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and now another michigan city is reeling from a water crisis and unsafe levels of lead.ther michigan city facing a water crisis. >> it smells like fish. >> reporter: contamination coming from old lead pipes. the state says it's known about the elevated lead levels for three years and that residents had access to the information but many residents say neither the city nor the state did enough to warn them of the dangers. >> when did you learn there was lead in the water? >> last week. i've been drinking the water, cooking with the water, brushing my teeth. >> reporter: two weeks ago the state started distributing bottled water to residents after a petition was filed last month detailing the problem to the epa. >> the state of michigan would not have responded to this crisis if it hadn't been for the petition from epa. >> how do you know that? >> because years had gone by where nothing had happened. >> reporter: hundreds of people have been waiting hours, lines stretched across several blocks. for some, this is their own hope at fresh drinking water. >> this community cann

echoes of another case of lead-tainted water running out of the faucets of a poor majority-black michigan cityate reached a $600 million settlement with the residents of flint for its role in that city's lead crisis, which emerged in 2014. adams' daughter grew up both in flint and benton harbor. mary: my baby being epileptic, i didn't know that it could actually do greater harm with a condition like that. and her, between flint and here, she was like getting a double portion of lead. john: adams still wonders whether lead might have played a role in her daughter's death in 2018. mary: it's sad when you watch a child take all of these different types of medications, praying that they would get better, and then drinking water, bathing in water, brushing your teeth in water. to think that lead on top of the medications caused her even graver suffering, it's sad to watch a child, and can do nothing about it. john: for many in benton harbor, the current water problems are just the latest case of their city being left high and dry. after decades of disinvestment and government neglect, the schools a

residents in a 2nd city in the usa of michigan have been told not to drink that water because of lead contamination. that's an hombres majority black city with high levels of lead than fellow michigan city. flint had at the height of its water crisis that was detected in the cities pipes 3 years ago. but the state officials say it will take another 18 months to replace them. john hendern reports in bent in harbor. the water is brown and people are seeing red get to wet a last lesson while here. so i don't know what to do. i don't know for the 2nd time in recent memory, the state of michigan is taking years to clean up lead, tainted drinking water in a majority. black city, when a visitor complained about the water. reverend edward pink, he had it test it and found high levels of lead. he says there's a reason it's taking so long to remove it. environmental recess just to what it if, if oh, a white woman would count was, oh, will you see he see her on a camel? we don't know baby, she's cry. and tell him that the lay, the destroying her baby. there was a was sent out. the army of fema w

our meagan fitzgerald has more tonight >> reporter: just three hours from flint another michigan city facing an urgent water crisis the contamination coming from old lead pipes. had you been drinking and cooking with the water before then? >> i had i had no idea. >> reporter: the state says it's known about the elevated lead levels for three years and that residents had access to the information, but many residents say neither the city nor the state did enough to warn them of the danger when did you learn that there was lead in the water? >> last week i've been drinking the water, cooking with the water, brushing my teeth. >> reporter: two weeks ago the state started distributing bottled water to residents after a petition was filed last month detailing the problem to the epa >> the state of michigan would not have responded to this crisis if it hadn't been for the petition from epa >> how do you know that >> because years had gone by where nothing had happened >> reporter: hundreds of people have been waiting hours, lines stretched across several blocks for some this is their only ho

cities around the country? >> i think it's a wick-up call for the united states of america, the state of michigan. ommittee members discussed and talked about other cities in the state of michigan that are experiencing this problem. i've said before, flint had it first, the city of benton harbor is battling right now. my goal is working with the governor, the republican legi legislator. i've been in contact with congressman fred upton. if we all work together, the city of benton harbor can become a model not just for state of michigan but before the entire united states. >> not just an issue in your town or even just in the state. i'm curious, one of the things that came out of flint, we talked about the impact of lead and especially on children. are you seeing health issues from these elevated lead levels in the water? >> talking with the county health department, i was on the phone with dr. lauren hamill, ceo of spectrum beaumont, and they have not seen any uptick in terms of in seniors or in children. however, you know, our posture at this point is caution as it rilts to the drinking water. we'l

