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People who walked in the pools found their shoes burnt through, dogs became sick and lame. underneath the ground, the drums containing the chemicals had rotted through. on august 2 of 1978, the first notice of evacuation came out for 239 houses that were sitting directly on the canal itself. they built a fence around the deserted houses to keep people away from the chemicals, but the poisons themselves are no respecters of boundaries. beyond the evacuated area, hundreds more families live in houses held to be outside the danger zone. my sonjohn was sick and i went busy, you know, just going back and forth to the hospital. he d be sent home and as soon as he d come home again, he d be exposed to the chemicals and he would again have an attack. in october of 1978, john passed away unexpectedly. ....
Definitely take place. well, if anything the definite in the senate, before 7:00 p.m. eastern. we ll, of course, have live coverage here on cnn. this government shutdown, by the way, is already the third longest on record. the longest ran 21 days, during the clinton administration, back in the weren t of 95/ 96. in the jimmy carter era, there was an 18-day shutdown in october of 1978. the current shutdown is now in its 16th day. that tops another carter administration shutdown, which lasted 12 days in 1977. we ll be right back. you make a great team. ....
Back to washington and what s happening right now. house republicans say they re working on a proposal to reopen the government and avoid a default, but the white house has already rejected its key points. but this new house effort means senate talks on a potential compromise was simply in a holding pattern. let s look at the big picture. this shutdown here is now the third longest in american history. first one lasted 21 days from december 95 into january of 96. the second longest government shutdown lasted 18 days. that was way back in september and october of 1978. and that brings us to the current shutdown. 15 days and counting. to the white house we go to our senior white house correspondent there, brianna kooeler is standing by. the house democrats are headed ....