continued use of nuclear energy around the world i was joined earlier by jim nuclear policy analyst at greenpeace i first asked him about the complicity of tepco japan's main power company in the disaster here's what he had to say. you know one of the problems the g.e. reactors for quite some time in the one nine hundred seventy. that our own regulators knew that if there were an accident a meltdown that containment was ninety percent likely to fail if you see what's actually happened in japan their failure rate is actually one hundred percent and we've known that and we tried to make fixes and the industry has stopped us as the industry was stopped in japan as well and again we knew that if the last line of defense if it came down to that the public wouldn't be protected and that's exactly what happened in japan and talk about the reports that just came out from greenpeace talking about this g.e. fukushima well you know the people that made the reactor are held accountable the way the walls are set up it protects corporations rather than people so the people pay the price of getting dosed with r

continued use of nuclear energy around the world i was joined earlier by jim nuclear policy analyst at greenpeace i first asked him about the complicity of tepco japan's main power company in the disaster and here's what he had to say. you know one of the problems the g.e. reactors for quite some time in the one nine hundred seventy s. it came out that our own regulators knew that if there were an accident a meltdown that containment was ninety percent likely to fail if you see what's actually happened in japan their failure rate is actually one hundred percent and we've known that and we tried to make fixes and the industry has stopped us as the industry was stopped in japan as well and again we knew that if the last line of defense if it came down to that the public wouldn't be protected and that's exactly what happened in japan and talk about the reports that just came out from greenpeace talking about this fukushima the people that made the reactor board held accountable the way the walls were set up it protects corporations rather than people so the people pay the price of getting dosed with

continued use of nuclear energy around the world i was joined earlier by jim nuclear policy analyst at greenpeace i first asked him about the complicity of tepco japan's main power company in the disaster and here's what he had to say. still of the problems the g.e. reactors for quite some time in the one nine hundred seventy s. it came out that our own regulators knew that if there were an accident a meltdown that containment was ninety percent likely to fail if you see what's actually happened in japan their failure rate is actually one hundred percent and we've known that and we tried to make fixes and the industry has stopped us as the industry was stopped in japan as well and again we knew that if the last line of defense if it came down to that the public wouldn't be protected and that's exactly what happened in japan and talk about the reports that just came out from greenpeace talking about this g.e. fukushima well you know the people that made the reactor board hold accountable the way the walls were set up to protect corporations rather than people so the people pay the price of getting

continued use of nuclear energy around the world i was joined earlier by jim nuclear policy analyst at greenpeace i first asked him about the complicity of tepco japan's main power company in the disaster and here's what he had to say. are you still of the problems that g.e. reactors for quite some time in the one nine hundred seventy that our own regulators knew that if there were an accident a meltdown that containment was ninety percent likely to fail if you see what's actually happened in japan their failure rate is actually one hundred percent and we've known that and we tried to make fixes and the industry has stopped us as the industry was stopped in japan as well and again we knew that if the last line of defense if it came down to that the public wouldn't be protected and that's exactly what happened in japan and talk about the reports that just came out from greenpeace talking about this fukushima well you know the people that made the reactor board held accountable the way the walls were set up it protects corporations rather than people so the people pay the price of getting dosed wit

greenpeace destroyed their brand. they came back to the table in 2009. they finally came to an agreement. now kimberly clark is one of the leading companies in terms of, they no longer a source of their fibers from the boreal forest, and they only use fibers from forests, the certified -- cannot remember -- it is forest certified trees -- it is certified. the heads of the company say that greenpeace made us a better company. they also get it -- just like in "the lorax" -- the company is more sustainable. they were destroying forests that were important to their own business. it was a turnaround for the company. the greenpeace people told me -- they said, we cannot go to lumber companies, because they do not care. here we go backward in the chain had to look at companies that are buying fibers from them, we look for big brand companies, we go after them because they do not want their brand as a lead -- brand sullied. we call them out. once we get them in line, their competitors will get in line. then together with them, we are now going to governments. in

