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That. >> well, i certainly will, but i just want to mention one thing in reference to your previous interview with governor thornburgh about the nuclear risk. america actually has -- and it's often forgotten. there was one fatal nuclear accident in this country in 1961 when a reactor in idaho went into fult meltdown and three people were killed. the reactor leapt nine feet into the air, crushed people against the ceiling and the three victims are still to this day buried in lead coffins. so i think it's something that maybe later on in the day you may want to investigate. however, drawing a li...

Fukushima daiichi and what occurred at three mile island. there are differences as well. we didn't have to cope with a world record earthquake and aftershocks and tsunamis, but the essential challenge is the same. and that's to bring the reactors in question to a cold shutdown status and not pose a threat of radioactivity to the populous. >> and how similar would what three mile island back in 1979, the type of structure that it was, the type of design that it is, would be in comparison to the 40-year-old nuclear power plant that's being so watched so carefully now in japan? >> very similar. w...

Contessa brewer. >> nuclear fears, japanese authorities scrambling to avert a full scale nuclear meltdown and one senator calling for a temporary halt to new nuclear plants in the united states. plus, could it happen here? with the horrific ipages coming out of japan, could the site of the next big quake actually be in the united states? and how prepared are we? we'll take you to a japanese village that was literally wiped off the map. thomas just gave you a quick preview of that. we're taking you to the ground. the population 17,000 people and today only 7,000 people are accounted for. comp...

Hurt the japanese economy and should have a knock-on effect to the global economy but not be decisive for our global recovery. the reason is essentially that japan was already contracting and has really not been a huge contributor to growth over time. now it's expected to contract or be further in recession and it won't be that much of a detraction global growth overall. for those of us to remember the infamous 1979 meltdown near three mile island near harrisburg, p.a., the closest we have 0 come to mnuclear disaste. what have we learned and what can japan take away from what we learned? joi...

Worst-scenario, a meltdown, they're worried about the radiation already crippled through japan. it may move through for weeks possibly even months. msnbc science and environment expert jeff corwin joins us know. we have the report from mick, everybody fine on the "ronald reagan" and the helicopters that traveled through the cloud. the flooding has caused the fact that they had to have these steam releases, which is inevitable now as they're trying to cool down these nuclear power plants. explain the steam that's being released and what it can go how far it could actually travel. >> well, thoma...