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Bridges, all of which have been disabled by u.s.-led air strikes. up next, what the start of the trump administration means for the u.s. economy. news from our fox affiliates. fox 2 in detroit, a second executive from volkswagen is facing criminal charges in the scandal over emissions testing. a top engineer is accused of programming diesel powered vehicles to turn on pollution controls during testing, then turn them off afterward. the company has agreed to pay $15 billion in penalties and repar...

Matt, well start with you. youre out there in the thick of it. how sweeping are the pollution controls? they dont seem to be working. >> yeah, you know, these controls are everywhere. you can see them when you walk around the city. some of them are a bit more visual than others. lets show you one of them here. were on top of the second road, one of beijings busiest thorough fairs. and its very, very rare at this time of day to see any space between the cars. one of the restrictions that has been...

In beijing schools and factories are closed. half of the citys cars are banned from the roads. some of the measures being enforced after the government issued its first ever red alert. that the highest high pollution warning. cnns matt rivers joins us now live from beijing with the latest. it is 20 past 2:00 there on a tuesday afternoon. matt, how are the pollution controls working out? >> as you can see behind me not that well. so far. and it really is making life more difficult for people here...

It didnt happen by accident. >> mike, there is something in economics called the law of diminishing returns. in the 70s and 80s you needed pollution controls. the government agencies are so big they feed on themselves. they only exist to employ the bureaucrats. >> you look at the paint care program in california. that makes sense. paint manufacturers, recycled consumer paint so it doesnt get dumped. they go over board and stop the building of water storage tanks so they have a drought, theyre in...

Years. and you do see this incredible boom in wind and solar, storage is starting to get cheaper and gas is cheap as well. its not out of the question. you hear a lot about the coal industry has started this cold in the dark kpab campaign saying that were going to run out of power without coal. but we had more blackouts before this renewables revolution. >> when you talk about whats cheap, that depends always on how you price it. there are different industries that might have a low price for wha...

Because were in the how-do-i-get-this-startup- off-the-ground business. the taking-your-business- global-business. were in the problem-solving business. 400,000 people - ready to help you solve problems while theyre still called opportunities. from figuring it out to getting it done were here to help. $13, $14 an hour for factory workers and you can move your factory south of the border pay a dollar an hour for labor. pay a dollar an hour for your labor. have no health care. thats the most exp...

>> the clean air act has been around for 40 years. what weve seen over the last several decades is every single toxic pollutant coming from power plants has had pollution controls put on them, except for carbon. in about an hour the e.p.a. administrator will announce historic, first-ever regulations that will reduce carbon pollution. well be able to cut our carbon pollution more than any other country. that will give the united states enormous leverage and bargaining power when it comes to pushi...

Believe if that oil were to be used here, the carbon musician problem would be much less than if its shipped abroad somewhere where pollution controls are much less rigorous. arthel, back to you. arthel: doug mckelway, thanks a lot for that update. bill: it has happened yet again, another cruise ship hit with an outbreak of sick passengers, separate ships now. the caribbean princess docking in houston with nearly 200 sick passengers. casey steegals following that. hes in dallas. when did the shi...

>> pay a dollar an hour for your labor. have noing . have no environmental control, no pollution controls and no retireme retirement. the and you dont care about anything but making money. there will be a giant sucking sound going south. >> any excuse to play that. do president obamas efforts to push the deals through on the fast track go against his fight to end in equality? his expertise on this includes work as the former executive committee and economic adviser to ted kennedy during the naft...

Now the hard part begins. in spite of frigid temperatures an estimated 35,000 people turned out at washingtons national mall and outside the white house for what environmentalists are calling the largest climate rally in u.s. history. they want the president to reject the controversial keystone oil pipeline. >> the first and biggest test of the president is to make sure he rejects the tar sands pipeline. we know that clean energy would do a better job. we also want the president to turn away fro...