the official advice is to stay where you are. their shock of the to the earthquake. many people just want to go home. -- there is shock in the wake of the earthquake. >> there was another large quake in the north. the country is trying to assess the immense damage that the tectonic movement can inflict. >> we got the latest from the red cross's work that is just beginning in the northeast of the country. >> they joined the disaster management team in a government building and they are making all of the officials of parliament and representatives of the companies. they say that they cannot get a hold of -- >> have a spoken to you about buildings that are still standing? are there indeed any buildings still standing? are there any that are still habitable where people can live? >> yes, in sendai city, the buildings are fine. there are some that are damaged. there are still buildings that are okay to work in. >> you have had details of the water supply. is it still working? >> i am not sure about that for the people affected. >> how about the number of people directly a

all trains have been suspended. 9 official advice is to stay where you are. but after the shock of this afternoon's earthquake, many people just want to get home. >> dawn has already broke enin japan. -- broken in japan. there was another large aftershock earthquake in the north. now it is time to assess the damage that this earthquake can inflict. >> and japan authorities have declared a nuclear emergency and evacuated people in a 10-mile radius from the fukushima number one plant, about 250 kilometers north of greater tokyo. that is a point of view backed up by this professor. >> there has been exhaust being let out, but as i said earlier, the racket -- reactor itself is not leaking. it's containment vessel or the building after containing the containment vessel may have suffered some damage and that is raising the radioactivity levels outside of their containment vessel. so people within a 10-kilometer radius will be evacuated. >> do you have any advice to them? >> well, the levels being monitored right now will not have adverse effect on the human body. t

and as for official advice on what to do, it really depends on what country you're from. the u.s.tion is that all americans, including the 80,000-plus troops that are stationed here should stay at least 50 miles away from the damaged reactor. but that's more than twice as far as the official japanese no-go zone. now, while many of our colleagues are basing more than 150 miles away to cover this story, i'm going to catch a scheduled flight back to the states. and i've got to say i'm conflicted about leaving this major story. but also, relieved to be getting out of the danger zone. fears of radiation exposure sparked runs on food and other supplies in the affected areas. this woman says she has no gas, no heat and no matter how long the line, all she can do is wait. with over 4,300 officially dead, more than 10,000 missing, rescuers continue searching through debris, pulling bodies from the wreckage. makeshift morgues like this one have been set up. family members like this woman, searching for her nephew, continue looking, hopeful for any signs of survival. but with the landscape s

certainly the advice at the moment is simply -- the official advice from the japanese government is thathin the 20 kilometer zone, you need to leave and if you're between 20 and 30 kilometers, you need to stay indoors, but that's still a long way away from tokyo and they haven't given different advice to the capital city as yet. >> many thanks, indeed, reporting live from tokyo. with nuclear concerns rising in the coastal area near the quake's epicenter, the scale of the disaster is still coming to light. the death toll is expected to rise well above 10,000 and at least half a million have been left homeless. one of the areas most affected is that around sendai and it's from there that our correspondent filed this report. >> the road to uriaki, a journey to a place no longer there. once a pleasant fishing port is now gone. heading into, more than teams from all over japan but there's little for them to find except bodies. >> people used to come here to rent bicycles and cycle along the seaside, but at 2:46 on friday afternoon, the town was wiped from the map. >> live footage as the tsuna

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here's the officials with their advice is areas west of highway-one to move east of the highway, lindas to go to the ease of adobe drive, east of coronado street. as a precaution, evacuation centers are being established. it kicks in because there is a tsunami warning. the evacuation centers are listed on your screen. as far as we know here in the bay area, we are emphasizing exactly what we can see, mostly we expect to see surf braves and the water being at high tide >> mark: level. we are bay area beaches of keeping an eye on things. will? >> will: people who live here say the waves look exactly like they did yesterday. if the authorities there and you're not taking any chances. you can see them putting the yellow tape there. just making sure that there is no public access to the beach. not just here but all beaches in pacifica. in fact they have cut off access to the neighborhoods unless you live here they will not lead to down here. the reason why we're here is because they want us to get the word air, if you're thinking of a coming back to pacifica to look at the beaches, the wave