black american community vent in harbor, which is 89 percent african american is now the 2nd major michigan city to move bottled water at the urgency of the state clinton dirt water crisis that garnered national attention about 5 years ago after homes showed excessive lead levels when it was improperly treated with corrosion controls, following a switch to corrosive flint river water. at one point, the environmental protection agency found lead levels as high as $13000.00 parts per 1000000000. there the water change was considered a possible cause of an outbreak of legionnaires disease in the county that killed 12 people and affected another 87. a total of 9 former michigan officials, including ex governor, rick snyder, snyder's top aid and his chief of staff, as well as both states top doctor and health official during the crisis were charged in the flint water scandal for news views. hughes, trinity chavez, r t. r folks don't go anywhere because when we come back we ask our paddle about the fate of job wives agenda and disgust the media's reaction to a high school shooting and texas don't go a

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interestingly, benton harbor was also one of the cities in michigan that lost democracy, another cityunder emergency management. if you remember in michigan, at one point, half of our african-american population was under emergency management where there was unelected, unaccounble officials running these cities. let this be another lesson of the consequences of taking away people's democracy, taking away their voices. it impacts health. in benton harbor, it is hard to tell when the crisis happened, but for six consecutive sampling periods, three and a half years, the lead in their water has exceeded the epa action level. that is not even a health based standard, just a compliance standard. that is an underestimation of the amount of lead that has been in the water and the potential harm it could be doing. amy: reverend edward pinkney, if you could talk about the two towns. it was written about beautifully years ago. it is a story of overwhelmingly african-american -- benton harbor, and the white, wealier st. joseph's. talk about the differee. rev. pinkney: there is a major difference

another water crisis in a michigan city. this time in benton harbor. declaring a state of emergency this week over lead pipes contaminating it the city's water supply. sound familiar? well, it parallels flint, michigan's, water crisis. lead in the water is plaguing the city of nearly 10,000 residents which is roughly 85% black. cnn's miguel marquez went to benton harbor where residents there are all too familiar with failing city resources. >> reporter: courtney sherrod and her family of five go through a lot of bottled water. >> about 200 bottles a week. a week. i have three children, and a big husband at home. >> reporter: she says they sometimes go to the gym in the next town over just for a shower. >> my children had to go to school the next day, so we went to the y and made sure everybody took showers at the y the night before so that they could go to school. >> reporter: the y's in a different town? >> it's in st. joe where the water is clean and they pay lower water bills than us. >> reporter: benton harbor, population 10,000, the latest high-pro

host: let's go to michael, who is calling from michigan city, indiana, on the democrat line.ichael, good morning. caller: good morning. joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, it should be altogether. they should pass the whole thing. they need to. because the people need everything in this bill. host: politico has a story this morning talking about which part of the bill that americans seem to want most from a recent poll. i will read a couple of paragraphs on the pole to you. americans support letting the government negotiate drug prices above all the other major priorities in the infrastructure and social spending packages before congress, according to a new politico poll that suggests health care is at the top of most responders minds. the drug pricing plan could be in peril as some centrist democrats spar with nancy pelosi over the scope and details. democratic -- are considering scaling back or dropping it entirely from the $3.5 trillion social spending package. ask to choose -- asked to choose among 20 policy where it is, 39 people picked direct price negotiations with drug ma

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. >> reporter: stankiewicz is planning director for the city of marquette, home to about 20,000 people on michigan'seninsula. the city had to spend nearly $3 million rebuilding the road 300 feet away from its increasingly unpredictable neighbor. >> we're watching the intensity of these storms just get worse and worse to the point that they are really becoming dangerous for our infrastructure and the health and welfare of the community. >> reporter: so you're seeing the extremes get more extreme? >> the extremes are getting way more extreme. >> reporter: the storms fueled by climate change are more frequent and intense. they are battering shorelines throughout the great lakes, turning roadways into rivers and forcing homes off their once lofty perches. >> if we keep going on the path we're on, we don't really know where these extremes are going to take us. >> reporter: melissa scanlon is the director for water policy for university of wisconsin milwaukee. she said michigan hit a low water level in 2013 and swung wildly tos rdechsor normal for lakes to rise and fall. how is that cycle changing? >> the

