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This water has been piped for hundreds of miles, hundreds of miles away from the eastern sierras into los angeles, without a single pump, all using the force of gravity. at the time it was so monumental monumental, it literally changed the face of los angeles. the water today is starting to dry up because of the forces of nature. and here is the thing. today, l.a. has to come up with a plan. what are they going to do in a time when climate change is drying up some of our water supply, not just f...

>> shannon: marjorie and jason, thank you both very much. hearing the reports that there were problems with foundations and the kinds of things, it does seem like a tenuous connection that we then jumped to the infrastructure bill when these are real families that are sitting there greeting. >> john: clearly they are are republican infrastructure problems and private infrastructure problems. there are deficiencies i need to be repaired, but i remember when the i-35 west bridge collapsed in minne...

Infrastructure bill. >> you know, considering the infrastructure problems we still see, and there are some experts who say, as good as this bill is, the problems we face in this country of rebuilding our roads and bridges and adding some 21st century technology, that this bill still isnt enough. do you accept that criticism? >> first, its estimated the most we can absorb per year is about $70 billion in infrastructure spending, hard infrastructure, roads, bridges, et cetera, before it becomes a ...

The city of los angeles. come look at this. when you look this way, all this water has been piped for hundreds of miles. hundreds of miles from the eastern sierras into los angeles, without a single pump, all using the force of gravity. at the time, it was so monumental, that it changes the face of los angeles as we know it. and today, hundreds of billions of gallons of water are piped into the city of los angeles, every single year. thats water today that is starting to dry up because of the fo...

Investment as a big step towards a more level playing field. >> the country needs to understand that children in other school districts are important to us changing the reality of their life. >> jake, that interview in newark was conducted at the end of april when president biden was still hoping to pass an infrastructure bill close to $2 trillion. well, given that the administration has now cut its price tag by half, i reached out to superintendent leon to ask fehe was worried about possibly re...

Dangerous for our kids. cnns bianna golodryga takes a closer look now. >> we did not need a pandemic to realize what the needs were at a school such as lafayette street school as well as other schools throughout our city. >> reporter: from indadequate ventilation. >> the windows is the only ventilation that the school has. >> reporter: to antiquated heating. >> we have a boiler system that runs on oil that is close to 50 years old. >> reporter: poor lighting and asbestos beneath floor surfaces. ...

Told the b.b.c. up to a quarter of oxygen systems in the companys 787 dreamliner could be faulty putting passengers in danger of cabin pressure is lost boeing denies the allegations. and germany. has confirmed the cancellation of 1300 flights on thursday and friday cabin stop of preparing to hold a 2 day strike over pay and conditions. international monetary fund has cut its forecasts for the eurozone and its biggest economy germany the council of economic advisors to the german government is al...

They were flattened. theres nothing left in some parts. the fact this storm is coming and threatening to destroy what is left makes it that more difficult to deal with. >> the prime minister said that nassau cannot absorb all the people coming from grand bahamas and abaco. theyve got to find safety as this next tropical storm comes through and the infrastructure problems there. diane, thank you. the fda could be close to approving the first peanut allergy drug for children. >> the treatment wa...

Amtrak. theyre taking me on a guided tour of whats considered to be one of the most pressing infrastructure problems in the u.s. >> if you look up, you see all the ice? thats all the water. all that ice is coming down from the road? >> yeah. thats from the road because were not under the river yet, but thats kind of what happens when you have water infiltrated. >> how deep under the hudson does it go? >> approximately 100 feet. >> and during hurricane sandy, this was flooded out? >> the tunnel w...

Though work is underway to improve and expand the concourse tunnel, the rail tunnel between new york and new jersey is in desperate shape. it was completed in 1910. and while crews have been patching it for years, it really needs a major overhaul. approximately 200,000 passengers travel through this tunnel every day. if there is a catastrophic failure, the death toll could be significant. >> were going from new jersey to new york. >> these engineers at amtrak are taking me on a guided tour of wh...