About the future of the spillway. Reporter right now there is concerns about not only the oroville dam but the states 1300 dams. Many that are decades old. Todays hearing focused on what happened at the oroville dam in february when spillway broke apart and the water had to be moved to another spillway that was broken down by erosion. There were fears that a wall of water could overwhelm communities. The water levels that day were only onethird of what is considered a major flood event. So there are concerns about what could happen there in the future. We have moved into a different climate in california and yet all the facilities that exist in most of californias infrastructure were designed under the former assumptions of the previous client and yet are moving into the new. The hearing comes a day after the state released reports of independent experts warning there are cracks in the main spillway and the remaining concrete in it should be replaced and not just resurfaced. Including
Order to a threering circus. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley first, it was volkswagen. Now, fiatchrysler is accused of fraudulently rigging its decle vehicles to automatically cheat on emissions tests. The e. P. A. Says that hidden software on light trucks allows them to dump nitrogen oxides spot air which contribute to lung disease. Fiatchryslers c. E. O. Denied it today. Heres our transportation correspondent kris van cleave. Reporter the cheating allegedly spans three years and includes more than 100,000 vehicles. The Environmental Protection agency says decle engine Jeep Grand Cherokee and ram 1500 pickups for model years 2014, 15, and 16, have hidden software that lets them emit illegal levels of greenhouse gases. The e. P. A. Notified fiatchrysler today and said failing to disclose the software amounts to a clear and serious violation of the clean air act, and could result in harmful pollution in the air we breathe. Why these are
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Pelley and a woman brings order to a threering circus. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Gases. The e. P. A. Notified fiatchrysler today and said failing to disclose the software amounts to a clear and serious violation of the clean air act, and could result in harmful pollution in the air we breathe. Why these are there, what they do, and why they have to be designed the way they are. Reporter david clegen is with the California Air resources board, which issued a similar warning to the automaker today. They did not disclose them to the regulatory agencies that were certifying the vehicles. And the second is, when these things are activated, they do put out more emissions than the law allows. Reporter the diesel vehicles are still safe to drive, but the allegations are similar to those leveled at volkswagen. Yesterday, the german automaker agreed to plead guilty to three felony counts for its use of software that circumvented u. S. Emission st
Pelley jeff pegues, thanks. Well, with his last day in office a week from tomorrow, president obama sat down with steve kroft of 60 minutes. Reporter you didnt change washington. I changed those things that were in direct my direct control. I mean, look, im proud of the fact with two weeks to go, were probably the First Administration in modern history that hasnt had a major scandal in the white house. In that sense, we changed some things. I would have liked to have gotten that one last Supreme Court justice in there. Id like the Supreme Court to take a look. Reporter couldnt even get a hearing. But we couldnt even get a hearing. Trying to get the other side of the aisle to work with us on issues, in some cases that they professed originally an interest in and saying to them, hold on a second. You guys used to think this was a good idea. Now just because im supporting it, you cant change your mi. But they did. And what that did i think made me appreciate i have said this before but it