host: i want to go to your home state, victoria is in michigan. what city are you in? caller: i am in norton shores. host: ok. go ahead. caller: perhaps it is my immature way of thinking, but i am at a loss as to how we came up with the fact that big business should pay their fair share of taxes that is socialism. i get it that politics rules. this is the time that we're in and that you're either a republican, democrat, and nothing is fair if it's the other side. i get where we are. but how in god's name in america, have we arrived at a place where if we say big business, big corporations should pay their fair share of taxes, that is wrong, that is socialism, that is us going after people's money. i don't understand it. the middle class and the poor has been paying off. we have been faking paying our taxes from the beginning of time. i don't understand it. and yet, people are comfortable with corporations not paying any taxes. host: all right, victoria. congressman, your reaction to hearing victoria. guest: that's one of the reasons i love the state of michigan. i agre

then, troubled water-- residents of another predominately black city in michigan are ordered to use bottled water amid health risks from high levels of lead contamination. and, iraq's uncertain future-- threats and disaffection among voters following the killing of protest leaders prompt a poor election turnout. >> on an evening like this there would be hundreds even thousands of demonstrators, but after months of violent crackdown and targeted assassinations, the movement has lost momentum. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: that's fidelity wealth management. >> the kendeda fund. committed to advancing restorative justice and meaningful work through investments in transformative leaders and ideas. more at kendedafund.org. >> carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corpora

. >>> there's a water crisis in a small city in michigan. been told not to use the tap water because of high levels of lead. omar villafranca reports. >> reporter: the city of benton harbor gets water from lake michigan. residents like frances davis say what comes out of the faucet is not safe to use. what water do you use to cook? >> the bottled water. >> reporter: to brush your teeth? >> bottled water. >> reporter: bathe? >> bottled water. >> reporter: in 2018, lead was detected in the drinking water in some homes due to older lead pipes. state officials say the city's water system has failed six lead tests over the last three years. last month, concerned activists petitioned the epa for help. in response the state started distributing free bottled water to the nearly 10,000 residents. >> there's no urgency with the federal government, there's no urgency with the state government, and there's no urgency with the city government. they just don't get it. >> reporter: reverend edward pinkney started distributing water through his church two y

city in the u. s. state of michigan. no. want their tap. water is dangerous. ah, and i shall affiliated arms, reuben of janice, dan says it's behind a bomb attack on the largest shia mosque in the southern city of kandahar abuse to 41 people are said to have been killed and dozens more have been wounded. there was an attack last week on another mosque in the northern city of condos. stephanie dec . reports from couple the explosions ripped through friday. prayers. reports suggest several suicide bombers were involved in the attack. this alamo, there were 3 people. the 1st one entered and killed the gate keeper, and the remaining to the end of the mosque, they were armed. i opened fire 1st and then all 3 of them detonated themselves together. many of my family members were mounted, their ambulance crews rushed to the scene. casualties mounted. this is the largest shia mosque in kandahar the province is taliban heartland in the south of gaston, the groups birthplace and stronghold. and this significantly the 1st attack of its kind here. but it's the 2nd on a she

. >> dennis stachewicz is planning director for the city of marquette on michigan's upper peninsula. >> this is the road to nowhere. >> it is. >> this shattered stretch of road used to be lakeshore boulevard. >> lake erosion really got the best of it. but ultimately it failed because nature caught up with us. >> the solution was expensive, nearly 3 million dollars to rebuild the road 300 feet away from its increasingly unpredictable neighbor. >> the intensity of the storms have really increased. >> so you are seeing the eck dreams get more extreme. >> the extremes are getting way more extreme. >> more intense storms fueled by climate change are battering shorelines in cities throughout the great lakes, pulling the land right out from under some homes. >> cities like chicago, milwaukee, detroit, cleveland, they all have to adapt to this. >> melissa scanlon is director of the center for water policy at the university of which wisconsin milwaukee. the city sits on another great lake, michigan, which has swung from record low water levels in 2013 to record highs the past few years. >> so

