this one of the test plants. it's only seven meters high. the actual plant would be three times the size and generate 45,000 kilowatts of energy. that's about one-tenth of what a conventional plant produces. the company predicts that a smaller plant would lower costs. also, they could replace aging power plants that use coal and other fossil fuels. the company stresses that a smaller plant can be built more easily underground for safety. >> we've got to recognize that nuclear power, if it's safe, can make a significant contribution to the climate change question. >> reporter: this development comes from policies of the obama administration to promote nuclear power plants. even after the nuclear disaster at fukushima, the u.s. government kept providing funding for research and development of nuclear projects. but before the plant can go through, approval from the government is necessary. so the company's ceo went to congress to argue the benefits of the project. >> this program proposed -- >> the program serves the national interest, by bring

you need cement plants to do that. our plants will be closed so we're going to be importing cement from china and india and elsewhere. i would respectfully, as much as i haved a mir mation of -- admiration of my friend from illinois, oppose this amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. waxman: mr. speaker, i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. waxman: first off, i want to yield a minute and a half to my friend from illinois, mr. rush. the chair: the gentleman cannot yield blocks. mr. rush: mr. speaker, i have a question that i want to ask the other side. how much time do you need? how much time can -- are you asking the american people to wait? how much longer do you have to wait for the e.p.a. to find and come up with rules and regulations that will regulate the cement kiln industry, an industry that up until this day -- here 17 years later, 13 years later, still no regulation on the ceme

we made the initial investments in the plants and the pipes. but once we accomplished that, there was this great recognition that we had a series of issues associated with wet weather conditions. storm events where, all of a sudden, you're dealing with a lot of water. narrator: large amounts of rainwater can cause flooding. engineers developed two approaches to stormwater infrastructure to transport water away from the urban environment. one approach was to carry waste and stormwater through the same pipe. this combined system was less expensive than building two individual pipe networks. and stormwater was seen as a way to flush out the sewers. through the 19th century, the combined system was considered state-of-the-art throughout the world, and is still in use in many cities today. but cities constructed these systems before treatment was the standard. and even today's largest treatment plant doesn't have the capacity to treat the sudden volumes of water rushing through a combined system during rain. the plant is overloaded, and the excess r

us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not very wicked. so what? by wicked, what i mean is that they are poisonous, dangerous, deadly or immoral or maybe illegal or offensive or awful in some way. i am in the profession of going around and interviewing botanists, horticulturalists and plant scientists. they all seem to have some little plant tucked away in the corner of a greenhouse that maybe they weren't supposed to have. i got interested in this idea that maybe there was a dark side to plants. >> the white snake root. people who consumed milk or meat from a cow that fed on white snake root faced severe pain. milk sickness, as it was culled, resulted in vomiting, tremors, delirium and death. one of the most famous victims of milk sickness was nancy hangs lincoln.

he harvested all the plants. now, after the harvest, not a rice plant can be seen in his paddy. >> he says he disposed of the crops on his own in the presence of a prefectural official. >> translator: i'm very sorry about the rice. on which i lavished so much care for so many months. someone had to pave the way for farmers in this remote village to keep rice cultivation going. doing nothing would leave them with no way to move ahead. i hope my attempt leads to breaking the stalemate. >> the results of the radiation checks will be made available in november. normally, anyone who violates the farming ban would be penalized. so far, the prefectural and village offices have deemed his rice as harvested to check radiation. >> the farmers' whose rice his rice as harvested to check radiation. >> the farmers' whose rice cultivation was terminated have suffered a loss beyond words. farmers who able to ship the rice are concerned about the results. the prefecture says they'll step up guidelines to consumers. >>> "newsline"

