it censored seeger's best song. what's going on here?"on clouded over. ♪ ♪ we heard a gurgling cry. ♪ a few seconds later, ♪ the captain's helmet was all that floated by. ♪ a friend of mine was working in the distribution office for columbia records in denver, colorado. he says, "pete, you know, my boss took one listen to this record and exploded." he says, "those people in new york must be nuts to think i could promote a record like this." he said, "pete, your record did not leave the shelf." so as i say, i can't prove that songs do anything, but people in control of the country think they do. ♪ another stream had joined the big muddy ♪ ♪ about a half mile from where he'd gone. ♪ ♪ we were lucky to escape from the big muddy ♪ ♪ when the big fool said to push on. ♪ ♪ i know i've been saved. ♪ i know i've been saved. [clarinet plays] [chanting] [rock music] ♪ waist deep in the big muddy. ♪ the big fool said to push on. ♪ funding for this program was provided by the annenberg/cpb project. has scientists arguing over a new species. a state o

. >> reporter: the clearwater was launched in 1969 by the late pete seeger in an effort to bring attention to the toxic state of the hudson. the river has gained new life, and the clearwater keeps moving those who board her. >> i want something better for myself. i want to explore much more than i already have. >> yeah. >> and this has really shown me that. >> reporter: maybe three days on the water won't make you a full-fledged mariner. but it could give you the confidence to be the captain of your own life. harry smith, nbc news, beacon, new york. >> just beautiful. that will do it for us on this labor day evening. i'm kate snow. lester holt will be back tomorrow. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching. have a great night. high heat across the bay area. people tried to cool off at the beach, and in the water. but >>> right now at 6:00, high heat across the bay area. people tried to cool off at the beach and you can see and in the water. but that brought its own risk. we have team coverage this evening on the heat wave that's going to last all week. giechk, thanks for being wit

. >> reporter: the clearwater was launched in 1969 by the late pete seeger in an effort to bring attentionthe toxic state of the hudson. the river has gained new life, and the clearwater keeps moving those who board her. >> i want something better for myself. i want to explore much more than i already have. >> yeah. >> and this has really shown me that. >> reporter: maybe three days on the water won't make you a full-fledged mariner. but it could give you the confidence to be the captain of your own life. harry smith, nbc news, beacon, new york. >> just beautiful. that will do it for us on this labor day evening. i'm kate snow. lester holt will be back tomorrow. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching. have a great night. i was about to head to thecheck. bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. mobile-deposit-techno-thingy to the rescue. i'm rayna. and i bank human at td bank. >>> lights, camera, access. >> is it being played up for the cameras or

seeger at 68 and sayville at 72. on the vortex satellite and radar picture this morning, just a few spotty sprinkles passing north of the city now. the clouds will be moving out. skies will be clearing. it will be beautiful. so the break down of your day is this, 9:00 a.m., 70 degrees. mostly cloudy, maybe still a stray shower but i think we're pretty much done by then. noon, 73. foles -- feels like 72. it's partly cloudy. it will feel great out there. it will be breezy. lots of sunshine, and 8:00, 68 and clear skies. things are looking wonderful as we end the weekend. coming up, we'll talk about what we can expect for the workweek. andrea and diane, back to you. >>> breaking news in brooklyn this morning, police are shooting. >> the murders are the latest in the city. ilona gold is on the scene. >> reporter: three men were shot and killed. police are talking to witnesses and collecting evidence and responsible. the shootings happened at 2:00 this afternoon at the ingersoll houses. police were called about shots fire

some of you may recall hearing a song that pete seeger used to sing about the rentals wrote about houses on a hillside made at the ticky-tacky, if you drive south of san francisco you will see a daily city, also built with the federal housing administration funds that were on condition that no homes be sold to african-americans. let me just play out this levittown example for me. in 1947, homes in levittown guaranteed by the federal housing administration sold for about seven to 8000 of their in today's dollars after the $125,000 in today's terms. those homes today so for about 400, $500,000. we now have and will compete for a lot of up-to-date and to you about before, the fair housing act which is okay african-americans you can now move to levittown. we no longer prohibiting you from moving to levittown, but while the fair housing act is a wonderful thing, and a precipitous commission against african-americans who want to move to levittown, you can't undo the federal policy that created levittown in the first place. because homes in 1947 were affordable to working and lower middle class

seeger woiegel w the minnesota district. among many other accomplishments dr. siegel has served as a member on numerous panels as national academy of science and chair of the national research council and water board. received his bachelor degree in geology from the university of rhode island, master in geology from pennsylvania state university and doctorate in hydrogeology from the university of minnesota. our third witness, mr. simon lomax is the western director of energy and depth research, education and public outreach program of the independent petroleum association of america. before working at energy in depth mr. lomax spent 15 years working in journalism as the editorial director of the energy now tv show and energy and environmental reporter at bloomberg news and a senior editor at argis media inc. holds a bachelor from the queens -- in brisbane, australia. our final witness mr. l.g. hosting is a strategic planner. prior to joining the environmental defense fund he was a senior adviser to the obama presidential campaign on energy and environmental po

declaring seeger material nearly 3% of the batch release late monday night.hat's up from 1.7 percent in the e-mails in previous releases and raises questions about whether a new set of e-mails is more troublesome, without the frustration was being more strict. all told, the government redacted part of at least 125 messages because of secrecy out of 4348 e-mails released monday as the state department rushes to comply with the judge's order that all 30,000 of mrs. clinton's messages from her time as secretary be made public. the latest release is already proving to be awkward for mrs. clinton, who is seeking the democratic residential nomination. samuel is annexed from sarasota, florida, asking about the direction of the country. hello? thanks for taking my call. granted, i'm a teenager. i don't know if i let disabled politics. but personally speaking, i think that the bipartisan gridlock that we've seen in congress near daily is a huge issue for our country. i think that the ad hominem attacks on politicians need to stop for 20 to make any progress of change