> when we left, the investigators were physically sick. and i have seen a lot of bad stuff over the years. >> reporter: the health officials say as many a 7,000 patients in the last six years might have been exposed to hiv as well as hepatitis b and c. health officials say he treated a higher prop lags of patients with those illnesses. when investigators inspected the tools and equipment in the office, what they discovered was disturbing and unsanitary. >> the instruments that came out of the autoclave were horrible. the

he says none of the information he leaked was classified i knew too much truth and expose government illegalities prosecutors charged drake with the espionage act a felony offense that could have sent him to prison for decades we can effectively bring forth hearings particularly questions like yours we cannot advocates for open government as someone that risked everything to expose government abuse drake remains a vocal critic of the n.s.a.'s domestic spying program which has massively expanded in a post nine eleven world drake says the program puts our freedoms in jeopardy the mechanisms are already in place for that type of control and monitoring and some say you're overdramatizing all you have to do is look at what's happening drake speaks at the national press club as part of sunshine week it's a national initiative to highlight the need for open government and watch our group say with the government keeping more and more information private now was the time to bring the issue to the forefront to mark sunshine week the white house says quote sunshine week is about the importance

military data claiming he was led by good intentions but the prosecution is determined to prove his exposéhugely jeopardize american interests. and the u.s. economy is held hostage on capitol hill with just hours left for lawmakers to hammer out a deal to avoid massive budget cuts which could also plunge global finances deeper into crisis. and glitzy on the outside but what blinds me we look at georgian president mikheil saakashvili is building campaign that may have put a gloss on the capital but over a look at people who were meant to benefit. from our studio in central moscow you're watching the tea with me and isa now it's two pm here in the russian capital our top story american a private army private i should say bradley manning has contrasting court to charges of passing u.s. secret data to wiki leaks he justified his actions stating they were intended to shed light on the uglier side of washington's foreign policy and to spark public debate manning though fell short of admitting to tougher charges of aiding the enemy denying that his lease could have harmed american interest in imp

peeling paint, we see windows where the caulking is exposed. typically do you have to paint over caulking or on glazing around windows? or is that snok these windows are grazed -- ok? these windows are glazed. >> the glazing compound doesn't have any u.v. protection. you have to put paint on them to protect them. >> so we see -- >> or they'll crack. >> we see painting coming off where the windows are glazed into the door. so that needs to be painted and maintained as well. i was talking about durblet. this is a new environmental window about 10 years ago. replaced an old wood frame window that was 100 years old. and this 10-year-old window you can see it is damp inside and the reason is that the seal between the two sheets of glass, it's a double-pained glass. the -- paned glass. the seal has failed. you say, i'm going to put double-paned windows in and put environmental windows and save a lot of time and energy and money. it turns out it's in many cases more expensive because the cycle of replacing dual glazing, you have to pull this out and r

also thousands of people potentially expose forced to get tested for deadly diseases all bye because one man, their dentist was reportedly dirty . in minutes waiting to learn the fate of their health. you talking to me? >> you talking to me? >> they are not talking. they are fighting. i am harris faulkner. new threats from north korea it is a state of war south korea and warning that it will shut down the complex that is the latest major symbol of cooperation. the korean war ended in 1953 with a cease fire and not a peace treaty. a difference, a demilitarized zone separates them. u.s. troops are in the south 28,000 and the white house with reaction that talk of war is not constructive and the white house is taking it serious tensions are increasing since north korea new leader kim jong-un ordered a zeries of nuclear testing. it the third such test . it breached the united nations sanctions. our government condemn would that launch and calling it a provocative move . yesterday kim jong-un signing a order putting the missile units on stand by. his plan naming certain u.s. cities as tar

classified military data when he was led by good intentions but the prosecution is determined to prove his exposéusually jeopardized american interests. you can dependents party delivers a blow to the governing conservatives in a closely watched by election europe's sentiment gaining momentum. in the u.s. economy is held hostage on capitol hill just hours left for lawmakers to hammer out a deal to avoid a massive budget cuts which could also plunge global finances deeper into crisis. and i'm carrie johnson you're watching welcome to the program. merican army private bradley manning has confessed in court to charges of passing u.s. secret data to wiki leaks he justified his actions stating they were intended to shed light on the ugliest side of washington's foreign policy and to spark a public debate where manning though fell short of admitting to tougher charges of aiding the enemy denying that he's leaks could have harmed american interests report now now reports. he has accepted guilt but makes no apologies for what he did at a pretrial hearing on a maryland military base u.s. army private brad

