Hot zone as soldiers join the battle against the Deadly Wildfires in Washington Stated, we show you the front Line Technology to stop the flames. Plus, Todd Rundgren, singer, songwriter, superstar producer opens up about his extraordinary life of music. We begin with plunging oil prices in new fears of a Global Market crisis. Here the in United States wall street experienced its worst single day in more than a year and a half. Stocks are falling, and so is the price of oil. Whats driving both is chinas economic slowdown. Patty is here with that. Patty. John, this is about fear over the health of Global Economy and what the Federal Reserve will do about Interest Rates. Stocks around the globe were hammered thursday. Here in the u. S. The s p 500, a ga gauge for the health of your 401 k , erased all the gains for a year and the dow jones lost 350 points. It was set overnight in china. The shanghai composite index fell 3. 4 . Now, the recent turmoil in chinas stock market combined with th
Opponents say they have the votes in congress to keep the deal alive. Good morning, im randall pinkston. Wildfires in the west are pushing fire crews to the limit. Now Washington State is asking for volunteers to pitch in for the first time ever. Nearly 29,000 firefighters are battling fires across six states. International assistance is also on the way from australia and new zealand. Those countries are sending fire managers and specialists to help battle the flames. Thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes as the fires approach. We now know the names of the three firefighters who died in washington. The Forest Service identifies them. They died after the fire took their vehicle near the state line. These were three big heroes protecting small towns. There were 390,000acres burning. Last year was bad with 250,000 acres and we thank everyone who are doing everything they can to make sure the evergreen state does not become an ever fire state. Lets get to kevin. These fires ar
I am phil torres, an entymologist. From base can camp, we are on the scene after raging wildfire. The scientists who go directly in the path of a firestorm. Their kairmz cameras actually consumed by flames. What they are learning could save lives. Then dr. Shimmy somara is a mechanical engineer. Her undersea interview with david grandfather. Marina davidson is a biologist specializing in e coming and evolution. Thats our team. Now, lets do some science. Welcome to techknow. Guys, ive got some stats for you. California is currently having the driest year in 90 years. Over 60 of the west is in a drought. Now, when its that dry, there is one danger that really comes to mind. Thats wildfires. As common as these are, it has not with been until recent years that scientists understood how they move and how to save fight them. Californias governor declared a state of emergency wildfire. I want to make sure that the researchers are deployed. Summer, 2014, in americas west is under fire. Making
I am phil torres, an entymologist. From base can camp, we are on the scene after raging wildfire. The scientists who go directly in the path of a firestorm. Their kairmz cameras actually consumed by flames. What they are learning could save lives. Then dr. Shimmy somara is a mechanical engineer. Her undersea interview with david cousteauu follows his grandfather. Marina davidson is a biologist specializing in e coming and evolution. Thats our team. Now, lets do some science. Welcome to techknow. Guys, ive got some stats for you. California is currently having the driest year in 90 years. Over 60 of the west is in a drought. Now, when its that dry, there is one danger that really comes to mind. Thats wildfires. As common as these are, it has not with been until recent years that scientists understood how they move and how to save fight them. Californias governor declared a state of emergency because after fastmoving wildfire. I want to make sure that the researchers are deployed. Summer
What they are learning could save lives. Then dr. Shimmy somara is a mechanical engineer. Her undersea interview with david grandfather. Marina davidson is a biologist specializing in e coming and evolution. Thats our team. Now, lets do some science. Welcome to techknow. Guys, ive got some stats for you. California is currently having the driest year in 90 years. Over 60 of the west is in a drought. Now, when its that dry, there is one danger that really comes to mind. Thats wildfires. As common as these are, it has not with been until recent years that scientists understood how they move and how to save fight them. Californias governor declared a state of emergency wildfire. I want to make sure that the researchers are deployed. Summer, 2014, in americas west is under fire. Making national t. V. Headlines for both the size and ferocity of the burns. Fire world emerging from the parched hillside. The end of fire season is nowhere in sight. We are seeing near unprecedented drought. So w