let's talk to andy, calling from michigan city, indiana. andy, good morning gerd caller: hey, -- morning. caller: hey, jesse, how is it going? host: good. go ahead. caller: social media. hello? host: you are on the air. go ahead. caller: yes, sir. social media. joe biden walks through a washington, d.c. restaurant without a mask. how do you feel about that, jesse? host: all right. the administration and the cdc and the fda are moving forward on booster shots, so here is a story from cnn that talks about what they recently did with booster shots. "vaccine advisors to the u.s. food and drug administration voted unanimously friday to recommend a booster dose of johnson & johnson's vaccine at least two months after people get the first dose. the fda's vaccine advisory committee voted 19-0 to recommend the extra dose for all recipients of the j&j janssen vaccine, which is authorized for people 18 and older. they asked to simplify the original question posed by the fda, which had asked the committee to say whether the data showed that waiting six

in michigan, there's another predominantly black city in the u. s. is told it's not safe to drink the tap water. ah ah. but the remains the 2nd day, of course, after the week and now somewhere in southeast asia, the orange top forecast rain. that old is, is really heavy stuff. a vietnam back in muma and also tyler, probably cambodia as well. is the retreating monsoon to which we've added these 2 cyclists. that's where most of the action is. that's most the wet weather in this part of asia. however, as you can see, there are big showers, focus to be all over indonesia, and particularly i think on the western side of bonia. but the whole system is further sad because it's all coming back again. this is effectively when to try to come into northern china. this normally breeze behind the rain belt will mean a wet and cooling weekend for japan and for central and southern china was temperature dropping significantly. care. she hasn't been below 30 since something the middle of august, that we're going down to 21, which is near normal near away, you should

. >>> there is a inf infrastructure problem unfolding in benton harbor, michigan, tonight. that city declarina g state of emergency after a water main break there and a system-wide loss of water pressure. benton harbor had already been on notice because of high levels of lead in the water. officials recommending the use of bottled water for drinking and cooking. >>> when we come back, authorities in california moments ago on three members of a familytoo. tonight, they have revealed how they died. toth a lot of moving parts. you want everything to be on autopilot. and to be prepared if anything changes. with ibm, you can do both. your business can bring data together across your clouds, from suppliers to shippers, to the factory floor. so whatever comes your way, the wheels keep moving. seamlessly modernizing your operations, that's why so many businesses work with ibm. e blood when you brush or can be a sign of early gum damage. parodontax active gum repair kills to help keep the gum sealed tight. parodontax active gum repair toothpaste neeze. [ sneezing ] h it's time for, plop plop

conversation and say, yes, there is not only historical injustices, we still have flint, michigan dirty water. we have another city. these are things that happen in black and brown communities we haven't had the opportunity to adjust and have a conversation. how do we repair the relationship. with this vaccine, one of the things we need to do is make sure we have leaders within the community that are trusted and to talk through this. whether that is a physician or pastor or football coach. whoever has gained that trust is who needs to be the messenger in this moment. >> we've talked about but bares repeating. so often, we are talking young people and underserved communities. they may not have a primary care provider. if your primary care is the best messenger but you do not have access, who does it fall to? >> right. in that case, its one of those things too. when we talk about the most vulnerable population, millions have been left homeless and are living couch to couch or in a shelter. a large bulk of those are children unfortunately. we have to get into the schools and make sure we are placing those vaccines in

residents of another predominantly black city in michigan are ordered to use bottled water amid health risks from high levels of lead contamination. and iraq's uncertain future. disaffection among voters following the killing of protest leaders prompt a poor election turnout. >> this used to be the main protest square. on an evening like this, there would be hundreds, even thousands, of demonstrators. after months of targeted assassinations, the movement has lost momentum. judy: all tha and more on tonight's pbs newshour. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by -- >> fidelity advisors are here to help you create a wealth plan with tax sensitive investing strategies, planning focused on tomorrow while you focus on today. that is the planning affect from fidelity. >> johnson & johnson. bnsf railway. consumer cellular. financial services firm raymond james. bdo accountantsnd advisors. the kended fund, committed to meaningful work through investments in transformative leaders and ideas. more at kendedafund.org. carnegie foundation of new york. at carnegie.org. and with the

a car collector, in rapid city, michigan. he didn't want to sell.r, the answer was yes. >> he's a gentlemen who's 81 years old, and he said, "i got to thinking about your desire for the car and i think it was time to let it go." >> reporter: john traveling 500 miles to get his mom's old car. now john and his kids, arden and hudson, in the back seat. >> hi david. >> reporter: tonight john, on his new old car. >> my memories are now re-established with not only the car, but my mother. >> reporter: that '71 cutlass supreme, still in mint condition. his mom would be happy. >> it's a true miracle, david. the car looks, feels, sounds exactly as it did when my mom used to drive it. >> reporter: and incredibly, some of his mother's things, even handwritten notes still in the glove box. >> there are a pair of my mom's sunglasses that i fondly remember her wearing when she put the top down and take the care for a spin. >> reporter: tonight, john telling us, never give up. >> if you have a dream, and you pursue it and stay with it, it can come true. my family

