overshadowed by the royal newborn about the fact that for the last two years radioactive water from fukushima nuclear site has been leaking into the pacific ocean. continuously and just now tokyo's power company tepco finally admitted it tepco spokesperson issued a statement this week saying that quote we would like to offer our deep up paula for causing grave worries for many people specially for people in fukushima and apology that's too little too late health concerns over exposure to contaminated food products are ongoing not to mention contaminated seafood an ocean life that goes far beyond japan sadly a solution to this disaster remains at a distance as tepco continues its cleanup efforts the levels of radioactivity and groundwater continue to rise and the worst part of it all that tepco has no official way of handling radioactive water which some fear it could mean the radioactive material will eventually get dumped into the ocean. it's a terrifying prospect that will undoubtedly. planet instead of having a meaningful discussion about the dangers of nuclear energy and news networks are

overshadowed by the royal newborn about the fact that for the last two years radioactive water from fukushima nuclear site has been leaking into the pacific ocean. continuously and just now tokyo's power company tepco finally admitted it tepco spokesperson issued a statement this week saying that quote we would like to offer our deep up paula for causing grave worries for many people especially for people in fukushima and apology that's too little too late health concerns over exposure to contaminated food products are ongoing not to mention contaminated seafood and ocean life that goes far beyond japan sadly the solution to this disaster remains at a distance as tepco continues its cleanup efforts the levels of radioactivity and groundwater continue to rise and the worst part of it all that tepco has no official way of handling radioactive water which some fear could mean the radioactive material will eventually get dumped into the ocean. it's a terrifying prospect that will undoubtedly affect everyone on this planet instead of having a meaningful discussion about the dangers of nuclear ener

for causing grave worries for many people especially for people in fukushima and apology that's too little too late health concerns over exposure to contaminated food products are ongoing not to mention contaminated seafood and ocean life that goes far beyond japan sadly a solution to this disaster remains at a distance as tepco continues its cleanup efforts the levels of radioactivity and groundwater continue to rise and the worst part of it all that tepco has no official way of handling radioactive water which some fear could mean the radioactive material will eventually get dumped into the ocean. it's a terrifying prospect that will undoubtedly affect everyone on this planet instead of having a meaningful discussion about the dangers of nuclear energy and news networks are far more concerned with how much air is on that little baby's head court of the media learning that is much more important than news that actually affects our lives and when there are so many other stories begin for attention any distraction is one too many. still ahead on tonight's show we'll take a look at the link

it time we seriously reconsider heading up the nuclear option hat before we face our old the massive fukushima level disaster in our old little american world to tonight let's talk about that by following me on twitter the rest of. our well who doesn't like free stuff come on people i know you do it and i do it too any time you see one of those fish bowls telling you to put your business card in for a chance to want a free lunch new stuff or two or maybe even a small stack in oprah i certainly learned how to use giveaways as a way to boost t.v. ratings in the past. there everyone gets a car well one pakistani t.v. show might be taking a page out of oprah's playbook but instead of giving away a car or two or many get this they were giving away babies knowing you didn't mishear me babies let me give you a moment to let that sink in now according to the telegraph a pakistani prime time t.v. show gave away to abandon infants in an apparent visit to boost ratings during the holy month of ramadan the host amir like caught hussein actually has so far presented the infants to two childless couples on

the units must pass stricter safety checks put in place in response to the 2011 accident in fukushima. power cha eer companies are see restart ten reactors. they're located throughout japan on the northern island of hokkaido to sendai. power company executives submitted their applications to the nuclear regulation authority on monday, the day the new safety requirements took effect. 80 experts with the watchdog will determine whether the utilities have taken all necessary measures to make sure plants wi plants can withstand. it will take six months to process each applications. currently two are online. the regulatory agency says the stricter safety rules are based on lessons learned from the disaster at fukushima daiichi two years ago. does that mean that nuclear safety is guaranteed? our reporter has more. >> reporter: new requirements requires operators to implement a number of measures, protecting for the highest tsunami waves, setting up breakwaters and take other precautions to prevent sea water from entering a facility. the new requirements also oblige operators to upgrade thei

