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son. tonight, she comes outfront. good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, warning signs ignored. the fallout swept around the world today from americas biggest banks, multibillion dollar loss on risky trades. in washington, senator carl levin held a conference call with reporters about jpmorgans shocking trading losses which could be up to $3 billion and the credit rating agency fitch slapped jp morgan with a drowngrade citing reputational risk. stocks plunged ta...

ron brownstein in person. editorial director of the "national journal." and will cain. >> was that familiarity or disappointment? >> with love. will cain who i always like to see sitting next to me. >> good morning. >> weve got a lot to get to this morning. it was a tough week obviously with the death of whitney houston and really at the end of the week an opportunity to remember her and her legacy. she was laid to rest yesterday in westfield, new jersey. the private moment followed a ...

Is working through proxy, like syria, through hezbollah, through hamas, it seems that the table is being set for a worldwide nuclear war, against israel. and if there is anything we know, president obama has been more than willing to stand with occupy wall street but has not been willing to stand with israel. >> reporter: very very, tough stuff and she has not had a breakout moment in a debate in a number of them, this is the tenth we have seen and yet, even with a couple of very, very strong pe...

Program, and we have a high degree of confidence that the 104 current operating reactors, theres adequate basis to assure adequate protection. >> joining me now, massachusetts congressman ed markey. thanks for joining us, congressman. >> thank you. >> what is your confidence level in the inspection systems, industry as a whole, historically in terms of the possibility of human error occurring even within systems that have certainly reasonable designs to them? >> well, theres always been an assum...

Taking steps to control the crisis, such as using sea water, because it didnt want to destroy its property. first of all, is that true? and, secondly, should tepco simply bury the reactors in sand and cement as the russian did in chernobyl? would that solve the problem. >> first, i dont know the exact chronology but my understanding was, tepco, soon after, began to use sea water to cool the reactor and that was the right decision. and, you are quite right, once you use sea water the reactors are...

Partial melt downs in the three reactors and may be a containment leak in one of them but far less stress, it could be brought under control and minimize the contamination. >> chris: this week, germany, ordered that its 7 oldest nuclear reactors be shut down. pending three month review. why is that not being done in this country? >> the nrc has a deliberative process what to do about the reactors, and the german, i believe the german order was, to review the life extension of those reactors. and...

Half of americas plants. joining me now is kevin camps, a radio active special. thank you very much for joining us. i want to get into the specifics of u.s. plants and safety. let me ask you first the reaction to these late developments here in japan. >> its very alarming that the site is being abandoned. i understand that the workers health is in mind but the site cannot be abandoned. the cores need to be cooled. the pools need to be cooled. three melt downs. >> i know they have been trying the...

Two partial melt downs are confirmed in japan including plutonium fuel. there are 8 or 9 reactors in crisis in japan. the assurances are early here. they seem to be counting on the distance across the pacific ocean. they are hoping the radioactivity will dilute sufficiently not to cause harm downwind as far as the united states. there are millions of people in dense population centers much much closer to these reactors in japan of course. the radioactivity dangers to most people should not be do...

>> chris: thanks. >> eric: his exclusive interview with mitch mcconnell and his interview with mark warner of virginia, today, fox news sunday, at 2:00 p.m. on the fox news channel and 6:00 p.m., and on your local station. >> jamie: japan is racing to prevent the melt downs at nuke clear reactors, crippled by the earthquake and tsunami. the question, of course, is, can they stop it? what happens if they dont? well explore that, next. crisp, clear, untouched. thats why theres brita, to make the w...

Mexican border city of cuidad, she was snatched while visiting her parents and teaching at arizona universitys anthropology department. and, hundreds of drivers are stranded... >> the visibility was so poor, even at 5, 10 miles an hour, we were still having accidents, because you could not see there was a car or a series of cars, in the middle of the roadway. >> jamie: and a no-travel advisory in effect for most of north dakota. ♪ >> eric: authorities ee eare trg to try and prevent melt downs ...