this is all happening in florida's tampa bay, where the piney point reservoir is located.es have been evacuated. this is the waste water reservoir which contains 480 million gallons, that's over two billion litres, of polluted water. and this is the leak itself, which is now a week old. efforts to plug it have failed. so workers are now using these pipes to pump water out to reduce flooding, if the containment wall breaks. here's governor ron desantis with an update on the emergency response efforts. to be clear, the water being discharged to port manatee is not radioactive. it is primarily saltwater from the port manatee dredge project, mixed with legacy process water and stormwater run—off. we're currently pumping out 33 million gallons per day. this new process will help to significantly increase the volume of water that we are pumping out at piney point. i asked florida's agriculture commissioner, nikki fried what's happening in her home state. this is an old phosphate mining location where the phosphide mining has stopped for many years but unfortunately this has been

a catastrophe from happening a portion of the containment reservoir wall located at the former piney point phosphate processing plant has a quote significant leak according to state officials with the possibility of the wall collapsing and then sending a 20 foot wall of contaminated water gushing out roughly 2 miles from the shores of tampa bay the manatee county public safety department sent out emergency evacuation notices friday for hundreds of residents living within a half mile of piney point and by 11 am saturday a vacuum ration orders extended to people within a mile north of the reservoir stacks of phosphate gippsland fertilizer waste product the water leaking out is a mix of salt water processed waste water and storm runoff state officials say the water is not radioactive but a total breach that sends a wall of water gushing out uncontrollably could destabilize gypsum stacks that do contain radioactive material curves are pumping out about 36000000 gallons of wastewater per day from the reservoir but there remains roughly 250000000 gallons in the reservoir left dad said the water

this is all happening in florida's tampa bay, where the piney point reservoir is located. evacuated. this is the waste water reservoir which contains 480 million gallons — that's over two billion litres — of polluted water. and this is the leak itself, which is now a week old. efforts to plug the leak have failed, so workers are now using these pipes to pump dozens of gallons out to prevent any flooding, should the containment wall break. here's governor desantis�*s update on the emergency response efforts. to be clear, the water being discharged to port manatee is not radioactive. it is primarily saltwater from the port manatee dredge project mixed with legacy process water and stormwater run—off. currently pumping out 33 million gallons per day. this new process will help to significantly increase the volume of water that we are pumping out at piney point. let's try to work out exactly what is going on here. we'rejoined by florida's commissioner of agriculture and consumer services, nikki fried. thank you forjoining us. thank thank you for “oining us. thank ou for thank

give way polluted water has been gushing out of a break in the vinyl lining of the pool at the piney point plant for the last week officials are alarmed. we're hoping that we can just continue to get the water out in an efficient way and to prevent a catastrophic event if it's to plug the leak have failed emergency crews and the national guard are trying to pump the water out in time to head off disastrous flooding it's a rural area but there are 300 homes nearby residents have been ordered to leave the wastewater comes from an old phosphate plant and contains high levels of phosphorus some nitrogen some social media posts claim the water is radioactive florida's governor has a reassuring message. but to be clear the water being discharged to port manatee is not radio active it is primarily salt water from the port manatee dredge project mixed with legacy process water and storm water runoff. the governor says the company operating the site should be held responsible for local people can only hope that the reservoir walls keep holding up. and german health minister yang sponsors people who

give way polluted water has been gushing out of a break in the vinyl lining of the pool at the piney point plant for the last week officials are alarmed. we're hoping that we can just continue to get the water out in an efficient way and to prevent a catastrophic event if it's to plug the leak have failed emergency crews and the national guard are trying to pump the water out in time to head off disaster responding it's a rural area but there are 300 homes nearby residents have been ordered to leave the wastewater comes from an old phosphate plant and contains high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen some social media posts claim the water is radioactive florida's governor has a reassuring message. but to be clear the water being discharged to port manatee is not radio active that is primarily salt water from the port manatee dredge project mixed with legacy process water and storm water runoff. the governor says the company operating the site should be held responsible for local people can only hope that the reservoir walls keep holding up. and a reminder off the top story we're following f

