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tonight for the waters of tampa bay, and the shock tots ecosystem from the dumping of more than 200 million gallons of pollutants. we took a boat to portman tee, where the toxic weight water is being pumped into the bay. you can't see it, but you can smell the foul odor. did you know what was coming? >> we had a feeling. it was a gut kick. >> reporter: justin bloom founded suncoast waterkeeper. 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 se

hundreds of residents in manatee county florida just south of tampa bay were ordered to evacuate their homes over easter weekend a state officials feared that a wastewater pond could collapse at any time spewing millions of gallons of contaminated water into residential areas and tampa bay are to correspondent john hoodie as more. florida governor rod decentest declared a state of emergency in manatee county as crews worked around the clock to try and stop 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 fertili

and with this nutrient-rich water leaking on into the tampa bay and them pumping the water into tampa letting that nutrient-rich water sitting there, and that can lead to red tie and algae blooms. and if you've lived in florida, well, you know that that can be very harmful when those red tides start to develop, because it hinders the fishing community, it causes a lot of if issue to unfortunately die, and it can be harmful to you, and it smells terrible. and, as you can see here, if all that water begins to just rush all the way in, it could potentially get all the way up to 371 olympic sized pools. here is the thing. the high tides, as you can see here, aren't going to be very helpful with this because it's actually going to push that nutrient-rich water deeper on into tampa bay. so we could be looking at some pretty big impacts from this situation. >> yeah. we are certainly hoping that florida officials are able to get it under control because that's exactly what they want to do. tyler, thank you so much. and we will be right back with more news in a moment. when you skip the rinse

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

just outside of the tampa bay region.is the area that is under a state of emergency known asman tee county. anywhere you see that shading of red, that tampa bay region, that is the state of emergency. we have a few different threats here. not only is there a potential flooding in a matter of seconds but a environmental disaster. let's talk about the flooding concerns here. they are eventually streaming into the tampa bay region. that is equivalent to 800 olympic sized pooled. the environmental catastrophe is significant because this is all centered around a fertilizer plant. there is run off from that. waste water, and the tides have an significant significant on how that will impact the coastal regions. think about the jobs, over 170,000 people affected by this. so this is something that we will monitor for days to come hoping this breach does not occur. >> thank you for the update. on a happier note, excitement is building for the men's college basketball tournament. gonzaga went into overtime last night. they will face

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

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

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that eventually drains back out tampa bay. 0vernight we expect another update from governess desantisation is pretty dire. the situation is pretty dire. the water could go rushing at any moment. —— governor desantis. spanish police have arrested 100 suspected gang members accused of smuggling drugs from morocco to spain. in raids across southern spain and france, officers found more than five tonnes of cannabis. it's alleged the gang would supply dealers all across europe. tim allman reports. racing across open water, these men accused of smuggling thousands of kilos of drugs. spain's civil guard breaking up what appears to be a very lucrative business. the gang is known as monparlet — police describe a powerful infrastructure, supplying dealers across the continent. the journey begins in morocco, with speed boats crossing the mediterranean then using rivers to move inland towards seville. it appears to be a big operation, officers finding more than 5,000 kilos of cannabis. it wasn't just drugs, they also unearthed a fake rifle and a taser, plus a number of vehicles, including two lor

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more than 300 homes have been evacuated in florida's tampa bay, where the reservoir is located. toxic waste water pumping out by the minute. this is what emergency workers in florida's tampa bay are hoping will prevent an environmental catastrophe. this leak in the pony point reservoir is now a week old. initially workers try to plug the hole with rocks and other materials but that failed, forcing the government to declare a state of emergency and evacuate 300 homes. what we are looking — and evacuate 300 homes. what we are looking at _ and evacuate 300 homes. what we are looking at now— and evacuate 300 homes. what we are looking at now is _ and evacuate 300 homes. what we are looking at now is trying - and evacuate 300 homes. what we are looking at now is trying to - 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 to point manatee is not radioactive. it is primarily water from manatee is not radioactive. it is primarily waterfrom point manatee dredge project mixed with stormwater run

