. >> the epa is a disaster. it's killing us. >> our plan will end the epa. >> our air and water are the cleanest they've ever been by far. >> he's several times said we have the cleanest air and water in the world. that's not true. >> in a funny way, ironic way, today we're a victim of our own success. people don't see it anymore. it's not quite as obvious that the air is dirty. >> it's been almost 50 years since the environmental protection agency was created. but over the last couple years there's been unprecedented rollbacks in terms of environmental regulations under president trump's leadership. we wanted to understand what does it really mean for the water, for the air that we breathe, for the health of our families? join us as we go on this nationwide investigation to find out what's at stake. >> the white house touts president trump's rollback of obama era epa regulations as one of his biggest achievements. >> how is this slashing affecting the work of the epa? >> those rollbacks threaten our health. the

epa solid waste programs are relatively new.are old and will take a long time to solve. 6 billion tons of solid and hazardous waste are produced in the united states each year and deciding what to do with this mass or better yet how to reduce it will not be easy. we have made a good start. regulations governing treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste are now in place. we have also moved forward against the problems arising from inactive sites under our super fund authority. epa and the states have almost completed the inventory of potentially hazardous sites. the complex process of determining what to do at particular sites and who should do it is under way at many of them. the effort to control harmful effects of toxic chemicals used by our technological society is one of the most difficult and complex tasks ever devised. there are over 60,000 chemicals in commerce. between 3 and 4 billion pounds of pesticides used each year. it is the job of the office of pesticides and toxic substances to determine which chemical u

the scientific work of epa is also decentralized.laboratories located across the country. air pollution work takes place in raleigh, durham, north carolina. toxicology and industrial engineering in cincinnati. ground water research in oklahoma. pesticide biology in florida and eco systems research in oregon. this scientific effort is essential to meeting the environment tachallenges that l ahead. we need to know more about how toxic substances behave in the environment and what effects various human exposures have on human health and the environment. it would help us control the risks from the substances without sacrificing the benefits of the technologies that produce them. we need more information on long-range transport of pollutants through the air. acid rain is an example of this kind of transport. we also must do better at tracking the flow of pollutants through the environment. much of our pollution control apparatus was designed with one environmental medium, air or water or land in mind. but pollutants can cross over between

these huge programs were hardly under way when congress gave epa new ones.de program to examine and register new pest killers, to ensure that these chemicals do not menace human health or the survival of natural systems, a program to control toxic chemicals used in industry and the home. a program to set standards for the nation's drinking water. a program to control the disposal of solid waste including hazardous waste. a program to clean up the hazardous waste dumps that our legacy from the past. a program to control various sources of radioactivity and a group of other responsibilities that reflect our concern with the character of the american land including the requirement for environmental impact statements, the establishment of marine sanctuaries and the protection of wetlands. armed with these authorities, epa has demonstrated over the last 15 years, that the ideals of earth day 1970 could be foraged into effective instruments of policy. as a result the kind of problems that led to the formation of the new agency, killing smog and burning rivers, are

epa is a largely decentralized operation. they require that a major part of the job be done by the states. epa staff has to work closely with protection organizations to get the job done. there's 10 regional headquarters housing staff that's responsible for the major regulatory programs in boston, new york city, philadelphia, atlanta. chicago. dallas. kansas city. denver. san francisco, and seattle. the scientific work is also decentralized and takes place in laboratories located across the country. their pollution work takes place in north carolina. groundwater research in oklahoma, pesticide biology in florida, and ecosystems research in oregon. the scientific effort is essential to the environmental challenges that lie ahead. we need to know a lot more about how toxic substances behave in the environment, and what effects various exposure levels have on human health and the environment. this knowledge would help us control the risks from these substances without sacrificing the benefits of the technologies that produce the

