Allegations they contain top secret material. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im erica pitzi. The head of the e. P. A. Said the agency is working nonstop as to clean up a major toxic waste spill in colorado. We will visit sites along the river. Mccarthy said her Agency Takes Full Responsibility after an e. P. A. Crew triggered the leak. We are taking responsibility to make sure it is cleaned up. The most important thing is ensuring the health and safety of the residents and visitors near that river. The spill is still flowing at a rate of 500 to 700gallons a minute. Today, the contaminated water is expected to reach lake powell, a popular tourist it ain utah. Local Scientists Say there is no immediate threat. The fact that this guy is still alive is encouraging, but without the full analysis of this community, we cant really say a whole lot more. We at least can say after 100 hours, theyre surviving. Well be sampling again in a few days to see how the community is do
This is Aljazeera America live from new york city, im tony harris. The head of the e. P. A. Said the agency is working nonstop to clean up a major toxic waste spill in colorado. The agency is expected to release testing results from campbell of polluted water before leaving washington. Mccarthy said her Agency Takes Full Responsibility for texas that triggered the leak. It is a tragic accident and the e. P. A. Is taking responsibility to clean it up. The most important thing throughout this effort is ensuring the health and safety of the residents and visitors near that river. The spill is still flowing at a rate of up to 700 gallons a minute. Contaminated today is expected to reach lake powell. The agency said there is no immediate threat. Colorado and the Navajo Nation have declared a state of emergency. It forms a National Boundary for the tribal nation. Leaders say the rivers are more than water sources, they are sacred. We have this report. Communities on the Navajo Nation are for
Connection, special relationship. Seven days later, he was found dead in his cell. They said he was baked to death. Heat. His Room Temperature reached well over 100 degrees with no ventilation. Theres no words to explain. It just looks like you came from a building that caught on fire. He was blacker than my hair. He was darker than my hair. Jerome was a former marine, who suffered from bipolar disorder and alcohol abuse. A week went by and we didnt hear from him, then two weeks, then it was 3 weeks. Then my mother started saying, something it aint right. His family says he never should have been in jail. But a judge had set his bail at two thousand five hundred dollars. Thats how much it would have cost him to walk free before his trial. Since jerome couldnt afford to pay, he was sent back to Rikers Island, to wait for his trial. In this episode of fault lines, we look at how courts handle the accused before trial. Its a story about a multibilliondollar industry bail bonds and a Justi
And we begin in colorado, where the head of the epa is visiting the site of a major toxic waste spill. Gina mccarthy, on the site of the rivers, allen, what did mccarthy have to say about the Water Quality in the river behind you . Well, she was here in durango and some other spots on the river, and what she said, there has been extensive testing in recent days, and theyre showing that the river water is back to the same quality that it was before the spill, which was a week ago, last wednesday morning, and she also repeated what she said before, that shes heartbroken by it, and she blames, and says her own agency takes the blame for what happened up at Gold King Mine and what happened in the animus river and the san juan river, and the plume of sludge that throwed all the way out to lake powell. And she topped in durango for a news conference, and heres what she had to say about the spill. I just came from a briefing that dave and others provided to me on the status of the cleanup, an
At the colorado. We go to the heart of the operation at the Colorado Gold mine. Good morning to you, this is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im jonathan betz. The search for survivors temporarily stopped this morning in china after a massive warehouse explosion. Authorities are now concerned about toxic chemicals leaking on site. At least 44 people are dead, more than 500 others were hurt when two blasts erupted at the port justified outside beijing where women kelsey and gases are stored. These are images that the blast occurred and then the immediate aftermath. The fireball could be seen from space. This is what it looks like this morning, plumes of smoke in the port city and debris everywhere. Authorities say the death toll is expected to rise. Adrien brown has more. This is close to the epicenter of wednesday nights debt nation. People say what happened was like an earthquake and in fact, everywhere you look, you feel youre looking at the aftermath of an earthquake. The