Hello to you. Scientists have discovered particles of plastic falling in snow in the arctic, highlighting the scale of plastic pollution. A region so many of us think of as pristine is contaminated with microscopic particles, carried on the wind from thousands of miles away. Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin travelled to the Arctic Circle as the Research Teams were working. Heres his special report. The arctic, a place of pristine beauty. Smothered with snow, clean and pure. Or, thats how it appears. But its an illusion. Arctic snow is tainted with microplastics and rubber particles and clothing fibres. Given the amount of pollution in the atmosphere, its perhaps hardly surprising that were finding microplastics in snow. But we have such a strong belief in the essential purity of this stuff that some people will find this news rather shocking. Dr Melanie Bergmann led the research. First stage involves a bit of low technology. A dessert spoon and a flask. I think were not treating
somebody seaworld headquarters to new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. concerns are growing. new questions arising today after the u.s. military shot down a third high flying object in a week. the latest object taken down saturday by a u.s. fighter to dover the yukon territory in canada. under prime minister justin trudeau s orders. today, the prime minister says recovery team are looking for the cylindrical object with the country s defense minister has described as smaller a potentially similar to the chinese spy plane shut down off the carolina coast. last weekend. today on msnbc, the biden ministration justifying its quick action. the president took this accent. we wanted to make sure that we are always the promises we re always going to track. we re always going to detect and we re always going to defend our airspace and that s what the american people should expect. also new reaction from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. as they express concerns
the same claims. the claims that were debunked and disproven years ago. they are going to use lies, misinformation, and outright conspiracy theories to attack the president and advance a dangerous maga agenda. also this hour, the latest reporting on the doj subpoena for mike pence,, trump appears to be ready to fight it. five years ago this week, a tragic school shooting. students saying enough is enough. when politicians send our thoughts and prayers with no action, we say no more! david hogg survived the shooting and emerge from it a leading voice in this country on the need for gun control. i will talk to david later this hour as he prepares to mark a very difficult anniversary. we begin with the latest in turkey and syria where the death toll continues to rise. now topping 33,000. rescue teams still miraculously pulling survivors from under the rubble six days later. the turkish government has also announced arrest warrants for those they re holding responsible for th
no chemotherapy throughout the pandemic. i don t have much of a choice. and john lewis has warned of further store closures after it made a record annual loss of more than £500 million. good afternoon. prince william has insisted the royal family is not racist, in his first comments since the duke and duchess of sussex told us television that a member of the family had questioned what colour their child s skin would be. william also revealed he hasn t spoken to his brother since harry and meghan gave the interview to oprah winfrey, but said he would do. the duke and duchess of cambridge were visiting a school in east london when they were asked by a reporter about the controversy. have you spoken to your brother since the interview? no, i haven t spoken to him yet, but i will do. and can you just let me know, is the royalfamily a racist family, sir? no, we are very much not a racist family. our royal correpsondent, sarah campbell, joins me now. they are the first comments th
Abcs Pierre Thomas joins us with the latest. Good morning, pierre. Reporter a dangerous situation is still unfolding this morning in alabama. It involves the words no parent wants to hear. A man with a gun, a child on a bus, and a child kidnapped. Police are swarming around this location in midland city, alabama, desperately trying to rescue a 6yearold taken from his school bus. We were dropping some kids off. A man that lived next door to them got on the bus. Reporter this Police Radio Scanner audio describes the unfolding nightmare. A child is on the line with us advising us the drivers been shot. Just had a bus driver shot, possibly deceased. Suspect has removed a child from the bus. Theyre on foot at this time. White male, sunglasses. Possibly darkcolored clothing. Reporter Police Sources identify the suspect as jimmy lee dykes, recently been charged with menacing. He may have been due in court today. The child is being held in an underground bunker. Its unclear what the suspects r