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And the okhoma-based oil and gas company called kerr-mcgee decided to open up a brand new facility in crescent, oklahoma in 1965 that would build nuclear fuel rods out of uranium and plutonium. these were fuel rods that were going to be used in nuclear reactors all over the country. well, one of the local residents who took a job at that new facility in crescent was a 26-year-old named karen silkwood. she worked as a lab tech, processing plutonium for use in nuclear fuel rods. karen silkwood was also a union rep and she started raising safety concerns about what was happening in the plant. acc...

Right in the middle of the state of oklahoma there's a small town called crescent. crescent, oklahoma's a town of about 1,000 people. it's not too far north of oklahoma city. in the mid 1960s crescent, oklahoma became a nationally important place because of the then booming american nuclear industry. and the oklahoma-based oil and gas company called kerr-mcgee decided to open up a brand new facility in crescent, oklahoma in 1965 that would build nuclear fuel rods out of uranium and plutonium. these were fuel rods that were going to be used in nuclear reactors all over the country. well, one of...

Right in the middle of the state of oklahoma there's a small town called crescent. crescent, oklahoma's a town of about 1,000 people. it's not too far north of oklahoma city. in the mid 1960s crescent, oklahoma became a nationally important place because of the then booming american nuclear industry. and the oklahoma-based oil and gas company called care mcgee decided to open up a brand new facility in crescent, oklahoma in 1965 that would build nuclear fuel rods out of uranium and plutonium. these were fuel rods that were going to be used in nuclear reactors all over the country. well, one of...

Agents in the hangar up to what he thinks is hanky panky. >> if my people were there 24/7, if they thought hanky panky was going on i would have knowledge of that and if it took place it had good reason. we had a whole team of lab tech nixes that looked at evidence around the clock. at the peak, john, i had 1,000 agents on this investigation. we took the missile theory, the possibility of a missile brought down the plane very seriously. at that time, in 1 '96 we were in a high state of alert here in the united states. 747s don't blow up in fire balls for 40 miles. >> the missile theory is not ...

We were taking the tour told me, they were out of work for a year, in one case, two years, in part because we kept unemployment insurance in place so folks could get back on their feet. they were able to go back to school. and now are gainfully employed. no job in america should go unfilled because somebody doesn't have the right skills to get that job. nobody. so, if there's a job open, we should train those folks right away so they can do the job. and that's why i'm proposing a national goal of training, 2 million americans with skills that will lead directly to a job. and we know this works...