the company predicts that a smaller plant will lower costs. also, they could replace aging power plants that use coal and other fossil fuels. the company stresses that a smaller plant can be built more easily underground for safety. we have got to recognize that nuclear power, if it's safe, can make a significant contribution to the climate change question. >> reporter: this development comes from policies of the obama administration to promote nuclear power plants. even after nuclear disaster, to fukushima, the u.s. government kept funding development of tuck clear projects but before the plant can go through, approval from the government is necessary. so, the company's ceo went to congress to argue the benefits of the project. >> this program proposed -- >> program serves the national interest by bringing to market nuclear option, a noncarbon source of base load energy and it strengthens the domestic manufacturing base, creating jobs and exports. >> reporter: but some congress members are skeptical. >> the fukushima crisis also demonstrated

plants as urgent protective action planning zones or upz. municipalities within the zones will be required to develop evacuation plans in line with emergency response requirements proposed by the iaea. the new zones will be more extensive than current emergency planning zones or epz, which lie within eight to ten kilometers of nuclear plants. in the initial response to the march accident, the government ordered the residents within 30 kilometers of the fukushi daiichi nuclear power plant to evacuate or to stay indoors. the working group also called for designating areas within five kilometers of a plant as precautionary action zones or paz. residents of these zones would need to evacuate immediately in the event of an accident. over 130 local governments will be affected, if the plan is implemented. that's about three times the current number. >>> the images showing the aftermath of japan's march 11th tsunami gripped millions of people around the world. many still remember the tangled mess of debris, concrete, metal and wood all mixed togeth

see walls around nuclear plants must be at least 15 meters high. that's the height of the tsunami that flooded and disabled fukushima daiichi power plant back in march. people working for hokuriku power company are building a reinforced concrete seawall at its nuclear facility in shika. the town is on the sea of japan coast, the wall will sit 11 meters above sea water, will be 4 meters high and 700 meters long. workers at hokuriku electric are preparing in case the tsunami surges over the wall. they will install a new drainage gate to minimize damage at the plant. power companies across japan are making preparations to better protect their facilities. workers will raise embankments or build new ones at 45 plants in all. that's 90% of the total. crews at the shimane power plant were the first to begin construction. they started building an embankment in july. it will be 15 meters above sea level when it is finished. workers at the hamaoka power plant will start building a seawall next month, 18 meters above sea level. it's expected to be finished by

don't send everybody out here, that old dilapidated plant out there. >> sewage plants should not be within 25 feet of people's homes, and the bayview is that way. that should move. it could move to the badlands of the poor property. i do not know that there is anything that we want to get rid of other than the power plants, sewage plants, asphalt plants, things that you do not want to grow. there are things that can move, but i think they need to stay in the city, but they can be different. >> unless we do something drastic and severe for this community, it is not going to survive. not only for us, but it is not going to survive for a lot of you folks that are moving in here. and >> district and has a reputation as one of the city's most dangerous areas. we asked if the notoriety is valid and inquire about the district's crime problem. >>, as an issue that happens everywhere citizens go. we tend to blame the folks who have to look at what surrounds them, what the environment has the right. the environment has been neglected. poor schools, poor health, and food, poor housing, so we have to

a number of evacuations are in effect for the area around that plant.dallas, texas, we will continue to monitor it should something develop. we will face along to you. we will be right back. boy ] y, i thought these were electric? uh, it is, yeah, it's a chevy volt. so what are you doing at a gas station? well it still takes gas to go farther. but you're not getting gas. true. not this time. uh, don't have to gas up very often. so you have to go to the bathroom? no. yes you do. thought these were electric? yes, it's a uh, a chevy volt. so what are you doing at a gas station? >>> back to that breaking news, massive fire burpi inin iburnin cam plant in waxahachie, texas, outside of dallas. chemical pla texas, outside of dallas. you can't make it out there is a train on fire on the tracks behind the chemical plant and seep the past 20 or 30 minutes, seen that fire spread on the ground as well. firefighters, dozens of them on the scene there, a number of evacuations in the area. the ellis county campus of navarro college has been evacuated as a precaution b

at a cement plant.t's about a mile from here. >> stephanie chuang with the latest near cupertino. we'll check back in with you throughout the morning. thanks. >>> 6:20 your time. the other big story of course today is the weather. lawrence karnow has the forecast. >> a very impressive storm for this i am time of the year rolling through -- very impressive storm for this time of the year rolling through. we continue to see showers out there now. hi-def doppler picking up on that. the main cold front may be gone but we have good cells rotating through. there could be some heavy downpours. one cell making its way into san francisco right now. you can see it's a substantial area of rain that's moving on through. scattered showers flout throughout the morning and a wave of moisture pushing through this afternoon. afternoon sunshine possibly poking through the clouds could give rise to some thunderstorms. out the door this morning, it may be clear in your neighborhood for a few minutes but we have more shower

