down at yucca mountain? >> my understanding is that the current inventory of waste in that category exceeded -- exceeds even the 10% of yucca mountain that was reserved for that purpose originally. there are lots of proposals right now to compact the waist, to mix it with itdown-blend i t, if you will. >> did the department of energy consider whether its role would be compromised by its decisions on yucca mountain? >> that obviously is a very fundamental issue. that is outside my area. i don't know the answer to question. >> do you know if doe did any analysis? >> i have not seen such analysis for the department recognizes its responsibilities for defense of high-level waste. that is never been in question. >> my time has expired the chair recognizes mr. kaskey for 5 minutes. >> [inaudible] around june 29, that there was a judge that the department of energy did not have the authority to close the amount in. >> june 29, 2010. >> yes, but you did anyway. does the rule of law have no say so? does the attorney

it requires yucca mountain.i have an article is like to submit for the record detailing this article on the issue. >> is there objection? hearing none come as a worker. >> thank you had also meant that. delaying means that hanford will be home to high-level defense waste even longer. the federal government's legal commitment to a state will be kept in progress and hanford will be jeopardized. the stakes from my state of washington could not be higher than the risk could be not for real. in addition to richmond which is south is the home to specific northwest nuclear power plant. the nuclear fuel is also inflated to go to yucca mountain. the spent fuel has to be kept on-site for an unknown amount of time and great expense to taxpayers and ratepayers. in my district we understand nuclear power is safe and provide good paying jobs, but all of this is being jeopardized by the administration's decision to shut down yucca mountain. at a time of record our country cannot afford to waste billions of dollars going back t

guidance to close out the yucca review, correct? >> that's correct. someone's testimony appears to be false, either the e.d.o. is misstating he received this assurance from the chairman, or the chairman did not tell the truth to the e.d.o. about having the agreement of the other commissioners. how do you recollect ok sile this testimony. >> the chairman did not recall when asked if he had communicated to the e.d.o. and exactly what he had communicated in terms of giving him the green light to issue the c.r. memorandum. however, the e.d.o., as you've indicated, does say or did tell us the chairman told him the memorandum could be issued, all were onboard, he had spoken to all the commissioners. and therefore, based on that, he signed the c.r. memorandum. >> well, i think the question raised by this report here is that somebody is not telling the truth in this process. your report lays out what people say, but you do not connect the dots. what are the next steps? >> we cannot say the chairman lied to us. he said he did not recall telling the -- what he

with yucca mountain. with such an independent organization have to be created by statute or does the administration have the authority to create it? >> currently no administration or separate authorities, so i think it would have to be created. >> you might eliminate some of the political capriciousness by granting this agency predictable mandatory funding but eventually the decisions to cite a depository would be inherently political, and we all understand that. that said, outside of the funding how could this independent agency be able to overcome the political hurdles with any greater efficiency than the department of energy? >> we sort of had to lessons learned and that's part of it, that's the first lesson that perhaps some consistent leadership policy on where we are going would be a mechanism to get there. overcoming the factors including public acceptance which is recognized by many as a hurdle that should be addressed as well as the technical and safety issues. the key to those sort of things is

before i start my questions, i want to respond to yucca. we found out through a gao report the republicans asked for, that they terminated the project because it was not a workable option. there were benefits associated with this. that is a report requested by the republicans in the house. some of the past problems we had, the risk that water will seep into a repository and cause the casks holding high-level radioactive waste to rest and break, we keep content into the vicinity and lord knows i know too much about earthquake faults and a dangerous radiation, of particular concern to me is groundwater -- groundwater from yucca mountain flows and to my state. there tests that show water was leaking from the site. this is an closed matter, but since it was raised by the ranking member, i felt it was important to bring everyone up to date that a gao investigation asked for by house republicans basically said this was an appropriate decision. i have some questions here and going to focus on fukushima and then moved to california and try to cover

