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Think. We begin on the front lines of Voter Suppression, with multiple developments across the country, not the least of which is the attorney general of the United States eric holder suing the state of texas, two states suing the federal government back, and a prominent republican lambasting the republican governor of North Carolina over that states brand new voting requirements. Today the Justice Department announced plans to file a new lawsuit against the state of texas over its voter i. D. Law and intervene as a party in another case involving texas redistricting. Attorney general holder s...

That making any accommodation to shut it down, to do something to it, is very difficult. Narrator two Massive Underground tunnels, called simply tunnel 1 and tunnel 2, provide most of the citys water supply. They run hundreds of feet below manhattan, far deeper than the subways. Built at the beginning of the 20th century, they are concretelined and bored through solid rock. They could last centuries. But the mechanical equipment within them will not. Engineers in the 1950s discovered rust on the tunnels valves. There were concerns that if they closed the valves for tunnel inspections, they may...

And to expand existing systems. Narrator because original Infrastructure Investments were frequently subsidized by the federal government, Water Pricing was often calculated without accounting for the initial cost to build the systems. We made Major Investments in assets in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. And for the first 40 years of that pipe, there really may not have been many maintenance requirements. Were past that period now. Narrator Water Pricing based only on daytoday operation, and not on planning for maintenance and eventual upgrades has resulted in a considerable repair and replacement bac...

And it served as a prototype for Many American cities, including pittsburgh and new york. Man new york city went to philadel a said, you know, were thinking of developing a hudson river water supply what do you suggest we do . And they said, weve had a lot of problems on the schuylkill. Dont go to the hudson river. Go to the upland and work by gravity. And thats what new york city did. They first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. And really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. I dont think they anticipated t...

That making any accommodation to shut it down, to do something to it, is very difficult. Narrator two Massive Underground tunnels, called simply tunnel 1 and tunnel 2, provide most of the citys water supply. They run hundreds of feet below manhattan, far deeper than the subways. Built at the beginning of the 20th century, they are concretelined and bored through solid rock. They could last centuries. But the mechanical equipment within them will not. Engineers in the 1950s discovered rust on the tunnels valves. There were concerns that if they closed the valves for tunnel inspections, they may...