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Streets. Coming out on the front line. The First Openly Transgender Army officer talks about serving her country. Ive been in since 17. This is my chosen profession. And the shades of gray, red white and blue. From getsiesberg to today. How much has changed a and how much has stayed the same. We begin with that fiscal line in the sand between the eurozone and greece. It has been redrawn again tonight. Warning that if athens fails to come up with a new budget there will be no more talk of any bailouts. And in greece banks remain closed and people are only able to withdraw 65 a day from atm. The stores are running out of food and pharmacies are short on medicine. We begin our coverage from athens. At the foot of the mount christos examples his vineyards. His grapes are ripening fast and they wont wait for greece to solve their financial problems. If theyre not picked in september, they will be ruined, and so will he, and right now he cant get money from the banks to pay his suppliers. Time is precious. We need to make payments quickly. Very soon the harvest starts and then everything needs to happen. All i hope is that a solution is found very soon. Wine is one of greeces oldest industries. Christos inherited his from his father. He everything in this vineyard apart from the grapes themselves is imported. The glass, these barrels come from france. Even these corks come from portugal. This shows why greece would face such a difficult time if it was kicked out of the eurozone. Even a successful business like this one is heavily reliant on imports, and it would become much more expensive if greece left the single currency. This factory with machinery from the 1950s. It still works just fine. This is also a family inheritance. He makes socks like his father did 60 years ago. But hes reliant and banks. Last week i tried to send money abroad to buy raw material but it was not possible. So the Raw Materials never arrived. The market has been frozen for a week. We have not received a single order, and we cant pay back our debts or loans. The last five years have been difficult enough. He had already laid off 25 workers and cut production right back. But now he and all of greeces struggling industries are in a new and dangerous situation. Al jazeera athens. In this country greek merchants depend on their fellow merchant men for everything from olives and everything. From new york, theastoria it is greeks strong hold. Owner costas told me with greeces Financial System on lockdown he could soon run out of the imported olives, oils and cheeses he has been selling for more than 30 years. With the banks closed our supplies in greece. The crisis, he said, is uncharted territory. My greek suppliers, i would receive on a daily basis. Dont send money to greece. Dont send money to greece. It would go to the bank greece system and then you have to stand in line for 60 a day. They say their suppliers are opening counties in other countries and physically carrying cash back to greece around the corner mikes diner the owner told me how theyre getting money home to families. Western unions are closed. Banks are closed. Right now you ask around, who is going to greece. A friend relative, whatever, you go to the bank here, you give dollars they give euros. You give it to your friends. They take it and give it to my mother my sister. Whatever. A fixture in this neighborhood for decades. Owner diana said some greeks saw the crisis coming and opened foreign banks accounts. The lucky ones have another debit account for their accounts. Not everyone is so lucky. And while greeks overwhelmingly voted no, the country remains deeply divided of how to clean up its financial mess and how to build a new relationship with the rest of europe. Greeks are very ancient people. They belong in europe. There is no doubt about that. Queens coming sociology professional said its time for greece to stand up for themselves. We want other people in europe to realize that. People in in astoria told me that people who head home will be bringing bundles of cash with them as well. They told me its very painful to watch greeks waiting in line just to withdraw 60 euros, and they know as bad as it is now it could still get far worse. Paul beben, thank you very much. Well like greece puerto rico is dealing with debt. The only difference is that puerto rico is an u. S. Territory. On tonights inside story we take a look at what happens next. If the neglect round of bills do come up, and checks simply are not cut what happens then . It is very complex and the Central Government debt is constitutionally guaranteed, and the government will pay that. In the case of other debt, the nonCentral Government, nonguaranteed dead of debt its likely they will default on it. You can watch more of rays discussion tonight on inside story that begins at 11 30 eastern time. Another deadline has come and gone in the Iranian Nuclear talks. The six world powers are holding negotiations until friday. The u. S. Insisting that an agreement is close. As secretary kerry himself said on sunday we have never been closer to reaching a final agreement than we are now. But they continue to be some significant differences that remain. And this is a view this is the view not only of the United States but our p5 1 partners. This is an indication that these talks are worth continuing. Ali velshi life for us in the iranian capital of tehran, how is it that all the parties involved were