counties around ithaca, about 80% of four of those counties had been leased over a 20-year period to gas industry. people woke up realising that if fracking is allowed in new york state we might be looking at 40 to 80,000 fracking wells. we were also waking up to the nightmare in pennsylvania of water contamination. i went to binghamton. i had been reading about fracking, didn't understand it, didn't understand the potential impacts at the time and my eyes were opened. i met this family from pennsylvania who had a jug of contaminated water from their well and between the methane migration and the introduction of the chemicals in the fracking process, they were saying the water in our town has been destroyed. water is sacred to me. new york, those are crucial resources, our fertile land, clean air and clean water and so, yeah, i got involved >>> did those communities feel at all torn because they also know that, perhaps, it means jobs in a place like binghamton which has lost a lot of jobs >> yeah. the farmers stood to make a lot of money. many people who leased their land in pennsylv

. >> and wny continues to follow-t up on high levels of lead in the ithaca school district's waterdiurces. >> reporter: but that isn't newn to second grader cyrus schillenback, who knows a lot more about lead than most kids his age. >> it's very dangerous and ifif you eat it you'll get poisoned quite quick. >> reporter: and if you drink it? >> and if you drink it it's the same. >> reporter: cyrus and his brother cazimer attend carolinea elementary, just outside ithaca, new york. their school was one of two in the area where high levels ofls lead were found in the water last august. but parents, including cyrus' mom rebecca, say it wasn't until january they were told their kids might have been exposed for months to a neurotoxin that is especially harmful to children. >> we got a letter home. it was kind of cryptic. it said there has been elevated lead found and we're sure you want to talk about this,u basically. so come to this parent meeting this information parent meeting. >> you wouldn't give me a call. you sent me papers. >> reporter: the district wouldn't make anyone available to

any day hands down.wn >> reporter: and for rebecca schillenback in ithaca, lead is now one more thing she must add to her parental worry-list. >> we weren't thinking about this before. it was just something we were taking for granted wherever we got we're going to have cleann safe water. and of course when we send our kids to school it will be cleanl safe water you wouldn't even think about it. i wasn't thinking about it. so this is a wakeup call. >> reporter: for the pbs p newshour i'm april brown in ithaca, new york. >> sreenivasan: tourism businesses on the greek island of lesbos are asking for protection from bankruptcy as they face a potential economic catastrophe: tens of thousands of vacationers-- normally expected on one of greece's more idyllic spots-- are staying away because of the island's central role as a landing zone fornd refugees. now, the islanders are appealing for what they call "solidarity tourism." special correspondent malcolm brabant reports from lesbos. >> it's a cormorant i've seen a repose warbler. i've see a blue wark thrush. >> reporter: every year, spring

the mayor of ithaca was elected at age 24. town, first one of color and he joins me. mayor, 20 years ago i would have laughed at your proposal. i'm not laughing now. >> yeah. even two years ago this idea would have sounded crazy to me. but it's clear that we have a problem, and it's clear what we've tried hasn't been working. it's clear that the state and federal government are not going to save us. so we've got to find ideas that have worked in other places and adopt them locally. >> the arguments that i'm hearing remind me of narcan. i have an emt on my radio show, dan henning, i'll give him a shoutout, saved somebody's life a week ago with narcan. and i've heard relative to narcan, people on one hand say, well, you're perpetuating drug use because you're providing a crutch and others i guess like you say, no, we're saving lives. >> that's exactly right. these -- we've had these conversations before about harm reduction, about keeping people healthy and safe. we had them when we opened needle exchanges 25 years ago. and peop

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. >> reporter: in ithaca, new york the ayor is stirring up controversy in a similara proposal. opponents argue it sends the wrong message. it's also illegal. >> nobody has to tell me that drugs are bad, u know. my father was an addict. it ruined his health. it ruined his life, and it nearly broke our family. >> reporter: the mayor pointing to vancouver's radical decrease in deaths from overdose, dropping 35% near the insite center. in seattle, the county sheriff is also open to a similar program. while seattle talk s w host jason rantz says it's a form of enabling. >> the problem i have is it mipight normalize the behavior. behavior where we want to say it's okay, i ts okay, it's okay. it's not okay. you're killing yourself. >> reporter: the latest numbers from the cdc show heroin killed more than 10,000 people in the u.s. in 2014. opioid deaths quadruple ing since 1999. me while addiction counselors across the country want detrox centers first. its basic treatment missing in b manyesmall communities. >> in our work, not having detox is like having a hospital without an e.r. >>