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folks epa ftion here in partnership with folkses at local level and toipght thank you for that and tampa bay program that's been tiebl follow-up and keep track of water quality in the bay and public understands what's happen and program is another epa initiative as well so all of these i understand will receive additional support in the proposed budget, is that right? yes that's right. >> that's fantastic because you repically kate that all across america and it's -- so very important. now with president biden's election, there is a new emphasis thankfully as many of my colleagues have mentioned on environmental justice congresswoman and other its have asked some questions on that, and we do understand there are many working class communities and communities of color all across america that have been disproportionately burdenedss by pollution. in the select committee on climate crisis in action plan that we published last year we have some recommendations there ttfor stepping up the monitoring of air and water quality, increase enforcement increase capacity of our environmental justice and e

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best reporter in the tampa bay area twice and nominated for the pulitzer prize five times. now at work on a book exploring the mysterious life of his brilliant younger brother, the great american novel inspired students around the globe to uncover darkness before taking his life in vietnam in 2019. jeff spoke about his little brother, the search of the star shone brighter. you can ask questions and submit them by clicking on ask a question on the bottom of your screen on the chat window. the look here, but start with jeff. a central figure in this. >> thank you for that nice introduction i met amanda -- by the way, the title of this panel, it might be a little better title and we came up with, command but we'll do with what we have. it's been great working with you all, it's been great. 2009 we met by accident. i was researching and as i usually do, i was following the records and going where it struck me. during investigation, i was looking into his military career and i learned his mother lasted almost five weeks. along distinguished navy career and i said that is a story

the tampa bay times caught my attention.ature on a mail-in ballot florida officials have been comparing it to all available signatures on file which, in some cases, could be more than a dozen. in february, desantis declared we need to make sure our citizens have confidence in the elections that they have the ability to vote, we want, obviously, everyone to vote but we don't want anyone to cheat. he demanded reforms that included matching vote-by-mail signatures to only the most recent signature on file with the state department of elections. now the florida state senate is considering a bill to do just that. meanwhile, an investigation by the tampa bay times found that governor desantis signature has varied wildly over the years. the times reported that lx.com and nbc news website found desantis 2016 ballot was rejected because his signature did not match the one on file with the state. when he went to cure his 2016 ballot it was rejected as well. the times reached out to desantis office but did not get a response. daniel sm

declared in florida over fears that 600 million gallons of toxic waste water could tip into the tampa bays of litres of water containing phosphorus and nitrous. attempts to plug the hole on friday were not successful. officials have ordered more than 300 homes to be evacuated and they have closed a nearby highway as well. the county administrator explained the seriousness of the situation. you have iot seriousness of the situation. you have got an _ seriousness of the situation. gm. have got an immense volume of water, 77 acres and i think it goes up to 25 feet deep, so when you think about opening the drain in the bottom of your bathtub, where you have a minuscule amount of water. you can imagine the opening that you see in those films with that kind of volume and depth of water putting pressure on that. so you can imagine... whatare pressure on that. so you can imagine... what are we talking about when we say a full breach, we are talking about the potential of 600 million gallons within a matter of seconds and minutes leaving that retention pool and going round the surrounding area. re

millions of gallons, tense of millions a day are being pumped into tampa bay.r is full of sort of nutrient pollution, which turns out is a basically steroids for the red tides that have plagued florida in recent years that kill millions of fish and litter the beaches with fish gils right now. so it's a dammed if you do situation, dammed if you don't. right now, everybody is keeping an eye on that gyp stack hoping it doesn't fail so all that water doesn't come at once. >> oh my god, every word out of your mouth sound horrible and catastrophic. starting with castle of toxic waste. that is just a horrible situation. we really appreciate you being on the ground for us and keeping us apprised hour by hour. we will check back. john. >> all right. for the first time, we are seeing incredible images of a world war ii u.s. navy destroyer found in the world's deepest ship wrecked dive. we are talking more than 21,000 feet under the pacific. cnn's ivan watson with the incredible images. >> this is the world's deepest-known ship wreck, located 6500 meters below the surface

the paper reporting state officials fear the waste will spill into tampa bay, killing millions of fish and destroying plant life for miles. even without flooding, the controlled flow is pumping potentially dangerous water into the bay. ann sherwood, who runs a local estuary program, is worried about the impact. >> for the past 20 years we've been trying to get attention to final for the facility. >> he says the nitrogen and phosphorous concentrations could fuel more algae blooms which can kill off fish and other wildlife. >> the people that work and live in tampa bay have done a lot and made a lot of investments to get the bay back into healthy condition as we see it today. it wasn't always like this. so when these events happens, it's almost an insult to the community. >> reporter: this is the point at which they are turning people around. authorities say beyond these barricades, it is not safe. now authorities say after this current situation is resolved, they will work to close the plant permanently. but the bigger issue, they say, is that there are dozens of plants like this, crumb