know the scale of the you know the tragedy at fukushima and we won't for some time which is why at greenpeace we're working to try to hold general electric and. high toci into sheba accountable for the harm that they've caused and you can go to our website and sign a petition to try to hold these corporations accountable because the governments aren't sure we can sign a petition but what else can we do because it really does seem helpless especially when you're talking about the total collusion. with the nuclear industry in the regulatory agencies i mean well is there anything else that we can do of course the way the way you can actually you know work against the industry in prince whatever your level of comfort is you can act like greenpeace and take it to the streets you can lobby your congressman and that can help because there are good people up there that want to see nuclear power regulated like you know ed bark you may become a senator. there are people that want to see nuclear power regulated and again we should phase out nuclear power we should replace it with clean alternatives that

nuclear experts from greenpeace are on-site. and they are not at all impressed at how the authorities are dealing with the radioactive waste. >> this is an improvised nuclear dump for storing other things found in the streets, fields, and in the woods. this illustrates just how few thailand is to try to decontaminate huge tracts of land. >> this is fukushima's district, 1 kilometer from the center. they're busy with the cleanup and the cat -- it decontamination. radiation levels are higher here, but what was radioactive was never evacuated. a local teacher, who does not want to tell us is named, it shows us around. everywhere you go, you see blue sheet covering up piles of waste. >> the irradiated soil was supposed to be buried, but it is not always possible because of power lines and water. >> they live with radioactive waste literally on their doorstep. greenpeace says it is impossible to decontaminate entire cities. near the main train station, they detect radiation hot spot giving a reading of almost 40. spending one day you

as the gentleman knows from greenpeace all farmed fish is white. in the last week or so before the fish is harvested for food they add a coloring in the feed to color the fish, and they'll do the same with this. it will look the same. the problem with this and any other gmo has been for many people that it's not labeled. it's not--at the store it will not say other than farm raised, it will not say genetically altered. you won't have a choice. that's really what gets under the skin of people who don't want this fish to come to market. that, in fact, is among the main points. there are no studies at this point which say that it's unsafe. now the problem with that, according to science to some scientists is that the only people who do the studies are the people who developing the fish. the places like green peace or food and water watch they're not doing the studies because they don't have the funding to do the studies. there are no critical studies of the fish. the fda does not test itself. it uses the company's studies. from that data decides wheth

continued use of nuclear energy around the world i was joined earlier by jim nuclear policy analyst at greenpeace i first asked jim about the complicity of tepco japan's main power company in the disaster and here's what he had to say. you know of the problems with g.e. reactors for quite some time you know in the one nine hundred seventy s. it came out that our own regulators knew that if there were an accident a meltdown that containment was ninety percent likely to fail if you see what's actually happened in japan their failure rate is actually one hundred percent and we've known that and we tried to make fixes and the industry has stopped us as the industry was stopped in japan as well and again we knew that if the last line of defense if it came down to that the public wouldn't be protected and that's exactly what happened in japan and talk about the reports that just came out from greenpeace talking about this fukushima well you know the people that made the reactor board hold accountable the way the walls were set up to protect corporations rather than people so.

genetically modified crops despite a wide range of health and safety concerns surrounding them according to greenpeace international a provision in h.r. nine thirty three will effectively bar u.s. federal courts from being able to halt the sale or planting of genetically engineered crops even if they fail to be approved by the government's own weak approval process and no matter what the health or environmental consequences might be as you can imagine the passing of h.r. nine thirty three has biotech companies like monsanto jumping for joy food democracy now an organization that campaigned against h.r. nine thirty three writes that since losing a court case in two thousand and ten to the center for food safety for the unlawful planting of g.m.o. sugar beets on santo and other biotech companies have been desperate to find a way around court mandated environmental impact statements required as a result of a u.s. district court's ruling so now monsanto is free to develop plant and sell all sorts of genetically modified foods without fear of being sued or prosecuted if they fail to abide by the federal go