. >> this is not a phenomenon of the cultural creatives of ithaca. all the stories about local currency, always talk about ithaca or berkeley or somewhere. it's also happening in east lansing, and in the steel belt. look at what carter did in the south bronx. it's not in some ways the people who are experiencing the greatest economic hardship have the least attachment to these bankrupt models and the most willingness to do things. when i think about what is going to happen, i feel like either we're going to do this by choice and those of white house have the choice to do it are in the best position to do it by choice, or we're going to do it by necessity the way they did back in the depression, when we saw local currencies come up, we saw different kinds of community script evolve and. so, as far as greenlight, the popes who came up with the theory of distributivism and subsidiaryism, in response to marxism. the popes got asked what are you guys, communists or capitalists in and they said, well, kind of both. we believe in the free market and people

leaders in ithaca, new york including the city's mayor are pushing for similar programs. >> we're proposing an entirely new approach to the war on drug, one based on public about health instead of criminal justice. >> others here in the u.s. want detox centers first arguing basic treatment is missing in small communities. >>> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm angie goff in for aaron this morning. so glad that could you join us. we know chuck bell is tracking the forecast over the next 24 hours. >> let's find out what kind of weather we'll have. hoping for a warm-up. it's been really weird, hot, cold, windy. >> the roller coaster continues. we'll go on the way up this morning and the afternoon and then another big drop in temperatures tonight. freeze warnings posted tonight into tomorrow morning. rain chances, as well. not much out there this morning. so if you le

esto es muy similar a lo que el alcade de ithaca en nueva york quiere proponer. que estamos planteando es un nuevo concepto en la guerra con basa en la salud del público en vez de la justicia criminal." "what we're proposing is an entirely new apprch the war on drugs, one thas basin public criminal justice." track: svante myrick resalta que las muertes por sobredosis en vancouver se han reducido un 35 por ciento. en seattle, washington - el departamento del alguacil tambi considera implementar un programa parecido en la ciudad. sin embargo, hay quienes no estan de acuerdo. jason rantz sot "el problema que tengo es que esto puede normalizar el comportamiento de ellos. es como decir que está bien cuando no lo está! te estas matando! "the problem havis that imight normaze the behavior.//it'almost likethis.. behavior where we want to say "it's ok, it's ok, it's ok," yourself." tra: 're kiing pe jodi asegu que el centro insa salvado laida. y variaseces. jodi sotodavía hay peranzaue podemomejorar. todavía tengo esperanza."there is ill h can t better, a i still havehop"

if you go up in the syracuse be ithaca area, that block, there is a so-called conservative party, onef the only ones in the country. kasich or cruz may pick up a couple there. but i think it donald's to lose. when you talk about kasich being the nominee at the convention. i like him a lot, but it's never going to happen. the cruz and trump supporters won't support him. he's a spoiler to make sure donald or ted doesn't get the votes. if donald gets the votes tonight it's almost mathematically impossible for cruz to get the magical number. charles: why is kasich hanging around? >> you joked about it going to third, possibly fourth or fifth ballot. we have had 10 contested conventions and out of 10, six or seven of those, the lead nominee ended up being not the actual nominee. >> i just have to ask. if donald trump gets 54% of the vote and 90% of the delegates, will we stop hearing about how unfair the gop system is? >> we have had this conversation before. i think he should focus on battling in those states that have caucuses and a different way of doing it. there is a kind of parochial

but there's a concerted movement to do that in seattle and the mayor of ithaca, new york, pushing for that as well. nothing concrete in the city, but we'll see in months and maybe years to come. >> all right, allen schauffler in seattle, thank you so much. >>> the national institutes for health is the largest bio medical institution in the world with a $30 billion budget. it's director, dr. francis collins, sat down with ray suarez to discuss precision initiatives. it's meant to collect data to help the nih do a better job on disease prevention and management. all of this, when you go to the doctor with ailments, what they prescribed is based on the average response of the average person. response of the average person, and most of us are not all that average, and we're better at determining what those are, and how that will improve outcomes. so it's partly about your inheritance, and your geno, and that's something that we're able to measure, but it's about your environmental exposures, and about your lifestyle. it's about what's happening in your life at that point, as far as social

