switzerland is home to 1,400 glaciers, of which aletsch is the biggest, and it s here that we find groups of scientists developing new techniques to watch the ice and snow and monitor their retreat. glaciers are water reservoirs that we have, which is important for groundwater replation. i think this is the important fact, but also if you lose this mass, you have instability in the mountains, so you have more landslides ongoing, more erosion. it is also a cause of natural hazards, avalanches, if there s a lot of snow and rock falls and similar things, if there s not enough snow and the ground destabilises. a very important one in terms of the energy transition is the hydropower generation. hydropower generation uses the water that runs down from the mountains and if there is not enough water, they cannot generate enough power. and if there is a lot of water, a lot of snow, they actually need to know this in advance to plan the generation. for all this, we of course need to
his refusal to take an independent cognitive test, and what he says about the democratic lawmakers who say he can t win. i don t think those critics know what they re talking about. the fallout today. plus the key meeting among democratic leaders set for tomorrow. and tropical storm beryl churning towards texas set to hit as a hurricane. communities there bracing for impact. we re preparing for the worst, praying and hoping for the least amount of rain. that after beryl left massive destruction in its wake across the caribbean. we are tracking its path. and new evacuation warnings as another california wildfire explodes in size. dramatic video. an injured firefighter airlifted to safety, plus the brutal heat wave baking the west. high temperatures soaring into the 120s. and amtrak shuts down train service between boston and new york ahead one of the busiest travel days of the year. and tragedy in the nfl. the rookie just drafted killed in a car crash overnight.
in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday, september 15th. i m brianna keilar alongside john berman here in washington on this special edition of new day. governor gavin newsom will keep his job, breaking overnight, a blowout victory for the democratic governor of california who crushed a republican-led recall that could have ousted him from office. newsome s restrictive coronavirus policies actually validated by democratic voters in this race. they said, no, to the recall by a nearly two to one margin. the governor thanking his supporters and sounding a warning about republican schemes to undermine democracy. i think about just in the last few days and the former president put out saying this election was rigged. democracy is not a football. you don t throw it around. it s more like, i don t know, antique vase. you can drop it and smash it in a million different pieces. and that s what we re capable of doing if we don t stand up to meet the moment and pu
sounded optimistic as president biden rallies to help gavin newsom cling to power. carley: did you see this? republicans hammering the secretary of state of a thrall from afghanistan the left american stranded and today anthony blinken steps back into the hot seat after refusing to face the music in person. todd: you are watching fox and friends first on tuesday morning. carley: we start as we mentioned, the people of california decide whether to recall governor gavin newsom. todd: president biden stumping for the embattled leader in the finally of campaigning as voters head to the polls just hours from now. reporter: it is the most election since the presidential show the last november. president biden bashed his top republican challenger larry elder and took a moment to promote his new vaccine mandate. he is a clone of donald trump. can you imagine him being governor of the state? you can t let that happen. science matters both to keep gavin, get vaccinated to save li