. >> yeah, there is microplastics everywhere in tampa bay. >> reporter: the size of a pencil's eraserthere. . >> you can look and don't see plastic, yet it is all around us. >> reporter: no surprise it litters the ocean. that fleece washes away with every load. a tire's wear and tear deposits rubber but tiny bits of plastics onto the road, that eventually drain into waterways. even your toothpaste contains them. researchers found tampa bay is littered with 4 billion particles. >> there's probably a particle per liter. >> reporter: one piece of microplastic per that bottle of soda that i have at home. >> for that container right there. >> reporter: is that a lot? >> yes, that is a lot. >> reporter: it is not until the samples are brought to shore and luminesced. all of those are. >> microplastics we collected the. >> reporter: and i could not see it out there? >> no. >> reporter: they are often the last line of defense. >> what is all of this? >> this unfortunately is all the unflushable items people put down their toilets and drains. >> reporter: if you didn't catch it, it would be ou

all of the water is being discharged into tampa bay and it's not an ideal situation, but it's less catastrophicn the loss of human life. >> reporter: they have 11 different sites they are testing the water as it goes into the bay. they say it meets water quality standards so far, and i asked to be closer and see how that happens and we have not been able to get access right now, and it seems like a collapse here may not be as imminent as a few days ago. >> let's hope you get that access, ellison. you have to appreciate the water expert having the background noise being water. >>> the officer that died in the line of duty we lie in honor in rotunda in the building he worked to protect for 18 years. officer evans, a father of two, was killed this past friday after a man rammed a car into a check point at the capitol. his family issued a statement this afternoon through capitol police, saying, quote, the best father, son, brother and friend anybody could hope for. his death has left a gaping void in our lives that will never be filled. two small kids. >>> in moments the murder trial of derek chauv

that i have to pump all of that sort of nutrient pollution, phosphorous, nitrogen and ammonia into tampa bay, 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 limits voting. he joins us to discuss. find your rhythm. your happy place. find your breaking point. then break it. every emergen-c gives you a potent blend of nutrients so you can emerge your best with emergen-c. i'm draymond green with my subway sub with tender steak and

they're taking it and pumping it into the port of manatee and then into tampa bay, hopefully to prevente and greater damage, threat to public safety by nature of that big potential for flood zone areas that you talked about. congressman mackanin is on the ground now. he said he asked for additional support for the area from the epa. listen to what he had to say. >> i know they are making some progress but the water is spooling out. it looked contaminated to me. we need to make sure this gets fixed >>> so there's the potential for a public safety threat in terms of flooding. there are concerns about what this water will do to marine life in the area. it has -- the high nutrients that are in this wastewater has been tied to algae in the past which is devastating for economies in florida where they've seen what are known as red tides. there is also the issue that this is a problem that has been around for decades. if you look at local reporting in the area from the tampa bay times or the herald, you'll see that with the company that owns this site, hrk holdings, their staff told them there

we are close to port manatee, tampa bay.not really moving through large, congested communities. it means that the bulk of the hundreds of millions of water that are there would go directly into the tampa bay and into the gulf of mexico. there are concerns in two of the ponds, there's higher concentrations of nitrogen which would create more algae blooms, more problems for the ecosystem. that's a real problem right now. as for your question about power, there's a power facility in that evacuation zone. i'm told from folks at the county, they are getting me numbers how many people would be impacted if that were to flood. we have ever reason to believe it would be in the millions. we are looking to get a more precise number. >> thank you for staying on the case. appreciated. happy easter to you. appreciate you. >>> happening right now, we have live pictures from minneapolis of the people's power love-fest. they are gathering in george floyd square before seeking signatures for their petition for police reform. the trial resumes

