the president because of the way i can be identified with him both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we re both african-american. joining me now to weigh in is former oklahoma republican congressman j.c. watts and says he faced similar criticism. good morning to you, congressman. good morning, how are you? i love how you said hello to my in the break, j.c. and g.c., hello. that s right. he s playing the race card, is he right in doing that? i don t think there s any political figure in the country that thinks that criticism is fair. i mean, we all have been under the gun like that and, you know, we ve all questioned it. i myself, i ve been criticized by, you know, members on the left or, you know, elected officials on the left that, you know, i ve often questioned their motives but you can t change what you can t see. i can t see their hearts.
japan. we have to be very careful that we do not allow boosterism to lead to complacency and disaster here in the united states. this is a warning to us. we have to be very, very careful. we should have a moratorium on new nuclear power plants being built on seismic faults as they are in california. we have to build in greater safety protection. we have to distribute potassium iodide around nuclear power plants so we don t wind up with the panic we are seeing in japan now. i want to show everyone. we have an earthquake hazard map from the u.s. geological survey. do you believe our nuclear facilities are properly prepared to handle a major earthquake? i know you said you would like to see all of them under review. yes. they should go under review. this is a warning to us. we now have an opportunity to put in place protections that are going to be needed in order
we are getting incredible before and after images from japan. take a look at the city of sendai last april. now you can look at the tsunami-ravaged city, photo taken yesterday. just a few homes remaining. the new york times website posted the original images. amazing to see exactly what took place in the city of sendai. the shaking is not over. aftershocks rock parts of japan. more than 150 and counting still. dr. david applegate is a senior adviser for earthquake and geologic hazards at the usgc. good to have you on today. can we determine how long these aftershocks will continue going on for such a massive quake or is it just unknown? what is known is that aftershocks decay what we call