run down chair lifts, to exposed metal poles. nick can find it.a former ski patroller and expert witness against the industry. >> you need to give the people the information they need. >> reporter: he led a team of researchers who made unannounced visits to every california ski area. his findings became the basis for this safety report card by the california ski and snowboard safety organization. the group gave areas grades from a b to an f. >> it was put together on a single day. >> reporter: the lowest gray in lake tahoe, a d given to donner ski ravage. the ski area declined to speak to us. boreal also received low marshals for snow making equipment along the slopes. >> there were minor padding issues. >> reporter: john slaughter of boreal says that ski areas do all they can to make sure customers are safe by reevaluating procedures. >> once an accident occurs to know what it will take to correct the situation. >> do you release that information? >> we do not? >> wlie? >> it's company policy. >> we don't have good enough information to understan

we'll have more on the other side and ann koult jer here as we expose other examples of how the obama white house obstructed the freedom of the press and congressman keith ellison responded to our heated conversations and takes another shot at me because i questioned his ties to the nation of islam and that means louis farrakhan. we're going to investigate his radical background coming up. with the spark cash card from capital one... boris earns unlimited rewards for his small business. can i get the smith contract, ease? thank you. that's three new paper shredders. [ boris ] put 'em on my spark card. [ garth ] boris' small business earns 2% cash back on every pchase every day. great businesses deserve unlimited rewards. read back the chicken's testimony, please. "buk, buk, bukka!" [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase every day. told you i'd get half. what's in your walle by the armful? by the barrelful? e carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition,

documents on my website i'm getting to read expose how the f.b.i. is considered terrorism prosecutions. for investigators for people that are just documenting these animal welfare violations and what are they trying so hard to cover up i mean what are some instances of the most egregious cruelty or cases that we've seen that really wouldn't be known if it weren't for this type of it's going to go on investigation after investigation we've seen isolated cases like workers beating turkey is with metal pipes but we've also seen systemic animal welfare violations i mean we're seeing standard industry practices and that's what these legislation is really all about things like just station crates which are industry norms that keep a small units that they can't turn around for their entire lives battery cages these kind of standard industry procedures that factory farms don't want you to know about unbelievable. how is this happening i mean it seems like you just said ten just this year i mean this is a huge effort here you said alec which of course seems

why some want to expose secret corners in the nation's food supply are being called terrorists in the halls of power. >>> and heromakers. on i aboard, rock or bike this mini camera will make you look like a superstar. tonight we meet the man behind a video revolution. keep it right here, america. "nightline" is back in just 50 seco from new york city, this is "nightline" with bill weir. >> thanks for staying with us tonight. you know, a few terms lay bare the generation gap in our society like the two words spring break. for millions those words inspire giddy visions of tan cream and beer bongs and coming of age liberty all set to a technobeat. and for their parents, well, those wistful memories can quickly turn to horror just by imagining their precious baby doing shots at a foam party in mexico. with spring break 2013 upon us, abc's juju chang goes in search of a reality check. >> it's the annual pilgrimage, millions of spring breakers migrating to beaches all over the world. videos all over youtube show the party is fueled by booze, bikinis and sex. the new movie "spring breakers i

and development is a term almost as commonly used you need government money you know do i think exposing n.g.o.s is the agents and governments for you know could i you know listen if i want to play my noam chomsky card i could say you know solving the aids crisis in africa for some people means you have more consumers divide g.m. products you know it is that kind of all true left stuff interests me not a whit i'm interested in what can be done about aids in africa and you know the fact that big develop. and geos take money from government does not seem to me something that should be the main focus of our attention let alone of our indignation. is there the right attention right now for development because a lot of people say it's the expense of other things the development strategy of today is not positive not strong enough global justice should be applied those kinds of ideas. i think that's a political question i was ok. yeah and what how you developed countries is also very political whether aid is a good idea to help countries develop or whether free market mechanisms should be at pl