scrambling to contain 300 million gallons of stored toxic waste water leaking from reservoir near tampa bay. nancy chen reports there is another problem as well. truck the florida national guard flew in an additional pump sunday in an effort to prevent the collapse of a large waste water retention pond in the tampa bay area that began leaking last week. >> what we are looking at now is trying to prevent and respond to, if need be, a real catastrophic flood situation. >> reporter: the governor flew over sunday morning. >> the greatest concern at the moment for human health and safety is the risk of an uncontrolled discharge. >> reporter: officials say a breach at the old phosphate plant reservoir could gush more than 300 million gallons of water in minutes which could form a 20 foot high wall of water and as a precaution more than 300 homes in the area have been evacuated. >> the steady drawdown of the processed water has continued and we have thankfully avoided uncontrolled breach that would have endangered people and property in the evacuation zones. >> reporter: the solid radioactive bypr

my plan was that tom was going to go to another team, in this case tampa bay, and that team would suckliterally, pewter is the color of their pants >> jimmy: pewter, what >> i mean, his wife's -- his wife's a fashion model she must have said, "honey, you can't wear pewter colored pants. you can't. [ laughter ] i couldn't be happier that he won again. and if there's any question about him being the greatest of all time now, that's seven super bowls, right >> jimmy: yeah >> and you'd have to get all of the other multiple super bowl-winning quarterbacks, there's very few and if they want to prove they're the greatest of all time, throw the lombardi trophy, while you're drunk, from one boat to another boat. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: that's the ultimate. that's exactly right that's exactly right >> that's the test >> jimmy: i want to talk about this you do this every year, this show called "comics come home" in boston. >> yes >> jimmy: and i'm lucky enough to be involved with it whenever i can, whenever -- every year i've been going, whenever i can, it benefits cam neely foundatio

a state of emergency declared after a leak is discovered at a large wastewater pond in the tampa bay area. >> it's really an all hands on deck. >> hundreds of homes ordered evacuated. the intense efforts under way right now to avoid a release of polluted water. >>> record return to the skies. increased travel for the busy easter weekend despite covid 0%t bring it back.nues'mxcedo hel >> dr. jha is here with what you need to know. >>> voting rights battle. georgia's governor lashes out over major league baseball pulling the all-star game from atlanta over the state's econ >> it means cancel culture and partisan activists are coming for your business. >> the pressure now coming from big business onto other states. ♪ >>> rapper hospitalized. dmx said to be in grave condition after suffering a heart attack. ♪ the outpouring of concern from friends and family for an artist >>aga's thrillertime win over ucla, cementing their ean. e -court celebration as they seal a spot in the championship game. >>> good morning, and happy easter to those who celebrate. dan harris is off. we are happy to h

was a banner year for women in football in super bowl lv as they helped to coach tom brady and the tampa bayhe super bowl just because we're here, it's a collective team, a collective approach, and every single person in the organization maere this is be a coach in the nfl and next tuesday you're on the field. >> when i started officiating the pea wee level on saturday mornings andjv games and varsity games i fell in love with that. >> it's not easy but for women' it's an added challenge for uphill battle for this highly competitive arena. >> when i first got into officiating i had the largest learning curve, i never played the sport. >> today only eight female coaches out of nearly 800 and this spring maya was added to the roster for the 2020 season thomas was the only female referee. tampa's super bowl win comes after a concerted effort to seek 10u9 minority talent by bruce arians who spoke about his initiatives in the 2019 nfl annual meeting. >> it's good, it's what weigh need, the gender is different who gives a [ bleep ], i mean, they're good coaches. >> lori as assistant line coach and

that water could also potentially spill into tampa bay. the latest from the scene. >>> new pandemic concerns as one major league team welcomes a full stadium of fans. plus, a so-called double mutant variant of the virus now detected in california. our medical expert weighs in. >>> the incredible rescue. a family's suv ends up on its side and a crowd of strangers jumps into action. >>> and a wedding boom over the weekend as couples tied the knot on countdown day, a once in a lifetime date, four, three, two, one, proving to the perfect day for lots and lots of weddings. love is in the air on this monday, april 5th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> welcome, welcome on this april 5th. it took a lot of foresight, though. i didn't realize it was countdown day. >> it didn't dawn on me either. >> somehow people good with numbers picked it up. >> it's good to be back. we've got a lot to get to today. we're going to begin with this desperate effort to avoid an environmental catastrophe near tampa, florida. >> florida's governor declar

