it's a toxic waste being dumped across the ununited states. . some people living c e to these dumps have unique health proroblems. is coal ash o blame? we look for answers, coming up, on "earth focus." in pennsylvania, 3 adjoining countnties are e the hot spot oa rare cancer. in juliette, georgia, radioactive water flows from the tap. these problems may seem unrelated, but with a closer look, these two communities share a common denominator--coal ash, and lots of it. the discovery of c coal in the united states dramatically shaped our energy future. today, there is no greater source of power than coal combustion. it's responsibible r nearly 40%0% of our electricity. but burning coal generates waste. it's called coal ash, and every year in the u.s., 130 million tons of it is created. >> it's the l largest industrial waste stream in america. you could fill the boxcars of a freight train that would stretch from new york city to melbourne, australia, with the coal ash that's generated every year in this country. >> the ash contains toxic metals. lea

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trump has a pleatly disunited, ununited republican party. >> rose: but he controls all sectors. >> but it they are at war with each other partly because president trump didn't run on a conservative agenda. everyone is trying to figure out where they fit in this new republican partying will lead by done alz trump. and it's many things but it is not movement conservatism as we have known it for the last 30 years. >> rose: on syria, hugh, obviously that was a successful strike in terms of limited-- the goal was to stop them from using chemical weapons. on the other hand, people point out, that there is no strategy. and there is no real knowledge of where to go from here except for the fact that the president said i don't want to get involved in the syrian civil war. that's not what i want to do. >> i think we saw secretary mattis in afghanistan this morning, and hr mcmaster following him there if he's not there already as they prepare a syria plan for the president which i expect him fully to adopt. and i do believe he's going to get the military plus up above the 54 billion that nick mul

there used to be a time not so long ago here in the ununited statetes that companies said, "the only way we can survive--we have to be able to compete--is we need t to be able to hire these 6 year olds." it's called child labor. "and if you don't let us do it, well, then the british will allow it to be donone. they'll do it and the spanish and the french. we'll never be able to compete. and you must..." andnd at a certain point, the american pepeople looked at the conditions of 6 year r olds- and we had that working-- and said, "we understand you have competitive problems. we understand you have the... but that you can't do. you can't have kids, and you can't do what you're doing to them. that's out. you have to find another way." now, does that make sense? why exactly didn't we say to them, "uh, you have problems. we understand. we'll try to help you. but one option n you don't have e is you can get up and leave. you u can't tetell your workers on friday, 'don't come in on monday. we're moving to shangnghai.' mm-mm. not available. you lose. find another way. get a bebetter machine.