bush, ran the epa.he mine. >> the potential damage is so overwhelming. the opposition to it up there is amazing. over 80 miles of streams, thousands of acres, could be damaged from this project. >> reporter: this is the second time during the trump administration the political appointees at the epa have decided to remove special protections for bristol bay to pave the way for this huge mine. in 2017, president trump's first epa administrator, scand scandal-plagued scott pruitt canceled it after a meeting with the mine company ceo. after a lack of scientific debate behind the reversal, pruitt backed down and put the protections back in place. now another private meeting. this time with the president himself, has led to yet another win for the mine and removal of environmental protections for this pristine watershed. >> one of the most troubling things about this administration on the environmental side is this disregard of science. they're gutting science across the agencies. across the departments. acro

and ran the epa. joined several others to publicly oppose the mine. >> the opposition to it up there is amazing. over 80 miles of streams, thousands of acres could be damaged from this project. >> this is the second time during the trump administration the political appointees at the epa have decided to remove special protections for bristol bay to pave the way for this huge mine. in 2017, president trump's first epa administrator scott pruitt canceled the meetings. the protections. after a private meeting. after cnn exposed the meeting. pruitt backed down and put the protections back in place. now, another private meeting, this time with the president himself has led to yet another win for the mine and removal of environmental protections for this pristine watershed. >> one of the most troubling things for the administration >> on the environmental side, this disregard of science, they're gutting science cross the agencies, cross the departments, cross the government. >> even if scientists are advisi

sources tell us the very next day, june 27th, top epa executives told the staff the epa was removingction for bristol bay and in essence clearing the way for what could be one of the largest open pit mines in the world. that internal announcement was a total shock to top epa scientists, sources told copacabana beach, because their environmental concerns were overruled by trump poe rlitical appoint tees. bristol bay and the tributaries are regarded as one of the most important salmon fisheries. it's been row tekted since 2014 when after three years of study the obama era epa used a rare provision of the clean water act to basically veto any mining that could pose a threat. epa scientists righting a mine would result in complete loss of fish habitat that's irreversible. >> it's mind boggling. >> christine todd whitman is a former head of the epa. she has joined several other former epa chiefs to publicly oppose the mine. >> the potential damage is so overwhe overwhelming. the opposition to it up there is so amazing. over 80 miles of streams, thousands of acres could be damaged from thi

and when we asked the epa about that internal meeting on june 27th. at first the epa denied it even happened. but then we presented them with our evidence. they admitted the meeting took place. and our sources say that is when officials told scientists at the epa the decision on bristol bay was made. and their work was not needed. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. >>> next here, a new issue between india and pakistan, all around the autonomous region of ca cashmere. we'll get the latest after this. and getting her car towed. all i had to take care of was making sure that my daughter was ok. if i met another veteran, and they were with another insurance company, i would tell them, you need to join usaa because they have better rates, and better service. we're the gomez family... we're the rivera family... we're the kirby family, and we are usaa members for life. get your auto insurance quote today. i can't remember when he didn't smoke. i feel like we do so much together now because if he would go outside, i'd be bored. in all reality, my wife who is the mos

the general counsel for epa made this decision.the epa denied that this meeting the day after the governor's meeting took place even happened. not true. when we confronted the epa with our own evidence, they admitted this meeting did take place. it's in this meeting, one day after trump met with alaska's governor that those scientists were told the decision was made. as unepa official told us, we were told to get out of the way. >> they deny a meeting took place and then you show them what you have on it and then they're like, oh, yeah, that happened. >> that's right. >> drew griffin, glad you're doing this job. thank you. >> thanks. >>> coming up, president trump takes hits from the 2020 candidates after his trip from el paso. mers bell] (burke) at farmers insurance, we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a "three-ring fender bender." (clown 1) sorry about that... (clown 2) apologies. (clown 1) ...didn't mean it. (clown 3) whoops. (stilts) sorry! (clowns) we're sorry! (scary) hey, we're sorry!

