the european nuclear research center or simply cern operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world its most celebrated project is the large hadron collider the giant facility built to task fundamental physical theories it's a unique particle accelerator that unites scientists from nearly one hundred countries some seven hundred russians to take part in constructing the collider and many of them continue to work its or. however mr herder thank you for joining us on the show. welcome mr heard rush has started the procedure of joining has an associate member well what are the benefits well first of all for russian scientists of this procedure can you can you tell us please where the benefit is not only for russian scientists the benefit is for russian nationals in general engineers technicians in the administration every there because they can apply for positions at certain limited duration for example and then learn doing science or engineering new technologies in an international environment and then bring this back into that country so this is a big opportunity for rus

up next our interview show spotlights where the director of europe's nuclear research center asked him how helpful russian brainpower could be to the european scientific community. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you don't know i'm charging welcome to the big picture. hello again or welcome to. the interview show on r t i know we're not and today my guest is wrong. russia and europe had reached a new heights in scientific operation if everything goes as planned russia will soon become an associate member of the european organization for nuclear research that sir it means lots of new opportunities for both sides but some obligations to how helpful congression brainpower before the nuclear scientific community and what will the new level of cooperation mean for russian research and for asking the director general of cern mr rove for. the european nuclear research center or simply cern operates the largest particle physics laborato

european organization for nuclear research on thursday announced the results could have been affected by two factors. a lose optical fiber connection between the gps unit and a clock in a malfunctioning clock. last september the international team announced they had detected parols traveling from a laboratory in switzer&to new in italy. many physicists suspected the results were flawed. in a related issue an official of the european organization for nuclear research says the team may have measured the speed of it at a faster rate than they were actually moving. he said the results have attracted such global attention that the team may start a new round of measurements earlier than planned to confirm the controversial results. another experiment will be conducted in may. almost a year after the accident the situation at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant is still serious. this week journalists were allowed inside the plant since the facility has been in a state of cold shutdown. our reporter was there and for today's nuclear watch he's here to tell us his observations. we're goi

controversial nuclear program and get an insight from the iranian students who volunteered to carry out nuclear research. activists in bahrain were targeted with your gas is a mark the first anniversary of a shia led uprising on tuesday despite promises of police reform last year just as before officers responded with force although this time manny of the tactics and weapons came not from behind but from the u.k. all ravenna reports. to gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests were crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdown has been planned by one of britain's former top cops. used to be assistant commissioner of london's metropolitan police he now works for bahrain's moment which says. police reforms the police behavior despicably the trick is to throw cancer tear gas into the homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people have died choking to death to just so use out of doors and i think for the british police officer mr gates is retired to be associated in any wa

as we reported, researchers for nuclear research observed particles moving faster than the speed of lighty were probably wrong. there were two problems. one problem was tracking the nutrino progress. it was bound to be off. the other involved a cable connecting the gps receiver and electronic card in one of the lab computers it was discovered to be loose. sometimes they forget to check that the printer to is connected to the cable before calling the help desk. eric good evening. >> hi, keith. how are you. >> i'm steamed. >> yes, steamed. >> if we could go to the steam planet, if we could get there and manage to cool that water down to something less than 450 could we drink it? >> not only could we drink it, we could swim in it. we could drop the temperature low enough we could condense that atmosphere and turn it into oceans on the planet to supplement whatever is there already. but because it is around the kind of star it is at the distance that it is, only 1.2 million miles away the temperatures are going to stay warm. but if we could make it cooler maybe we could have a nice warm tepid

a uranium enrichment facility, a nuclear research center. of the three places right there. now, keep those up. they said the mission would require warheads of at least 2,000 pounds, along with a bunker of at least 5,000 pounds, you may recall that the united states now for this purpose has been developing a bunker buster bomb of up to 30,000 pounds because a lot of the stuff could be buried deep underground. it's unclear whether the israeli bombs could do the job. they could have secret locations in other places but well, well below the ground. out front, colonel leighton. thanks for taking the time. >> sure, erin. my pleasure. >> looking at the map here, put together, and the possible three key locations that the israelis could bomb. the first question i guess, and the most obvious question, are those really the three right places and the routes? >> those are the three basic routes. as far as the places are concerned, you really have to take a look at a lot of different areas that they have used. when you look at the other places, those are