-- so you have to be extraordinarily careful if you go down there at all, best advice let us handle it, let the officials handle it and we will make sure you see everything worth seeing. >> tom, we have gotten a quote from a senior science advisor there that the quake ruptured a path of the earth's crust 150 miles location and 50 miles across. i don't know if you could help put that in perspective for us about how significant that is. >> reporter: well, that would be an earthquake about halfway to los angeles. you would be getting halfway to los angeles. and this happens in a short period of time, about two minutes or so. so what happens is you keep getting these infusions of more and more energy, more and more of this rumbling but what keeps pounding away at the ocean, as that displaces land underneath the ocean that land, if it comes up or goes down, then the water above it has to fill in that void or get out of that space created and that is what starts the whole wave thing going. as it continues to move forward it is not like the ocean is one temperature, one homo genius kind of thing. there are vari

officials say the levels are too small to threaten people there. the japanese government has reached out to the u.s. for nuclear advice. so, eight more experts from the nuclear regulatory commission are now on their way to japan to try to help. rob and peggy? >> emily schmidt, thank you for that report. >>> and japanese officials dealing with the nuclear crisis are, quote, freaked out. that's according to one u.s. counterpart. >> that's putting it mildly. abc's akiko fujita joins us from narita, japan. so, how are the japanese people dealing with news of the leak? >> reporter: what we're seeing out in the stores is any indication, not dealing with it very well. we've heard of panic buying, even in tokyo, which you just heard is 170 miles south of the reactor. we have heard reports of stores being sold out of radios, flashlights, candles, fuel cans. essentially any emergency materials. we've also heard of grocery stores, their shelves being cleared. keep in mind that food and water was already in short supply immediately after the quake hit. people went out to the stores to stock up. now, with reports of the explosion to

becker joined the sec in 2009 he notified the officials about his inheritance and when the issue is a rose that led to his inheritance. he sought advice from the sec officials and received clearance to proceed. some have suggested mr. becker may have benefited financially from the leader decisions but it appears that the opposite may be true. the basic question the as easy faced is whether to support an asset dalia ressa method used by representing the bernie madoff victims called the cash and cash out at it and the different evaluation methods proposed by several law firms in the last statement that it. under the first mr. becker's inheritance would be subject to litigation to recover or clawback assets on the victims. under the second, it appears that there would not. based on the following the sec chose to support the first method this meant the trustee could sue mr. becker and his brothers to recover some of his mother's inheritance which is exactly what happened. mr. chairman, in your briefing memo for today's hearing, you acknowledge that the sec's decision was, quote, actually detrimental to mr. becker's interest. nevertheless,

gotten some perspective on these legal questions but do know this is advice that's been provided to us in our capacities as elected officials and i just want to remind folks of that. supervisor campos. supervisor campos: i think this kind of discussion might be more appropriate perhaps in closed session to the extent that we're talking about legal positions that impact the city. but i do want to, for the record, point out what at least the case law, the two cases that i have read independently say about this. you have the embassy versus city of santa monica where the court basically says that in that case you had a situation where there was an agreement between the city and the developer, and this is whether the court said -- what the court said, nor are we proceeded by the city citation to other statutes which waiver is specificallyly probated and the city accompanying that argument it is not prohibited and thus allowed. as we've seen the ellis act provides a contractual waiver is unenforceable. i mean, that's that case. and then you have the palmer versus city of los angeles case and again, it goes back to the issue of wh

officials there to take. action the government has also been swift to give out advice to people who are.

your officials this morning said they would given advice that if you look in the past, it didn't appear to be a lack of investment following a move like this. although they are just accepting evidence that they have from what has happened there. i put to them the exploration west may be different or if that were not to go ahead as a result of this, would you consider extending the new field regime in order for that deduction to take place in? >> in the doctorate there isn't an explicit commitment to look at new field announcements. i think the truth is that we've not, we've not cracked west of shetland yet which is a difficult environment in which to extract oil. and so, serving new field allowances would were really introducing 2009, i would have new feature of the regime, you know, we're actively looking at it and i want to certainly encourage new exploration west of shetland. now, as i say, the most recent evidence of what happens when you have a higher overpriced in the tax charge is when gordon brown in late 2005, early 2006 increased attacks by 10% i think, and actually investment