able to secure a deal by the end of the week . Yes del you know, today was probably the best bet to get this deal done. Because the iranians and everybody else understand that to get done and submitting it to congress by july 9th to give congress the ability to vote this thing up or down. The president knows hell have a rough time in congress. Republicans are almost united against a deal. Maybe the specifics of the deal will convince some to go his way. But if he does not get the deal by july 9th, it gives congress 60 days to decline or approve this deal and theyll have more time to rally debates. This is not a crucial matter to Many Americans so theyre susceptible to be convinced that a deal with iran that does not give the p5 1 the world powers in vienna everything they want is not a big deal. Obviously the president has invested a great deal in this. The last time u. S. President was this engaged with iran was president clinton with the president of iran two administrations ago. Its been a rough few years in between. There are hard liners who do not want this deal to go through. Moderates do, Business People do, a lot of people are wondering if anything will happen. Youre a bottom line guy who ultimately is going to be the big winner and who is going to be the big loser in this deal . Well, if there is a deal, russia is part of the five plus 1. Russia wants a strong ally in the region. Russia has syria thats not a particularly strong ally right now. Iran is a strong ailing lie and would do well. Russia wants to sell things to iran. This is a huge market. Everybody in the world would do well. Its 80 Million People and its an industrialized country. Something that people dont understand fully. Iran does not feel like acquaint or eastern country. It has relics and ancient cities but its an industrialed power. Benjamin netanyahu would lose. He has staked his career in the last few years on making sure that there is no nuclear deal with iran. In fact, he was encouraging military action against iran. So he doesnt come out a winner. In the United States if there is a deal that isnt fantastic republicans could gain because they have been against this for a while. As i said americans dont feel particularly invested in this deal. It hasnt cost them anything theyll use this as a campaign issue. Youll see Hillary Clinton has started to walk a very fine line. She does not want to come up against the administration or state department that she was head of that is john kerry after all leading these negotiations, but she understands there are going to be whithering attacks for whoever does end up making the deal with iran. Lots of winners an understand loseand losers in this deal. Ali velshi, thank you very much. The deep divide over the strategy to bottom isil was on full display today. President obamas top military advisers grilled on capitol hill on michael troops, jamie mexican tire joining us with more. Good evening. Good evening del. Lets say it was a tough sell for defense secretary ash carter and general Martin Dempsey as he counseled patience to members of congress who are decidedly impatience. They see what is lack of progress against Islamic State in iraq and the levant. The hearing was a battle of competing and contradictory narratives with john mccain firing. Isil is not ten feet tall. It can be and must be defeated. But that will never happen if we continue to delude ourselves about our current campaign. They would argue the strategy must be based on getting local forces to fight and governor. The u. S. He said, cant win the war for them. We know from our history in the reason that putting u. S. Combat troops on the ground as a substitute for local forces will not produce enduring results. That rekindled the longrunning dispute over whether just a small number forces and might make a big difference. If we had a few advisers in iraqi battalions, youre saying that would not make a positive impact on their morale or capabilities . We have no air controllers on the ground and that i can tell you is incredibly frustrating for the young pilots who are flying. This special services are not a Silver Bullet to the destruction of isil. The Silver Bullet is getting the iraqis to fight. But if the u. S. Strategy hinges on finding more effective fighters carter as mitted its in trouble especially in irwhy irsyria. I can look out at your faces and you had the same reaction that i do, thats an awfully small number. The logjam, says carter, is caused by the vetting process which screens out anyone suspected of being a danger to trainers or having committed war crimes or who is more interested in fighting the government of Bashar Alassad rather than isil. Among the democrats and republicans, frustration is running high. Mr. Secretary, when you look at a map like this, a map of syria that i assume that you handed out somebody did thats a mess. Chairman dempsey did reveal that u. S. Advisers stopped iraq from taking ramadi and fashion a more deliberate campaign that is far more likely to succeed. The anbar Operation Center is allowing the iraqi forces to take a more campaign approach and avoid the very toothpaste aspect of the way isil skirts around the battlefield when you squeeze it in one place and it turns up in other. The battle to take ramadi could begin in days and will tell the u. S. A lot whether iraqi forces have regained the will to fight. This will be a test of the competence of the Iraqi Security forces. Its a test they must pass. He predicted