a uranium enrichment facility, in iraq, heavy water plant, and a nuclear research center.an see all of the three places right there. now, keep those up. they said the mission would require warheads of at least 2,000 pounds, along with a bunker of at least 5,000 pounds, you may recall that the united states now for this purpose has been developing a bunker buster bomb of up to 30,000 pounds because a lot of the stuff could be buried deep underground. it's unclear whether the israeli bombs could do the job. they could have secret locations in other places but well, well below the ground. out front, colonel leighton. thanks for taking the time. >> sure, erin. my pleasure. >> looking at the map here, put together, and the possible three key locations that the israelis could bomb. the first question i guess, and the most obvious question, are those really the three right places and the routes? >> those are the three basic routes. as far as the places are concerned, you really have to take a look at a lot of different areas that they have used. when you look at the other places,

in arak, how that is spelled and then a nuclear research center. keep that up. would like ly require warheads of 2,000 pounds along with a bunker buster bomb of 5,000 pounds. the united states has been prepa preparing a bune ing ing a bunk. iran could have secret locations in other places but significantly well below the ground. good to have you with us, colonel, appreciate you taking the time. >> sure. >> looking at the three locations the israelis could bomb, the first obvious question is, are those really the three right places and are those the three routes? >> those seem to be the basic three routes. as far as places, you have to look at different areas iranians have used. when you look at arak and natanz and esfahan, those they are using for their uranium efforts and there are other sites near the southern part of iran and close to bushir, that may be on a target list for this type of activity. going back to the routes, as far as northern central or southern routes, i do agree the northern route is probably one of the best routes that could be used for us

designed nuclear research reactor. that reactor mainly used for medical purposes but the point of the demonstration at least as they articulate it is if we can do it here what is stopping us from loading similar rods into other reactors with a different purpose? other reactors that people are speculating about. this one buried it inside an impenetrable mountain in iran. good to get you nice and scared for sure. iran now says they have fully enriched uraniuim bunker. in fact just this fall the u.n. nuclear watch dogs warned that iran is closer than ever to developing a nuclear weapon and for that matter a way to launch it. conventional analysis on all of this rhetoric is that the target for such efforts would be israel. israel has openly threatened a preemptive attack. at what threshold a development in iran we don't know. that is really the anxiety that everybody is toying with. leon panetta says washington's interests are aligned with israel calling iran a great concern. we've made very clear that they are not to deve

iran said it began loading home made fuel rods into its nuclear research reactor in tehran. himself who dropped the first rod into place. who else would it be? this morning's announcement clearly out to anger western countries who slapped iran with major sanctions yesterday. that's not all. iran also announcing a plan to cut oil exports to six european countries, mainly those who have come out against its nuclear aspirations. brian? >> brian: you're about to hear terror suspects 911 equal that will be used against him at trial. he's accused of planting a bomb in new york city's subways. he knew the cops were closing in, so he made a last ditch attempt at jihad, calling 911 secretaries before ramming his car into another car on a bridge at 100 miles per hour. listen. >> brian: she played out. he goes on trial next month. >> steve: meanwhile, a warning for women this morning. the f.d.a. has now traced levels of lead in 400 of the nation's most popular brands of lipstick. the worst offenders, l'oreal, maybelline, nars. two lipsticks that exceeded the lead standards, l'oreal col

research and development by 10.8%. and yet yesterday when you were in georgia you announced that there was going to be a new $10 million advanced nuclear innovative cross-cutting research and development for advanced nuclear reactor in fuel cycle technologies. a little inconsistent. one hand asking for a 10.8 million dollar decrease and yet yesterday you said there was going to be new funding. what is this new funding? i didn't quite -- that came out kind of gray. >> okay. so in the first -- i have been very supportive of nuclear since i walked in office. >> i understand that, and i believe, but i also understand you're carrying the add main strimain -- administration's waters. >> in terms of the fuel cycle, we believe that first as was pointed out, that the technologies for fuel recycling today, we don't think are economically viable, and not proliferation resistant. there are other examples of, so this is the purex methods that the u.s. develops and areva uses. as we've seen especially in the japanese experience that's well over budget. they believed a $6 billion, it's north of $22 billion today, still not operational. this is the ra