>> reporter: in ithaca, new york, they are stirring up controversy in a similar proposal.historians say it sends the wrong message. it's also illegal. >> no one has to tell me what drugs are about. my father was an addict. it ruined his life and nearly broke our family. >> reporter: the mayor pointing to vancouver's radical deaths from overdose. in seattle, the county sheriff is also open to a similar program while seattle talk show host jason rand says it's a form of enabling. >> the problem i am is it might normalize the behavior. it's almost like a coddling behavior where we want to say it's okay, it's okay, it's okay. it's not ok >> heroin use killed almost 10,000 people in the u.s. in 2014. deaths quadrupling since 1969. >> in our work not having detox is like having a hospital without an e.r. >> reporter: jodi tells us she has been to detox, insight offering a room where she injects. >> do you think people have had their lives saved? >> definitely. i've had any life saved. >> reporter: while relapse is a constant struggle, she hopes to stay alive long enough to somed

leaders in ithaca, new york including the city's mayor are pushing for similar programs. >> we're proposing an entirely new approach to the war on drug, one based on public about health instead of criminal justice. >> others here in the u.s. want detox centers first arguing basic treatment is missing in small communities. >>> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm angie goff in for aaron this morning. so glad that could you join us. we know chuck bell is tracking the forecast over the next 24 hours. >> let's find out what kind of weather we'll have. hoping for a warm-up. it's been really weird, hot, cold, windy. >> the roller coaster continues. we'll go on the way up this morning and the afternoon and then another big drop in temperatures tonight. freeze warnings posted tonight into tomorrow morning. rain chances, as well. not much out there this morning. so if you le the office friday, you will be fine, but you'll need it later today. 32 in frederick, maryland, but 53 in fredericksburg. so temperatures all over the pl

. >> reporter: in ithaca, new york, the mayor is stirring up controversy in a similar proposal and opponents argue it sends the wrong message. it's also illegal. >> nobody has to tell me that drugs are bad. you know, my father was an addict. it ruined his health, it runld his life and it nearly broke our family. >> reporter: the mayor pointing to vancouver's reduction in overdoses. while seattle talk show host jason rant says it's a form of enabling. >> the problem i have is that it might normalize the behavior. it's almost like coddling behavior where we want to say it's okay, it's okay, it's okay. it's not okay. you're killing yourself. >> reporter: the latest numbers from the cdc show heroin killed more than 10,000 people in the u.s. in 2014. opioid deaths quadrupling since 1999. meanwhile, addiction counselors across the country want detox centers first. it's basic treatment missing in many small communities. >> in our work not having detox is like having a hospital without an e.r. >> jody has been to detox. >> do you think people have had their lives saved there? >> yes, definitely. i'v

. >> how about syracuse or auburn, ithaca? some place. right into the heart -- right into the heart of it. >> it's the first stop that defines the sort of media narrative and he got heckled. he got booed. and the new york values thing came up later. it wasn't great for cruz. remember is he in third right now. he is not only behind trump is he behind kasich. >> what's the victory for senator ted cruz in new york second place at this point if he is beat out johns1 kasich governor of ohio. >> it's a question of where does he place statewide and more a question of how many did he goes can he scrape together? and of course as you know, greta, this is not only a statewide contest but also by congressional district. and any district where cruz can hold donald trump below 50% and come in second place, he wins the delegates. so that would be a big deal for ted cruz if he is able to get maybe a dozen delegates from donald trump's home state. >> and the state has a total republican 95 that they are all vying for. let's bring the viewers. in now is y

