that's pueblo, colorado. and then there's basically the opposite of that. which is a place called minden, louisiana. camp minden is a state-owned site in northwestern louisiana where for years, contractors have done various kinds of work for the u.s. military. for years at that site a company called explo -- that's foreshadowing -- a company called explo took in huge quantities of m-6 artillery propellants from the government. they resold it mostly to the mining industry, which obviously has a need for explosives from time to time. but at some point in the last few years, the inflow and outflow of this artillery propellant in northwestern louisiana, the inflow and outflow got a little out of whack. for some reason this company started accumulating tons and tons and tons and tons of this m-6 propellant at camp minden. and this propellant is not only toxic in its own right, it is explosive. the longer it sits around, apparently, particularly if it is exposed to the elements, the more likely it is to spontaneously come bust. and on october 15th, 2012, some of

about a week later police stopped a man matching the hitchhiker's description in pueblo, colorado, 160les away. he was identified as roy melanson. >> mr. melanson's background is pretty checkered. he'd been accused of and convicted of sexual assault in, i believe, louisiana and texas, had served prison time. >> many melanson's possession was michelle's backpack, driver's license and pawnshop ticket for a 35 millimeter camera. >> on the camera was was a roll of film. the last photographs on the roll of film were photographs of michelle's dog, okie, wearing his hiking packs. in the very last photograph on the roll was a picture of roy melanson with a young woman he met in pueblo, colorado. >> melanson denied having anything to do with michelle's disappearance. he said they stopped for coffee and he admitted sneaking out the back way and stealing her car. and he said michelle's dog was tied up outside. melanson told police he dumped michelle's car in amarillo, texas. when police recovered the car, they found no evidence of violence either on the inside or outside. although the car had bee

the go ahead to start eliminating 780,000 shells containing the agent known as mustard gas in pueblo colorado, being destroyed under a 1987 national treaty banning all chemical weapons, four years to destroy the stockpile. >>> today the council will vote on a measure for training carrying crude oil cover can go all types of hazardous material but crude oil the biggest concern for people living in the refineries in the east bay the league of cities behind the letter asking the federal department of transportation for more transparency, the organization wants shippers to notify crews when hazardous materials are passing through community. >>> 4:55 and several reports out there that apple is working on a web based tv service the tech giant reportedly in talks with fox, disney and cbs to create a package of 25 tv channels. wall street journal says owners of apple devices could subscribe to the service the paper says it would cost about $40 a month to subscribe and would likely start this fall. earlier this month apple announced a deal to partner with hbo for a news streaming service. >>> in the m

the project will start in pueblo, colorado weather permitting. mustard and nerve acts are stored at a army depot in kentucky. destruction of that stockpile will start in 2016 or 2017. >>> larry miller mentioned this traffic issue a while ago. a pedestrian was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer overnight on the southbound side of 270 just north of germantown road. the driver of the tractor- trailer told police he saw a black nissan on the shoulder of the highway and then he said he saw a man walking in the third lane of the highway and ended up hitting him. the tractor-trailer driver stayed on the scene. investigators say they noticed the smell of alcohol coming from that nissan. >>> we're learning more now about the the case against the d.c. police officer accused of s.e.c.ually abusing teenage girls. >> this morning there is word that officer darrell best is accused of assaulting a second underage girl. nikki burdine is live outside police headquarters. nikki, what do we know about the second victim and family members' reaction. >> reporter:

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in 2012 president obama went to southeastern colorado, in pueblo, colorado and said it will be built. why is the request of $500,000. why is this project receiving the kind of priority that it should in order to be completed? >> on issues like this i turn to the expert for the department, that's mike connor deputy secretary. mike? >> senator garner, i had an opportunity to work very closely with your constituents as a staff member on this committee when we passed the legislation as well as getting the work done associated with that. it's a very important project. i understand the water supply and water quality concerns that your constituents have, and the bottom line is right now we're trying to plan for a phased in development of this project and it's tough given the constrained resources that we have. overall, we focused on the fees feasibility work that needs done. last year we transferred additional $2 million on top of our budget request to try to accelerate work along those lines. the bottom line is we're in a constrained resource environment. but, given the importance of that p

in 2012, president obama actually went to southeastern colorado in pueblo, colorado where the project originates and stated that the arkansas valley conduit would be built. he said it will be built. can you help me understand how come -- why is the request only $500,000? what is happening? is this project receiving the kind of priority that it should in order to be completed? >> on issues like this, i turn to the expert for the department, that's mike connor deputy secretary. mike. >> senator garner, i had an opportunity to work very closely with your constituents. as a staff member on this committee when we passed the legislation as well as running the bureau of reclamation and getting the record decision and the nepa work done on that. it's a very important project. i understand the water supply and water quality concerns that your constituents have and the bottom line is right now we're trying to plan for a phased in development of this project and it's tough given the constrained resources that we have. overall, after getting the nepa and the record decision done we focused on com

given the go ahead to neutralize 26-hundred tons of mustard agent at the army's pueblo chemical depot in southern coloradoif the weather cooperates crews will start moving the stockpile from a storage bunker to an airtight structure where they'll be destroyed. >>james:this is expected to take four years to complete. under a 1997 treaty. >>mark:the state water resources control board is extending and expanding restrictions on water use. >>mark:servers in bars, restaurants, and cafeterias can no longer bring out water with menus unless customers ask. >>mark:local water departments will have to limit how many days a week people can water lawns. >>mark:the state standard is twice a week, and homeowners have to make sure sprinklers are off days following rain. water departments will enforce the rules, and violators face a fine of up to 500 dollars a day. water departments also have to start reporting on how they're enforcing the rules. >>james:the presbyterian church is now recognizing gay marriage for all of its congregations. >>james:the denomination will expand its definition of marriage in the church const