iran is calling it a major achievement its nuclear program scientists have loaded nuclear fuel rods into the core of a research reactor tehran is fueling its centrifuges with nuclear fuel and that is stoking fears that the rogue state is indeed one step closer to an atomic bomb is this another step potentially on a round road to potentially making nuclear weapons it is certainly a step down the road towards a nuclear weapon escalating nuclear tensions with iran this morning president mahmoud ahmadinejad is shown supposedly loading nuclear fuel rods into the tehran research reactor but it is a huge source of pride for iran but should it be a source of worry for the west iran has blue stick missiles with a range of about one thousand miles obviously putting israel well within reach this is iran doubling down on moving down the path towards a nuclear weapon is this sounding familiar something jogging your memory maybe just rewind about ten years replace nuclear weapons with weapons of mass destruction or place iran with iraq there are quite a few eerie similarities here and i spoke a little while ago with david s

calling it a major achievement and its nuclear program scientists have loaded nuclear fuel rods into the core of a research reactor tehran is fueling it centrifuges with nuclear fuel and that is stoking fears that the rogue state is indeed one step closer to an atomic bomb is this another step potentially on the road and road to potentially making nuclear weapons it is certainly a step down the road towards a nuclear weapon escalating nuclear tensions with iran this morning president mahmoud ahmadinejad is shown supposedly loading nuclear fuel rods into the tehran research reactor but it is a huge source of pride for iran. but should it be a source of worry for the west rand has ballistic missiles with a range of about one thousand miles obviously putting israel well within reach this is a ron doubling down on moving down the path towards a nuclear weapon. so to hear that defiant iran taunting the west the rogue state one step closer doubling down on the path to an atomic bomb should be a source of worry for the west how many ballistic missiles do they have after watching news this morning and hearing all

iran is calling it a major achievement its nuclear program scientists have loaded nuclear fuel rods into the core of a research reactor tehran is fueling its centrifuges with nuclear fuel and that is stoking fears that the rogue state is indeed one step closer to an atomic bomb is this another step potentially on the roans road to potentially making nuclear weapons it is certainly a step down the road towards a nuclear weapon escalating nuclear tensions with iran this morning president mahmoud ahmadinejad is shown supposedly loading nuclear fuel rods into the tehran research reactor it is a huge source of pride for iran but should it be a source of worry for the west or ran as blue state missiles with a range of about one thousand miles obviously putting israel well within reach this is a ron doubling down on moving down the path towards a nuclear weapon. arts that's what we normally see and that was kind of absent today i don't get me wrong there is other iran hoopla there to talk about today we're going to get into that our first interview but i took a moment to zero in on some of the differences that we see

. >>> our lead stories this hour, iran has begun to load domestically made nuclear fuel rods into a research reactor near tehran. the move comes in defiance to toughening western sanctions over the country's controversial nuclear program. iranian president ahmadinejad loaded the rods on wednesday. he said iran has also developed a new centrifuge, which speeds up the enrichment process, but the president stressed the country's activities are only for peaceful purposes. some western states say the enrichment program could be used for military purposes. they've been calling on iran to halt the program or face more economic sanctions. the most recent development is expected to draw a strong reaction from the west and israel. crude oil prices surged in the new york commodity markets on wednesday. this was in reaction to a report from iran's state-run media that the country would stop oil exports to six eu nations. these include greece, italy, and spain. the bench mark wti crude oil futures in new york exceeded $102.54 per barrel for the first time in a month, but the market calmed down after the

nuclear fuel cycle. >> the research center shown here in 2003 was raised later shortly after the u.s.ed iraq. the current nuclear facility in iran include a site that was revealed in 2009 by western intelligence agencies and may have been part of this parallel program. >> we want to say we're not in pursuit of nuclear weapons. >> the supreme leader of iran told the country prepare to address the sanctions. he added i pray for you. the treatment of the inspector shows it has not changed its behavior. >> jennifer griffin, thank you. >> a christian pastor in iran has reportedly been sentenced to death for converting from islam. supporters fear he could be executed at any time. members of congress, secretary of state hillary clinton and leaders in several western nations called for his relief. the wife of former british prime minister denn tony blair s suing rupert murdock's corporation over phone hacking. sherry blair is one of the highest profile people to take action over the scandal. apparently you don't have to be a good neighbor to be a member of congress. we'll explain in the grape

means is that the -- our priorities have been in clean energy, and so the budget of the nuclear physics part of research has been at most flat or down some, so this year we cannot afford the full $50 billion. so what we're doing, and we don't see it at this rate, we don't see being able to do all the things that were proposed in nuclear physic, so we'll probably do a reevaluation of the whole program in the next nine months. >> do you want to -- >> you can -- >> on the $60 million nuclear waste r&d that will align -- the work will align with some of the brc recommendations, can you give us a more detailed breakdown of what kind of work will be done there? if any of that funding is coming from the waste fund? and if any work will also be done administratively that won't require funding? >> well, i'll give you a few examples, and you know, as noted by the blue river commission, let me make one point, that they noted that there is a waste fund, but that waste fund is not directly accessible to the department of energy. it depends on appropriated dollars. so what we have to do is work out of what congress g

