Fish or Famine

" Bombers in California they're losing their land their crops and their livelihood all the post debate. Two inch fish Ainsley Earhardt brings -- the special investigation."

" California's central valley is considered by many to be the richest and most productive farmland in the nation. That this land is being threatened by this small harmless looking Minogue called the delta smelt. Recently landed on the endangered species list prompting a federal court to shut down vital funds to farmers to help preserve it. So this isn't pumping station he's turned down the delta here. -- incidents canal system makes its claim there's actually two that the along together. Cyril wolf is a spokesperson for the west's -- water district a company that oversees the man made complicated water delivery system in the central valley -- coming years Texas and the process. It was completed in 1968. Okay. For some decades gets all the farmers along all of this plan reducing -- to -- California have depended -- Water -- grow their crops. But the waters turned off -- none of these. Farmers can expect to get any water that's correct. Two years ago I wouldn't been able to do that yes this was a canal full of gushing water here gaining the farmland here in the San Joaquin valley but as he concedes it is all dried up. The pumps were turned off after environmentalists want a federal court case but at least one lawmaker in Washington is fighting back."

" You're spending one trillion dollars. You want but then one provision. This would create 660000. Jobs. This is an insult my constituents than what we have today is a man made drought brought on by laws passed by congress. To where we're taking the bread basket of the world. And starving it of water to save the little fish which is outrageous."

" Green groups claim the smelter critical to the delta ecosystem and it's the Delta's fragile ecosystem were to fail so when the State's main water source."

" If we allow you to tell them to become polluted or two. Blues beat the world or for their help and that ecosystem to collapse we'll lose the supply of water for 23 million people."

" But this argument offers little solace to farmers who watched their land go from then sit them."

" This is our lifeline and you know was a promise by the government we've kept our word. A lot of us feel that does this congress. Has reneged on their agreement senate -- and it promises."

" Col Upton is a third generation Allman farmer here and he argues that the American consumers should get ready for -- prices to soar. And food -- to become a common occurrence."

" Very simply don't say do you want to dependent for your food supply in California country. If you think you have problems now Salmonella trying to find out what for the United States came from. They -- the problem if you have a food scare and your food is being imported from South America are trying to support."

" Representative -- estimates that 37000. Jobs have been lost. The smelt issue and that number is rising higher by the day and in one town go to California. Unemployment is up to an astonishing 40%. Recently I can see the tears and."

" This has made it happen."

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" is now is our own Ainsley Earhardt aren't I I can't believe this because this little fish. As many as 80000 people going to lose jobs the shutting off water."

" Performs that have been there for what generations generations third generation farmer Sean their grandfather's words were out there blood sweat and tears and ensure the scraps of an aggressive US I would have fruits and vegetables and shutting it down because they think the -- could get caught or does get caught in the -- pumping the water out in the Pacific Ocean and set -- streaming it down to the farmers who live we will look at how. I hit that ended in the roles in the job all I would adopt -- trying to wreck isn't new says up to 80000 jobs could be lost so we're talking about lots of jobs food the food bank the line was wrapped around the block because people don't have -- the water back on. All I have to -- and you know what we now have their fruits and vegetables from other countries from Mexico and elsewhere -- we get our oil and everything else that take this is madness this he's. This is suddenly -- versus spam like there really isn't attach -- in the fish two inch fish too much men of Big East officials and the they finished the exact --"