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>> as just a human being, the idea of gigantic pits full of hog waste is a gross seeming thing, even in the best of times. in this case, thinking about those things being inundated with floodwaters and then spread, its obviously viscerally uncomfortable because we can imagine what those things are like. whats the danger of toxicity and pollution? >> hog lagoons can have bacteria other things that wouldnt be great if you were to come into contact with them or drink them. can contaminate sources o...

Look at this. you can see the rainbow color slick. thats the danger. whats in that slick? misery of whatever thats in there, thats potentially scary stuff here. joining us is our investigator reporter for the associated press. thanks very much for your time, i appreciate you being here. >> good to be with you. >> you broke the story of inspectors from the state not being able to get to the sites and test for themselves whether there is breaches or toxic contamination, how important is it that th...

Country. they have over three million head of hog and a lot of those hogs are going to be wiped out because of the storm. you can only do so much to protect the hog crop and with this incredible flooding youre probably going to lose millions and millions of pigs and hogs because of the storm. and its even deeper because this could cause a huge environmental disaster in this area, neil, because north carolina uses a lot of that hog waste to turn into fertilizer for a later date. so they have thes...

To evacuate. we have already seen traffic jams. this is i-40 out of wilmington. all the lanes are going in one direction. theres risk of environmental troubles. water is threatening to wash out toxic pits like coal ash and lead pits. theres thousands of hog farms. fema says the toxic sites are on their radar and working closely with the epa. you also have several nuclear power plants. theyre bracing for impacts now. the energy company is preparing to shut down reactors before hurricane force win...

North carolina has pits of toxic coal ash packed with arsenic, lead and other cancer-causing metals there are also hog farms with large open air lagoons and ponds filled with poisonous waste. there is also six nuclear power plants in the storms forecast one in brunswick county, north carolina, close to the coast and the forecasters say it could face the full force of this storm. our rick leventhal is live in wrightsville beach, north carolina where some of us go on days like this. as is always t...

For voters if they see we are having a government shutdown before the elections. the president doesnt want that to happen. hes nervous about keeping control of the house and senate. so im sure hes listening to them and hearing their concerns. if they are packaging it in a way saying we wont have as many republicans voted in. i am sure thats something they will take into consideration. >> they said quote passing spending bills would also bolster the campaign battle its a dynamic thats puts the pi...

A bit of the mentality of some of the great players in this journey team has not rubbed off on him yet and perhaps thats something that he needs to work on to really fulfill his potential buy for germany and as a player generally you know it well lets talk about team france i mean our how will they be approaching this game. well similarly to germany they have not made many changes from the world cup squad its only the goalkeeper compared coming in. other than that its still got all those hugely ...

H his a.g. continues. we will continue the watch for more on that. as you -- thank you. it is labor day, a day off for some of you. with midterm elections looming in politics this marks the beginning of serious crunch time n. pits pits, former vice president joe biden fronted democrats efforts to win back pennsylvania by marching with union members, shaking hands, posing for selfies. and remember, reliably blue pennsylvania turned red in 2016, helping propel president trump into the white house ...

All the claims. griff: here with more, former navy fighter pilot, lea gabrielle, sat down for an exclusive interview with retired general david petraeus. what they are calling the new agent orange. >> he dedicated years of his life to the wars in iraq and afghanistan. led the push into baghdad in 2003. he returned to lead the surge of the multinational force in iraq. he eventually took over u.s. central command n my sit-down with them he recalls what troops were dealing with during the wars in i...

Enough water in our troops in the really hot summer. we were looking forward to the time where we might get some is real food. >> the general also recalls how burn pits were used on military bases to crudely incinerate everything from trash to medical waste. early in the war, even human waste. you and i both know burn pits were used to dispose things like chemical solvents, human waste, medical waste. all kinds of things were basically thrown into these. sounds like you were very aware while you...