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outright confusion. these are live pictures near moammar gadhafis compound. there have been heavy battles raging around this building. carloads of people have been streaming out of the libyan capital. we want to bring in retired general james "spider" marks. if you could, tell us about what you are watching, what you are seeing. what do you make of the pictures? with the low level flying that is taking place, bombing gadhafis compound? >> suzanne, what you see is obviously a representa...

To make money. that profit motive really pushes directly against making investments and safety measures, so what were seeing in japan isnt unique there. in fact, here in isnt unique there in the united states there are a loft proposals to keep the oldest plants up and running. >> why are nuclear power plants less safety conscious than say airplanes or factories? you know when you get on an airplane, they are very concerned about safety because it would kill the industry if they had too many acci...

Objective of the power companies is the same. they are producing electricity to make money. that profit motive really pushes directly against making investments and safety measures, so what were seeing in japan isnt unique there. in fact, here in isnt unique t the united states there are a loft proposals to keep the oldest plants up and running. >> why are nuclear power plants less safety conscious than say airplanes or factories? you know when you get on an airplane, they are very concerned abo...

Today about how they are simply extending the life at least on paper of these nuclear reactors over in japan so they dont have to build new ones which is not very popular to do. >> sure. whether youre talking about nuclear reactors in the united states or in japan, of the powes is the same. they are producing electricity to make money. that profit motive really pushes directionally against making investments and safe measures, so, you know, what were seeing in japan isnt unique there. in fact, h...

Cars are made these days that makes it tougher for a quick recovery. it wasnt that long ago that carmakers would have an assembly plant right next door to a warehouse next door to make cars weeks or months on end. not anymore. now the model is called just in time inventory. that means if you have orders for 10,000 honda accords next week, they make and shift the parts needed to do that right before production begins. if the roads between the parts plant and assembly plant have been damaged, you ...

Number that is going to help us. >> keep it on par, dont we need to add 140,000 some odd jobs? >> on par. >> on par. >> yeah, close to 200,000 you need 300,000 per month to bring the unemployment rate down under the long term and why this isnt fantastic. we call it funky. we dont know whether it was weather or elements in there. unusual things. the biggest industry that gained jobs is manufacturing. all we ever hear about in this country is how we lose manufacturing jobs so maybe we were so tigh...

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♪ [ male announcer ] over the past 50 years, toyota has been proud to be a model of quality car making. but recently, the safety of our cars and trucks has come under question. and at toyota, this is something we dont take lightly. thats why were making fundamental changes inside our company, to communicate with customers better, and respond to their needs faster. in addition, were currently spending over a million dollars an hour to enhance the technology and safety of our vehicles. the resul...