arizona. thank you. i don t think any of us will ever forget that story and their valor. again, a lot of firefighters across the western u.s. doing the same thing. volunteers battling fires across 12 states as we speak. there are 34 active, large wildfires right now, and they continue to burn over the western u.s. over 249,000 acres burned from these active, uncontained blazes that s continued to impact many of the states over the western u.s. and even into alaska, as well. we re not showing that on our map here, but it is an active season to say the least. to try to put it into perspective, what we ve done is we ve totaled up the amount of acreage and the total number of fires that have burnt since the beginning of the year-to-date, or at least to june 30th.
and a new reason to worry about the system that brings water to your home the american society of civil engineers infrastructure report card is giving this nation s drinking water systems a d grade. and that s raising questions about just how it gets fixed. let s bring in the past president of the american society of civil engineers. greg, welcome to you. look at these 249,000 water main breaks a year in the u.s.? how did we allow things to get this bad? well, thank you, yes, the problem seems to be from the fact that we frankly are underinvesting in our water systems in this country. to put it kind of in perspective, the first dollar that water agencies get they will use to spend on water quality. so, that means the water you re drinking you can rely upon it being safe to drink. but then what s left over is the money that we have to invest in our water facilities. our report card if you ve looked at it, you know it says we need
please. they are not wrong. cancellation notices affected 249,000 people, an exact number. today want to trash our numbers. i m holding strong while we get more details. many have done early renewal ls. they received cancellation notices. so it was accurate. his office said we wanted to correct the numbers because they received notices but were also sent supplemental notices. regardless, isn t it a headache for you to deal with anyway? if you re getting a cancellation notice and wondering what you re going to do with your child if they get sick and you try to get a prescription filled and don t know if you re able to get a medication, it still matters. it s still a headache. it s still a stretch. those numbers are still worth reporting. on the meg and kelly show we had somebody who said this is clearly an abuse of power. take a listen. there s a difference between
clayton: just drink tap water. alisyn: that s another option. we re problem solvers here. meanwhile, you want to talk about the athlete. clayton: how about the professional athletes, cashing in on california s workers comp system since the 1980 s to the tune of played as little as one game in the state. among them terrell davis, denver broncos, 199,000 dollars of a settlement despite the fact that he only played in the golden state nine times in his entire career. spent more time in other parts of the country and michael irving, dallas cowboys $249,000, and won the super bowl and getting the stipends from california. alisyn: good to know. clayton: i was talking about this, maybe another problem solver for us. cover the new york post.
designer drug, battle salts. the agency says they can t make a 5.6 billion dollar payment tomorrow, but it won t affect daily service, guys? well, there s a stung new study on obama care, a tax for insurers could be passed on to small businesses and their employees. the so-called hit tax will raise the cost of employer sponsored health insurance and could eliminate 249,000 jobs. clayton: joining us to weigh in on that is small business owner, david mccar thur. nice to see you this morning. tell us how this would affect you as a small business owner? well, it s just another additional increase on top of the increases that we ve been dealing with over the last, you know, year or two years, three years, i mean, the health insurance has been going crazy for, you know, the