two of them, jacob ward and allen schauffler gracious enough to tape on the way to assignments, covering the mine spill near the colorado river. >> this is the water front in seattle, this is the double-decker highway quarrying cars north to south, south to north across the water front for half a century, other than i 5, it's the only other major north-south corridor in the city. they shouldn't be on the highway, it's dangerous, damaged in an earthquake 15 years ago and has been replaced. the via ducts will be torn down, a tunnel dug under the city of seattle to carry the traffic. it's dug by the largest tunnel machine, behind the right cover named bertha, it was stuck, going nowhere. and we are getting to the point where we can fix bertha, getting the repair parts under ground and tunnel northward. the project is about three years behind schedule. as for the budget. the entire project budgeted at 4 billion. the tunnelling - no one is saying how much over budget the budget might be in 2018. on the counter time line, no doubt the cost and who pays it is something we can figure out in the

allen schauffler joins us. you have the very model of jeep, twice. this is not just an issue of jeep or chrysler. most of the new car makers have the same vulnerability. >> not just one make or model, not just the 2014 jeep cherokee. general motors issued a software update, apparently a hacker revealed vulnerabilities, so somebody could have turned a person's ignition on and off, track where it was doing, track where it was going, and so forth. people driving on the highways are not likely to have their cars go crazy on them as it did in the story. things will definitely get worse as technology improves ali. >> we're all about autonomous cars, driverless cars. we don't readily think about the other side of that thing, that someone else can be driving that car while we're at the control of it. i'm a big proponent of the internet of things, but this is a vulnerability that goes way beyond cars into our infrastructure, there are some people who say that's really the challenge of the time that we live in now. >> well, and you call it a bridge. we just ha

. >> meanwhile, allen schauffler looked into what's being done to get water to people in need in new mexico. >> we're on the banks of the animas river the lower stretches of the river in farmington, new mexico. kim carp enter is the county executive. it's been nine days since the spill at gold king mine, almost a week since it's come through here. how are people handling it here? >> as time goes by without me lifting the restriction on the river, people are hurting. people who live along the river that you know are hurting, where we're having to bring them supply and water, and -- >> how are you hoping the homeless population? >> we have set up with the department of health the fire stations and a number of groups to bring water, deliver water, we've delivered almost 400,000 gallons of water to farmers trying to not necessarily -- it's not keeping their crops growing but it's trying to sustain and buy time to see when we can get the waterway back open and to get water for their livestock. >> that is the key, water quality and water availability at this point, thanks very much kim i a

allen schauffler has more. >> reporter: yes, it's a game no it's not a game. opening ceremony rock star status from players, post-game shows streamed around the world. this is a major league feel. in their sky box the team from complexity gaming watches the first-rounds match. the international is the best chance for a big pay day. >> there's so much on the line. it means everything. they are zoned in. it's insane. it's high. >> the 20-somethings live and gather. playing it the full-time job. they win early. fantasy play but the money is real. super bowl winner earned 97,000 this year, n.b.a. champion warriors, $250,000 apiece. the world series 388,000 for a san francisco giant. the international blows them away. members of the winning team pocket $1.2 million each. losest make guaranteed money. it's big business. the winners playing five different games in tournaments over the world. >> it's like n.a.s.c.a.r. these are my cars. we put it all over the jerseys and monetise in that fashion. >> seattle's key arena sold out the event in a matter of minutes. 20 mil

allen schauffler reports that it takes play to a new level. >> reporter: yes, it's just a game. and, no, it's not just a game. opening ceremony hoopla, rock star status for players, post-game shows streamed around the world. this has a major league feel. in a sky box, the team from complexity gaming watches a first-round match. the international is a big chance for a pay day. >> suddenly there's so much on the line. it means everything. zoned in, it's insane. it's high. >> these 20 something live and train together, playing it the is the full-time job, and they win early. >> they call it... >> fantasy play, but the money is real. super bowl winner earnt $97,000. n.b.a. champion worriers, 250,000 a piece. the world series, $388,000 per san francisco giant. but the international blows them away. members of the winning team pocket 1.2 million each. losers make guaranteed money. it's big business, it has 27 players under contract. playing five different video games in tournaments over the world. >> it's like n.a.s.c.a.r. of the jerseys are my cars. we put the logos over the jerseys,

tonight allen schauffler takes us back to new orleans to meet a shrimper who vowed to rebuild after the steroid hisd his boat and his business. >> reporter: i was here in louisiana ten years ago covering the aftermath of hurricane katrina. i interviewed joe beach, trying to make sense of what the hurricane had done to his boat and his life. he's still at it, still doing it occasionally and still trying to make sense out of it after these years. >> after i met joe he was cleaning up his boat, the risky business. >> never seen a mess of roots like that after that storm. >> his challenges at the time, the same faced by shattered commercial fishing fleets all along the gulf coast, critically important ice in short supply. cold storages and docks damaged beyond use. >> joe is going to sea. he seemed a fitting symbol for the region, badly battered and tough going back to work with no guarantees of success. >> lord give us some slump. wshrimp.we need some shrimp. if not lot of peoples like me is just one break down away from outs of business. >> ten years later i wanted to find joe and see if