officials in a bad spot and them. we ask they listen to those directions and move on. >> the same advice for those folks who grab theirurf boards and see what kind of wave they're gonna ride out. >> absolutely. it's different conditionses out there, it's unpredictable and we want people to stay safe and that's the priority. >> jordan scott, thank you for updating us this morning. he talked a little what time we might start to see the first set of the big waves. i know mike's been working on that all morning. >> sometime around 8:00? >> seems like 8:08 in san francisco. i love the calmness of jordan. look at the swarm. while you guys were on the phone with jordan, we had four more aftershocks and they were magnitude 5 or higher. we've had 54 aftershocks. one was 4.5. even the depth of the quakes are now dropping down to around 25, 26 mills into the ground. what an incredible amount of mass that is moving around japan right now. let's talk about why. that could be the key indicator for us. what happens in hawaii at 5:00. a tremendous idea what's going to happen when the waves get here. that's 25 minutes or so. crescent

advice there, yeah. don't want to get wet, stay safe, and we'll see you in a little bit. now, with the tsunami warning looming overhead, san francisco officials are taking some early precautions. the great highway has been shut down completely. anne makovec with advice for people along the coast there. anne? good morning. >> reporter: yeah. we have been watching the ocean here. this is ocean beach behind me. i'm standing on the great highway which is closed to the public. i'm just a little bit south right now of the cliff house. and the ocean really looks pretty normal for this time of the morning. we are not expecting any sort of surge for at least another hour or two. about your we do have our eye on it. you can see there's even -- but we do have our eye on it. you can see there's even boats along the shore. there isn't a great level of concern here in san francisco. but as a precaution the great highway is closed between point lobos and 48th avenue to lake merced. now, we do know that a tsunami is apparently imminent, only about 2 to 3 feet high that could cause some coastal flooding. though, around 8:08. the main concern for beaches, low-

becker joined the sec in 2009, he notified the sec officials about his inheritance, and when issues arose relating to his inheritance, he sought advice from ethics officials and received clearance to proceed. some have suggested that mr. becker may have benefited financially from the sec's decisions, but it appears the opposite may be true. the basic question the sec faced was whether to support a method used by a trustee represented by the madoff victims or a different valuation method called the last statement method. under the first, mr. becker's inheritance would be subject to lit dpaition to recover or claw back assets on behalf of the madoff victims. under the second, it appears that it would not based on the court findings, the sec chose to support the first method. this meant the trustee could sue mr. becker and his brothers to recover some of his mother's inheritance which is exactly what happened. mr. chairman, in your briefing memo for today's hearing, you acknowledged that is the sec's decision was, quote, detrimental to mr. becker's interests. nevertheless, i have serious questions about the conclusion of the sec's optio

advice. so eight more experts or on their way to offer help. >> u.s. officials say so far there is little risk of radiation making it to american shores. there are reports of huge boost in the sell of iodide pills. on "good morning america," richard besser what people would do. >> it's very easy u go home. you want to remove all your clothing, jewelry and watches, preferably outside your house in your garage. go inside and take a shower. soap, water, you don't want to abrasive scrubbing but do a nice watch. shampoo, no conditioner. recommendation is all you need to do is shampoo. clothes, watches and jewelry, make sure it's in a sealed bag. doing those things will remove 95% of the contamination that is on your body. most people are surprised about that. >> to give you a better perspective a local professor says the radiation spike registered lower an level during the average cat zblan barry bonds will be going on trial. >> he goes on charges of lying to a grand jury. in an order yesterday the judge hearing the case ruled that jurors' names will be kept secret.

officials also urged americans to move farther away from the troubled power plant. than japanese leaders have been advising. kris sanchez has more. >> americans hearing that advice to get farther away would be wise to follow it as the focus now has shifted to a reactor that is considered stable. meanwhile, they doused the power plant with water from above until they were grounded by spiking radiation levels. japan doubled the number of workers heading into the plant to assess the situation. all this time, the japanese had been telling people to stay 12 miles away, but that may not be far enough. >> american citizens in japan evacuate, those american citizens within a 50-mile radius of the reactors evacuate from that area. this is the same advice that the nrc would give if this incident were taking place in thenit uni states. >> how u.s. military pilots are not being allowed within that radius of the plant except for the ones who are going to assist in some relief missions. they are getting those iodine tablets. as the white house delivers the urgent message to get away, france and australia are telling their folks to get out of japan all together. steven chu tol

