Andy. And hello everybody on mail to me and greetings from this part of the world over the next half hour theyre about we will be looking at some interesting stories on the environment from our europe and the atlantic ocean. To research the history of the water. Back on land and we will take a spin on the bike made from bamboo. Before switching to an electric taxi in nairobi the very 1st of its kind in the city. We start the show today with the atlantic where a Research Vessel recently made a trip from the far far south to germany it was on a mission to examine the state of the ocean and the effects of Climate Change a group of students from around the world took part in our research here their findings. We are hundreds of kilometers west of the moroccan coast 3 weeks ago this Research Vessel set sail from the Falkland Islands to germany the students and researchers on board want to know just how serious is the state of the oceans how strong is the impact of Climate Change. Studies aqu
We have an air Quality Health advisory for that wildfire smoke and that covers parts of northern Douglas County, far eastern arapahoe county, far excuse me, far western i should say arapahoe county, far eastern Jefferson County and all areas under Denver County. If you are in a spot where the smoke gets thick, stay inside. Otherwise this is going to be more of an advisory for folks who have respiratory problems, if you have very old or very young people in the home, you may want to be keeping them indoors as well. Out around the chatridge fire wind gusts are expected to die down a bit as we head into overnight tonight. Those winds will shift towards the south west out of the southwest and theyll be gusting to about 8 Miles Per Hour come early saturday morning. By saturday afternoon theyll shift more towards the hour. So hopefully that gives firefighters enough time to get more of the chatridge fire under control. This is something well watch very closely. We do not have any fire weathe
3 new this morning. A search is underway after two planes crash off of the coast of california. Investigators say two planes collided midair and plunged into the pacific. Emergency crews responded to a debris field in the ocean and divers are looking for 3 an Oregon Police officer is dead following a shooting overnight. It happened in the town of seaside. Police say the 39 year old officer was serving a warrant when he was shot. Another officer returned fire and hit the suspect. Who was taken to the hospital. The officer who died had been with the department for 13 years. No names have been released. 3 also new this morning. Year old lauri misch was last seen on linn street wearing a brown coat, blue jeans and tennis shoes. Police are concerned because she has Major Medical conditions including bouts with seizures. Were told she does not have her medication with her. If anyone sees misch. They are asked to call police. 3 meanwhile. Police are still looking for a falmouth woman this mor
Easter. Even though, so far, the number of cases in the u. S. Shows no signs of slowing. Confirmed cases have now surged above 50,000. And they continue to double every few days. More than 600 have died, 130 so far today alone, which is already seven times more than at the same time a week ago. Case loads are growing across the country, but the situation is clearly most dire in the new york area. For some perspective, Vice President pence today said 4,000 ventilators are being sent to new york from the National Stockpile. Thats supposed to be good news, right . New york says it needs 30,000. So, thats a start, but a lot more. Today Governor Andrew Cuomo said they are still two to three weeks from the peak of the outbreak there, and he warned that other states may get hit just as hard. New york is the canary in the coal mine. New york is going first. We have the highest and the fastest rate of infection. What happens to new york is going to wind up happening to california and its just a