>> it is focused on the planting of bamboo with inner plantings by either bamboo or ivy to provide the green privacy screen. we have planted the bamboo, this is mid-process. we haven't yet installed the appropriate restraint to prevent it from hanging over, but it grows quickly and we believe that there will be sufficient privacy between the homes. the client and their interests are mutually aligned. they want the green privacy screen of a gun see him and he can't feed them. our interests are aligned, we have a documented the settlement agreement. they just have to allow the bamboo to grow. thank you. >> commissioners, the matter is submitted. >> i don't see where we can do anything here other than the one thing that he asked for, that may or may not be reasonable, to have a planning actually look at the site, because i think all they have done is all that has been done is to look at haplography maps. as for us to decide anything else, we certainly don't have any jurisdiction over the issue of the planning, the planting, and nothing has been raised that should cause this board to overt

but he insisted on planting it, anyway. >> translator: this is a brand of rice that i planted on may 15th. i thought it essential to make detailed data available, such as the exact amounts of radioactive cesium, so people could judge how the radioactivity affected rice farming. >> reporter: harvest day has arrived. >> translator: nothing makes me feel better than harvesting rice. >> reporter: akimoto harvested about one ton of rice this year. but he had to throw it all away, except for a small amount needed for radiation checks. rice in the zone where farming is banned, must be disposed of, even if it's free of radioactive marials. just the same, amoto harvested all the plan. now after the harvest, not a rice plant can be seen in his paddy. >> reporter: akimoto said he disposed of the crops on his own in the presence of a prefectural official. >> translato i'm very sorry about the rice. on which i lavished so much care for so manmonths. someone had to pave the way for farmers in this remote village. to keep rice cultivation going. doing nothing would leave them with no way to move ah

if you have a plant or gardening question you can email and send pictures of your plant and guard to plantquestions@wbaltv.com or go to our website and click on family. you can also mail your questions to wbaltv 1,300 huber maryland, 11211. >> in this afternoon's "consumer alert" mcdonald's is following oprah's lead and creating its own transportation channel. according to "the l.a. times," they will target dine-in customers with entertainment shows. the channel could go national if successful. and if you prefer some peace and quiet during dinner, there will be quiet zones in each restaurant. >> well, i hope you are enjoying your tuesday although we do have some clouds in the sky you can't call it too bad of a day. we're mostly dry and temperatures still above normal. this time of the year as we get into late october we should at least be in the 60's. you can see temperatures already pushing past 70 degrees. at the inner harbor it's 69 at b. wimplet. we are expecting that temperature to get up to 71. it looks like the outer suburbs will be in the upper 60's. it will be cooler in the

the plant closures have disrupted the supply chain. the impacts have been felt in japan and across southeast asia. >> translator: the japanese government has decided to allow companies to move their thai personnel to japan as an emergency and temporary measure. however, they must guarantee that all such employees will eventually return to thailand. >> chief cabinet second, osamu fujimura says japanese companies are hoping to transfer workers to set up production here. the government still hasn't decided on the scale and terms of the relocation program. a spokesperson for the ministry of economy says some 30 japanese firms want to bring in thousands of thai workers to japan. >>> china has already increased its global presence with military and economic muscle. now the emerging giant is turning its attention towards influencing the world with their pop culture. nhk world's yoshitaka her uchi in beijing has more. >>> the communist party pledged to strengthen its culture. authorities say they will boost china's comic and animation industri

