situation really is. joining us to help us sort out fact from fiction are physicist richard muriel in san francisco and howard gould who exposes the expansion of nuclear energy. richard, we heard that some of the fall-out now is actually going to reach california. we re told the radiation threat is minimal but aren t you scared? not in the slightest. we can detect exceedingly low levels of radiation because we have exquisitely sensitive instruments. the levels that will reach here will be so minuscule that there is really no danger whatsoever in the united states. juan: on you mean to say it doesn t matter? i can t believe it doesn t matter. i think it doesn t matter. when the levels are so small that it takes these instruments to detect them, we re talking here about micrograms. this is less than you get from a tooth x-ray.
juan: you think the japanese government has been lying? i don t know. it s very difficult to say. is tepco pulling a bp and saying hey, it s really not as bad as we said? juan: that s tokyo electric power. yeah. are they pulling the same thing we saw last year with the bp oil spill? it s fine, it s fine, it s fine. it s telling that the u.s. military came and said hey we would like to clear a 50-mile radius off of this. u.s. experts both international and u.s. nuclear experts came in and said that i mean, that s very telling. juan: richard, what do you say to that? this is a signal this is the end of nuclear power in the world. it s just too dangerous. it might be a small chance of a problem, but if there is a problem, boy, it s bad news? the incidents that howard is referring to are really minor things. you have incidents. if you want to compare it to something. compare it to the horrendous explosion that took place at the petroleum refinery in japan which was on televisio
you only hear about when something happens. juan: you think the japanese government has been lying? i don t know. it s very difficult to say. is tepco pulling a bp and saying hey, it s really not as bad as we said? juan: that s tokyo electric power. yeah. are they pulling the same thing we saw last year with the bp oil spill? it s fine, it s fine, it s fine. it s telling that the u.s. military came and said hey we would like to clear a 50-mile radius off of this. u.s. experts both international and u.s. nuclear experts came in and said that i mean, that s very telling. juan: richard, what do you say to that? this is a signal this is the end of nuclear power in the world. it s just too dangerous. it might be a small chance of a problem, but if there is a problem, boy, it s bad news? the incidents that howard is referring to are really minor things. you have incidents. if you want to compare it to something. compare it to the horrendous explosion that took place at the petrol
juan: you think the japanese government has been lying? i don t know. it s very difficult to say. is tepco pulling a bp and saying hey, it s really not as bad as we said? juan: that s tokyo electric power. yeah. are they pulling the same thing we saw last year with the bp oil spill? it s fine, it s fine, it s fine. it s telling that the u.s. military came and said hey we would like to clear a 50-mile radius off of this. u.s. experts both international and u.s. nuclear experts came in and said that i mean, that s very telling. juan: richard, what do you say to that? this is a signal this is the end of nuclear power in the world. it s just too dangerous. it might be a small chance of a problem, but if there is a problem, boy, it s bad news? the incidents that howard is referring to are really minor things. you have incidents. if you want to compare it to something. compare it to the horrendous explosion that took place at the petroleum refinery in japan which was on televisio
get these guys off my radio. juan: a democratic congressman getting a little hysterical over the prospect of defunding npr. we ll show you his shocking outburst on the house floor. kudos to you. juan: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. juan: hi, i m juan williams in for bill o reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. no talking points memo but lots of big, big stories. in a moment we will bring you update on the nuclear radiation threat in japan. but we start tonight in libya after weeks of dithering the united nations finally authorized a no-fly zone just last night. but that didn t stop colonel muammar qaddafi. today as his forces bombarded the rebel held city of misurata with tanks and heavy artillery. killing 25. including several little girls. the slaughter happened after qaddafi s foreign minister announced a cease-fire. this afternoon president obama addressed the unfolding crisis. now, once more, my maury mur march