genetically modified crops despite a wide range of health and safety concerns surrounding them according to greenpeace international a provision in h.r. nine thirty three will fact of lee bar u.s. federal courts and being able to halt the sale or plant of genetically engineered crops even if they fail to be approved by the government's own weak approval process and no matter what the health or environmental consequences might be as you can imagine the passing of h.r. nine thirty three has biotech companies like monsanto jumping for joy food democracy now an organization that campaigned against h r nine thirty three writes that since losing a court case in two thousand and ten to the center for food safety for the unlawful planting of g.m.o. sugar beets on santo and other. biotech companies have been desperate to find a way around court mandated environmental impact statements required as a result of a u.s. district court's ruling so now monsanto is free to develop plant and sell all sorts of genetically modified foods without fear of being sued or prosecutor if they fail to abide by the federal govern

so they were working with greenpeace to measure the radiation they knew it was better to eat the migrating fish because they had gone through quickly instead of the oysters or seaweed or the bottom feeding fish. people were working at it. and my moods change according they. in september i got very sick with a high fever and was delirious and was really depressed and then a wetback and it was different. it was from whenever i was suggesting they all seem to be doing pretty well considering. >> have you been in touch with the people you interviewed? will you be able to bring your book to japan for author programs? will it be translated? >> yes. it will be translated. we're getting that sort out now. quickly i hope. what was the first question? >> are you in touch with the people? >> yes. niki calls them or eel -- e-mail's them every few months so i get updates. i hear about the rice farmers and fishermen. the elderly fisherman said no, no, no. i am planting so come here for new year's. the temple, i donated some many, the big bill from the temple up the street that was washed away, i anchora

it's kind of like a whole foods with a 50-acre salad bar and no hipsters from greenpeace annoying you in the parking lot. but since i live in new york city under the thumb of mayor bloomberg i assume the beverage controversying in vermont had to do with outlawing milk serviced from 32-ounce udders or cows being stopped frisked and tipped over. but many in vermont feel that non-pass curized milk product are the not only tastes great but they have health benefits. but the center of decease control said getting silk from raw milk can lead to stomach problems kidney failure paralysis even death not to mention a real unsightly milk must catch. wtf vermont, figure the milk thing out. liquids that cause bodily damage should not be on the market especially when they can't get you drunk. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. they think this world isn't big enough for the both of them. but we assure you - it is. bites. little greatn

. >> cenk: john hocevar for greenpeace. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> cenk: we're going to talk to the first person who has given congressional testimony who is a male who was sexually assaulted in the military. and the numbers on the number of men assaulted in the military? unbelievable. we'll show that to you too. >> i removed myself from training and sought out assistance from an airplane lynn whoairplane--chaplain who said the rape was god's will. [ male announcer ] it's red lobster's lobsterfest our largest selection of lobster entrees like lobster lover's dream or new grilled lobster and lobster tacos. come in now and sea food differently. visit redlobster.com now for an exclusive $10 coupon on two lobsterfest entrees. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: welcome back to the in "the young turks." the first hearing in ten years on sexual assault in the military. it was a powerful hearing. we heard from many different folks. "abc news" has a little bit more. >> former army sergeant counted being raped by another serv

and so they were working with greenpeace, of all people, who were helping them measure the radiation because nobody else was doing it so that they knew that it was better to eat the migrating fish pause they come from -- because they'd gone through quickly instead of the oysters and the seaweed and things that -- you know, or the bottom-feeding fish. so people were, you know, they were working at it. and, of course, and my moods changed accordingly. in september i got very sick and had a high fever and was sort of delirious and was really depressed, and then i went back, and it was different. so i was just sort of mirroring whatever i was ingesting from them. but, and they all seemed to be doing, doing pretty well considering everything. >> gretel, have you been in touch with the people that you interviewed, and also will you be able to bring your book to japan for author programs in either english or in japanese? will it be translated, is my other question. >> yes. um, the book will be translated. we're getting that sorted out now. i hope quickly. what was your first question? >> ar

