. >> government agencicies, in my opopinion, have more bebeen apto represesent thbebest ieresests f the polluters. they seem to have rights more so than what people do. >> georgia power, i think, is very effective in influencing, if not cocontrollining, what ges voted on. they get what they want. i'm trying to figure out if they ever don't get what they want. >> there's no monitoring systems, there's no liner systems. there's a whole litany of things that just are absent, uh, from how we conduct our environmental business. >> in pennsylvania, two agencies, the state department of environmental protection and the federal agency for toxic substances and disease registry are obligated to protect public health. but they have both drawn criticism for not adequately addressing the contamination problem.m. >> the monitoring is overseen by the dedepartment of envivironmental protection. we have one site where a public water supply has been contaminatated with arsenic. the epa's toxic release inventory indicates that high levels of arsenic was found in much of the ash that was dumped at this sit

heavydeforestation in recent decades half of its forests havebeen lost and among those remain, some have bebeen damaged.when they built the inter-american highway, therewas an oil leak into the river, and that devastated all theclams we had here. it affected lots of smsmallanimals, crabs, andnd shs as well.when i was a kid, this area was full of clams and seashells.now they're gone." " we mustn't cut them down," shetells me, "and we mustn't pollute them."she and her school friends have formed a group called the youngmangrove defenders. twice a day, they collect waterfrom the lagoon at the bottom of silvia's garden and lug it upthis steep incline. the water isn't for theirfamilies or for themselves. it's for these mangroveseedlings in their schoolyard. they built the plant nursery intheir spare time, and have spent weeks tending to the delicateseedlings. back down in the swamp,technicians from the environment ministry are working on anotherof the key aspects, measuring how much greenhouse gas theswamp can absorb. studies show that mangroves arehighly effective, storing as much as five times more

we have bebeen monitoring this particular pattern since monday, because we were coconcerned d t there were going to be some very powerful storms. and indeed on tuesday we had at least one fatality reported because of these storms. and close to 200 storm reports when it comes to damaging winds, large hail, and yes, even tornados. plenty of warm moisture coming in from the south and cold air coming in from the north and west. and we take a look at the jet stream pattern. the jet stream is literally a train track where we see the fastest-moving air currents higher up in the atmosphere. when you have the winds coming down from the north and then really turning, that's called a trough. because it literally looks like a valley. but what happens is with that turn, that means that we're seeing a collision of colder air and warm air together, and that leads to the very unstable weather. here's a look at wednesday's outlook. this map may look familiar for you watching 24 hours ago when we were looking at a similar setup with the enhanced risk of storms further toward the west over arkansas, mis

[applause] before we bebeen, i do want to say proud to have this be the 5th year i have been able to mc this event and bring the one event of money in the month of march that brings the irish community together but really to say and thank mayor lee because as somebody who has come to city hall, mayor lee not only of course has the riv named after him but has been to cork. going back to cork. has made a commitment to our irish community here in san francisco and to mayor lee i want to say thank you for all you do for our community. thank you vaer much. [applause] so, mayor lee mentioned the history the irish in san francisco is without parallel. we built the city and contribute today the city for decades for generations and we will be the future the city as well. i am proud to be here today. it is part of my family heritage. my son is wearing a green shirt as he should be and it is something i look forward to every year. i want to bring up first someone who has just mentioned and that our counsel general fipple grant. phillip is with irish forn mintry since 1992. prior to appointment

consistently it is polled that more people think have bebeen hn helped, and the death spiral unlike the face of it, a young healthy person who pays these exorbitant prices. >> there's a lot of arm twisting, we talk about the freedom caucus meeting. we expect to hear from house speaker paul ryan. thank you very much for the discussion. waiting for paul ryan, he's been talking to moderate republicans, he's been trying to whip these votes ahead of as they're hoping this key vote tonight. does he have the votes to bring this home for republicans an americans? we'll take that live of course. and the top republican on the house intelligence committee apologizing to members of his own committee for going to the trump administration first and then going on to the white house. what co-chairman adam schiff has just said to cnn. next. >>> all right. so we have some breaking news now on this health care bill that is maybe supposed to go to a vote at some point today. i've got mj lee still sitting with me, we're been looking at the podium, we were expecting paul ryan to speak this morning, that was

