reporter: you don t have to get lost in the desert to get the brain benefits experts suggest changing your usual route, turning off the gps on routine trips, and getting lost on purpose for the challenge of finding your way. for kathy, who has a family history of dementia, her good old map and compass could be the key to keeping her brain sharp dr. john torrez, nbc news, cade creek, arizona good for her. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, surf, sand, and seaweed? we ll tell you about an enormous and frankly kind of scary looking blob that s threatening to ruin spring break on south florida beaches. school officials in los angeles scrambling to prevent a three-day strike, which would shut down school for hundreds of thousands of students. straight ahead, where those talks stand right now. the clock is ticking for tiktok the biden administration threatening a ban unless the owners give in to pres
good evening, welcome, i m earth nature. just ahead on cnn newsroom, russian warplanes are accused of taking down a u.s. drone over the black sea. it s a potentially dangerous escalation at a critical moment in moscow s war against ukraine. we are tracking two major coastal storms in the u.s.. more flooding in california, and a nor easter dumping feet of snow in new england. plus, coming soon to florida beaches, a giant blob of stinky seaweed. around twice the width of the united states and visible from space. i ll speak to a leading researcher about the dangers it poses on sea and on land, the impact would have on tourism, and what it will take to clean up the mess. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom was rosemary church. good to have you with us. while, the u.s. air force says american and allied jets will continue to operate in international airspace after a confrontation with russia over the black sea near ukraine. the u.s. military says russian fighter
bret: breaking tonight the effort to avoid a disaster involving commercial airlines. there have been several very close calls lately we told you about them yesterday. today the held a safety summit to come up with solutions. mark meredith leads us off from reagan national airport. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. the top aviation the skies are safe. after a number of near misses and close calls, including one at this airport just last week, the government is also examining if more can be to avoid potential disasters. we have seen an uptick in serious close calls that we must address. transportation secretary pete buttigieg kicked off today s aviation safety summit with a warning. more mistakes than usual are happening across the system, on runways, at gates when planes are pushing back, in control towers and on flight decks. the government says it s investigating six runway incursions this year alone, including one at washington s reagan airport 8
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anthony: what does it mean to be strong? it implies hardness, inflexibility. okinawa is a place with a fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but it s nothing like what you might think. not at all. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: this is okinawa, just south of mainland japan. for all the relative rigidity of the mainland, okinawa answers in its own unique way. don t eat the same thing each day. that s boring. there s even an okinawan term for it. chanpuru, something mixed. bits borrowed from all over served up for anyone to eat. but maybe you re more familiar with the name okinawa from this. as the setting for some of the most horrifyingly bloody battles of the second world war. how horrifying? for the allies there were more than