officials deemed safe. >> it's not about the quality of information but standards set by the nuclear regulatory commission here in the united states. and the kind of advice it could be giving should this happen in the united states. >> the last resort to manage this crisis would to be bury the reactor and 5,000 tons of concrete like was done at the chernyobl melt down. >> financial markets plunging over the crisis, stocks erased nearly all gains for the year. the dow fell about 2% of the value today. worst drop since last august. the nasdaq and s and p are also down. markets in japan have just opened for the day but have been trading down last few days as well. today in response to japan's nuclear crisis the epa deployed an additional 40 radiation monitors around the pacific rim. one reason, it says is to reassure americans about their safety. the nuclear crisis has grown, so have worries among californians seeing what appears to be failing efforts at the plant. and experts tried to reassure people on this side of the pacific that they're not at risk. among them, a professor of environment health sciences at uc berkeley who has within been to chernyobl,

post-presidential years i was not i was a government official at that time i was not really a member of his inner circle so no i never dared to. you know act as someone who advice is on the principle aspects of this kind of thing a later of course you know i've been with him for almost twenty seven years now so later yes it has happened. that we discussed the individuals with whom he was dealing. beings not only americans and foreigners but also russians get clean later. ok at the for you personally i don't understand everything that you assisted curvature with was unprecedented groundbreaking but was there one in particular that stood out for you. well you might be surprised. everything stands out reykjavik stands but it's not reykjavik it's not washington it's the meeting in helsinki right after the aggression of saddam hussein against coate that really stands out in my mind even more than malta the meeting between gorbachev and bush in helsinki even more than malted stands out v. and of the cold war because that was the first time when it was not the dynamics of confrontation of opposition of the two major powers but the dynamics of cooperation cooperation i

officials are taking early precautions. as gianna told us earlier, the great highway has now been shut down. let's go to anne makovec with some advice for people who are living along the coast. anne, what are you seeing? i guess we are not going to anne? [ pause ] this is a breaking situation so we have reporters all over the bay area but -- >> it's tough to get them up and live but we will in short order. but here's what we are talking about right here. japan just keeps getting rocked by aftershocks after the largest earthquake in the country's history. the number of reported deaths keeps rising from the quake and a series of

coming up we're going to ask a red cross official just about that and how to get some advice for worriedstill searching for their loved ones. there's so much information, both good information and bad information coming out of the crisis in japan. it's very, very difficult. >> want to help them sift through that. get them the best possible information. first we want to check in with jeff glor over at the news desk with a look at the top headlines we're following for you on this thursday morning. >> these are the headlines on japan this morning. the u.s. is chartering planes to begin evacuating americans from japan. the head of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission, meanwhile, says the spent fuel at one reactor at the fukushima daiichi plant is totally exposed, and that radiation levels are extremely high. japanese military helicopters are dumping sea water on the plant. that's a last-ditch effort to cool the overheated fall. workers are attempting to install a new power line to the cooling system. and the white house is urging americans within 50 miles of that plant to >>> the state dep

focus of all activity has been to understand the accident progression and offer advice and assistance to the japanese officialsho have direct responsibility to manage the accident recovery. we have deployed about 40 people and more than 17,000 pounds of equipment, including aerial measuring system and a number of management response teams. the mississippi measures radiological contamination on the grounds. -- the ams mess is radiological contamination on the ground. it showed no evidence of significant new releases between march 19 and march 29. in addition, we have been modeling potential transport of radiological materials released from the plant, utilizing the advisory capability at the launch laboratory. we do not believe the radiation released by the plants poses a public health danger in the united states. low levels of radioactivity have been observed here. the office of nuclear energy has established a response team to utilize -- with japanese agencies and industry. we were a direct -- directly with the institute for nuclear power operations and the nuclear energy institute to encourage the formation o

military and pentagon officials, they say that president obama is very engaged and his first inclination appeared to follow the advicetes and admiral mullen to stay out. >> bad idea dpor him to be out of the country? >> i think there's a lot to be said for not insulting the entire region with china advancing its economic interests in latin america, but i think they could have found a better way to announce it rather than being caught in a joint statement with the brazilian president and not saying something aggressively. >> we'll leave it there. before we go, a quick programming note. stay with nbc and msnbc throughout the day for continuing coverage of the conflict in libya. our rebroadcast we should point conflict in libya. our ri do a lot of differentint kinds of exercise, but basically, i'm a runner. last year. (oof). i had a bum knee that needed surgery. but it got complicated, because i had an old injury. so i wanted a doctor who had done this before. and unitedhealthcare's database helped me find a surgeon. you know you can't have great legs, if you don't have good knees. we're 78,000 people looking out for 70