from the start that it would take three years to rid iraq from isil, and were only eight months into the war. Later in his testimony said getting rid of isil completely would take a generation, 20 years, because of what he called the extremist allure of isil would have to be replaced by a functioning government that took care of its people. Del . Jamie mcintyre, tall order indeed. Jamie mcintyre at the pentagon. A South Carolina injury indicting dilan roof. He faces one charge of possessing a weapon of during a violent crime. Scarlet wilson South Carolinas prosecutor has not said when whether shell seek the Death Penalty mis. There has been a push to take down the Confederate Flag. Diane estherbrook is there for us live. Today members voted to send the bill directly to the house floor and by pass the committee. Tomorrow theyll vote on the bill but today theyll have to wade through 20 amendments. Most of those amendments deal are the Confederate Flag, and earlier today the House Speaker asked members to vote those amendments down. We now ask that they not erect hurdles, that they not try and passover pass other amendments and put up other symbols of racism and allow South Carolina to move forward. Take the flag down and give the people nothing to fight about. Remove the flag and the pole and that nothing go up in its place. Now if the house members tomorrow can wade through all those amendments and pass the bill they have to vote on it a third time. That could come as early as thursday. Diane, a member of that senate the bilely making it through senator pincneys chamber,. Some of the legislatures they talked to theyve heard quietly that its time to take this flag down we talked to a history professor today who said that this legislation is really a longtime coming in South Carolina. Certainly advocates of what we call the new south progressive whites as well as africanamericans saw it as a divisive symbol and a symbol of the past. That the south was trying to move beyond and outgrow. And for several years Business Leaders in South Carolina have been imploring the state to bring down the Confederate Flag. They say this is not good for South Carolinas economy. Diane, walk us through what happens next. What happens if the house does remove the Confederate Flag from the state house grounds . Now if the house votes to bring it down, then it would go to governor haleys desk. Shes likely to sign it. She wants to sign it. She asked a couple of weeks ago that the state bring down this flag. Then it would be removed probably and sent to a museum. There is a military relic museum here in columbia, and its likely to go there. Diane estherbrook. Thank you very much. Up next, giving sanctuary to undocumented immigrants. The firestorm of controversy after a woman is shot and killed in San Francisco. Plus the rapid growth of heroin use in this country. How one woman is trying to break the cycle of addiction. The shooting death of a woman in San Francisco 32yearold catherine cinto was sightseeing at a popular peer. The shooter was an undocumented immigrant who had been deported five times before. Del, this incident was frightening to people in the city. It was so random. It happened in broad daylight and at a waterfront that is relatively safe. As we learn more about the accused it is the city itself that is now on the defensive. Its a crime that has raised uncomfortable questions in this liberal bastion. Juan lopez admitted to killing a 32yearold woman on the citys waterfront but said it was an sent accident. Did you shoot the woman down on peer 14 . Yes. Did you shoot her. Mmhmm. Lopez sanchez has a history of drugrelated crimes. He has been deported five times to mexico and is exhibit a to critics San Franciscos sanctuary policy. Its a city policy not to actively cooperate with u. S. Immigrations and customs enforcement. The federal agency he told us had asked the city to let him know to release Lopez Sanchez saying franciscos sheriff fought back saying the burden was on i. C. E. I. C. E. Needs to get a legal order to transfer him. That did not happen. While many choose not to cooperate with officials, San Francisco stands out as a particularly safe haven for undocumented immigrants. This is a vulnerable population that there are elements that would prey upon a population that they know will not inter face, will not have contact or communication with government, and that, frankly was exacerbateing public safety. Pamela harris was quick to support the policy saying you cant really blame the sanctuary policy for this event. You also cant blame the sanctuary policy for whatever this particular fellow did. There are dozens of people released every day who are subject to ins hold who dont commit a crime. And just to add a little bit more, the mayor said he would investigate the matter although its unlikely any policy would change despite the death. Hot topic on the political trail as well. Thank you melissa chan in San Francisco. There is a study our showing that heroin use is rising and spike. The number growing by 300,000 people across all income levels. Most of the new users are white. Experts believe they switched from synthetic painkillers to heroin, which is cheaper. Three in every 1,000 americans say theyve used heroin over the past year. Thats up less than 2 per 1,000 people a decade ago. And more people dying heroin overdoses. Researchers finding people who abuse painkillers were 40 times more likely to abuse heroin. And the number of women using