florida's governor, ron desantis has issued a state of emergency for manatee county where piney pointlocated, and is calling on all the residents in that area to heed local evacuation desantis is expected to travel t manatee county later today to meet with local officials. janai? >> i heard you say potentially 800 million gallons. incredibly concerning. we'll be watching that. thank you. >>> in the meantime, experts are warning against large gatherings this easter sunday. the daily average of coronavirus cases in the u.s. is above 63,000. an increase of about 20% in just the last two weeks. all of this as the cdc updates domestic travel guidelines for fully vaccinated people and air travel sets yet another pandemic record. abc's trevor ault joins us with the latest from laguardia airport here in new york. trevor, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, janai. so there's some positive and negative news on the pandemic front this easter. on top of the record air travel numbers from friday, we also saw a record number of vaccine doses administered. despite that number, the daily

race to contain it >> reporter: tonight a state of emergency outside of tampa in an area known as piney point where there is growing fear a reservoir holding millions of gallons of radioactive water could collapse, becoming an environmental disaster >> today onsite engineers deemed the situation to be escalating the containment wall at the leak site shifted laterally signifying structural collapse could occur at any time. >> reporter: local officials are evacuating homes and closing off roads in manatee county, telling residents in the area to get out now. >> we might get sick i should be wearing a mask right now like i said, let's hope for the best. >> reporter: the leak was found more than a week ago in one of the walls of the 77-acre reservoir which contains waste left over from the production of fertilizer crews have been working around the clock removing as much water as possible to avoid a catastrophe. >> at this point it will enter the waterways one way or another. as a result, it will probably cause things like algae blooms which end up killing off fish and other hazards to the ecosys

gave way polluted water has been gushing out of a break in the final mining of the pool at the piney point plant for the last week officials are alarmed. were hoping that we can just continue to get the water out in an efficient way and to prevent a catastrophic event if it's to plug the leak have failed emergency crews and the national guard are trying to pump the water out in time to head off disastrous flooding. it's a rural area but there are $300.00 homes nearby residents have been ordered to leave their waste water comes from an old phosphate plant and contains high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen some social media posts claim the water is radioactive florida's governor has a reassuring message. but to be clear the water being discharged to port manatee is not radio active it is primarily salt water from the port manatee dredge project mixed with legacy process water and storm water runoff. the governor says the company operating the site should be held responsible local people can only hope that the reservoir walls keep holding up. you're watching news coming up next is sports liv

chris wittman is with captains for clean water, environmental groups calling what happened at piney point a preventable disaster. >> the state has known about this problem for decades and what we are witnessing today is a result of inaction by our legislature. >> reporter: whitman says he's frustrated by corporations that make billions off natural resources, often leaving the consequences to taxpayers. >> it can look like anything from discolored water with microalgae blooms to fish kills where you see dead fish. >> reporter: this is an algae bloom we saw in tampa bay, not known if its related. experts say the bay's restored sea grass could also be in danger, a food source for all manner of sea life, including florida's threatened manatee. >> we did the hard work to bring this bay back and have been in international recovery success story. so it's frustrating to see lost ground. >> reporter: a red tide took a devastating toll on the region three years ago. in this case, scientists say the impact won't be known for weeks or months. janet shamlian, cbs news, tampa bay. >> diaz: next on the

local officials and local residents have complained for ages about what's happening at piney point, butthere are still about 300 million gallons of wastewater remaining in the leaking reservoir. >>> and "reuters" says a dutch cargo ship is adrift off the coast of norway after the dramatic rescue of its 12-person crew. video shows crew members being hoisted on to helicopters. some had jumped from the sinking ship into the north sea where they were rescued from powerful waves. the ship is carrying more than 400 tons of oil and diesel in its tanks. emergency response teams are trying to prevent the ship from capsizing and causing an oil spill as it drifts toward land. >>> still ahead, flipping out. a college gymnast nails his landing, and his coronavirus vaccine message. landing and his coronavirus vaccine message. lalately, it's's been hardro ththink about t the future. bubut thinkingng about thee futurere is human n nature. atat edward jojones, our 1 10 financiaial advisorsrs listn and workrk with you u to cree persononalized investment stratetegies to hehelp yoyou get backck to... drafa