military and pentagon officials, they say that president obama is very engaged and his first inclination appeared to follow the advicedef gates and admiral mullen to stay out. >> bad idea dpor him to be out of the country? >> i think there's a lot to be said for not insulting the entire region with china advancing its economic interests in latin america, but i think they could have found a better way to announce it rather than being caught in a joint statement with the brazilian president and not saying something aggressively. >> we'll leave it there. before we go, a quick programming note. stay with nbc and msnbc throughout the day for continuing coverage of the conflict in libya. our rebroadcast we should point out on msnbc airs at:02m.0 p.2: and 5:00 p.m. eastern today. that is all for today. we'll be back next week. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." i felt lost. unitedhealthcare offered us a specially trained rn who helped us weigh and understand all our options. for me cancer was as scary as a fastball is to some of these kids. but my coach had hit that pitch before. turning data into useful answers. we're

led by the operations center has been to understand the progression and offer advice and assistance to the japanese officials who have the direct responsibility to manage the accident recovery. the department of energy the point about 40 people on more than 17,000 pounds of equipment. in putting the mmsa's management system and several so-called consequence management response teams. the national atmospheric at fisa capability at the livermore library has been transport, potential transport of radioactive materials. the office of nuclear energy as published in nuclear energy response team that is utilizing our national lab to the police to analyze the situation and to suggest approaches. and industry team is providing important support both in japan and here. in addition, secretary chu and white house technical lead advisor john holguin of regional to laboratory directors and other eminent scientists for technical lead vice. beyond the response to the accident, the research development deployment programs of the office of nuclear energy are highly relevant to future decisions about the potential options for

isis is taking advice from the alliance of automobile manufacturers and dow chemical so is this what we should expect from the guy who's in charge of government oversight or is this officially the best congressional committee money can buy that media has been following the issues that regulatory policy analyst at o.m.b. watch and he joins me now in the studio matt welcome back to be here and i pronounce your last this great met first of all give us an overview of this what's what's going on here with that with your allies well. ever since even before terminator took the reins as chairman he sent out a letter to industry lobbying groups they say they're sending them to business but it's really just the lobbyists and asking them for a hit list of regulations so he basically turned very early on he wanted to target regulation and now we're finding out that a lot of people on the committee staff have a history of working in this why does his staff matter i mean why does it matter who's who's on their offices well what's interesting is a lot of b.'s staff some of the staffers have ties to the koch brothers or others as you said when a normal kind of small lobbying group has a co

by the operation center has been to understand accident progression and offer advice and assistance to the japanese officials who have a direct responsibility to manage the accident and recovery. department of energy has deployed about 40 people and more than a 17,000 lbs. of equipment, including every management system and so-called consequent management response teams. the national atmospheric advisory committee has been modeling and transport, potential transport, a radioactive materials. office of nuclear energy has established eight nuclear energy response team that is utilizing our capabilities to analyze the situation and suggest to purchase. and industry team is providing important support both in japan and here it. secretary chu and john older averaged out to laboratory directors and other scientists for technical advice. beyond our response to the accident, the research and development and deployment programs of the office of nuclear energy are highly relevant to future decisions about the potential options for nuclear power in the united states. as examples, our proposed small modular reactor prog

officials pressing the point. >> now, the question ought to be should we be going to war without a clear mission? and the answer is no and i don't care who gave me that advice. >> well, back to the question of whether or not he should have listened to them. he absolutely should have listened to them. these are three smart women. they have a variety of background and experience on humanitarian issues and crisises. and so their opinion was just invaluable whether you agree with it or not. >> i respect their positions and the fact that they had that type of influence but i think the answer is no. because as well intentioned as the mission maybe the road to hell is paved with good intentions. >> do we agree that he was listening to them and gates said no and he overran his secretary of defense in favor of his secretary of state? >> he was pressured by john kerry and by our european allies and the states. i don't think was just rice and clinton. he was getting pressure from everywhere but the u.s. congress and his own military advisors that i think what pressured him into it. >> and the nature of the positions they are in that that discussion is going to be had

