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Steve: brock, i saw one story from one of the south florida newspapers about how throw are two nuke plants down there in the cone of uncertainty right now, turkey point and st. lucie as well. whats the concern regarding them? >> well, obviously, we dont want them to come off line. we are working closely with the department of energy. working with them very closely and monitoring the situation. and as you can see behind me, this is the entire federal government workforce, you know, at work, tryin...

>> bill: thanks for staying with us. im bill oreilly. sage of southern california closely following the japanese nuclear situation. he joins you now from los angeles. so, miller, how do you see it? you are in the quake zone out there. you have two nuke plants in california. its going to happen. >> well, first off i have no doubt if this cloud is coming towards the west coast that the great state of california and their state legislature will jump into the fray and immediately pass a supplemental...

>> bill: thanks for staying with us. im bill oreilly. sage of southern california closely following the japanese nuclear situation. he joins you now from los angeles. so, miller, how do you see it? you are in the quake zone out there. you have two nuke plants in california. its going to happen. >> well, first off i have no doubt if this cloud is coming towards the west coast that the great state of california and their state legislature will jump into the fray and immediately pass a supplemental...

>> bill: thanks for staying with us. im bill oreilly. sage of southern california closely following the japanese nuclear situation. he joins you now from los angeles. so, miller, how do you see it? you are in the quake zone out there. you have two nuke plants in california. its going to happen. >> well, first off i have no doubt if this cloud is coming towards the west coast that the great state of california and their state legislature will jump into the fray and immediately pass a supplemental...

A place we dont have nuke plants. great. what are you going to unplug in your home? is it your air conditioning in the summer? your tv. your computer. your lights. what are you going to do? go without heat in the winter? by the way, they can control the heat with a smart grid soon. we knew that all along. with the cap-and-trade system they cant pass in congress but they are installing it anyway with regulation. what does the president say? it will necessarily make energy prices skyrocket. so you...

A place we dont have nuke plants. great. what are you going to unplug in your home? is it your air conditioning in the summer? your tv. your computer. your lights. what are you going to do? go without heat in the winter? by the way, they can control the heat with a smart grid soon. we knew that all along. with the cap-and-trade system they cant pass in congress but they are installing it anyway with regulation. what does the president say? it will necessarily make energy prices skyrocket. so you...

Four. gas was driving out u.s. nuclear long before this disaster in japan. jon: well, this situation in japan, obviously, isnt helping the prospects for nuclear power many this country or just about anywhere else, but there are countries that are going to be building a lot of nuke plants. >> well, and thats one of the points i make in the daily beast today. china, in fact, one of the top nuclear officials in china just last friday confirm today a japanese newspaper that the chinese are planning ...

As high as 7 point something on the richter scale. you can see from these photos the massive fires have broken out as well. there was one at that nuclear plant and they initially sent out an emergency about that saying they could not cool the plant but no radiation has leaked. and that appears to be not still a cause of concern. meantime, scott peterson is the senior vice president of communications for the national energy institute and joins us now on the phone. i guess we just -- well get back...

Martha: david krisanti is live. what is happening at the power plant right now. >> reporter: reactors one, through, three and four are causing extreme problems for authorities. there were plans to put water on reactor number 3 which was overheading, that was abandoned because of radiation concerns. japans nuclear agency is saying that radioactive fuel pools at that reactor are overheating. authorities are now working on a plan to use a water cannon to cool down a pool which is storing spent fuel...