. >> a leak in the containment wall has been ongoing at the piney point facility over the past week. >> reporter: the 77-acre pond contains millions of gallons of toxic water from a phosphate plant that once occupied the site. the fear is that the leak might develop into a breach that would flood the surrounding area. >> the greatest concern at the moment for human health and safety is the risk of uncontrolled discharge. >> reporter: engineers were unable to plug the leak, and the decision was made to evacuate nearby homes and businesses. >> i am happy to report that no news is good news. we have thankfully avoided uncontrolled breach that would have endangered people and property in the evacuation zone. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis declared a state of emergency in three counties near the pond. >> what we're looking at now is trying to prevent and respond to if need be a real catastrophic flood situation. >> reporter: water is now being pumped out of the pond at a rate of about 22,000 gallons a minute. officials said it would take until tuesday to remove enough water to

the leak from the piney point reservoir south of tampa is threatening to flood roads and burst a systemsing polluted water. an attempt to seal the wall failed. the 77-acre pond is 25 ft deep, and holds millions of gallons of water containing phosphorus and nitrogen. authorities say it may take 10-12 days to drain the water and prevent flooding into tampa bay. today, the governor said the water is not radioactive. for the second year in a row, pope francis celebrated easter sunday mass indoors with covid-19 restrictions limiting worshippers to small groups. the services usually draw huge crowds to the vatican and to the square outside where the pope traditionally delivers his annual messa to the city and the world. this year, the pope urged countries to speed up coronavirus vaccinations, and he called ongoing violence and war in the time of the pandemic“ scandalous.” francis also made special mention of the young people protesting in myanmar, saying they are making their voices heard peacefully. in myanmar today, protesters against the military's takeover of the government were in the st

as these aerials show, there are some two dozen retention ponds just like piney point all across florida. they've got about a billion gallons of toxic water in them and right now there's no real plan with how to deal with them. norah. >> o'donnell: stunning. janet shamlian, thank you. well, tonight the head of capitol police union says his officers are reeling from the death friday of veteran officer billy evans. evans was killed and a second officer injured when a driver slammed them into a barricade with his car. we get more now from cbs' jeff pegues. >> reporter: capitol hill police were on guard today three days after the attack that left one of their own dead and increasedf calls for more security around the building. >> the capitol is a target, and it has been a target, it's such a strong symbol of democracy that those who want to call attention to themselves or cause damage to our democracy will continue to attack it.ck >> reporter: 25-year-old noah green was shot and killed after he targeted officers, ramming his sedan into a barricade just steps from the capitol and attacking of

officials urgently trying to drain this massive pond at the piney point phosphate plant filled with 340 million gallons of waste water, to prevent it from collapsing. officials say the lining supporting the structure cracked last week. if breached, it could send a 20-foot wall of toxic water crashing into the neighborhood. >> what we're looking at now is trying to prevent and respond to, if need be, a real catastrophic flood situation. >> reporter: engineers now releasing more than 30 million gallons of water every day, hoping to avoid that catastrophe. this national guard helicopter, bringing in additional pumps to speed up the pumping process. is there an estimate on how long this could take? >> we were looking at 12 days. with the assistance of the state and all these partners working togeert santisg e site from above. officials stressing the water being discharged is not radioactive. >> there is also no threat to our primary source of drinking water, lake manatee. >> some hopeful news there. stephanie, at this hour, officials appear to be sounding a bit more optimistic about the sit

. >> the piney point reservoir at an old phosphate plant is surrounded by radioactive material. >> a collapse could send a 20-foot wall of waste water into nearby areas. that's why 30 million gallons of the contaminated water are being pumped every 24 hours into tampa bay and other waterways raising fears it could kill fish and wildlife. some 300 homes and a nearby prison already under evacuation orders. >> trevor: sweet jesus. florida could get hit by a 20-foot wall of toxic water surrounded by radioactive material?! you know what this means, right? if this thing breaks, it's going to create a race of mutant florida people. now, you might be thinking, "wait, trevor, i thought radioactive flood was florida's origin story." but no, this is a new threat from a toxic waste pond, which raises a big question: isn't it weird that america just dumps its toxic waste in a pond and calls it a day? i mean, it's never a great sign when your solution to a problem sounds like a problem. ( guy 1 ) "we have a lot of toxic waste to get rid of. you know what i'm thinking?" ( guy 2 ) "toxic waste pond?

