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New Plutonium "Pit" Plans for Nuclear Warheads Questioned by House Armed Servcies Chariman, Doubts NNSA Competency Abdoned plutonium fuel (MOX) buiding at Savannah River Site, proposed to be cionverted into Plutonium Bomb Plant (PBP) at a cost of $5 billion by 2030. @High Flyer, courtesy to SRS Watch SRS Watch in Columbia, SC is a non-profit organization working on sound policies and projects by the U.S. Department of Energy at the Savannah River Site. We oppose the proposed SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant. Patriots protest outside DOE's Rocky Flats plutonium pit factory near Boulder, Colorado in 1...

In a few hours and thousands of people show up from five states, i would just tell them be very careful. >> you left the presidential campaign trail and went to dayton. what are you going to do? how are you personally going to keep this pressure up? what are your plans the next few weeks. >> i'm back to iowa today, south carolina sunday and monday. representative smith is a supporter of mine in south carolina. this is an issue there as well. i'm going to continue to bring this argument to the national stage to the best of my ability. i think they are ready.

Intelligence community up, back the fbi up in their effort to stop russia from doing what is such a clear threat to our democracy. >> and you know, interestingly, i want to play a few what republican congressman trey gowdy said about it this morning. here's that. >> the president missed, i think, a really good opportunity to distinguish the united states from any other country, but especially from russia. the united states of america were the victim. we were the victims of what russia did in 2016, and it ought to be a source of unity and rallying around the fact that we're never going to allow...

>> reporter: sarah dollof there with an eye-opening look at a house that is a stone's throw from where we stand. and what you just saw there, unfortunately, that's how a lot of the houses look right now in columbia. i've walked in eight or ten of them myself and that's the scene. sarah, thank you so much for that report. i want to bring in representative james smith right now. representative smith, you've lived in columbia my entire life. >> that's exactly right. and we're glad to have you back, wish it were different circumstances. >> reporter: yeah, i always wish it were under better circums...

Ya's words being reflected around the world. thank you very much. let's bring in congressman adam smith of washington state. the top democrat on the house armed services committee. representative smith thank you for being here. i would like to get your reaction to the president's new iraq strategy. >> i think he lay os out the path we need to move forward. it's difficult and a bad situation. the situation fell apart because the maliki government, frankly, did a poor job. not only did they corrupt the incompetent but governed in a sectarian way that pushed sunnis out. he did not build a coali...