report, a mile-wide mud slide obliterates an entire neighborhood in washington state. we re live on the scene with the latest. and the controversial supreme court case that could be a game changer for everything from health care to gay rights. all that plus the latest on the malaysian plane mystery. the reid report starts minutes now. it doesn t operate out of basements or back alleys.
it was anything but unforeseen. as far back as the 1950s, this has been the subject of dismal geological reports and known by locals as slide hill. in the decades since, slide after slide has happened, including one as reept as 2006. in 1999, a report was submitted to the u.s. army corps of engineers warning of a potential of a large catastrophic failure. a report he says went ignored as government officials grant the permits to build homes on this dangerous ground. jim mcdermott of washington state has been following the anguish of people in the home state and joins us from the hill. congressman, thank you so much for taking the time. i am want your reaction to a seattle times report that officials were warned about this large scale potential for disaster and still people were allowed to live in the area and permits granted to build homes. we see this time and time again from katrina to tornado alley to
packing. we would add the newly minted felonies to our zero list. and let s check back in on today s battle of the day before we part ways. we asked, are the freedom tower b.a.s.e. jumpers, those adventurous impresarios heroes or zeros? we want to clarify that onscreen earlier, we did not specify that we meant b.a.s.e. jumpers, that is the technique they were using. here is what we found so far. 57% chose rfd zeros. a lot of mixed feelings about that. on our own team, a lot of adventurers who respected it and some people who thought, too much of a breach of security. we ll keep the conversation going about that. but for now, we re going to wrap things up for today s edition of rfd. thank you all for joining me and it is time for the reid report with my colleague, joy reid. oh, joy, batter my heart, good to see you. great to see you too. i don t know about jumping from up that high. it s a lot. let s not do that after the show. i think we ll just skip that. okay, great show. comin
freedom restoration act, which says government can t substantially burden a person s exercise of religion? and can a new mexico photographer refuse to shoot a gay wedding through her corporate expression of herself? the obama administration is arguing that corporations are, in fact, not people, and that they can t shield themselves behind religious beliefs. the court that will decide includes six catholic justices, some of whom have not been shy about asserting their religion. and all of this is taking place as the country becomes more secular. even as the religious fight harder than ever to push creationism. and on science tv shows. and where the question has gone from whether the railroad has to pay its taxes to where the corporations can be religious people. the question is, do you trust this court to make those decisions? and that wraps things up for the reid report, i ll see you tomorrow 2:00 p.m. eastern and be sure to visit us on
to and remembered. he continues belowing blessings and continues to work miracles. . translator: the gringos that want to squash the venezuelan land know and should understand what they re up against. thank you to our partners at vocative for their work on that story. that wraps things up for today s edition of ronan farrow daily. now it s time for the reid report with my colleague joy reid. as i live and breathe, mayly di, joy reid, what brings you to a dive like this?