>> reporter: in ithaca, new york, the mayor is stirring up controversy in a schlafer proposal. and opponents argue it sends the wrong message. it's also illegal. >> nobody has to tell me that drugs are bad, you know. my father was an addict. it ruined his health. it ruined his life. and it nearly broke our family. >> reporter: the mayor pointing to vancouver's radical decrease in deaths from overdose, dropping 35% near the incysite center. in seattle the mayor is also open to a similar program while talk show coast jason rand says it's a problem. >> it's almost like a coddling behavior where we want to say it's okay, it's okay, it's okay. it's not okay. you're killing yourself. >> reporter: the latest numbers from the cdc show heroin killed more than 10,000 people in the u.s. in 2014. opioid deaths quadrupling since 1999. meanwhile, addiction counselors across the country want detox centers first. it's basic treatment missing in many small communities. >> in our work, not having detox is like having a detox without an er. >> reporter: jody tells us she has been to detox, insite

other student actions on campuses acroross the countntry including university of missouri, yale, and ithacalege. the president of mizzou resigned after weeks of demonstrations by black students against what they called a lax response to bigotry and vandalism on campus. well for more on diversity at stanford university we're joined , by two guests. maya odei is a graduating senior majoring in bioengineering and a member who's teaching you? and we're joined by judge ladoris cordell, a retired superior court judge who spent 19 years on the bench in santa clara county in california. she is former assistant dean at stanford law school and former vice provost of stanford university. we welcome you both to democracy now! i want to begin with may. who is who's teaching us? coalition,student calllling on t the university to diversify its faculty, student body, its curriculum, and also asking for the university to develop from private prisons and with other ways to cease from harmrming black and brown bodid. amy: what t kind of response hae you gotten? >> as you mentioned, we did not come unfortunate

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the mayor of ithaca provide clean needles to prevent infection and disease. should an overdose occur, a medical profession would step in. counselors would slowly encourage addicts to move into detox and treatments. >> what we're proposing is an entirely new approach one that is based on public health instead of criminal justice. >> the idea is modeled after a site in vancouver. since its opening, deaths from overdoses dropped 35%. >>> cashiers at cvs and chase bank tellers filed a lawsuit claiming they were wrongly denied seats while working. the ninth circuit is expected to clarify the state's seating rules as it delivers its opinion later today. >>> being dubbed the panama papers and comes from the database of the fourth biggest law firm in. a dozen and current former world leaders. russian president vladimir putin is believed to be among them. celebrities and sports stars also in the mix. a group of investigative journalists released those records. >>> 6:15. staples is finding a use for some of its more roomy office supply stores. renting out the space for

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she has been very critical of dodd-frank, and she joins us now from ithaca, new york.professor stout, thanks for being with us. let's start off with that goldman sachs settlement this week. they have agreed to pay as much as $5 billion in this settlement with the government. what does this say about accountability now among the big financial institutions after the financial crisis? >> i'm afraid the settlement confirms something that we've suspected for quite a long time, which is that it looks like fraudulent practices were hard baked into the banking sector during 2008, and unfortunately although $5 billion sounds likek a lot of money, the settlement is actually relatively small. it's certainly small compared to the damage that was done by these fraudulent practices, and it's relatively small compared to some of the settlements by some of the other banks, by citibank and by bank of america. so as large as the figure may seem, i'm afraid it creates the risk that this could be business as usual, that at the end of the day, goldman sachs may have found these sorts of fr

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obama notched a win in tomkins county, home to cornell university and ithaca college. sanders, by the way, is likely to take tomkins this time, but in 2008, clinton underperformed in parts of the new york city metro area, specifically in manhattan and brooklyn. her vote percentage was notably below her statewide nurls. in contrast to her current campaign, clinton struggled in the biggest, more urban counties in the state. does this mean sanders could beat clinton in brooklyn, the location of her campaign headquarters? we'll see as the election gets closer. but clinton's new york state primary strength is actually upstate. we'll see if it holds true in two weeks. we'll be right back. i'm terrible at golf. he is. people say i'm getting better. no one's ever said that. but i'd like to keep being for as long as i can. he's just happier when he's playing. but he's terrible. for the strength and energy to keep doing what you love, try new ensure enlive. only patented ensure enlive has hmb, plus 20 grams of protein to help rebuild muscle. and its clinically proven formula hel

