Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book TV 20140622

The soviet union, ukraine would want one and kazahkstan would want one and uzbekistan would want one, but it actually isnt happening. And weve already lived through, you know, stalin and mao did kill tens of millions of people without dropping a single nuclear device. So weve already lived with probably the worst people to ever have nuclear weapons. [inaudible] well, i think that every time we have an accident its so grossly mismanaged that theyve destroyed the political will power to maintain nuclear power, and so im very i myself am very glad that china and vietnam, flex, are building a for example, are building a lot of nuclear plants, because it would be a great benefit to the world to have them use less coal and more nuclear. But i think in the developing countries, it seems to be on its last legs unless we have this technological breakthrough that makes it both safe and cost effective. Yes, maam. [inaudible] people shouldnt always be afraid of nuclear. Yes. But [inaudible] ninth avenue on the west side a lot of people, a lot of the restaurants had to put up signs our fish, our seafood does not come from japan. Right. Some of them did go out of business. And then to the lady right there, when we were in school, we were taught that Winston Churchill before he was hit by a taxi had had to promise roosevelt that they would give up their colonies in order to get the americans support for entering the war. So they really were afraid of england. Yeah. Well, the if i was a naked, pregnant woman, i wouldnt eat fish i caught myself off the shores of fukushima. But other than that, remember that enormous bomb i showed you, the scariest experiment of all time, that huge explosion in the water . We actually had someone return to the bikini islands in a submersible to test it for radiation, and we assumed that thered be a lot of radiation all over bikini because they had one bomb after another blow up there. And this wasnt a power plant melting down, this was nuclear, huge Nuclear Devices being exploded there. And, in fact, the only radiation they could find was in the sandstone tombstones of the islanders, that the rest of it had been sort of dispersed by the effects of the ocean. So our fears of fukushima water coming and contaminating us arent anywhere near as bad as mercury poisoning this fish already. In fish already. Okay. Thank you very much,. [applause] cspan2, created by the cable tv industry and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Representative James Clyburn talks about his life from his early days in the jim crow south to his position as the third highest ranking democrat in the u. S. House of representatives. This hourlong program is next on booktv. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Im douglas slaughter, the executive chairman of the center for africanamerican history [inaudible] i want to welcome all of you here for this great occasion, the signing and reception for blessed experience. Lets give the congressman a hand. [applause] we want to welcome you to a work in progress. This is the center for africanamerican history, art and culture. In the late 1800s it was known as the emanuel institute. It was the first school in aiken developed for the children of newlyfreed slaves. And since that time it has been a school for several generations, and were excited about the opportunity to turn this once again into a learning center. Aiken has a rich and phenomenal history. A lot of times people arent aware of the history of the community that they live in. This facility will capture that history. I dont know if you know