reporter: right, that s a big issue, tamron. as you can see the animas river looks pretty clear, at least the most visible signs of the spill that mustard-colored water is gone. dissipa dissipated, but what we don t know is the sediment that s on the river bed, on the river banks, and gina mccarthy will be here, the epa administrator, to show that concern that she talked abouted in washington yesterday talked about in washington yesterday. that show of concern may be the least of her worries. attorneys general from three of the affected states, colorado, utah, arizona, are meeting to plot their next course of action as this continues, and the president of the navajo nation telling nbc news that this, this spill, two-thirds of it runs through reservation lands, and it actually has affected their way of life from farming to water supply, even the collection of herbs by navajo medicine people. the navajo nation, he said plans to sue the epa saying they knew this was a possibility, and
and former chief economist and economic policy adviser to vice president joe biden. lisa cook, associate professor of economics at michigan state university. elahe izadi, staff correspondent at the national journal, and rick newman, finance columnist with yahoo!. jackie, thanks for being here. if you can help us understand how the shutdown is having a particular impact on american indians who live on reservation lands. yes, thank you so much for inviting me to do that. you know, indian country, if you combined indian country all together, it would be the fourth largest state in the nation, yet we re like washington, d.c., we have a high dependence on the federal government because of the trust and treaty obligations and our health care programs, education programs, et cetera, are funded by the federal government. so a shutdown like this has immediate dramatic effects to indian country. i m hearing from tribes across the country, in fact, in the crow nation, they sent out a