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Hi, efrp everyone. im tamron hall. coming up on "newsnation," were waiting for a judge to sign off on the release of the former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn after he posted bond. where will he go? there is already outrage among some people living in some neighborhoods who do not want him to move into their community. theyre called bath salts, the designer drug sweeping this country, being called the new cocaine. but it is legal. chris hansen will join us with his undercover report all comi...

Kids are going into head shops and buying this to go home and take a bubble bath. >> i disagree. >> well, andrew, theres something you need to know. >> what? chris hansen? >> yes. >> there you go. and thats not all andrew told us. we were able to actually infiltrate his distribution system with our hidden cameras and when you take a look at the profit margins here, tamron, you can see why people get involved. >> its lucrative. >> he brought 6,000 units into that meeting. he was going to sell the...

But i think that its just an example of this is not excellence in nuclear operation and its just another example of how the crisis is being mismanaged. >> they also used, tepco tried to use, michael, a mix of newspapers, sawdust, cement to help seal a crack. that failed. now theyre trying to use bath salts i guess to find the source of the leak. this leak is different than the water that theyre just pouring out. >> yeah. thats correct. as i understand it from the reports that ive read, the water...

Mismanaged. >> they also used, tepco tried to use, michael, a mix of newspapers, sawdust, cement to help seal a crack. that failed. now theyre trying to use bath salts i guess to find the source of the leak. this leak is different than the water that theyre just pouring out. >> yeah. thats correct. as i understand it from the reports that ive read, the water that theyre dumping is water that has been processed to some degree. so the levels of radioactivity are dramatically lower than the water t...

>> michael, do we know what kind of impact this would have in the sea? i mean, do you agree with those who say, well, look, this is quickly diluted and this is a small, you know, drop in the bucket? >> i think that the figures that were quoted are pretty accurate. in the grand scheme of things, as it gets diluted out over the seven seas the reality is that youre probably not ever going to ever know that it was done. but i think that its just an example of this is not excellence in nuclear operat...

Feeling was at least on the military side that pretty quickly there would be federal court indictment in the southern district of new york. once we got to december 09 and then january of 2010, my understanding is that there was not an indictment at that time, so the military made the decision to withdraw the prejudice the military charges against the men. in sort of laymans terms what this means is that the military was able to preserve their position so that perhaps in the future if case came b...

In macau and the very nature of his business, gambling not something that will help gingrich win over those social conservatives he needs in iowa. >> you make a good point there, michael. thank you so much. in japan workers cant stop highly radioactive water from leaking out of the plant and gushing in to the pacific ocean. theyve been using everything from milky bath salts to shredded newspapers and saw dust to try to stop seven tons of water an hour from escaping. . japanese government admit...

Tokyo. they tried a little bit of everything from milky bath salts to shredded newspaper. it doesnt sound very advanced but is it working and if not, whats next? >> reporter: well, this he have to stop the flow of the water, thomas, because if they dont, its going to be almost impossible for the workers and engineers to get in close enough to even try to fix the broken cooling systems of the overheated reactors. thats the priority. that water is coming from the engineers who are pumping water in...

Other use for this? this is not sold as plant feed and not sold as bath salts? >> no, it is not. this has no effective purpose, no medicinal purpose. they say its a research chemical, but no use for it. people who want to get high, they can go use it, but you are playing russian roulette. those were the words the special agent used. >> thats scary. deb feyerick, thank you for that this morning. coming up, it is not just an urban myth. people do, in fact, have sidewalk rage. >> ive seen it. we ...

Emergency bans while other states have introduced bills to do the same. you dont have to leave home to get it. deb feyerick live in new york. it is easy to get your hands on this stuff. >> reporter: it is. as a matter of fact, this is it. we ordered it. if i were in florida, not new york, this would be a felony. the container itself is 2 ounces, and it looks like a light talcum powder, and there are upticks in calls about these bath salts saying people are winding up in emergency rooms, psychiat...