embassy in tokyo. >> mike cox: we want to be a welcoming country, the united states.certainly, we don't want the yakuza coming to the united states. >> logan: because they're criminals. >> cox: they have extensive criminal histories here in japan. they are members of criminal organizations. for both of those reasons, they would be ineligible to enter the united states. >> logan: how did he get around that? according to jake adelstein's reporting, which we confirmed, tadamasa goto made a deal with the fbi. he offered to become a rat and inform on his yakuza brothers. >> adelstein: goto said, "here's the deal. i need to get in the united states to get my liver transplant or i'm going to die. i will give you the names of all our front companies in the united states." so, in terms of not only criminal intelligence, but sort of... you know, pure, i don't know, covert intelligence, goto represented a real find for the fbi. >> logan: so, the fbi made this deal. >> adelstein: and they gave him a special visa to come into the united states. >> logan: getting into the u.s. was

he spoke about the decision today during his trip to tokyo. >>> i'm absolutely convinced that khalid shaikh mohammed will be subject to the most exact in demands of justice. the american people insist on it and my administration will insist on it. >> the man will go on trial in the southern district of new york just blocks from the world trade center tower. nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks in new york and washington. the actual transfer isn't expected to happen for many weeks. what do you think about this? what do you think about trying these suspects in civilian court in new york? do you think it's the right thing to do? do you prefer they face military justice back in guantanamo bay. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. call us at 877-tell-hln. you can text us at hlntv. standard text rates apply. there's also a discussion going on on my facebook page. search richelle carey hln to dive in. we'll share your responses with you in just a bit. >>> the alleged ft. hood gunman may be permanently paralyzed from the waist down. he was shot four times during that shooting spree last week.

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he's going to star in tokyo and make stops in beijing and seoul. he'll talk about the u.s.nomy, the trade deficit with china, and his plans for afghanistan among other things. >>> bad news for drivers in the san francisco bay area. the bay bridge is going to be shut down again for more repairs. crews have more work to do on the same 80-foot-long steel bar that cracked earlier this year. now it's not clear yet when the work is going to happen. lou dobbs is leaving cnn. at the end of last night's show he said he's leaving the network effective immediately. over the past few years he has taken a stand on hot topics like immigration, and he says that he's going to look for other ways to play a more activist role on the issues. i think he said advocacy journali journalism. >>> i want to say good morning. you're up early. i'm robin meade. welcome. >>> every year, get this, an average of 11 u.s. commercial pilots try to fly under the influence of alcohol. "usa today" says faa records show it's been happening since 1997. now the agency's currently reviewing the case of united airli

and he got me in touch with the director who was on the jury of the tokyo film festival.ically said, hey, can you do anything about getting this movie shown there? and so literally, i just, like, september an e-mail to him and connected fisher and him. and aradu really did it and got them to show this movie in a place where really -- you can preach to the converted, but to show it there for people to see it there, has really made a difference. and they've stopped doing it. it's not happening right now. as long as you're there checking up on them, right? >> i'll go back as soon as i can. >> larry: i know you will. in the '60s, by the way, rick captured and trained dolphins, including flipper. now you free them from cab tith. are you against the sea worls and seaquariums? >> i don't enjoy seeing dolphins do tricks in a tank. >> larry: they're amazing. >> literally, in the last two or three years, i've got two yoing kids, i've been in jamaica, taken my kids to swim with dolphins. done it in mexico. and you see this movie, and immediately you feel so guilty, you feel so bad b

we can retrieve it from the nile river or tokyo bay or wherever these nutrients end up. it is a basic challenge in disrupting the nutrient cycle. >> you make a strong case that there are ecological solutions available to mitigate a lot of these problems. the larger problem seems to be getting policymakers to push behind these solutions, convincing them we're talking about a threat to modern civilization and convincing them that this is not something that can be put off. what troubles me about your world war ii analogy is after pearl harbor there is a clear, undeniable crisis that from the ordinary political divisions. right now we don't have that. when environmental change reaches the tipping point that is so devastating and undeniable that it is the equivalent of pearl harbor we may be at the point where these sorts of solutions no longer are as effective. what do you see as the most effective way to actually light a fire under policymakers and get them to take a look at these longer-term issues the right now don't necessarily affect their next election cycle? >> it dep

he will start in tokyo and make starts in singapore, shanghai and seoul.alk to leaders about the economy and trade with china and plans for afghanistan among other things. >>> the husband of sandra day o'connor died from alzheimer's complications. she served as the courts' first female justice. colleagues say when he got worse she started to bring him to work. >>> the bay bridge is going to be shut down again for more repairs. crews have more work to do on the same 80-foot long steel bar that cracked earlier this year. it's not clear yet when the work will happen. >>> lou dobbs is leaving cnn. at the end of last night's show he said and announced he is leaving the network immediately. over the past few years he has taken a stand over hot topics like immigration, and wants to look for other ways to play an activist role on those issues. >>> it's 31 minutes past the hour. i am robin meade, and you are that close to getting to friday. president obama is not ready to sign off on any of the four proposals for a troop increase in afghanistan. yesterday he asked