i'm sure with 7,000 plus people being possibly exposed to this, it will just be crazy.it will just be madness. i do plan on getting tested as well as my mother, my uncle and my cousin were all exposed to this as well. we all went to this doctor. >> does it make you angry, the fact that your own health might be at risk here? >> yeah, for sure. that's the last thing in the world that you are going to think going in to get your wisdom teeth out that you are going to be exposed to hiv or hepatitis. that's something that never would have crossed my mind in a million years. >> how is your family reacting to this? they must be very worried as well? >> yeah, yeah. we are all very concerned and apprehensive. we just don't know until we do get tested whether or not. it is just one of those things. we are all very, very concerned. >> you say the dentist was a nice guy. he treated you well. do you have anything to say to him? we've been trying to reach him. nobody can get ahold of him. do you have anything you would like to say to the dentist? >> yeah, why? why would you let these

kukchi heard a roar it and tell the ocean floor was exposed. we have to get out of here but his father did not move. the roar intensified a white wine appeared at the horizon and the wave was coming fast. as kukchi climbed up to get his father, the water came and his father shook his head. one last look then the fisherman jumped off when he turned back his father was gone. he chose to stay and in the second i accepted it and thought it would be the same for me. water tower over him he sought a 9-ton squid boat swinging and shattering. the waves swept and into the river that swept the town in half. he climbed onto a metal roof but though water pulled him out to sea. the water was black with diesel, guest, which, a dirt, mud, and kukchi thrashed around. there was another wave coming. water covered him again and he sought a rope dangling. i barely got to the pillar before the ocean dragged me back so i grabbed it. my lover have was submerged by kept holding on as the water drew away my legs were pulled out i was floating on the back progress first

we're going to go to tulsa, oklahoma to find out how 7,000 patients may have been exposed to hiv and help pie tis. >> reporter: health investigators are issuing -- and hepatitis. >> reporter: health investigators are issuing warnings to those patients who have come here to this dentist and that they need to get tested quickly. all of this happening after

you say that the finish of the concrete slab can be exposed? >> in our building that is the case. >> that would mean you have exposed footings? >> the utilities, they are stealing the utilities, is that right? -- they are ceiling utilities, is that right? >> i am with the associated architects. within the dwelling units, which are not air-conditioned, the concrete ceiling is typically exposed. in most public areas, which may be heated and cooled with forced air, that is where you get the dropped ceiling. also, corridors and public areas. >> the dwelling units do not have air-conditioning? >> they do not. they have heating but not air conditioning. >> do they have outside air? >> absolutely, they have windows and they also have a system called z-duct, which provides for a share even when the windows are closed. >> one of the reasons they have the systems, ever since 1974, chapter 12-day of the building code requires that you have sound transmission isolation between dwelling units so they cannot hear their neighbors, and between the residential

changes, a demand for more transparency at the silicon valley restaurants, major flaws have been exposed. >> reporter: right now, silicon valley restaurants are not graded or scored and they don't have to publicly post their inspection reports. last month, we uncovered how the system and restaurants are failing to provide diners with clear information. today, the board agreed. calling for major change. >> is there any sort of shorthand way for people to make an assessment of the relative cleanliness and healthiness of a particular location? >> reporter: the answer is no, which is why the department of environmental health sat before the board of supervisors today, to set ways to correct the system. >> the hope is that if we do this right we'll end up with restaurants and other food service establishments that are safer places for members of the public to go. >> reporter: it comes after our investigation last month exposed problems with the system. like the county's website. the inspection information lacked detail and context. making it virtually useless. so today, the board voted. >> al

and woodward exposed the watergate scandal in the the 1970's that ultimately led to president nixon's resignation and this is the journalist that the white house is now trying to discredit. ultimately in the end the obama administration are going to be the ones regret picking this fight. and joining me is the author of the price of politics" one and only bob woodward. bob as always, welcome back to the program. >> thank you, thank you. >> sean: let's start at the beginning. tell us about the conversation. >> with gene sperling? >> yes. >> yeah, i mean, it was the half hour in which he was shouting at me. now, i've known him for 20 years and he e-mailed back don't i don't worry about shouts, but he was really worked up and, and then he sent me that e-mail apologizing and you know, saying i'm going to regret taking this stand. now, what we're talking about here is not a fact. he's not arguing with a fact because beforehand he said we're just not going to see eye to eye on this. it's an interpretation. obviously, he didn't like being challenged on this at all. but you know, people have s

