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Desalination. third, desalination plants are environmentally problematic if done done right. you have to figure out how to bring in the saltwater without harming marine life. you need to feel -- figure out how to address the large energy depends without increasing your carbon footprint, and you need figure out how to responsibly dispose of the brine created without letting it create dead zones on the bottom of the ocean floor. >> yeah. if not desalination then what are some other viable options? do you see any? >> well i would encourage other communities to look at the successes we've had here...

Announcement. we are expecting to hear from city officials, the mayor, potentially the police chief after we hear from the d.o.j. today. carol? >> sarah sidner reporting live from ferguson missouri this morning. let's dig deeper with jeff rorda. a former missouri state representative and has staunchly supported missouri law enforcement officers and their tactics. he joins me live. welcome, sir. >> welcome, carol. >> glad you're here. last year you told cbs, quote, whatever has happened in america to cause these feelings of resentment in the black community, it is not a failure of law enforceme...

The great success of a blankfeinable slate after screwing workers. that's what it is. >> bankruptcy leaves businesses with a clean slate. bankruptcy leaves cities with communities in ruin and that's what we have here. in detroit, the unemployment rate is double the state average. property value has plummeted. the city is hemorrhaging residents. residents still face water shutoffs. what a turnaround, governor. kevin orr officially surrenders control of spending and operations today and make no mistake, authorities still haven't completely shifted over to elected officials. all of the authority ...

So, in the police and fireside of the pension house, their pensions were not cut. their cola was cut by about 40%. and on the civil side, their pensions were cut by about 4.5%, but that was significantly better than the almost 26% we would have had to cut back if bedidn't gbwe didn't get that money. so, there's some reductions, but the pensioners, thankfully, and i appreciate their efforts, voted for our restructuring plan by over 82%. so, that was very helpful. >> thomas? >> so, we have a crime rate, it has improved. >> yes. well, it's gone down. >> has gone down. >> right. >> but we understa...

Heyday. it garnered the nickname electric city for the streetcars that ran through the center of town, but when the mine dried up, the prosperity dried up as well. scranton saw a resurgence in the '90s, but this day and age this town is struggling. >> scranton is not having a good time in terms of employment in the sense that our unemployment rate, the last that was published, the data came out of the state is standing around 9.2%. that's in june. which is higher than our state average. our state average is right now somewhere around 7.6, 7.5 last month. nationally, slightly better, 7.4. >> re...