those are the street trees we want people to be planting. we do a lot of tree plantings. all of you must intuitively go, "of course it's good to plant trees," of course, i want to put a rain barrel on my house." but is there a measurable environmental impact? trees are going to take up a lot of stormwater over time and are kind of a long-term green investment. we've had more than 200 volunteers come out planting street trees. we need people to make active changes on their property. and to reduce the amount of flow that's going into the combined sewer lines, we're trying to install 4,000 rain barrels. narrator: homeowners can disconnect roof gutter downspouts from the sewer system and divert the stormwater into a rain barrel. schombert: the rain water then can be used to water lawns and gardens and infiltrate back in the ground slowly, rather than being piped to a creek where it disappears moments after the storm's over. it's being held within the watershed and it helps regenerate ground water and stream flows. hecht: that's what we're going to do this afternoon is think a

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when they plant trees or are involved in the planting of trees, they give you pretty explicit instruction on how to care for it, so there would be asked to increase the amount of water that goes today -- goes to it, so i think this is an extremely reasonable compromise, and my intention is to support it. >> i think we lose sight the permit had been granted. there are public policies, but there is some sympathy with the school year and promoting settlement, so i would concur and uphold the proposed settlement your good -- who proposed settlement. >> i am leaning towards of holding. i appreciate the comments from the public as to why nine and a half months is problematic, and my inclination to support the settlement is because you have come this far, and for this to be a sticking point, i would not like to see the agreement undone because of fat, and while -- because of that, while the work can be done, they would make it happen like fashiothat. like i said, my explanation is to go forward with this. >> i agree with that. is there a motion bowman'? >> do we adopt the letter with the alterat

the municipalities are all in fukushima prefecture located between 20 and 30 kilometers from the plant. the government nuclear accident task force made the decision to lift the evacuation advisory on friday. all cabinet ministers attended the meeting. the task force noted the situation at fukushima daiichi has improved. it also pointed out five municipalities have drawn up plans to remove radioactive substances from local schools and hospitals and restore key infrastructure. >> translator: the government will do everything that it can in order to dispel concerns among residents who want to return home. >> this is the first time since the crisis began at fukushima daiichi that the central government has lifted an evacuation-related designation. >>> the government designated three types of evacuation zones after the accident at fukushima daiichi. the zone whose advisory was lifted on friday colored here in yellow covers five municipalities located between 20 and 30 kilometers from the nuclear plant. residents were advised to evacuate voluntary or remain in doors in the event of another e

and then these are nice plants. the variations are known as corn plant. these beautiful with the pink in the leave and there to your left, these are kau latha. and things that bloom for a long time, the nice orange spike on that plant, that will stay inside with that really beautiful orange or red or yellow or even a deep plumb color for three to four months. >> we have one of those in the news room. and you can buy things to help you bring things inside. >> make sure your plants get cleaned off well. hit them with a good spray of the rose hose to get any insect them, and give them a nice spray to kill the insects or any eggs they have laid. >> thank you and always good to see you. >>> coming up in the next half hour of "news4 midday," rick perry responds to the controversy over religion in the campaign, and trying to garner support for his jobs plan. >>> and we can see the sun and >>> and we can see the sun and the what do you think of this one? >>> and we can see the sun and the really? what's this? this is a rose i made from a turnip. let's try togethe

the 619 megawatt plant started in november. and the the operators of the plant say if needed if energy sources do come onion line. >> there is intimatent power, have you to stabilize the grid. >> cal pine says the energy center will be 40% cleaner than a coal plant but the nearly community college is suing to stop construction they say the plant will pollute the area. >> and better times may be ahead for two struggling grocery store chains. tomorrow a bankruptcy judge is set to sign off on the sale in seattle for $16 million. that same company now also owns av ferrari. and the bay area based italian food special market filed for protection six months ago just days after the two original owners died. >> and the san bruno neighborhood devastated by last year's gas pipeline explosion reached an important milestone in its recovery. this morning the mayor and residents removed a barrier dividing glenn view drive since it destroyed 38 homes and killed eight people. some residents were overjoyed today and they ran, screaming through t