heroin doubling over the past decade. Courtney maest as was one of them. Weve watched her battle Getting Better for a year and a half. No one sits and puts a needle in their arm saying this is what they want for themselves. Addiction cost her jobs, friends, and loved ones. Even did jail time. I was smoking at first. I had a person who just introduced me to shooting it. Say going to you do it this way it will last a lot long. Her dad paid a heavy price too. Can you show us what you may be about to lose . Everything you see here. We first met courtney last year when her father dan was forced to sell his 40acre farm to pay courtys legal expenses. Youre watching the person you love the most in this world go through things, and there is nothing you can do to help. She was going through withdraw struggling and years of drug abuse. Finally she decided to go cold turkey and kicked her habit without professional treatment. That withdraw process, whats that like . Ugly and messy. And i was delusional for a little while. I would shake. It was awful. It was like having the flu times ten and then some. It was ugly. But had t had to be done. Dan and courty now rent a modest home in colorado. Sacrifices have to be made. Things are just things. Money are just money. Those are things that you can always get back. Dan said courtneys addiction left him feeling helpless as a father. But now their bond has grown. Courtney now works for her dad as an apprentice carpenter. Youre pretty lucky. Yes, i guess i am. Im very blessed. My trust in courty has been restored watching her hard work, being open with me and paying attention to whats going on in her world. Courtney found support in an unlikely place. At this rock climbing jim where a group of recovering addicts take their lives to new heights. There are people out there facing challenges that are harder than your own. Thats a good perspective to come back and everybody is doing something healthy sober and it just gives you endorphins. Its not just a high, its a natural high. Thats a great feeling. Courtney says she has been free of heroin for a year and a half. Shell always worry about heroins temptations. But she feels empowered to be drugfree. Al jazeera boulder colorado. Still ahead on al jazeera america. Filing a 10 million lawsuit the betrayal a family felt when a Police Officer shot and killed their teenage daughter. Plus, they served their country but is there country turning its back on them. The struggle to be transgender in the armed forces. This is al jazeera america. Im del walters in new york. John seigenthaler is off tonight. Use of force against a 17yearold girl shot to death inside of a Police Station. With no officers charged her family is taking action. Call of duty. These are people who are continue to go serve and want to continue to serve and who are fighting to continue to serve. Transgender u. S. Troops fighting for their country and the right to serve in the open. Papal visit. And can they turn back the time. You have pictures that suddenly appear. And presents the image and it has this very grossly quality to it. Stirring images from the battlefield of the civil war. The photographer merging the past and the present. In january their 17yearold daughter was shot dead inside after texas Police Station. Last month they learned that the officers involved would not be facing any charges. Her parents are determined to get justice. Theyre suing the city of long view and its Police Department. Heidi zhou castro is in dallas with more on what the lawsuit is seeking. Good evening heidi . Good evening, del. The parents say that this young woman went to the lobby Police Station looking for help. They say she carried with her a backbackpack full of clothes ready to go to a mental facility, but she also had an eightinch knife. The controversy was caught on videotape. Captured on the after hours phone in the lobby. I need some help. She showed up at the station with the words i have a gun written on her palm. Within five minutes she was shot by officers as a 17yearold charged them with a knife. Almost all so many pictures of her were like that right there. Just peace. Thats hour baby. Eric and beth have now filed a federal lawsuit against the language view Police Department. Seeking 10 million in damages and claiming officers violated their daughters civil rights by using excessive force. The lawsuit also accuses police of breaching the american with disabilities act by not taking the young woman to a mental facility. The family says that she suffered for years from depression and bipolar disorder, and had gone to police for help. Would you say she was different than your typical american teenager . Pretty much. I would say so, yes. Yes. In a lot of ways. Long view police are not commenting on the lawsuit but we spoke to them in march about the video that shows at least three occasions when an officer twice the girls size appears to subdue her but does not put her in handcuffs. Well, you have to remember she had a knife. Why is seeing a knife mean you dont put someone in handcuffs. I cant speak for him. 12 seconds passed where shes face down. Hes kneeling done top of her. At that moment why does he not put handcuffs on her. I cant answer that. Then more officers enter and the young woman charges with a knife in her hand. They shoot striking her four times. Last month a grand jury declined to indict the officers, concluding they did not break state law. If you were to just zoom in on that one instance