they knew nothing about the characteristics of plutonium. this facility, graphite racket reactor as we know today completed by november of 1943 and came online as the first operating nuclear reactor. in this case, he used specifically to produce tiny amounts of plutonium which were recovered and ship up to the laboratory which is part of the manhattan project and chicago. so we can characterize up there. and other bits of plutonium that was produced here shipped out in the laboratory and new mexico where they were designed and built and tested out in new mexico. the purpose of oak ridge national was as a test reactor which of where we are right now. ty the government realized quickly back in 1942 or 1943 that oak ridge and east tennessee were not the places to produce vast amount of plutonium for a weapon. polama plutonium is very dangerous for not handling properly. east tennessee is not a place to produce large amount of plutonium. this reactor here was designed to learn how to produce plutonium and not producing large amounts of it. origi

if you're making plutonium, when plutonium is top secret, you want to be secret. here is a billboard. don't talk. silence means security. another sign loose talk to chain reaction from espionage. this is how they advertise it. atomic frontier day, new light on the old frontier. you're called that soviet union exploded its first bomb in 1945. how did we know what they are doing? we know because radiation put in the atmosphere spreads all over the world and we can pick it up here. how do we interpret that? that's hard. we wanted to figure out what radiation is like when it was put in the atmosphere. how did you it come down? where did it come down? how could you detect it? what better way to find out what that was like than to release radiation from a plant, like hanford. these are the so-called green run experiments because the fuel that was used was young, or green. so they started releasing radioactivity into the atmosphere, so they could study how and when and where it came down. because this is top secret, they are not bothering to tell the people if the area t

if you're making plutonium, when plutonium is top secret, you want to be secret. here is a billboard. don't talk. silence means security. another sign loose talk to chain reaction from espionage. this is how they advertise it. atomic frontier day, new light on the old frontier. you're called that soviet union exploded its first bomb in 1945. how did we know what they are doing? we know because radiation put in the atmosphere spreads all over the world and we can pick it up here. how do we interpret that? that's hard. we wanted to figure out what radiation is like when it was put in the atmosphere. how did you it come down? where did it come down? how could you detect it? what better way to find out what that was like than to release radiation from a plant, like hanford. these are the so-called green run experiments because the fuel that was used was young, or green. so they started releasing radioactivity into the atmosphere, so they could study how and win awhehen and where i down. because this is top secret, they are not bothering to tell the people if the area

officials in seoul believe that north korea has resumed production of plutonium that could be used in nuclear weapons. south korean defense ministry spokesperson commented on the issue. >> translator: we are aware that north korea is processing spent nuclear fuel to extract plutonium. >> he was responding to wednesday's report from japan's kyoto news agency that pyongyang confirmed plutonium production in a written interview. moon says the move is a clear violation of u.n. security council resolutions and seoul will work with other countries to counter the nuclear program. under an agreement made in 2007 the north reactor. a top intelligence official warned in february that north korea could soon begin extracting plutonium. weeks later u.s. researchers detected early signs of processing in satellite images. >>> brazilian police say they have determined that four u.s. swimmers including gold medalist ryan lochte were lying when they claimed they were robbed at gunpoint in rio de janeiro. the swimmers said a group of thieves on sunday morning stopped the taxi they were riding in and too

nuclear watchdog says north korea may have resumed reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel to extract plutonium. the director general of the international atomic energy agency yukiya amano made the statement in a report dated friday. it says the iaea confirmed that satellite photos show signs of operations at a radiochemical lab in nyongbyon from the beginning of this year through early july. the agency says the signs include deliveries of chemical tanks and operation of a steam plant linked to the lab. south korea's defense ministry said last week the north has been reprocessing spent nuclear fuel to extract plutonium. it said south korea will work closely with other countries on a response. the iaea has already pointed out signs of the north's reprocessing and plans to discuss how to respond to the activity at its annual general conference next month. >>> south korean media say pyongyang's military has laid land mines in the demilitarized zone. the court of arbitration for sport has upheld the ban on russian athletes over state sponsors doping. medvedev calls the ruling shameless. people in m

the defection comes as north korea says it has resumed plutonium production by reprocessing spent fuel rods. the country's atomic energy institute claims to be producing highly enriched uranium. this has left north korea incrossingly isolated. the u.n. imposed more sanctions after a fourth nuclear test this year. a series of other missile tests have followed in defiance of the international community, but pyongyang says it plans to continue nuclear testing to counter what it believes are threats from the u.s. the north korean embassy here in london has not commented on the defection. we don't know the reason behind it. but there's no doubt it will be a setback for the country. there have been over 800 defections from north korea this year alone. >> thank you very much. >>> we're going to talk live with trump adviser and former defense intelligence director retired general michael flynn. but first, let's get more. coming up, what does hillary clinton think of the big changes in the trump campaign? first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering. in philadel