suddenly being told you may have been exposed to a potentially deadly disease. scores of people lined up outside a tulsa health clinic to get tested for hiv and hepatitis. they were told to do so after oklahoma dental board investigators found what they called horrific conditions at a dental office. reporter shelby lynn tells us the investigation started after a patient contracted hepatitis c.. >> reporter: it's a nightmare she never expected. >> if i get sick, like i could be sick for a long time. you know. and i just -- you know, it just freaks me out a little knowing that this could kill me. >> reporter: a few hundred oklahoma dental patients like marissa smith lined up for hiv and hepatitis tests on saturday. all because of investigation found unsanitary conditions at tulsa dentist w. scott harrington's office. this mother and son say he had his wisdom teeth removed by harrington last year. >> i'm scared. i am scared. i spent up all night last night, now we gist have to wait -- just have to sit and wait and that part is going to be the hardest part is the wa

young women are less likely to be socialized to consider politics as a career, they are exposed to lessolitical information and see fewer political discussions, and they think they are less qualified to hold public office. >> congresswoman norton, why aren't young women moving backyards rather than forwards in this regard? perplexing, bonnie, but today's well-educated women seem to be looking for serious problem-solving professions, and politics in america may n fit that description. [ laughter ] >> you're in agreement. i've often said that i think that women are faced with so many wonderful opportunities today that they have different choices but i actually just stumbled upon some research from the university of pittsburgh that found i think it has a lot more doo to do with the modern campaign than anythingels. >> the truth is in a democracy we have to have equal representation so even if politics stink, we have to have people who hold their noses and go for it, and the big problem for women is girls don'tee themselves in those roles, and the major finding of this study is there's a 20

. >> and modeling and exposed to a wider world. tell us about one of your students?ink, i think for us the key is to talk about first exposure and then education and then having the expectations and recently, was talking with a student and we were talking about when i first started working with her and a group of other girls that lived in public housing. >> how old is she? >> she's two. >> -- she's 22. >> oh, my god. >> and she would not necessarily be my greatest story and that idea is we started with her that summer. they had tremendous violence in her neighbor. every night, we went out to dinner and did things and went home. i felt like every night, stepping over caution tape. there was a new murder or new shooting. >> uh-huh. >> and show struggled for years and finally finished, went back and got her ged is going to college and said to me the other day, i appreciate the opportunity to stay connected and for someone to help me focus on breaking the cycle. that is one account. others are, we had a student in the same housing development that is now a freshman at no

how did you feel about the children exposed to radiation and what will happen to them? that would be a whole new level of consciousness in historic memory. >> some children have been sent farther north, farther west and a sort of boarding school type of situation. a man i know who owns the patagonian of japan build a sustainable housing further north for children from the fukushima area. when you go to the kurdish restores food is labeled where it's been grown or harvested so sadly the cheapest food is the food that's the most radiated but this is market economy of the world. but you do have a choice coming and we were also very careful. no fish or meat. we ate vegetables and rice from the previous year of harvesting but it's a terrible problem. >> thank for your readings which were quite beautiful. you said he visited three times on three different trips and i wonder if you detected any changes in attitudes or feelings or emotions come frustration levels and then if you could apply that to yourself, with your thinking or incites. >> wonderful question. yes, in june the

it exposed seven months of no action.en-month delay. >> help the taxpayers help the people that fly in and out of your airport understand how three years later this isn't finished. >> well, i don't think that's one of the finer aspects of government, surely we would have all liked to have gotten it done sooner. >> the faa declined multiple requests by nbc bay area to explain that 3-year delay to you in front of our camera, choosing instead to issue a written statement. the faa's written response included the time it takes to complete an audit is not really relevant. if we determine that money needs to be repaid we will ensure all of the improperly diverted revenue is repaid. >> baggage for southwest flight 3132. >> the faa has absolutely dropped the ball here. >> may be picked up at claim b-2. >> there's room to improve here, hopefully future audits won't go on for three years. >> san jose international airport. >> the city of san jose and the faa have not reached an agreement. that's three years of your tax dollars fundi