so basically what we had was congress writing aaw that yucca mountain was a nuchal came trez from -- nuclear alcatraz but scientists said it was more like a nuclear sieve. we heard that from the national academy of sciences in 1986 and heard it from them here but this committee and others ignored that warning. the obama administration that moving record with yucca muenten -- mountain and was not the appropriate political direction to take. but congress decided to slash funding for the project. the chairman greg yasgow did whatever office would do when a building plan a canceled, he topped spending money, processing the permit. though members of this community accud him of doing something legal. but the general council found it was bell and entirely within his authority to do so. mr. bell, you said earlier that chairman's press release on your report wasis alone and you had no input. but isn't it true that you and your deputy saw the statement before it went out. upon chairman yasgow and you told the chairman's chief of staff you had no objections, is that true? no, that's not true. i

before i start my questions, i want to respond on yucca. because it was important to note that we found out that through a g.a.o. report, that republicans ask for, that they terminated the d.o.e. terminated the project because it was not a workable option and that there were benefits associated with this. now that is a report that have requested by the republicans in the house. and some of the past problems we had with yucca, the risk that water will seep into the repository and cause the casks holding high level radioactive waste to rust and break, leaking the contents in the vicinities and lord knows i know too much about earthquake faults and dangerous radiation and a particular concern to me, ground water from yucca mountain flows into my state and the fact that there were tests that showed that water was leaking from the site. so since this was so -- to me, it is a closed matter but since it was raised by the ranking member of the subcommittee barrasso, i felt it was important to bring everybody up to date that a g.a.o. investigation a

did you evaluate whether was appropriate to close the yucca mountain generally? >> no. >> the report said it was wrong? >> no, sir. >> this is the second time i have noticed that and administration takes leave under continuing resolution. did your investigation discuss anything about the administration using liberal interpretations of the continuing resolution? >> no, sir. >> some of my colleagues has said it decided to close up the process for some nefarious purpose. this was done at the behest of the president for political purposes. did you find indication that the president reached out to the chairman and personally asked him to stop reviewing the yucca mountain application? >> no, sir. >> i think we need to take the allegations seriously. the report does not find a legal conduct nor does that make assertions about whether the administration opposed the decision was proper. i do think our committee needs to look at the nrc and general government. there have been some cases, like with nasa, some decisions were made based on the budget but it did not pass the h

then will need to either reopen yucca mountain or find some other ones.e should not keep charging billions of dollars to ratepayers and not using it for its independent -- its intended purpose. we need to know more. we have heard from secretary to, our secretary, a nuclear physicist, that spent fuel can be stored safely on site for up to 100 years. it is important for americans to hear that from the top officials in our country, who know about such things. but we need to bring to a close a discussion about whether spent fuel pools or dry cask storage or a long-term repository is the right way to deal with the fuel that we have. we need to take advantage of this panel. the president was appointed to recycle used nuclear fuel in an even better way. we need to explore and learn from our commissioners how the next generation of reactors can improve safe passive technologies. we need to learn how the small nuclear reactors, the ones that might be 125 megawatts instead of 1140 -- how they might be a way for the united states to get back in the business of leadi

jamie yuccas for cbs news, minot, north dakota. >>> federal prison officials decided to forcibly medicatehe suspect in the tucson shooting rampage with anti-psychotic drugs. jared loughner has been declared mentally incompetent and a danger to himself. loughner pleaded not guilty to the shootings that killed six people and injured 13 others, including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. >>> about two dozen children and adults were injured sunday, their school bus collided with a car and overturned on a highway in central pennsylvania. they were on their way to a summer church camp. nobody was seriously hurt. police say it's too early in the investigation to see if charges will be filed. >>> five passengers remain unaccounted for after friday's crash between a truck and an amtrak train in nevada. police say some may have walked away without checking in with police. six people including the truck driver were killed. safety records show the trucking company had a poor safety record. >>> in the world of public security, the public seeking hacker group lulzsec says it's time to say bon vie yanlg

ground water from yucca mountain flows into my state. there were tests that showed that water was leaks from the site. to me it was a closed matter, but since the subject was raised, i felt it was important to bring everybody up to date that a g.a.o. investigation said this was an appropriate decision. i have some questions here. i am going to focus on fukushima and then move to california. i will try to cover all those bases. chairman, 34,000 children in japan have been issued personal radiation monitors. those children live within -- they live 40 miles from the plant itself, well outside the 12-mile exclusion zone. why do you think 34,000 kids were given radiation monitors? is your mic on? >> it is my understanding there has been a lot of discussion about the protective actions for children in japan, as well in general with all of the people living in japan. the japanese government continues to evaluate the actions that they have taken with regard to protecting all of their population. this is a very complicated situation. i think as t