leak at piney point fertilizer plant along tampa bay.eet high. sam brock has the latest. hey sam. >> reporter: joshua, good evening. officials in florida right now trying to manage a crisis from becoming a catastrophe, a breach in waste water reservoir could not be patched, so sprint onward to dump almost 500 million gallons of waste water into the gulf of mexico. notes for context. officials say it's mainly salt water, some concentration of nitrogen and ammonia, not good for environment, wouldn't want to swim in it but not radio active. biggest concern is flooding. more than 300 homes in the evacuation zone and residents are fearful to come back and find homes flooded or looted in the meantime. beyond that, were this one pond to rupture, two others next to it carry 880 million gallons of water that have been drawn down, officials feel better where we are now. bringing in pumps. national guard air dropped pumps on the top of the stack, went from 30 million discharged, to hopefully 60 million by tomorrow. time line from 12 days originally

leak at a wastewater pond there state officials say leak was detected yesterday at a facility in piney pointut 30 miles south of tampa. about a dozen homes in the area have been e vangted over concerns that a reservoir could collapse and unleash a flood of toxic water. officials are working to safely dump some of the wastewater but they say that could take nearly two weeks. well hunter biden is speaking out for the first time about the mysterious laptop that reportedly held information about a business dealings in ukraine. ahead what he's saying about that -- and the intervention held at his father's home last year. did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ so you want to make the best burger ever? then make it! that means cooking day and night until... [ ding ] success! that means... best burger ever. intuit quickbooks helps small businesses be more successful with payments, payroll, and banking. start yo

the initial leak at the piney point reservoir was discovered last week. a drone has detected a possible second breach. county officials are optimistic the new pumps could drain the million-gallon pond. >> we go from 35 million gallons a day to 100 million gallons a day or more pulling it out. you can see how within probably 48 hours, if all continues, we will be at a situation where we will no longer have that risk of the full breach, which would send the 20 foot wall of water. anchor: officials said the situation posed a major flood risk that was not a threat to the drinking water. damage from a powerful tropical cyclone is hindering rescue efforts across southeast asia. the storm has claimed the lives of 133 people in indonesia and east timor. heavy rains triggered flash floods which uprooted trees and destroyed homes. thousands were displaced. >> everything is gone. we only managed to salvage whatever we could save. compared to the positions, of our lives are more important. if we save the items, we might die. it is better to save ourselves. anchor: th

the collapse of the piney point reservoir would collapse number of gallons of water causing flooding,hreatening nearby structures. florida officials evacuating more than 300 homes. the governor is deploying more pumps and crains to the area in an attempt to prevent this potential disaster. >>> president biden's son hunter doing a flury of tell-all interviews selling his memoir including one that aired this morninging on cbs. aishah hasnie is here with what can expect to see in the book. reporter: mike, you're right n this interview hunter biden delve deeper into the relationship with the ukrainian energy company burisma. in october the "new york post" published some emails from a laptop that was dropped off at a delaware repair shop. now those emails reveal alleged meetings set up between then vice president biden and an executive at burisma. now in the cbs interview hunter acknowledges that laptop could be his but also could have been stolen or hacked. in his book he said his last name is a coveted credential. in today's interview he was asked if he made a mistake taking a spot on bu

we are about two miles south of piney point which has three man-made ponds out there holding wastewateromised at the moment has saltwater, but that is positioned next to two other ponds, and those ponds contain water that has radioactive elements like uranium in them. the concern if one ruptures it compromise all of it. now crews have been spending hours around the clock trying to fortify the leaky wall on the first pond. those efforts failed. so the mention at this point is to try to dump 22,000 gallons of water purr hour which is 400 million gallons of water total in that pond out into the gulf of mexico as quickly as possible but that is expected to take 12 days to finish. the biggest concern is that if that water ruptures, these 400 million gallons would go flooding with a 20 foot high wall of water and several feet of flooding into the surrounding community. there are 300 homes back there, though it is still rural, there is also a giant power facility critical to florida that is back there too. so those are the primary concerns. we heard yesterday from the county administrator deta