green report the operator of japan's crippled fukushima nuclear power plant admitted for the first time today that a radioactive contamination actively contaminated groundwater from the plant has leaked out into the ocean earlier this month tepco the operator of the daiichi nuclear power plant in fukushima said the groundwater samples taken at that crippled plant show very high levels of cesium one thirty four cancer causing radioactive element despite those rains tepco had maintained that the toxic ground water was likely contained to the immediate area and had not spread in an effort to call concerns tepco also said today it was contaminated water had indeed flowed into the ocean seawater to have showed no abnormal rise in the levels of radioactivity the startling news comes just a day after the japanese people went to the polls and handed prime minister shinzo produce clear party a large victory in japan's upper house. but in light of this new information let's hope that the japanese government finally wakes up and realizes that their people and the world can't afford another nuclear

the world without their owners knowledge we explain have online also alarming new revelations on the fukushima nuclear disaster according to a japanese newspaper the number of liquidate is ring from radiation poisoning has been underestimated by eleven times. britain's prime minister has signalled a change of heart on weapons supplies to the syrian rebels david cameron says he still backing armed opposition groups fighting against the government but admits that these groups include in his words a lot of bad guys and that's quite a change from his aggressive stance in the early days of the conflict back in november twenty levin cameron called for closing gauge meet with the rebels the following year he called for more international aid to put the syrian government under pressure and as well as of last month he was still very minutely and he is sad but not so sure that arms shipments are the best way forward syria's top rebel commander has already accused the british pm of betrayal for abandoning plans to arm his fighters and this brings us to the present with the syrian government advancing on

dangerous levels of a toxic radioactive substance have been found in the waters next to the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan now the company responsible for checking safety at the complex says the levels of tritium which is also the chemical used to make for example washers glow in the dark have rocketed to ten times the amount allowed tepco admin's that it doesn't know where the leak is coming from. the people of mali will vote in a landmark presidential election in a few weeks time and the state of emergency has been lifted there so the candidates can actually start campaigning running toward a war torn country of course will be no easy task as well as shoring up state security and the victor will also need to find a way to get the basics like food and water to his struggling rural population archies maria from notional reports. the west african state of mali unexpectedly entered the spotlight over the winter after france sent its military forces to the country to help battle islam ist fighters backed by international terror groups threatening to take over a secular democratic

twenty four seventh's also what are called deadly revenants reporting on water and radiation levels in fukushima now as high as they were back in twenty eleven after the nuclear plant disaster more about that from us this morning and all that is in the sky the east putting a massive drone and satellite surveillance program it's raising major privacy concerns again get speedo might want to tell t. dot com. the israeli cabinet has approved the release of one hundred four palestinian prisoners the issue been a key sticking point in the way of reviving peace talks which are expected to resume now on monday night israeli politicians have also given the go ahead to a bill which if passed will put any outcome of those negotiations to a referendum on the smarties pulis lier. well the israeli parliament adjourns this week for their summer recess and what this means is that there will be no legislation able to be passed in this country for at least a few months the israeli cabinet has approved this bill that requires any future peace deal with the palestinians to be put to a referendum now the prime minis

new revelations on the fukushima nuclear disaster according to a japanese newspaper the number of liquidators suffering from radiation poisoning has been underestimated eleven times. the minute trip for three of egypt's president mohamed morsi is dragging the country further into on rest and instability thousands of his supporters have attempted to storm curry's town his square where morsy demonstrators have been gathering for weeks clashes between opposing crowds led to at least one death and many injuries the army intervened to break the fighting deploying vehicles around the square despite the turmoil the interim government is pressing ahead in the egypt's constitution the muslim brotherhood and its supporters refused to recognize the panel tossed it drove to the door and morsi family has lashed out at the army accusing it of kidnapping the. noughties so you should not equate help with morsi some to find out what went wrong and his father was in power what chances egypt has for pete's. harmony lost his rule democratic. crissy have both the ruling regime and an opposition but the case of fo