the defection comes as north korea says it has resumed plutonium production by reprocessing spent fuel rods. the country's atomic energy institute claims to be producing highly enriched uranium. this has left north korea incrossingly isolated. the u.n. imposed more sanctions after a fourth nuclear test this year. a series of other missile tests have followed in defiance of the international community, but pyongyang says it plans to continue nuclear testing to counter what it believes are threats from the u.s. the north korean embassy here in london has not commented on the defection. we don't know the reason behind it. but there's no doubt it will be a setback for the country. there have been over 800 defections from north korea this year alone. >> thank you very much. >>> we're going to talk live with trump adviser and former defense intelligence director retired general michael flynn. but first, let's get more. coming up, what does hillary clinton think of the big changes in the trump campaign? first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering. in philadel

the rocky flats north of golden temperature has been three decades since an fbi raid found that plutonium was being released into areas northwest of denver. it involves neighborhoods in the stanley lake area from wadsworth to west indiana, north suzanne mccarol shows us people who own property in this area as of june 7th, 1989, might be getting a check. >> reporter: some of the residents in this affected area started finding legal papers are in class action lawsuit 26 years ago. >> did you think this day would ever come after 26 years? >> frankly i wasn't sure i'd ever live long enough. >> reporter: kathy has owned a says home owners hike her will likely get $12,000 to $14,000 from this settlement. >> what is justice? but i guess it's as good as whatever we're gonna get! >> you're entitled to money from the settlement. >> reporter: this money doesn't want us to use her name. she says she worked at rocky flats, owns this home near there but won't take any money. >> why would i try to get money from it because of it? >> reporter: still the majority of owners likely to get money by the first

release of plutonium back in the day could mean between $12,000 and $14,000. this settlement has been years in the making >> reporter: some of the residents in this affected area started filing legal papers for this lawsuit 26 years ago. >> did you think this day would ever come after 26 years? >> frankly i wasn't sure i'd ever >> reporter: she's owned a condo near rocky flats for decades. the lawyer in the case says homeowners like her will likely get $12,000 to $14,000. >> what is justice? but i guess it's as good as whatever we're gonna get. >> you're entitled to money from this settlement. >> reporter: this money doesn't want us to use her name. she says she worked at rocky flats, owns this home near there, but won't take any money. >> i bought next to rocky money from it because of it? >> reporter: the majority of the 13,000 to 15,000 property owners likely to get money by the first half of 2017 are expected to take it gracefully. >> i think the important thing is that they're holding the government contractors and the department of energy responsible. >>

there were early reports and rumors that some americans had been injected with plutonium. a congressional report in 1986 was called america's nuclear guinea pigs. written in bland congressional language. a journalist wrote about the story and got names and faces. i mentioned a few people here. she wrote some incredible stories and has a wonderful book out called the plutonium files. but really we started to find out a lot more about these with the book that came out of a commission. this was the rather thick book. this is from the advisory committee on human relations experiments, it was created in january of 1994. president bill clinton ordered all federal agencies and a ton of tough was declassified. and one of the things that happened as a result of this book and this commission was that the declassified documents are now publicly available. lots of people have gone to them and written about them. now, the commission that he formed was made up of historians, philosophers, lawyers, radiologists, physicists, even a private citizen. they were deluged with inquiries of peop

some of the rationale for some of the plutonium experiments and radiation experiments and other injections was that these people are dying and we might as well get some information from them. being ill and hospitalized did not justify that. you still have to respect them as people. so what are key lessons from the radiation experiments. i've only scratched the surface. i hope you will go and read more about them, in arlene wilson's book, jonathan moreno has a wonderful book on the history of the experiments, these human irradiation experiment books, a lot more detail. one of the lessons is the medicine and the quest for knowledge has to be looked at it the in a specific political, economic, social context. it can't be understood if you take it out of the context. these radiations experiments started in the context of a world war and ended in the context of a cold war which turned quite hot on occasion, which was characterized by secrecy, which was characterized by fear that these weapons could be used against us. nonetheless some of the features that came out of these experiments continue

the regime also confirmed to japan's news agency that it has resumed plutonium production.his follows a high-level defection. cnn's barbara starr reports. >> reporter: it's the highest level diplomatic defection ever from kim jong-un's north korean regime. >> socialism is not something in the air. >> reporter: the deputy ambassador to the uk defecting and reaching safety in south korea. last year, the ambassador appeared loyal. >> if you read our papers and the magazines and the photos, you can see how socialism is carried on and put into practice. >> reporter: a south korean government spokesman says the ambassador wanted out. >> translator: i am aware that he defected due to his yearning for liberal democracy. >> reporter: it comes as u.s. officials tell cnn that intelligence agencies are watching significant, new north korean military steps increase the threat to the u.s. and allies. >> they have been exceedingly active in demonstrating capability. >> reporter: the latest intelligence analysis concludes north korea is now aggressively testing medium and long-range missil

