Will the Seine be clean in time for Paris 2024 Games?

Cleaning up the Seine River so it’s safe enough to swim in has been the big question going into the Paris Olympics. The Games are now less than three months away and the water is still dirty by many standards. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports on how the Herculean feat is going.

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