. >> allen schauffler takes a look at getting water to those who need it in colorado. >> we're on the banks of the animas river. we joined by kim carpenter, county executive of the county. nine days since the spill of the gold king mine, almost a week. it came through here. how are people handling it here? >> without me lifting the restriction on the river, people are hurting, crops are dying. livestock is not getting the hydration they need. people who live along the river that are hurting, we're having to bring them supply and water. >> how are you helping the homeless population? >> we've set up with the department of health, the fire stations and a number of different groups to bring water, deliver water, we've delivered almost 400,000 gallons of water to farmers trying to not -- it's not keeping their crops growing but it's trying to sustain and buy time to see when we can get the waterway back open. and to give water for their life livestock. >> that's it, for sustainability. i have to say i took a short run around the river, i saw hundreds of ducks and one little skunk. there's

allen schauffler has that story. >> reporter: uniforms and salutes, a long blue line at attention asg is raised honoring law enforcement officers killed on the job. it's a disciplined military style start to every day at the washington state criminal justice training commission but it's not as military as it once was. sue rar, a former sheriff of king county, has done away, the salute every time a commanding officer appears. it is just one of the changes at the center where more than 600 new police and corrections officers train every year. >> frankly the thing i'm fighting against is cynicism. officers need to be safe without losing their humanity and that's the challenge. >> isn't there an old saying, don't let the sun go down on your anger. >> beneath the work is a concept called blue courage. >> is this just a job? of course not it is a career. >> two day class pilot program supported by the u.s. justice department. among other things it emphasizes the nobility of policing, the responsibilities of being a public guardian, respect for human dignity above all and the importance of

allen schauffler explains how it happ. >> i'm allen schauffler i bought the car. it's a mod irn vehicle, it does a lot more than get me from here to there. it talks to me gives me entertainment, helps me navigate a course tells me when i'm too close to the kerb or keep me between the lines on the highway. i don't have to keep my hands on the wheel. my wife and i named it hal. open the pod bay doors, hal. >> sorry, dave i'm afraid i can't do that. >> named for that hal, the flat-talking computer in space odyssey. my hal, in hal is a 2014 jeep cher okayee, imagine my delight when i found out come future security experts were able to hack in and control from their basement. they changed the channel on the radio, turn the car off, release the breaks fun stuff like that. here i am driving around seattle in the same model of car that they were able to hack into on the same day i'm going to interview people at the company that employs the hackers. we'll find out they do a lot more than expose vulnerability in cars security in all kinds of other every day household produc

allen schauffler has more. >> are you open about homosexual. i was taken aback by the question. it felt like a question occupant of the 1950s. >> reporter: from that blunt question the scout master gave an honest answer. i said i wouldn't answer this question, but if i was truthful, yes. that got him kicked out. he is the first to have the charter rejected for coming out. the '98 timber wolves belong to the baden powell service association, the international scouting group. the charter was held by a local sponsor, where same-sex marriages are welcome and inclusiveness is a watch word. >> we are not losing sleep being invited back. we'd like to be invited back, if the boy scouts live out their own values. to be truthful and honest to say who you are. >> the kids, of course, couldn't careless about sexual politics, some of their parents do. max in red, getting a lift from his buddies, will be a scout next year. mcgrath's position was a reason she joined. >> i also really like the fact that they have taken a stand, whether they needed to or not and opened up to all, girls, boys, ba

allen schauffler is in biloxi. let let's start with jonathan in new orleans.en years since hurricane katrina. new orleans has been in the process of rebuilding since then. the city is now different. how so? >> the city has changed in the past decade after america's worst natural disaster. parts remain the same. the culture of the heart of the soul is a new orleans soul. the french quarter, the city's canal street, all of the tourists remember but if you go outside the tourist district, a lot of neighborhoods in new orleans have changed and look very, very different. there is a new influx of younger people coming here, starting businesses. the entrepreneurial rate here as grown which is good news for the city. in neighborhoods like the lower ninth ward which you remember was horrible hit by katrina's flood waters have not recovered. only four out of 10 homes in that neighborhood have been rebuilt. what used to be a very deposition urban neighborhood fields very rural. empty lots stretch for blocks. the foundations of homes remain. there are in some cases steps