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city in the u. s. state of michigan is told it's not safe to drink the tap water. while over the border in canada, drinking water is flown in to a remote arctic city there after fi is its own. water is contaminated with diesel or gasoline. and in major league baseball news, a controversial finished the playoff games between the duchess and the dog giants. details later with flora in sport, in about 15 minutes. ah. now for the most part, the heat is easing the ravine peninsula is actually a thin line of clarity, which many would argue as the autumn front ones that go south. temperatures tend to drop away and stay that way for a few months. but if you look at iraq at 41 in baghdad, you think that still on the high side, and you would be right to think that it is on the high side. but when the wind kicks in, we're back down towards normal. 34 degrees after probably a sandy sand stormy day on sundays at wind kicks up on that frontal system. equally old, in my mind, is what's happening in the north of pakistan. far north west of india and even parts of afghanistan as sno

. >> reporter: dennis stachewicz is planning director for the city of marquette, on michigan's upper peninsula. so, this is the road to nowhere. >> it is. >> reporter: this shattered stretch of road used to be lakeshore boulevard. >> lake erosion really got the best of it, but ultimately it failed, because nature caught up with us. >> reporter: the solution was expensive. nearly $3 million to rebuild the road 300 feet away from its increasingly unpredictable neighbor. >> the intensity of the storms have really increased. >> reporter: more intense storms fueled by climate change are battering shorelines and cities throughout the great lakes, pulling the land right out from under some homes. >> cities like chicago, milwaukee, detroit, cleveland, they all have to adapt to this. >> reporter: melissa scanlan is director of the center for water policy at the university of wisconsin-milwaukee. the city sits on another great lake-- michigan-- which has swung from record low water levels in 2013 to record highs the past few years. so it's normal for the great lakes to rise and fall. how is th

residents of another predominantly black city in michigan are ordered to use bottled water amid healthels of lead contamination. and iraq's uncertain future. disaffection among voters following the killing of protest leaders prompt a poor election turnout. >> this used to be the main protest square. on an evening like this, there

michigan. that's a predominantly black city three hours from flint.under order not to use the tap water because of high levels of lead from old pipes. and as cbs' omar villafranca reports, city officials have known about the problem for years. >> reporter: the city of benton harbor gets its water from nearby lake michigan, but residents like francis davis say what comes out of the faucet is not safe to use. what water do you use to cook? >> the bottled water. >> reporter: to brush your teeth? >> bottled water. >> reporter: bathe. >> bottled water. >> reporter: in 2018, lead was detected in the drinking water in some homes due to older lead pipes. state officials say the city's water system has failed six lead tests over the last three years. last month, concerned residents and activists petitioned the e.p.a. for help. in response, the state started distributing free bottled water to the city's nearly 10,000 residents. >> there's no urgency with the federal government. there's no urgency with the state government. and there's no urgency with the city g

then, troubled water-- residents of another predominately black city in michigan are ordered to use bottledisks from high levels of lead contamination. and, iraq's uncertain future-- threats and disaffection among voters following the killing of protest leaders prompt a poor election turnout. >> on an evening like this there would be hundreds even thousands of demonstrators, but after

the comparisons to your city and flint, michigan is inevitable. why wouldn't the problem fixed when there was clearly knowledge something was wrong? >> that's a great question. environmental racism has plagued not just the city of benton harbor but the entire united states of america. this is a wrong that must be corrected. i think governor witmer is leaning in to say enough is enough. we are in a struggling community. 2010, 2017 where financial emergency was declared. she's stepping forward to do it. i don't think it is fair for people to try and play the blame game. we all know one individual in government can do nothing. even the president. he needs the senate and the house. she needs the republican-led legislature to step up with her to say we need to fix benton harbor that will be a model for the country. this issue is nationwide. >> dealing with this problem on a day-to-day basis. putting out the statement in august. some saying they weren't aware of the danger and lead in the water. how do you get the message out to residents. do you have to

