around that time, scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other. sometimes by song over long distances. in part, because of that discovery, scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source and human activity is causing thousands of whale deaths a year from the stress of underwater construction noise to fishing entang amments and ship collisions. in the next hour, cnn s bill weir takes us to antarctica, a place very few get to visit to study these remarkable creatures and show us why saving the whales may also be saving the planet. because they are one of our best partners in battling climate change. reporter: those are the songs of humpback whales, flying about 15 billion miles away from earth, on the off chance intelligent life out there wants to
50 years ago humpback whales were considered an endangered species after decades of commercial whaling decimated the population. around that same time scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other, sometimes by song over long distances. in part because of that discovery scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales, and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. but now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source, and human activity is causing thousands of whale deaths a year. from the stress of underwater construction noise to fishing entanglements and ship collisions. in the next hour cnn s bill weir takes us to antarctica, a place very few people get to visit, to study these remarkable creatures and show us why saving the whales may also be saving the planet. because they are one of our best partners in battling climate change. reporter
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september 2018, several weeks before he bought the gun at the heart of the case but under cross-examination, she said she had no idea what hunter was doing between september and november, which covers the month hunter bought the firearm, gordon cleveland, the gunshot employee who sold hunter biden the gun, took the stand next and testified how hunter came into the store looking for firearm. he testified that he told hunter to read the atf background form carefully and saw him check no. next to the question about whether he was an addict or used illegal drugs, the alleged lie at the center of the case on cross-examination. defense attorney abbe lowell got that employee to admit that he was a quote, whale hunters to someone who tried to upset hello customers to buy more expensive guns and this contradicts his grand jury testimony. definitely a point scored, there by the defense, and they will continue their cross-examined the nation tomorrow. prosecutors say they have about six more witn