. >> new developments after the investigative unit exposed problems at the agency that is supposed toct us from poison in our air, water and soil. >> at least three state senators are now demanding an independent investigation into the department of toxic substances control after seeing our initial report. the investigative report vicky is learning the top staffers may have a conflict of interest. >> we obtained these financial statements for the highest paid administrators at the department. we've found several have held significant investments in the companies they're supposed to regulate. including ge, shell and chevron. when a pipe burst in richmond last august, flame shot into the sky for hours. thousands of people went to the hospital complaining of lung and eye irritation. >> i'm breathing in. it hurts to breathe out it hurts worse. >> reporter: in response to the public outcry, they posted this letter on its website saying, protect peel's health and their environment. but now many are questioning just how well the department can do that when its top deputy director is a chevro

the president spoken out a few minutes surveils with a lot more to say much because his head exposing more of those bank has dug secrets . i've got a lot of messages from our t.v. viewers who are very concerned about drones living under skynet is not the american way and many are concerned about their safety and privacy congressman ted poe has introduced a bill that may address some people's concerns about drones this bill is the preserving american privacy act what's clear if i see how the government can use these trolls so basically the act as bureaucracy to drone usage in order to restrict it in theory protecting people's privacy the thing is that one side is arguing for drone usage and the other side for bureaucratic restricted drone usage but what about not using drones to spy on americans ever no drones should be used on american terror.

troops firing and on and killing unarmed civilians now manning exposed this but yet he faces charges that could see him and he looked away in a minute to prison thing is waiting for life now given the nature of what was explain his do you think his potential punishment would be disproportionate you know person a guy is a hero look at he exposed whether it was an iraqi or with what you just referred to the collateral murder video when he saw that video he said he couldn't believe what he heard the people who were doing the shooting from the helicopter the london must've been when they saw a man crawling along the ground with probably been wounded they were praying that the guy would pick up a gun so they could murder i mean it's like he was really disturbed so if you ask me what i think ought to happen i think bradley manning should be a hero i think in ten or twenty or some number of years we were recognized that he was a whistleblower like daniel ellsberg revealed the pentagon papers and he is someone who should be a hero because he really did an amazing i mean what i think we can n

and we were porch here in the country and you're trying to have a long way to go to heal the wounds exposed by the war at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. this was the freedom they brought shock and bombs over baghdad what the pentagon billed as a quick war to liberate iraq turned into a prolonged nightmare. ten years of bloodshed war occupation and deadly sectarian strife drained by afghanistan exhausted by iraq from washington the battle is over after a decade of war that's cost us thousands of lives and over a trillion dollars. nation we need to build it is our aim but what if the nation they left behind. we are not happy to have biggest regret the iraqi people have destroyed and the infrastructure is devastated the country is ruined. these graves are a visual reminder of a decade of human strife almost everyone in this country. he has lost somebody whom they love no one knows exactly how many iraqis have been killed since the invasion and estimates range fro

to prosecute officials connected with torture or expose classified information they really have no power to do anything if you haven't noticed the u.n. is very happy to section and punish certain countries birdie if you out there naive enough to think that they'll sanction the usa or send a peacekeeping mission to stop the human rights violators in washington not a chance the un really has no business meddling in the affairs of sovereign countries but they do it all the time but there is a zero percent chance that the un will stand up to the bad behavior from the u.s. government no matter how much it's investigators whine and plead and beg but that's just my opinion. this continues now on our team we turn to one of our top stories this hour china getting a new leader xi jinping will push ahead with increase military spending and the battle with the u.s. for influence of the region well for more on that let's now cross live to china expert martin jenks he wrote the book when china rules the world the end of the western world in the birth of a new global order we tried to check and chat a

but authorities are now concerned that he may have exposed thousands of patients to potentially deadly infections. >> the instruments that came out of the autoclave were horrible. i wouldn't let my nephews play with them out in the dirt. they were horrible. they had rust on them. >> reporter: authorities say letters will be sent tomorrow to 7,000 patients, recommending they be tested immediately for hepatitis b, hepatitis c, and hiv. they started investigating after a patient with no other known risk factors tested positive for hiv and hepatitis c.

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had the a very sophisticated analysis of why he had to do it as a duty to his fellow americans to expose what their government was doing in their name which was illegal and causing harm around the world so all credit to him he's a modern hero one of the most shocking revelations was the so-called collateral damage video it shows us helicopter attack of two thousand and seven which targeted civilians including children and journalists didn't actually get enough response apart from that of human rights activists well it was unfortunate because this was the big story that really thrust wiki leaks into the public consciousness and a lot of the common field who is focused very much all of the new shy around the attacks and what people seem to forget at the time was this this really this film this happened in two thousand and seven and for years the families of the victims both the reuters journalists and the traumatized iraqi families pushed the pentagon to find out what has happened in u.s. attack and then can live for years saying that there was no video they couldn't answer they didn't kno