and he got me in touch with the director who was on the jury of the tokyo film festival.ally said, hey, can you do anything about getting this movie shown there? and so, literally, i just, like, sent an e-mail to him and connected fish enand him. and aradu really did it and got them to show this movie in a place where really -- you can preach to the converted, but to show it there for people to see it there, has really made a difference. and they've stopped doing it. it's not happening right now. as long as you're there checking up on them, right? >> i'll go back as soon as i can. >> larry: i know you will. in the '60s, by the way, rick captured and trained dolphins, including flipper. now you free them captivity. are you against the sea worlds and seaquariums? do you not like what they do? >> i don't enjoy seeing dolphins do tricks in a tank. i see no value in dolphins doing stupid tricks in a concrete tank. >> larry: ben, i was in miami for many years. dolphins are amazing. >> amazing. you talk about the dolphinariums. literally in the last two or three years, i have tw

then another bunch of hours to hit tokyo. he will be, again, speaking to troops in alaska.will be visiting new leaders in asia that themselves just begun their tenureships there. as you can see, president obama walking up the gangplank. he'll get in, turn around, is a salute, perhaps, and then it will take off. all right. there he is. "air force one" now headed to alaska. and a long trip to asia. we will be back with more. >>> new this morning, there's no record the ft. hood shooting suspect ever claimed to his supervisors about his claims of being harassed over religion. that's what two senior military officials told the associated press. they also say there's no indication major nidal hasan formally requested to leave the military. his family has said he was seeking legal advice about that. meanwhile his attorney has concerns about the case. >> not only do i have concerns about it, i can tell you, i've been approached on the street by many folks in this vicinity who've expressed the same concern. is it possible for him to get a fair trial, they ask me. and i just simply s

the president spoke about his decision to close guantanamo bay today during his visit to tokyo. >> i'mat khalid sheikh mohammed will be subject to the most exacting demands of justice. the american people insist on it and my administration will insist on it. >> and when the men go to trial in the southern district court of new york, they're going to be just blocks from where the world trade centers fell. nearly 3 thousand people died in those attacks. the actual transfer of the prisoners to new york is not expected to happen for several weeks, but formal charges haven't been filed against most of them yet. >>> so with all of that said, we want your view on this. do you think trying the suspects in civilian court in new york is the right thing to do or would you have preferred they face military justice back at dpa guantanamo bay? >> e-mail us, call us or text us at hlntv or log on to facebook and tell me what you think. >>> well, the alleged ft. hood gunman may be permanently paralyzed from the waist down. major nidal hasan was shot four times during the shooting spree last week. he's

in japan, you go out on a typical day in tokyo and you can has done to the country. the power sakkawasaki e industrial power of japan. host: let's get a response from our guest. guest: i agree with you. japan has been a power and we have seen other major countries -- countries stepping upon. óÑ÷we heard from russia, korea, brazil, a major stepping up in their targets. there is a sense that around the world, everybody gets it. they see the need to reduce emissions. i'm very encouraged by the president's announcement and his actions last week. i think we will have success in copenhagen and it will lead to further action next years to -- next year to finalize the treaty. obviously, he is coming because he's going to the nobel prize event, but the first week will be a week when negotiators are really finalizing the details. it is still at a point when the game is still to be settled. i&÷háhink is very useful. there are a number of cabinet secretaries making presentations throughout the week after the president's opening presentation. this is a sea change from where rewor

in japan, you go out on a typical day in tokyo and you can has done to the country.power and we have seen other major countries -- countries stepping upon. óÑ÷we heard from russia, korea, brazil, a major stepping up in their targets. there is a sense that around the world, everybody gets it. they see the need to reduce emissions. i'm very encouraged by the president's announcement and his actions last week. i think we will have success in copenhagen and it will lead to further action next years to -- next year to finalize the treaty. obviously, he is coming because he's going to the nobel prize event, but the first week will be a week when negotiators are really finalizing the details. it is still at a point when the game is still to be settled. i&÷háhink is very useful. there are a number of cabinet secretaries making presentations throughout the week after the president's openi

. >> the conventional bombing of tokyo in one night, using really old-fashioned jellied gasoline incendiary bombs, killed 100,000 in one night. so it was not seen by the scientists really as a moral issue. >> and to make sure that the bomb was as conventional as possible, because there was concern about the radiation being the equivalent of poison gas, which of course we had forsworn during the war. the bomb was deliberately set to go off 1,800 yards above ground zero so that there would be no turning up of soil and irradiate of soil and production of a lot of radioactive materials. the scientists at los alamos, the military in washington, one of this weapon to function basically as a blast weapon like any other high explosive. in fact, it was essentially a firebomb, and most of the casualties at hiroshima and nagasaki were caused by the firestorm that followed the use of the weapon, not by radiation or even by the blast. so the issue really came down to something that, in the eyes of the people making the decision at the time, seemed to be, should we use a really big explosive, not an atom