around that time, scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other. sometimes by song over long distances. in part, because of that discovery, scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source and human activity is causing thousands of whale deaths a year from the stress of underwater construction noise to fishing entang amments and ship collisions. in the next hour, cnn s bill weir takes us to antarctica, a place very few get to visit to study these remarkable creatures and show us why saving the whales may also be saving the planet. because they are one of our best partners in battling climate change. reporter: those are the songs of humpback whales, flying about 15 billion miles away from earth, on the off chance intelligent life out there wants to
Much rain came down, they couldnt release water fast enough. So thats the situation we are in right now. Cant really control how much its going to rain. Thats for sure. Len, thank you. Nearby the lexington reservoir is beyond capacity at 104 after the latest round of heavy rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The water thats been overflowing since yesterday has spread on to highway 17 and forced some detours. And state water officials now think they can avoid using an emergency spillway at lake oroville. Just this week, the main spillway partially collapsed. Environmentalists are scrambling. They are trying to save baby salmon from a hatchery buried by mud and concrete. Look at these pictures just in from chopper 5. A whole section of the hillside in orinda has broken off. We told you yesterday about the homeowner who thought he heard thunder. But instead, it was thousands of pounds of rock and debris. Easy to see why his home is now redtagged. In the past 30 minutes amazing new pictures
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Down on fake Online Reviews how Companies Intentionally deceive consumers to promote their products and malign competitors. You would be surprised how many Small Business owners might claim their page on yelp and then go ahead and open a consumer account and write a fivestar review of their own business and a onestar view of their exit around leave it at that. Woodruff plus, monty pythons john cleese on his unexpected acting career and his advice for young comedians. If you love an actor or a comedian just watch them and watch them and watch them. And the key thing is watch them until youre bored. When you stop laughing at them, then you can see the mechanisms. You can see how they do it. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. I. B. E. W. The power professionals in your neighborhood. Lincoln financial committed to helping y
Started laying salt on the road. This is on roosevelt, police blocked the road while work took place and then reopened it. Nbc first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz here with the forecast. Glenn, what a difference a day makes. Absolutely. The roads dried out, sunshine helping, wind helping, lower humidity helping and higher temperatures as well. Getting kind of windy out there. Traffic is moving along just fine after some of those slick spots this morning. Were not doing to get any kind of repeat of that tomorrow morning. Look how much warmer it is than it was yesterday. 42 degrees already. It feels like 34. Feels like 31 in redding. So the wind hasnt picked up as much as its going to. Its just starting to pick up now. A couple of snow flurries in parts of the area early. That is no longer there. We are dry for the rest of the day. Were kind of windy for the rest of the day. Temperatures getting into the mid40s, which is actually a little bit above average for this t