bush ran the epa. she has joined several other former pechlt. publicly oppose the mine. >> the potential damage is so overwhelming. the opposition to it up there is amazing. over 80 miles of streams, thousands of acres could be damaged from this project. >> this is the second time during the trump administration the political appointees at the epa have decided to remove special protections for bristle bay to pave the way for this huge mine. in 2017, president trump first ep. a administrator scandal plagued scott pruitt cancelled protections after a private meeting with the mine company ceo. after a cnn report exposed the meeting and lack of skrieskt debate behind the reversal pruitt backed down and put the protections back in place. now, another private meeting, this time with the president himself, has led to another win for the mine and removal of environmental protections for this pristine water shed. >> one of the most troubling things about the administration on the environmental side is this disregard of science. there -- they're gutting s

and we know the trump administration has scaled back epa efforts on a whole host of things.ting their response to this particular class of chemicals? >> again, there's this bipartisan frustration because we know in 2018 scott pru wit said they were going to set limits on these chemicals and how much is allowed to water and now in 2019 the epa hasn't done et yet. they're saying we're really going to do it this year. many people see this as foot dragging. >> thanks so much. good to have you on the story. >>> still to come this hour, remembering the rise and fall of halston, a man who redefined american fashion. i spoke to his niece about her time working with the legendary designer who made history. that's coming up. thanks to priceline working with top airlines to turn their unsold seats into amazing deals, family reunion attendance is up. we're all related! yeah, i see it. and because priceline offers great deals by comparing thousands of prices in real time, sports fans are seeing more away games. various: yeah-h-h! is that safe? oh, y... ahh! not at all. no, ma'am. nope. a

we worked together when he was in the cabinet and i was at epa. we spent a lot of time from our perspective fixing and strengthening environmental regulations that were left from the bush administration. a and they were from our view inadequate and were often tossed out in court and we had to deal with that. the difference here is the attack on science. it is doing it when the industry doesn't even want it. shell, exxon, bp, they don't want the regulations rolled back. they think there is an economic case to put the methane to market and not have it leak into the atmosphere. it is denialism for the sake of denialism. the benefit to the industry is nothing on the dollars. it is all about a crusade to even disprove any inkling of notion that climate change is happening despite the evidence before our eyes. >> what would be normal process for these discussions be like, chris in a white house, in a functioning white house when you're talking about making these decisions, the interaction between say the west wing, the president and executive office of

who was listening to you, the conscience of the epa?was really listening to the office of children's health protection. >> epa's current administrator maintains the agency's commitment to protecting children's health. >> reporter: we know for sure, jim, that children continue to suffer as a result of water pollution, of air pollution, and that children are not just small adults. pound per pound they take in more air, more water, more toxins than adults do. and oftentimes this isn't even studied. in fact, research funding at 13 children's research centers has been cut under this administration. so again, we don't know the answers and there's increasing evidence that we don't always want to know the answers and we're not trying to find those answers. and obviously, jim, that's of concern as well. >> no question, sanjay. and clearly an issue because you're not even doing the research to see how much it affects health. the cnn special report, a toxic tale, trump's environmental impact airs tonight 10:00 eastern time, only on cnn. >>> thanks

. >> well, the epa is responsible for regulating these chemicals, and in a statement the epa said itwas a top priority for the administrator and it will decide whether to set a limit for the chemicals by the end of the year, but members of congress say the epa isn't acting with enough urgency so there is a bipartisan move to force the epa to act within two years. rene marsh, cnn, washington. >> wow. >> yeah. shocking. >> we'll be right back after this. since my dvt blood clot i was thinking... could there be another around the corner? or could it turn out differently? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot... almost 98 percent of patients on eliquis didn't experience another. ...and eliquis has significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. eliquis is fda approved and has both. don't stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. if you

well, the epa is responsible for regulating these chemicals and in a statement the epa said it was aand it will decide whether to set a limit for the chemicals by the end of the year. but members of congress say the epa simply is not acting with enough urgency, so there is a bipartisan move to force the epa to act within two years. back to you guys. >> yeah, at least. this sounds urgent. thank you, very much for all that reporting. >>> what is really behind president trump's whiplash of a week? we get the bottom line with david alexred next. hey, well tell me about your experience when you switched to the hartford. - when i switched to the hartford, i'm sitting there, like, man, i should've turned 50 years ago. they saved me a bunch of money. you can't beat that. - what blows me away about the hartford is their lifetime renewability benefit. now this is their promise not to drop you, you know, even if you have an accident. - i know when i'm driving, i'm covered. - [announcer] drivers 50 and over can save hundreds of dollars when they switch to the aarp auto insurance program from the

