Sitting on with like you know a 1000000 tons of contaminated water theyre still trying to figure out what to do with we know the lies about the olympics go back to 2012 thats one still serving japanese Prime Minister abbay said to the International Olympic committee please come to japan in summer 2020 Fukushima Daiichi is under control that was a lie that was a very serious lie that he told they won the games the lies do continue to this time and you mention the greenpeace report theyve done really cutting edge work theyve showed that across downtown fukushima city there are hot spots all over the place that need to be cleaned up before large numbers of people come in from around the world to watch the games even at the softball and baseball stadium which is near fukushima city where the olympics will be held you know those events there are serious contamination spots and even worse than all that is the j. Village its a soccer complex very near Fukushima DaiichiNuclear Power plant which fortunately didnt go up on march 11th you know 9 years ago but its not that far from Fukushima Daiichi and it is contaminated and greenpeace found pretty serious contamination there you meant. 1. 00 micro sieverts per hour they found a hot spot at j village of 71. 00 micro sieverts per hour and ironically enough thats where the japanese will begin the relay with the olympic torch so those kinds of serious contamination spots have to be cleaned up before dust gets kicked up and the worst exposure of all is if you breathe it in because now its in your long where it can stay for years or decades depending on the particle just quickly just to people to so whats like the normal what level of these you know whats the normal level of acceptable kind of radiation in the year that were going to talk about like you know 1. 7 whats the most whats the normal before the catastrophe normal background was 0. 0 for Michael Steele its only when the japanese government goal at this point is 0. 23 so you can see that theyre violating that all over the place and its going to take a long time to get down to 0. 23 which is still a serious level to have to live with thats the residents of japan the ones who live in this area are going to be facing this for the rest of their lives not just for a short visit during the olympics in terms of time span because we just talked about that number and right now they are greatly outside of what a recommendation would be how how long do you think it would take them to get to something that is a lot safer or something closer to what the japanese government has issued its regulatory for an appropriate measure while the japanese government and tokyo electric have spent Something Like 28000000000. 00 just to decontaminate contaminated areas and what the greenpeace reports every year have shown consistently is they can decontaminate an area then a typhoon will hit like happened late last year and that massive amount of rainfall brings contamination from the forested mountains of Fukushima Fukushima 70 percent forested mountains where they havent even tried to decontaminate washes it down through the rivers through the streams to rican tammany decontaminated areas having spent tens of billions of dollars to decontaminate. Its incredible how you know this disaster you know almost 10 years ago is still kind of you know coming up today and i think it speaks to the dangers of Nuclear Energy yet weve got a lot of people ive heard a lot of these arguments come out you know when were talking about you know Climate Change and how do we get to Carbon Neutral lot of people still come out and say well you know Nuclear Energy is like the fastest in the cleanest way to get to carbon 0 and we see that many of these are in environmental activists who stand on this you have weight in the in the Community Still when were seeing Something Like this and it looks extremely dangerous what do you say to those people well colleagues of mine at institute for energy and Environmental Research row just you know groundbreaking book in 2006 it was called insurmountable risks that said Nuclear Power cost too much and takes too long to solve the Climate Crisis and besides that has a long list of its own problems the 1st of which they named was accidents disasters catastrophes this was in 2006 this was 5 years before fukushima was after chernobyl but other insurmountable risks are Nuclear Weapons proliferation the unsolved radioactive waste problem and then we would add things like the routine release of radioactivity during normal operations at a Nuclear Power plant an incredible statement by a tokyo electric official just weeks into Fukushima Daiichi was we cant see why people are getting so worked up we release 10 percent this amount during normal operations thats very telling they release into the air they release into the water will permission from the wastewater is one of the big ones too because i think i believe theres a debate right now opening up what to do with the waste water i mentioned was you know if it was 100000000 gallons and theres a big push the oil will dump of the ocean well thats not really going to be helpful at the end of the day i mean what do you do with this waste water yeah its 1200000 tons which is like 250000000 gallons of highly radioactive waste water they want to dump in the ocean and they think dilution is the solution the problem with that that they dont mention is really concentration in the food supply its going to bio. Accumulate in the seafood supply and humans are going to eat it so the japanese fishing cooperatives have been the little dutch boy with their finger in the dike preventing this intentional release this attack on the ocean so what needs to be done again Arjun Makhijani out i. E. Are pointed out weeks into fukushima what needs to happen is that wastewater should be moved to a more stable location and allow the tritium the radioactive hydrogen that they cant get out because they cant filter it allow it to decay and yes it will take over a century for that to happen but thats what needs to happen not to dump it in the ocean or evaporated into the air which then people would breathe right through it isnt thank you so much for the growing and education of everything going on over there thank you so much. Former Vice President joe biden is the comeback kid there is the thing of leave no longer a path for senator Bernie Sanders to clinch the Democratic Partys nomination after stunning defeats in michigan mississippi idaho and missouri the future for the democratic socialist campaign that was known to inspire young people those