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Flake of gold. since this land only holds two grams of precious metal per ton of mud, mercury is needed to pull the gold from the sludge. >> and what effect does that mercury have on the living things here, including the people? >> well, its magic for the mining process, but its poison for everything else. >> so its not just -- its not just the guys who are working with this stuff that are exposed to this dangerous stuff. >> thats right. >> it could end up in the fish market. >> it does end up i...

Millions of taxpayer dollars were given to people who were already dead. and inspector general audit showed the centers for medicare and medicaid, $2 million in parts a and b payments, and from 978 dead people, changes are being made to fix that system. a coffee shop forced to close its doors after back lash over and anti-police comment on social media. the owner of white road coffeehouse apologizing after her daughter, the store manager posted on facebook she would never host a coffee event, sh...

Know, in the kind of an oral tradition. he cares more about the spoken word tan anything. >> thats well said, hes in the oral tradition. yeah. >> i think mitch mcconnell is unscrutable to him. he cant understand how mitch mcconnell operates and how chuck schumer operates. >> thats relatable. how much are they freaking out about the base in daca? there are two ways tore me. theres one the base will swallow whatever trump dishes out. and the other is that theyre really worried about rebellion and ...

Texas note cracking down, compliance now rolling in about a about businesses charging up to eight times more for essential goods, like a gas and even accommodations. man, texas attorney general will join us live on watch they are doing about that. the health issues could linger much longer, coming up, a breakdown of the potential risks that many texans are facing.

Will engage north korea. so that is the wrong answer. this is not something we should involve ourselves in. >> really? you want us to back out there -- >> listen, brian. listen, brian. we need to talk to president moon. he has a strategy. he is our ally. he has 50 million people to be concerned about in the south. another 25 million koreans north of the dmz. he doesnt want any of them to die. we should not do anything unless we consult with him. >> brian: okay. i will say this, colonel, unfortun...

Will engage north korea. so that is the wrong answer. this is not something we should involve ourselves in. >> really? you want us to back out there -- >> listen, brian. listen, brian. we need to talk to president moon. he has a strategy. he is our ally. he has 50 million people to be concerned about in the south. another 25 million koreans north of the dmz. he doesnt want any of them to die. we should not do anything unless we consult with him. >> brian: okay. i will say this, colonel, unfortun...

>> if one of the people that i know, some new york killer builder or somebody built that building, it would have been up two years ago. >> theyre killers, but this is what we want negotiating for this. >> does scaramucci fit that killer win-at-all-costs? >> i dont know him well enough, but i know president trump was raised with his father whispering this mantra into his ear, youre a killer, youre a king. now, scaramucci i dont think wants to be the king. he recognizes that there is only one king...

Consumption. we havent seen the increase in teenage consumption or any of these things. and he was directed, he said they have a lot of priorities. at one point he said, well, you havent seen us cracking down, have you? no. >> so what does that mean? >> i interpreted that that he has his hands full with heroin, methamphetamines, cocaine, other things even more significant. but it doesnt mean that he feels he should be cutting any slack to marijuana. he is very clear. he is anti-drugs in all form...

China needs to use much more of its economic influence on north korea. china holds about 85% of north korean trade. that is a staggering fact that president trump really resonated with him when they were doing this review. china also provides north korea with most of its oil and so the administration really looking for china to do more. china already has cut its coal imports to north korea and has stopped, you know, very amazingly flights between china and north korea. so chinas slowly cracking ...

Self-serving who benefits from leaking information and trading in that political currency. and now the more rumors there are about sean spicer cracking down, the more valuable that information becomes when he has people deliver their phone so that we can go through and see if they have confided, snapshots, other coded messaging apps that allow them to talk to the press and have messages disappeared. >> sean spicer said that he took it off of his phone, he is imploring his staff to do the same th...