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We started on this project in 1969. Im a sandhog. Ive been a sandhog for 37 years. Narrator sandhogs are the men of local 147, who work deep below the city. They began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. From the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. Ryan you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows were here. See the empire state building, right. Thats 1,000 feet. So you figure, you go down 1,000. Ho...

That we face in america today. Allbee the clean water act set a floor and basically said, everybodys whos discharging is going to have to have a permit, and to achieve this defined performance level. Narrator the clean water act regulates the discharge of pollutants into surface waters across the nation. It protects our watersheds, our recreational waters, and our Drinking Water intakes. Man today, more than 50 of the nations waters are fishable, swimmable. Thats almost doubled since the clean w...

And Wastewater Infrastructure systems are actually paying for it. Narrator cities and municipalities across the United States are now facing this funding gap, between projected revenue and projected expenses, as they strive to maintain Water Quality and meet demand. New york is the most densely populated city in the u. S. And over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. The 1. 3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engine...

Of new york city. Reliable infrastructure and Reliable Delivery of water is a must. You have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. Hurwitz we have the stock exchange, we have the United Nations failure can have a dramatic impact on the nation, and even internationally. So theres a really keen awareness that you always have to be fixing the system. Things corrode, they rust. They get to where you turn them on and nothing happens. But it is so totally used in ev...

Our Current Assessment is that what happened in benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in cairo. Now sparking a war of words with the president , senators are threatening to block her potential nomination as secretary of state. The reason i dont trust her is because i think she knew better, and if she didnt know better, she shouldnt be the voice of america. Senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should ...

Treating the roads. It could be some problems for tomorrow mornings commute. Shomari stone continues our coverage now. He is in la plata, maryland. Shomari . Reporter well, jim, as doug just told you and as you can see, it is coming down. Let me show you real quick. Its sort of like a light type of flow. Its really flaky. Of course, around 30 minutes ago, it was little heavier. Doug told you that a lot of folks are going to have to be cleaning off their cars like this one here. Speaking of cars,...

That what happened in benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in cairo. Now sparking a war of words with the president , senators are threatening to block her potential nomination as secretary of state. The reason i dont trust her is because i think she knew better, and if she didnt know better, she shouldnt be the voice of america. Senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. Well talk to ...

Reporting, trying to find the facts and the truth. Calling out hypocrisy. Tonight we are one day closer to the fiscal cliff and not one iota closer to a deal to avoid it. Now, on january 1st, four weeks from today, automatic tax hikes and spending cuts kick in with potentially serious consequences for virtually every taxpayer in america. There has been zero progress on a deal, zero. Keeping them honest though, the American People clearly want some sort of a compromise. Polls show they want resul...

Our starting point this morning, president obama putting his foot down. He says no tax hikes for the wealthy, no deal. America hits that fiscal cliff in 27 days and that means tax hikes and deep spending cuts if the democrats and the republicans cant come together in some kind of a deal and with just ten days remaining until congress is scheduled to go home for the holidays, the clock ticking. Heres what he told bloomberg news. Listen. Were going to have to see the rates on the top 2 go up and w...

Tonight, gangnam style. Yep, this is how one man sees the fiscal cliff and its a pretty important man. This is alan simpson. Yep. That maybe the most action the fiscal cliff saw today. Heres the scene on capitol hill at noon. Yep, people leaving. Members of congress leaving washington, heading home on wednesday afternoon. One man left standing was the House Speaker and he says im not going anywhere. Ill be here and ill be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious abou...