it was the first time they got to play in front of home fans since the wild card playoffs lost to tampa bay a year and a half ago. people who came were clearly excited, some lining up to wait for the parking lot to open, those accustomed to early arrival had to change game day routines since the lot only opened an hour and a half before game time. inside some seats had cobwebs as people arrived. fans agreed on what they have been missing. >> our buddies in our section. we have been together for all these years. it just wasn't the same. >> it's a big difference having a crowd behind you, having other fans that help support. >> a's say 10,436 people were in attendance, good for a sell out with restricted capacity. as for the game, not so good. a's lost to houston astros 8-1 to his encouraging development in the vaccine roll out. last night fda said it was safe to squeeze an extra dose out of moderna's 10 dose vaccine vials. california will need those extra doses, anybody 50 and older can get a shot in santa clara yesterday some residents jumped at the opportunity to get the vaccine. >>> healt

reporter: workers are scrambling to head off a potential disaster at a waste water holding pond near tampa bay. >> a leak in the container wall has been undergoing over the past week. >>> the pond contains millions of gallons of toxic water. the fear is the leak might develop to a breach that would flood the surrounding area. >> the greatest concern for human health and safety is risk of uncontrolled discharge. >> reporter: engineers were unable to plug the leak and 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: the florida governor declared a state of emergency in three counties near the pond. >> what we are looking at now is trying to prevent and respond to, if need be, a real catastrophic flood situation. >> reporter: water is 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 prevent a breach. naomi ruchim,

the final pick of the first round will receive about 11 million with the tampa bay buccaneers.at the cbs broadcast center, i am diane king hall. >>> it is 4:45. mary lee has our forecast. >>> good morning. we are looking at temperatures that are a little bit cooler thanks to the stronger ocean breeze. you seer the clouds on the ocean camera as we look to san francisco and our temperatures are in the 40s and 50s as we start our day. 54 ncord, low 50s oakland, livermore, san francisco and san jose mid 40s in santa rosa at this hour. current winds are breezy in sfo, 13-mile per hour winds out of the west and 15-mile per hour winds in fairfield. that stronger on shore breeze kicks in for today and that's why temperatures will be a little bit cooler and will continue to cool it down as we look to the start of our weekend. as we take you hour by hour on futurecast, we can see clouds sticking around along the coast and around the bay with more sunshine inland this afternoon. for tomorrow morning with that ocean breeze really kicking in for us, there is a chance to see even a little bi

. >>> tampa bay bucs tight and drop gronkowski, number 48 in arizona returns to campus to make the guinnessworld book of records by catching a ball drop 600 feet from a helicopter, and he did it. 600 feet. that is two football fields. good one for gronk, making the guinness book of world records. >> there's no way i could do that. >> neither >>> has estimate it was lightly bottled between 1763 and 1803. it will be auctioned off at the end of june for a 22 $40,000. >>> we wi captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs >> diaz: tonight, america's covid arsenal fully armed again. the one-shot johnson & johnson vaccine back in use after an 11- day pause. >> the american public should feel reassured. >> diaz: but now, there's a warning. also tonight, severe weather threat. tornadoes tear up parts of texas, while hail and rain swamp plus, seven north carolina sheriff's deputies are put on leave with questions mounting about another deadly shooting of a black man. >> shots fired. need e.m.s. >> there must be accountability. >> diaz: the dragon docks... >> welcome to i.s.s. we are so ex

football team, and that is the tampa bay buccaneers.derstandably outraged, but should they be? do american sports fans actually have it worse? let's have a look at the national football league. ticket prices are more expenses, and do not get me started on personal seat licenses, which is where you have to fork over tens of thousands of dollars just for the privilege of buying season tickets. on the upside is the draft. this gives even the worst teams the chance to pick up a star player, and because tre is only one nfl, the games take place on better days at better times. in the end though, this is about market forces, owner seeking a return on their investment. everyone knows there are boatloads of money in soccer, but there are ocean liners of money when it comes to american football franchises. anchor: a huge story. let's hear the analysis from our bbc sports editor. >> i think it can be stopped, but i think it depends on which other clubs sign up and join this so-called dirty dozen and also will depend on the reaction players. there

spreading millions of gallons of toxic water officials of a catastrophic flood if the reservoir tampa bay has not dealt with more than 300 homes have been evacuated. in east timor say dozens of people have been killed in flash flooding and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone so roger i think torrential rain pounded a cluster of eastern indonesian islands as well as may bring in east timor emergency teams are struggling to reach some of the affected areas. in this village alone hundreds of houses the way by a flash flood triggered by rain storms. this man is looking for his relatives who we believe have been buried under their house. almost unique they are i must you. by any. way and i do see if you keep. dozens are reported dead and the death toll is certain to rise with many still unaccounted for. on the early morning of april 4th we received reports that here in the tank our province rescue workers are also trying hard to bring survivors to safety and evacuees have to hold on tight. but damaged bridges and roads ahead for in their efforts about 30000 people have been impacted by th

