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We acted decisively early. we can influence events but in a certain limited way in bahrain, the problem is this. we have an interest in seeing some stability the maintenance of our ankrage fleet. but there is a question of the values here. and that is you always have to ask yourself when there is a revolutionary situation what comes next? if it's not as in egypt, the chance of a better life, decent life, open system and democracy, there is a reasonable chance of it happening in egypt. then you go with the people in the street. we don't foe what is going to happen in bahrain. the problem is thi...

Nuclear facility. what does meltdown mean? chad myers has a breakdown. >> meltdown means the melting down of a nuclear reactor and after that, a large displacement of radiation. how does it work? it works by a series of closed systems. this -- when you're sitting in your car and you have the heater on in your car, you're not warmed because the fluid that's in your radiator is spraying on you. that would be an open system, because you're spraying hot stuff on you. you're warming in your car, because there is a small radi e radiator under your dash, it's blowing air through that radiator and you...

Large displacement of radiation throughout the entire atmosphere somewhere. how does it work? it works by a series of closed systems. this -- when you're sitting in your car and you have the heater on in your car, you're not warmed because the fluid that's in your raid adiator is sprayin you. that would be an open system. you're warmed because they're a small radiator under your dash blowing a fan, that's warming the air and you're being warmed by that air. if all of these closed systems in a nuclear reactor nothing goes wrong. water comes in, cools down this. this is part of the turbine. the ...

Concern that the egyptian government as it exists today is really walking a very fine line. on one hand it wants to do as much as possible that the americans are asking under intense american pressure they're asking them to have somehow a transparent transition to some sort of more open system. on the other hand, they realize if they open it up too much domestically, this protest movement, that it's worth pointing out, it's not just cairo. we're hearing reports from many places around the country where there are protests. there are riots. there are attacks on the police. and so they're worry t...

And -- >> but if they don't have the incentive to make that change, if the politicians benefit from not changing -- why would they change? >> well this is the, the incentive. people coming together, collectively, to tell congress, we need that change. >> you believe the most fundamental thing in terms of change is transparency? >> i believe transparency -- >> why? >> because that's how we make things run. that's how we respect our communities. that's how we respect working people. is by having an open system. that's what democracy is all about. it's about our tax dollars making sure we're alwa...