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>> douglas brinkley, thanks so much to you again. all right, still ahead, five former u.s. presidents coming together to help hurricane victims the same week two of them take apparent jabs at the current, the sitting president, is the worlds most exclusive club trying to send a message to its newest member? later, the epa says 20,000 people in louisiana have the highest risk in the country of developing cancer from toxic chemicals in the air. state regulators say the threat is not imminent, ...

We saw john mccain. there are more that are saying that this doesnt represent us. donald trump, we have to not be a republican first, we have to be an american first. and trump is doing damage to the united states. thought it was a courageous speech by george w. bush in new york. >> sounding like bush and obama thinking out loud that the necessity far outweighed any risk that comes with verbal criticism. all right. douglas brinkley, thank you so much. still ahead, residents in one louisiana to...

Accusing donald trump of his smack down politics. and later the epa says more than 20,000 people in louisiana have the highest risk in the country developing cancer from toxic chemicals in the air. state regulators say the threat is not imminent but local people are still afraid. >> husband and wife died across the street from cancer. where are all these cancers are coming from. they are desperate for clean air, here is how they are fighting back in a cnn investigation. its someone elses car. wh...

If you dont live in the area, you can say anything and everybodys supposed to believe that. if they cant cut the emissions down, shut them down until they can repair them. then bring the plant back up. i dont want anybody to lose their job, but we can no longer live in these emissions. >> were not just going to sit around and let them push us around. >> taylor is part of a class action lawsuit to force the company to reduce the emissions to meet the epa cancer risk recommendation. hes joined on ...

If they cant cut the emissions down, shut em down until they can repair em. then bring the plant back up. i dont want anybody to lose their job. but we can no longer live in these emissions. >> were not just going to sit around and let them push us around. >> reporter: taylor is part of a class action lawsuit to force the company to meet the cancer risk emissions. hes filed on behalf of his 10-year-old daughter. he said she develops asthma and needs to use an oxygen machine several times per wee...

All right, welcome back. people in a small louisiana community say on some days it is sickening to be outside. a local factory is releasing a chemical thats putting them at the highest risk in the country of developing cancer from air toxins. thats according to the u.s. environmental protection agency. state regulators say the threat isnt imminent, but local people say cases of cancer are common and they are afraid and they are begging for help. victor blackwell has this cnn investigation. >> th...

Now responsible for the reconstruction of raqqah that is not just going to be about physically trying to rebuild that city. they have to somehow also rebuild raqqahs social fabric, but in the meantime these families are going to continue to have to struggle under these conditions. arwa damon, cnn, northern syria. >> thanks so much for that report, arwa. the u.s. environmental protection agency says that a chemical coming from a louisiana factory is putting its neighbors at the highest risk in ...

Income americans. and that is responsible for two-thirds of the 2018 rate hikes. some insurers will charge as high as 50% more to offset the cost of sick esicker-than-expec policyholders. humana, aetna, and anthem have already pulled out of the ex-changes. they blame lack of information on top of millions in losses. more insurers may pull out this week. companies have until wednesday to let state regulators know if they plan to stay. i would encourage everyone to go to "cnn money" this morning, ...

Two pennies which causes problems if youre russian and trying to buy things made in another country. it also poses particular challenges, though, if you need to turn a lot of rubles into a lot of dollars. for example, if you wanted to end up with, like, $10 billion, youd need to start with 563 billion rubles. that would get you $10 billion u.s. dollars. and i single out that amount because thats how much money a group of super rich russians snuck out of russia using a major internationally known...

Problems if youre russian and trying to buy things made in another country. it also poses particular challenges, though, if you need to turn a lot of rubles into a lot of dollars. for example, if you wanted to end up with, like, $10 billion, youd need to start with 563 billion rubles. that would get you $10 billion u.s. dollars. and i single out that amount because thats how much money a group of super rich russians snuck out of russia using a major internationally known bank, at least according...