-backed iraqi military's ground campaign to retake west mosul from isis has bebeen haltd as details emerged over the weekekend about u.s.-led coalitn airstrikes that killed more than 200 people it is believed in a single day. the u.s. led coalition has omitted to launching the march 17 airstrikes that targeted a crowded section of mosul. at least one strike reportedly hit an explosive field truck, triggering a blast that destroyed nearby houses were hundreds of people were taking refuge amidst the city's heavy fighting. of to 80 civilians, inclcluding women and chilildren, may hahave died in onee housese's basement alone. the march 17 strikes appear to be among the deadliest u.s. airstrikes in the region since the u.s. invasion of iraq in 2003. over the weekend, witnesses told the guardian that some of their family members remain trapped under the rubble after days of u.s.-coalition airstrikes battered neighborhoods in and around west mosul. this is a family member of some of the civilians killed in the -- that strike. >> i came to the house to stay with my family, but the owner of the hous

mcpike has oy bebeen working for the outletet for a few w weeks,d she doesn't typically even cover the state e department. the justice department h has announced ththe indictments of o russian spies and two hackers over the 2014 hacking of 500 million yahoo! accounts. it is the first t time u.s. criminal cyber charges have been brought a against russian officials. in the n netherlandsds, the prie minister fought off a challenge from the scene of public far right wing politician geert wilders in a closely watched election wednesday. dutch voters turned out in record numbers. showingrutte's party far more than expected by pundits. with 95% of the votes counted, rutte's centre-right people's party for freedom and democracy has won 33 parliament seats. wilders' anti-immigrant, anti-european union party for freedom, whose slogan was "make the netherlands ours again" won only 20 parliament seats. this is prime minister mark rutte. when thes also a night netherlands, after brexit come after the american elections, has said stop to the wrong time cut of populism. amy: the dutch left party, gre

[applause] before we bebeen, i do want to say proud to have this be the 5th year i have been able to mc this event and bring the one event of money in the month of march that brings the irish community together but really to say and thank mayor lee because as somebody who has come to city hall, mayor lee not only of course has the riv named after him but has been to cork. going back to cork. has made a commitment to our irish community here in san francisco and to mayor lee i want to say thank you for all you do for our community. thank you vaer much. [applause] so, mayor lee mentioned the history the irish in san francisco is without parallel. we built the city and contribute today the city for decades for generations and we will be the future the city as well. i am proud to be here today. it is part of my family heritage. my son is wearing a green shirt as he should be and it is something i look forward to every year. i want to bring up first someone who has just mentioned and that our counsel general fipple grant. phillip is with irish forn mintry since 1992. prior to appointment

[applause] before we bebeen, i do want to say proud to have this be the 5th year i have been able to event and bring the one event of money in the month of march that brings the irish community together but really to say and thank mayor lee because as somebody who has come to city hall, mayor lee not only of course has the riv named after him but has been to cork. going back to cork. has made a commitment to our irish community here in san francisco and to mayor lee i want to say thank you for all you do for our community. thank you vaer much. [applause] so, mayor lee mentioned the history the irish in san francisco is without parallel. we built the city and contribute today the city for decades for generations and we will be the future the city as well. i am proud to be here today. it is part of my family heritage. my son is wearing a green shirt as he should be and it is something i look forward to every year. i want to bring up first someone who has just mentioned and that our counsel general fipple grant. phillip is with irish forn mintry since 1992. prior to appointment here was

[applause] before we bebeen, i do want to say proud to have this be the 5th year i have been able to mc this event and bring the one event of money in the month of march that brings the irish community together but really to say and thank mayor lee because as somebody who has come to city hall, mayor lee not only of course has the riv named after him but has been to cork. going back to cork. has made a commitment to our irish community here in san francisco and to mayor lee i want to say thank you for all you do for our community. thank you vaer much. [applause] so, mayor lee mentioned the history the irish in san francisco is without parallel. we built the city and contribute today the city for decades for generations and we will be the future the city as well. i am proud to be here today. it is part of my family heritage. my son is wearing a green shirt as he should be and it is something i look forward to every year. i want to bring up first someone who has just mentioned and that our counsel general fipple grant. phillip is with irish forn mintry since 1992. prior to appointment