g from, it's not leaking anywhere else. i made a lot of repairs in other places, it is ameliorated the situation because the leaks weren't really coming from there they were coming from this direction. the winds generally come from west to east but on some occasions, blow the other way and that's where the leak is coming from. the walls inside the unit have been contaminated with mold and should be removed. the tenants want -- or the owners there don't want to remove them, they want to keep them and put this vinyl wall up that won't stop the water from coming in and it's not going to get rid of the mold. what you need to do is go in and take all that contaminated sheet rock out, seal that wall, reframe it because it's probably rotten, and fix it that way because just putting on the siding isn't going to solve the problem, it does not address where the water is coming from and it won't stop the water from coming in. i'm out of time? alright. i said my piece then. thank you. >> thank you, we can hear from the permit holders n

i want to tell you the store have i of a leak and our intent to fix the leak, in 2009, there was a strong wind storm and a rain that produced a leak on the south wall build it made a puddle in the basement this was noticed by the hoa and they had a meeting to discuss fixing for that leak, we got a quote to replace the whole south wall which is at enof life, it is a fly wood frame from 1989 when the property was built and it deteriorated and needed to be replaced so we got a bid for the whole wall repair for about 35 thousand dollars, but chose instead to do a sort of superficial repaint and renail repair job, that was in 2009 websinger moved in in june of 2009 and the leak returned there was another wind storm with rain and the leak came in, in many place ins our unit, so it came in our master bedroom, it came in our closet, it came in on the second level which is below that and 25 feet away from the street, in our den and it came below that again in our basement and made another puddle on the floor in our basement the flood was bad that we made a claim but they denied our claim so then w

>> hi my name's gladia, i just wanted to point out the fact that we don't think that this leak is only due to that space wean the two buildings. the plywood siding that we have on the wall that's 20 years old, and you can see on this photo is clearly end of life. we need a wall that protects us from the elements first of all. secondly the trough, i refer to it as many feet back into our backyard 42 feet into our backyard away from our house and that 4 inch wide ditch between the two buildings is very, very deep. there's not standing water in that ditch absolutely not and the carpeting that's getting wet is five feet above that ditch so it's not an issue of a paom of water down below leaking up to our bedroom up above that's not happening and the other issue i want to make clear there is that section where the two buildings are side by side. we're seeing leaks up to at least 23 feet forward of that building so very far away from these two buildings are side by side, we're seeing it all the way through our bedroom and to our bathroom and into our den, so very far away from that area. >>

leaked to wiki leaks, which published it. the new york times wrote an article about this in 2010, which is very short because nobody knew who this group was in a talked about this weird, small transparency group had been decreed as an enemy of the state by the pentagon and had plotted to destroy it. i remember reading this article thinking that any group that the pentagon had declared an enemy of the state in secret was a group that merited a lot more attention and probably a lot of support. i did a bunch of research and found out wiki leaks had brought transparency in all sorts of important ways to other parts of the world, africa, berlin, exposing the secrets of corporations and the government's. i talked about the promise that i thought wiki leaks held for exposing the worlds most powerful factions in bringing liked what they were doing. i interviewed the group's founder and publish the audio tape of the interview. at the end of the article, i incurred people to donate money to the organization because i knew they were sit

the pivotal issues of this appeal are whether the vinyl siding will prevent rainwater to leaking into 867. it would subject the south side units and the neighbors to the south of increasing rattling noise from high winds to the side. the answer is two-fold it will likely not stop the water leaking into 867, the plan won't work because the leaks appear to be elsewhere and yes, there will be increasing noise growing louder over time from the loosely mounted final siding because the styrofoam or polystyrene backing with not reshape itself once compressed by movement caused by the high wind at the location creating an increasing rattling noise over time. the facts that, one, the forces of the high winds and two, the nature of poll lie sty raoen will produce noise over time are not debatable this is -- this siding must be loosely mounted and the reason is that 2700 square feet of loosely mounted vinyl siding is impacted by high winds in excess of 60 miles an hour, it means there will be movement if there's movement, there's going to be noise, 2700 square feet is 35% greater than a wing are

