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the governor is stepping in and two city leaders are off the job at least for now. paul this is not going away anytime soon. reporter: it certainly isn t. you have that right. yesterday the mayor ordered an independent investigation. rick scott took that one step further today and ordered the dep to conduct an investigation of its own. st. petersburg released estimated 150 million-gallons of waste water into the bay. steve levitt and tom gibson on unpaid administrative leave. a whistleblower warned this could happen. when asked about that and a consultant s report that said the same, he claimed he had been in the dark. you can say you had no knowledge of the consultant s report, e-mails. this is not a coverup. that is exactly what i m for this. we need to fix this problem so it doesn t happen again. governor rick scott ordered the dep to conduct their own investigation while david jolly is encouraging city employees with information to come forward. the mayo ....
what we have been waiting to hear about is her plan for the economy. she was supposed to do it in las vegas. remember the pneumonia, that took her out for a few days. why i care so much about supporting working parents. it s one reason why i m such a strong supporter of comprehensive immigration reform. we will increase our economic growth and tax base. and right now, our sarina fazan is in the clinton. watch for that at 6:00 tonight. and you re looking live at video from just moments ago of action air 1 over the scene of that sink hole on mosaic s property in mulberry. it appears that the sink hole is getting bigger. this as we just got back the test results of the groundwater in the area. we have been following this story since it broke. ryan raiche has been looking into the test results of the groundwater in the area. reporter: yeah, guys. i would say the concerns for the people are evolving as we did get that first wave of testing results in this afternoon ....
the quality of their private wells following the toxic sink hole nearby. so far all normal readings. they are not in the clear just yet. the test for radio activity takes longer and the results are not in. we re more concerned about the radio activity because a lot of things fell in the sink hole. reporter: the testing company that mosaic hired ect out of tampa says the results should come in friday or monday. a representative says they expect normal readings there too based on meanwhile patience is running thin just down the road. the more i call, the higher my blood pressure got. reporte waiting since friday for somebody to test her water. she literally lives a stone s throw away from mosaic and is feeling bitter about being kept in the dark for weeks. we have to drink this water year after year. it could take years before the water hits us if it hasn t already. reporter: her first shipment wednesday. the first time she smiled since the crisis went public la ....
as well as me, this spring marks the 25th anniversary of her graduation from the law school. it s okay , tracey, you don t look it. i happened to be with professor meares for the john howard organization, a wonderful organization in chicago that works to improve the quality of illinois prison system. and one of the guests there told me that professor meares had just informed her that after earning her undergraduate degree from the university of illinois in engineering, she was contemplating going to law school. being an engineering student she didn t know much about law school and without much thought she was tentatively planning to go to georgetown. but according to the story, the then dean of chicago university law school gave tracey an offer, quote, she couldn t refuse. and so she ended up serendipitously in chicago and i m pleased to say i was that dean. it was one of the best decisions i ever made as dean in terms of bringing people to the law school with the exce ....
what we have seen republicans talk about if there is a serious replacement plan. whoever the republican front-runner ends up being, that he or she puts out a replacement plan, what hillary clinton has to say, and the courts. they will be a focus of attention. thank you both for the last two hours and thanks for joining us on the wasn t an journal. thanks for joining us on the washington journal. former president bill clinton is hitting the campaign trail in january. to campaign for his wife, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. bloomberg politics says she referred to her husband as why not so secret weapon. they will focus on the hampshire and chelsea clinton will campaign for her mother next month. according to jennifer epstein. jebld trump is criticizing bush for canceling and iowa campaign stump due to weather. this is a donald trump tweed showing the sign canceling the meeting. mr. trump held his own rally in council bluffs, iowa, saying the silent ....