intelligence sources and also they trained the guards for the nuclear arsenal and pakistan now has a plutoniumreactor and a major airbase if you circle in the middle he wasn't there where they had total coverage and also they made it clear in the early reporting he had no internet or electronic communication he was completely isolated. we would walk into the prison by an isi official and even in the story we had to blow to the steel doors. he was clearly a prisoner of war, not of love. >> there's been a lot of criticism. i am sure you've heard this fake moon landing territory. peter berger called it long since. the "washington post" talked about it being kind of crazy. what's this all about not just the failure to follow up but this accusing you of being a conspiracy monger. there's been an enormous amount of criticism and when i did a story we had a document but if you look at the original that i wrote it was late december, 1974 the "washington post" three months was attacking me saying it wasn't right. it's the obvious in some cases what it is. i've been doing this a long time writing storie

pakistan has a plutonium reactor. if you draw a circle, it was clear he had no internet, electronic connection. he was completely isolated. with woe landed our guys walked into a business by an isi official. we had a blow and he was a pr prisoner of war not of love. >> there has been a lot of criticism, too, of the story. not just lack of follow-up but i looked at a few quotes. it is fate moon landing. this is called a salon of non-sense. the salon and political box weighed in and the "washington post" talked about being too kind and firing their media guy. what is this all about? why was there so much not just failure to follow up but this kind of nastiness of accusing you of being a conspiracy person? what is that about? >> guest: well, most of my stories have a lot of criticism. when i did the abu grave story it was there. but the original stories, t"the new york times" late december, the "washington post" took three months to see that wasn't right. there were not files. the cia was not keeping files on americans a

but also a base at which they train the guards for the nuclear arsenal to reactors and they have a plutoniumreactor. a major air base. if you draw a circle in the middle he wasn't there by accident. they had total coverage. and also they made it clear in the early reporting and you have to go back to the first things that were said he have no internet he have no electronic communication. he was completely isolated the fact that our guys when we landed we would walk into his prison by an isi official. we have to blow it to steel doors. he was clearly a prisoner of war. not a prisoner of love. >> there's been a lot of criticism on the story not just lack of follow-up but i took down a few quotes i'm sure you have heard them mark bowed and said, it's a fake moon landing territory. the washington post talked about it being even kind of crazy what is this all about. why was there so much not only failure to follow up but the nastiness of being a conspiracy monitor? >> most of my stories it has been an enormous amount of criticism. we have a document there. a lot of the stories if you look at the

pakistan needs service and also where they train the guards for the nuclear arsenal now to have the plutonium reactor of a major air base. he was not there by accident and also they made that clear in the early reporting , he had no internet to or electronic communication. he was completely isolated in fact, we were walked into the prison by the i s i official. and we had to blow to steel doors. he was a prisoner. not of love. . . this kind of nastiness of accusing you of being a conspiracy mongol. what's that about? >> i've had this most of my career. most of my stories have had an enormous amount of criticism. when i did the albert grape story and a lot of the stories, if if you look at the original story i wrote about the spying in the new york times, it was december 1974, my god, the washington post for three months was attacking me saying that wasn't right, there weren't files, the cia wasn't keeping files on americans, et cetera. all of that stuff, you tell me, i don't want to describe what it's about, it's pretty obvious in some cases what it is because i've been doing this a long time

they they now have a plutonium reactor and also a major airbase.if you draw a circle in the middle they parked him in a place with total coverage and they made it clear that in the early reporting and you have to go back to the first things that reset, he had he had no internet, he had no electronic medication. he was completely isolated. in fact our guys, guys, when we landed we were walking to his prison by an isi official. if you remember, we had to blow to steel doors. if there are two steel doors, he he was a prisoner, clearly a prisoner of war, not a prisoner of love. anyway -- >> there's been a lot of criticism of the story not just lack of a follow-up but i put down a few quotes as i'm sure you've heard them it's fake moon landing territory. these are they called it nonsense. the washington post talked about it being even kind of crazy, their media guy. what is is all about? why was why was there so much, not just failure to follow but this nastiness of accusing you of being a conspiracy? >> i've had this must my career. most of my story ha

have gotten rid of 98% of enriched uranium, submitted to the tough inspections and shut down their plutonium program. >> joseph? >> i think this is crazy. let's talk about something that's mostly true that hillary clinton said. even though the iran nuclear deal has been widely criticized by both parties, widely unpopular, she said she took ownership of it and had a role in it. politicfact found that mostly true. you saw in the last video the ultimate spin of the obama administration. this is what people are fed up from. you have the iranian state tv saying this is a ransom. the iranian public believes this is ransom. iranian leadership believes this is ransom. >> they are always totally honest. >> the american public believes this is ransom. for all intents and purposes it's ransom. you can call it whatever you want. but the american public sees it as ransom. other countries see it that way and that's the problem. shame on the president for not seeing that. >> richard, what's the view in clinton world of the fact that this has become an issue over the last 24 hours? >> i agree with peter. i

