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More flash droughts in India by end of century Updated: Updated: Atmospheric anomalies, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions play a role Share Article AAA Impact: Frequent flash droughts can have deleterious effects on crop production in India.   | Photo Credit: Getty Images Atmospheric anomalies, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions play a role In 1979, India faced a severe flash drought, affecting about 40% of the country and taking a toll on agriculture. An article published that ye...

Welcome back, everyone. the senate has avoided another government shutdown by passing a short-term spending bill which the president is expected to sign. in fact, the bill passed the senate by a vote of 82-15. just days before the september 30th deadline. the house set the bill in motion by passing it last week. now like last years spending bill, president trump requested government funding for his border wall. in this issue, it continues to be a barrier in those negotiations. democrats offered ...

Pleasure. thank you. a quick check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> a crazy weekend. we will see some areas of the country that are going to be digging out of an epic snowstorm while other locations will be seeing some of the warmest temperatures they ever had this late in the year. a big divide across the country with record heat likely in many areas. dozens of cities are going to be setting record highs next week in the areas of east a and so hot and so dry, we are calli...

family flying. these loopholes still exist. >> absolutely. thank you. its the top of the hour and i want to update you on a story thats developing. a bus carrying israeli tourists exploded. the death toll has grown to six. theres a great deal of speculation as to who is to blame for this. elise is covering this story for us. israel is blaming iran for this. why is that? >> reporter: in recent months they say the israelis have th thwarted atakes. they say they have indications it coul...

we begin this hour with tensions ratcheting up between israel and iran. a bomb went off just as israeli tourists boarded a bus in the bulgarian resort city. six people are confirmed dead. some 30 others are wounded. president obamas strongly condemning the attack calling it in his word barbaric. cnns elise labott is joining us live with the very latest. bulgarians are of course investigating. im sure the israelis are as well. first of all, what are the bulgarians saying? >> reporter: w...

attack by government forces on the besieged city. one of the single most horrifying moments in syria occurred late last month. scores of people died in a town called douma as a result of government shelling. nearly three weeks later, we have our hands on video documenting this tragedy. shes live with us. take us back to what happened in douma on june 29th. >> reporter: the reason why its taken three weeks to get our hands on that video is because the activists that wanted to shoot it...