Drought, a kind of situation that faces many of our communities throughout the country. El nino has brought some relief, unheard of rains and flooding in some areas. But will it be enough to stave off californias thirst . America tonight michael okwu traveled had to find out. Dominated by a huge agricultural business, 25 of all fruits and vegetables consumeconsumed in america grow. What happens when the towns run dry . Five miles north of l. A. , we enter fermi, we asked thelma about the drought. In the seven or eight years since youve been here have you noticed this used to be green. Now its so dry. Warm up your water before you wash the dishes, make sure you have enough to flush, water for the cooler, you dont just do the regular routine. The fact that you dont have water. No water. When did you know that that was happening . Did you get a warning . Opened the tap and that was it. Thelma has gone without Running Water for five years. As the drought got worse her well water started sh
Drought, a kind of situation that faces many of our communities throughout the country. El nino has brought some relief, unheard of rains and flooding in some areas. But will it be enough to stave off californias thirst . America tonight michael okwu traveled had to find out. Dominated by a huge agricultural business, 25 of all fruits and vegetables consumeconsumed in america grow. What happens when the towns run dry . Five miles north of l. A. , we enter fermi, we asked thelma about the drought. In the seven or eight years since youve been here have you noticed this used to be green. Now its so dry. Warm up your water before you wash the dishes, make sure you have enough to flush, water for the cooler, you dont just do the regular routine. The fact that you dont have water. No water. When did you know that that was happening . Did you get a warning . Opened the tap and that was it. Thelma has gone without Running Water for five years. As the drought got worse her well water started sh
Lynch also spoke about the governments battle with apple. I think that for us the issue is about a criminal investigation into a terrorist act and the need to obtain evidence. Reporter setting up a fight over a phone that could go to the highest court in the land. So fbi is saying we dont like the phone the way its presently designed. We cant get into it. Reporter another twist tomorrow, the fbi expected to respond to apples call to the court to dismiss the governments request. By the way if youre wondering how this case is playing out outside of silicon valley, a new reuters poll says its actually comes down depending on Political Party with democrats tending to favor apple and republicans siding with the fbi. Reporting live in cupertino, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Thank you, scott. If you want to watch scotts entire exclusive interview go right to our web site, nbcbayarea. Com. It is one of the top stories on our home page. And breaking news to tell you about. An arrest in the
But before that day starts, hes working a different kind of field. Tonight, where young farm workers do back breaking work, and one athlete whose dreams of leaving it all behind. Good evening. Breaking news tonight as we come on the air. Hurricane arthur upgraded to a category 2 storm with 100mileanhour winds. Forcing mandatory evacuations along north carolinas outer banks. Abcs matt gutman is in the eye of the storm with the latest. Reporter good evening. The eyewall of hurricane arthur is right here, right above us in atlantic beach. Now, kicking up winds of over 100 miles an hour, those gusts are very, very powerful. Caught a lot of folks here unaware. Evacuation orders sometimes take days. None were issued for this area. A lot of folks staying here. People in trailers have come to this hotel to get out of this wind. Much more fearsome and direct that people expected. I dont know if you can see these powerlines up here, but across the street, theyre flickering. Transformers have bee
Working a different kind of field. Tonight, where young farm workers do back breaking work, and one athlete whose dreams of leaving it all behind. Good evening. Breaking news tonight as we come on the air. Hurricane arthur upgraded to a category 2 storm with 100mileanhour winds. Forcing mandatory evacuations along north carolinas outer banks. Abcs matt gutman is in the eye of the storm with the latest. Reporter good evening. The eyewall of hurricane arthur is right here, right above us in atlantic beach. Now, kicking up winds of over 100 miles an hour, those gusts are very, very powerful. Caught a lot of folks here unaware. Evacuation orders sometimes take days. None were issued for this area. A lot of folks staying here. People in trailers have come to this hotel to get out of this wind. Much more fearsome and direct that people expected. I dont know if you can see these powerlines up here, but across the street, theyre flickering. Transformers have been exploding everywhere. 10,000 p