Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140715:13:47:00
This week's tdr 50 focus is back in the american southwest where punishing heat and droughts make it some of the harshest territory in the country. that changed some when they built the hoover dam which you see behind me. the construction of the dam and the creation of lake mead along the arizona/nevada border made the area livable and brought water to the desert to help grow cities like las vegas. but this system is in trouble. the lake mead reservoir is at the lowest level, just 39% full and the ongoing drought will make things worse as the summer goes on. when the dam first was constructed ...