kpix 5's mike sugerman shows us what's helping find the leaks in pipes. >> reporter: there's water leakingpennsylvania street the equivalent of five swimming pools a day. roxy the pomeranian knew about it a few days ago before it got to the surface. >> walking a couple feet into the street and sniffing along that line and i couldn't figure out why she was doing that and it turns out there's been a leak. >> reporter: it's a low tech way of finding a leak before it bubbles up. there are obviously better ways. this system uses sensitive sensors to hear where water is rushing. shouldn't be hear. there's a leak that needs to be patched. pipes underground leak for all kinds of reasons, somes they are old. this is laid in 1893. some city pipes were installed in the 1860s! ♪[ music ]♪ >> reporter: 145 years later a new device will be looking at them with the highest of high- tech eyes. it's called smart mall. >> it rolls through the pipe and as it rolls by it identifies and listens acoustically for leaks and air pockets. >> reporter: pure tech says san francisco is the latest utility to rent this

. >> gas leaks leveled buildings. >> it was the biggest explosion i had ever seen. >> gas stations erupt into infernoes. and rescue workers put it all on the line. >> it was the closest call i've had. >> dire circumstances. >> i'm thinking there's no way somebody's going to live through that. >> disaster, heroism, survival. >> i can't believe i'm alive. >> you won't believe your eyes. >> boom! it went up. >>> hello. i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." dangerous materials are used every day, usually without incident, because safeguards are in place to minimize risks. but natural disasters and man-made accidents happen all too frequently, and when highly flammable materials are involved, an emergency situation can become a fireball. may 15th, 2009. firefighters in texas are battling a blaze at a tank facility that stores oil, gas and sea water. just when they think they have the fire under control, a flare erupts from the tank on the right. it's not a good sign. and in a matter of seconds, the tank launches into the air like a rocket. >> everything went bright. the heat was

a tank containing a chemical used the process of coal production had leaked its contents into the elk river, just a mile upstream from the largest water treatment plant in west virginia. >> water is scarce following a warning from west virginia's governor, do not drink, bathe, cook or wash clothes using tap water.., >>...chemical leak, a chemical used to clean coal, leaked from a storage facility... >>...the states health department says the water was contaminated with a potentially harmful chemical, mchm... >> a federal investigation is on-going - but this spill was just the most visible of many incidents in west virginia - where, in the past decade, the coal industry has recorded thousands of water violations. fault lines has come here to find out how the state's main industry affects its most vital resource. >> little testing have been done on the chemical that leaked from these tanks into the river just below. after the spill freedom industries declared bankruptcy and they're supposed to remove the tanks from the bank, but a lot of people want the tanks to remain there - because t

the moment that they felt there was a leak, every finger pointed to jeffrey sterling. word "retaliation" is not thought of when anyone looks at the experience that i've had with the agency, then i think you're just not looking. >> "the invisible man ergo cia whistleblower jeffrey sterling for january 26, 2015. >> jeffrey sterling has been convicted of espionage. he faces years in prison. >> sterling is the man who the cia is blaming for giving national defense information to "the new york times" reporter james risen, secret permission to give faulty nuclear plant to iran in an effort to slow down the country's nuclear ambitions. >> sterling denies leaking to james risen. >> he did nothing wrong. he did nothing illegal. he expressed concern for our country. >> i reached out to the senate intelligence committee. i gave them my concerns about an operation i was involved in, and i thought it could have an impact, and negative impact on our soldiers going into iraq. >> operation merlin was a cockamamie, harebrained scheme developed by covert action operators who have lots o