the piney point reservoir at an old phosphate plant is surrounded by radioactive material, though officials say that the water is not radioactive. florida officials have evacuated a nearby jail and more than 300 homes. janet shamlian is in palmetto, florida, tracking efforts to keep the reservoir safe. >> reporter: millions of gallons of wastewater for days have been released into florida waterways, including tampa bay, to relieve stress on the retaining walls. in a desperate effort to avoid an environmental disaster. >> what we're looking at now is trying to prevent and respond to if need be a real catastrophic flood situation. >> reporter: officials say the pond at an old fertilizer plant holds 4 0 million gallons of polluted water. a mix of saltwaters, storm runoff, and acidic water containing phosphorous and nitrogen. ron desantis denied reports it's radioactive. >> the water meets water quality standard for marine waters with the exception primarily of the phosphorous and the nitrogen. >> reporter: the piney point phosphate plant closed 20 years ago. there's been growing concern about

work crews have been pumping more than 20,000 gallons of contaminated water per minute from the piney pointreservoir into surrounding waterways after containment walls began leaking. florida governor ron desantis has ordered the evacuation of 300 homes. officials initially ordered prisoners moved to the second floor of a jail near the pond but later reversed the order saying it posed a security risk. some models predict the collapse could trigger a 20 foot high wall of water. this is the administration or scott hopes. >> we're talking about the potential of 600 million gallons within a matter of seconds and minutes leaving that retention pool and going around the surrounding areas. amy: according to epa, phosphorus and nitrogen in the wastewater could harm humans and kill fish. a warning to our audience, the following two stors contain graphic descriptions of police violence. in texas, seven collin county sheriff officers were fired last week over their involvement in the killing of a 26-year-old black man, marvin scott iii, who died in jail on march 14. scott's family says he may have been

gave way polluted water has been gushing out of a break in the vinyl lining of the pool at the piney point plant for the last week officials are alarmed. hoping that we can just continue to get the water out in an efficient way and a program and a catastrophic event if it's to plug the leak have failed emergency crews and the national guard are trying to pump the water out in time to head off disastrous flooding. it's a rural area but there are $300.00 homes nearby residents have been ordered to leave the wastewater comes from an old phosphate plant and contains high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen some social media posts claim the water is radioactive florida's governor has a reassuring message. but to be clear the water being discharged to port manatee is not radio active it is primarily salt water from the port manatee dredge project mixed with legacy process water and storm water runoff. the governor says the company operating the site should be held responsible for local people can only hope that the reservoir walls keep holding up. and as christians around the world celebrate easte

out two more gyp stacks nearby around sends all of that to the neighborhood just south of those piney points been going to sea for years. people have been worried object this sort of thing. the best place is avoid that break that i have to pump all of that sort of nutrient pollution, phosphorous, nitrogen and ammonia into tampa bay. after the red tides they've had in the state, which kills fish by the millions. all that creates an algae bloochlt it sucks the oxygen and kills the sea grass. that's been a plague for the tourism and real estate industries down here. so the best case is they get the hundreds of millions of gallons, there has already been about 150 million gallons of that water which has gone into tampa bay. the rest may have to go in order to save that stack and stack it up. right now, fingers crossed, the water doesn't come down all at once. jim, poppy. >> looking at those pictures there, the scale of it is alarming from the air. we wish the folks there, the best of luck. thanks very much. >> thank you, bill. >>> up next, a texas state senator who just wrote a new bill that li

gave way polluted water has been gushing out of a break in the final lining of the pool at the piney point plant for the last week officials are alarmed. were hoping that we can just continue to get the water out in an efficient way and to prevent a catastrophic event if it's to plug the leak have failed emergency crews and the national guard are trying to pump the water out in time to head off disastrous flooding. it's a rural area but there are $300.00 homes nearby residents have been ordered to leave the wastewater comes from an old phosphate plant and contains high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen some social media posts claim the water is radioactive florida's governor has a reassuring message. but to be clear the water being discharged to port manatee is not radio active as primarily salt water from the port manatee dredge project mixed with legacy process water and storm water runoff. the governor says the company operating the site should be held responsible for local people can only hope that the reservoir rules keep holding up. time for sports now the bundestag has big game on s