. >> reporter: more than 200 miles north of the hudson valley just south of ithaca sits nature at itsusands of acres of protected forests surrounding meadows dotted with evergreen groves. >> this is where she is. >> reporter: but it's what's beneath this landscape where this stone lies. in september 2014, ken's stepmother made a final wish to sleep eternally among this beauty. without embalm, without a casket, without a headstone. >> he had been wrapped in irish blanket because she was irish. and so, we lowered her into the grave. and people of green springs had cut these beautiful green branches which we laid on her because this is all about the earth. >> reporter: the green burial was offered here at green springs natural cemetery preserve here. this is a burial. this is jennifer. she chose just to put her first name on the name plate. and that's really what these green cemeteries are all about. they're simple, they're more affordable, they're environmentally friendly. >> completes that cycle of life. >> reporter: jen johnson is the coordinator. >> i don't think there's ever been a

we're looking for victories in albany, rochester, ithaca, elsewhere in the city.that's the strategy going forward. get delegates where we can, move on. >> if he gets 50% plus 1, statewide, 14 delegates but 27 congressional districts. how many of those do you think you might win? >> looking at three, four, probably more. >> but not 15%. >> no. >> if you get under 15%, you get two, somebody would get one? >> precisely. >> bottom line, how many delegates. >> we're not going to have a number but homing to continue to get more delegates and confident that we're going to do than we're going to move on. we're polling second in maryland, as you mentioned, that's why the governor's there, and polling well in connecticut, rhode island, elsewhere. that's the strategy. one thing that's going to happen tonight, cruz is not going to be able to secure 1,237 delegates for the nomination. >> kasich hasn't been able to do that for a while, either. both of you, what you're saying, going to have to hope trump doesn't get it on the first round. >> that's right. that's part of the stra

if you go a little bit to the south, you have cornell university, ithaca college.hese areas thought to be more supportive to senator sanders. we'll see this evening. all in all should be a pretty good night for clinton, back to you. neil: deirdre, thank you. 3 1/2 hours away from your fine show. deirdre will join us for special coverage of the new york state primary. meanwhile a guy that knows about campaign tone, how important that is, maybe looking for it from both sides, doug wilder, former positive of virginia. governor, last time we chatted, we found polite or decency in short supply in both campaigns. normally by the time we get out of the conventions people have shaken hands and made up and other campaigns not so. what do you thinkin the democratic party? a third of clinton backers say they couldn't vote for bernie sanders. >> you're absolutely right, neil. always good to be with you. i think hillary will win the contest in new york but winning the nomination contest is one thing. winning election is another. as i said on your show a couple months ago, the n

father was also chaplain for ithaca college. mr. speaker, in 1992, which i am very proud of, f desotia was commissioned in the u.s. navy and served 17 years before being honorably discharged in 2009. following his military service, father returned to his hometown and worked with lions international, the knights of columbus and the volunteer fire department. he's a pillar in our community, mr. speaker, and we are tremendously honored to have him with us today. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair will entertain up to 15 further one-minute questions on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, just five years ago, south carolina veterans struggled to find a job facing an unemployment rate of over

a city like ithaca which has a college and cornell university, he does very well in college towns.re young people moving into new york city that could cut into her lead there. he can cut into the long established roots in new york and new york city. >> we'll look for your reporting online at nytimes.com. nick, following the story for "new york times," thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> during campaign 2016, c-span takes you on the road to the white house. as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >>> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, olivia golden, executive director for the center for law and social policy talks about work mandates taking effect in over 20 states and may cause 1 million americans to lose food stamps and then patrick mclaughlin, senior research fellow on the report that ranks 50 states and the district of columbia by the effect of federal regulations on a state's economy and brian lieman, state reporter for the montg