For the plant ah ah. Busy in a lot of ways you can think of cities as. Busy one of the largest unplanned experiments of all time. Mm that these are places we call them extreme heavy. Thats really there are places where there is a lot of opportunity. And at the same time, theres also challenges as our cities sprint, how will nature respond . Will plants and animals dwindle, or will they adapt to up in my life . And what kind of new interactions will we see in the city . In the historic french town of, ill be biologist frederick song to keep an eye on his catfish. In 1983 fishermen released these Eastern European fish into the river time to day there at the top of the rivers food chain. Where you seduce i spotted on to buff. This is the fascinating species because we know so little about them. There are many myths that people believe even that they eat dogs. They are many stories like this yank, or you could just walk. The biologist is interested in the behavior of the large fish that ci
From our studios in new york, this is charlie rose. James cameron is here. One of hollywoods most interesting directors, films like titanic and avatar. He once said that his purpose is make enough money so he can dive. He is taking on a new passion, diving to the bottom of the marina trench. Here is the trailer for the film, James Camerons deep sea challenge 3d. He is on a mission to dive to the deepest part of the sea. 36,000 feet down to the bottom. A new record for a so low man dive. He is the first to ever reach the bottom of the marina trench. What lurks beneath captures the imagination. This is James Camerons most ambitious project yet. I have seen astonishing things in the depths, things that fill your soul with wonder. Cousteau said it best, if we knew what was there we wouldnt have to go. Seven miles straight down. The last great frontier of our world. It is my dream to build a machine to take us there. We are going to do things the governments of the world cannot do. Somethin
Aggressive. Even those choppers overhead havent been able to beat back the flames. One of the reasons pushing the fire, theres been so little rain here. About half the normal rainfall. And when i say this fire has been erratic, take a look at the home in front of me, completely destroyed. Meantime, the home behind me, a fuel feet away. Still standing. The blaze has charred some 16,000 acres as firefighters work to beat bam the flames. Today on the front lines, the backbreaking push to contain the silver fire. This is how wild land fires are fought. Using little water, crews utilize backhoes and chainsaws to clear an eightfootwide fire break around the blaze. Weve got to get the Ground Troops on the ground to september fire from the fuel. The ground war is critical, but shifting winds today forced some teams to pull back. A firestorm could suddenly blow in their direction this is what happens when the fire is whipped by winds. At least 26 homes destroyed. Dave matthews lived here for te
Good evening, im lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. The weather folks call it a stalled front, a weather system packed with rain that just wont budge. If youre watching us tonight across a wide stretch of the country from oklahoma to west virginia, be prepared for another drenching and more flooding. The rain totals have been astounding. In some places, 10 inches in a single night, destroying homes, businesses, and turning some streets into raging rapids. And tonight, there have been more deaths. Nbcs Kerry Sanders is in nashville for us again tonight. Kerry, whats it look like there now . Reporter well, good evening, lester. With more rain looming, theres a race to get soaked carpet, drywall, furniture, just about anything inside houses out before mold begins to grow. This pile behind me is just from one house here in nashville. Its a scene repeated across 17 states. Hit by wicked weather. 911. Were in a car thats flooding reporter the torrential rain rain sweeping across the m
Recorder and or the cockpit voice recorder. Those signals the Prime Minister was talking about, they are designed to emit for 30 days. Today is day 36 of the search. Overnight, even the Prime Minister warned that searching for the boxes beneath three miles of water is a daunting task. Overnight, at least ten planes and 14 ships scoured the smallest search zone to date, but that search is still about the size of massachusetts and connecticut combined. Im talking about 16,000 miles. This morning, we have guests exclusive to this program to tackle this issue head on. Andy bowen of the Oceanographic Institute with us today. Woods hole found the wreckage of flight 447. We have expertise of kareen tina symons. I have a lot of questions about the pinger. The depies to emct the signals. We have a lot to tackle so lets get started. The search area is massive. But more intimidating, the depth at which crews might have to search. 13,000 feet down. The eiffel tower, empire state building, 1 World