and another predominantly black city in the us state of michigan is told it's not safe to drink the tap water. ah, let's get a more on that breaking story. coming to us out of the u. k. where a british member of parliament from the governing conservative party, died today after being stabbed several times. david amos was a veteran member of parliament and was meeting members of the public when a man attacked him. britons prime minister boris johnson, that the tributes to his conservative party colleague. i think all our hearts are full of shock and sadness to day add to the loss of the david. a miss m p who was killed in his constituency. surgery in a church after almost 40 years of continuous service to the people of essex and the whole of the united kingdom. and the reason i think people are so shocked and saddened is above all. he was one of the kindest, nicest, those gentle people in politics. and he also had an outstanding record of passing laws to help the most vulnerable are correspondent, not in barber, is in leon. see where the attack took place. nadeem. what are the details? a

residents in a city in the us state of michigan have been ordered not to drink that tap water because it's contaminated with lead the water benton. honda is even more toxic than it was in the city of flint, at the height of its water crisis. majority of the population in benton, honda is black, john hendern, spoke to residents who st. racial discrimination is why it's taken for years to begin replacing the pipes in benton harbor, the water is brown and people are seeing red get away with a laugh. listen while. yeah, so i'll know what to do. yeah, i don't know. for the 2nd time in recent memory, the state of michigan is taking years to clean up lead, tainted drinking water in a majority. black city, when a visitor complained about the water. reverend edward pinkney had it tested and found high levels of lead. he says there's a reason it's taking so long to remove it. environmental recess, just what did you, if, if o a white woman or count was, oh, will you see he see her on a camel? we don't know baby, she's cry. and telling me that the little destroying her baby. there was a was sent

host: let's go to michael, who is calling from michigan city, indiana, on the democrat line.ichael, good morning. caller: good morning. joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, it should be altogether. they should pass the whole thing. they need to. because the people need everything in this bill. host: politico has a story this morning talking about which part of the bill that americans seem to want most from a recent poll. i will read a couple of paragraphs on the pole to you. americans support letting the government negotiate drug prices above all the other major priorities in the infrastructure and social spending packages before congress, according to a new politico poll that suggests health care is at the top of most responders minds. the drug pricing plan could be in peril as some centrist democrats spar with nancy pelosi over the scope and details. democratic -- are considering scaling back or dropping it entirely from the $3.5 trillion social spending package. ask to choose -- asked to choose among 20 policy where it is, 39 people picked direct price negotiations with drug ma

we actually learned today about another city in michigan that is warning residents of high levels ofin their water. the town of hamtramck, just outside detroit, joins benton harbor and flintals the latest place to have dangerous drinking water. we went to capitol hill to get answers and find out why congress has been slow to act and slow to help communities like benton harbor, michigan, the predominantly black town, where thousands of residents have water contaminated with lead. omar villafranca was there last week. >> reporter: what water do you use to cook? >> the bottled water. >> reporter: to brush your teeth? >> bottled water. >> reporter: bathe? >> bottled water. >> thank you for having me. >> o'donnell: michigan congresswoman rashida tlaib has been pushing to get more money to fix the problem. we talked to the mayor of benton harbor, he said they need help now. >> tell him i feel it. i'm here and moving with a sense of urgency. >> reporter: in her state, more than three of four kids tested have detectable levels of lead in their blood. if i'm in your state, i'm asking what is

tune in monday to the pbs newshour, where they will travel to benton harbor, michigan, a predominately black cityosed to lead in that state. we'll continue our conversation on "washington week" extra. this week's topic, the latest on the kidnapping of american missionaries in haiti. i'm yamiche alcindor. good night from washington. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: major funding for "tell me more with kelly corrigan" is provided by the penner family foundation along with support from the gordon and llura gund foundation. bianca valenti: the second i went under the water, i was like rag-dolled, flipping and turning and spinning, my board's ripped out of my hands. i opened my eyes. all i saw was dark, and then luckily at that second, my feet touched the sand, and i just barely, slowly swam to the surface, and i thought, "if there's another wave, i'm going to die." ♪