describe your role at the epa. >> we consider ourselves to be the conscience of the epa.egulations, take a look and make sure this regulation adequately protects the health of children. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> there was a dramatic difference that occurred in january 2017. for example, my job is to brief the administrator director. and under the obama administration, i would do that about once a month. during the two years of the current administration, i was not allowed any opportunity to brief either of the epa administrators. >> who were you talking to then? who was listening to you, the conscience of the epa? >> i would say no one was really listening to the office of chern's health protection. >> dr. gupta's special report, a toxic tale, trump's environmental impact airs tonight at 10:00 eastern only here on cnn. >>> you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin, thank you for being here, as the clock winds down to his latest g-7 summit, president trump is going on a twitter tirade, the target is not emmanuel macron or angela merkel. it's ch

they'll know the epa is coming and we know it's going to happen there so the epa is being gutted. and this is really completely unacceptable and quite dangerous because public health philosophy has changed. 50 years ago public health would confront the corporations and they conferenced the government. they'd say, you're doing michigan that is noxious, harming people, have to stop it and pass laws to stop it, and they would apply pressure. today there's a focus on personal responsibility. a good thing in and of itself but nobody who is threaten evidence by a mercury belching plan or air plugs has the power to stop it. devote the last two chapters telling people what they can do to reduce the exposures in their home and to mobilize as communities. to get political action. because only political action will work. we need to make the government accountable and need to make corporations accountable but corporations exist to make money. frankly it would be followish to expect them to operate with human health as their main agenda weapon know they're not going to do that. we can't expect

>>epa state leaders announced tuesday, they're suing the trump administration for its decision to easeictions on coal fired power plants, the environmental protection agency finalized his decision to eliminate the clean power plan in june replacing it with a policy that gives states more power to decide how to regulate the plants but many are saying the rule basically ignores and epa mandate that limit greenhouse gases and disregards the clean power plan's push to limit pollution with 7 cities. this about. >>our kids and grandkids and all i will ask is to this administration. the eyes of your grandkids and kids and say that anything you are doing. >>but federal officials argue americans want reliable energy they can afford touring the top of the california epa building the governor and other state leaders say they're proud of california's progress toward meeting its clean energy goals were now. >>using 0 carbon power 50% of the time in our state. those statistics are translating into healthier longs for our children and they point the way to stop global warming. the latest lawsuit addi

>>the epa. the epa will no longer approve labels warning. that there is that ingredient known to cause cancer the chemicals marketed as a weed killer by monsanto under the brand name roundup, you're familiar with that. epa is move is aimed at california which requires labels on life phosphate the epa disagrees saying its own research shows the chemical poses no risks to public health. in light of recent mass shooting incidents security is top of mind for event organizers at outside lands festival in golden gate park in the city kron four's haaziq madyun has what you need to know about this year's increased security measures. >>with 12 annual outside lands music festival kicks off this weekend here in golden gate park in san francisco. and there is an increase residents of police security and first responders in the wake of recent mass shootings here in the us we can only bring clear bags um and small that's what's one's ever. that's pretty much and there's multiple checkpoints where you get to the actual game, you're right. >>yeah, talk abou

the epa sent and requested information, they included her spouse on the response. in addition to official calendars, mr. craft participated in at least four meetings with u.s. or canadian government energy and environmental officials. is staggering. she underscores the trump administrations total respect for the work of our diplomacy, diplomats, and for the united nations. taken together, ambassador cross -- of information as and renders her unfit to serve as the ambassador to the united nations. in a world of growing challenges, the american people deserve a serious, thoughtful, proven leader to represent their interests at the united nations. they deserve a leader who can leverage the united nations to advance our national security and a more prosperous and safe world. they deserve a leader who will put the interest of people over profits of their family. kelly craft is not that leader. for those reasons i will vote no and encourage my colleagues to vote no. democrats supported the craft nomination along with all republicans president for the boat. ambassador cra

who was listening to you, the conscience of the epa?say nobody was really listening to the office of children's health protection. >> epa's current administrator maintains the agency's commitment to protecting children's health. >> briana, you know, millions of children obviously affected by more air pollution, water pollution. it's always important to remember that children aren't just little adults. they take in pound for pound more air, water, toxins, they should be studied more and instead we are finding that they are maybe studied less and there is funding cuts at 13 large pediatric environmental centers that are supposed to be looking at this issue. they're not even collecting the data at some of the places anymore. >> it's stunning reporting and so important thank you so much. and we'll be sure to watch your special report, a toxic tale, trump's environmental impact. airing tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. and we have more news ahead. yea. hmm. how did you make the dip so rich and creamy? oh it's a philadelphia-- family