jamie yuccas of minneapolis station wcco reports. >> reporter: she saw the flood in '69 but it doesn't compare. >> not anything like this. this is unbelievable. >> reporter: ruth schmidt usually walks around oak park in minot. it's closed. she brought her camera to the broadway bridge. >> they really worked hard. >> reporter: on highway 352, just east of minot, traffic cannot get through, except for trucks hauling sand and local authorities. they're checking out what's been lost and what soon will be gone. >> yes, it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: markers near the broadway bridge -- >> their roofs are going to be covered. >> reporter: it what surprises locals the most. >> kind of makes a big lump in your throat. >> reporter: water will likely not just flood homes but soon cover them. >> that was jamie yuccas of minneapolis station wcco reporting. >>> in washington it appears talks to reach a deal on raising the debt limit have stalled. republican lawmakers walked out of the talks yesterday. joel brown is in the capitol with more on that this morning. good morning, joel. >> manny, good m

instead simply stating that yucca is not a workable option. this coincides with an april 2011 g.a.o. study that reported 'd.o.e. decided to eliminate the yucca mountain repository program because according to the department of energy officials, it is not a workable option and there are better solutions that can achieve a broader national consensus. d.o.d. did not cite technical or safety issues." there's a simple reason that either department of energy secretary chu nor no other member of the administration has put forth a single scientific justification on the decision not to move forward with yucca mountain, because there is none. because there is none. in the n.r.c. atomic safety and licensing board rejected the department of energy's request to withdraw the license application, it noted -- and i quote -- "conceding that the application is not fraud nor the site unsafe, the secretary of energy seeks to withdraw the application with prejudice as a 'matter of policy because the nevada site is not a workable option.' in fact, according to the

jamie yuccas of wcco-tv is in minot with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. people getting welcomed news this morning that the river crested over the weekend and water levels are starting to go down. further south in nebraska, they're seeing water level rise on missouri river there, threatening two nuclear power plants near omaha. 20 miles north of omaha, the ft. calhoun power plant has been closed since april for refueling. it's here where a collective wall or berm collapsed yesterday after river levels reached dangerous levels. >> they've been designed to what we think historically is the largest possible flood. this plant is set to deal with a flood at a much higher level than we're seeing now. >> reporter: gregory jaczko toured the other plant, cooper plant south of omaha is still dry at this point. if the river rises another three feet, the nrc will have to shut down the plant. >> anything is possible. right now that's not anticipated that we would see the water levels get that high. >> reporter: the missouri river is not expected to crest for several da

it could last five to seven days. >> jamie yuccas, thanks so much. we be following that story as it develops over the weekend. here is jeff. >>> we are learning fascinating details about the arrest of notorious mob boss whitey bulger and how he lived during 16 years in hiding. cbs news justice corporate bob orr is in washington with the latest on this. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. whitey bulger had been one of the most elusive fugitives ever hunted by the fbi. now he is in a california jail and preparing to return to boston where he is accuseded of running a ruthless irish mob. for 16 years, whitey bulger was the invisible man. a fugitive on the run. but late yesterday, bulger surface inside a los angeles courtroom. the ruthless and almost mythical mobster, america's most wanted man, was finally taken down by the fbi after a tip led agents to a santa monica apartment building. >> using a ruche agents and other task force members lured bulger out of his apartment and placed under arrest without incident. >> reporter: buller head

jamey yuccas, is in minot tonight. >> reporter: as the mouse river begins to crest at its highest and most historic levels it's come time for drastic decisions to save another neighborhood in minot, north dakota. the river is flowing more than 50 times its normal speed and has expanded to 10 times its size. as it passes through the city, dragging debris downstream from miles away. with manmade levees threatening to fail in the heart of downtown, minot's mayor, curt zimbelman knows how dangerous that is. >> everything we're looking at is in jeopardy. if this goes, everything goes in this whole area for several blocks up, several businesses, all of broadway. we either hold this whole dike, this whole temporary dike or we lose it all. >> reporter: one thing that could make that fear a reality is a small 40-foot pedestrian walkway that has become overrun by the rushing floodwaters and is wedging its way into the levee's side. what's incredible about this small bridge being cluttered with debris is it's eroding the dike which could flood hundreds of homes and businesses behind it, dividing

