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Continue to report, the background system -- the background check system that uber set up is private. it doesnt go through a government entity. it doesnt allow for fingerprinting. and there are a lot of these drivers who slip through the cracks. now, background checks dont solve everything, but they are a part of what makes it safe to drive in a strangers car, which is effectively what youre doing. uber, according to many state regulators, not doing enough, well stay on it. >> drew, thank you fo...

Uber, according to state regulators, according to federal officials we talked to, can do a better job of background checking its individual drivers. >> drew, thank you for bringing all this to us and for all of that investigative reporting. really important. david, people think when you get into an uber car youre safe and theyve done all the vetting necessary. now we know there are big holes in that. >> there are big holes. its the kind of thing -- you think about more and more parents relying o...

Democrats to dunk on paul ryan and by extension a woman who is happy she got a tax break. it misses the bigger picture. people are happy with the tax reform. whether its employees of places like walmart, boeing, at&t getting bonuses. massachusetts -- state regulators told their utility companies to lower rates as a result of the lowered corporate tax rate. thats massachusetts. tax-a-chusetts. they are missing where the energy is on this, no pun intended, and making a little bit more in their gid...

Legal sales under the new regulations for days or weeks. >> were talking about an unregulated industry thats been thriving for at least 22 years. that now you have this set of rules and track and trace system. and taxation, and all of these local agencies and bureaucrats and state regulators and licenses. its a totally different beast. >> reporter: bumps in the road ahead for california, but legal pot here is expected to spur massive growth for the legal cannabis industry in the u.s. and around ...

>> were talking about an unregulated industry thats been thriving for at least 22 years, that now you have this set of rules and track and trace system and taxation and all these local agencies and bureaucrats and state regulators and licenses. its a totally different beast. >> bumps in the road ahead for california, but legal pot here is expected to spur massive growth for the legal cannabis industry in the u.s. and around the world. miguel marquez, cnn, los angeles. coming up at the top of t...

Legal. >> reporter: on day one, while pot will be legal, it wont be available everywhere. only a few smaller localities have approved licenses to start recreational sales on january 1st. cities like san francisco and los angeles wont be ready for legal sales under the new regulations for days or weeks. >> were talking about an unregulated industry thats been thriving for at least 22 years. that now you have this set of rules and track and trace system and taxation and all these local agencies an...

Pay, the one that wouldnt be hundreds of millions of dollars but billions of dollars would be paid by deutsche bank after the feds got through with them. its one thing to have new york state regulators come to you and one thing to have the justice department coming after you. people expect it would be a ginormous fine against deutsche bank when the justice deputy case about money laundering finally came to its conclusion either in the courts or in the settlement. well, that russian money launder...

But state regulators say the threat isnt imminent. >> husband and wife die from cancer across the street. husband over here died from cancer. both of his sons got cancer. where all this cancer coming from? >> the desperate calls for cleaner air. a cnn investigation up next. its a match made in tech heaven. its like verizon is the oil and google is the balsamic. no, actually they separate into a suspension. its more like the google pixel 2 is the unlimited storage. and verizon is the best unlimit...

>> they dont have any compassion for human life. my little girl is 10 years old. she innocent. >> reporter: and at 76 years old, watkins hopes that federal regulators, state regulators, someone will force denka to adhere to the cancer risk recommendation for her sake, and for the sake of her family. >> let me live. whatever time i have left, let it be decent. we need clean air. we need help to get this done. >> reporter: so an important question here, are there more actual cases of cancer in tho...

People in a small louisiana community say that on some days it is literally sickening to be outside. the environmental protection agency says a local factory is releasing a chemical thats putting them at the highest risk in the country of developing cancer from air toxins. state regulators say the threat is not imminent but local people say cases of cancer are common. theyre afraid and theyre begging for help. victor blackwell has this cnn investigation. >> the air is so foul. the waters so mess...