but tangier's immediate problem is wave induced erosion.e waves. and will eventually disappear. >> we hope from the erosion. >> help looks look this. a rock wall. it will cost an estimated $20 million to $30 million which they don't have. >> do you think if the president told congress i want to save tangier island it would be saved. >> i do, do indeed. >> reporter: 87% of the resident's voted for mr. trump in part because of his pledge to cut federal regulations. in june the president took notice of the island's support and gave the mayor a call. >> we had been discussing sea level rise. he said tangier has been here for hundreds of years and here for hundreds of more. >> the call triggered calls to the island. but she's were different. some condemned the people here for seemingly agreeing with the president's controversial view of climate change. he has called it a hoax. regard luless to happen tomorrow. >> yeah, we are to the point now that we need help immediately. >> the mayor says he is tired of studies of tan gi er island. he says the

jamessesqueridge is the mayor of tangier, his family has been here for generations. they've watched it gradually sink under the waves. >> if we get a severe nor'easter or something, you can make a mark with the shoreline is and after the storm you go ond >> it's happening that fast. >> happening that fast. >> since 1850 the island has lost 66 percent of its land. in about a hundred years, it's all expected to be underwater. researchers say one cause is rising sea level due to climate change but tangier's more immediate problem is something called wave-induced erosion. the island is literal leigh being washed away by the waves and will eventually disappear. >> we need help from the erosion. >> help looks like this. a rock wall but it will cost an estimated 20 to 30 million dollars which they don't have. >> do you think if the president told congress i want to save tangier island, it would be safe. >> i do. i do indeed. >> 87% of the island's residents voted for mr. trump, eskridge says that is in part because of his pledge to cut federal regulations. in june the presi

chip reid visited tangier island.joins us from the banks of the potomac. >> reporter: good morning. itis a tributary of the chesapeake pay where climate change caused by green house gas emissions is part of problem, but the people here say islands have been washing away in the bay for hundreds of year, long before the industrial revolution. they say there's only one thing that's going save their home. they want president trump to build them a wall. tangier island in the middle of chesapeake bay rises only a few feet above the surrounding waves. an hour by boat from the mainland, about 500 people live here. since the 1600s, residents have survived on the bounty of the bay. tangier produces an estimated 13% of the bay's prized blue crab, more than any other town in virginia. >> my father was a crabber, his father before him and my great grandfather. >> reporter: james is the mayor of tangier. his family has been here for generations. they've watched it gradually sink under the waves. >> if you get a northeaster, you can

chip reid visited tangier island. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.mate change and rising sea levels due to the emission of greenhouse gases is part of the problem, but the people of tangier island say pieces of the island have been washing away into the chesapeake bay for dozens of years. tangier island in the middle of chesapeake bay rises only a few feet above the surrounding waves. an hour by boat from the mainland, about 500 people live here. since the 1600s, residents have survived on the bounty of the bay. tangier produces an estimated 13% of the bay's blue crab, more than any other town in virginia. >> my father was a crabber, his father before him and my great grandfather. >> reporter: they've watched it gradually sink under the waves. >> if you get a northeaster, you can make a mark near the shoreline and you can go out there and the mark is way out there. >> it's happening that fast. >> it's happening that island has lost 66% of its land. in years it's all expected to be under water. researchers say one cause is rising sea level due to clim

james is the mayor of tangier. his family has been here for generations.y have watched it gradually sink under the waves. >> if we get a severe nor'easter or something, you can make a mark where the shoreline is. after the storm, the mark is well offshore happening that fast. >> reporter: since 1850 the island has loss 66% of its land. in about 100 years, it will be gone. researchers say one cause is rising sea levels due to climate change. but tangier's more immediate problem is something called wave induced erosion. the island is literally being washed away by the waves and will eventually disappear. >> we need help from the erosion. >> reporter: help looks like this. a rock wall. but it will cost an estimated 20 to $30 million which they don't have. do you think if the president told congress he wanted to save tangier island it would be? >> i do indeed. >> reporter: 87% of the island voted for mr. trump in part because of his pledge to cut federal regulations. in june, the president took notice of the island's support and gave the mayor a call. >> we ha

this is bad news for the residents of tangier, virginia, which is a small island in the chesapeake bay due to rising sea levels, is losing roughly 15 feet of coastline per year. that's shrinking pretty fast. that water must be cold. ♪ ♪ ( laughs ) >> jon: i like the cut. >> stephen: thank you, jim. cnn recently did a report on tangier that showcased the concerns of the small fishing town's 450 residents. and it appears that this is one piece of fake news that actually resonated with our president, because this week, trump called the mayor of tangier and told him not to worry about his rapidly-disappearing island. and trump's speaking from his own experience. i mean, he's watched a lot of his businesses go under. according-- ( applause ) a lot of bankrupt casino fans here tonight. ( laughter ) according to tangier mayor james "ooker" eskridge, trump told him, "your island has been there for hundreds of years, and i believe your island will be there for hundreds more." yes, if something is there, it's never going away, unless trump meets a younger, hotter one. ( audience reacts ) now-- (

