serious discussion on the lack of clean drinking water in this nation consumer advocate area erin brockovich will join me but first don't believe everything every especially if it has the koch brothers names attached to it. besides lobbying against e.t.a. regulations meddling in wisconsin and courting supreme court justices what else are the koch brothers up to try rewriting with a pedia think progress has uncovered evidence that the koch's employed a p.r. firm to act. as a sock puppet for them on websites and i don't mean messiah but here to explain exactly what's going on and how to coax it trying to manipulate the internet we fought a reporter and blogger extraordinary over at think progress welcome to the program a time i was going for and so was the sock puppet lee well koch industries sock puppets are a little bit like that i'm a little bit more of an authority they hired a p.r. firm sue basically airbrushed their image because you know look at pedia has one of the most searchable websites on the planet you can find it in almost any google search for whatever type of thing you're looki

finally, he brought us erin brockovich and ocean's 12 says he's done with hollywood. he doesn't want to be like an old athlete who has yet to quit. i don't know if it's lif it's l >> in other words, he feels filthy rich enough he doesn't have to work for a while. >>> kxas, nearby argyle, spring breakers skipping wild times to take time out from school that's both relax ing and rewarding. nearly 20 college students took a pass on fun in the sun for kicking the football, spending a camp with children with special needs. offering a spring break program offering not only a good time but a chance to give back as well. i'm lynn berry. this is your first stop of the i'm lynn berry. this is your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a collector in poland is touting his rare find. experts are saying not so fast. this photograph purportedly shows composer frederick choppin in 1939. it would be the third known photograph in exist answer. experts say there are no reports of photos taken during his funeral and further tests need

. >>> erin brockovich will be among those testifying at a senate hearing today on disease clusters. senators will hear testimonies about clusters of cancer and birth defects that may be caused by contaminants in the environment. she is well versed in the subject, having fought successfully to hold pg&e accountable for fouling drinking water in hinkley down in southern california. >>> there is reason you might crave snacks throughout the day. scientists say that people who are sleep deprived eat about 300 more calories a day compared to people who get a good night's rest. i think i ate about 900 extra yesterday. and among the most favorite snacks, ice cream and fast food. >> we're in trouble. >> so true. >> researchers say sleep deprivation could also lead to obesity and a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. >>> researchers took brain scans of 40 people who are recently been rejected in a relationship and when those patients thought about the breakup, it activated the same region of the brain that lights up when the body experiences physical pain. i believe that, too. >> we're all

even erin brockovich was there.ut here tonight on "world news," we investigate one small town and their cry for help. our jim sciutto reports on the fears of the people of bokoshe, oklahoma. >> this lady that lives right here in this house has cancer. >> reporter: what if driving down your street felt like visiting patients in a cancer ward? >> lady that lived in that house right there passed away with cancer. >> reporter: so many families have been touched. residents say, of 20 homes in this neighborhood, 14 have one or more cancer victims. >> it's very disheartening to have something like this in your backyard and not be sure, you know? not be sure if you are safe. you don't know if you're safe. you don't know if them kids are safe. >> reporter: this is what residents here are afraid of. coal ash. the waste dumped by coal-fired power plants. the mound, six stories high and rising. they count 80 truckloads a day. >> it would just be a cloud of dust that would engulf you and just choke you where you couldn't breathe

nation the richest in the world not provide clean drinking water consumer advocate and author erin brockovich joins me for this discussion but first a dramatic turn of events in wisconsin. this is a violation of law this is not just the legal. notice the chairman. it was gaza state senate republicans used what they claim is a loophole in the law to officially cut from state employees nearly all collective bargaining rights the night how this latest move is part of a larger plan to destroy our democracy. you need to know this late last night governor scott walker and republicans in wisconsin proved to the world what we all suspected their union stripping agenda had absolutely nothing to do with the budget it was gutsy we democrats still a wall in public opinion turning against him walker used the nuclear option wisconsin senate republicans convened a special session last night and stripped the budget bill of all the stuff related to an actual budget so they get to ram it through without the necessary quorum of democrats resulting bill was pretty much nothing more than a way to screw over publi