earlier concerns state environmental officials have determined there is no second breach of the piney pointnd uncontrolled discharge from the creek has stopped. samples show the water being discharged is not radioactive but does contain high levels of phosphorous and nitrogen found in fertilizer. with no good solutions the water is being diverted to tampa bay that concerns senator marco rubio. >> there will be a negative impact. no doubt about it. you put nutrients, contaminated water in a sensitive wildlife area? we could see bad stuff. algae bloom, fish kills. >> the florida department of environmental protection says it is deploying technology to remove the excess nutrients from that water before it is discharged into tampa bay and hoping to prevent algae blooms. back to you. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: the "wall street journal"'s editor at large blasting companies for the move to take major league baseball game out of georgia. it comes after the game was pulled and moved to colorado reportedly. jerry baker referring to the corporate executives writing this. they convert to the new poli

despite concerns, officials say there's not a second breach in the piney point retention pond. have high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen. now the water is being diverted to tampa bay. it's something that concerns marco rubio. >> there's a negative impact, no doubt about it. you're putting nutrients, contaminated water in sensitive wildlife area. we could see bad stuff. algae blooms, fish kills. >> the florida department of environmental protection says they're trying to implement new technology to remove some of the excess nutrients before the water is discharged into the environment and hopefully they say that will prevent or reduce at least algae bloom. sandra, back to you. >> sandra: keep us posted, jonathan. john? >> john: coming up next, a contestant that tried to catch aaron rodgers off guard in his "jeopardy" debut. important news for veteran homeowners. introducing refiplus from newday usa. refiplus lets you refinance at near record lows plus get cash. with home values climbing, now is the smartest time ever to turn your home's increased value into an average of $50,0

this is in an area just north of bradenton, florida, in a place called piney point.e the pressure that's holding the other two ponds in place and let them all flood out massively. neil? neil: man. scary stuff. phil keating, thank you very much. phil in miami with that. in the meantime, some news to pass along from the west coast right now. teachers in l.a. are demanding free childcare, that is for their kids. and, obviously, it's rubbed some parents the wrong way, probably among them, independent women's senior foreign policy analyst. i don't know where to begin with this one, inez. the one thing that stands out that the teacher want special provisions and carveouts and free babysitting for their kids, but it would be on site too in a lot of cases. so when i hear from the unions saying just the opposite it's dangerous and all of that, i'm getting mixed messages. what do you think? >> sure. it highlights the fact that the teachers unions have been using the pandemics to get a whole bunch of political concessions that they've been wanting for quite some time. we see th

this leak in piney point reservoir is now a week old.f emergency and evacuate 300 homes. what we are looking at now is trying to prevent and respond to if need be a real catastrophic flood situation. to be clear, the water being discharged in port manatee is not radioactive primarily saltwater from the dredge project mixed with storm water run—off. the dredge pro'ect mixed with storm water mun-ff.— the dredge pro'ect mixed with storm water un-off— water run-off. emergency operation is both ambitious _ water run-off. emergency operation is both ambitious and _ water run-off. emergency operation is both ambitious and urgent. - water run-off. emergency operation is both ambitious and urgent. by . is both ambitious and urgent. by flying in these pipes teams are hoping to pump out enough water to prevent a total collapse of the reservoir which would flood the area. the reservoir itself holds almost 2 billion litres of polluted water, the pipes are pumping out 89,000 litres per minute. that is close to 125 million litres a day. while the water

the leak at piney point threatens the collapse of a system that stores toxic waters. officials have ordered the coronavirus pandemic. this year it has moved from the river thames in london to the great 0use river in ely to prevent crowds gathering. footpaths to the area will be closed and anyone on the river bank during the race faces a fine. and that brings you up to date. now, sarah keith lucas and nick miller look at the role of climate change in last winter's severe weather in the uk and the united states. they also preview this year's united nation's climate change conference in glasgow. this time on weather world, spring is in the air here in the uk. after a winter which delivered something increasingly rare — proper cold. the uk records its lowest february temperature in over 60 years. and texas, colder than alaska, we look at the science behind winter's big freeze. also on weather world... oh, my goodness. washed away, the shift in global weather patterns that have turned parts of australia wetter and wetter. plus carbon crisis — as levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide reach record