a 32 day lead in sight to a full of vintage and rolf was right there with me we took the ferry to tangier and there was a village background i knew about the fact black pussycat which did say bar that was owned by ted jones so that was the destination we went straight there that ted jones was a migratory bird in the wintertime he would be where it was warm but timbuktu as well as parts of tangier so the bartender said there is a room on the fifth floor so we got the top floor of thisoo building 3:00 in the morningonea somebody broke the window and took rolfes one -- wallets and money he was too t late to catch him i chased him across the roof but the next morning he went back to the base price said i am not going back malcolm is coming here any day but to cut off that communication and not sure how to find out that information but i will stay here in tangiers so i stayedal there for the full 30 daysma and missed malcolm completely because i could not give me exactly later i discovered things happened in his life that delayed that arrival but i missed him there. i was going to miss him aga

. >> tangier island has been calling the soft shell capital of the world, but this island is slowly erodinge bay. it could be gone in decades. i'll tell you how people here think president trump can save them. and the soft shell crab. >>> plus the mobile app for wine lovers launches today. it gives users access to hundreds of thousands of reviews by scanning the wine label with their phone. >>> and we'll meet the person behind the custom-made company mo's bows. that's it for cbs this morning. i'm anne marie green. have a great day. and i'm anne makovec. time is 4-- >>> good morning, it is friday, july 7. you are taking a live look out at the golden gate bridge and also a lovely fog. good morning, i'm michelle griego. >> i'm anne makovec in for kenny choi. it is just about 4:30. ladies, we made it to friday. >> wahoo! >> we made it, yay! >> barely. [ laughter ] >> oh-oh. >> running out of gas there? [ laughter ] >> you know, i have been running on 50% all week, you guys know that, not feeling my best. so i'm limping towards the finish line here. hey, you said lovely fog. it's lovely for us t

i said i'm good to stay here in tangiers. so i stayed there the full 30 some odd days and missed him completely because it could not get word on exactly where he would be coming. later on i found out certain other things happen in his life that delayed that arrival that tied to retirement in such wave anyway i missed him. i was going to miss him again peter february 14, 1965. i am back in detroit now, i am working at dodge maine and the word that malcolm is coming to town. i'm all excited about that opportunity to see him again. but on that morning, two or 3 o'clock in the morning his house was firebombed. east elmhurst. endangering his life and his family and what have you. he was lucky to get out of there alive.and when they were thought out, early in the morning hours, i figured that there is no way in the world he is going to come. you know with all of this kind of turmoil and disaster. you know there's no way he's going to come to detroit. but malcolm, being a man of his words, got on a plane at 9 o'clock that morning an

but it did my best to i said what are the greatest fear in tangiers. i stayed there the fall 30 some odd days and missed malcolm complete because i could not get a bead on what exactly where he was becoming a lid on i'm going to discover that certain other kind of things happening in his life that delayed that arrival. i tried to time in such way, but anyway i missed him there. i was going going to be some again, peter, february 14, 1965 or unpacking detroit now. i'm working at dodge main, the word that malcolm is coming to town, i'm all excited about that opportunity to see him again. but on that morning, two or 3:00 in the morning his house was firebombed east elmhurst endangering his life and his family and what have you. he was lucky to get out of there alive. and when the word got out early in the morning hours, i figured that there's 08 in the world he's going to come. with all this kind of turmoil and disaster. there's no way he's going to come to detroit. but malcolm, being a man of his word got on a plane at 9:00 that morning and flew to detro

. >> barbara's familiar lay runs the ferry boat to tangier island where she grew up. she sees the sea level riding. >> it's hard to believe. everything changing the tide. >> both women worth in the area that ion cysts say will frequently be underwater in two decades. the new report by the union of concerned scientist claims maryland will be among the hardest hit regions in america as the sea levels rise with 22 communities expected to be inundated 26 days a year. the eastern shore land conservancy says towns like crisfield have to retreat to higher ground. >> they have time for serious planning to look at what they want the community to look like in the future. >> tammy and barbara say to them it doesn't look like much of a >> this is our business down here. >> it's sad. we don't have nothing. there is nothing here. people won't invest close to water if it will be flooding. this is the newest condos here. they have been built up on the stilts out of the water. if you look over you can see the old style construction built down near the water. it's not a reason for pani