, the event outside of harrisburg, transylvania, we look at the three mile island accident that was a partial meltdown of a reactor, a reactor number two at the facility in pennsylvania. it occurred 40 years ago and it was rated a 5 on a 7 point international scale. as the story unfolded, this is how ed bradley of cbs news covered this. pleasetay indoors r windows closed. ed: >> please stay indoors with your window closed. but this is not a community that scares easily. major floods have come here in the town has survived. but for almost one week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they could not see or hear. >> from cbs news and that fear was radiation following the partial meltdown at the nuclear generating station considered to be the most precarious accident. we will look back at the events. eric epstein is joining us and he is the chair of the three mile island alert, which is what? >> three mile island alert is a safe energy organization that was founded in 1977, two years before the accident at three mile island and we were a nuclear wa

joining us from middletown pennsylvania. the chair of the three mile island alert. thank you for being with us. >>> it was the first step in a nuclear nightmare. as far as we know at this hour no worst than that. but a government official said a breakdown in anatomic power plant in pennsylvania is probably the worst nuclear reactor accident to date. there was no apparent serious contamination of workers. the group said that radiation inside the plant is at eight times the deadly level. so strong that after passing through a three foot concrete while it can be measured a mile away. >> the accident occurred here at the three mile island nuclear power plant a dozen miles south of harrisburg. at about 4 am two water pumps that cooled reactor number two shut down. officials say 50 to 60,000 gallons of radioactive water escaped into the reactor and that the radioactivity penetrated the walls. steam escaped into the atmosphere and radiation was detected as far as one mile away. at least 50 workers and perhaps twice that number were at the plant when the accident occurred. a spokesman admitted

three mile island accident, which was the partial meltdown of a reactor, reactor number two at the facility in dopennsylvania. the incident rated a 5 on the 7-point international nuclear event scale. here's how ed bradley of cbs news covered it. >> reporter: this is not a community that scares easily. major floods and hurricane agnus have come here, and the town survived. almost a week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they couldn't see, hear, or feel. >> that from cbs news. of course, the fear was radiation following the partial meltdown at tmi, the nuclear generating station. considered the most serious nuclear power accident in the history of the u.s. for the next 90 minutes, we'll look back at the events that occurred. eric epstein is joining us live. he is the chair of the three mile island alert, which is what? >> three mile island alert is a safe energy organization founded in 1977, two years before the accident at three mile island. we're a nuclear watchdog group that monitored sus question hannah and peach bottom. three power pla

events that occurred. eric epstein is joining us live. he is the chair of the three mile island alert, which is what? >> three mile island alert is a safe energy organization founded in 1977, two years before the accident at three mile island. we're a nuclear watchdog group that monitored a 3-mile island, three power plants on the river. >> you were there 40 years ago, march 28th, 1979. what do you remember, both when the news first broke and as the story continued to unfold in the days and weeks that followed? >> well, you know, i thinks t is interesting you covered mr. bradley's comments. we had a bifurcated response from our family. we had a family furniture store, and we'd survived three floods. actually, a fire. we were hunkered down. in fact, we delivered a dinette on saturday, the day after evacuation. my brother who hadn't been born, he was in his first trimester, my father evacuated. like a lot of folks, there was confusion, anxiety, chaos. company was providing disinformation and misinformation, as you could well tell by the lieutenant governor's comments on thursday, the da

being hailed as the definitive documentary about legendary trumpeter miles davis hit cinemas this week the director stanley nelson 1st started this project over 15 years ago most importantly with the permission of miles davis family and sony music but it was shelved until 2 years ago now the story of one of the most influential and brilliant musicians in the world of jazz can be told in birth of the cool. more than any other jazz artist miles davis had the qualities of a rock star when he was a boy his father gave him a trumpet the rest is history. has always been like a curse with me it's the 1st thing in my life go to bed thinking about it and wake up thinking about it that's all i live for. that passion made him a legend. miles started very early he looked at things differently he saw things differently without a doubt the most unique person i've ever known. the new film miles davis birth of the cool tells davis a story from beginning to end director stanley nelson unpacks the enigmatic troubled artist's highs and lows fame drug abuse domestic violence and of course music the w