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so the question today, though, is what is the thinking behind epa's latest move? a call just a while ago to reporters said that they're not quite sure that they are the ones that should be regulating methane and they also brought up the cost savings that would come along with stripping back these regulations. they are estimating that the industry could save some $17 to $19 million a year if they are able to roll back these regulations, fred. >> so some of these oil and gas companies say they don't necessarily agree with this idea, this change. does that mean they are going to compel themselves to adhere to the old standard, or are they going to dispute the epa? i mean what's next when you have this kind of incongruency? >> right. that is the issue that the industry has. they like certainty. so what they don't want is a situation where the trump epa is saying we're going to relax the rule but then you have states like california saying, no, we plan on making our own rules and they'll be a lot more strict. so what you're finding is that the industry is going with wh

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but how exactly is the epa trying to loosen this methane regulation, and why does it matter?eamon. it's great to be here. this is a major rollback on the climate front. and epa isn't really just lowering the standards, they have basically just thrown the entire bar out. and these are standards relating to the certification of oil and gas facilities, monitoring of methane emissions and leaks at these sites. and it's these precise tools that were put in place by the obama administration to try to understand what types of methane emissions are happening at the wellhead and at oil and gas upstream and transmission facilities that we suspect to be contributing so much to climate change. and that data that we have been able to discover through those types of monitoring programs tells us exactly that, which is that methane is being leaked and admitted at a far greater rate than we previously understood, and it is quite dangerous to the climate. >> so here's the thing, jake. and i think what some viewers may have a hard time wrapping their head around is that the epa claims that this

>>epa state leaders announced tuesday, they're suing the trump administration for its decision to ease restrictions on coal fired power plants, the environmental protection agency finalized his decision to eliminate the clean power plan in june replacing it with a policy that gives states more power to decide how to regulate the plants but many are saying the rule basically ignores and epa mandate that limit greenhouse gases and disregards the clean power plan's push to limit pollution from fossil fuels that effort is foolish. >>it's a toothless substitute that the present in the place of the clean power plan. it's more of a fossil fuel protection plan, and it is ill-advised but more importantly it's against the law california is one of 22 states suing the trump administration over this along with 7 cities. this about. >>our kids and grandkids and all i will ask is to this administration. the eyes and your grandkids and kids and say that anything you are doing. >>but federal officials argue americans want reliable energy they can afford touring the top of the california epa building th

multiple farmers we talked to tell us that these epa waivers, essentially the epa has told these oilineries they do not have to blend corn ethanol as part of their gasoline they're producing, which caused ire, not only farmers saying hey, our corn prices have gone down but also the fact that the folks that are running these corn ethanol plants have seen this ethanol plant the company that runs it seen $150 million in losses just in the last year. you have just last week an indiana company announcing a closure of their corn ethanol plant and yesterday one up in minnesota announcing a closure as well. >> vaughn hillyard live in iowa. >> john, we thought you were an important voice to have with us here. we were talking during the commercial break. you said the biggest concern for you for the farmers is not just the president they feel is breaking his promise but hurting their reputation. what do you mean by that? >> when you look at the stuff gone on with trade and china and the offensive remarks that he's made about leaders around the world, that has hurt our markets. when you add on w

