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Did the "new york times" journalist but implied is that possible. so we dont know exactly how this is happening, but i think what we are seeing, suzanne a clear pattern that the u.s. military is being extremely cautious about this whole enterprise. they keep on draws distinctions, only if nor defensive purposes not there to help the rebel, not there to knock out of gadhafi. admiral mullen head the join chiefs said yesterday, there is a possibility that ga doffly survive all this and still be in ...

Welcome back to "hardball." the u.s. and japan have split on the severity of the radiation risk from that crippled nuclear plant over there, and heres "the new york times" lead today right at the top of the fold on the right-hand side, the biggest story of the day. "the chairman of the united states nuclear regulatory commission gave a far bleaker appraisal on wednesday of the threat posed by japans nuclear crisis than the japanese government had offered." well, does the japanese government have...

Problem is. if im living in tokyo, the media certainly is carrying the story that the head of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission has said that things are worse than im being told and youre going to read that and think to yourself, what is going on here? it goes to the heart of the credibility problem that they are facing, and we saw it play out right now not 15 seconds ago. >> its interesting when youre on the ground, you always think somebody is in charge, somebody has their hands around th...

Call today. he completely ducked it. then you asked him a second time and he said, well, people disagree about how much water there is. that, in essence, demonstrates the nature of the communication problem is. if im living in tokyo, the media certainly is carrying the story that the head of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission has said that things are worse than im being told and youre going to read that and think to yourself, what is going on here? it goes to the heart of the credibility pro...

"the new york times" lead today right at the top of the fold on the right-hand side, the biggest story of the day. "the chairman of the united states nuclear regulatory commission gave a far bleaker appraisal on wednesday of the threat posed by japans nuclear crisis than the japanese government had offered." well, does the japanese government have a credibility problem? david sanger is chief washington correspondent for "the new york times." he wrote that lead piece. michael hirsh is chief corre...

Crisis than the japanese government had offered." well, does the japanese government have a credibility problem? david sanger is chief washington correspondent for "the new york times." he wrote that lead piece. michael hirsch is chief correspondent for "national journal." david, thank you for joining us. its great to have you on tonight, and michael as well. david, what is the situation in terms of fact versus the reporting from the japanese government? >> well, i think yesterday, chris, there ...

Foreign countries? >> reporter: good question, nick. the bottom line is the streets of tokyo are empty. and the airport is packed. i think that says it all. people are trying to get out. and there is a, i would say, a wide scale and growing sense of concern about -- alarm about the situation. remember, as we all know, this is say country that understands perhaps more sensitively. the impact of radiation sickness. >> donny deutsch. >> when you talk to people there, is there a sense of just we don...

Leave, not come to gentlemjapan. its probably a good idea to leave whereas a japanese official, a very high-ranking japanese official said late yesterday that, in fact, there is no reason to leave tokyo, that everything is safe. these discrepancies have increased -- created a kind of credibility problem and a lot of japanese people, not just americans, but a lot of japanese people here are increasingly becoming more vocally criticizing of their government and worrying about whether they are bein...

People didnt think that the president would keep his promises about reducing the deficit and bringing in new programs. he has a credibility problem on the deficit with voters. this is a serious issue for him. and i think what happened yesterday when he brought out his budget proposal was ha that took a further knock because he didnt talk about these things. i dont know that what he said today answered those questions. and i would point to people like kathleen kazoo who talked about high-speed ra...

He doesnt understand how anyone hispanic or otherwise would vote for republicans or otherwise. the list goes on but does not include immigration reform. reid, the senate leader, calling a special session tomorrow to send the president a house bill authorizing $600 million in funding for new border security measures, this after democrats failed to pass promised comprehensive immigration reform. politico reporting that president obamas unfilled promise to produce an immigration reform bill in his ...