, eric epstein is joining us from middletown, california. the chair of the three mile island alert. thank you very much for being with us here on cspan television and cspan3's american history tv. >> it was the first step in a nuclear nightmare. as far as we know at this hour, no worse than that. a government official said that a breakdown in an atomic power plant in pennsylvania today is probably the worst nuclear reactor accident to date. there was no apparent serious con ttamination of workers, but safety group said radiation inside the plant is at eight times the deadly level. so strong, after passing through a 3-foot thick concrete wall, it can be measured a mile away. gary shepherd reports from harrisburg. >> reporter: the accident occurred here at the three mile island nuclear power atlanta a dozen miles south of harrisburg. about 4:00 this morning, two water pumps that help cool reactor number two shut down. officials say some 50 to 60,000 gallons of radioactive water escaped into the reactor building. and that the radioactivitity y y penetrated the walls. steam escaped int

john's trying to miles davis from a new documentary now on general release. welcome to arts and culture more on not moving in a moment but also coming up. the great renaissance master peter broad of the elder is being celebrated all over the belgian capital prospects. and gamers delight here in germany at the moment when the world's biggest computer games event games cong. for jazz fans the long wait is over what is being hailed as the definitive documentary about legendary trumpeter miles davis hit cinemas this week the director stanley nelson 1st started this project over 15 years ago most importantly with the permission of miles davis family and sony music but it was shelved until 2 years ago now the story of one of the most influential and brilliant musicians in the world of jazz can be told in both of the cool. that more than any other jazz artist miles davis had the qualities of a rock star when he was a boy his father gave him a trumpet the rest is history music has always been like a curse with me it's the 1st thing in my life go to bed thinking about it and wake up thinking abo

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back at the three mile long accident, the partial meltdown of reactor 2 in pennsylvania that occurred 40 years ago. the incident rated a five on the 7 point international nuclear event scale. as the story unfolded here's how ed bradley of cbs news covered it. >> this is not an community that scares easily. major floods and hurricane agnes have come here and the town survived. but they lived in fear of an enemy they couldn't see, hear or feel. >> from cbs news. of course, that fear was radiation following the partial meltdown at tmi, the generating station considered the most serious nuclear power accident in the history of the u.s. and for the next 90 minutes we'll look back at the events that occurred. erik epstein is the chair of the three-mile island alert, which is what? >> it's a safe energy organization founded in 1977, two years before the accident at three mile island. we monitor areas. three nuclear power plants on the river. >> you were there 40 years ago. what do you remember both when the news first broke and as the story continued to unfold in the days and weeks that foll

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climate issues. pbs science correspondent miles o'brien joins state climatologists for a discussion on local, regional, national climate change. this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> good evening. my name is kathleen richardson and i am the dean of the school of journalism and mass communication at drake university. welcome to the members of our audience here at the science center of iowa and des moines and those of you joining us by livestream. his year, we are celebrating he 100th anniversary at drake. we have been characterized by service to our community. we are proud to continue that tradition by cohosting the conversation tonight about climate change with experts who are on the front lines of this pressing public issue. this event is brought to you through a collaboration between drake university and a funded free service for journalists based at the american association for the advancement of science in washington, d.c. they connects reporters to scientists in order to promote more credible, accurate, research-based news stories. we are just wrapping up a 2.5 day boot camp at drake

because you're down to 3 miles per hour in that northbound commute. you take monterey road on the west side of 101 northbound. it's going to be slow going. when it comes to the reroute. either way you're going to need to give yourself now anywhere from 20 i would say to 30 minutes extra time to get northbound in san jose. those of you commuting o oth so. you're going to go ahead and hit the road now. elsewhere in the south bay. southbound 680 at capital. there are two lanes blocked as a result of a fire, a grass fire on the side of the road. now the fire is out but the fire department is still on scene kind of making sure that everything is out and there are no issues. we aren't seeing delays at this hour. but we're going to keep an eye on that. out to the altamonte where this commute is creeping up. >>> thankfully i do have better news when it comes to the weather. here's a live look at the mount vaca cam. the sun just about to rise and it is a cool start to the day. santa rosa you're down to 49 degrees. 57 in downtown san francisco. 59 in livermore. low 60s for you in concord, o

ships and tugs. ♪ >> the cuyahoga river, as it reaches lake eerie after a 100-mile twisting and turning journey from its head waters, is an exhausted stream. abused and misused by man and his machines. ♪ >> without the cuyahoga, the sprawling megalopias of cleveland/akron would not exist. the river was the reason for originally settling the portion of the western reserve in the 1780s. the river called crooked by the delaware indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio, and so man came and continued coming. until today, nearly 2 million people live and work in the river basin. in creating this urban complex, man has used the river as men have always used rivers, the flow has been put to work as a navigable stream, a water supply, and as a sewer. man's mark is everywhere. is this mark an epithet for the cuyahoga, the crooked river? >> there have been some changes since 1966. today, without question, the cuyahoga is still dying. but there's a possibility of resurrection. the river called crooked by the delaware indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio, and so m

