last-minute meeting on the fiscal cliff. we just got word on the other end of the avenue, john boehner has arrived at the capitol. so who will really be there to blame on january 1 if those potentially devastating tax hikes and spending cuts actually go into effect? do you really want to look at your paycheck on that first week or two? heather: yeah. no. gregg: no. anybody want to look at their paycheck? no. heather: i will take a look at yours. gregg: no. heather: okay. they rushed into a nuclear disaster to do whatever they could to help but now a group of u.s. sailors is suing over japan s fukushima nuclear plant meltdown. they claim officials lied through their teeth about the dangers. do they have a case? we will debate it. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth.
joining us. we appreciate it. thank you, heather, for having me. gregg: a nuclear meltdown last year in japan after an earthquake and tsunami is now the focus of a big lawsuit in an american court. within days of the disaster u.s. relief efforts were in full swing. american sailors and servicemen risking their lives to help those who really needed it. now eight sailors from the uss ronald reagan are suing the japanese utility that owns the nuclear power plant claiming it lied about the dangers from radiation leaking out from the crippled facility. each sailor seeking 10 of millions of dollars in damages and creation of a $100 million fund to pay for medical treatment. do they really have a case? we have a defense attorney. doug burns, also a defense attorney, former prosecutor. doug, negligence is one thing. yes. gregg: whether they properly maintained the facility in a safe way.
opportunity to meet former president bush he is a terribly funny guy. it is his style to crack jokes with the hospital staff. they say he has been doing that, and he is now taking it a step further and he has been singing with the hospital staff. gregg, back to you. gregg: singing with the hospital staff. that makes my day. mike, good to see you. thanks very much. we ll get back to you with an update. heather: that is good news. secretary of state hillary clinton returning to the state department next week after three weeks of recovery from a stomach virus and concussion. that kept her from testifying on the terror attack in libya but republican lawmakers say they still want answers. the questions secretary clinton faces when she goes to the hill. gregg: a new study is revealing a frightening trend in the country. why more and more americans are not doing something that could actually save their lives. heather: plus when japan s nuclear plant began to melt down in the wake of the 2011
gregg: there are reports that secretary of state hillary clinton will return to work next week after three weeks off trying to recover from that nasty stomach virus and a concussion when she fell and we re waiting for her front and center, or lawmakers are on capitol hill. they have some questions for her over the benghazi terror attack and what do they want to hear from secretary clinton? joining us now is eli lake, senior national security reporter for newsweek daily beast . what do you think they really want to hear from her? is it about who wasn t paying attention when the security demands were being begged for? well, i think it is going to be three areas that she is going to face questions on the benghazi issue. the first is going to be, was she aware of the deteriorating environment and did she know there were cans for more security that were then denied? so did she know what the
radiation cases. that s right, gregg. i mean after what you get passed what doug was talking about, you ve got the issue of damages. i mean the fact is that right now they re healthy. and assuming that they may get cancer or a shortened life expectancy, i mean to me, that is two speculative. gregg: right. i mean, for instance, my father was in the army and back in the 50s was involved in the atomic bomb tests. he in his late 70s and still healthy. did that, could he have argued back in the 50s exposure to the atomic bomb might have shortened his life or might have given him cancer? i would almost say, look, if and when hypothetically they were to get cancer, if you could then connect it at that point, then come see me with regard to the damages because i think that s the biggest hurdle they have to get over. gregg: right.