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Telling the public what's really going on. the news conference i watched was abysmal. people couldn't answer the questions. >> jim, you've been hearing what drew is saying both about lack of integrity of this company and also what appears to be massive uncertainty in terms of any question that is asked of them. what do you make of this? who would you turn to right now? what can be done given the potential for leaks in the containment vessel, rods exposed, water levels that are inadequate? what do you do at this moment? >> well, i think number one, drew is right. first, he's right about the fac...

Defies description. >> dave: if it's inevitable that we will have a 9 magnitude earthquake, what do we do to prepare and get ready? >> well, you start with education. and you have to get the word out. we've only actually known for about the last 20 years that we had the potential for one of these earthquakes. so, that's frightening enough and now, we're playing catchup, to try to get people to realize that we have the potential for one of these massive earthquakes, and it's a hard thing to convince people to prepare for something that's never happened in recorded history. >> james, what makes ...

American controlled effort. now, i think there is a better opportunity to do that now that this is sweeping the entire region. and he did would out of his way at the press conference to say something about iran and i think they are edging up cautiously to something that approaches more of that span. >> chris: they are a long way away from that, though. >> a long way away but getting tougher in their rhetoric. >> i think i would like to see them get tougher in thick actions a little tuner here. >> chris: with you like to see him openly support the freedom fighters, the protesters in iran? >> ab...

American controlled effort. now, i think there is a better opportunity to do that now that this is sweeping the entire region. and he did would out of his way at the press conference to say something about iran and i think they are edging up cautiously to something that approaches more of that span. >> chris: they are a long way away from that, though. >> a long way away but getting tougher in their rhetoric. >> i think i would like to see them get tougher in thick actions a little tuner here. >> chris: with you like to see him openly support the freedom fighters, the protesters in iran? >> ab...

Are there public flubs or behind the scenes in intelligence is not really giving them a clear picture either? >> i think they got caught flat footed at the beginning. you get into a crisis situation and events take place very, very quickly. and there's very few good option which is you get to a crisis and i think that the administration is playing catchup here. they are reactive. they should have been pro-active away head of this. they knew elections were coming up in the fall. they should have tried to influence mubarak much sooner than this to talk about a succession plan other than his own ...