any plants that you have outdoors, any of your house plants you have outdoors you do decide to bringg to go through an acclimation process and what will happen they are going to start the lose leave ifs you see leaf loss don't panic leave the plant where it is the other thing knowing the plant all three of these plants have completely different light requirements, this chinese evergreen will do wonderful in the shade in the house, this will do very very well in medium to medium highlight, and then this little succulent if you give it full sun it will continue to produce wonderful babies like that. know the plant and the other thing is, always have a good soil, and i love to use just a water soluble fertilizer once a month. >> thank you derek, dale and pat and robin say thank you too. if you want to send derek your questions go to the website. >> go to the fox website we have the link there send us the garden questions. >> myfoxdc.com we will be back with answer to trivia question about great humphrey bogart when we come back aaron, you're all set. great, thanks. mike, thanks for doin

this extreme plan takes 40% of that space for more native plant projects. for me, the gardening project will provide little benefit and destroy the do ecosystems that have been developed over the past 400 years. and it will destroy this treasured san francisco landscape that is part of our future. this costly plan is not even the environmentally superior plan as has been mentioned and it's not even improves the beauty of the park or quality of life for residents. introducing new and expanding habitats will personally highjack the small but precious recreational areas. for example, the historic sharp park recreation area is under attack even though manmade the freshwater habitats that was not previously used there. neither the endangered snakes or endangered frogs would live there of the salt water habitat was restored. this plan does not take into consideration these plans. people with dogs are only allocated freedom in 3% of the city park areas and the plant treats us like a nuisance and takes away an additional 20%. the monitoring plan will probably elimi

into the ocean than the plant operator estimated. the french government's nuclear research institute released its contamination report saturday. it calculates that 27.1 thousand tera becquerels have leaked into the ocean as of mid july. most was released by april from plant facilities, including the number two reactor. the french institute says the amount is about 20 times the estimate made by tokyo electric power company. the report says the water contamination caused by the nuclear accident was significant. although radioactive substances are disbursed by ocean currents, the institute calls for on-going testing of marine products as leakage from the nuclear facility continues to pollute the nearby ocean. >>> "newsline" is the place to turn to for the latest on japan post march 11th. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout from the earthquake and tsunami. "nuclear watch" brings insight and information on the impact of the fukushima daiichi crisis. and "the road ahead" examines japan's efforts to recover

she very much facilitated the shutdown of the power plants so that it could then be processed.tely, supervisor cohen is here, but supervisor maxwell did a hell of a lot of work in the community. this is not accurate, what i heard. supervisor maxwell does deserve a lot of the credit. supervisor chu: thank you. i would like to thank the department for bringing this item forward. given the community outreach that we have heard, including the members of the public that have come to testify, given that there were areas that we talked about back in 2009 and the fact that we have multiple budgets, it includes expenditures in these areas. i am not to take -- not inclined survey at this time. this will be sent to the full committee before we take action. and the closing remarks? supervisor cohen: no, you have succinctly articulated my position. supervisor chu: is there a motion to send this for were supervisor mirkarimi:? motion to accept -- send this forward to? supervisor mirkarimi: without objection. supervisor chu: thank you so much. mr. young, are there any other items before us? >

and you can see this is a really large area where the plant is located. if in fact begun and is on the loose and there were reports that it had an assault rifle as well as a handgun it will be a very difficult search and take a pretty large team to go in and locate the shooter. but we do not have that confirm yet, we're waiting to see from spot and police if there is any information if whether or not the shooter is dead, in custody are still loose. but you'll see the area that there would have to search for a very large area, has an estimated of here, a very large plant that is all the way up on foothill boulevard on stevens creek as you see the intersection is close right now. so police and swype continue to head to the area of kron4 will tran is giving the latest information from the scene. and we have more information from the newsroom. >> right now on this workplace shooting were hanging from the santa clara medical center the p aisle there is saying that two patients from the shooting arrived there about 20 minutes ago. we know that two people are no