that night marisol joined an auditorium packed with worried parents.lor dennis walcott opened the meeting with a dramatic statement. >> so, first, i want to start out by apologizing to all of you. >> reporter: he followed the apology with disturbing news. >> we decided to do environmental reviews. your school came with a result that we were not satisfied with an elevated level of tce. >> tce is a carcinogen. prolonged ebbing posure can cause parkin son's, cancer, even death. tests at ps parkinson's, cancer, even death. tests at ps 51 showed tce levels at 100 times worse than what's considered safe. >> based on the final confirmation, we thought we needed to shut the building down. >> parents are upset. >> you are using euphemisms, you're trying to be nice. that was a building that was storing chemicals that were cancer-causing agents and because of the vicinity and the children that are involved, you didn't care. >> you guys, board of ed, first allowed it to be used as a school for our children. i think it's so inappropriate. >> but the parents were ev

that night, marisol joined an auditorium packed with worried parents. chancellor dennis walcott opened the meeting with a dramatic statement. >> first, i want to start out by apologizing by all of you. >> reporter: and he followed the apology with disturbing news. >> we decided to do environmental reviews. your school came with a result that we were not satisfied, with an elevated level of tce. >> reporter: tce or tricolor ethylene a carcinogen. tests at ps 51 showed tce levels at a hundred times worse than what's considered safe. >> based on the final confirmation, we thought we needed to shut the building down. >> reporter: parents are upset. >> you are using euphemisms. you're trying to be nice. that was a building that was storing chemicals that were cancer-causing agents. and because of the vicinity and the children that are involved, you didn't care. >> and you guys, board of ed. , first allowed it to be used as a school for our children. i think it's so inappropriate. >> reporter: but the parents were even more upset that the department of educat

brandon seems excited but marisol seems nervous.an just a case of first day jitters. ♪ i cannot wait to get to school ♪ >> reporter: in august just weeks before school started, marisol saw this emergency meeting notice taped to brandon's school, p.s. 51 in the bronx. that night she joined an auditorium packed with worried parents. chancellor dennis wolcott opened the meeting with a dramatic statement. >> first i want to start out by apologizing to all of you. >> reporter: he followed the apology with disturbing news. >> we decided to do environmental reviews. your school came with a result that we were not satisfied with, with an elevated level of tce. >> tce is a carcinogen, prolonged exposure can cause parkinson's, cancer, even death. tests at p.s. 51 showed tce levels at a hundred times worse than what's considered safe. >> based on the final confirmation, we thought we needed to shut the building down. >> reporter: parents are upset. >> you are using euphemisms. you're trying to be nice. that was a building that was storing chem

. >> reporter: i met marisol outside that contaminated school. >> the staff, the kids, all the peopleho are essentially in this building, a good chunk of their days, knew nothing about this? >> no. the chancellor said he was sorry. >> how worried are you? >> very worried. >> this is the school right here. >> reporter: she says even brandon, who's normally upbeat, is worried. >> you like this new building? >> uh-huh. >> do you know why you're in the new building? >> yeah. >> why? >> because it closed down of tce a chemical. >> you know all that. what do you know about tce? >> well, it's a cancer-causing chemical. >> wow. >> reporter: we wanted to ask chancellor woolcot why they didn't tell parents about the toxic chemical in the school until months after they knew about it. his office declined to speak to cnn. >> for the sheer callusness and recklessness of the behavior towards kids this is as bad as i've seen. >> reporter: this lawyer has won a number of tce contamination suits for communities around the country. >> the people that ran this school and their environmental consultants k

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. >> nosotros vamos a continuar con mÁs de despierta amÉrica, tenemos un tema buenÍsimo, a marisol leortante que ha sido, nuestra misiÓn es entretener pero tambiÉn dejar ese mensaje, darle con ganas logra ambas cosas, creo que es un proyecto que me ha dejado tanto que ç espero que lo mismo deje al pÚblico. >> vamos a estar apoyando todos lo que es esta nueva producciÓn. >> hablamos de que es una gran producciÓn y precisamente mÁs adelante nos va a acompaÑar el productor musical emilio estefan que tambiÉn va a producir el programada -programa dale con ganas, nos va a tener que contar todo hogar desde, ya se estÁ preparando para llegar al ç programa despierta amÉrica. yo preguntarle cuÁl es la historia de cada uno de ellos. >> estÁn encontrando una transformaciÓn en su vida, el cambio existe en cualquier nivel. >> ademÁs motivados dos de familia en lograr el cambio del grupo. >> es muy importante, si el marido no ayuda es difÍcil. ç >> asÍ somos los latinos, y parte del proyecto, los latinos en equipo trabajamos. >> no se lo puede perder, ademÁs siempre honor a quien honor merece, em

who's marisol? how'd you know her name? apparently, you kept repeating it in the ambulance.wife. and she was murdered. i'm sorry. yeah. she kept trying to tell me to go back. (chuckles) well, i'm glad you listened. (sighs) you gonna be okay? i don't think so. we, uh... gonna get you looked at, huh? okay. captioning sponsored by cbs c.s.i. productions and toyota. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ you are me i'm jennifer hudson, and i believe. i was strong before weight watchers, but i'm stronger with it. i believe weight watchers can do the same for you. i believe you have more power than you think you do. i believe because it works. ♪ if you want it, you got it your turn. your time. your year. join for free. weight watchers points plus 2012. because it works. weight watchers points plus 2012. >>> playoff time, the ravens and the team has a place in the playoffs. the fans and players react. >>> baltimore football fans start with a raven celebration, a big win on the road, the purple bird will host a home playoff game. we have high lights and the reacti

who's marisol? how'd you know her name? apparently, you kept repeating it in the ambulance.wife. and she was murdered. i'm sorry. yeah. she kept trying to tell me to go back. (chuckles) well, i'm glad you listened. (sighs) you gonna be okay? i don't think so. we, uh... gonna get you looked at, huh? okay. captioning sponsored by cbs c.s.i. productions and toyota. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ you are me i'm jennifer hudson, and i believe. i was strong before weight watchers, but i'm stronger with it. i believe weight watchers can do the same for you. i believe you have more power than you think you do. i believe because it works. ♪ if you want it, you got it your turn. your time. your year. join for free. weight watchers points plus 2012. because it works. >>> my search is going to come on january 3rd after the people of iowa do what they do. >> a major surprise just two days ahead of the iowa caucuses as rick santorum gains momentum. good evening. i'm matt. bruce johnson is off. >>> with just two days to go until the iowa caucuses mitt romney is n

>>>marisol decidió someterse a esta terapia. >>> y cuandose fue, no podía reaccionar.>>> son unas horquillas de metal. >>> margarita las aplica en los mismos puntos donde se ponen las agujas de la acupuntura. >>> las agujas la hacen vibrar con diferentes técnicas. >>> es como una corrient nima. electricidad. >>> según la terapeuta, gracias a esta vibración, se estimula el sistema nervioso. hoy mónica castro, tiene esa sensación de angustia que no la dejará en paz >>> cuando me voy. >>> por más extrañas que parezcan esas terapias, son una esperanzra quienes buscan algo que los alivie y ayude a superar. >>> esta tecnica es utilizada e terapias conpacientes y tramientos psicológicos. >>> y pasamos ahora a los deportes, y los yankees están preparando, no? para decir adiós a uno de los grandes. >>> así es, fue tempranito en la mañana, y hablamos de jorge posada. >>> un momento muymotivo, pero sabes, con todo? y los mundiales que se lleva en el corazón, lo más importante es que estará tiempo completo con la familia. >>> muchos años de pasarlo sin la familia, sobre todo los v