coverage that the media gave flint, michigan, and that terrible tragedy up there, and now the navajo indians out in colorado and that area have been severely impacted by an epa event that i do not think anybody in the epa has been held accountable. i agree with climate change. however, the whole people accountable is also essential, besides taxing everything. how can the epa discharge 300 million gallons of lead and arsenic and everything else like that into the colorado river and nobody is held accountable? in flint, michigan, six or seven people are on their way to crossbar hotel, and out there in the west where the navajo indians are impacted, the clinton -- clinton -- the obama epa, ok, was completely at fault there, and these are supposed to be the smart people. host: let me show a headline from the new york times that refers to what you are talking about, navajo nation sues epa and poisoning of a colorado river. guest: they are bringing legal action for accountability. , really,nto something we do want to that kind of accountability. one of the best ways to get all of us accountable is

coverage that the media gave flint, michigan, and that terrible tragedy up there, and now the navajo indians out in colorado and that area have been severely impacted by an epa event that i do not think anybody in the epa has been held accountable. i agree with climate change. however, the whole people accountable is also essential, besides taxing everything. how can the epa discharge 300 million gallons of lead and arsenic and everything else like that into the colorado river and nobody is held accountable? in flint, michigan, six or seven people are on their way to crossbar hotel, and out there in the west where the navajo indians are impacted, the clinton -- clinton -- the obama epa, ok, was completely at fault there, and these are supposed to be the smart people. host: let me show a headline from the new york times that refers to what you are talking about, navajo nation sues epa and poisoning of a colorado river. guest: they are bringing legal action for accountability. , really,nto something we do want to that kind of accountability. one of the best ways to get all of us accountable is

largest american indian tribes is suing the federal government over the gold king mine spill. the navajo nation has joined new mexico-- pursuing legal action against the epa following last year's toxic spill near silverton. tribal officials say the epa has failed to compensate the navajos for losses. the epa has said it takes responsibility for cleaning up the spill but wouldn't comment on the lawsuit. labor day is almost here!! just a few weekends away. lots of people expected to drive -- and hit the road. or if you are on the road often, listen up -- your mileage could drive, the higher your insurance rate goes. people who drive 15-thousand miles a year had a car insurance rate that was roughly 8 and a half percent higher - than someone who drove five- thousand miles. the increases vary by state. thankfully - colorado did not make the list of the biggest rate washington d-c and alaska. and in north carolina - drivers have some luck -- they are the only state where mileage doesn't affect rates. groupon's food delivery service - "groupon to go" - is expanding.. and it's coming to denver!

the act as often as the navajo nation junk food tax. according to the indian health service one in three novels suffer diabetes the entire navajo nation been labeled if he doesn't by the usda, an estimated 10 grocery stores serve the entire 27,000-mile reservation. so in about 2010, community activists, public health experts who are living on the reservation decided they would want to take a bold step to change the food environment. after three years of the controversy in 2014, president, navajo nation president then shall he was present at the time, past this healthy dine act of 2014. allow levitt at 2% sales tax on food and beverages of minimal to no nutritional value. it's effective and soda tax but it's broader than that and also covers junk food. the definitions within the tax, within the legislation are very broad, very ambitious. it also at the same time the tribal council passed a resolution which is a local tribal law that removed the 5% sales tax on fruits and vegetables as a complementary measure. proceeds of the healthy dine act are earmarked for c

indian people surrounding new mexico who become more and more foremidable. they have to worry about the comanches to the west and the patchies. stle to worry about the navajos to the northwest. there's a lot of people. a lot of indian groups and governor of new mexico has to be concerned b they're increasingly carrying french weapons. one big difference between the spanish colonies in new mexico and texas and the french colony in louisiana is the spanish discouraged trade with guns with western indians. the french encourage traded guns with western indians. that makes the spanish very, very nervous. let's talk now about -- let's shift from the spanish colonies and talk about the indians out on the plains. the first thing to talk about is that when we're talking about the 1700s, there are a number, a lot of indian communities on the great plains who are growing crops. this development really starts about 1700 a.d. we go way back. this prehistory of the course. what you see is very gradually the sort of movement of the growing of corn kind of moving up the mississippi and moving west along the tributaries of the mississippi. they have a significant village th

the comanches to the west, the apaches, who are all over the place, the navajos, who are to the northwest. there's a lot of indian groups that the governor of new mexico has to be concerned about. new mexico is a vulnerable colony. it's a little surrounded. what it's concerned about is some of these indians who were surrounding it, increasingly, are carrying french weapons. one difference between the spanish colonies in new mexico and texas and the french colonies in places like louisiana is the spanish discourage trading guns with western indians because they think they'll be a threat to the colonies. the french encourage it, which makes the spanish nervous. it means their potential enemies are much better off. let's talk now about -- let's shift from the spanish colonies and talk a little bit about the indians on the plains themselves. you can already see, we've already had little hints of very interesting story that's going on. let's first go back in time a little bit and talk about some of the developments that lead up to what happens. what we see in the 1700s. the first thing to talk about is that when we're

the navajos who are ability will the northwest. a lot of indian groups. highly vulnerable colony. it's a little bit surrounded and what it's particularly concerned about is that some of these indians the weapons. one big difference to the spanish new mexico and texas and the french colonies and places like louisiana is the spanish trading guns with western indians because they think they'll be a threat to the colonies. the french encourage trading guns with western indians which makes the spanish very, very nervous. potential enemies are much, much better off. all right. let's talk now about -- let's shift from the spanish colonies and talk a little bit about these indians out on the plains themselves. you can already see, we've had hints of a very interesting story. some let's first go back in time a little bit and talk about some of the developments that are going to lead up to what happens. what we see in the 1700s. the first thing to talk about is that when we're talking about the 1700s, there are a number, a lot of indian communities on the great plains who are growing crops.

. >>> one of the country's largest american indian tribes is suing the federal government the epa reported three rivers were contaminated. the navajo nation's lawyers sued and is suing colorado over the spill as well. >>> highs are expected to dip into the 70s by the weekend with increased chance of showers and storms. the best chance will be thursday and friday when the cool front arrives and settles in. highs tomorrow in that. the pink shrine a record cold high that we have seen over the next week and two lines get close together on saturday so we could see coldest temperatures for saturday afternoon. it's a different record than we're used to. >> weird. >> it may be a nice change. it may be a nice change. been kind of hot. >> um-hmm. >> yeah. >> just saying. >>> it's been a rough 2016 they started with a third of their team left home because of a doping scandal. now they have a fresh problem this morning. it will see them stripped of a medal from eight year ago. we'll talk about that, coming up. >>> 28 is the magic number for team usa today. the united states has 28 of each medal for a total of 84. we have a lead over china's 51

american indian tribes is suing the federal government over the gold king mine spill which happened a year ago this month which contaminated rivers in three states including colorado. attorneys for the navajo nation filed a lawsuit today against the epa. the state of new mexico is suing colorado over the spill. more than $29 million on spill related costs. >>> 11 people have now died after historic flooding in louisiana, the governor announcing at least 40,000 homes are damaged or destroyed by waters continuing to rise as rivers push south. clear skies today allowed some people to go home and see the damage for the first time. >> i was not prepared. we had no idea that this was going to happen. it's things of my daughters, we'll never get things like that back. >> despite taking days to destroy, the governor said it will take months to clean up. about 2 feet of rain has fallen on the state since last friday. >>> demonstrators in north dakota are slowing work on the dakota access pipeline. protesters gathered south of pipeline will affect water quality on the standing rock sioux native american reservation. 10 people were arrested yesterday. developers are expected to go to federal court fo