Dr. Janette Sherman, MD, Internist and Toxicologist. There's more trouble at Fukushima. Nuclear safety experts are accusing the Japanese government of lying after 230 tons of radioactive waste was found in a tunnel underneath the crippled nuclear plant - just a few days after Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko said the crisis is over. There's also news that Unit 4 at the plant is on the verge of collapsing - something that nuclear power expert Paul Gunter talked about on my radio show yesterday. This new information suggests that the Japanese government is still misleading the world on just how severe the Fukushima crisis still is. But even more troubling is the impact this nuclear crisis on the other side of the world has had right here in the United States. There's shocking new evidence out that the Fukushima disaster may have led to the deaths of as many as 14000 people...in America! For more on this - I'm joined by Dr. Janette Sherman - Internist and Toxicologist - and co-author of a new report on the link between an increase in deaths here in America and the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Retired Bishop George E. Packard & his wife, Brook Packard join Thom Hartmann. Last weekend - patriots with the movement attempted to set up a new occupation in New York City - near Trinity Church - one of the oldest churches in the city. But that effort was blocked - when the church refused to give sanctuary to the movement - and the NYPD moved in. Bishop Packard and his wife Brook Packard - who was also on hand for last week's demonstrations - join me now from our studios in New York to talk about what happened to them - and what's in store for the movement in the future.

Eric Burns, Bullfight Strategies joins Thom Hartmann. The game of tag on Capitol Hill raged on today as the GOP threw another tanturm about a short-term extension of the payroll tax cut. Let's call it the "Tea Party Tax Increase." Today - House Republicans - led by the Tea Party - chose not only to reject - but not even vote on a 2-month extension of the payroll tax cut - that was approved by 89 Senators of both parties in the Senate - approved by the White House - and approved by Speaker of the House John Boehner himself...albeit before Eric Cantor poked him in the back with a metaphorical shiv. That means that 11 days from now, 160 million working Americans will see their taxes go up unless Republicans have a change of heart. So that's where we stand right now - either House Republicans kick the Tea Party to the curb and approve the Senate's payroll tax cut extension - or taxes go up on us all.

In tonight's Daliy Take - I'll tell you why corporate CEO's are unwrapping huge end-of-year bonuses this holiday season thanks to you and me.