as much as 21,000 gallons of oil leaked into the ocean. it took several hours to stop the leak. >> for the entirety of this response the focus is the safety of the responders and the safety of the leak and limit the oil to the beach and the waterways. >> the stretch of coastline has several beaches that are popular with campers. the determination was made to close the beach until further notice. >> the company that operates the pipeline that broke regrets the leak and the cause is unknown. >>> here in the bay area for the third time in five weeks a dead whale has washed ashore. a small female gray whale washed ashore. they plan to examine it today. biologist think this is the same whale seen floating offshore over the last two days. this comes as work begins to dig holes to bury the whales that washed ashore recently. people who live near by that the smell was becoming unbearable, the whales will be buried about 15 feet underground. >>> members of the oakland city council are accusing the board of going too far to have security at meetings

the source of the leak a generator in the basement of one home. the power was shut off days ago. 8 people were taken to the hospital. including paramedics, two in critical condition. crews had to rescue and give oxygen to two dogs. >>> on a lighter note, a whopping $360 million is up for grabs after there were no winners in the powerball or mega million drawings. last week's powerball was $130 million. nobody got any numbers. 9, 15, 17, 3 1 43, the powerball was 4. wednesday's wings is worth 3 -- winnings is worth $304 million. there's $214 million on the line in the power ball drawing. >>> not everyone is heading to the shore folks are relaxing in philadelphia. the birth place of freedom. kenneth moten sampled the festivities in our fine city. >> reporter: the unofficial start to summer 2015. a lot of people out and about enjoying a beautiful saturday night. >> it's awesome to be out here abbey hang out with friends. it's gorgeous. >> reporter: spruce street harbor park swung into the season with ham mocks and food arena fun for people all over.

wecht, what do you make of this new information, this bit of a leak possible leak from the medical examiner? i know it hard to envision a situation in which freddie gray voluntarily would have hurled himself against the inside of the van such as to have produced injuries of this magnitude and severity. you have the basic formula as energy equalling one half mass times velocity squared, velocity obviously being the key factor. how do you get up the velocity six, eight feet whatever it is in the van such as to hurl yourself to produce an injury of that mag attitude. number two, let's go back psychologically. nobody, except someone who is paranoid schizophrenic with dilution dilutions, somebody suffering from what lugegenic agents like lsd would ever do such a thing. now then let's talk about the injury. this is new to me about his body striking a bolt. we've been told that three vertebrae were fractured. a bolt to produce three fractures from that point of impact, i can't envision this. i'd like to see that bolt. number two, if the impact is so great against that bolt then there has to be som

right close to this leak. you can see their play ground is there, basketball courts and the football field. so a reason to be concerned. now, wssc does tell me that there is no impact to drinking water. which obviously is a relief to people here. but this situation once that temporary -- once that temporary pipe is working still this whole thing could take weeks to repair. back to you. >> kristin wright, live for us in oxon hill, thank you. >>> right now, prince george's county police need your help finding a missing woman. take a look at your screen. this is carolyn elizabeth rabb. the last time anyone saw her was yesterday. they're looking for the black 2004 mercedes vehicle, you see it on the right-hand side. call police if you have any information. >>> a big honor for caps star alex ovechkin as the team tries to keep rolling in the playoffs tonight. ovi is one of three finalists for the lindsey award. that's given to the top player in the league as voted by other players every year. he's won three times be

leak for specific reasons.eak with an agenda. what do you make of the leaks that have started to come out? the local wjla reporting about a head injury that mr. gray. are you concerned about the drip and drip of information? >> yes. it says that the investigation doesn't have the proper integrity. and it happened before maryland got the information. >> what do you make of -- do you have much confidence? do you have much -- >> i got sick from this. >> i'm sure. do you have much confidence in the attorney who is taking this other? >> i have no reason to. we thought she was going be better and we standby that. >> do you think it was good that the police said look we want it to be transparent. that's why we're telling you about this new stop that we previously had not mentioned about. you and i have talked days ago about concerns tamping down expectations chl to you think it was wise? o yo? >> no and i'm not willing to speculate. i haven't seen the autopsy report. major. >> i'm not going to say anything about that.

