Good morning, this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. The head of the epa says the agency is working nonstop to clean up a major toxic spill in colorado. Today they will visit sites along the rivers, and the agency is set to release testing samples. Mccarthy says the epa takes full responsibility. It is a tajjic and unfortunate accident and epa is taking responsibility to make sure it is marined up. The most important thing is ensuring the health and safety of the residents and visitors near the river. The spill is still flowing at a rate of 500 to 700 gallons a minute. The rivers snake west through the fourcorners region into utah where they empty into the Colorado River. The spill is expected to reach lake powell today. The Colorado River system is considered the life blood of the west. It is one of the few major rivers in the region, stretching 1400 miles from the rockies to the gulf of california. Seven states and some 40 Million People, including 22 n
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. Always an honor to have Itzhak Perlman on this program. Hes a 16time grammy winner and the recipient of National Awards from three u. S. President s. Hes just wrapping up a ten city west coast tour and head to israel in late march to conduct the philharmonic there. He joins us to talk about his music making and so much more, including becoming the third genesis prize, congratulations on that mr. Perlman, good to have you back on the set. Thank you very much. Nice to be here. Let me start off with i didnt ask your permission to ask you this. Im going to ask you anyway. You cant ask me, sorry. If you want to slap me, go ahead. So we all remember, so fondly and so beautifully your performance at the obama inauguration in 2009. So you know where im going with this, right. Oh, im afraid i do. Had you been asked to perform at the inauguration that had the greatest turnout of any inauguration in the countrys history an
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. Always an honor to have Itzhak Perlman on this program. Hes a 16time grammy winner and the recipient of National Awards from three u. S. President s. Hes just wrapping up a ten city west coast tour and head to israel in late march to conduct the philharmonic there. He joins us to talk about his music making and so much more, including becoming the third genesis prize, congratulations on that mr. Perlman, good to have you back on the set. Thank you very much. Nice to be here. Let me start off with i didnt ask your permission to ask you this. Im going to ask you anyway. You cant ask me, sorry. If you want to slap me, go ahead. So we all remember, so fondly and so beautifully your performance at the obama inauguration in 2009. So you know where im going with this, right. Oh, im afraid i do. Had you been asked to perform at the inauguration that had the greatest turnout of any inauguration in the countrys history an
Through the cracks. That johnson cleared all federal and state background checks, grateful that our residents alerted us to the behave of this former ploy and we could work quickly to report the allegations investigate the matter and terminate her plo employment. Earlier this month Police Arrested nina scott, a teacher at the school for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 16yearold student. Detectives say in is no link between the two cases. Reporter and back out live, we can tell that you police have execute aid warrant to search johnsons phone to make sure she did not text pictures or videos to student. She is out waiting for a court date and does not have a prior criminal record. Thank you. Police in wilmington are investigating a robbery and atemmed Sexual Assault of a runner and investigators a that a 28yearold woman was running when a man came up behind her and pushed her to the grown and the attacker tried to sexually assault her and she fought him off. The numbers are