flight delay and cancel llation stacking up meaning the domino affect is under way. ashley is live in new york, the country s biggiest air traffic hub. it s kind of a mess out there. reporter: it is. the severe weather and staffing shortages are contributing to scenes like this at airports across the nation. more than 28,000 flight s were delayed wednesday and 2,000 were cancelled. some travelers have been stuck at the airport for days. i am so mad but i m trying not to explode. they just told us it was delayed and they delayed it and they delayed it. at 4:00 a.m., they said it was cancelled. reporter: could you imagine. united had the most cancellations. the ceo putting the blame on the faa for staff and overall inexperience but the flight agency fired right back in a statement saying we will always collaborate with anyone seriously willing to join us to solve a problem. in denver, set up 3,000 cot and stranded passengers, it was all for them. cell phone video taken
She is the senior attorney with the group defenders of wildlife on this earth day, talking conservation efforts. Guest thank you for having me. Host how would you describe your group . Guest defenders of wildlife is a nonprofit organization. Our mission is to conserve native animals and plants in their native habitats, so we are laser focused on protecting biodiversity. Host what does biodiversity mean . Guest biodiversity means the amazing range and number of species we have on this planet. We are in a situation where we are losing species faster than we can even describe them. So, absolutely, we need to protect all the precious parts of our ecosystem in order to thrive as one species on a healthy planet. Host we hear a lot of species, their engagement, but is a particular one people may not know about that you would highlight . Guest i would like to bring up the north Atlantic White whale, a species of whale that is only found in the waters of the United States and canada. We are few
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Laser focused on protecting biodiversity. Host what does biodiversity mean . Guest biodiversity means the amazing range and number of species we have on this planet. We are in a situation where we are losing species faster than we can even describe them. So, absolutely, we need to protect all the precious parts of our ecosystem in order to thrive as one species on a healthy planet. Host we hear a lot of species, their engagement, but is a particular one people may not know about that you would highlight . Guest i would like to bring up the north Atlantic White whale, a species of whale that is only found in the waters of the United States and canada. We are fewer than 360 surviving whales. People do not understand a lot of our whale species have not yet recovered from the era of industrial whaling, and yet these large whale species provide tremendous ecosystem benefits. For example, they help fertilize plankton at the surface, which is the basis of the food chain, so we cannot have hea
State instructor, discusses a different account of women during the gettysburg and how the residents, mainly women and children, were affected and shaped by the battle. The journey through Hallowed Ground partnership hosted the program. Shawn welcome, everybody. My name is shawn butcher. I am the director of journey through Hallowed Ground partnership. Welcome to the afternoon session. We are pleased that this session is being taped and aired on cspan so welcome our cspan viewers. For those in the audience, you can follow along or learn more on twitter. I am pleased to introduce our speaker, jared frederick. Jared has been highly involved in the world of public history conducting oral history interviews, writing grants, in interpreting sites. Receiving a masters from west virginia, he is served as a seasonal park ranger at Gettysburg National park and her first Harpers Ferry national park. An artist as well, he has completed projects and been recognized by organizations such as the smi