jamie yuccas of our minneapolis station wcco is in minot. jamie? >> reporter: scott, minot's mayor says more than 2,000 homes are underwater right now and that number is expected to double throughout the weekend. now residents like amy broton can only watch the waters rise. >> i've worked every day, raised two kids by myself in that house. there won't be a house to go back to anymore. so, now we'll start over. somewhere. >> reporter: amy broton is one of 12,000 evacuees-- about a quarter of the city's population-- who have been forced to abandon their homes, many of which are only rooftops from above. >> a whole lot of water. >> reporter: amy gathers what she can, even as her basement fills with water. >> i never envisioned it coming up the walls and being this deep already. >> reporter: she's expecting a baby in four months, but could be homeless in hours. she gets strength from this message on her wall. tell me about this. why did you put it on the wall? >> i always said it doesn't matter what you have, i don't need a great big fancy home. you sp

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a house energy subcommittee will look at the yucca mountain issue and management of the nrc. live coverage begins today at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3. later here on c-span2 former national security adviser brent scowcroft talks about foreign policy challenges. he'll be at the national press club for the ford presidential foundation journalism awards. live coverage at 1 p.m. eastern. >> next month on booktv's "in depth," author, activist linda hogan. her week books include "the woman who watches over the world, ""dwellings, and her latest, "rounding the human corners." join our three-hour conversation taking your phone calls, e-mails and tweets for linda hogan, sunday july 3rd at noon ian on c-span2. >> to me, it's just unconscionable. this is treason bl action on the part of the bastards that put it out. it involves secure information, a lot of ore things. what kind of people would do such things? >> 40 years ago this week "the new york times" published the first installments of the pentagon papers, and today at the c-span video library you can watch perspectives from the peo

inspector general's report on how the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission dealt with the yucca mountain repository license application. that is on c-span 3 in about three hours at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span 2 at 1:00 p.m. eastern, former national security adviser brent scowcroft talks about foreign policy following the annual gerald ford foundation journalism award. the senate commerce committee will look at threats to real security as members here from the heads of the transportation security administration and the amtrak police. that is on c-span 3 at 2: 30 eastern p.m.. up next, today's headlines and your call "washington journal slide on." the house is in session for general speeches at 10:00 eastern with legislative business beginning at noon. members plan to finish the military construction and veterans affairs bill and move on to the agriculture spending bill that we mentioned a few moments ago. in about 45 minutes, we will be joined by the republican rep jason chaffetz. he will take questions about military action in

that was supposed to be yucca mountain. that fell apart as an option politically and otherwise and so we just keep creating the stuff with no place to put it. >> jim, you said the critical word. you said they were waiting to be transported to another interim facility. everything we've done with nuclear waste has been interim. none of that reflects the planning you need for something as potentially dangerous as this radioactive waste. despite what i said before, always great to have you join us. >> thank you. >>> coming up, we're leaving afghanistan eventually, but we're leaving behind a mess. as kabul recovers from last night's hotel attack, i'll ask a witness just how big that is mess. plus get up to 15% off all other brands and save $1150 on this kenmore elite. thinking of going somewhere else to buy appliances? think again. sears. is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorp

speak, this congressional hearing about a plant for a nuclear waste for a depository at a plant in yucca valley. politics say the politics are influencing the -- politicians are saying are blaming the head of the commission because they say he's been withholding information in his own attempts to kill project. this is a live hearing going on now in washington, d.c. >>> meantime, japanese government has come up with a compensation plan for tens of thousands of people who have been affected by the nuclear disaster there. now, under the plan, the victims would get payments from $124 billion fund. that money would be repaid by tepco in a number of years there's word that six more plant employees have exceeded the radiation exposure limit. >>> it is 7:22. there is now word that a half brother of convicted killer yusuf bay iv was released from jail this weekend. joshua bay spent nearly four years in custody as part of a plea bargain. he had agreed to testify against bay iv to avoid a possible life sentence. josh had been arrested for rape and torture of two women at a house in east oakland. >>