officials believe the leaking continued for the two days. authorities in fukushima prefecture want the company to investigate the cause of the leak. they say the company should take thorough measures to prevent it from happening again. >>> delegates from around the world have met in the thai capital bangkok to deal with a large-scale humanitarian crisis in southeast asia. patchari raksawong in bangkok is following the story. >> that crisis involved thousands of rohingya muslims fleeing persecution in myanmar. and impoverished bangladeshis. they are crammed together on boats adrift in the eastern indian ocean. most are victims of human trafficking. delegations from members of the association of southeast asian nations, japan, the united states, and other countries attended the conference. they discussed the need for international cooperation to stop human trafficking groups. a major human trafficking base is located in thailand. the thai delegates stress that the country cannot tackle the issue by itself. >> the influx of migrants in the indi

nene leakes is living her dream.e from reality tv to tv and broadway act tes and beyond, but she's confident that she'll always be one of the leading housewives. >> this season on the real housewives of atlanta. >> see these legs there, honey. >> i love you, cynthia, you're my sister. >> tell us what is going through your mind right now as you are about to embark on a whole new career. >> it's exciting. i'm a little nervous about it. but i also am the kind of girl that likes a bit of a challenge. i'm really happy. i feel like it's an honor. a lot of people know me from being a housewife. they know me from the reality world. they don't really know me though. they have a different idea as to who i am because they've seen me on the housewives show. they don't know my level of professionalism. they don't know my real at any time. they just know me as a girl on a reality show that is, you know, hold on, wait a minute. >> right, right. >> but they don't really know who i am. >> so who are you? >> i'm a strong black woman.

-- raw sewage leaking n. is a basketball court, a neighborhood where kids play. so officials are telling families, kids, animals stay away from this area, at least for the next 30 days even though the leak has stopped. that's because it's not safe. your drinking water if you live in this neighborhood is safe. take a look at some of this video from the actual leak yesterday. crews came out here. they were able to stop it and they put in a lot of temporary piping and they are able to make sure that it is no longer constantly flowing but there is still quite a bit of raw sewage out here. the sewage did leak into oxon run which is a tributary which flows into the potomac river but your drinking water is safe. back out here live in oxon hill, people in this neighborhood are aware of the situation. they are staying away from the sewage but crews will be coming back out here later this morning to try and repair that pipe. it's not clear what caused it but they'll be putting a camera into the broken pipe and try and

a sewer main is leaking near huron drive. wssc says the crack in the 14 inch sewer line spilled 10,000 gallons of waste water. some of the sewage made it into oxen run creek where we saw children playing. look at that. there are signs urging people to stay away. doug walllard discovered that leak on friday. >> a lot of damage, but i don't know how long it's been leaking. >> now workers are laying 7,000 feet of temporary pipe to redirect the sewage. that work could take days though. then crews can begin repairing the broken sewer main. >>> a big honor for alex ovechkin as the team tries to keep rolling tonight. ovi is one of three finalists for the linsey award. given to the top player in the week as voted by other players each year. ovechkin has won three times before. the caps face the new york rangers at 7:30 tonight. and ovi has been scoring like a champ seriously for the entire postseason. >> let's hope the champ follows for a few more games here. >> yes. >>> well, what's bringing elton john and pastor rick warren today?

he had no idea if it was a chemical leak. he had no idea what leak it was. he told the 911 dispatcher he was absolutely sure there was definitely no danger to the public. so with no information about what had happened, first responders turned up to the plant with no idea of the death chamber they were opening. they had to leave the dead bodies where they lay until the following day before they had the right equipment to be able to enter that plant safely without killing themselves, too. and that was a close call. so, that was just a horrific disaster. right. this decrepit decades old chemical plant in laporte, texas, with no alarms, no gas detection systems. big exhaust fans that hadn't been working for months. no training for employees, all working with incredibly poisonous chemicals. they killed four employees and almost killed several more. they almost killed a gods chunk of the town's fire department. but you know what, if you want to be bad in your next life, you want to be bad and you really want to get away with it. see what you can do about coming ba

