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aaron brock a -- erin brockovich is getting involved.ves a toxic chemical spill could have something to do with this. >> this high school in upstate new york -- at this high school in upstate new york, 15 teenagers have developed uncontrollable tics and faintings bells -- and thinkin spells. >> i cannot stand for more than two minutes. i am in a wheelchair. everything gets really bad at night. >> the doctor who has treated most of the teenagers believe this is a form of mass psychogenic illness, a rare disorder often called mass hysteria. >> i have never seen anything like this before. it is remarkable. >> until the famed environment activist erin brockovich -- enter the famed environmental activist, erin brockovich. >> there are other people reporting that they lived close to the spill site and that their family is experiencing health problems. >> members of routine visit -- of her team visited the site, wanting to know whether the ground water is contaminated from this bill 40 years ago. -- the spill 40 years ago. laura trevelyan, bbc

. >> environmental activist aaron brock of besht -- erin brokovich is investigating uncontrolled verbal outbursts and twitching from teenage girls in new york. brokovich believes leaking chemicals from a train derailment is connected to the realm is. >> there are other people coming in reporting that they live close to the spill site and their families are experiencing problems. >> only one boy with the same systems -- symptoms. they're looking for cyanide and other toxic chemicals. >> 10 dead and more than one dozen injured after a horrific pile up on a florida interstate. cars trucks, and even a motor home were tossed along interstate 75 along gainesville. a mix of fog and smoke from a nearby fire impaired visibility causing this deadly accident. investigators are questioning why authorities made the decision. terrible. >> woodstock and not something more pleasant. -- let's talk about something more pleasant. >> january has been a breeze. mid 60's tomorrow -- in february! [laughter] outside now two minutes of daylight each and every day. and analysts -- annapolis currently. chilly but

. >> enter the famed environmental activist aaron brock bridge, was portrayed by the actress julia roberts -- erinovich, once portrayed by actress julia roberts. they want to know whether the ground water might be contaminated by the chemical spill more than 40 years ago. meanwhile, she still does not know what is causing her tics. she just wants them to stop. bbc news, new york. >> for the united states, strong relations with europe are crucial, especially with the economic and security concerns, so when president obama met the georgian leader today, their alliance was top of the agenda. i was joined by president saakashvili to talk about it. in 2008, a leading american politician at the time of the georgian war with russia said "we are all georgians." is that the perception you still have i have been to the oval office before several times under previous administrations, but i have to say that this time our relations of the elevated to a new level. this time, there was a very concrete context. i came out with two messages. first, significant, but the fact that president obama spoke about the pro