also alarming new revelations on the fukushima nuclear disaster according to a japanese newspaper the number of liquidator suffering from radiation poisoning has been underestimated by eleven times. we can divine reston suburbs of paris has reignited the public debate on multiculturalism the riots which saw hundred storm a police station was sparked by an identity check on a veiled woman well let's not discuss this with rashid because he's a businessman and political activist i understand you yourself asked for your citizenship to be revoked in the large of these latest developments why is that i think there is a big problem. between. the french population. is that. there is ten years that this problem is very very big. if we do. to integrate this. i think the situation will be difficult. here but you are algerian. algerian descent you appear to have integrated success of yourself you're a businessman a politician why do you think you've been discriminated against and what are these problems that you're talking about. for me it's not difficult because i have by old business but for th

. >> radiation in the fukushima plant have soared in the last three days. they've found two toxic ubstances in ground water. level it doesn't know why the figures are so high. police in turkey have fired tear cannon tryingater to enter the park. the park entered briefly on monday but was closed a few hours later because of worries about anaerobicity government rally there. >> the police response was swift. main rs swarmed the pedestrian shopping street, and with tear gas and water cannon, scattered protesters trying to find order, stopping them from entering the park. just hours earlier the governor of istanbul opened the park, heralding a new start for the neighborhood plagued bye weeks of often violent anti-government protests. >> as of now the park is reopened and we hope residents will love and enjoy it even more. >> the park is a rare bit of green space in istanbul. it's where demonstrations against plans to build a shopping mall there began. and that voice has not been silenced. court ruling against the development project was a victory for protesters

>> new at 11:00, more than two years after the deadly earthquake and tsunami in japan that crippled fukushima nuclear plant is still leaking. tokyo power acknowledged the problem today. but it's long been suspected by outside experts. the company same under fire for not disclosing workers with high thyroid radiation exposure. >>> 3:00 in the morning you get a text message. not from someone but from your security camera. talking to you, telling you that someone broke into your house. we're talking about a growing technology that lets users spy on thieves. it calls police and guides the caps right in. stephanie strong has the story. >> reporter: one minute in. the action begins. it takes seconds to realize these guys don't have a key. ten times the shadowy figures try to force their way into this san francisco business. and then, they go harder. 12 more times before they're in. they knock over the camera that's been watching them the last three minutes. what they don't know is this isn't just any old camera. >> little do they know when they're walking up to the camera, that their face is being

generation and a lot of research going on that you can move them into transportation and beyond but post fukushima and the low natural gas prices even though we have the largest in the world, that still has a lot of potential to overcome i think it is much better now than it was 20 years ago but there were 240 million vehicles in this country so you have to turn over the fleet to see the fuel efficiency. >> to watch a fastest-growing energy in the u.s. with the renewable content with strong growth than natural gas. on the basis each of those going about two 1/2% per year. that is a good clip. nuclear power will grow very strongly in places like china and russia and even in north america. or the u.s.. the eia forecast we will have a few more nuclear power plants in the year 2014 than we have today and more power coming from existing facilities as well so the combination of the fuel plants plus a better power coming from existing plants will offset the refineries. >> host: we have tweets coming and showing that plastic is a whale it is on every piece of fruit that we buy at the store and another sai

larissa waters, an australian senator said -- japan has acknowledged for the first time the fukushima daiichi power plant has leaked contaminated water into the sea. the plant operator admitted that radioactive material had likely been leaking for the past two years ever since it was damaged by an earthquake and tsunami. radiation levels have spiked in groundwater surrounding the plant, but officials say the leak has been contained to the surrounding bay. chinese media reports a series of earthquakes in a western province. hundreds of others were injured with 71 dead. the initial earthquake had a magnitude of 5.9. a michigan judge has ordered detroit to withdraw the city's bankruptcy petition because it could cut the pensions of retired public employees, thereby violating the state's constitution. the michigan attorney general appealed the ruling after it came down on friday. detroit last week became the largest city in the country to file for bankruptcy with unpayable debts estimated at $18 billion. half of those are in unfunded pensions and benefits to thousands of public workers an

