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Mike: mayor pete with $25 million, he's not going anywhere anytime soon. >> reporter: he is not. mike: jacqui heinrich here in new york, thanks so much. arthel: a toxic algae bloom is forcing officials in the gulf to close or limit access to beaches. it's all coming at the worst possible time, during a holiday weekend. charles watson has more. >> reporter: summer beach plans are hitting a snag along the gulf coast this fourth of july holiday weekend. mississippi is closing down more than a dozen beaches as a safety precaution as a toxic blue algae grouse along miles of -- grows along miles of ...

Them that the areas that are affected are near the beaches, very close to land. the areas we fish, very far to south. >> reporter: mississippi's department of marine resources says the toxic algae bloom is the product of a large amount of freshwater from the mississippi river into the gulf after this spring's widespread flooding. the higher amount of freshwater lets harmful bacteria thrive causing nausea and breathing issues. more than a dozen beaches in louisiana and texas have been placed under advisory. toxic algae blooms have been spotted in the water along florida's coastline, the noticea...

Because floods contaminate drinking water, droughts take away our drinking water. so there is no way in which an epa administrator can decide on i am going to think about drinking water and decide that i am not going to do what's right by the american people and actually address climate change which was exacerbating our challenges with drinking water. stephanie, do you remember back five or so years ago when toledo, ohio, was shutdown came from the algae blooms because of the water and the farms run off that was going in. we know there are challenges today and half of the algae blooms are ever...

It was supposed to come out in december but was released by the trump administration on friday, smack in the middle of a holiday weekend. that tells you the kind of priority it will have for this white house. southeast will probably lose half a billion hours of labor by the year 2100 due to extreme heating. parts of the midwest will be able to produce less than 75% of the corn they produce today. heat stress will cause dairy production to fall. shellfish, red tides, algae bloom that kills sea life like those that interestingered a state of emergency in florida in august will become more freque...

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