and today's first world news story japan's nuclear crisis is intensifying second reactor unit at the damaged fukushima nuclear power plant may have ruptured appears to be releasing radioactive steam it's unclear how serious the bridge might be but the vessels dump water from military helicopters in an attempt to cool the reactors although they've started doing that again now more workers are expected returned to the plant after their radiation levels forced their evacuation more damaged revelations about the nuclear reactor used in the fukushima nuclear plant are coming to light components in the reactor have come under criticism census far back of the early one nine hundred seventy s developed by general electric plants nuclear reactors use a containment vessel surrounding the reactors is less robust than other models the design is also used in twenty three reactors at sixteen american plants marco's cheaper and easier to build the mark one boiling water reactor drew criticism and one hundred seventy two from the atomic energy commission which said equipment presented unacceptable safety risks and should be discontinued in the mid eighty's an official with the nuclear regulatory committee said the mark once stood it ninety percent chance of bursting should fuel rods overheat and melt in an accident  as japan attempts to prevent nuclear could pass strophe the recovery efforts from the earthquake and tsunami continues to official toll of the dead now and missing has now passed a love and thousand in bay ra state forces have launched what appears to be a vicious assault on protesters in the capital manama earlier yesterday troops backed by tanks and helicopter stormed to pearl roundabout the epicenter of protests over the last month at least two protesters were reportedly killed  hundreds wounded after be rainy forces attacked them from all sides and fired tear gas into the crowds some witnesses reported firing from u s supplied apache helicopters attack comes one day after the bahraini government declared a state of emergency well over a thousand sorry and united arab emirates troops have entered a reign to support the ruling monarchy it is unclear if any foreign soldiers were involved in in the violence but rain is a key u s ally in the middle east on a visit to a just hours before the attack u s secretary hillary clinton called for restraint on all sides and she said we call for common restraint on all sides and very rein we particularly concerned about increasing reports of provocation acts in sectarian violence by all groups the use of force and violence from any source only will only worsen the situation and create as much more difficult environment in which to arrive at a political solution your secretary of state hillary clinton spoke during her first visit to egypt since popular uprising that overthrew the u s back based on clinton's negative position from the beginning of the revolution and the position of the us administration in the middle east we reject this invitation when the uprising began clinton stonily defended mubarak saying our assessment egyptian government is stable and is looking for ways to respond to the legitimate needs and interests of the egyptian people i quote could use similar language on tuesday after meeting with officials from egypt transitional government and she said  am particularly pleased that the minister and i discussed in great deal detail with others who were there the economic needs the need to rebuild a police force that will have the trust of the people and i applaud the  announcement dismantling of the existing state security apparatus and the rebuilding of one that will be responsive to the needs of the gyptian it's a quote and another breaking story with her is that she is not going to return after twenty twelve for a second term as he attorney and as are up with what she has two children have been killed in u s air strike in afghanistan victims of water in fields in afghanistan could not province when they came under attack this came just two weeks after nine afghan boys were mistakenly killed by assessment that the momentum achieved by the taliban in afghanistan since two thousand and five has been arrested in much of the country and reversed in a number of important areas however while the security progress achieved over the past year is significant is also fragile and reversible betrays went on to suggest a scenario under which u s troops would remain in afghanistan beyond a twenty four thousand withdrawal date through the operation of joint military bases with afghan forces treat said it's very important to stay engaged in a region in which we have such forces pounded the city with tanks and heavy artillery in airstrikes city a strategically critical as it allows how we access that would permit gadhafi troops to encircle and overrun bengazi and you know we just sat back and watched it happen that ni the michigan state assembly has given final approval to an emergency financial management bill decried by critics as an attack on workers in basic democracy under the bill emergency financial managers would be allowed to break union contracts missal active officials and even  entire minutes of politics public and governor rick snyder is expected to sign a major interest law snyder's also attempting to push through a plan to tax the public private pensions of senior citizens over a thousand people held a protest outside the state capitol in lansing tuesday before attempting that sit in inside protesters are vowing to return for another rally and in tennessee hundreds of people rallied at the capital of nashville against the measure that would strip collective bargaining rights of public school teachers seven people seven people were arrested after disrupting a senate hearing and used back a stand has expelled employees of human rights watch after what the group calls years of government harassment human rights watch has recently criticized attempts by the united states and the european union to repair relationships with use use because dan saying it should be held accountable for human rights record that includes torture the murder of unarmed civilians and the arbitrary jailing of activists and journalists he's got to stand provides a key supply route for military shipments to afghanistan on tuesday in democracy now steve swerdlow human rights watch is back a stand researcher said the government of expelled human rights watch from the country this is the first time that