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World, fresh water is in short supply. Whats the solution . In lebanon to Water Supplies a dwindling but women stepping in and planting the ants. An unforgettable image, a column of smoke rises over the harbour of lebanons capital they routes. 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate fertilizer exploded. Here on the 4th of august 2020, devastating swathes of the city. 200 people died and there was an estimated 13000000000 euros in damages, too much for crisis rock to lebanon. Yet once upon a time, the country was booming, they route was a cosmopolitan and sophisticated city. But then in 1975 civil war broke out political and religious groups battles for supremacy tearing the country a part. The war only ended in 1990 to day, much of the population lives in poverty. The infrastructure has largely collapsed, including waste collection. The local currency has lost 90 percent of its value. Many struggle to afford the very basics, food and heating and gas. And its really tough for the many refugee
Contracting every bit of bad news in europe. That lines up with u. S. Companieses that does business there. Mixed Economic News here at home m weekly unemployment claims came in higher than expected but the Housing Market, yeah, that remains a bright spot. Existing home sales we found out today, they rose and home prices have been going up. That was good news. Stocks were lower but they have bounced back up. Thats a nice way to end the hour and the day with the markets and good news. A couple bits of good news. Thank you so much, alison kosik. Thats going to do it for me. The situation room with wolf blitzer starts right now. Fred, thanks very much. Happening now, a brazen shooting leads to a deadly Chain Reaction crash all within major sites of major casinos in las vegas. The major investigator in the pistorius case has been thrown off the case. And a senator admits that he fathered a child with another onetime senators daughter. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. All that
Youre in the situation room. Triggered from an explosive report inside the Veterans Affairs, one after another on capitol hill, democrats are now calling for Eric Shinseki to resign and hes said to be on thin ice over the failures at his agency. Cnns drew griffith who broke this story will be live and ill speak with congressman jeff miller. Lets bring with our senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. Jim . Reporter wolf, the writing may be on the wall for Eric Shinseki. The white house declined to say whether shinseki has the confidence of the president. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is on thin ice. Today, the ice started cracking. As White House Press secretary refused to answer whether president obama had confidence in shinseki who is leading the review of the v. A. Scandal. How does the run the department if he doesnt have the full confidence of the president . How does he conduct an investigation if he doesnt have we look forward to the preliminary review that he ask
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