. >>> tampa bay buccaneers tight end, rob gronkowski has accomplished a lot in his career but now yould record holder to his accolades. >> it's got something to do with football as you might have guessed. he got his name in the guinness book of world records after catching that. a pass from a helicopter. >> uh-huh. >> the helicopter was 600 feet in the air. or 200 yards. two football fields in length. that's a long pass. anyway, he did it on his third try at his alma mater in front of the arizona football team. the future hall of famer was on hand to serve as honorary captain at the wild cats' spring game. congratulations. >> finally, tonight, it was a big day for our friend bear son, who completed his walk from downtown l.a. all the way to san francisco. >> we have been following this guy. >> yeah, we have. >> here he is across maybe the most famous bridge in the world. he is a man actually called jesse larios dressed in a bear suit. lot of people loving this. he completed his goal of walking from l.a. to san francisco, when he crossed that golden gate bridge today, he walked a total

engineers say the extra pumps could drain 75 million gallons of wastewater a day into tampa bay reducing pressure on the containment wall which has been leaking but there's growing concern about the impact the wastewater could have on marine life. >>> more children coming down with covid prompting a warning about school activities in sports. this is the fourth consecutive week of rising infections. some icu nurses say things are getting worse and elizabeth schulze has the late. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, alex. health officials are warning that covid cases and hospitalizations are on the rise and this time around, the patients are very different. this morning, doctors are calling this a new phase of the pandemic with younger people fueling the rise in covid infections. cases are increasing in 19 states. and now the cdc says it's seeing an increase in transmission during youth sports practices and games. >> we are learning that many outbreaks are in young people related to youth sports and extracurricular activities. >> reporter: hospitalizations are up by at least

the "tampa bay times" reports evacuation orders were lifted for hundreds of homes near a leaking floridaolds millions of gallons of toxic water from an old fertilizer plant. there had been concern it might flood the surroundining area. pumps were used to drain an estimated 165 million gallons of wastewater. state lawmakers say the problem should have been dealt with long ago. >> we are really paying for the sins of our fathers. when i say that, i mean our former elected officials who turned a blind eye to what's happening here. local officials and local residents have complained for ages about what's happening at piney point, but no one paid attention. >> officials say there 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 an

levels of phosphorus that have already been released are most likely going to have algae blooms in tampa bay >> reporter: an area still unsure of what lurks in the hours ahead. sam brock, nbc news, palmetto >>> three days after that deadly attack on the u.s. capitol police, a new warning about department morale, and we're also learning more about the man who drove his car into those officers kasie hunt has the latest >> reporter: just days after that deadly car attack where they lost one of their own, tonight the u.s. capitol police still reeling. the head of the capitol police union warning of a crisis in morale and that the department is "struggling to meet existing mission requirements." officers now working weekends and overtime to meet the demand for more security. less than three months after a violent mob stormed the capitol on january 6th. when 80 officers were seriously injured and one died >> they're playing hurt and they're buckling the chinstrap and they're going to work because they meet their obligation for the country and for the capitol. >> reporter: meanwhile, investigators

hundreds of homes in the tampa bay area were ordered to evacuate after a leak at a large pond shifted. the containment wall at an abandoned phosphate mine. the leak could lead to a burst in a system that stores water that's polluted with radioactive material on saturday. officials said the reservoir collapse was imminent and could send the waste water crashing down into homes and businesses. but yesterday county officials said they're feeling more hopeful after pumping 33 million gallons of water out of the pond. we will continue to monitor the situation there and bring you the latest when it happens. >> arkansas's governor has vetoed a measure that would have made the state the first to ban gender conforming treatments for transgender youth. this bill would have prohibited doctors from providing hormone treatments puberty blockers surgery to anybody under 18 governor asa hutchinson called the bill. well intended, but off course the republican legislature can override that veto with a majority vote and the governor says he expects that to happen, but he urged lawmakers to come up with

workers are scrambling to head off a potential disaster at a wastewater holding pond near tampa bay. >> 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

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