seeking a revolution and biting the establishment came up short though some saner supporters might but moaned upset and blamed the democratic machine for his losses the real story lies in the voters choice and the reasons they reacted the way they did for starters famous coalition relied heavily on low propensity voters specifically young people who rarely show up the polls secondly the road to the democratic nomination runs through the black community a well known fact that seemed to be an afterthought for sanders earlier this week he scrapped a speech on race in michigan hes canceled appearances scheduled in mississippi the state with the largest percentage of blacks in the country and these missteps along with the narrative that never really appealed to the black Community Cost the vermont senator dearly he lost the black vote by 71 percent in many states a last minute Jesse Jackson endorsement. Didnt seem to have much of an effect at all in contrast biden is putting the Obama Coalition back together in michigan alone biden won women by almost 20 points the kicker here white with biden won them by double digits as well the same white women Bernie Sanders one in 2016 and in mississippi 84 percent of black voters went for biden and overall the White Working Class those with and without College Degrees from urban centers to rural areas famed for joe biden even among groups who have expressed strong favor ability toward some of the interest policies like medicare for all but beat down last night was so bad that sanders didnt even speak the writing is on the wall fainter isnt about to bow out but will the ongoing battle for the nomination further split the Democratic Party and can his Democratic Socialist Movement continue if you leave this to biden. Good you know good burning questions especially coming off of tuesdays interesting you know michigan primary and what happened that theyre split between biden and sanders and i do think the progress in my opinion i do think the progressive groups are going to move on whether its burning at the helm thats going to move forward because you dont a mass of that many people and be that record breaking because of lets not forget that groundswell of grassroots that was record breaking numbers that he put together on small donations and things like that that doesnt just as much as like kind of what corporate sponsors democrats want to go away and think like oh theyll just naturally go back in with us that doesnt just go away whether bernie wins or loses this nomination i think youre right now if anyone was listening to any of the Mainstream Media talking heads last night it wasnt a move to dismiss those people who support support of bernie nor a move to dismiss the amazing fundraising he done along the way because i think that there is an understanding that the revolution he was attempting to build that coalition is one that may not have shown up in the polls in the way that he had expected but its definitely one thats not going to go away its one that has a way its one thats going to be active in policy making its one thats getting elected in state and local races across the country so i do think that theres something to be said about not ignoring them but the way that and i think biden understands it as well because even in his victory speech and his victory lap last night he talked about being welcoming to them hearing their ideas even knowing that he is in that more moderate camp i think that he recognizes that there is a groundswell he recognizes that it happened in 2016 its not going away in 2020 and that those young people are going to have to be brought into the fold because they are the future of the Democratic Party most definitely and the thing is this is an interesting war going on with the democrats because it feels a lot like the rest of the country kind of have the boomers versus the the gen x. Was in the in the u. S. Really you know kind of coming due with regard most of race color creed at this point too because like you said you know he didnt do well with black voters i think a lot of people thought that would have given him out something of a stem cord that you mentioned to his message didnt really go i mean this message. Its basically pretty much we want to take care of everybody we want medicare for all we want workers rights why didnt those use of you know why didnt those messages were true with black voters i think part of it is an age disconnect and a regional one so we look at the super tuesday states the majority of those were held in the south the south and south southern voters happen to be a lot more moderate a lot more conservative democrat than what youre going to see in a lot of the larger cities and a lot of the urban areas outside of the south so thats a story in and of itself but by and large africanamerican voters aside from this swath that is 25. 00 and under happen to leave more to the middle of the party and always have when it comes to social issues when it comes to Environmental Issues there is a prioritize ation not necessarily breaking the our current economic structure and building it over again and it is more so making it a more even Playing Field so that they can also be a part of this Capitalistic Society that many africanamericans dont see as ever going away so i think that for Bernie Sanders it had to have been a much more a much more talking with the community because i think that he designed several plans around what he thought the community wanted not necessarily things that the community has said time and time again and has told several people on the campaigns that they actually want to see happen theyre doing because its interesting somebody who did pull people was like need to turn and go to. Your car to be in the celebrity front and things like that but i mean cornel west you know you did see some of those prominent voices jump to his campaign for longer than 4 years ago but its interesting kind of that lock step biden thing just going to void well we know by we know about race we know what its going to say but the thing that still frightens me about this is moving forward a i wouldnt write burning off just because look theres still a long way to go from yesterday all the way to the primaries there are only 100 votes apart at this point i would say generally roughly generally yes still going to york city and still got pennsylvania this is been such a topsy turvy election cycle that i dont think i can just sit back and say oh bernie has done is frank wished he could suddenly sweep the next round and suddenly. Game and some neck and neck race again