>>epa state leaders announced tuesday, they're suing the trump administration for its decision to ease restrictions on coal-fired power plants, the environmental protection agency finalized his decision to eliminate the clean power plan in june replacing it with a policy that gives states more power to decide how to regulate the plants but many are saying the rule basically ignores and epa mandate that limit greenhouse gases and disregards the clean power plan's push to limit pollution from fossil fuels that effort is foolish. >>it's a toothless substitute that the present in the place of the clean power plan. it's more of a fossil fuel protection plan, and it is ill-advised but more importantly it's against the law california is one of 22 states suing the trump administration over this along with 7 cities. this about. >>our kids and grandkids and all i ask is to this administration. the eyes and your grandkids and kids and say that anything you are doing. >>but federal officials argue americans want reliable energy they can afford touring the top of the california epa building the gov

they went to washington, to the epa when pruitt was still there. they keep doing it. lowe's, home depot saying you are selling a product that killed dozen of people. you have got to stop doing it. many retailers stopped doing it. subsequently the government banned it at the retail level but you can still buy it commercially. it is still out there. there is a weird nuance where they want to leave it out there. >> they say it is okay to buy commercially, just individuals can't buy night hear the. that product, again a product we know is lethal, has killed 64 people, is still available at the commercial level. >> sanjay, thank you. >> i hand it over to

she became the head of epa region 6. when she was appointed to that job, again, to the epa, she waxed poetic at the time to the texas observer about all of this climate change nonsense everybody's been talking about. she told the texas observer there is still, quote, a lot of ongoing science. h'm. and she said that the climate has been changing since the dawn of time. quote, i think it's possible that humans have some type of impact on climate change, i just don't know the extent of that. so obviously she was the natural choice to get promoted from that epa region 6 job that trump initially put her in to early this summer trump moved her up to take over the job of being our nation's top clean arao figuresal. she became the second person to hold that job in the trump administration. the first guy had to resign in the midst of an ethics investigation into meetings with his formal oil and gas and lobbying clients which he was charged with regulating. that he had to go, let's bring in the woman and say the climate has been c

. >> obama's epa. >> right. this was done in 2009. the current epa is saying set your thermostats wherever you would like. don't worry about it. have a good time. perry 2008.is up at night worry. >> automatically to control and keep the power outages down. tware. >> laura: that is elizabeth warren, control your car and your thermostat. or we will drive you right to jail. >> you will see more at the ballot box with the green new deal. laura, one of the most disturbing stories this week, a new trend at funeral homes live streaming funerals to your tv. a company named one-room has wired 20% of the funeral homes in the country to broadcast your relative's send-off. the idea is to bring people together who can't make the trip to be there live but how compelling is a wide shot of a funeral?for us italians, it's all about the food, drink, served in the other room. in a streaming funeral better be as entertaining as this. >> look at it, laying they are dead and we are still alive, still kicking. and got us kicking. they

the epa told us. and our outside engineer.nor said, we've been -- we've given out 38,000 or so filters, 31,000 replacement cartridges. we injected already a new corrosion control in may that's been showing some impact. we tested three filters because we were trying to test the corrosion control to see if it was actually getting into the pipes, coating the pipes. we tested three pi ee eed three. two in the north, one in the south, one in the west. based on those data points, which are very small data points, we decided to give out water as a precautionary measure until we test more filters, you know -- >> "new york times," a story, they say it was bungled, that people knew in your administration. >> right. >> earlier and did nothing. how do you respond to that? >> i mean, they're entitled to their opinion, just not entitled to the facts, right? so the facts are in 2016 we came forward and said there was lead exceedances in the schools, right, because of lead fixtures, old sinks, lead in faucets. they changed it. the state requi

now the state offered the deal to the epa in november has not quite made headway with the epa since thenhough on that a plan and walgreens closing 200 stores. it did not say which stores will close nor give a timeline the closings come after review of each store's performance and is a just gave us a lot mo information about its new streaming it will cost 1299 a month for a bundle to pass package that includes disney as well as espn and hulu that will launch in november, 12, just the basic disney streaming is 6.99 a month that all sorts of every 12. a disney ceo bob iger says nothing more important than getting this right just real quickly james on a mention of the dow is down almost 400 points right now worries about a global economic slowdown. so we're going continue to watch these markets today, all right fingers crossed a turn-around thank you very much jane. >>thank you. >>coming up next on the kron 4 morning news, how one california man rose through the ranks from gender all the way to the top a superintendent also after the break with thpolice chief is saying about this photo take

