and by the frontline journalism fund, with a grant from millicent bell through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. major funding for this program is provided by the alfred p. sloan foundation, supporting public understanding of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. >> o'brien: passed. there's something that's both scary and awesome about nuclear energy. >> it will you give the rate at which you're receiving radiation as well as how much you've accumulated. >> o'brien: oh, i see. thanks to the magic of nuclear fission, this plant, indian point, generates about a quarter of new york city's electricity with no greenhouse gases or air pollution. but the reality is indian poins nuclear technology is not cutting edge; it's old. >> so this is one of three emergency diesel generators. >> o'brien: the two working reactors here came on line some 40 years ago. it looks like an locomotive engine. westinghouse makes those, so i guess that makes sense. how many of these do you have, first of all? old as the plant is, indian point's owner, entergy, wants to run it for another 20 year

and by the frontline journalism fund, with a grant from millicent bell through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. >> bergman: we all die, two and a half million americans every year. sometimes, the cause of death is no surprise. sometimes, death comes suddenly-- from accidents, heart attacks, homicides. there are medical experts whose job it is to figure out why and how people die. they are called forensic pathologists or medical examiners, and they perform the postmortem, the autopsy, your last physical exam. ( saw buzzing ) one of the leading forensic pathologists in america is dr. marcella fierro. >> when i was treating live patients, i spoke with them. and when i have dead patients, i talk to them, too. >> bergman: but they don't talk back. >> they talk back to me with their physical findings and with their pathology. i ask them, "tell me your story." >> bergman: as you're cutting them up. >> i don't think of it as cutting them up. i think of it as examining their tissues, examining their injuries. i do my examination, and they do tell me their story. >> bergman: forensic pat

millicent west resigned yesterday. harry thomas pleaded guilty for theft in relation to that money and she has not been charged but she does not want to be a distraction among the ongoing probe the. wssc customers will speak out about a proposed rate hike. want to raise water and sewer rights by -- rates by 7.5%. there will be a public hearing tonight. there will be another hearing in rockville for you tomorrow night the nation's leading breast cancer charity susan g. komen, is hoping its partnership with planned parenthood affiliates will sparked an outcry from the washington rights advocate. they say is about the new guidelines that bar it from funding organizations under congressional investigation. it will mean a cut off of hundreds of thousands of dollars of grants mainly for breast exams. mitt romney win's florida by double digits. >> what is next for this once again front runner and his republican rivals? josh gerstein is with us. >> he gets all the delegates from that state but we have only had around 5% of the

millicent west says she is leaving because of current distraction.is apparently more fallout from the corruption investigation into harry thomas, jr. west used to oversee the d.c. investment and youth trust corporation. ion. >>> more talk about gas taxes this morning. first, maryland governor martin o'malley. and now virginia governor bob mcdonnell is chiming in. >> does he want to raise the state's gas tax in we'll get the answer coming up next -- does he want to raise the state's gas tax? we'll get the answer coming up next. >>> we'll have a look at your weather and julie wright will have your traffic coming up after the break.  people really love snapshot from progressive, but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. i was worried it would be hard to install. but it's really easy. the better i drive, the more i save. i wish our company had something this cool. yeah. you're not... filming this, are you? aw! camera shy. snapshot f

millicent west says her decision is because of, quote, current distractions. this has to do with the corruption investigation involving former ward 5 councilmember harry thomas, jr. west used to be president of the d.c. children and youth invest trust corporation. thomas recently pleaded guilty to stealing more than $350,000 in city money. some of that money came from the children and youth trust. west has not been charged with the crime. she says her decision to step down was in the best interests of the city. >>> some overfight police action at macpherson square. it is unclear how this is related to the park service cracking down on the camping down at macpherson square. a u.s. district judge ruled that the u.s. government must notify protests are prior to eviction. he also said the protests are will have a chance to test plan. >>> it is first day of february and all the first day of black history month. >> we'll have an update to the new smithsonian museum chronicling the struggles and culture of african-americans. >>> another taste of spring in store for t