now is our chief correspondent megan lopez. all right well as still secret reports from a former nixon aide confirms what many have already suspected of president richard nixon and campaign manager john mitchell sabotaged the n.r. more peace talks in order to win the one nine hundred sixty eight elections and an oral history released by the national archives nixon white house aide tom charles huston elaborated on the president's involvement he said over the years as i've studied it i've concluded that there was no doubt that nixon what was would have been directly involved that it's not something that anybody would have undertaken on their own huston created a report under orders from the nixon white house to look into allegations that president lyndon johnson had bugged the nixon campaign and holt's of the bombing of north vietnam all in an effort to fuel peace talks and orchestrate a quote october surprise to help the democratic candidate hubert humphrey win the election report concluded that not only was l.b.j.'s white house

diction i'm joined now by our correspondent megan lopez hi thank you for coming on me thanks for having me on so record levels in the u.s. i mean this is just i'm saying the u.s. is one of two countries in the world with even direct to consumer advertising for pharmaceutical companies could that be a reason why we've seen such a massive rise in addiction that is absolutely the reason why these two counties in california are saying that we are seeing this rise in addiction so just to kind of be some context and to put this into a bit of verse perspective the center for disease control is calling this the worst epidemic in the united states history when it comes to drugs so that is surprising thinking of back to tobacco and think you know of things that are much more dangerous than you would kind of associate cocaine and heroin and whatnot but just to give you some numbers two thousand and ten study by the national institute for drug abuse said that five point one million americans abuse opioid pain relievers and to show you how big of a problem it's become over the last couple of decades

correspondent megan lopez. is one of the most essential elements of life. americans enjoy some of the cleanest and most abundant water in the world but what happens when the pipes are turned off and the tap runs dry how am i supposed to wash my child while i supposed to shower must fill in the largest. american city to ever file for bankruptcy residents are falling behind on their water bills now facing five billion dollars in bad debt the water department is taking drastic measures to plug holes and that means cutting water we sent out forty six thousand lower forty six thousand shuttle notices in may. all those forty six thousand shot of those about forty five hundred were actually shut off some of the city's most vulnerable are scrambling to find a way to pay their bills bills that have gone up one hundred twenty percent in the last decade well beyond the national average the city's water department argues that this financial burden has been put on the backburner by many families who didn't believe services would be shut off but for carla walker miller i

first up our team correspondent megan lopez is on the show now meghan is joining us from detroit where she brings us a full report on the city's water situation now detroit's water and sewage department has shut off water to its residents who haven't paid their bill it's pretty big and pretty important stuff and both the city and its citizens are facing tough economic times and we'll bring you the latest from the ground in detroit and john moulden is on the program as well my colleague edward harrison sat down with the man behind moulton economics to discuss what the latest economic data says about the u.s. economy today and in today's big deal edward harris and i are discussing net neutrality the supreme court and the future of the technology industry that's a lot to get in there you want to miss a moment and it all starts right now. our lead story today detroit now the latest sign of the city's. did decline comes from detroit's water department many residents in detroit have stopped paying their water utility bill and the city is combat in the issue by shutting off water to more than

correspondent megan lopez. it is one of the most essential elements of life. americans enjoy some of the cleanest and most abundant water in the world but what happens when the pipes are turned off and the tap runs dry how am i supposed to wash my child i supposed to shower must fill in the largest. american city to ever file for bankruptcy residents are falling behind on their water bills now facing five billion dollars in bad debt the water department is taking drastic measures to plug holes and that means cutting water we sent out forty six thousand little or forty six thousand shuttle notices in may. all those forty six thousand shot of those about forty five hundred were actually shut off some of the city's most vulnerable are scrambling to find a way to pay their bills bills that have gone up one hundred twenty percent in the last decade well beyond the national average the city's water department argues that this financial burden has been put on the backburner by many families who didn't believe services would be shut off but for carla walker miller i'm

corporations are tens of millions of dollars in red as well but there's little pressure being put on them megan lopez has the details. it is one of the most essential elements of life. americans enjoy some of the cleanest and most abundant water in the world but what happens when the pipes are turned off and the tap runs dry how am i supposed to wash my child heilman i supposed to shower must fill in the largest american city to ever file for bankruptcy residents are falling behind on their water bills now facing five billion dollars in bad debt the water department is taking drastic measures to plug holes and that means cutting water this is one of those houses that has had its water shut off and you can tell that because the detroit water and sewer department went ahead and painted on the porch that water cut slime now they've been doing this more and more frequently to abandoned houses and they are they say going after abandoned houses first in order to kind of avoid it wasting water for houses that people simply don't live in however more often these days the houses facing shut off have residents

