Local environmental entrepreneur Ben Dobson, a Simon's Rock class of 2000 graduate and a local environmental entrepreneur, was the featured speaker for the first in-person commencement at the school in three years.
Harold had a long and productive career as an academic, making contributions to areas including topology, neural networks, and fractal geometry. He was passionate about education and mentoring, and continued to teach and spend time with students until his last week of life.
nuclear power plant. see the thid voe taken after the massive earthquake. officials say the wave that hit the power plant was likely 45 to 48 feet high. crews continue working to cool the reactors and stop radiation spewing from the plant. in the u.s. the number of states impacted by radiation spewing from the plant is rising. look at this map. at least 16 states across the country have detected tiny amounts of radiation. health officials have been quick to say the amounts are so small they pose no risk to human health. joining me live is dr. harold hastings from the fizz physics department at hoffstra university. thank you very much. 16 states across the union. should we worry? we should not. we live with radiation all the time. the detectors are extremely
twister on the move. extreme storms through the midwest. this one caught on tape. today it could get worse. race to the top. the president marks a budget deal by making a surprise hike to the lincoln memorial. how tourists responded to that. and stunts gone wrong. ouch. thrills and skills caught on camera in a new special. we have a preview. plus, are you addicted? there may be such thing as a foodaholic. i m richard louis in for alex witt. in the coming week president obama will lay out the long-term strategy to tackle the national debt. on meet the press david plough addressed the budget plan for 2012. certainly the president isn t going to support a lot of what s in the plan. any chance it gets passed? maybe the house. it won t become low. mike viqueira, is that setting the stang for another show down in the coming weeks? reporter: you better believe it. people can get confused. you have done a great job trying to explain it. it s three rounds. spending this ye
approaching 3,700, as the latest count still has 8,000 people still among the missing beneath the mountains of collapsed buildings and crushed cars. for those lucky enough to make it out alive, they now find themselves without a place to call home. that s the case for nearly half a million people who have been evacuated so far. other figures about the size and scope of this tragedy, 850,000 people without electricity, a million and a half homes without water. 6,300 buildings destroyed, and at the same time a world trying to respond. more than 100 countries, including the u.s., attempting to step up to the plate with both response teams, food, and cash. nbc s lee cowen has just made his way back to tokyo. lee, you have truly witnessed the extent of this devastation close up. are there words to describe what you have seen in the past 24 hours? reporter: in a word, no, there aren t really. to make matters worse, if it can get any worse, over the last two days, temperatures hav