something i dont know the end of the n. B. A. Endorsement back there matters is coming through with a lot of the major endorsements but in addition to that we have to also remember that goal coming into the coming into South Carolina everyone before the South Carolina primary assume that he was that Bernie Sanders was going to be the person who made this happen and it just didnt that was just 2 weeks ago i dont write up and down up and down all right as we go to break everybody remembered you can also start watching the hawks on demand through the brand new portable t. V. Apple build one smartphone through google play on the apple web store by searching portable t. V. Or stream us to your t. V. By downloading the portable to the app of an apple t. V. And a portable t. V. And this great thing horrible t. V. Will be available on more devices coming soon so keep an eye out all right speaking of coming soon coming up our 2 americas drum huddy has the latest on the Harvey Weinsteins sentencing and then Margaret Kimberly talks both are disenfranchised stay tuned to watch the whole. Thing. And were going to fulfill the repeated promises probably to the people and come on you know weeks or buts it was. Pretty. No you want to 1st. Know who. All be cut. A. Link i can link i can link up my ya. Blushes and they teach you the chico total more than the beach he cut a hole close to each seam youll be set its not that each and its a shot since that only shooting against. Egypt are. Beautiful to go see it myself included. A use of it over most of them counting have been scanned to show. Form which will give you shirleys. In the spot to the search clearly his are still dumb t. Come cool when it comes up all. The money that eucalyptus mr bush i am all sure but just. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is on off and spearing dramatic to follow the only personally im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down. In talk. Budget we talk about trouble hes gonna demystified to so political space if you werent clear before like these folks are no better deny us so you know i you know you can reach out to friends say you know take responsibility maybe run for office at the end of the day you know i dont see how weve allowed a system where these people get away with you know misrepresenting us why not step up and do it yourself. In a world where pedophiles sexual harassers and abusers seem to get off easily leaving the shattered lives of victims in their wake many are breathing a sigh of relief that convicted rapist and movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison just as james burke handed down the sentence and became an instant hero during the course of the trial 6 accuser share painful and vivid details of the sexual abuse they endured the rape trial garnered loads of Media Attention as a pivotal test case for the me too movement though weinstein didnt speak during the trial upon sentencing he addressed his accusers in a rambling rant that show no one morse or acceptance of the lives hes forever changed at one point he even said he had a wonderful time with the women for more on this story we have our tea americas john hoodie. This chapter in the story of Harvey Weinstein has come to a close at least for now and its not a fairy tale ending for the disgraced movie mogul and his fall from power and glory the judge sentenced weinstein to 23 years in prison his lawyers say its essentially. A life sentence for the 67 year old whos in Failing Health that sentence that was just handed down by this court was obscene that number was a noxious there are murderers who will get out of court faster than Harvey Weinstein will that number spoke to the pressure of movements and the public that number did not speak to the average ends that came out at trial that number did not speak to the testimony that we heard that number did not speak nor did it speak to justice i am. Over common with anger at that number i think that number is a cowardly number to give i think the judge caved just as i believe the jury came to and i am not happy one thing was convicted of raping one woman jessica man an aspiring actress who testified that weinstein forced himself on her in a Manhattan Hotel room in 2013 and sexually assaulting another miriam haley a former Production Assistant who testified that weinstein forced oral sex on her in 2006 but the stories of weinsteins alleged abuse of women date back decades and involve numerous victims including some well known names in Hollywood Weinstein story sparked the me too movement and embolden not only his victims but other women throughout the United States and world who have fallen prey to similar harassment abuse and assault to come forward with their own stories Manhattan District Attorney side vance said he was grateful for the sentence the judge sentiment is. Just right for the somewhere. In the potential for underage going to take your issue exactly going to the river weinstein has been housed in an infirmary unit at Rikers Island in new york since his conviction february 25th weinstein addressed the court and specifically his accusers from his wheelchair before. The sentence was handed down saying he was remorseful but also confused about what had happened to him adding quote we may have different truths but i have remorse for all of you and for all the men going through this crisis i really feel remorse for the situation i feel it deeply in my heart im really trying to be a better person weinstein in his statement also said in what was clearly a reference to the me to move may quote i think about the thousands of men and women who are losing due process and im worried about this country weinsteins lawyers have also argued that the intense Media Coverage and scrutiny of this case prevented a fair and impartial trial and thus asked the judge 2 for a minimum prison sentence of 5 years well the judge clearly wasnt swayed weinstein also still faces charges in los angeles for the alleged sexual assaults of several victims there as well for watching the hawks john hardy. Great report by john harvey im sorry its a weinstein get some front of the judge there it says thousands of men are losing due process im worried about this country im totally confused i think men are confused about these issues really thats the best harvey to heat it in the midst of all of this decides that he is going to fall on the sward of protecting men who actually commit these crimes its crazy its also in raging its problematic because he acted as though well men just dont know now because were in this new age where now men dont know