>>california is one of 22 states that are now suing the epa we've indicated them in red there on the map. the white house is defending the revised rule though saying that it believes it will the upheld in the courts. all evacuation orders have been lifted in mendocino county that's the good news, there. that's what the moose fire has burned 225 aes so far it started monday night between hop london you kyra cal fire says it's only about 25% contained so there's still a long road ahead. the lay off firefighters meanwhile did stop a fast-moving brush fire that damaged 2 homes that fire started near hands park. 2 homes suffered exterior damage and a number of fences were destroyed. the cause of the fire still under investigation. >>a wake-up call that saved the law as of 2 >>welcome back to the kron 4 morning news and back to crash ash at the bay bridge toll plaza involving a chp motorcycle officer from the 7 o'clock hour. still under investigation. this is westbound 80 after the tolls before the metering lights and we've gone from having the 2 left lanes close to just the left lanes onl

in fact, the epa has another, cal osha has yet another. there is no agreement on what is a safe level or a danger level. meantime, the city of san jose continues to shut down this construction. they will continue monitor and they will also be hiring a consultant to advise them on the next steps. reporting live in san jose, kpix 5. >>> redwood city has a new regulations to prevent smaller homes from being demolished and then replaced by mansions. the city council voted unanimously to add an approval process for homes that will be bigger than 3000 square feet and cover more than 45% of the lot. the residents are concerned about changing the character of their city. the new process will allow city input. it is one of the few cities on the peninsula that does not have lot coverage limits for single home. >>> one of the top engineers from google is accused from stealing trade secrets. prosecutors allege that he downloaded 14,000 files from google back in 2015. while working on what would become the top secret self driving car. he then abruptly

they went to washington, to the epa when pruitt was still there. they keep doing it.nd shamed them. lowe's, home depot saying you are selling a product that killeds dozen of people. you have got to stop doing it. many retailers stopped doing it. subsequently the government banned it at the retail level but you can still buy it commercially. it is still out there. there is a weird nuance where they want to leave it out there. >> they say it is okay to buy commercially, just individuals can't buy night hear the. that product, again a product we know is lethal, has killed 64 people, is still available at the commercial level. >> sanjay, thank you. incredible report. watch cnn's special report, a toxic tale tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. it is very important. only here on : >>> folks these changes have real effects. look forward to seeing that. first the news continues. i hand it over to chris cuomo fore cuomo primetime. >> i am chris cuomo. welcome to primet

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if you want to garner the consent of the blue-ribbon commission deemed necessary you have to give epahe states regulatory authority under environmental law. it's time to regulate nuclear waste the same way as every other pollutant with epa and delegated states taking the lead under our Ãbthank you for having me here today and i look forward to answering your questions. >> let's go to views from the idaho national lab, doctor wegner. >> chairman murkowski, ranking member mansion, members of the committee, it's an honor to be here with you today. i want to particularly thank senator murkowski, feinstein, alexander for sponsoring this significant legislation and their persistent efforts to make progress on this critically important issue for the nation in general, and for nuclear energy in particular. currently i oversee iml nuclear energy research development and demonstration efforts, including r&d related to spent nuclear fuel storage, transportation, disposal. throughout my career been intimately involved in the technical issues around spent nuclear fuel storage, transportation and r

and from there she got hired into donald trump's administration, became the head of epa region 6. when she was appointed to that job, again to the epa, she waxed poetic at the time to the "texas observer" about all this climate change nonsense everybody's been talking about and said, quote, there was still a lot of ongoing science and said that the climate has been changing since the dawn of time. quote, i think it possible that humans have some type of impact on climate change. i just don't know the extent of that. obviously she was the natural choice to get promoted from that epa region 6 job that trump initially put her in. earlier this summer, trump moved her up to take over the job of being our nation's top cleana ir official. the first guy had to resign in the midst of an ethics investigation into his meetings with his former oil and gas lobbying clients which is he was now charged with regulating he had to go. let's bring in the woman who says, you know, the climate has been changing since the dawn of time. have you visited my family's ranch? today. we got the trump adminis

