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Happened at chernobyl is complicated, but for me reading about it as i understand it it seems like a poorly designed experiment and three-mile island was a significant part of the cause. these are well built and well run as much as anywhere else in the world. i worry that our comfort with nuclear power is based not on a lack of organization or lack of our ability to believe that we can be out of our jobs, but a lack of imagination of how bad things are that the earth can throw at us. are we basi...

Previous disasters, what happened at chernobyl is complicated but for me as a lay audience reading about it as far as i understand it, it seems like a poorly designed experiment that went bad. at three mile island it was also human error that ended up being a significant part of the cause there. that does not seem to be the case in japan. as you point out, these are well built facilities that are as well run as anywhere else in the world. i worry that our comfort with nuclear power is based not ...

The hour, theyre still gr grappligra grappling to deal with this explosion. that blue a hole in the the outer wall. officials have pointed out it did not affect the reactor itself, what it did do was knocked out the coolant to the number three reactor. all three now struggling to stay cool. this has been exacerbated throughout the day. at one point they were pumping sea water into these reactors to try to cool them. and the fuel pump ran out of fuel. that was as a result of human error. but in t...

Trying to cool it down and another extraordinary twist, the water pump ran out of fuel because of human error and that interrupted that process. there is so much steam in there the water is vaporizing and those levels are continuing to drop and the fuel rod continues to be exposed. so this really is an ongoing effort on multiple fronts. and also now the radiation levels spiked earlier today. it reached a new high, in fact, twice as high as the previous highest recorded, dropped back very quickly...

Couldnt face unforeseen accident here. mercifully it would not be in the form of earthquakes and tsunamis. because the equipment failure and human error caused the three mile island accident. thats what our principal focus of concern has to be. >> president jimmy carter visited three mile island. what did that visit do to change perceptions about what took place there? >> it was very important. i feel grateful to president carter. hes a democrat and im a republican, but you put politics to the s...

Agency ranks it on a scale of one to seven, seven being the worst. seven is ten times worse than a six. chernobyl is a seven. three mile island is a five. japanese officials are rating the unfolding in fukushima as a four. can you give us a little more perspective on this nuclear angle? >> well, the nuclear situation is something different. they have to decide for themselves how dangerous a situation is and whether they can handle it or not. all these things have been very scary. the difference ...

All of this, the economic downturn, the people that have money, you say theres a ton of money to be made. >> when you have a lot of money, its easier to take risks. for us, our worth is in our house and our job. those are two things that have not come back. when your wealth is in mining real estate and vast collections of art. >> christine romans, thank you. it was human error behind the destructive wildfire in new mexico. some are asking this morning, was it deliberately set? also, wisconsi...

There? i guess part of the concern i have, im an in airports four and five days a week. theres controversy about t.s.a. and enpansed pat-downs. i feel its an intrusion upon our basic sense of privacy. how can we justify that when theres a way to create some type of -- it would be called profiling, the israelis do it. isnt that a better system to exam people? >> at the check point there are layers of activities that have been undertaken in our effort to make sure were focused on the right places....

There? i guess part of the concern im have -- im at an airport four and five days a week. there has been a lot of controversy about tsa and particularly the enhanced pat-downs. ill be honest, i feel like thats an intrusion on our basic sense of privacy and how can we justify that when there surely is a way to create some type of -- it would be called profiling, but isnt that a better system to if people rather than shoes and underwear and shampoo bottles? >> when you get to the actual check at t...

There? i guess part of the concern i have, im an in airports four and five days a week. theres controversy about t.s.a. and enpansed pat-downs. i feel its an intrusion upon our basic sense of privacy. how can we justify that when theres a way to create some type of -- it would be called profiling, the israelis do it. isnt that a better system to exam people? >> at the check point there are layers of activities that have been undertaken in our effort to make sure were focused on the right places....