advice directly jeopardizing their health. gunning for a new album to symbolize the state. firearm as it's. an energy giant gazprom wants to get its point across to st petersburg officials throughout plans for the controversial skyscraper next stop the courtroom details on why. him. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe there's been heavy fighting between the army and rebels in southern sudan leaving at least seventy bed the violence started after a failure to get militias to join the southern army in the oil producing areas near what will be a new national border southern sudan becomes an independent nation in july after a mostly peaceful referendum that almost unanimously chose to cede the northern governments accused of arming rebel factions. u.n. secretary general has condemned the increase in violence in ivory coast banki moon described the situation as urban warfare and a crime against humanity this after the deadly shelling by security forces in a market in which at least twenty five people are thought to have died the u.n. blames forces loyal to president. who refuses to go despite losing last year's poll sparking months of violence

the notion they didn't trust information coming from japanese officials. >> it's standards set here in the united states and the kind of advice it would be giving should this incident happen in the united states or something similar to it. not about the quality of information or the level of cooperation. it's about our analysis and our standard. >> reporter: the fear of radiation exposure has already driven some americans in japan to leave. >> both my wife and i nearly into a panic. we said, we've got to get the hell out of here. >> reporter: in this country people worried about the possibility of radiation making its way to the west coast have been buying up thousands of doses of potasium iodine. surgeon general regina benjamin initially told a california tv station that having the pills might be a worthy precaution. >> it's definitely appropriate. we have to be prepared. >> reporter: but nbc's nancy snyderman says it's unnecessary. >> in fact, the surgeon general sent me a text message that said, i never intended to imply that people go out and buy pills. >> reporter: the danger in japan is very real and experts believe the

they are contacting american muslim to solicit information and advice to address violent extremism. we strongly not to speak to officials without the presence of a lawyer. and i was stunned that you would issue that kind of instruction to people who would read your site since cooperation from muslim americans is one of the best way that law enforcement can uncover terrorist plots like the ones i described. and it seems to me that it's the civic obligation of all americans to assist in preventing these hispanicus crimes especially given the participation of muslims in all of the attempted attacks against americans. i would feel muslim americans would have a special obligation to help intelligence agents to root this out. do you think it's wrong to investigate and prosecute the individuals that i mentioned? and do you stand by the muslim community alert instructing muslim americans not to cooperative with fbi and other law enforcement investigating potential acts of terrorism or at least without not having a lawyer present? >> senator kyl, i fully understand the threat that we are facing you know, on september 11 i was wo

advice and to get some funding for small things. in the end, it is good government. the public has to demand from their elected officials services, and the public has to be mature enough to understand that those services don't con without costs, and in the end, the costs are going to pay it. >> charlie: anybody on private public. >> we've got a couple private public partnerships i think are pretty exciting. they both involve the border with mex development one is an air port crossing. 100 yards south of the united states. they're talking about a private company coming in building a gate on the u.s. side, check their luggage on the u.s. side, pay a toll to walk across. we're doing the same thing with the truck entry. truck weight right now is six to eight hours to cross the border coming north. toll crossing that would be built privately and would collect a toll would ease that traffic to probably 20 minutes and save a lot of work in terms of the environment and a lot of other things that will ease congestion. >> small one. we had, in 2008 when the crises hit us, we have ice rinks and we had to close some of them. now in

work that he has started as well as other senior officials and, again, depending on the budget, and other objectives, we continue to take that under advicement. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> m >> thank you again for coming and thank you for your testimony. the united states is constantly called upon to clean up messes throughout the world. now that is a testament to the generosity of the american people, as well our unique position as an exceptional world power. as well, compared to european assistance particularly france and belgium given the colonial legacy here. >> in terms of the united states, we have still the largest donor in terms of our support through the peace keeping agencies through the un service agencies like unicef. and we continue to lead on this. >>> i think we are working with our partners to continuously find ways to partner with our countries. it is a balancing act. we are in constant discussions with our british partners, the eu, the world bank. both on the bilateral to see where we bring our relative expertise. we lead where they bring their political will. so it is a constant negotiations between us and our

work that he has started as well as other senior officials and, again, depending on the budget, and other objectives, we continue to take that under advicement. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> m >> thank you again for coming and thank you for your testimony. the united states is constantly called upon to clean up messes throughout the world. now that is a testament to the generosity of the american people, as well our unique position as an exceptional world power. as well, compared to european assistance particularly france and belgium given the colonial legacy here. >> in terms of the united states, we have still the largest donor in terms of our support through the peace keeping agencies through the un service agencies like unicef. and we continue to lead on this. >>> i think we are working with our partners to continuously find ways to partner with our countries. it is a balancing act. we are in constant discussions with our british partners, the eu, the world bank. both on the bilateral to see where we bring our relative expertise. we lead where they bring their political will. so it is a constant negotiations between us and our

