judicial branch rolled as they what the law is and is serve as a check on abuses by the bridge. the judicial rule has never been more important in recent memory than it is today. but the president is asking this court to advocate that role during said the executive order without judicial review and to throw this country back into chaos. that.urt should decline amy: we will speak with lee gelernt who helped bring the first case challenging trump s muslim ban. then to standing rock. u.s. army corps of engineers gives the green light to complete the dakota access oil pipeline. indigenous water protectors say the fight is not over. there radically, drilling underneath the missouri river .ould start any time this is an emergency situation. amy: we will speak with standing rock sioux activist chase iron eyes, dallas goldtooth of the indigenous environmental network. first, chair of the standing rock sioux tribe dave archambault. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democra
other homes in that neighborhood are still in danger? reporter: yes. so the neighboring homes actually have been red-tagged. and if i can show you one home just have my photographer pan, this home next to the home has a huge boulder that came rolling down into the backyard and that home, the boulder didn t go through the home. that home is okay. but they have taken all their things, they re gone until things get cleaned up in their backyard. back to you. thank you. that same slide made a mess of the neighborhood. it sent a river of water and mud rushing down the street. emergency crews are trying to help homeowners divert some of the runoff. but in many places, the water is finding its own path. more mudslide trouble on the peninsula all day long, crews working to shore up this hillside above highway 84 near la honda. the ground gave way there, bringing down mud, rocks, dirt, trees, you name it. the highway which is also la honda road is closed now at pescadero creek
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chief meteorologist bill martin has the forecast along highway 17 tonight. azenith? reporter: well you can see the mud slide behind me. caltrans is using the heavy equipment to stabilize the hillside. chp is hoping to open one northbound lane tomorrow morning. commuters heading from santa cruz to san jose. they re advised to take alternate routes just in case. caltrans crews are working to remove rocks and mud covering the northbound lanes of highway 17 near lion hill road. it s the largest hillside this winter. that s about 100 dump truckloads somebody decided to dump over the hill all at once. caltrans plans to bring in a specialized excavator tomorrow to safely access the slide and remove debris from the top down. we are dealing with the fact it is still raining, the slide, the terrain, the traffic. reporter: at 10:00 in the morning the mud slide shut down highway 17 in both directions. half of the mountain side came crashing down filling up the northbound lanes
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