Rhinos have been hunted to near extinction. Its illegal and deadly black market trade. A specimen like this could sell for close to 400,000. Back. Finance is squared back. Hunting the hunters. Rhinos are gone, i think. Kosta grammatis is an engineer that designed everything from satellites through space to bionic eyes. Tonight he goes one on one with a bot. Forget about football, meet the science squad. Kids from a las vegas turning heads around the world. m an entomologist. Thats the team. Lets do some science. Hey, guys, welcome to techknow, im phil torres, joined by marita davison, and kosta grammatis. Marita, you met a man who spent years as a crime scene investigators for human victims. Now he and his lad is taking on the fourth largest industry in the world, its a tragic. Yes, we think of forensics dealing with human victims, we dont think of it as a bird. Its a Wildlife Services add, taking on the illegal trade in endangered species, problem. Some lines are extinct. How big is t
All for supporting me and lifting me up and not forgetting me. At the same time i was not forgetting the people of north korea well take you live to germany. Thats where celebrations are underway to mark 25 years since the fall of the berlin wall we begin in yemen where a new government has been sworn in. Its been created as part of a un brokered peace deal after shuty rebels captured the government. The houthis are rejecting the new go. Hashem ahelbarra is there. What has the Prime Minister been saying, hes been speaking after the swearing in of the new government. He is confident about the future, definitely determined to move forward and his ministers are starting work. If the houthis are negotiating with him, he will. If they choose to stay in the capital, he says hes going to implement his agenda. He says he has huge problems, hes aware of the problems, but determined to tackle the problems. The rise of al qaeda, the declining economy, violence in the sectarian divide. To give you
Americas energy boom is rewarding americans with lower prices at the pump, but there is also a price to be paid for that. Cheaper fuel prices eating into new job creation in this country. Take a look at what were talking about. Since june, gasoline prices nationwide have fallen by 20 . Right now the average price is 2. 96 a gallon and falling. This weeks move below the 3 mark is welcome news to americans who havent seen prices this low since 2010. Well, they can thank all of the new Domestic Oil Production that has flooded the market with crude, bringing oil prices down to their lowest level in three years. Today oil futures settled at 77. 91 a barrel. Oil prices have fallen from 107 a barrel to where they are today. Thats a 27 drop in less than 4 months. Advances in nonconventional methods like fracing are making america a leader in production in the world. But domestic producers need oil to trade around the 80 a barrel mark, in order to trade a profit. Domestic production is expected
The 100th anniversary of the first word war. Thousands of people ever turned out in the german captain cool to mark the 25t 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. Chancellor Angela Merkel led the tribute to hundreds killed trying to breach the hated symbol of the cold war. Nick spicer is following events in the german capitol. Peter gabriel sang heroes, written during the old war by david bowie. A fitting tribute on a day that marked the triumph of people power over the east german leadership. Earlier in the day, the german chancellor remembered the east germans who died trying to flee to the west before the wall came down. It showed that we have the power to shape our destiny and make things better. That is the message of the fall of the wall. It is directed at germany, ours in europe and the world, especially in ukraine, syria, iraq, other areas where rights are violated. This man shows travel documents a understands remembers taking the first train in the morning to wait f
Government responds to the disappearance of college students. We begin this news hour in yemen where a new government has been sworn in but the political crisis is far from over. Two major factions, the houthis and support is of the old regime rejected the government. The Prime Minister said his government has the support of the yemenis. Yemens Prime Minister looks confident. Hes walking to address the nation with a message of hope. He faces a string of problems, including sectarian tension, violence, instability and the rise of alqaeda. Well deal with it. I know its not an easy thing we can start in yemen, but with the support of the yemenis people, the brotherhood and all over the world, i think well tackle all those problems. This is the swearing in ceremony for the newly formed government. Ministers loyal to the former president showed up and backed the current president. Such moves had been warned against. This is the general, the new defense minister, he faces the delicate task o