In the terms of fresh firefighters, theyre stretched thin, but they are making a lot of progress 17 can tame and thats up from 13 and good news to pass along they hope to make significant inroads in the fire over the next several days because the conditions look really good meaning winds are down humidity is up and that means they can launch their aircraft once again which yesterday they did for the First Time Since the fire started more than a week ago and they were able to drop 200,000 gallons of water down to the flames. They hope to do as much if not more today unfortunately because the fires are still burning in a lot of times theyre in rugged hard to reach areas that the new number to pass along this morning. 330. Thats the number of structures are homes destroyed thats up from around 280 yesterday so the fire has been destructive although not as deadly. No fatalities in the overnight hours, no major injuries as far as evacuations people. 77,000 people have been told to evacuate
Protection, as well as being home to millions of aquatic species. But coral reefs everywhere are being destroyed by warming seas, chemical runoff, plastic waste, and destructive fishing practices. Man coral reefs are very important for fish populations and diversity. Narrator Mark Van Thillo is the captain of the mir, a 100foot sailing vessel built in 1910 and World Headquarters of the biosphehere foundation, which he created with gaie a alling, an ococean scientist and hihis parr of 30 years. Together, they have been on the leading edge of documenting the dramatic changes in the planets coral reefs. Alling we started an 18year expedition around the world, and it was to look at coral reefs. We lookeded at 49 seses around e world, and we found that 2 3 of the coral reefs in earth were at risk and suffering, in decline. Van thillo we were in the south pacific. We were sailing past the Phoenix Islands, and we had just heard that National Geographic had been there a year earlier, and they
That professor aaron mason recently informed me that he will not be here and making a presentation, and, therefore, you should expect to hear three presentations instead of four. I trust that this may make sure that we have enough time for audience questions and participation at the end, which is a minor benefit from not getting to hear professor masons presentation. So well still try to use our 90 minutes effectively. All of the presenters have had to cut their presentations in order to fit our session. All of the presentations represent work in progress, which is exciting. Our speakers will present in the order in which they appear on your program, beginning with Michael Gunther. Professor Michael Gunther hails from historic lake george, new york. He earned his ph. D. In history in 2010. He is current professor of history at georgia gwinnett college, a fouryear institution in the suburbs of atlanta. Dr. Gunther recently published a journal article on the bordering of quebec in the 17
Were all very friendly people. We interact with any of our neighbors. Were close to everybody. Were outgoing. We talk to our neighbors, like, you know, every day. Reporter so, who is youll a . According to officials he came to United States from bangladesh in february 2011. Hes a permanent resident with a green card and at some point he had a taxi drivers license that expired in 2015. Back here in our area, a former Metro Transit Police officer is set to go on trial for terror charges. Jury selection for the case against Nicolas Young got underway at federal court in alexandria this afternoon. Prosecutors say he tried to provide Financial Support to isis in the form of gift cards. Officers arrested young last year after he apparently gave those cards to an fbi source. Court documents show investigators had him under surveillance for about six years. Youngs lawyers are calling this Montgomery County community. A 17yearold boy discovered dead in the woods, and this evening new informatio
Billions . Well check that one out. See what happened here on this tuesday, december 26th. From abc news, this is world news now. Yeah, that electric bill. That one, yeah, ive had some bad ones but never quite that bad. Happy boxing day, everyone. Welco welcome gio benitez in for kendis. That was a holiday slow clap for you. Good holiday . Yeah, it was nice. We hope you all had a good hoyle holiday as well. Hope everybody on set had a good holiday. Im glad we still have the christmas tree. Were keeping it festive as long as possible. Were going to start this half hour with President Trump delivering a video message. The president tweeted that hes getting back to work today and claimed that making America Great again is happening faster than anyone Kenneth Moten is traveling with the president in florida. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. President trump spent his first christmas as president with the first lady and other family members at his maralago resort. My fellow americ