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Top of the news at the bottom of the hour. queen elizabeth marking 70 years since the end of world war ii by attending a parade. the queens son, prince charles, and his wife camilla, also attending that ceremony. new york governor andrew cuomo says part of a nuclear plant remains offline after a fire that happened yet. its the indian point nuclear plant which is north of new york city by quite a bit. thousands of gallons of oil have already spilled into the hudson river were told. crews are wo...

Queen elizabeth marking 70 years since the end of world war ii in europe by sending a parade honoring war veterans. andrew cuomo said part of a nuclear plant remains offline after a transformer fire that happened yesterday. its the indian point nuclear plant. thousands of gallons of oil have already spilled into the hudson river, were told. crews are now working to contain as much of it as possible. people in the small town of belmont, south dakota have been told to leave. weve been watching t...

Building will not be able to withstand the heat of the fire, and the weight of the water being pumped in to fight it. >> we were providing 500 gallons per minute at these locations. which leads to the dead load in the building. >> the citys buildings department tells norum that the structure is stable because there arent any cracks or bulges in the walls but he doesnt take any chances and establishes a wide perimeter or collapse zone around it. >> we moved those trucks, the tower ladders, the pi...

Werent the rescuers. we almost needed rescue ourselves. >> from the base of the hill they see several cars trapped in the raging waters. >> i made the initial radio transmission to our emergency communications and said were going to need water rescue, manpower. we knew time was not on our side at that point. >> the 66-inch water main break is pouring thousands of gallons of water down the hill. the firefighters need to act fast. >> our plan of attack was to use the fire truck as sort of a barrie...

And finally tonight, five years after the deep water disaster sent millions of gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico, bp says it is still committed to the regions recovery. >> i grew up in louisiana so i care deeply about the gulf. >> five years ago we made two commitments to help the gulf recover and become a safer company. >> bp has spent nearly $28 billion so far to help the gulf economy and environment. >> and weve toughened safety standards, too, including enhanced safety and 24/7 on shore...

Is taking all of its products off the shelves in a massive recall thats happening. this amid heightened concerns of possible listeria contamination and initially limited recall came last month when several deaths were connected to ice cream contaminations, but as nbcs craig melvin reports, further testing found more contaminated samples. >> reporter: the blue bell creameries nationwide recall includes ice cream, sher bert and frozen snacks distributed in 23 states and international locations. mo...

>> reporter: california is facing year four. some say the crisis could have been avoided. they point to federal environmental regulations mandating that enormous amounts of water be averted in order to protect the delta. >> it is a trillion and a half gallons of water flushed into the pacific ocean that should have been used to provide for communities throughout the state and to provide for the substinns of the farming community. >> followed a lawsuit by the natural resources defense council whi...

Protected. we now know -- but they the way, people think of federal lands as vast open spaces but many of these are native american communities close by and there is no setbacks. even states like wyoming and pennsylvania are requiring the disclosure of fracking chemicals. these new laws do not require the disclosure of fracking chemicals. >> mr. manuel where has been the damage to the public lands? whats the problem here? >> like you said this is a very dirty and dangerous way to get oil and gas...

How long you spend in hotel showers. the feds saying most hotels dont monitor guest water usage. good. and as a result millions of gallons of water are wasted every year. the epa is working with the university to develop a system that would track how much h2o goes down the drain in hopes it would get hotel guests to modify their behavior. if they pop into my shower and told me ive taken too long, im going to take twice as long. im going to shave my legs, alberto vo5 treatment going on in there. ...

I look at barack obama and i see the worst president in my lifetime. i used to have significant criticism of jimmy carter. the damage obama is doing to the nation its a tragedy and we will pay a price trying to dig out from his presidencpresidenc. forget about taking a long hot shower on vacation. if you think youre doing it in private, think again. an epa is about to start monitoring your water use. the epa now spending $15,000 of your tax money to create a wireless system just to track how m...