in its thirty three history year history human rights watch has been forced to close in its field offices this is a reflection of the increasingly dire human rights situation in  back a stand has one of the worst human rights records in the world is synonymous with torture and it's criminal justice system is known for forced child labor in the cotton sector and it's also known for the continued president of dozens of human rights activists independent journalists and political figures with our explosion were extremely concerned about the impact our closure will have on increasing isolation and beleaguered civil society in news back to stand these because stand in the last several years has played a more increased lee strategic role with the united states in that it allows us to transit troops and supplies its nato troops to the south of afghanistan and for that reason the united states and also the e u have been turning a blind eye to the worsening human rights  today human rights watch is calling on the united states and the european union to publicly condemn the expulsion of human rights watch and more importantly the crackdown on the remaining civil society activists in utah republican governor gary herbert has signed into law a new package of measures similar to last year's anti immigrant crackdown in arizona utah republican controlled legislature approved the laws earlier this month immigration rights activists are expected to challenge provisions that force law enforcement officers to check immigration status of people stopped for violations the new york times is reporting the u s government has begun sending drones into mexican territory in an effort to monitor the drug trade the secret program began with a formal agreement between president obama and mexican president felipe calderon last month ministration officials say drugs helped capture suspect in the recent killings of a u s immigration and customs enforcement agent in mexico and that's it for world news today now another thanks from one of our underwriters who support your only visual video news media in  you like international style and just ta ten seventeen am one from one way reported to gas had been siphoned out of a vehicle and ten thirty seven a m call from one hundred block of clydesdale court reporter guess had been siphoned out of vehicles and fuel lines had been cut and eleven substance and theft with a prior and two forty six p m call from school st reported the boy with a bloody noise bloody chaos and a tree and two fifty p m a call from three in a block of pleasant street hearing a cry for help and money no one was located until six pm the caller from throughout a block of clark street reported possible drug activity in through thirteen pm caller from six hundred block of caller from ten thousand block of robin ave reported headstones had been used to make a retaining wall and ten fifty eight am a caller from ten thousand block of colby road reported shoplifting on saturday night eleven fifty two am it woman from thirteen thousand block of ridge road reported someone opened her mailbox in tore up her mail two forty one p m call from twelve thousand block a woman we could drive reported theft of a cordless drill and a saw from the back of a truck and it one zero nine pm a call from ten thousand block of britney's springs road reported money missing from a bank account and one fifty five p m caller from ten thousand block of mill springs road boarded possible mail fraud and hiding out last night and about being on parole until twelve pm a caller from seven hundred block of lindley avenue reported vandalism and that's it today for the blotter now another thanks from one of our underwriters who supports your only visual video news media in nevada county you guessed it it's us t v t v news truckee and surrounding areas march seventeenth in our ongoing campaign to take care of those dangerous drunks or buzzed drivers off the road before they crash whether you are meeting a few friends at the local pub after work or attending a seat patrick's day event if you plan on drinking never drive while impaired and never let your friends drive if you think they are impaired friends don't let friends drive drunk said captain march of the grass valley police department x you're a void t recommends the following easy steps for a safe st patrick's day plan a safe way home before the festivities began 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high school will and this spring develop joint union high school district board approved matheson's request for transfer to the park avenue alternative education site at its monday's meeting place in madison next fall will be park avenue principal mike blake the district interim superintendent marianne carton he'll be the seventh principal at the high school since two thousand such a transfer is most unusual said former district board member corinne perillo carleton would not elaborate on the transfer other than to say matheson requested would add more protection for counties from the sudden release of convicted felons into their communities the legislation was prompted by the pro of lauren herzog into lasting county earlier this year herzog a fel suspected of killing up to twenty two people was released on short notice to county law enforcement prompting public outcry and protests throughout the small community the measure would require a sixty day notice from the department of corrections and rehabilitation prior to the parole of an inmate into the community in the rare instances where a last minute change is needed to build mandates the corrections officials make a notification to local authorities within twenty four hours of the decision rather than at the last minute man who presented himself as jim sanders is san francisco businessman on property near washington easton nevada city dot com web cam to get a grasp on when it will be put up for bid depends on the action there oliver said it could be between four o'clock and four thirty or could be later the nugget and several others were found in an under mind section of omega  territory chalo holabird kagan officials have said while the negative value in gold is about one hundred twenty three thousand it should command considerably more from investors said holabird who owns the auction house when the union revealed sander i have my shovel already and that's it for the local news today g b t v news like 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