Tree, and thats the tale of the amazon rain forest in which a man goes down to the forest and cuts down a tree and all the animals whispering in his ear while hes sleeping and he wakes up and he has an epiphany and he doesnt cut the tree down. And its about power for one person to do good or harm. Lending her talent as an artist, lynn has devoted much of her recent work to climate change, even publishing a book specifically designed for children and parents. I think that my interest in the environment grew out of my love for nature. I had an experience when i was a little kid where i had these woods that i loved and i came pack and they were bulldozing it. They completely destroyed it. It was a really traumatic experience and thats when i began thinking the adults dont really know what theyre thinking. I began to question. When i was first illustrating childrens books and i would go out and i would talk to kids about the rain forest or about rivers or about endangered species, sometime
Street. And today was like many others this year, not spectacular, but lovely and steady. At the end of penultimate trading day of 2017, the dow had notched its 71st record close of the year and has 25,000 in its sights. Also the blue chip average is tracking to end the year with six straight weeks of gains. That would be the first time for that since 1954. Here are todays closing numbers. The dow rose 63 points to 24,837. Nasdaq added ten. And the s p 500 tacked on just about five. 2017 will be remembered as one of the better years for u. S. Stock investors in a generation. Not as good as, say, 95 or 97. Still, 20 or more is nothing to scoff at. But next comes january. And many market pros wonder whether that will the month that some investors book profits, sending the major indexes lower. Landon dowdy takes a look. Reporter as we close out the final two trading days of the year, the dow was higher by 25 year to date. Nasdaq, 29 . The s p at nearly 20 year to date. Will that trend con
About the heartstopping moment. And health scare. Overnight an emotional jimmy kimmel revealing his newborns secret battle. Its a terrifying thing. His son born with a heart defect undergoing open heart surgery just days after birth. The operation was a success. It was the longest three hours of my life. The signs something was wrong and the hero nurse who caught them just in time. Good morning, america and, boy, to see jimmy kimmel open up like that, so emotional but thankfully his little boy is doing well. He is doing well and take a look at these photos. Thats kimmels son billy. They say billy is doing great now and jimmy had a very powerful message for families in the same boat and well tell you what that was later on the show we are thinking of jimmy, molly and the whole family this morning. Got a lot of important stories to get to as well. Republicans are pushing to repeal obamacare. Whether preexisting conditions are covered is the big sticking point. The white house working to
The emergency door by his backpack. What his mother is saying now about the heartstopping moment. And health scare. Overnight an emotional jimmy kimmel revealing his newborns secret battle. Its a terrifying thing. His son born with a heart defect undergoing open heart surgery just days after birth. The operation was a success. It was the longest three hours of my life. The signs something was wrong and the hero nurse who caught them just in time. Good morning, america and, boy, to see jimmy kimmel open up like that, so emotional but thankfully his little boy is doing well. He is doing well and take a look at these photos. Thats kimmels son billy. They say billy is doing great now and jimmy had a very pow powerful message for families in the same boat and well tell you what that was later on the show if thinking the whole family. A lot of important story, republicans pushing to repeal obamacare. Whether preexisting conditions are covered is the big sticking point. The president is sched
Numbers here in florida. Right now they say that Hillary Clinton is winning by double digits. They say the same thing in michigan. What say you . What i say is i think the same thing is going to happen in almost every state that we compete. We start off way behind. Reporter now the campaign was expecting between 10,000 and 12,000 people. About 4,000 people showed up here. We asked mr. Sanders if he would consider being Hillary Clintons running meat he said shouldnt you be asking that question the other live in Osceola County, shannon butler, channel 9, Eyewitness News. Also rallying support with the ucf hat tonight. Since 1996 florida has picked the president in every single general election. Tonight the republicans take hoping to convince florida voters to help them get to Christopher Heath is live at the university of miami. Youve spoken to each of the campaigns and they told you to win november you have to show march. Just winning florida but how do you win florida, youve got to be