thousands of gallons of raw sewage leaking near a neighborhood and a school. we have a reporter on the scene. plus stay with us for updates on the breaking news this morning, the death of a d.c. firefighter in the line of duty. i want to show you a tweet from d.c. councilwoman mary cheh expressing her support for the firefighter's family. stay with us. >>> we're following a developing story in prince george's county right now. a broken sewer line is leaking thousands of gallons of raw sewage into a neighborhood. this is happening along huron drive off a field near forest heights elementary in oxon hill. news 4's kristin wright is live with how long the repairs will take. kristin? >> reporter: barbara, it will take some time. two important numbers to throw at you right off the bat so listen carefully. more than 10,000 gallons of raw sewage has spilled so far and more than one mile of temporary pipe has to be put into place before the sewage will stop leaking into this neighborhood. it could be friday at the earliest before thousands of gallons of raw sewage can

in this case, the thing leaked. no one had ever seen a leaked report before. it is fun for people like me. host: if you have questions for paul singer, again democrats (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 745-8002. we will start on a line for democrats, thomas is calling from illinois. good morning. caller: i appreciate you taking my call. this is a very interesting program. you are talking with the congressional ethics investigation. i understand it is operated by congress, or that office. the problem i have here -- being the fact that it was mentioned that something recently leaked out. if you consider the fact that this just leaked, then congress itself needs to be investigated because there are a whole lot of other things that have not been leaked that should have been leaked. these people need to be prosecuted and take out of office. not voted out, kicked out. immediately. not 90 days. immediately. not just congress, but there is a lot of stuff going on in washington, d.c., that needs to be cleaned out. what they really need to

days before the leak is repaired. the leak was discovered near the 100 block of north huron drive in oxen hill this past sunday. crews estimate the sanitary sue overflow will exceed 10,000 gallons. the contractor is setting up equipment to pump waste water around the leaking section of pipe. again, wssc officials warn it could take days to complete the bypass operation. >>> a day off for students at a silver spring elementary school. sky 9 was above flora singer elementary where flooding occurred inside overnight. it appears a water pipe gave way. >>> meanwhile, the university of maryland is about to give students one more reason to choose wisely when selecting their majors. the cost of tuition is about to go up for some of them. nikki burdine explains from college park. >> reporter: the possible tuition increase at the university of maryland wouldn't affect every student here, just those in three majors. computer science, engineering and business. not surprisingly, those students aren't happy about the idea. >> that'

kompass has since been accused of leaking the confidential report in breach of u.n.es dismissal. the guardian obtained the leaked report from paula donovan who will join us shortly. she and other activists have just launched a new campaign called code blue which seeks to hold the united nations accountable for sexual misconduct. earlier this month the group held a press conference to announce the campaign. this is stephen lewis of aids-free world, followed by theo sowa of the african women's development fund and ambassador of anwarul chowdhury of bangladesh bangladesh. >> never should that happen. that's the first step. the second step flows logically. once it's relieved from nonmilitary personnel the personnel will be under tremendous pressure to expunge sexual exploitation and abuse from their ranks. >> when the u. >>no becomes the protectors of predators instead of prosecutors of predators, that's disturbing because i believe in the u.n. >> we need to be open about how many of those cases are there of sexual abuse and exploitation which countries are involved in i

>> we never allow leaks but they do leak. and every time there's a leak it's intentional. and if it's the department it's probably not and it's individuals. it's extremely harmful and it just fuels the fire and raises more questions, doesn't angsswer anything and you get pieces to a puzzle without a solution and more speculation and community unrest and then there's a vacuum out there that will be filled by someone in the street and then of course you get more tension between the community and the police. not a good thing. >> when there's a leak there's always an agenda behind it. so can that information be trusted? >> i don't trust it because there's so much misinformation in this case and i mean real misinformation. the washington post came without the information about freddy gray hurting himself and then of course the washington post is an esteemed newspaper and probably the most trusted reporter in baltimore said no the information to the contrary, he said it was a very quiet ride. so, two sources i trust very much from my news contradicting each other. so i dwhegzque