>> the keyissue in the epa under obama was the )vr7yfindin that carbon dioxide is a pollutant.ve court ?á?;uy think most of the justices are also fairly sensible human gs beand will not take this trump move. that does not mean all of them rçcertainly a few that voted ne6tconservative but the mixture of the action towards cleaner ecnomy, th sense that we are now the only country that is not finding greenhouse gases as a i think this would still stay where we are. as the court shifts, all bets can be off. >> yes. yes. >> absolutely right. i would say that beyond at that obama clean power plan says carbon emissions are th public he that is something that the smog hurts people that are livng in this country. ipeople that ar income, living around coal plants and inisstrial. thata piece of this. also, sort of two places that the lawsuit could eneup. su court or a panel of judges in the dc circuit cou. the panel of judges in the dc court might be more sympathetic ttthe argumthat states like california e making. science reporter kevin stark and dan caven, thank you very much both of yo

report on recent epa activities and announcements. report will be limited to a brief description of activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting. >> good evening, director. >> good evening, thank you. i have our second quarter document protocol on the consent calendar. i still have some of the same as similar stats i normally give at our meetings. and so at this.we are at 449 cases that have been open this year. this is up almost 50 more cases than we were at this.last year. in terms of cases closed we are out there in 49's cases we have -- -- 349 cases we have closed this year versus 320 this time last year. in terms of open cases and cases pending we are at 407 versus 281 at this time last year. hours' disdain cases are 39 versus 29 at this time last year. our cases that have gone beyond nine months, are 34. we were at 35 this time last year. our cases that have been mediated are also increasing. we are at 24 so far thi

million americans drink community water that contains lead and 5.5 million get water that exceeds the epa's maximum levels. >> we need to make some investments in fixing our lead contamination problems. they've been with us for decades. but they continue to haunt us, and they are threatening children across the country. >> reporter: you're concerned about that for -- >> i'm extremely concerned for my students, yeah. water is a human right. fix it. >> reporter: the mayor says the lead service pipes need to be replaced at a cost of $70 million. he has askeded president trump r federal assistance. cbs news, newark. >>> the trump administration announced new rules making it more difficult for poor immigrants to get legal residency. under the rules, applicants could be denied a green card if it's determined that they are likely to wind up on public assistance. those already using programs such as me, od sand housing vou disqualified. >>> anti-government demonstrators stormed hong kong's airport again this morning. today's protest comes one day after demonstrators flooded the arrivals and departu

ok, epa. thank you, andrew. so i want to thank gretchen, she has been fantastic.o want to thank the vice president of pennsylvania chemicals, hillary mercer. i want to thank you for investing in the people of pennsylvania. where is hillary? hillary? thank you, hilary. you are investing in the people of pennsylvania, so that is a guarantee, as far as i'm concerned. for generations, american greatness was formed and fueled and won by the extraordinary workers of this region. this region is an incredible region. pennsylvania steel raised the skyscrapers that built our cities. and by the way, steel was dead. steel was dead. your business was dead. i don't want to be overly crude, but the business was dead. and i put a little thing called a 25% tariff on all of the dump steel all over the country. and now your business is thriving. probably there's few businesses that have gone proportionally up like steel and aluminum. we did it with aluminum, to, but they are doing well. 25% and 10% on aluminum. and they still dump, but now the united states takes in billions of doll

an emergency text the word outside lands to 8, 8, 8, 7, 7, 7, it san francisco haaziq kron 4 >>the epa announced it will not require companies to add labels to products warning folks about the chemical glyphosate the chemical is marketed as a weed killer by monsanto under the brand roundup, california requires warning labels on glass if a product's because the international agency for research on cancer has said it is quote probably carcinogenic the epa disagrees saying its own research shows the chemical poses no risks to public health. monsanto who's been bought by bayer has sued to block california is warning label requirements in 3 separate lawsuits in the bay area judges found that roundup contributed to the cancer and for different people. yeah on the eve of faa. >>opening kickoff of their season, the raiders are a little blind sided by some pretty ouilandish distractions and they in fact could lose one of their star players had the biggest signing of the offseason kron jason dumas is here to try to explain what's going on with antonio brown, not in a million years could you have