thousand residents tommy breakdown the details of the story i'm joined now are two correspondent megan lopez on the ground in detroit michigan why has detroit seen its water rates rise nearly one hundred twenty percent over the last decade. well as its right water and sewer department. giving a number of reasons why we are seeing that rise first of all they're saying that fewer people are using water itself so obviously the costs are going to go up also detroit is not unique in that its wander infrastructure right now is aging water infrastructure in detroit is almost at the end of its lifespan it requires repair or is it a requires replacement which is a very closely procedure also this one has been falling behind for year after year after year with its water repair and replacement infrastructure kind of needs so it's just kind of piling up to this critical breaking point where now they're actually going to start shutting off the water and have been showing off the water for a lot of different people now just to give you an idea of how much people are paying here they're paying about twenty

first up our team correspondent megan lopez is on the show now meghan is joining us from detroit where she brings us a full report on the city's water situation now detroit's water and sewage department has shut off water to its residents who haven't paid their bill it's pretty big and pretty important stuff and both the city and its citizens are facing tough economic times and we'll bring you the latest from the ground in detroit and john malden is on the program as well my colleague edward harrison sat down with the man behind moulton economics to discuss what the latest economic data says about the u.s. economy today and in today's big deal edward harrison and i are discussing next neutrality the supreme court and the future of the technology industry that's a lot to get in there you want to miss a moment and it all starts right now. our lead story today detroit now the latest sign of the city's rapid decline comes from detroit's water department many residents in detroit have stopped paying their water utility bill and the city is combat in the issue by shutting off water to more t

is one of the very few networks on the ground in detroit and our very own megan lopez has a story. it is one of the most essential elements of life. americans enjoy some of the cleanest and most abundant water in the world but what happens when the pipes are turned off and the tap runs dry how am i supposed to wash my child while my foot the shower myself in the largest american city to ever file for bankruptcy residents are falling behind on their water bills now facing five billion dollars in bad debt the water department is taking drastic measures to plug holes and that means cutting water we send out forty six thousand lower forty six thousand shuttle motors and their. all of those forty six thousand showed up notices about forty five hundred were actually shut off some of the city's most vulnerable are scrambling to find a way to pay their bills bills that have gone up one hundred twenty percent in the last decade well beyond the national average the city's water department argues that this financial burden has been put on the backburner by many families who didn't believe ser

done is raised a number of concerns about the possibility for surveillance those are correspondent megan lopez in los angeles. the obama administration is planning sweeping new environmental rules to cut carbon pollution from power plants by thirty percent over the two thousand and five levels and that'll be reached hopefully by twenty thirty meanwhile many people in this country who've chosen to lower their own carbon footprint using alternative energy saving rain water etc haven't always received a warm reception from local governments for not looking into municipal services i was joined earlier by laurie carballo to talk about the struggle that some are facing in leading a life of what they call self-sufficiency and laurie is a mother of five who founded the website prep or ticks you specializes in emergency preparedness and self-sufficient lifestyles her goal is to educate others and living off the grid and really sore on dependency on outside influences i first asked her to explain to people what off the grid means. well for a lot of us people in the preparedness you need it doesn't neces

after seattle residents expressed concern over privacy issues parties making lopez is in los angeles for us with more megan can you tell us more about how and why this acquisition came about. absolutely so as you had mentioned seattle p.d. had purchased these these drones for about eighty two thousand dollars five years ago they had intended to use them they use them a little bit but then residents started complaining about the by tensional for surveillance the potential for misuse with these drones and then the seattle city council actually started making ordinances against using these drones they wanted to not only limit their use but also require the seattle police department to obtain warrants for any type of non-emergency use for these vehicles so the mayor and the police commissioner in seattle decided that it was too much kind of backlash going on over these drones which by the way are very very small and so they gave them over to the l.a.p.d. right now they're not in the possession of the l.a.p.d. they're in the possession of the department of homeland security this acquisition happen for free beca