because it's -- the leaks are very disturbing.ks prove that really he is not putting his mind in governing egypt. in stabilizing the country there's no democracy, no constitution, no parliament. and involving the armies dealer to undermine libya, during it's uprising and supporting gaddafi without knowledge of his prime minister even so this is very complex, and now important to point out there's been a series of leaked recordings haven't there, that reveal that also reveal something about the extent of support from the gulf regimes to the government in egypt to now this latest about a ship, a carrier, that essentially goes from u.a.e. to egypt. and is then loaded with weapons what do we know about the destination. >> the destination supports libya's -- but the whether weapons were not delivered and as well, the united nations passed an embargo resolution against libya he did break the embargo even strong as a prime minister, so he is breaking all the rule. >> righter. so and h reflects badly you say, what are the possibility impl

he should not have said that, i agree, edward snowden said that he leaked this information.terial to him months before eric clapper made that statement. this is one of many false payments made. >> what difference does that make? >> he was collecting billions of classified documents for years. >> is there ever a justification to break the rules and leak something? >> i think that there may be justification. if you go through this to make sure that it won't hurt you why didn't he ask to meet with senator wyden. i know having been in the committee, there are many members who come to us and say that we have something we have to tell you, don't give running away. there are people who claim otherwise. i know that the system works. >> one question is whether he revealed secrets that endanger americans. did he carefully decide this one i'm not going to reveal in this one i will. this comedian asked him about it. >> how many of those documents have you actually read? >> i have a value weighted all the documents. >> you have read every single one? >> i do understand what i turned over

why it could take a while for crews to stop that leak.s coming up next on "news4 today" at 6:00. >>> we are tracking the potential for some storms right now. 65 degrees outside. >>> "news4 today" starts now. >> right now, on "news4 today" a state of emergency still in place in baltimore. more than a week after riots broke out there. now governor larry hogan is ready to a address that situation. what needs to happen before he can lift the executive order. >>> and conditions right now, as owe leave for work, it's cloudy out there. we're watching for the potential for more thunderstorms in the day ahead. 66 degrees outside. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here now with your weather headlines. >> a little bit of light fog has been forming but we can see the moon above that fog now. temperatures are mild again this morning. near 60 and in prince george's fairfax county mid 60s in washington. parts of mid washington, that's where we're getting the fog including culpepper, rappahannock central shenandoah valley. this fog advisory in ef

what has happened is some of those emails from the house have now leaked to the "new york times."ere is the state department saying okay if the house is leaking them we're going to start releasing them. the first batch represents about a third of all of the emails. and what is interesting is that none of them are classified but a lot of them are stamped with sbu, which is the government identification for sensitive but unclassified, and that's because some of these emails hillary clinton lists the location of state department staff who were in libya at the time things were starting to get rough, so again, these are things on her private server that are sensitive and that will fuel some of the criticism, because private servers don't have the same security protections. the emails paint an interesting picture of hillary clinton after the benghazi attack that killed four americans. you have clinton circulating information that contradicted the narrative that was being provided by the white house. now more emails are going to be released in the coming days and of course the house comm

work crews have stopped a pipe from leaking sewage there. that leak was first noticed on sunday. since then about 15,000 gallons of untreated sewage has leaked. wsse says the problem was fixed quicker than they anticipated. now the focus son a permanent repair to the sewage pipe that was leaking. >>> next at 11:00, gambling and adult entertainment on government credit cards. the new report detailing spending by pentagon employees. >>> a bank robber in virginia posted video of his crime on instagram, then talked about it from jail. now he has convinced himself he wasn't actually a robbery suspect. >>> and what does it take to bring democrats and republicans together on capitol hill? jim handly shows us how staffers are using mindfulness. >>> 395 southbound to king street going to have one lane closed ov >>> a man allegedly robs a bank and then instagrams video of the robbery. police say dominic al fonseca walked into a bank in virginia beach. he handed the teller a note for $150,000 please. he recorded the entire incident, showing the teller placing stacks of cash in a bag. then h

