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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 what's going on in north carolina, ever since duke energy's 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 pumping at the coal ash ponds along the river was part of routine maintenance. the company said t...

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 me now live. michael, thank you so much for your reporting and for being here this morning. we really...

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 nation's 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 ...

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 nation's 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 really big embarrassment for governor duke energy. but now it looks like things might have changed ...

Now? >> no. >> swim it? >> no. >> reporter: tubing? >> no. >> reporter: you won't be casting a line. what do you think you will be able to do? >> reporter: that's 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 site about a mile up the river from where we are now. it is like a sandbar. in this case, a coal ash...