A new act and Nuclear Terrorism at the supplier, is he and you pay a power plant . You . No one can stop the wind that was spread for nuclear food out. The little probably old ukraine will be contaminated, but will europe as well also coming up the United States, the worlds number one emitter of greenhouse gases, is about to take a major step to fight Climate Change. Apparently, with no support made in china. China has said it ceasing cooperation with United States on dealing with Climate Change. And thats not punishing the United States. Thats punishing the entire the entire world. And especially the developing world ah, to our viewers watching a p b. S in the United States into all of you around the world. Welcome. We begin the day with fears of age, 2nd, Nuclear Disaster in the making, in ukraine tonight, or calls for a Demilitarized Zone to be established in ukraine around these epa riccio Nuclear Power plant. The largest power plant here in europe, the separation plant has become another battlefield in russias war with ukraine. He is accusing moscow of shelling the site over the weekend. Russia says Ukrainian Forces were behind the attack. Does every t a plant is one of 4 nuclear stations inside ukraine, with 6 reactors. Its the biggest in all of europe. The plant was seized by Russian Forces in the early days of the invasion. Its ukrainian staff. They continue to run the reactors, ukraines Nuclear Operator says though they are being forced to do their work at gun point. Now in 1986, a Nuclear Meltdown at ukraines chernobyl Nuclear Power plant became the worlds worst Nuclear Disaster. Human error played a role that time. The next disaster could be triggered by humans waging war. Heres the head of the you. Any a tech to a Nuclear Plant is a suicidal sing, and i hope that those attacks will end. And that the same time, i hope that the a i e a will be able to have access to the plant. She says ok of so on there is 6 power units. Vap. All of them are filled with Nuclear Material on also very pools of spent nuclear fuel. Everything needs to be constantly cooled by pumps and face pumps, wound on electricity. Electron that is which are available, craning, shelling, damage the line, supplying electricity with actually to the sap anesha and had some regions. Well, the better for a voltage spike occurred at the plant which calls smoke up at one of the sub station. Something just to repeat, this is the biggest power station in europe, nuclear po, station in europe. And if something happened so there will be huge consequences. This question should be immediately put in the agenda of the Security Council of the United Nation and immediately make fatty special decision to deploy United NationPeace Keeping operation on that patricia power plant. Because that would be suffolk, the whole europe, whole world, if it would be catastrophe. Over more, im joined tonight by john iraq. He is the senior policy director at the center for arms control and non proliferation in washington dc. John, its good to have you with us tonight on the day be this, this is insane of turning a Nuclear Power plant into a war battlefield, but that is exactly what has happened in ukraine. Now, Nuclear Reactors are being turned into potential Nuclear Weapons. Is that what we are watching here . What were watching is a true case of bad judgment. Having a war near so much Radioactive Material invites the possibility that some things could go terribly wrong. Now that the Nuclear Plants at supper asia are strongly built, they are more modern than the one that to noble was that to exploded in 1086. 00. But theyre not made to stand up to heavy weapons and actual fighting thats going on. That could be going on around what should, what can the rest of the world, the International Community do then to avert a Nuclear Disaster there. But its very clear why we are in this situation. And that is because russia chose to invade its neighbor and to seize control of the Nuclear Plant, along with a substantial portion of ukrainian territory. So the, the day best way to resolve this is for russia to get out and to go back to its own territory and its own Nuclear Plants. And to leave ukraine to run its power station. But under the International Safeguards that it has in place in the, the nuclear option, john, in this more it was put on the table by the kremlin, even before the invasion of ukraine began last february. And at the time the United States and the european union, they wrote that off as just putins bluster. Was that a mistake . It was more the bluster, ah, it was a clear political signal not to get involved in the conflict in ukraine. This is something that is due in the past. Nuclear weapons have been primarily for deterrence. In fact, the 5 official Nuclear States in january of this year issued a statement saying that Nuclear Weapons should be for defense and deterrence. Only less than a month later, russia added a new use to that, that of a, a tool of state craft to provide some kind of a shield for aggression against a neighboring state. This is tremendously worrying because in our efforts to reduce the risks of Nuclear Weapons and reduce the numbers of Nuclear Weapons in the world, one of the key elements is that they not proliferate, that dead countries not build more and that more countries do not acquire Nuclear Weapons, if there is suddenly another use for Nuclear Weapons as this instrument of coercion that the russians have come up with. Then there is another reason to have them. And that ultimately it takes us further from our goal of a World WithoutNuclear Weapons. And, you know, in tonight were reporting on the u. S. Being alarmed by the threat of every possible 2nd chernobyl like disaster taking place in ukraine. But it seems and correct me if im wrong, it seems that the worlds interest in and in the fear of the Nuclear Threat has waned immensely in the past 30 years. Have we lost interest at our own peril . I since the chernobyl accident, i think there are more safeguards in place. There are Better Safety measures. Im an expert in policy, not in nuclear science, but they certainly theyre in the, the Nuclear Energy community. There is no lack of interest in safety and