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How is the U.S. handling nuclear safety after the Japanese nuclear crisis?
In wake of the Japanese nuclear crisis, President Barack Obama has called for a comprehensive safety review at 104 nuclear reactors in the U.S. This review comes on the heels of the crippled Japanese Nuclear complex that U.S. officials have reported to be under control and in no fear of leaking radiation to the western United States or its Pacific Territories.
Daniel Poneman, Deputy Secretary of Energy, talks with American Morning's Kiran Chetry and Christine Romans about the state of the crippled Japanese Nuclear complex, and how the U.S. could be preparing for a similar situation.
Are airstrikes in Libya imminent?
Members of the U.N Security Council voted on Thursday in favor of imposing a no-fly zone in Libya. The vote allows measures to be taken against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in hopes of halting his rapid advances against rebel positions in his country.
James Rubin, former US. Assistant Secretary of State and Executive Editor at The Bloomberg View, discusses the U.N. Security Council’s vote with American Morning's Kiran Chetry and Christine Romans.
What a no-fly zone vote means for Libya
The U.N Security Council voted to impose a no-fly zone in Libya Thursday. The vote allows measures to be taken against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in hopes of halting his rapid advances against rebel positions in his country.
Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics, discusses the U.N. Security Council’s vote with American Morning's Kiran Chetry and Christine Romans.
Is the U.S. challenging students in science and math?
Are schools in the United States doing enough to teach our kids math and science? According to a recent study, out of 34 countries, the U.S. ranks 19th in science and 27th in math.
But an elite research competition - the Intel Science Talent Search - is hoping to find future scientists among U.S. high school students. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.
Intel Science Talent Search winners take home big bucks
Intel Corporation and the Society for Science & the Public (SSP) have announced this year's winner's for the Intel Science Talent Search, the most elite high school research competition.
17-year-old Evan O'Dorney from Danville, CA won the competition, earning him $100,000 in scholarship money. For his award-winning project, O'Dorney compared two ways to estimate the square root of an integer and determined when the faster way would work.
Second Place winner Michelle Hackman of Great Neck, N.Y. will take home $75,000 in scholarship money for her study on the effect of separating teenagers from their cell phones.
O'Dorney, Hackman and Wendy Ramage Hawkins, Executive Director of the Intel Foundation, talk to Christine Romans about this year's competition.
Calm in the face of disaster
Images out of Japan show citizens remaining calm and stoic in the wake of last week's disaster.
Jeffrey Kingston, Director of Asian Studies at Temple University in Japan, talks to Kiran Chetry and Christine Romans about how the people of Japan are handling the tragedy.
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