jamie yuccas is in minot for us this morning. >> reporter: water at record levels and expected to go seven feet higher. i want to show you the scenes popping up this morning. over my right shoulder, cars and buildings as the sun rises and starting to see they are submerged at this point in those floodwate floodwaters and it's expected to get worse. sirens blaired in minot, north dakota, on wednesday, letting res contents know the mouse river is over the top of the levee and time for 1,000 people in evacuation zones to leave. >> i am a single father and i have four boys and scared out of my mind. >> this city is being evacuated effective immediately. >> reporter: police drove through neighborhoods to urge residents to leave their homes. >> i had to leave most of my stuff up there on my place and rough trying to haul everybody. i got me and my boys and my baby here and i couldn't take nothing with me but the clothes and documents so i had to leave everything. >> reporter: nearly 500 national guard soldiers in town to help with traffic control and the evacuation. flooding along the mous

. >> one of the things had to do with yucca mountain in the law clearly states that when these licenses and other things goforth, action is to be taken. now we hear a new standard coming out that was supposed to look at issues of consensus and social consensus in those areas. and yet, what she said as he don't have the authority to overturn laws. i am assuming the department of energy is one of those areas you have site over? do you intend to have any discussion with them with regard if they decide to ignore the law based upon a new standard of in the law? >> well, i should say that fidelity to god is our first foundation. that is the requirement of everything we do. we oversee d.o.e. rulemaking. so if there is rulemaking activity and that domain, we would as a matter of course engage with that. if there is something as a matter of course, we'd be happy to engage with them. >> it is extremely valuable if you could report to this committee on that very specific issue because lott is quite clear that demands the department of energy is supported not welcome at a new standards son-in-law i

. >> jamie yuccas of wcco in minot, north dakota. thank you. >>> the battle in libya. the house rejected a vote to allow president obama to use troops in libya. both votes will not change policy but they did make a point that frustration in washington is growing. after almost 100 days of nato air strikes moammar gadhafi is still in power. for some perspective, the battle in libya, let's turn to retired general wesley clark in little rock, arkansas. good morning. >> good morning. >> 100 days ago many people in this country, including the president of the united states said, moammar gadhafi must go. he's still there. what happened? >> first of all, i think there was a misenning as to how vulnerable he was. he's tough, charismatic, ruthless, smart, so he was never going to be a low-hanging fruit that was going to rypien aripenl off the tree. >> what needs to be done to remove gadhafi from power, in your mind? >> i think there is a slow momentum against gadhafi. the rebels are making some headway on the ground. i think a lot more needs to be done in the diplomatic area. th

inspector general's report on how the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission dealt with the yuccaountain nuclear repository application. that is on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span 2 at 1:00 a.m. eastern, but scowcroft talks about foreign policy following the annual gerald ford foundation journalism awards. also tomorrow, the senate commerce committee looked at threats to real security as members here from the heads of the transportation security administration and the amtrak police. that is on c-span 3 at 2:30 p.m. eastern. now, a hearing on improving bus safety that comes following recent accidents in the northeast and northern virginia that resulted in the deaths of several passengers. witnesses include the head of the motor carrier safety administration, safety advocates, and industry representatives. this is two hours. >> good afternoon. i would like to call this hearing of the house transportation and infrastructure committee to order. today's hearing is entitled how to best improve bus safety on our nation's highways. the order of business today will be opening sta

. >> one of the things we had a hearing on the other day had to do with yucca mountain and this law clearly states when these licenses and other things go forward action is as is to be taken and yet now we hear a new standard coming out that we are supposed to look at issues of consensus and social consensus in those areas. and get what you just said was you don't have the authority to overturn laws.. i'm assuming that the department of energy is one of the serioush you can have oversight over? >> yes. >> you intend to have any discussion with them with regars to if they decide to ignore the law based on a new standard that is not in the law? law? >> i should say fidelity to lock is ever first foundations and that's the requirement of everything we do we oversee the doe rulemakings, so if there is rulemaking authority in the demand we would as a matter of course engage with them and if there isn't something as an honor of course we would engage with them on, we would be happy to engage with them. >> i think it's extremely valuable if you can report to the committee on that issue because law