Been raging for a month Officials Say in recent years these kinds of fires have become more frequent and persistent but alaska is also in the midst of an unprecedented heat wave that shows no signs of abating local firefighters and emergency staff are being reinforced by socalled hot shot crews from across the u. S. Conditions are monitored by the hour in order to tackle what is now a massive blaze this is a case of prioritizing where people and infrastructure is basically exactly also whats good for the environment and whats safe for firefighters thats always going to be our number one priority. On the ground staff are stretched thin and have been on the front lines of this blaze for weeks videos posted by crews fighting to control these wildfires showed just how difficult and dangerous the work is we came across the brook valley firefighters a crew made up of native alaskans from remote communities who are vital. Highly trained part of this operation were all here is one when were al
Rises over the marshes of southern iraq what did region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. To people as far back as the syrians more than 5000 years ago. In the early 1990 s. Saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. When the dictator was toppled in 2003 many returned and demolished the dams that have deprived their homeland of water for so long the use of violence oppression to the marsh arabs suffered under the former regime are over but they say that repeated promises by government since the fall of Saddam Hussein over better access to services have never been kept they can live according to their traditions now but what i fear is exceptionally hard. Salema call their bake spread on a tiny island where her family raised buffalo she says shes seen no improvement to their lives in recent years that i was able to hold that life is miserable because o
Thousands told to leave their homes in california as the first major winter storm of the season moves in. Dangerous flash floods and mudslides on the way headed right for those spots devastated by the wildfires while out east, the great thaw begins. And abc news exclusive, Tonya Harding, done apologizing. Why . What shes saying about that attack on Nancy Kerrigan. Competitors, yes. Rivals, no. What did she know beforehand . Now nearly 25 years later, shes telling her side of the story only on abc. And we do say good morning, america. Great to have michael back here in the fold. Great to be back. That didnt was working. Able to find the studio. I when it was zero. I know. I dont blame you at all. How about that game last night . Were playing sweet home alabama, roll, tide. Down at the half, freshman quarterback comes in, go on to win in overtime, 2623. There you see them lifting the trophy for the fifth time under coach saban. A gutsy call he made switching quarterbacks in the second ha
Useless . Congress back to work and a lot on the table tax refor, Harvey Relief and fast approaching debt ceiling. Will anything get done every building after Hurricane Harvey how much is it going to cost well ask a ceo of u. S. Concrete im Brian Sullivan power lunch begins right now welcome to power lunch, september is off to a shaky start. Stocks are at session lows, posting the biggest one day tumble since august. In the wake of the saber rattling, the dow plunging more than 200 points and oil soaring hitting the highest level in almost two weeks, gold hitting its highest level of the year as well United Technology down more than 3 , remember its a big yield deal news of the day agreed for 20 billion insmed, more than doubling, positive data on the experimental lung cancer drug. Tyler . Thank you very much good day, welcome. We are going to begin where all of the action is for us, and that is the markets. North koreas latest bomb test reverberating through the markets right now, tak
Really can bite you. Lets take a look at the radar. I want to show you what were dealing with, because we had some snow showers early this morning, particularly out in lake county and we even had spotty snow flying around cuyahoga county. Right now most of the snow is long gone but it is cold out here. Our temperatures are in the Single Digits and teens, with the wind factored in, of course, as i mentioned on your bare skin, it feels like below zero. And that wind is blowing out here. Nothing is melting because theres not a lot of sun and, of course, weve had the subfreezing temperatures. So, you know, you may run into lunchtime commute. Id hate for you to slip and fall, so ladies, if youre at work right now, wearing the high heels and about to grab a bite to eat, throw on some sensible shoes and big coat, because you will need it out here with these icy patches and this cold, cold weather. Hey, we have more snow on the way for tonight. Ill tell you when it comes in and how much were e