i remember as a child being around these huge animals, that sense of mystery and might. i think i can hear it. it s just amazing that these animals are filling the ocean with their sounds and their song. they are very simple sounds, but for me they are super beautiful. it s summer. whales are gathering along patagonia s pacific coast. home to the fjordlands, long, deep, flooded valleys that were carved out by glaciers over millions of years. these remote, rich waters are a magnet for wildlife and increasingly for people. at the ends of the earth is a land of extremes. home to spectacular wildlife. for centuries people and animals have battled for supremacy, but now enemies are becoming allies. together they face new challenges in our rapidly changing world. you are at the mercy of the elements. this is the story of what it takes to survive on the edge of the world. it s the start of another all too brief summer. patagonia s 600 glaciers are rapidly melting. fres
in these mountains, people and pumas just don t get along. this man alone has killed dozens of them. and today, he has one more in his sights. at the ends of the earth is a land of extremes. home to spectacular wildlife. for centuries, people and animals have battled for supremacy. but now, enemies are becoming allies. together, they face new chall challenges in a rapidly changing world. you are at the mercy of the elements. this is the story of what it takes to survive on the edge of the world. patagonia, one of the world s last great wildernesses. it stretches for more than a thousand miles, all the way down to the southern-most tip of south america. towering above the region are the andes, dividing chile from argentina. we re headed on an epic journey up through patagonia s wild highlands. from its foothills to its volcanic plateaus, all the way up to its high ice fields. our journey begins on the grasslands of the patagonian step. at 1,500 feet. here, one predator
malaysia. some of that debris may not burn up, and it would land somewhere near that spot that space command just predicted. only one person was that jackpot winner, and now we wait to see who that person actually is. i m hoping to hit the jackpot. i m pamela brown in washington. you re in the cnn newsroom. and we begin tonight with two developing stories this hour. the new york city health officials say they are declaring a public health emergency due to monkeypox. it makes new york the second major u.s. city to do so after san francisco. as of friday, there were more than 1,200 confirmed cases of monkeypox in new york city. but officials say it is likely there are many more cases that haven t been diagnosed yet. in a statement, new york officials explained, quote, new york city is currently theent center of the the encenter of the outbreak. we estimate that approximately 150,000 new yorkers may currently be at risk for monkeypox exposure. that s not the only publi
down to earth uncontrolled. and kansas voters are set to become the first to decide if abortion rights should change in the wake of the roe v. wade reversal. you re in the cnn newsroom. well, in eastern kentucky, it is more dreaded news after days of heartbreak and anguish. the threat of more rain now hanging over parts of kentucky decimated by this week s deadly flash floods. a flood watch is now in effect, and that is raising concerns about the massive search and rescue operation wrapping up its third day. 25 people are confirmed dead, and that includes four children all from the same family. they were siblings between two and eight years old. kentucky s governor says he does not know how many are still missing but says the death toll could rise for weeks as bodies are recovered. washed out roads and bridges and slowing those efforts. and with at least hundreds of homes destroyed, the misery seems to deepen by the hour. it s hard to put into words just the amount of
sequoia, known as the grizzly giant, to protect it from the flames that are ripping through at this hour. this tree, the national park service says it s the second largest tree in yosemite. what we know about this fire is that it has doubled in size in the past 24 hours. nearly 1600 acres have already burned and fire officials are warning that they do expect this fire to continue to grow as they are also expecting continued hot, unusually hot temperatures. escalating drought, climate change, a horrible combination, also adding to this yearly threat of wildfires. how are federal officials dealing with all of that? we have been talking to, on the federal level, the national park service. this is something they are very concerned about as far as the impact of climate change on places like these national parks. most of the national parks across the united states are impacted, if not by extreme temperatures, wildfires, it s the sea level. they are working, on the federal level