greeney, and dr. benn? >> chairman smith, ranking member and members of the committee, my name is dr. benn. i'm a chemist by trade and the executive director of the navajo nation environmental protection agency. thank you for this opportunity to testify on a matter of great importance to the navajo nation. on august 5th, 2015, the united states epa and other parties caused a massive release of objection to eck contaminates from the gold king mine. the toxic sludge throwed into the river and through 215 miles of the navajo territory. we had a good relationship with epa with the u.s. epa, however, recent events have shifted that relationship to one of lack of trust. today i would like to cover only a few of the many critical areas of concern for the navajo people. these issues and others are covered more extensively in my written remarks. first, the u.s. epa delayed information to the navajo nation. it was not released until august 6. they down-played the magnitude of the risk of human and animal health. and

greeney, and dr. benn?smith, ranking member and members of the committee, my name is dr. benn. i'm a chemist by trade and the executive director of the navajo nation environmental protection agency. thank you for this opportunity to testify on a matter of great importance to the navajo nation. on august 5th, 2015, the united states epa and other parties caused a massive release of toxic contaminations from the gold king mine. the toxic sludge flowed into the san juan river and through 215 miles of the navajo territory. the navajo epa had a close relationship and good working relationship with epa -- with the u.s. epa. however, recent events have shifted that relationship to one of lack of trust. today i would like to cover only a few of the many critical areas of concern for the navajo people. these issues and others are covered more extensively in my written remarks. first, the u.s. epa delayed notification of the spill to the navajo nation. the nation was not informed of the release until august 6th. the

greeney, and dr. benn? >> chairman smith, ranking member and members of the committee, my name is dr. benn. i'm a chemist by trade and the executive director of the navajo nation environmental protection agency. thank you for this opportunity to testify on a matter of great importance to the navajo nation. on august 5th, 2015, the united states epa and other parties caused a massive release of objection to eck contaminates from the gold king mine. the toxic sludge throwed into the river and through 215 miles of the navajo territory. we had a good relationship with epa with the u.s. epa, however, recent events have shifted that relationship to one of lack of trust. today i would like to cover only a few of the many critical areas of concern for the navajo people. these issues and others are covered more extensively in my written remarks. first, the u.s. epa delayed information to the navajo nation. it was not released until august 6. they down-played the magnitude of the risk of human and animal health. and

for the first time in months in a credible poll another candidate dr. bennson is keeping up tied at 23 percent in the critical first voting state of iowa. carson's only public reaction, retweeting of the new headlines an simple thank you. trump noticeably silent commenting only on other polls that still show him ahead. >> i love nashville. i do love nashville. >> reporter: while trump continues to draw large crowds and is gathering some big endorsements. >> everything about donald trump's campaign is avant garde and he is crushing it in the polls. >> reporter: he is also attracting an increasing number of protesters at his event. on the democratic side, the e-mail controversy is still swirling around hillary clinton. the state department releasing another batch of her personal e-mails monday night, 7,000 pages, 125 of them sensord because of information that was classified but was not at the time the e-mails were sent. at least one analyst at the state department's computer help desk didn't know about clinton's personal e-mail account. he unknowingly e-maile

dr. benn's testified to, impact on the navajo nation. all the gray releases and black releases and others that mayor brooky talked about about. on the call for accountability, we've already heard the epa -- there's 2500 pages up on the internet and i've yet to hear assistance from mr. stanislaus with all the transparency. we want to hold people responsible, but it seems to me they're doing their best to come forward. two years ago peter butler, coordinator of the animus river stakeholders group appeared in a video that highlighted the history of the mines in that region. i would like to ask that video be shown now. >> i'm peter butler with the animus river stakeholders group, one of the co-coordinators. er with here at the redden vanit mine in upper cement creek. the red mine back in about 2000 only put out 15, 17 gallons a minute of acid line drainage which was not very heavily metal-laden. now we have a drainage of around 300 gallons a minute. it's loaded with metals. you can see it coming down the dump pile here in front of us. back i

the real estate mogul will again take center stage flanked about you ten or advocacy, including dr. benn who is quickly closing in on trump's lead charges could provide an opening for carson. >> who needs to do the best against trump? >> probably jeb bush. >> reporter: he now has single-digit support. the prime time debate at the rock ronald reagan library is expected to last two hours. trump, who insulted carly fiorina appearance. >> he is an entertainer. i think i am a leader. >> reporter: his criticism of fiorina is the harshest and personal and possibly the most problematic. >> reporter: the remaining square off in an earlier debate. craig boswell, simi valley, california. >> the others will begin their debate at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> a movie underway to get teenagers involved in the political process earlier. a bill introduced by democratic don buyer allow 16 and 17-year-olds to fill out voter registration forms in advance. they would be added to the voter rolls once they turn 18. younger teens can register to vote in 20 states including maryland and the district, but not in virgin

. >> the announcement comes as the latest polls shows that dr. benn closing in on donald trump's lead. carson now trails trump by just 1 percent. >>> meantime cnn says it will keep a chair warm for joe biden if he decides to enter the race for president. the network is hosting the first democratic debate next month and says it will allow the vice president to take part even if he decides that very day that he plans to run. biden isn't a declared candidate. hillary clinton, bernie sanders lincoln taffy martin o'malley and jim webb have already been invited the debate will take place in las vegas. >> all right. eagles get that first win yesterday but there's some breaking eagles news. >> sounds like there might be a big loss to come with that win. breaking news is we he did not see coming. according to a report on nfl.com the eagles placed kicker codey parkey on ir. the team has yet to confirm this. he hurt his leg during pregraham warmups yesterday. law to have an mri today. parkey of course had been less than stellar thus far which may explain why. di

dr. a benn, you suggested some things that the epa should consider inn the short term and in the long term, one was help you with some monitoring devices to keep an eye on things. help the farmers and ranchers who may have been impacted. am i right about that? >> yes, sir. there's only discussion as a nation right now. within your, your own nation. you're not talking to the epa. yes, sir. okay, i asked that badly. so, you're, is the nation speaking to the epa about potential ways that the epa and the united states could help the nation? >> as i explained to you, this whole situation can be tackled all at once. that there's three parts. there's the spill. the reaction to the spill and the coordination, the collaboration with epa. we're in that stage right now. they are working with us, but to a certain degree. >> i'd like to have the first slide, showing where the gold king mine is. the other one, sorry. can you describe the area where this gold king mine is and approximately how many mines are in the silverton complex? which i think you know, range at least in the hundreds if not the thous

in the past 24 hours he has benn four body blows from carson, carly fiorina, and jeb bush. let's come from the religious angle, courtesy of dr. carson. [bell] carson: one of my favorite bible verses. of theility and the fear lord are riches and honor in life." and that's a very big part of who i am. humility and the fear of the lord. i don't get that impression with him. maybe i am wrong. faith was aer heard big thing until just recently, so i do not even know about what ben carson. all of a sudden he becomes this great religious figure. i saw him yesterday quoting something and he was quoting on humility, and it looks like he memorized it two minutes before he made the quote. don't tell me about benca cars. his: carson backed off comments and said he did not want to get into a gladiator fight with trump. that was just one front of the war on trump. on the second front is carly fiorina. it is all about how "rolling stone" quoted the donald. "look at that face. that?anyone vote for can you imagine that is the face of our next president. she is a woman and i'm not supposed to say bad things, but really, folks, come on. are we