Fields of america. Hi, can you tell me your name . Gabriella. Workers like gabriella are not uncommon. How old are you . Nine. How old were you when you first started working out here . Seven. Seven the Us Government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. When it comes to children, it is a big deal. Young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. What theyre doing is noble and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. If the public were more aware, i think theyd be outraged. This week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, americas hidden harvest. Its saturday morning at mariana higaredas house. Shes taking her daughter and granddaughter out to the fields to pick onions. Since its a weekend, it will be a full day of harvesting. Mariana and her children fo
Development and the flood of workers coming here, has given north dakota the lowest Unemployment Rate in the us. But its also raised questions over the dangers of working in the oil fields. The more jobs you complete, the more money you make. The faster you complete them the faster you can get to the next job. Lets say i mean you take your time. If you be safe you are not i bet you could cut your pay in half. Fault lines spent six months investigating some of the risks in north dakotas oil fields and uncovered a dark side to the boom. A lot of these workers come to north dakota, get chewed up and go home to recover. I get calls from attorneys in other states all asking the same question. What in the hell is going on up there . Thousands of people from all over the country have been leaving home to seek work in the bakken. One of them was a former marine from hazel green alabama. Were in northern alabama to meet the family of dustin payne who after serving two tours in the marines found
Specializing in ecologist and evolution. Tonight, swimming with sharks and a shark robot that will one day protect these fascinating creatures. Im phil torres, im an entomologist exploring spiders in the rain forests of peru. Now lets do some science. Hi guys, im phil torres, welcome to a very special episode of techknow. Were getting revolutionary access to technology, a revolution story, dr. Shini somara to tell it. It is one of the most interesting things ive ever done in my life. Changed my idea, machines replacing human bodies essentially. Take a look. Breathing. It usually happens so naturally, most of us never ever think about it. That is, of course, until theres a problem. Currently, 1600 people are on a waiting list all desperately wait bewaiting for a Lung Transplant. Which is why were here, to understand a Lung Transplant team, how they rush into action when a lung is available. And Game Changing technology. St. Josephs is starting the organ care system, also known as the oc
We meet a team credited for taking out two of the rarest predators in the world. First to libya where egyptian warplanes have carried out war strikes held by isil. Its in response of beheading of 21 egyptian hostages on the beach. Egypt strikes which you can see have caused devastation on the ground, and come at a time of deep crisis. We look at how the egyptian intervention could affect the already fragile security situation there. We have reaction were Key Players Like italy that have cleared out its embassy. And this front right now in talks with cairo. Just the type of hardware that egypt needs to fight isil. And in a show of solidarity the french and egyptian president s have also issued a joint statement calling for u. N. Security Council Meeting on the crisis in libya. Well look at all these angles as we begin this news hour but we begin on the ground in egypt where there have been strikes that have killed several people including three children. Reporter egypt retaliates. The o
Journalist Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed are now at home with their families. Im in north carolina, the bodies of the three victims shot here on tuesday are laid to rest. Well bring you reaction from the local community. A shia mosque has been attacked in pakistan for the second time in two weeks. At least 19 people have been killed in the taliban strike in the northwestern city of pashar. They said it was for revenge of the killing of a fighter. Kamal, obviously a mosque on a friday would have been packed with worshipers. Indeed. As it is a normal routine here in pakistan and across across the islamic world this mosque belonged to the shia community. Police say the attacks have used a building under construction to get into the premises. Before doing that, they centralized to make sure nobody would find out where they came from. There were earlier reports they came through the front date gate but the police from the province said these people were wearing black closed, two suicide