2017 produced 15 different billion-dollar weather disasters in the u.s. here are the top seven weather and claimant events of 2017. number seven, every acre of california was in drought and nearly two-thirds of the state was classified exceptional. tens of millions of trees died, creating concern for a major wildfire season ahead. rain and snows returned with a vengeance to california in the fall of 2016 and continued through the spring of this year. by april, governor brown officially declared the drought over. the heavy rain and melting snow was beneficial to most, but some, it became too much of a good thing. in february, the orville dam was in danger as an emergency spillway began to erode. 188,000 residents below the dam were evacuated. in the end, the dam was shored up and the disaster was narrowly avoided. number six, the eclipse of the century. on august 21st, millions of
august 21st that the home was facing the beginning of an epidemic. there is no public notification until august 27. 11 families are suing for negligence. it looks like there was knowledge not shared at least with the caregivers at the illinois state veterans home that potentially could have aided in either the treatment or recovery of these individuals. the bacteria flourishes an old, stagnant plumbing. the state spent $6.4 million to upgrade the plumbing. the water is treated to kill bacteria. the state director for veterans affairs declined our request for an interview. in june of 2016 she said we ve got the cleanest water probably in the state. five more people at the home got sick that year. in july of 2016, illinois governor bruce browner said we are really on top of the situation.
so there s a very suggestive timeline on the events leading up to the release of john podesta s hacked e-mails. august 21st, 2016, roger stone tweeted, trust me, it will soon be podesta s time in the barrel. #crookedhillary. which got a lot of people s attention at the time. how can stone possibly know that, what did he mean? october 5th, stone s now-identified back channel to wikileaks, randy credico, posted this selfie. after meeting with julian assange in the ecuadoran embassy in london. one day later, after that, on october 6th, roger stone tweeted, julian assange will deliver a devastating expose on hillary at a time of his choosing, i stand by my prediction, #handcuffsforhillary. cute. one day after that, the single
timeline on the events leading up to the release of john podesta s hacked e-mails. august 21st, 2016, roger stone tweeted, trust me, it will soon be podesta s time in the barrel. #crookedhillary. which got a lot of people s attention at the time. how can stone possibly know that, what did he mean? october 5th, stone s now-identified back channel to wikileaks, randy credico, posted this selfie. after meeting with julian assange in the ecuadoran embassy in london. one day later, after that, on october 6th, roger stone tweeted, julian assange will deliver a devastating expose on hillary at a time of his choosing, i stand by my prediction, #handcuffsforhillary. cute. one day after that, the single most consequential day of the entire 2016 campaign. the access hollywood tape came out. it s a tape of donald trump bragging about sexual assault, threatening to sink trump s already faltering campaign.
soldiers who was injured in an attack. he tried to reenlist from the hospital bed. he said he s thankful for his friends. now, later tonight, they had two meals here. they had a lunch. then he had a dinner. commanding general, served the troops. we caught up with him and i asked general nico nicolson whe u.s. can start to expect to win this war. with the u.s. forces arriving, with the new authority we ve been given, with the pressure on external enablers. we ve set all the conditions to win. nbc news has reported that the president wanted to relieve you of command. do you have confidence that you have the president s confidence? yes. what makes you say that? because of the authorities i ve been given and the policy that we received on august 21st, it s everything i asked for. ali, the new strategies in