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Threat here? >> well, what we do in this country we asked ourselves if one of these highly imrobl events were to occur and how would the plant and plant operators respond? since september 11th in particular we have modeled and prepared for scenarios where we would have stations that lose both off site and on-site electricity generation capacity. that is fundamentally what the problem is at sites in japan. we have made changes to the plants, to the regulations and we also simulate those scenarios. so we are better prepared if one of these highly improbable events were to occur at one of our sit...

And these racial discrepancies that we were just pointing out on the wall, on that graphic i just showed. talk to me about both these discrepancies and what they mean to our success in the future. >> well, on the manufacturing side, the kinds of jobs that are being created are very technical in nature. a lot of them are engineering and things of that nature. if you go to universities, minorities, especially hispanics, are very underrepresented in those technical areas. engineering programs in particular. a lot of this is interesting. high school age blacks and hispanics in those kinds of very ...

Engineering programs in particular. a lot of this is interesting high school age blacks and hispanics in those kinds of very technical careers. it's not just engineering, it's finance and some of the other areas, software. so there's an absence of preparation. and frankly, the college achievement level of those groups is much lower, and that's what patters today. >> yep. and let's pick up on that, engineering, software, finance, accounting, education, private education, anything to do with health care, these are growing fields. these are the places where people are still able to find jobs. but...

What do you see when you look out over the next year, over, say, the next two years? >> well, i see us right in the middle of that perfect storm. >> yeah. >> and i just hope and pray, frankly, that it's a lot more calmer waters on the other end. the $3.2 billion shortfall, approximately $1.2 billion will impact public education for next year, and frankly that has all of us more than concerned here in florida, especially as we continue to drive high riggeror our classes, more advanced placement classes for our children, and truly try to meet the s.t.e.m. programs which is our science and techno...

Scene. >> reporter: we learned that the suspect was a student here at the ohio state university of somali descent. he's a permanent resident of the united states by the name of rozik ali artan. he drove his car into the building behind me, releasing chaos and fear. around 9:52 a.m., chaos erupted near the buildings of science and engineering programs. then the male driver, identified as abdul rajak, jumps out and continues to vote with his ar r armor. all i'm saying, this situation, less than a minute. the end of the situation, less than a minute.