xavier richards, the pennsylvania secretary of transportation. >> the mine civil in colorado is flowing into other states. we report from the spill. >> everyone has a story... and the only way to see all of america, is to see the human stories... one at a time. get to know the people, their struggles, their hardships and their triumphs. >> it gives me a lot of pride. >> our american story is written everyday. it's not always pretty, but it's real... and we show you like no-one else can. this is our american story. this is america tonight. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >>> by now most of us have seen the horrible images of the river in colorado turn orange. a team working with the environmental protection agency accidentally unleashed 3 million gallons of toxic waste while inspecting a goldmine. the waste flooded the river for more than a week, and up to 700 gallons are leaking into the river bason. experts fear that heavy metals may settle into the bed. allen schauffler is the only report tor get a look at -- report ir to get a look at th

xavier richards, the pennsylvania secretary of transportation. >> the mine civil in colorado is flowing into other states. we report from the spill. stay with us. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >>> by now most of us have seen the horrible images of the river in colorado turn orange. a team working with the environmental protection agency accidentally unleashed 3 million gallons of toxic waste while inspecting a goldmine. the waste flooded the river for more than a week, and up to 700 gallons are leaking into the river bason. experts fear that heavy metals may settle into the bed. allen schauffler is the only report tor get a look at -- report ir to get a look at the gold king mines. >> reporter: the area is built by mine, hundreds of shafts cut into the hillside, we pass them as we drive the dirt roads. there's no public access to the site. we take a rocky one-lane detour around the road closure. it's slow going, a switch-back climbly the terrain, coloured by the minerals in the ground. where the road end is where the trouble starts. final