2200 miles from northern japan to the aleutian islands. where we saw a harley-davidson, a japanese harley-davidson in a shipping container wash up on the beach. that was, in graham island, canada. i should say. there it is the harley-davidson. probably nobody going to be riding that one. a soccer ball landed on middleton island off alaska. the dock we were talking about, landed in aggat beach oregon. we could look at summer or years of this stuff coming ashore? absolutely. this is the tip of the iceberg so to speak. the tsunami itself was devastating t took over 1.5 million tons of debris into the ocean. some of it sank. some of it started floating across the sea. a lot of it is going to get caught up in this north pacific guier to add itself to other plastic debris that is out there. some of it all the way to
under the normal chain of command? i m sorry? how would the white house have learned about operation fast and furious if not from you? well, through my staff and the interactions that we have with the white house counsel s office. when did your staff inform the white house about operation fast and furious? i don t know. were you ever curious about that? my focus was on dealing with the problems associated with fast and furious. it seems to me that you would want to know want white house official toss know what was going on in order to correct the problem. my time my focus was on the tactics and trying to solve the problem and not awfully concerned about what the knowledge was in the white house, my responsibilities. jon: joining us now judge andrew napolitano a fox news senior judicial analyst. during our time on the bench i m sure you received many wiretap requests. the justice department has anan internal regulation. because wiretaps are so sensitive
and so we wanted to broaden the scope of research and interests of the relevant agencies in europe in conducting these types of assessments on cadmium telluride. so i believe that s what this is referring to. did you or anyone on first solar s behalf at any time request that this research undertaken by the professor be kept confidential or otherwise not disclosed? not to my knowledge. on the screen you re going to cnn s like tennessee i m running out of time as well make make this quick. on the screen you re going to see another slide from the first solar presentation again related to a risk matrix stating successful study, future studies and established cadmium telluride photo will take desired outcome. photovoltaic desired outcome. it sounds to me like you re trying to state goals for your company and you are trying to really compromise the objectivity of scientific reports. and that, of course, is of grave
compromise honorable. mr. president, thank you very much. [ applause ] we re live on capitol hill now for a senate commerce science and transportation subcommittee hearing on tsunami debris from japan reaching u.s. coast lines. set to testify are two government official from the u.s. coast guard and the oceanic administration. we ll call the meeting to order. this is the subsmitty on oceans atmosphere fisheries and coast guard, today s hearing on stemming the tide of u.s. response to tsunami generated marine debris. welcome we think an important hearing on the marine debris headed to the west coast from japanese tragedy and its long term implip indications. we welcome david m. kennedy of noaa s service. we welcome admiral gary thomas for the united states coast guard. thank you both for being here this morning. the earthquake and tsunami which struck northern japan just over a year ago was an unprecedented human tragedy. in minutes it claimed thousands of lives, destroyed
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