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Eight rand industries. that seems to be the road were going down. >> yeah, its sort of amazing that you have the corporate industry of the company was already so complicated, the last time we had you on a few days ago, now it looks like its going through another iteration to, you know, shed its liability. what about the water supply? what are people in west virginia, in that part of west virginia, being told? im hearing conflicting reports and what is the experience theyre having of whether the ...

Into the elk river. that feeds into an intake tank for water distribution, and that u resulted in more than 300 people being sent to hospitals with symptoms potentially due to the spill. all right. now we know something new. today, freedom industries filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, in a move that appears designed to help protect it from creditors and more than two dozen lawsuits that residents and business owners have already filed. in fact, if todays court filings are to be believed, its a sta...

Provide freedom industries with its bankruptcy funding. mountaineer funding is not a very well-known company for the simple reason that it hasnt existed before today. thats right, mountain near funding, llc, incorporated today. and the first person listed as its officer, one of only two officers, is a man by the name of j. clifford forrest. and if the name cliff forrest rings a bill, it might be because cliff forrest is the man identified in todays "washington post" as the current owner of -- yo...

Weve been talking about. it involves some new names. and i think its a very -- >> wait a second, the mayor of hoboken, we have not tried to book her, shes going to come on your show tomorrow and say, heres the real reason -- i know why i didnt get this money and heres what it is. >> and we have some interesting documents youll want to see. >> steve kornacki, youll want to get up tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. ill absolutely be in front of the television watching that here on msnbc and assemblywom...

With almost no state and local monitoring, the product of an environment in which the coal industry is king. if you have any doubts about that, consider the fact that west virginia governor earl ray tomlin has been insisting that this was a chemical company incident, nothing to do with coal. and heres the exchange i had right after the spill with west virginia senator joe manchin. >> i know those who want to blame it on the coal industry, if it wasnt for the coal industry, you wouldnt have it. t...

Happening in west virginia is about more than just one company. it is about industry takeover an entire state. start with the water supply itself. back in 2009, "new york times" pointed to west virginia to illustrate how industries successfully lobbied to undermine clean water laws. children in charleston had scabs and damaged teeth due to tap water reportedly tainted by waste from nearby coal companies. later that year, the state started approving partnerships that handed over responsibility fo...

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