. >> me know their plutonium and we would be able to trace it back after a couple months but we don'their uranium isotopes which means we may not be able to attribute it to north korea. greg: are china's wargames, are they increasingly threatening? >> there are so many of them. there's one in the sea of japan on friday with simulating attacks on shipping by long-range bombers, that was provocative but they help other live fire exercises off the coast of vietnam. we are seeing all of these exercises with the russian. and coming up in september in the south china sea and they are swarming all of their fishing vessels, 324 of them around the sun, who islands two weeks ago so clearly the chinese have become extremely provocative at a time when everyone says they would be quiet in the run-up to the g 20 which is all the first week of september in china . greg: thank you for being with us. jenna? jenna: one city plagued by violent crime takes a unique approach to fighting it, by paying criminals for good behavior. critics say amounts to arrive. we take a closer look next. protected by armed

you look at north korea where they have enough plutonium to build six nuclear bombs, where we've sort of distanced ourself from our allies, they lost about a million people in the korean war, the forgotten war. we he lost 53,000 americans. we shouldn't be doing any favors for north korea. it is closed society. we don't have any inspection, don't know whether it is going to work or not. but we keep giving them incentives. someone calls them something else. here we have cuba 90 piles fr 9 our shores and it seemed to me if you want to send a signal, you've got to send a signal, mr. president. the sooner the better. put tougher sanctions on castro, not try to make it easier for him. >> whmr. president, what is you attitude toward cuba and how cuba should be treated? >> first of all, for the last four years we have worked hard to bring about more pressure on castro. in 1992 before i became president congress passed the cuba democracy act and i enforced it vigorously. we made the embargo tougher but we increased contacts, people to people, with the cubans, including direct telephone service

you look at north korea where they have enough plutonium to build six nuclear bombs.e've sort of distanced ourselves from our ally, south korea. they lost about a million people in the war, the korean war, the forgotten war. we lost 53,000 americans. we shouldn't be doing any favors for north korea. it's a closed society. we don't have any inspection. we don't know whether it's going to work or not, but we keep giving the incentives. someone called them something else. incentives. we don't know what's going to happen. here we have cuba 90 miles from our shores, and what have we done, we passed the law that gave people a right to sue and the president postponed it for six months. and it seemed to me if you want to send a signal, you've got to send a signal, mr. president. the sooner the better off we'll be, if you put tougher sanctions on castro, not try to make it easier for him. mr. lehrer: mr. president, what is your attitude toward cuba and how cuba should be treated? pres. clinton: well, first of all, for the last four years we have worked had to put more and more

they've put concrete into the plutonium reactor.ountry on this massive, massive debate we were having a year ago about the iranian nuclear deal. the obama administration has actually been vindicated. >> a year in. there's a lot more time. >> i hear you. >> got to be short. >> of course. the iranians have already taken additional american hostages after this whole thing has happened. >> they've been doing that for years and years anyway. >> we have a deal now, which you're saying is a fantastic deal, which you would think would thaw relations . on top of that, we're one year into a deal. it's preposterous to say it's worked as it's supposed to. this is something we're going to have to be looking at for a long time. i think it sets the long-term stage for a much stronger, much more dangerous iranian state, which has always been the objection. no one thought they were going to nuclear after year one, and they are still seizing hostages. >> that's it. >> thank you. >> really appreciate it. a tweet is making a lot of noise this morning.

again, 98% of enriched uranium, the toughest inspections any country has ever submitted to, its plutoniumit poured concrete into that reactor. all without war? i think hillary clinton can defend that proudly. >> why does donald trump hate it? >> he hates it more than anything for the image. what does it say to other countries that we're concerned about that it looks like a pay to play. >> you're talking about the ransom. you two are talking about two different things. >> it's part of the larger iran deal. donald trump doesn't even know the details of the iran deal. he keeps talking about 150 million payoff to iran. in fact, it was 100 million. it was already there, frozen assets. the reason donald trump can't win this debate is because he doesn't know the basic details of the deal. >> i don't think most american citizens know the details. >> shouldn't the guy who's going to be president? >> well, everybody should know. the american people should know the details, but it shouldn't be thrust upon them. oh, the day we give this money up is the day we get the hostages. so the timing is just s