my film "countdown to 0," about nuclear weapons, i thought it would cheer myself up because with nagasakii thought i should go to japan, but it was difficult, said work. so i wanted to see the cherry blossoms, and i had been thinking about making a film about the cherry blossoms when the tsunami hit, and then they postponed the release of "countdown to 0." the idea kept going in my head. this was a time that japan needs people to go there and listen to the people. what are they going through? what is it like for them? what do they need? do they need encouragement put into they need support? the cherry blossom image, it was sort of a fleeting, fragile life. the japanese were celebrating. where you go out in a spring evening and you luck and reflect on precious life. i thought it was very beautiful. reflecting on precious life. very tragic. i kept thinking that maybe this is a film that is much more. maybe this was a story. that i am ready to tell. when i got there, i was not sure if people were going to want to talk to me. japanese. people wanted to share their story. they were really touc

after the united states dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki in 1945, tens of thousands died of radiation sickness and cancers. yet now japan's prime minister felt he had no choice but to authorize the deliberate release of radioactivity. >> narrator: but there was something tepco wasn't telling the prime minister: the company had never imagined they might have to vent a reactor without electricity. they didn't know how to do it. >> (translated): the venting valves are driven by motors. so without electricity, they won't open. it's possible to open them manually, but really difficult. >> narrator: in the darkness of the reactor one control room, the workers pored over blueprints to try to work out how to open the vents. the handwritten plant logs show that radiation levels were now rising. >> (translated): to see those kinds of numbers would normally be unthinkable. and this isn't inside the reactor itself. it's in the office. it was a disaster. >> narrator: the engineers suspected something that the prime minister and tepco would not acknowledge for months: nuclear meltdown

i don't think the united states would nuke nagasaki or he regime of these days.bly not going to play well. we will go through a filthy and conclusive land war for years on end well, for long it takes. that becomes a great problem when you are perceived as having a huge advantage in weaponry but lacking the will and strategic clarity. when scott makes his point about what things are like when the united states in post prosper united states, we talk about overlapping zip code, people retreating into the shadows of the personal away so-called undocumented americans do these days, i happen to be a legal if cumin slam documented -- i think i know the document and frankly enjoy living in the shadows as opposed to living in the glare of the irs and all rest of it. i think we will see a great increase in that and you will start to see -- calling from phoenix or tucson -- if you go south of tucson is fascinating. there is a sign -- you see signs saying proceed farther at your own risk on united states interstates the risk the united states no longer runs. you will see tha

nearly $50 billion on rebuilding, the largest such project since the reconstruction of hiroshima and nagasakiear. josh. >> let's get weather from sam. >> and advice this morning is put your hands on a winter coat. that's right, a winter coat. over the weekend, we got a shot of air the way it should be. this time of year in february. it looks like chicago's actual temperature, 17 degree, windchills about 10. washington, d.c., actual temperatures at 25, feels like 18 with the wind. 19 in new york city. 24 in memphis. so the cold air is there. into the deep south, this continues into monday from a chi chilly weekend into monday. there are frost warnings and advisories, and then even a little snow on the board as everything should be. but a light show, generally 3 to 4 inches of snow in the solution area. chicagoland if you get snow today maybe about 1 to 2, maybe. >> all that weather on the board that little taste of winter weather was brought to you by the mercedes-benz e-class, robin. >> we were watching the grammys last night -- the moment? >> adele. that voice. you were worried for a moment

billion on rebuilding, the largest such project since the reconstruction of hiroshima and nagasa nagasaki's get weather from sam. >> and advice this morning is put your hands on a winter coat. that's right, a winter coat. over the weekend, we got a shot of air the way it should be. chicago at 17 degrees, windchill at 10. washington, d.c., actual temperatures at 25, feels like 18 with the wind. 19 in new york city. 24 in memphis. so the cold air is there. into the deep south, this continuing monday with chilly air. orlando and jacksonville at 24. there are advisories out for the part of the central florida. even snow on the board. but it's a light snow, generally 2 to 4 inches of snow. chicagoland if you're getting snow today, probably about 1 to 2 maybe. the sunrise at 7:00 02 a.m. 25 degrees downtown, it is a work week and 16 in manassas. the midn our way to 40's with sunshine and tonight withouds of light snow tomorrow, maybe a dusting west of the blue ridge. >> all that weather on the board that little taste of winter weather was brought to you by the mercedes-benz e-class, robin. >> w

billion on rebuilding, the largest such project since the reconstruction of hiroshima and nagasa nagasaki's get weather from sam. >> and advice this morning is put your hands on a winter coat. that's right, a winter coat. over the weekend, we got a shot of air the way it should be. chicago at 17 degrees, windchill at 10. washington, d.c., actual temperatures at 25, feels like 18 with the wind. 19 in new york city. 24 in memphis. so the cold air is there. into the deep south, this continuing monday with chilly air. orlando and jacksonville at 24. there are advisories out for the part of the central florida. even snow on the board. but it's a light snow, generally 2 to 4 inches of snow. chicagoland if you're getting snow today, probably about 1 to 2 maybe. i'm lynette charles. dealing with cold temperatures this morning, coming in the 20s, we have a westerly breeze making it feel like we are in the teens as we go in to the afternoon, and temperatures in the 40s, feeling chillier for today. by tomorrow, we have a chance for snow the morning, switching to rain for valentines day and by wednes

i don't think the united states would nuke, would nuke hiroshima and nagasaki these days. they would say, well, it's probably not going to play well, we'd be better off to slog our way through a filthy and inconclusive land war for how however long it takes. and i think that becomes a great problem when you're perceived as having this huge advantage in weaponry, but lacking the will and the strategic clarity. when scott makes his point about what things are like when the united states in a post-prosperity united states, we were talking about overlapping zip codes, people retreating into the shadows in a way so-called undocumented americans do these days. i'm, i happen to be a legal immigrant, so i'm documented to the hilt. i think i'm overdocumented. and i would greatly enjoy -- [laughter] living in the shadows as opposed to living in the klieg-like glare of the irs and all the rest of it. so i'm not, i think we're going to see a great increase in that, and i think you will start to see day -- if you go, scott was calling from phoenix or tucson? >> host: tucson. >> guest: