And the gift of guns. One Police Departments valentines day suggestion, a firearm for that special someone. There have been plenty of headlines about the winter that just wont stop. Rain has been falling in some parts of california and that is big news but its not nearly enough rain to help desperate farmers teelg dealing with extreme drought. Theyre not the only ones struggling. We begin with melissa chan in californias Central Valley. The worst drought in her memory has her worried. It grabs you from down deep. And youre making me cry but when you see the soil and you touch it and you know that it may not be here for your next generation of family, thats thats big. Reporter she says she had hoped to plant pistachio trees this winter but without water, she will abandon that notion. Many afternoons assessing the effect of the drought. And it will be dry like this all year. All year. She takes us to stoneland farms. They left land fallow, because they dont have enough water. When were n
Now the musician is back with his 500yearold descrad anniversary yus. He stradivarius. He joins us tonight. Lego art. What incredible art one man is creating from these little plastic boxes. A lot to get to tonight. Breaking news out of tennessee. The historic vote whether or not to unions the volkswagen plant in chattanooga. Jonathan what can you tell us . John i can tell you the uaw is disappointed and pretty surprised. All week we talked with uaw officials, we have a solid number of workers who want a union at the plant. Obviously at the plant the totals dont reflect that. 53 of the workers voted against union representation. The uaw has lost influence, sheer numbers. They were hoping to finally finally get a foothold at a foreign auto maker in the south after so many years of being unsuccessful. They seemingly had a good shot at doing it. They had an unlikely ally, which was volkswagen. Volkswagen was allowing them to come into the plant, talk to the workers, and volkswagen wasnt o
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Stumble and switch out of their hightech suits while a trio of funloving americans make history sweeping the first ever slopestyle event. Good morning, everybody. Remember a couple of weeks ago when the groundhog said we had six more weeks of winter, he was right, but i believe he was insufficiently specific. He failed to mention that the rest of this winter would be relentlessly and unacceptably snowy and brutal. It has been brutal. Airports across the country virtually at a standstill with so many couples trying to get away for a valentines weekend. There are some people making the best of it. One romantic couple in virginia made this snow heart for valentines day. And look at this shot. A snowbank against new yorks famous skyline and, of course, theres central park glistening as well. It looks so beautiful in the pictures. Pictures. When youre out there yeah, hopping over slush to get there is less amusing. This guy is snowboarding down the street. That looks like a dont try that at
Hightech suits while a trio of funloving americans makes history, the first ever ski slopestyle event. Good morning, everybody. Remember a couple of weeks ago when the groundhog said we had six more weeks of winter, he was right but i believe he was insufficiently specific. He failed to mention the rest of this winter would be relentless a enacceptably snowy. Arms at a standstill with so many cups trying to get away for a valentines weekend. There are some people making the best of it. One romantic couple made this snow heart for valentines day. And look at this shot. A snow bank against new yorks famous skyline and, of course, theres central park glistening as well. Looks so beautiful in the pictures when youre out there. Hopping over slush to get there less amusing. This guy is snowboarding down the street. That looks like a dont try that at home. We used to call this skitcing back in the day attached to a car. I never did it. The fin and beauty i will grudgingly admit many want it t