where shes coming at him with a knife and shes shot, that would make sense. That would be justified and the office has the right to use reasonable force to protect himself. But im surprised it escalated to that point. And the family lawsuit claims that it was entirely preventable, and the officers should have deescalateed the situation by restraining her when they had a chance. According to the lawsuit the Police Department knew that the officer who struggled with her was a poor performing officer who did not complete the statesman dated crisis intervention training. They say that he and the other two officers who shot Christian Ina are back on the force. Heidi zhou castro for us this evening. Thank you very much. Its been four years now since the end of dont ask dont tell when gays and lesbians were banned from openly serving in the military. But one group is still serving in the shadows. We sit down with the first army officer to publicly come forward as transgender. Ive been in the military close to 15 years. Ive been transgender my whole life. Army general enlisting as a man, james henry but inside she knew she was a woman. Much of it inner turmoil that i could not express or share with my colleagues. She wanted to transition from a man to a woman but did not dare to reveal this secret to anyone. Your psychiatrist said as recently as october that you were unfit for duty. Yes. How devastating was that, to hear Something Like that. Just mentioning this to anyone i could lose my job. I want to serve the country. I want to deploy. Ive been in since i was 17. This is my chosen professional. I want to serve. Four years after dont ask dont tell ended the military still officially disqualifies anyone who reports psychosexual conditions including transsexualism and transvestiteism. But the American Medical Association said there was no valid reason to exclude transgender individuals from the service in the u. S. Military. The first active Duty Army Officer to come forward as public transendder but shes not alone. There are 15,500 transgender in the military. Making it the largest employer of transgender people in the u. S. Transgender people are more than twice as likely to serve in the armed forces. Former navy pilot director of spatter at a for Service Members for respect and tolerance for all. She transitioned after leaving the service in 2010. Its very much like dont ask dont tell. You have people who are hiding. You have people who do come out can be discharged administratively. Do a lot of transgender people feel like they serve their country, but the country is turning its back on them . It feels unfair. These are people who are continuing to serve and want to continue to serve and are fighting to continue to serve. Despite the fact that theyre having to hide themselves, despite the fact that theyre being labeled as something less than their Service Members jet they continue to believe in United States, in the military, in their job. Advocates say the pressure transgender troops are under to hide their gender identity can take a huge emotional toll. In june sergeant ships committed suicide two years after leaving. Military to transition to a woman. She said that she left the military because she could not live a double life. The stress of transition, the stress of losing your job. Just left the military to transition as well. She was just filled withshe made people happy. Someone who is just one of the most hilarious people youll ever meet, but inside just dealing with a lot of deep, dark feelings. According to the williams institute, 41 of transgender people have attempted suicide which is anyone times more than the general public. As the community continues to mourn, groups want to see change come faster. It makes me want to insure things change and push for that change as quickly as possible. To make sugar that people dont give up hope. Theyre near the finish line. And that finish line may be in sight. This year the u. S. Armed forces provides stricter scrutiny of these discharges. Together weve been able to do more to protect the rights of lesbian, gay transgender more than any time in our history. [applause] for the fires time president obama hosted six transgender members at the white house. We were invited and told to wear and given authorization to wear the uniform that conforms with our gender identity. It felt good. It felt very very good to be able to be who i am. Because the rest of my time in uniform i was not myself. And for army germany jamie henry, she was finally able to be her self, too. They may be accepting transgender Service Members. I could have my career back. I could be like any other doctor in the military. That is incredible to me. Although he has been retired from the navy for five years she dreams to one day return. When you look back at this, what do you remember . What do you think of . Honest answer . I miss flying pretty much every day, and flying is just about the most fun thing you can do with your clothes on. I miss flying. I miss it a lot. Jonathan betz, al jazeera, washington. Christian beck is a former navy seal who came out as a transwambach in 2013. She joins us from d. C. Tonight. Thank you very much. When we think of seals we think of mens men testosterone on steroid. Would you begin to tell us the reaction of your fellow seals when you told them you were not what they thought. There were a lot of mixed feelings. Begrudgingly acceptance for some of them. But a great acceptance from others when i