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After they posted those pictures, the story got written up in "the new york times" and "l.a. times." this is national news now whats going on in north carolina, ever since duke energys coal ash pond on the dan river in eden, north carolina, broke loose super bowl sunday and coated the river bottom for 70 miles. tons of toxic sludge fouling the river and drinking water has a way of forcing an issue, not just in that one place, but everywhere. this weekend duke energy told "the new york times" the...

Every politician get in the details of that. mccrory appoints members of that commission. now, also on thursday, an ongoing fight between the state and the southern environmental law center broke into public view when the environmental group released selected e-mails that it claims shows an inappropriately close coordination between duke energy and the department of environment and natural resources. with that, michael besicker has been covering the story for the associated press, and he joins m...

Coal ash. and that might have been the end of it in north carolina, except for what happened along the dan river. last month on super bowl sunday, a duke energy coal ash dump in eden, north carolina, broke loose, went gushing into the dan river coating that river bottom for 70 miles with a ribbon of sludge and toxins like arsenic, it was the third largest coal ash spill in our nations history. and the ensuing rage about that disaster, the "associated press" revealed what the mccrory administrati...

Last month on super bowl sunday, a duke energy coal ash dump in eden, north carolina, broke loose, went gushing into the dan river coating that river bottom for 70 miles with a ribbon of sludge and toxins like arsenic, it was the third largest coal ash spill in our nations history. and the ensuing rage about that disaster, the "associated press" revealed what the mccrory administration had done to stop these coal ash pits from getting fixed whenever environmentalists tried to fix them. it was a ...

Now? >> no. >> swim it? >> no. >> reporter: tubing? >> no. >> reporter: you wont be casting a line. what do you think you will be able to do? >> reporter: thats something no one seems to have a handle on, from duke energy to the department of environmental and natural resources. >> we have never had an event like this before. so we are out there looking and determining what the next steps are. federal environmental officials tell us the most visible evidence of the spill is still at the spill si...

As i prepared to come face-to-face with my first crocodile, i followed their first piece of advice. once you leave the boat, dont linger at the waters surface because that is where crocodiles attack. heres what happened next. >> anderson, good. okay. >> we get to the river bottom as quickly as we can. its only about 15 feet deep. thankfully, the visibility is good and we find ourselves in a stunning underwater garden with overhanging ledges, walls of papyrus, submerged trees and lilies. >> we kn...

Okay. >> we get to the river bottom as quickly as we can. its only about 15 feet deep. thankfully, the visibility is good and we find ourselves in a stunning underwater garden with overhanging ledges, walls of papyrus, submerged trees and lilies. >> we know theres at least one crocodile in this area because we saw the ripples on the water. we believe its gone into a nearby cave system so were going to go into the caves right now to try to see if we can find it. >> its eerie and intimidating down...

Since the 1940s. outside memphis, they were racing to remove a car that poked out of the shrinking waters and was blocking river traffic. it had been quietly sitting on the river bottom for years. there its a lot at stake here. this river is the nations artery of commerce. and the goods on these barges alone could fill more than 700 semi trucks and theyre just sitting here. more than 500 tons of grain, coal and other goods move across the river every year. which means that every day products cou...

>> sure. really dont have any choice unless ruin the shoes. have you do that. those are cute. >> reporter: dont want to ruin the shoes. thats my advice to everyone at home watching us and about to come to the derby. wear your cute dress and maybe a poncho over it and leave the heels at home because even if the rain lets up, it is super muddy here. and so muddy, we had tractors go behind us here on the track. they are trying to get the track set. and we just had an expert the daily racing forum, ...