how to react to women at all so thats one of the reasons why you know the me too movement is taking off no sir you actually sexually harass and you women like that is what happened there is no secondary explanation and last time i checked he got more due process than maybe people who are actually not convicted of a not guilty of anything so im very it bothers me that this guy use this basic you know i mean last stand comment i mean you know who is confused about the me too movement in the times they are changing rooms compute sexual predators or confuse the public here i used to be able to get away with this i dont understand why im being held you know not only years and years decades went by with him not you know mariel were being say what is confusing now is that women are actually fighting back and i think im one of those women i think that deserves a lot of credit on this day along with all of them stood up especially during the trial and stood up and said i want my voice will be heard this man needs to be put away but the person who 1st sounded the alarm about our view Weinstein Rose Mcgowan she simply tweeted very simply today let us be free obviously talking about all of his victims and all of them who are getting a little bit of justice today 23 years i think theyre going to get more justice when r. V. S. To face trial again in los angeles i think hes going to get more years left on the absolute. Earlier this week i had the honor to interview author and Civil Rights Activist Margaret Kimberly about her new. A book covering the history and relationships between every single u. S. President and black America President ial president ial today in the wake of the 2nd great. March a vote in the democratic primary i wanted to present to you the last part of my discussion with ms can really about her new book in this discussion we touch upon how both democrats republicans and all of our us president s throughout our nation short history have benefited from large scale bolder disenfranchisement take list. One question through that i want to get to get to as well as is these limits on black voting and political power that you you point to during the rough 3rd behaviors administration actually your book president s and parties have benefited from a large scale theres some french reisman at various points throughout history the tactics tragically are eerily similar to what were seeing used today do you think that we will find a way to change this at the end of the day you know what what needs to happen in order to get rid of this disenfranchisement and really truly get help and bring up these voters who we often time is ignore so easily in this country. Well we need a Mass Movement thats what always works whenever even those president s who did the right thing who were supposed to be quote unquote good for black people they did the right thing when they were forced to we have to see the political system is being somewhat adversarial to our interests johnson shepherded through the Civil Rights Act the Voting Rights act but thats because there was a Mass Movement which forced his hand and all of the changes that we need to see its like any other change in this country it has to come from the bottom up and the electoral system is not the only means its not even the best means to really get significant change people have to recognize their power and real. What people did 50 years ago the political candidates were in selma this weekend they all pack into a church and say talk about Martin Luther king but if people are really going to revere that era they have to do so by repeating what the masses of people did at that time most definitely in the best way that you can the best way that you can change the world tomorrow is by studying the mistakes in the past and finding out you know what mistakes were made in the past you can Better Change tomorrow i want to say thank them one of the ways they can do that is checking out your book president ial black america on the president s Margaret Kimberly thank you so much truly an honor to talk to you its been a very very good indeed thank you so much. Thank you for having me. Great book great guest all right that is our show for today remember everyone in this world we are told the world loved enough so i tell you all i love you i go by robot and im going to keep on watching all those hawks out there and have a great day and night everybody. There are not ones out. On the fleas off dont want to have snakes on the definitions and im by any. One seeking i need. This out. And. Taking the equal city south to sound. The band and then yesterday during the only thing i think. Would be right now i think. I know will not be yeah the saudis are. Going to do this just the same if one means a leftist and that the deep. He faced them tokyo found it was going to happen to go. Along. With his look was because did it because it didnt seem quite a cultural thing i pulled the premise. We have to realize we are all living on a small fragile spaceship together and its really no different than a bunch of people in a harsh environment trying to rely on each other to survive we are interconnected on this planet we rely. On each other or do around the world survive as a species. Descriptions sound up the even for the owners so how to choose just pet Food Industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us than whats necessarily good for the pet turns out may not be the best people believe we have animals that have you know diabetes in arthritis they have auto immune disorders allergies we are actually creating these problems its a huge epidemic of problems all of them i believe can be linked to very simple problem of diet and some dog owners so heartbreaking stories about their pets streets the larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because theyre already making a 1000000000. 00 on it and theres no reason to do that research. All Army Intelligence analyst on whistleblower Chelsea Manning is in hospital after attempting suicide in jail refusing to testify further in the u. S. Governments wiki leaks probe. The us president suspend all air travel from 26 European Countries accusing the e. U. Of failing to act decisively to tuck all the cowrote a virus pandemic. And experimenting with explosives in britain can be lawful the Supreme Court has a man of terror related charges we discussed the ruling. You know it was just experimentation it was just learning as the Supreme Court said you know self learning to disagree you know we were talking about an individual in a shed with expose i mean he was also making