among young girls exposed to the radioactive iodine thirty one that should be expected to happen but greenpeace international did a good job of showing that even that figure is shocking as it is is downplaying the situation already we've seen not a one percent increase in expected cancers in that prefecture about we're talking a third of the children in fukushima prefecture have abnormalities with their i work plans we don't know how many of those will turn into cancers but actionable and ukraine and belarus and lost and russia there was a dramatic increase in childhood all right cancers tragic kevin capps thanks so much for being with us. thank you tony. to the best of the rest of the news gays and lesbians in america are steadily winning the fight for equality there were significant victories for marriage equality in the recent two thousand and twelve elections and the president has been a vocal supporter of equality and the discriminatory defense of marriage act has now been repeatedly struck down in the courts but there's one arena where gays are still shut out and that's professional sport

among young girls exposed to the radioactive iodine thirty one that should be expected to happen but greenpeace international did a good job of showing that even that figure as shocking as it is is downplaying the situation already we've seen not a one percent increase in expected cancers in that prefecture about we're talking a third of the children in fukushima prefecture have abnormalities with their die work plans we don't know how many of those will turn into cancers but actionable and ukraine and belarus of western russia there was a dramatic increase in childhood all right cancers tragic kevin capps thanks so much for being with us i. think in time. in it as the rest of the news gays and lesbians in america are steadily winning the fight for equality there were significant victories for marriage equality in the recent two thousand and twelve elections and the president has been a vocal supporter of equality and the discriminatory defense of marriage act has now been repeatedly struck down in the courts but there's one arena where gays are still shut out and that's professional sports the

for home illumination, i argue rockefeller saved the whales, that he did more to save the whales than greenpeace ever did. because interior illumination of the day was whale oil. but after rocky's kerosene, whale oil was out, whaling came to a dramatic -- not total end, but it fell off dramatically. i tell my students that i think if james cameron ever gets to the bottom of the marianas trench, he's going to find a statue to john d. rockefeller erected by the whales and that once a year they do a pilgrimage to the statue and do the whale thing. >> host: doug in mercer island, washington, please go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: good morning, gentlemen. i very much appreciate what c-span does. i'm hoping to give a little ammo to the professor for his myth about jfk's assassination being due to a conspiracy to continue to vietnam -- the vietnam war. i had a radio show, and we had donald kagan and walt rahs tow who was national security adviser both to kennedy and johnson for a while and asked him that very question. and he said, bunk. he said jack kennedy, before he died, had no i

for home illumination, i argue rockefeller saved the whales, that he did more to save the whales than greenpeace ever did. because interior illumination of the day was whale oil. but after rocky's kerosene, whale oil was out. whaling came to a dramatic -- not total end, but it fell off dramatically. i tell my students that i think if james cameron ever gets to the bottom of the marianas trench, he's going to find a statue to john d. rockefeller erected by the whales, and once a year they do a pilgrimage to the statue and do the whale thing. >> host: doug in mercer island, washington, please go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: good morning, gentlemen. i very much appreciate what c-span does. i'm hoping to give a little ammo to the professor for his myth about jfk's assassination being due to a conspiracy to continue the vietnam war. i had a radio show many years ago called relooking history, and i had donald kagan of yale and walt rostow who was national security adviser both to kennedy and johnson for a while and asked him that very question. and he said, bunk. he said jack kenned

the good government or good science groups, like greenpeace, said oh, okay. we want to have it at the higher level. other groups said no, it shouldn't be endangered or threatened because it's not because they're so plentiful in the world. it really depends upon whether you believe the global warming is real, whether polar bears are actually threatened or not. this has become a big fundraising tool and it's become a problem, too, for oil interests throughout the world because they have to act in a way that is very expensive in terms of making modifications. >> clayton: sure. polar migratory patterns. alaska is against this list. hunters kill 800 a year for hunting and subsistence. they are portrayed as if they are nearly gone, right, that they are hanging on to a sheet of ice and they're hanging by a threat and they are nearly gone. is that what's at the heart of all of this? >> i think the science at this point shows that they're not nearly gone, but they've become kind of the pet of the environmental industry, including al gore, to say oh, look what's happen