work that he has started as well as other senior officials and, again, depending on the budget, and other objectives, we continue to take that under advicement. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> m >> thank you again for coming and thank you for your testimony. the united states is constantly called upon to clean up messes throughout the world. now that is a testament to the generosity of the american people, as well our unique position as an exceptional world power. as well, compared to european assistance particularly france and belgium given the colonial legacy here. >> in terms of the united states, we have still the largest donor in terms of our support through the peace keeping agencies through the un service agencies like unicef. and we continue to lead on this. >>> i think we are working with our partners to continuously find ways to partner with our countries. it is a balancing act. we are in constant discussions with our british partners, the eu, the world bank. both on the bilateral to see where we bring our relative expertise. we lead where they bring their political will. so it is a constant negotiations between us and our

advice being given to tokyo residents. even as the governor, who is up for re-election, was holding his glass of water event, other public officials with the central government were planning to import more bottled water from overseas. and also ration more goods to prevent a run on them in the future. meanwhile, the citizens of tokyo, many of them, at least, are figuring better safe than sorry. david? >> well, as you put it, david, mixed signals. >>> we want to turn for a reality check on all of this to physicist michio kaku. dr. kaku, thank you for being here. let's dive right into that water situation. yesterday morning, we were talking about how unsafe the water was. now, we see the governor drinking a full glass of water. can conditions really change in 24 hours? the water suddenly safe for everyone? >> well, it does fluctuate. technically speaking it is safe for adults to drink. but let's get real. that reactor is unstable. you could have another spike in radiation almost without notice. and so, hey. things will fluctuate. that's why people are staying away. so, the credibility of the utility has suffered a meltdown. >> dr. ka

review the nominees and offer our advice and consent and reject those nominees in a reasonable period of time. if we are spending our time dealing with junior officials we are spend lest time with the assistant of tax policy whom we could be focusing a lot of time and asking a lot of questions. and this business of what i call innocent until nominated. all of this now this exists. it really exists sloppiliness on our part. both in the legislative branch and the executive branch. if you are asked to serve in the federal government, i know this, because i was asked by the first president bush, you fill out forms. there are many forms in the executive branch. they have definitions. for example, income. if you were to carelessly fill out the same definition of electric in -- definition of electric in this forum and another one, you might have been correct. then someone could say you are telling a lie and weren't fit to serve. that's been caused by others and, including me, as being innocent until nominated. i remember when ron kirk was nominated by president obama, the former major of dallas, to be the trade representative. there was some issue about whe

advice about addressing violent to extremism. muslim advocates strongly urged urges people not to speak to law enforcement officials without the presence of a lawyer. i was stunned to do is to that kind of instruction to people who would read your side since of his legal abortion from muslim americans is one of the best was the law enforcement can uncover terrorist plots like the one i described. it seems to me that the specific obligation of all americans is to assist in preventing these heinous crimes, especially given the participation of muslims and all the attempted attacks that i mentioned. within the muslim americans would be feeling a special obligation to help but rick this out. you think it is wrong to investigate, prosecute the individuals that i mentioned, and you stand by the muslim advocate community alert instructing them not to cooperate with the fbi and other law enforcement investigating potential as of terrorism, or at least not without a lawyer present? >> senator kyl, i fully understand that threats that we are facing. on september 11, i was working right here in the capital. i ran from the capitol with my colleagu

advice about addressing violent to extremism. muslim advocates strongly urged urges people not to speak to law enforcement officials without the presencewyer. i was stunned to do is to that -- that you would issue that kind of instruction to people who would read your side since of his legal abortion from -- that sense cooperation from muslim americans is one of the best was the law enforcement can uncover terrorist plots like the one i described. it seems to me that the specific obligation of all americans is to assist in preventing these heinous crimes, especially given the participation of muslims and all the attempted attacks that i mentioned. within the muslim americans would be feeling a special obligation to help but rick this out. do you think it is wrong to investigate, prosecute the individuals that i mentioned, and you stand by the muslim advocate community alert instructing them not to cooperate with the fbi and other law enforcement investigating potential as of terrorism, or at least not without a lawyer present? >> senator kyl, i fully understand that threats that we are facing. on september 11, i was working right here