Performers in the s p and google and microsoft both reporting in three hours time from now. Plus the water crisis in california. Beverly hills making a big move in the last few hours. Were spending much of our time in the golden state covering the Economic Impact of this severe drought. By the way, that is where we find Brian Sullivan. Hes right off the 5 just northeast of los angeles in castaic castaic. How are you going . Reporter im going all right. I think im going better than this reservoir here. This is a major crisis in california and the Economic Impact too, not just environmental, cannot be overstated. Los angeles today saying it is going to rewrite the water rule book cutting landscape watering to two days a week from three. Officials are debating what parts of los angeles are worth spending water money on and which parts are simply not. Too far gone already. Beverly hills, the posh enclave issuing its open water rules. Fining Property Owners 1,000 each for water violations f
So those would be the sort of three things that i would look for. So i want to talk to both [laughter] both the secretary as well as the president of the land grant institution, because the challenge i think is the same coming and that is to work together, the two worked together large into seriously. The example that i cited earlier, whether it was indonesia, sort of in africa or data in the United States are all about collaboration. That is occurring. One of the things that we have identified in the challenges and go after is the demand of more and better foo food for sustainability and the role of the development is the awareness and dialogue increasing. Thats good. You know, how do we develop . It is a part of the solution into the development is more. The modernization is becoming more and more understood as a part of an opportunity. Of the World Development and all of those dialogs are good. The awareness is increasing. Its the level of seriousness and intensity on the scale on t
Digging actually channels along the river and widens the flow of the river. Can you give me an idea of just over the past 25 to 30 years of the budget dollars you have what has been the trend in maintenance spending and in environmental spending . Just in general figures or percentages . Well,ly answer by saying i dont know that i can give you that general percentage right off the bat. Theres always come back and get it, but certainly our civil emissions include our navigation, our hydropower from the energy perspective. We have aquatic ecosystem restoration. We have a Natural Resource Management Mission within our civil works that includes Environmental Stewardship recreation component as well. Our flood Risk Management and Flood Control definitely is a big component of our civil works mission. And then of course, we have our Regulatory Program as far as our service to the nation and the waters of the u. S. So our efforts are to balance those Mission Sites mission areas, as far as the
Campaign. They actually murdered a couple and their granddaughter. You had a Police Detective standing outside pointing to this, insinuating that this was somehow the fault of dan indicating that infamous Willie Horton ad. There was an immediate outcry from the victims family, saying that they didnt want this out there. Sullivan released a response that named the alleged murderers names. They pulled down the response. Seen as awe had pretty well oiled campaign therefore mark begich, this was a significant misstep that they have continued to have to explain. Why was this an issue . When you went back to the facts of this, this was a clerical error that was done even before sullivan took office. Them rating this as a pants on fire ad. Host meaning ally. Meaning ally. Meaning a lie. Guest yes. This was very much out there in the news. The victims attorney took it out there before begich took it down much later. Attempting to correct the ad. They pointed out in that letter that to be clear
The drought takes hold with devastating results but now science fights back. It will map the water in earths soil has the potential to be revolutionary. Satellites tracking water from above. Innovation shows water. Ok, ill take your word for it. A biologist specializing in evolution. Techno investigates the new dust bowl. Tonight, beyond science, innovative goggles and the story shell never forget. Looks like theres another one. Hold on. Thats our team. Now lets do some science. Welcome to techno. We have recently done this drive from l. A. To san francisco. Its beautiful, but in the Central Valley, you see the farms and signs. They basically say no water, no jobs. California is in a really intense prolonged drought. This is a worldwide thing, all over the globe, there are more extreme weather events. Places are getting warmer, places are getting drier. Its a pretty big deal. We went to central voluntarily to see just how bad it is, what technology can do to maybe help fix it. Lets tak