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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...

"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 ...