and how difficult was it? what was it like? yes, you know, if you have a bad, back you just cannot do it. you are spending on hundreds of times to pick up watermelons, in some cases they wait more than 25 pounds. so the work is, hard my back is but it is so monotonous, and mind-numbing, and chery, just over and over again. if you do it the next, day the next, day just going to sleep thinking about doing it again, it is really tough. also, you are in the sun all day, long it is incredibly hot, especially gets hotter and hotter the summer. i could do a sunscreen commercial, anderson. all right, gary tuchman, appreciate, it thank you. just ahead, though the war in ukraine, and a closer look of the leader of the wagner group mercenaries if dnipro goshen. we sent thousands of meant to the death so, far but what came as he playing now with the kremlin s top generals. later, an almost impossible rescue from mount everest from just reach 86 degrees fahrenheit below zero, i m
american farmers can hire foreign nationals under the program as long as they follow strict provisions which include only hiring them after trying to employ americans first. which this farm owner did. and got no takers. the idea is we have this chain here and we ll be taking these watermelons, putting them on this bus and we ll be doing it for hours straight. reporter: dustin blank is a farmer and also represents other farms when selling finished product to stores. i own two farming operations. reporter: and you represent how many farms? over 30. reporter: how many u.s. citizens do you know of who work on any of those farms? short of management, zero. reporter: under h 2 a, guest workers can t get paid less than americans. florida s minimum h 2 a salary is $14.33 an hour and at this farm the mexicans are permitted to work for as many hours as they want with extra bonuses for
A street vendor selling watermelons was shot in broad daylight during an attempted robbery at a busy intersection Monday morning, according to Memphis police.
With watermelon growing season kicking into high gear, farmers fear thieves will help themselves to melons straight off the vine - without paying for them.