America tonight michael okwu traveled had to find out. Dominated by a huge agricultural business, 25 of all fruits and vegetables consumeconsumed in america grow. What happens when the towns run dry . Five miles north of l. A. , we enter fermi, we asked thelma about the drought. In the seven or eight years since youve been here have you noticed this used to be green. Now its so dry. Warm up your water before you wash the dishes, make sure you have enough to flush, water for the cooler, you dont just do the regular routine. The fact that you dont have water. No water. When did you know that that was happening . Did you get a warning . Opened the tap and that was it. Thelma has gone without Running Water for five years. As the drought got worse her well water started shrinking. Her new neighbor the Almond Orchard sucked up whats left. The fact that this is brown and decaying, was the farmers were able to drill much further than she was essentially getting all that groundwater. They are d
Drought, a kind of situation that faces many of our communities throughout the country. El nino has brought some relief, unheard of rains and flooding in some areas. But will it be enough to stave off californias thirst . America tonight michael okwu traveled had to find out. Dominated by a huge agricultural business, 25 of all fruits and vegetables consumeconsumed in america grow. What happens when the towns run dry . Five miles north of l. A. , we enter fermi, we asked thelma about the drought. In the seven or eight years since youve been here have you noticed this used to be green. Now its so dry. Warm up your water before you wash the dishes, make sure you have enough to flush, water for the cooler, you dont just do the regular routine. The fact that you dont have water. No water. When did you know that that was happening . Did you get a warning . Opened the tap and that was it. Thelma has gone without Running Water for five years. As the drought got worse her well water started sh
Drought, a kind of situation that faces many of our communities throughout the country. El nino has brought some relief, unheard of rains and flooding in some areas. But will it be enough to stave off californias thirst . America tonight michael okwu traveled had to find out. Dominated by a huge agricultural business, 25 of all fruits and vegetables consumeconsumed in america grow. What happens when the towns run dry . Five miles north of l. A. , we enter fermi, we asked thelma about the drought. In the seven or eight years since youve been here have you noticed this used to be green. Now its so dry. Warm up your water before you wash the dishes, make sure you have enough to flush, water for the cooler, you dont just do the regular routine. The fact that you dont have water. No water. When did you know that that was happening . Did you get a warning . Opened the tap and that was it. Thelma has gone without Running Water for five years. As the drought got worse her well water started sh
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. There is stepped up security at university of missouri this morning after several threats were posted on line. The University Police say the person who posted this threat on the messaging app yikyak is now in custody. In the message, the person threatened to shoot every black person they see. Al jazeera is live in colombia missouri. Classes are in full swing. Give us a sense that what the atmosphere is like on campus now. Class are not quite in full swing. Weve heard of at least one canceled because of the threat. It does seem more quieter than normally at this time. I thought the one student who shopped up here was a bit frustrated because the university wasnt saying come to class or dont come to class. That message on yikyak was just one of a few that showed up last night. The one that said ill stand my ground and shoot every black person i see, another said some of you are all right, but dont go to campus tomorrow.
Served stay clean and sober it was a smaller stage with a big focus on economic issues. And the republicans who want to be president did clash in the latest debate over immigration and fixing the economy. Welco welcome to your world this morning those republican president ial hopefuls are back on the campaign trail, fresh off the debate. They tried to draw lines over policy differences. David shuster begins the coverage. The simple fact of the matter is we here promise. Reporter earlier on john kasich blasted rivals and described his tax cut policies as unique. The only plan to get us to a balanced budgets by the end of a second temp. Reporter it relies on revenue assumptions that experts called absurd. On this site protesters demanded a raise to the minimum raise. Inside ben carson justified his opposition with this. Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases. Reporter history does not support the claim. Since 1979, congress raised the minimum wage 11