Vents. Hundreds of whale sharks gathering each ear in the heart of the gulf. For a week now, control of kunduz has swung backwards and forwards between Government Forces and the taliban. The center of the ski is calm with people on the streets for the first time in days. But there is still fighting on the outskirts. Lets go straight to south of kunduz city. Does it look like the army is in control of at least the city center right now. Yes, Afghan Security forces in control of the center of the kunduz city but they confirm that the taliban are riding in residential area around the city. I talked this morning with one of the leading afghan generals in this operation, he told me the strategy changes. He was saying they were trying to engage taliban outskirts of the city not inside the city to avoid civilian casualties. What does that mean for the humanitarian situation which residents are facing there . Reporter i talked with a couple of residents, they were very happy to see the shops a
Have in here . But volunteers trying to bring back one of the planets most complex ecosystems ran into trouble. We just needed something to help level the playing field. Why a certain animal from americas past was needed to pull off the impossible. Weve just arrived at the nachusa grassland and im seeing these bisson for the first time. Marita davison is an environmental biologist. Tonight, a trip to the heartland. Oh, theres a baby Cara Santa Maria is a neuroscientist. Im phill torrez. Im an entomologist. The epic drought of 2015 takes a hidden toll. From above these trees may look green and healthy, they are not. Here we see somthing thats dramatically different. Now the technology that can see what we cant. Thats our team. Im a prarie barber. Now lets do some science. Hey guys welcome to techknow. Im phil torres joined by Cara Santa Maria and Marita Davison. And today we are going to talk two environmental stories and to start off the Great American prairie. To me its one of those I
More people in new york city are homeless today than at any point since the 1930s. Floors. Its really difficult once you find ways to just get through daytoday from finding clothing to finding shelter to finding where you will eat. Today its hectic because of the snow outside and not a places for us to sleep now and everybody is kind of coming in. In just a decade the number of People Living in new yorks homeless shelters has nearly doubled and reaching 60,000 a night last year. Its a homelessness crisis unprecedented in any city. What we see today, the homeless that we see, the exodus from this city, families doubling, tripling up, the rent sky rocketing, this has been a crisis that has been cooking for 20 years. Why are so many in new york homeless . This week fault lines looks at the forces that are displacing thousands from their homes. We are on our way to the south bronx to new yorks Intake Center for homeless families, more than 70 of the people in the city shelters are families
Brandon ross is freddies godbrother. On april 12, reports say freddie was walking down the street when he made eye contact with officers and then ran. Police chased gray and arrested him on the sidewalk here at the gilmor homes. Where were you when he was arrested . Right there with him. If you look at the original video that they shown, and you see the guy pointing, walking up, thats me. Yeah, so, i was there throughout the whole thing, seen the whole process. Freddie was conscious when he was loaded into a paddy wagon. When it arrived at the Police Station 45 minutes later he was not. The question is why . He didnt do it to himself, he didnt have those injuries before he came in contact. I mean why . A week later, freddie gray died of a severed spine. Baltimore erupted in protest and then flames. The National Guard rolled in while the mayor imposed a curfew. Freddie grays death sparked an anger that captured national attention. But that anger was rooted in a fractured relationship wi
First to syria where russia has carried out more airstrikes as part of an air campaign it says is targeting isil. The strikes there are reports of civilian death. I understand this is part of quite a large military operation. Whats going on . Reporter well, yes, the Russian Military intervention in syria has entered a new phase. What we saw over the last week is russian air strikes trying to weaken the defenses of the opposition to stop a rebel advance towards the country side. Today that air power is being used to provide support to a ground operation on the ground. This is what we understand from activists. There is intense military activity at this in the Southern Idlib province, Northern Country side of a very strategic corner in western syria. Because it is situated on a main highway that links the Southern City of damascus to the Northern City of aleppo. Now activists are reporting intense air strikes talking about surface to surface missiles, what we do understand is that the go