for the latest on the conditions let s turn to the fleet captain for the volunteer rescue group cajun navy. thank you so much for talking with us captain. yes, ma am. what are you able to tell us about conditions right now in baton rouge, and what are your concerns and challenges in the hour ahead? conditions are better than i antic anticipated. the storm moved east and kind of saved a lot of baton rouge, i think. it is much better than i anticipated. still pretty strong. but that is going to probably be the big thing i want to get out of here and start to help others that were more affected than we
underway in louisiana this morning. among the crews are members of the volunteer rescue group the cajun navy. they re assembling boats lending resources to high-water rescues and other concerns. for more on the effort, we ll bring in jordy westworth from the cajun navy. it s one of the reasons they asked people to get out of the way because they re so worried about this particular period when you have people asking for help in a dangerous situation and help can t quite get there just yet. still too dangerous. where are we on the spectrum of hunkering down to full blown rescues? caller: we are getting close to rescues than the hunkering down part, thankfully. it s been a long night waiting to get to sunrise and better conditions to get to some of the people that are trapped. we re hearing reports of downed bridges and water levels
to the space station. many are trying to flee northwestern syria. yes, we re talking about northwestern syria again. because air strikes on rebel-held areas have, yet again, intensified. we ll tell you what a volunteer rescue group says syrian forces are doing to maximize human casualties. can you heal dry skin in a day? aveeno® with prebiotic triple oat complex balances skin s microbiome.
one organization in particular is among those trying to solve the growing plastics problem. right now they re focusing on the waves of garbage washing up in the dominican republic. parley for the oceans is on-site right now and they say they re working with local military and government officials to try to clean up the waste there. that group s leader explains what is so important, why trying to tackle it now is important beach by beach. he says that the past we ve sent postcards with magical beaches and palm trees, or now it s waves of plastic trash unless we all act now future generations won t even believe the postcard scenes ever existed the we re calling for a material revolution, plastic has to go. and surreal is the founder of parley for the osh shans. he joins me from new york talk about this. we know that you have people down there working on this problem. the video is staggering and it just kind of gives a snapshot to this great mess that we re
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