nuclear security. That is very much in evidence. It is, however, incredibly reckless to be having a war near iniquity facility like this, especially one so large. We want to let our viewers also know your organization is on twitter, with the handle nukes, of hazard in just the last 24 hours. You tweeted that the power to craft a World WithoutNuclear Weapons is in our hands. John weird is Vladimir Putin and russias nuclear arsenal. Where did they fit into that . Russia is the largest possessor of Nuclear Weapons in the world. They have more than anybody else. And as we can see, they rather than being interested in reducing the number of weapons and the danger posed by those weapons. And they are now coming up with new uses. So it is a tremendously concerning to those of us who would prefer to see the importance of Nuclear Weapons reduced and to have a serious consultation on how we can bring down those dangers and bring down those numbers. Eventually, john eric from the center for arms control and non proliferation in washington. John, we appreciate your time and your valuable insights tonight. Thank you. Youre welcome. Ah, us lawmakers have known since the 19 sixtys that burning fossil fuels pumping c o 2 into the atmosphere is a recipe for a hotter planet and possible cataclysmic Climate Change. They, like many around the world have spent decades denying the science or simply ignoring it. Well look around the world now. Droughts, flooding wildfires, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, record breaking heat waves. Ignoring is no longer an option. The u. S. Congress is now on the verge of passing its most significant legislation in history aimed at combating Climate Change. U. S. Senate gave its approval by a 51 to 50 margin with democratic Vice President comalla harris. Casting the tie breaking vote. Not a single republican senator voted for the plan, which in addition to offering tax incentives for reducing carbon emissions, also aims to slash the cost of Prescription Drugs. The u. S. House is expected to approve the legislation next week. Here is the Senate Majority leader, chuck schumer, as you know, its been a long, tough, and winding road. At last weve arrived and we are elated. Every member of my caucus is elated about what happened because weve really, weve changed the world in a way that you really get an opportunity to do that. Our bill reduces inflation. Lowest costs creates millions of manufacturing jobs, enhances our Energy Security and is the boldest climate package us history. The senate has now passed the most significant bill to fight the Climate Crisis ever. Its a big claims there from chuck schumer. Lets go to washington dc. Now talk with our Washington Bureau chief in his pogo to see you eat us. Lets help our viewers understand something here. How did efforts to reduce Prescription Drug prices and efforts to slow Climate Change . How did they end up in the same legislation . This piece of legislation, brand known as the in flayson reduction act, has been in the works for over a year now. But the democrats were able to muscle it through this weekend after really endless roadblocks. So it might be indeed seem to been interesting mix of topics from fighting the time a change to reduce drug prices. The reason for that is the simple fact that the Biden Administration had to agree on many, many compromises to get the necessary votes from within its own party. And we got chuck schumer, we just heard. Theyre saying that this is the boldest climate baggage in history saying that weve changed the world, but i decided to crunch the numbers here. The part of the legislation aimed at fighting Climate Change is funded by an amount that is not even 5 percent of the annual us defense budget. So is congress throwing peanuts at Climate Change . I . Well i understand that it is kind of appealing to compare these 2 figures as one could say actually fighting the climate climate catastrophe is also a huge battlefield. But brent, i think we have to be fair here. The original built bag batter bland, was a little over a trillion dollars, but it was never going to happen with this congress and how politicized the Political Institutions are these days here in the United States. So the us for the 1st time is making Real Investments in combating Climate Change. And i think at least this is a beginning. Yeah, in this environment you make very good point. You know, we should be glad that were getting as much as we are getting, considering how the politics are right now on capital hill to day shine. It said that it will no longer cooperate with the u. S. On finding Climate Change though, this is important because the u. S. In china that the worlds number one number 2 emitters of greenhouse gases. And wondering how much do you think this is just beijing blustery . Well the white house has been in a tough precision with International Challenges like china, some speculate actually that this is potentially the count, re puffing chest after how Speaker Nancy Pelosi took the controversial trip to taiwan. So politically, or there is a lot of bipartisanship between the democrats and the republicans here in the, as in how it views taiwan and china. But indeed, when it comes to fighting the climate catastrophe, it will be much, much harder if not impossible, without the cooperation between china and the u. S. In easy to do this legislation, despite its shortcomings the compromises, despite jain as possible hyperbole, me remaining Major Political victory for president bite does well, the white house and Senate Democrats have been going back and forth on this major piece of legislate legislation as we just talked about so democrats who are struggling to keep their majority in both houses in the upcoming mid term election can effectively go to orders with really tangible progress despite and extremely divided congress. But with the election only months away, brent, it may be a little bit too late. As many, many voters have become set in their political you right, you, debussy is paul with the least amount from washington in it as always. Thank ah, were now to a new political chapter in columbia. 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