explained what i was doing. So i speak about freedom. I speak about individual liberty. I speak about what we defend in our nation, institution, bill of rights, true liberty. Im expressing my own freedom my own individual liberty where the others understood that, they accepted me. There is a large segment of the population that disagrees and perhaps does not understand your lifestyle. But with caitlin jener there seems to be a rush to be politically correct or in their case silent. Are you worried there has not been a full public vetting of the transgender debate . Well, yes, there are uneducated people who think that transgender people has something to do with sex. It is not a lifestyle. This is my life. With all the people out there who just totally misunderstand it, thats where we start running into problems. My biggest effort right now is only education letting people know who i am. If you can spend two minutes with me youll find out that im a regular person, no different than. You how does society handle the thorny issues of where do you bathe . Where do you bunk . There are 18 other countries around the world in the military that accept open Transgender Service. Canada has done an immense study. Theyve had Transgender Service since 199. Take the examples that they have. There has been no effect on operational readiness. Im sure there would be straight facilities . No, we have male and female facilities. There is not a problem. Most of the facilities were speaking about nowadays are very private. We dont have open showers like in the 1920s. Times have changed quite a bit. The people ive served with its a professional force. Were professionals. I dont serve with beavis and butt head. So you dont see the things that you would think are going on. I dont see the problem. Should tax payers have to foot the bill for surgeries and treatments . The thing is Chelsea Manning right now is in federal prison. So its up to the federal prison system to take care of their people that they have in custody. Thats 100 across the board. Chelsea manning deserves as much surgery as everything to make her as comfortable as possible. Thats whats called human rights. So taken care of chelsea is their duty, and they must do it. But even as a convent . Chelsea man something in custody. Its up to them to tame care of a person who is in custody right across the board. Its called human rights as i said earlier. Otherwise its an undue and inhumane treatment. So i 100 support Chelsea Manning getting surgery hormone therapy being taken care of with dignity and respect. Your story grabbed headlines. Are you afraid that news organizations are using you more for ratings and a reallife dialogue of the Transgender Community comes second . Thats one thing. If you want to get ratings because you have me on your show, go for it. But if i can get education out there and a few people to understand where im coming from, i save one life, then its worth it. You need to understand that inside of me is the same spirit inside all of us. I believe in soul. I believe in who i am and the after life. I think were all brothers and sisters, and there is no gender. There is into color. There is no religion, there is none of that. Its really what we do here as ourselves. Not all these coverings. If you understand that point then you understand where im coming from. I believe in spirit. I believe in after life. Christian beck. You also ran for congress i believe it was in the state of maryland. Thank you very much for being with us. Thank you. Hopepope francis celebrating in ecuador. He urged those in the crowd to spread the faith. And he called on catholics to put aside their personal differences. Its unthinkable that unity can shine forth. The spiritual worldliness puts us at war with one another in in for power economic security. Lucia newman has been following the pope. 1. 5 Million People have for the popes last mass in ecuador. He has spoken out forcefully against the war and violence ravaging the world. And he told the pilgrims no matter how much catholics are persecuted, its up to them oh to unite the world. While in some countries there is war we christians insist on recognizing other religions healing injuries and constructing bridges and strengthen ties. Pope francis appeared to direct criticism at many latin american leaders whom he said were too obsessed with their personal interest and power and were unable to appreciate movement and solutions to peoples problems. Thousands of pilgrims had spent a freezing night under the pouring rain, and entire families in order to ensure they would see and hear the leader of the catholic church. But what is particularly noteworthy is unlike the millions who went to see the pope during catholic newsweek in brazil a large percentage of the people here are knows the pope said are perpetually relegated to the poor. Its been season years since the terrorist attacks in london. Antone yore mora with more on what is a somber anniversary. Definitely. The question remains is britain any safer today than it was in 2005 . More than 50 people died in the simultaneous attacks on mass transit in london. The four suicidebombers were inspired alqaedalink. Three of them were born in britain. In the year since u. K. Than enacted tough antiterrorism and the threat remains. Luckily we havent heard of anything significant happen over the past ten years. Not on british soil. Weve had this horrible event in tunisia, of course so i think that we are in aas good a place