japan's lead nuclear regulator has admitted the fukushima day to nuclear power plant has likely been leaking water contaminated with radioactive material for the past two years, ever since it was heavily damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami. japan's nuclear regulation authority contest neither operators nor regulators know the origin of the leaks or how to stop them. meanwhile, the manager of the plant to lead the hazardous fight to staunch the 2011 nuclear disaster has died of esophageal cancer at the age of 58. the state of georgia is set to put a mentally disabled prisoner to death on monday unless the u.s. supreme court intervenes. warn hill was sentenced to death for murdering a fellow prisoner while serving a life sentence for fatally shooting his girlfriend. he was granted a last-minute reprieve before his last scheduled execution in february. at 2002 supreme court ruling bans execution of people deemed mentally retarded, but george is the only state that requires group of such disabilities the on a reasonable doubt. three experts who once testified hill did not meet th

we should talk respiratory, unusable, contaminated property, we should talk how many square miles a fukushima-type disaster, a chernobyl-type disaster can render uninhabitable. how impossible it is for people at indian point to evacuate. you can't even get out of new york city on friday afternoon. you're going to evacuate 0 -- 30 miles around? it's impossible. and yet it's viewed as possible as a condition of the license. so we need to use new language in that respect. >> >> i think a lot of the current political and civic discourse in people's views is based on the narrow win toe that the media places on the acceptable range of ideas. is there any ideas you have to allow more progressive views to go be back into the public discourse and reframe the issue based on, basically, more leftist or progressoff ideas? >> well, one, i mean, i have coined phrases in that direction, like corporate welfare. that really is now catching on. corporate crime is catching on. crime in the suites is catching on. [laughter] so you have that parallel with street crime, you know? like why are we cutting down on the num

. >> reporter: the company insist there is is no chance with this design of a fukushima or a three-mile island type of accident, jamie. they say this is a very, very safe design. jamie: wesured would hope so. you make us smarter every time you're on, john. it is not without controversy all of this it is a nuclear power plant. >> reporter: yeah and after all there is a lot of resistance building more nuclear power in this country. the controversy is over federal funding of research and development. the government may give babcocs and wilcox $226 million to help build this ground up. a watchdog group says that is not wise use of taxpayer money. it gave it golden fleece award. taxpayers could be on the hook for a nuclear version of solyndra. the ceo of the tennessee valley authority says that is not going to happen. >> no. we're going to watch this closely. we're going to work hard on this. stop at every point to make sure it makes sense. no, this will be successful. we'll know early on what we have to do to make it successful. >> reporter: supporters of modyou lar nikes say -- modular nuk

. >> i was raised in fukushima. >> reporter: the coastal japanese city was erased from the map when a wave of water tore through two years ago. america is now hiromi's only home. >> i felt like i lost my ancestral place because fukushima raised me. >> reporter: a writer and professor, jasmine darsmick was born in iran. her family ripped from her home when she was just 5. starting anew in california, but always mindful of their iranian past. >> every year we hoped we could go back. we left, of course, because of the revolution. [ chanting ] >> reporter: three decades later, a new generation, revolutions in the middle east, inspired jasmine to become a u.s. citizen. >> i have such a keen send of the struggles -- keen sense of the struggles people around the world endure to acquire human rights, social justice. and it seemed to me important to acquire a public voice in america. >> reporter: filmmaker soledad liando from argentina wanted the right to vote in her adopted country. >> elections were like, okay, i need to be part of this. >> wow, that's really impressive. >> reporter: to canc