mile twisting and turning journey from it waters, is a exhausted stream, abused and misused by men and their machines. >>without the cuyahoga, the cleveland alkalines would not exist. for settling the portion of -- to revel -- the river was called crooked, it is a waterway into ohio. so man came, and continued coming. until today, nearly 2 million people, live and work in the river basin. in creating this urban complex, man has used the river as man has always used rivers. the flow has been put to work as a stream, water supply, and as a sewer. man's mark is everywhere. is bismarck habitat for the cuyahoga, the crooked river? [ music ] >>> you are now going to see, a documented montage film of the cuyahoga. the server belong to the people, the people should decide, there many decisions that must be made in regards to your river i hope you participate in these decisions, the river has been cleaned up but it is made less meaningful or more meaning for for all the people in this nation. thank you. >> the cuyahoga very nearly encircles cleveland's. it's 100 mile watercourse which is an arc

cuyahoga river as it reaches lake erie after a 100-mile twisting and turning journey from its head waters is an exhausted stream. abused and misused by man and his machines. without the cuyahoga, the sprawling megalopolis of cleveland, akron would not exist. the river was the reason for originally settling this portion of the western reserve in the 1780s. the river called crooked by the delaware indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio. and so man came and continued coming until today nearly 2 million people live and work in the river basin. in creating this urban complex, man has used the river as men have always used rivers. the flow has been put to work as a stream, a water supply, and as a sewer. man's mark is everywhere. is this mark an epitaph or the cuyahoga, the crooked river. >> you are now going to see a documentary montage film of the cuyahoga. the rivers in this country belong to the people. what we do with them, the people should decide. there are many decisions that must be made with regard to your rivers. i hope you participate in these decisions and see to it th

. announcer: watch book tv, every weekend on c-span2. announcer: pbs science correspondent to miles o'brien joined state climatologists for discussion on local, regional, and national climate change at the science center of our planetarium. hosted by drake university, this is one hour and 10 minutes. shullsky, shullskcable satellit [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: pbs science correspondent miles o'brien joined state climatologists for a discussion on local, regional, and national climate change at the science center of iowa planetarium. hosted by drake university, this is one hour and 10 minutes. >> good evening. my name is kathleen richardson and i am the dean of the school of journalism and mass communication at drake university. welcome to the members of our audience here at the science center of iowa and des moines and those of you joining us by livestream. this year, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary at drake. we have been characterized by service to our com

administration see, westbound 205, it's under the speed limit there around 33 miles per hour. as we check out the drive time, you notice it did pick up pretty nicely as you made your way through the altamont pass. westbound 580 tracy to castro valley is 38 minutes. northbound 101 looking good through san jose as well as northbound 280 into san francisco. a live shot of the san mateo bridge shows a good ride. right now westbound is on the right-hand side. it's also looking great here on interstate 80. >> thanks, frances. happening today a judge is expected to decide if a man accused of attacking a woman as she tried to enter her san francisco building will stay in jail. >> abc 7 news reported are amy details. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning. should he be in jail or should he be free? that is the big issue today. austin vincent's attorney say he should be free, the charges he's in jail for are going to be dropped today. prosecutors want him to stay in jail saying he faces other serious charges. vincent made headlines when he was accused and arrested for this attack of a w

waterway was populated. the river after a 100 mile pristine journey was through an exhausted spree. ♪ >> without those, they would not exist. they were originally settling in the 1780s. they provided a waterway of ohio. they continued coming. there's ceiling people that merged in the river basin. have used the river as they've always used the river. there's a water supply. man's mark was everywhere. there had been some changes. without question, it still dying. there's a possibility of resurrection. ♪ >> the river begins here at two separate branches. it finds a crooked path south to atkins. 100 miles of the waterway. they began a few miles from ohio. there's a trip down the river. it's his an inspection trip. they follow their branches along the trip. it would draw attention to the problem. to come from miles around. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> among the group is the district engineer. they are responsible for keeping the levels open as part of the country. if you can take anyone along, there's a lot of backing. 's >> there freezing and right below it. it's evident already. ♪ ♪

storm -- packing winds up to 130-miles an hour..(pam) right now, people there are preparing for what could be the strongest hurricane to hit the state's east coast in three decades.. nadia romero is there, on the ground in west palm beach ... with the latest. (pam) and now it is not just those living in florida who are hunkering down and preparing for the approaching storm.(catherine) kron4's justine waldman joins us in the studio... . justine - some people say they're going to just ride it out.. ? (justine) one of florida's busiest airports is shutting down operations in advance of hurricane dorian. orlando international airport announced today it is canceling its commercial flight operations for monday. in a statement-- the airport says it wants its 25- thousand employees safe with their families when the storm hits. two guys from california - one from la and one from sacramento - are vacationing in florida right. and they plan on staying through the storm.