dave: here is where fiscal reality meets generosity. there are many s this tragedy occurred that said we cannot afford the keep of foreign aid we have been dishing out the last several decades. they say we cannot get involved in the uprisings in north africa and the middle east. can we afford foreign aid at this point with the budgetary disaster we are looking at? many in the g.o.p. want to cut that? governor huckabee: a lot of aid we will give will not be necessarily government. government can do certain things particularly bring military assets because there are certain things only the military have the ability to do. particularly if logistics and organization. but a lot of the assistance we will give is going to be through the charitable organizes. there is not a group of people on earth more charitable and
building and a lot of the other high-rises have been evacuated because of the tremors. some are so big my room is shaking and water bottles are falling down and i cannot imagine people with a 30 or 40-story building. dave: sounds frightening so say the least, a canadian photograph are trying to get out of tokyo and he has experienced multiple after shocks including one while we were on the phone with him. best of luck to you in getting out of the city. i will update the images on my website. at www.andrewpateras.com and japan is on high alert. what is the likelihood of a meltdown? could radiation affect the united states? an expert examining that next. worried about retirement. he d yet to he of mutual funds, iras, or annuities.
but, of course, there is great concern particularly after the explosion early in the day which we understand did not break the containment vessel of the reactor but as the rescue teams are fighting to keep the pressure down, keeping this reactor core, if they fail, the people, the town of sendai which was hit badly is a town of a million people in the area, and you look further down, if there is a cloud, we have 30 million people here in tokyo. dave: it is not just the nuclear situation but the earthquakes, essentially 8.9 and pore than 120 after shocks and we talked to a canadian photographer and he has felt enormous after shocks. what do you feel? reporter: they are continuing in tokyo.
united states to worry about. clayton: doctor, your thoughts. it s all about exposure. how long you ve been exposed to something and close you are. he is he making an interesting point, after chernobyl, a huge cloud spewed across europe and we don t know what the long-term again net the particular impact is on the dna on people. and we are he miles and miles away. i think he may be exaggerating in one sense i m not convinced that people in the united states can get sick. dave: to get back to your point, you don t want to spread foreand even in tokyo taking tremendous precautions. exactly, taking potassium iodine is benign, it doesn t signal they re necessarily exposed. alisyn: going to back to the emotional after effect that you were talking about because there are so many aftershocks, 125 at least an hour ago a big one, 6.0.
little umbrellas! spf i m in heaven! i m going to be as red as a lobster. [ male announcer ] save 30% on beach vacations at travelocity. [ gnome ] it s go time. dave: japan is remaining on alert for a possible nuclear meltdown although a japanese official says the situation is under control. and the nuclear container was not damaged if the huge explosion. alisyn: from tokyo is global radio news. you have heard the latest on this radioactivity leak at the nuclear plant, david? reporter: the latest is people are worried about what is happening. the government is telling people to remain calm. particularly those who are close