iran's president is expected to announce the use of iranian-made nuclear fuel rods at a research reactor. >>> the announcement comes as tensions between iran and the u.s. increase, especially in the strategic strait of hormuz. the strait which is at its closest point only 30 miles across is the passageway for tankers carrying 1/5 of the oil supply. yesterday, several speed boats and an iranian patrol boat sped toward a u.s. navy aircraft carrier as it made a routine patrol run through the strait. iran has warned the u.s. before that it would use force if patrols continue in the strait. the u.s. and europe are now looking to economically cripple iran in an effort to get them to get the country to back down from its nuclear ambitions. >>> congress reached a tentative deal to extend the payroll tax cut through the end of the year. lawmakers are expected to reveal details of the agreement today. and they could send the measure to president obama as early as this week. the tax cut extension would have expired at the end of the month if no deal was in place. that would have taken about $20 a w

iran is claiming that two key achievements have been met in its nuclear research program.ms are embellished and today downplaying that significance. what should be done about it? is military strike an option? mike rogers is a former fbi agent who is now the chairman of the house intelligence community. nice to see you, sir, thanks for talking with us this morning. got a lot to get to. >> nice to see you, thanks for having me. >> when you see pictures coming out of iran with ahmadinejad surrounded by the scientists and there are a couple of options. number one, people have said, listen, iran is overinflating its capabilities. number two, a message being sent. a domestic message and an international message and number three, some of these threats that have been thrown about on state tv there are empty threats. let's walk me through what exactly happened yesterday and what does it mean? >> well, i think what you're seeing is the aftermath of what happens when the sanctions are starting to bite a little bit and what's happening is average iranians can't go down to the bank and

for a two-day visit, the second in three weeks, there to meet with iranian nuclear scientists and visit one military research complex. they will be looking for signs of secret nuclear bunkers underground, but that's something the iranians deny exist. >>> and the spike in gas prices is just one curveball in the presidential race under way which has already seen its share of unexpected twists, including the latest surge from dark horse rick santorum, now leading romney by ten points nationally. the first time he's had double-digit lead. abc's john karl has more on "your voice, your vote." >> reporter: rick santorum ventured into ohio today looking more and more like the front-runner. >> freedom isn't to do whatever you want to do. it's to do what you ought to do. right? >> reporter: and santorum has spent a lot of time lately talking about what people ought and ought not to do. most recently, he's taken aim at insurance coverage for prenatal testing which santorum says leads to more abortions of children with birth defects. >> when they're discovered in the womb, doctors encourage and in some cases almost insi

nuclear program. but on wednesday, president mahmoud ahmadinejad toured a research reactor in tehran as his country bragged about its latest nuclear achievements. it's a move designed to show iran hasn't been crippled by the recent killings of its scientists. u.s. and intelligence officials say iran is at least a year away from building any kind of weapon. iran is also threatening an oil embargo on european countries in retaliation for sanctions. >>> and now, here's a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. a pilot's cell phone may have saved his life after his plane ran out of gas and crashed into the woods in northeastern mississippi. he was pinned upside down inside the wreckage until he was able to find his phone, and he stayed on the line while investigators used cell towers to help track him down. >>> well, some parts of the country are still waiting for winter, in minnesota, the ice is thick enough in some spots to check and see if it's safe. the army corps of engineers did its testing of lake peppin, the biggest lake on the mississippi river, to make sure tow boats can get

idea of just one place where they could start it's called the chemical and metallurgy research replacement nuclear facility and it's located in sunny los alamos new mexico home of the bulk of the u.s. nuclear program and it was approved by the partner of energy a decade ago to build plutonium components for new atomic weapons and it's still in the construction freight that's rated price tag at the time it was approved was three hundred seventy five million dollars the current estimated price tag is five point nine billion dollars it was handy graphic was put together by the project on government oversight was calling on the administration to defund the project in the budget to be released next week let's be honest cost overruns are a standard feature of these kinds of projects we've told you about the unexpected costs of the f. thirty five the f. twenty two amongst many others but this one is just insane from three hundred seventy five million to five point nine billion that's a small or insignificant jump by any means and so just what are these billions of dollars actually get the american taxpay