well for more, we're joined here in new york by nancy vann, president of safe energy rights group andember of resist aim. she's a resident of peekskill, new york, and she just left the newly launched blockade of the aim pipeline. nancy, welcome to democracy now! the significance of this pipeline being next to this nuclear power plant and then friends of the earth filing this complaint? >> the pipeline is dangerous enough on its own. we anticipate a blast radius from a rupture would be between 800 to 1000 feet. it runs within about 105 feet of the switch yard that supplies all of the power to indian point to keep the cores cool. goes out,er there's a backup generator. the pipeline will run 115 feet from the fuel that wouldfuel those backup generators. any rupture of this pipeline would completely obliterate really critical safety structures at indian point. juan: white of public officials allow this-to be built in the first place? governor cuomo, for instance, is a known opponent of the indian point nuclear power plant and wants to close it down. why haven't they step forward on this i