allen schauffler visited the mine. >> reporter: the blow-out is for silverton colorado, a town built by mining. hundreds of abandoned shafts are cut into the hillsides. we passed them as we passed the roads into the country. there's no public access into the sites. we take a detour around the closure. it's slow going, a switch back of terrain coloured by the minerals. >> where the road ends is where the trouble started. >> we get a chance to see ground zero. this is the entrance to the mine that blew out last wednesday. >> it was a mine entrance dammed by a landslide. work crews were probing, trying to figure out how much water wag built up behind it. the gallons burst out of the mountains and flooded into the rivers. the e.p.a. built pods for the run off, around the hole and around the corner of the mountain. agency administer visited nearby dewar anningo on wednesday. >> i came from a briefing that dave and others provided to me on the status of the clean-up, and the status of the monitoring of the plume. i am excited that they are fully operational, and we are working this issue v

allen schauffler is there with more >>> e.p.a. administrator geena putting a happy face on the meeting with navaho leaders, calling them partners in the process, and navaho nation move forward. partners that know they are likely to be opponents in court. right now, the concern is over water. its quality and availability. >> e.p.a. administrator continues her visit to the region eight days after the mine still contaminated, the enimas, she toured fart of the reservation with the tribal president and other leaders, and says the tribe and agency are partners, have a good working relationship despite the threats to sue over the spill. >> e.p.a. is not unfamiliar with lit gaghts. demon of that was -- litigation, none of that was in the discussion. we hope to build the relationship with the new president, and we spend a lot of time talking about next steps. they are full partners right now in terms of sampling. >> people here who depend on the river for irrigation and livestock have been scrambling for water as they await test results.

allen schauffler is in bay st. louis mississippi with that story. n. >> and john if you are looking for sort of the meteorological bull's eye where katrina hit and hilt hardest, this is it, the gulf coast, bay st. louis, pass christian, it's been a difficult ten years. new orleans bouncing back okay but waveland mississippi where people are still struggling. >> the water was over that telephone post. that's without the wave action. >> they thought they were ready but they weren't. katrina was too big too strong. veering east as it hilt land it pounded the mississippi gulf coast. >> where the middle of the eye came across here in waveland. >> tommy was the mayor of the town that vanished. >> there were 42 businesses on that street before katrina. and there wasn't a stick left. >> reporter: the main street coleman avenue is a quiet place a full decade after the storm we find just six businesses operating here. maybe five now according to the sign outside wild bill's cafe. >> we had no economy. we had nowhere for anybody to go to work. so families were

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allen schauffler has more from oregon. >> reporter: right now salmon swimming up the river is under pressure that they don't often have to deal with. we had a long hot, dry summer and we don't have much snow pack in the mount ages. no snow back or little means less snow melt and less cooling of the system not much rain this summer means not much cooling rain either to keep the water temperatures down. they spiked over 70 degrees, 71 72. that's a serious problem for the summer run of salmon expected to be half a million this summer. very robust. we are not seeing as many fish get as far upstream as we expect. that's a concern to fish biologist like stuart elills with the columbian river inner tribal fish commission. we have 200,000 fish missing, that we can't account for. they haven't reached a certain point of the river. are they dead or hiding? >> they may be hiding. a good portion may be hiding. >> seeking cooler water. >> socki, like salmon seek out cool water in tribe ute ris and river, and they can hold waiting for conditions to improve and will continue on with their journey. this year

. >> allen schauffler. much more to come from the gulf coast. 30-year-old man has been charged with capital murder. shannon miles, police say killed a houston sheriff's deputy deputy in what appears to be an assassination. i witnesses say the deputy was shot in the back of the head and then three times in the back. he was just pumping gas at a houston gas station. >> we have identified the suspect responsible for the senseless and cowardly act. today, the district attorney's office has accepted capital murder charges on januaryon j miles, a black male 9-15 of '44. >> a 10 year veteran of the police force leaves behind a wife and two children. coming up on al jazeera america, the scenes were shocking and heartedbreaking. katrina 10 years later, a lot of change has happened. many say it's not enough. we are going to take a deeper look next. >> president obama heads to alaska to press northern nations to cur curb carbon emissions. it may be a tough sell. >> antonio morro 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> this was the worst civil engineering disaster in the his

allen schauffler has more. >> the head of the environmental protection agency is due to visit communities in southern colorado and northern mexico today. the e.p.a. accepted blame for this spill and promised to set things right. a lot of folks in this area are wondering how long that's going to happen, how long it's going to take and when they might get their river and lives back to normal. >> for a region that release on the waterways to sustain its businesses, the sludge wasn't exactly the tourist attraction they hoped for. he sells wild land adventure and watched that spill shut down his best summer season ever. >> there are thousands of river users here in durango that feel that the river is home, so it's really painful to see it hurting like it was. >> the governor got a firsthand look at the spill tuesday and tells us he's hopeful the local economy will get help. >> a lot of folks' businesses hurt. do you expect them to be made whole? >> we're going to try. the state's put up $500,000. i fully expect the e.p.a. to step up and do their part. certainly my hope and expectations we'll g