as we possibly can be. It is very difficult to know whether were safer or not. The 7 7 attacks were marked across the u. K. Today. In our next hour a look how the threat against the british changed at home and abroad. Seems like it was just yesterday. Antonio, thank you. It used to be an oasis until power plants tossed toxic waste in oxnard, california. Now the Environmental Protection agency calling it a super fund site. Ormond beach in the town of oxnard was the dumping ground for toxic waste. Halico operated a Metal Recycling plant here. For 40 years sending toxic run off in the ponds at its base at an estimated rate of 1 milliongallons per month. Cited and sued halaco filed for bankruptcy and shut down in 2004. Leaving behind an unsightly and dangerous slag pile that is now slated as a super fund site. The towns coast is blighted by three power plants. We have in oxnard the largest remaining coastal wetlands in cal. And theyre very ecologically. Now member of city council and narrow pro tem said that this community has suffered long enough. Oxnard already has born bourne the burden for 50 years. We dont have the nicest coast in every way that other cities enjoy. Its time for us to get our coast back so we can have the same opportunities other beautiful coastal cities have. Unlike affluent neighbors malibu and Santa Barbara oxnard is a working class town with many immigrant farm workers with little means to fight big business. Thats where they could live. They could afford it, so they were stuck with it. Most Super Fund Sites i would community are poor communities in our country. Oxnard is no exception. Were people here taken advantage of . I think so. A former strawberry picker lives in a neighbor close to the dump site. I didnt even know that place was bad. Do you think thats the case with most people . They have no idea. He became a Community Organizer and strong voice about the toxic hazard in his community. Some of the chemicals are going into the potable water. According to the epa there are no health risks to nearby residents but there may be hazards from longterm contacts with the waste materials on the site. And in a statement to america tonight, the agency said epa is working to develop a cleanup proposal for the site. Cleanup costs are unknown but likely to be in the millions or tens of millions of dollars. Were joined live from los angeles. Michael, the epa saying as you pointed out there are no health risks to the nearby residents but are they buying that . Well, for the most part, del residents are wary from what the epa has to stay about this. But theyre also very wary about going to that site. There is a small number of people who occasionally do bad things or officially ehis the things from that site from time to time. But they talk about their neighbors dying from cancer, and this lingering metallic taste that they have in their mouths when the halaco site was still in operation. Essentially there has been no proven connection between those two things. But they still talk about it. So what happens at this point is anybodys guess about where were going to go. Michael, thank you very much. And a reminder you can see more of michaels report on america tonight. Up next civil war battle grounds. Striking photos of the places are tens of thousands of soldiers died. This month marking 152 years since gettysburg. It was a defining and deadliest battle in the civil war. David levene has marked on a new project to bring gettysburg to life. He explains it in tonights first person report. So this is a then and now photography project which gives people a chance to see how places have changed from 150 years ago to today. I came on with 23 pictures that they had found that we decided having looked at the images and looked at the photographs of the areas today that we might have a good chance at achieving the same photographs that were taken 150 years ago during the civil war. The beauty of these images, seeing the fade from then to now. Particularly if you have people in the original pictures that suddenly disappear and yet present the modern day image. It has this very ghostly quality to it. The easiest way to find the locations is having a series of reference points. So when youre presented to a scene. When you have a building in the near foreground and a building way off in the distance then its easy to reference those two buildings to each other to work out where you should be in relations to those buildings. In one picture there is a series of boulders, and its quite difficult to use those kinds of landmarks as your reference points. Also some of the landscapes have changed quite a lot. Whether thats the National Landscape or the buildings themselves. Some buildings have been modified over the past 150 years. The civil car era was an amazing time for photography. It was only 2025 years after the birth of photography and the guys who were working at the time were real pioneers in their craft. These guys were artists and they looked at themselves as artist. When im in the field and im trying to get the photograph i get quite technical actually. So i dont get swept away by the historical events at the time. But when youre laying images on top of each other it starts to take that impact. And you can see more of david levenes photography at www. Theguardian. Com. Thats all for now. Im del walters, and the news continues next with antonio mora. Reference paints deadline deferred. 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