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americas impending drawdown in afghanistan. hes worried. next up -- >> when they ask me whos the president of ubecki -- becki-stan-stan, im going to say, you know, i dont know. do you know? >> the least of herman cains problems now but they are causing trouble. ill explain. then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. but first, heres my take. ive been thinking a...

Nobody has disproved that since. until now. maybe. scientists in switzerland sent a beam of subatomic particles to a detector in italy they found those particles, knew reason to knows moved slightly faster than the speed of light. listen. >> find some particle, evidence going faster than light. this is something that which immediately shocked everybody, including us. >> researchers say they are still double-checking their results. but if they hold up, well, lets just say time travel is not out o...

recession fear. today the story is the health of the european banks. >> thats absolutely right, christine. what were seeing is conflicting reports today in a couple of newspapers about whether the eurozone and european regulators for the banking industry will move to try to recapitalize or shore up the capital that some of the banks hold. this is on the back of on going concerns about the health of the french banks after mohamed el arian said yesterday. he said that could undermined th...

Building was definitely whole. but at this point everythings different. the storm that came through, this tornado, at times reported as being over a mile wide with winds in excess of 200 miles an hour had, toppled this tree which may have been 60 feet in height. you see devastation everywhere. where we step through youll find boards, insulation, a little bit of siding here and there but every now and then youll find a personal item, a shoe, sock, teddy bear, something that meant an awful lot to ...

Coast and british columbia and as far south to the baja peninsula. open up the scope and you can see it loops back, gets more concentrated and hits hawaii for a second time. as you can see on this computer model were looking at a strike to hawaii with the debris, not once, but twice, because the currents work in a clockwise fashion and theyll actually bring the debris back. it will become more concentrated when it makes the second loop. theres a lot of factors that can influence this. not only d...

Workers risked their lives staying behind to prevent a complete meltdown. officials have told other workers and everyone else living nearby to get themselves out. now, i know people are extremely concerned about this, and i want to tell you a little bit about what you need to know. first of all when talking about the radiation levels, the way that theyre measuring it is with something gnome as millie see verts. its looking at the amount absorbed and the type of radiation. what is the damage or p...

A day before you were able to make contact with your wife back home in america. that must have a pretty emotional moment when you got through. >> it was. and actually we were only able to talk just for a few minutes. maybe two, two minutes. but all together, i spent approximately two days in refugee camps and, you know, made it home by taking takens and buses and trains -- taking taxis and buses and trains and walking long distances to reach certain locations. it was definitely quite a harrowing...

That i did when i returned home. i was able to go out to the idaho national laboratories, and they did a full body count radiation test to verify that i hadnt ingested a particle or had any particles on me or received large doses of radiation. and after we did the series of tests that came back clear on all of them, that was a -- a large sigh of relief both for myself and my wife. and my family and friends. >> well, there arent many people who survive an earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear cris...

Lot of it evaporates or goes away because the isotopes become nonradioactive eventually before it hits the earth or before it hits the united states. >> and do you know how long wind conditions will be like that? >> a good five days. no question the winds will blow off shore for three days in japan, but what im a little concerned about, lets say five days from now, a little particle comes off, later in the period, not right now but lets say thursday. this piece could be picked up and snent to th...

That? >> a good five days. no question the winds are going to blow offshore for three days in japan. but im a little bit concerned say five days from now, a little particle does come off. later in the period, not right now, but say thursday. this piece could be picked up and sent into the central part of the pacific ocean and that would be a shorter trip to the u.s. now, remember, the radiation from chernobyl went around the world many, many times and we still here in america, even though it wen...