president trump made security along the u.s./mexico border the centerpiece of his 2016 campaign and administration. there appears to be issues with the wall. according to the washington post, quote, smuggling gangs have cut through with a household saw that retails for about $100. yep, $100. jacob soborov reported in january government officials were able to saw through prototypes of the border wall with common tools. chad wolf is the new acting secretary of the department of homeland security. although it s unclear how that will transition from kevin mcaleanan. at the executithere was a s
newark for many, many years was on a testing regime with the federal government and there was no evidence of lead exceedance. this began a couple of years ago and there had been a series of methodical steps newark has taken including a ten-year program to replace all the service lines of the state, changing chemicals to flush through the system which looks like it ll have some positive outcomes. i hope sooner than later. as you mentioned, passing out filters. and all of the recent challenges have been based on three data points, three different households. each household saw the lead come down, but two of them didn t see it come down far enough. so in an abundance of caution we have gone aggressively to distributing bottled water, opening up testing to i believe many hundreds of different data points. and in particular for women who are pregnant, nursing, children under the age of 6, the elderly we ask only they use bottled
changing chemicals to flush through the system which looks like it ll have some positive outcomes. i hope sooner than later. as you mentioned, passing out filters. and all of the recent challenges have been based on three data points, three different households. each household saw the lead come down, but two of them didn t see it come down far enough. so in an abundance of caution we have gone aggressively to distributing bottled water, opening up testing to i believe many hundreds of different data points. and in particular for women who are pregnant, nursing, children under the age of 6, the elderly we ask only they use bottled water to cook, to drink. there s no bathing exposure. that s not an issue. but many steps have been taken by newark. the state has been with them every step of the way and we will continue to be. you ve got little kids growing up in newark being
like it ll have some positive outcomes. i hope sooner than later. as you mentioned, passing out filters. and all of the recent challenges have been based on three data points, three different households. each household saw the lead come down, but two of them didn t see it come down far enough. so in an abundance of caution we have gone aggressively to distributing bottled water, opening up testing to i believe many hundreds of different data points. and in particular for women who are pregnant, nursing, children under the age of 6, the elderly we ask only they use bottled water to cook, to drink. there s no bathing exposure. that s not an issue.
something even requested by people down here. where i am today, the rio grande valley, is the number one place in this country that president trump and his administration separated young children from their parents at the border patrol station. that would be one place to start. now to the wall which is the reason the president s coming down here today. the president in the oval office and his administration with pushed the idea a steel slate barrier. all of president trump s prototypes were breachable in some way. now for the first time nbc news has exclusively obtained a photograph of this steel slat barrier style border wall design that was clearly cut through with what we are told is a household saw.