on ha erin brockovich and dr. solomon we appreciate you making the time to be here and appreciate the information in the testimony you're going to provide and i want to extend a special welcome to trevor schaefer who is the chairman has indicated is from idaho has an incredible history that helps us address this issue. trevor is the founder of trevor's track foundation and we in idaho are proud he is they're doing this great work. when he was 13-years-old trevor was diagnosed with brain cancer and with the love and support his family, and i want to point out that his mother, charlie smith, is also here today. smus that, charlie, if you would, would you stand for a second? >> charlie, think you for being with us. trevor relocated from mccaul idaho tbilisi idaho to undergo surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. after surviving and recovering from his grueling ordeal, trevor decided he wanted to help children with cancer, and so in 2007 along with his mother, charlie, he founded trevor's trek foundation. through raisin

even erin brockovich was there. one of the towns is in oklahoma. we have the story. >> this lady that lives right here in this house has kearns. >>reporter: what if driving down your street felt like visiting patients in a cancer ward? >> lady that lives from that house right there passed away with kearns. >>reporter: so many family have been touched. resident say 20 homes in this neighborhood, 14 have 1 or more cancer >> it is very disheartening to have something like this in your back yard and not be sure. not be sure if you are sick. you done know if you are sick. don't know if your kids are safe. >>reporter: this is what resident are afraid of. coal ash. waste dumped by coal fired power plant. mound 6 stories high and rising. they count 80 truckloads a day. >> cloud of dust that one gulf you. it just choke you where you couldn't breathe. >>reporter: we met susan, evelyn and shirley who all lost close family to kearns. or suffering themselves. shirley has incurable lymphoma a. >> for me it's too late. but my children grandchildren i want them to

we want to move this we want to show america that we're not happy to see erin brockovich, who is a -- you're an attorney, now,? no. you never did that. she's an attorney by osmosis. an activist and advocate for communities. people are calling her because they are frustrated with our response. i would also put in the record an acknowledgment here, the california e.p.a. and the department of public health express their appreciation to the u.s. e.p.a. for providing important technical consultation as they looked at causes of birth defects in california. now the jury is out. we don't know whether this is a cancer cluster due to environment or something else, but i think the e.p.a. can be very effective and it's nice to get this comment from my state so i wanted to put that in the record. so i guess -- and i have to say, this was written in december of 2010. so this was before jerry ransic took over, this was written by arnold schwarzenegger. i think it's important that this is a bipartisan thank you. i would like to give you the last comment of the kay, trevor, from the panel. if there's

. >> first, remember all the way back to erin brockovich?w fighting aliens in "battle los angeles." he plays a marine. aaron, nice to see you. i love a good alien movie. i think "the king's speech" would have been better if it had aliens in it. >> yes! >> this had to be fun to make. >> it was a blast. it was a childhood dream to get out and play with our weapons and shout and all that stuff. lots of fun. >> you went to boot camp? >> we did three weeks in the middle of summer in louisiana which was hard enough. really got to know each other. all that camaraderie and friendship in the film we developed in boot camp. >> you were tough. you broke your arm during filming and kept on shooting? >> i did. i tried to get fancy and do an air jordan through a huge fireball. fell seven feet on my arm, heard it crack when i hit the ground and did the charlie chaplin thing and kept going. i said "don't cut" if i'm going to break my arm. >> you did it as an excuse. >> i was just feeling it. >> what else did you break, aaron? >> it was this one, too. i brok

my name is erin brockovich.nvironmental advocate, i respond to requests for help in groundwater contamination complaints in all 50 states. i currently work on investigations in california, texas, florida, michigan, new york, new jersey, alabama, louisiana, illinois, mississippi, and missouri. i am also a proud mother of three wonderful children, two of whom are presently serving their country as soldiers in the united states army, one currently deployed in afghanistan. each month i received over 40,000 visitors to my website. thousands of whom report issues ranging from environmental pollution, cancer and disease, worker injuries and illness, and more. these people make up whole communities that are witnessing first hand the harmful effects that exposure to chemicals such as hexavalent chromium have had on them. these communities both large and small and in every corner of the united states are sending out an sos. from small farming towns like cameron, missouri, to a small desert towns like midland, texas, to th