are common. >> reporter: they say they triage by how serious the leak. out soon after ktvu inquired. they said they couldn't find a record of complaints even though she called east bay mud twice. >> he said he remembered me. and said no problem. we will take care of it. >> reporter: while they are not under the city's jurisdiction it is fielding more complaints. they are required to reduce water usage by 25% and parks are getting less water under the new plan. >> brown is the new green. we are turning off 20% of our turf. >> residents say everyone has to do their part, including walter districts. >> -- water districts. >> makes me angry because it is important. >> reporter: remember that waste basket? this is how much water it took after just an hour, 3/4 full and this went on 24 hours a day for weeks. frank? >> every drop cowpats. rob roth -- drop counts, rob roth, thank you. >>> we have a time lapse taken by the curiosity on april 15. you can see the red planet looks more blue. that blue hew comes from the fine particles in the atmosphere. the rover wa

she doesn't trust him, she thought he would leak it. >> there hey be issues of leaking. she wanted to be the individual to make the statement and not come from some underling or be leaked to the press. would she have preferred to make it earlier? i'm sure she would have. >> she's charging them with murder. this is not a small thing to wait on. >> that's why i think she should not notify the police department. >> you thought she did the right thing in not telling frankly the guy responsible for peace on the streets afterwards and all these six men and women report to. you think she did the right thing? >> absolutely. i think it comes down to the context and the nature of the decision. had they decided not to tell the officers you give people a heads up. i was in ferguson when they decided not to indict. what you saw was bedlam on the streets. this time they knew. it was like fourth of july in baltimore when they announced there were going to be charges. we saw leaks many people believe came from the police department about the nature of the injuries about the guy having s

: california has declared a state of emergency for santa barbara county after a ruptured pipeline leaked as much as 100,000 gallons of oil into the pacific ocean. the leak occurred near the massive 1969 santa barbara spill that helped launched the modern environmental movement and earth day. then to the legendary native american folk singer buffy sainte marie. >> ♪ these the universal soldier and he really is to blame but his orders come from far away no more they come from him and you and me this is not the way we want an end to war ♪ amy: five decades after writing the anti-war anthem "universal soldier" buffy sainte marie is out with a new record, "power in the blood." she joins us live in studio. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the self-proclaimed islamic state has reportedly taken -- seized the last syrian government-controlled border crossing between syria and iraq. the syrian observatory for human rights says syrian troops have withdrawn from al-tanf. isil's latest advance follows its capture of

not all the leaks seem to be on the same wage.ews article shouts exclusive, news chief wants brian williams back on the air, while this story from the hollywood reporters says nbc chairman andy lack not convinced brian williams can return. one thing is certain, nbc's ratings have softened. it's fallen behind abc's "world news tonight with david muir" who just claimed his fourth week on top winning more total viewers as well as the coveted 25 to 54-year-old demographic. what's at stake? what are network execs thinking? calculating? what's the view from the anchor chair? joining me is carol simpson. >> good to be with you, frank. >> is there any way in your view that brian williams returns to that anchor chair? what do you make of andy lack's leaked nbc news chief wants brian williams back on the air which was contradicted by another leak not very long after that? >> i think brian williams has got to go and i think andy lack knows that he has to go. >> and you say that why? >> i say that because nbc's image has been tarnished by its

. >> there have been a series of leaks regarding what those reports may be saying.sn't it up to her on whether or not to press charges against these six officers? might we hear about that? >> reporter: no i don't think we will. there is a tremendous amount of weight on her head now. she is 35 years old. she is married to a local counselor named nick mosbel. he is campaigned on a ticket of inclusiveness. trying to bring justice to the people in the area. right now this entire case rests on her shoulders. she must shift through all of the information and decide whether or not to bring charges against those six police officers involved in the arrest of freddie gray. she has a big team to back her up. what happens here in maryland is she'll take the police report the medical examiner's report. she has already said stephanie that the police report containing in knew to her and her team. and she has a team of lawyers who will back her up now. she will effectively carry out her own investigation, and then and only then will she decide whether or not publicly to bring charg