Im jamie colby. And today, im driving in the badlands of eastern montana. Its rugged, bigsky, cattleranching country. Im on my way to meet a lifelong resident whose father left him a chunk of this land. Nice to have you here. Thanks for having us. My names Clayton Phipps. And in 1997, my father passed away, and i inherited from him a small portion of the family ranch. And along with that came a few pretty exciting surprises. 41yearold Clayton Phipps is like a character out of red river or lonesome dove. [ horse neighs ] most of the time, im on my own. Im happy that way. This ranch had been in our family since my greatgrandfather homesteaded here. And its a part of me that i just didnt feel like i wanted to ever part with. Clayton grew up and learned to cowboy here on the ranch his father shared with three brothers. He describes the operation as cashpoor but reasonably successful. My dad worked us hard, but that was a good thing, too. After claytons father dies in 1997, the ranch is spl
South houston, texas, on my way to meet an heir who wrote me. He said he had an incredible and highly valuable inheritance linking him to a texas legend and, by the way, a Baseball Team that won its first world series in 2017. My name is Robert Harper. When my father died in 2012, i inherited a customized luxury railcar, and theres some really colorful Texas History behind it, and i still dont know what the heck to do with it. Hi, im jamie. Robert harper. Its a pleasure to meet you. Welcome to South Houston. Okay. Robert leads me into a warehouse to show me his strange inheritance. What is it exactly . Its a fullsize railcar 44 feet long, 12 feet wide. It weighs 50,000 pounds. It sat here for 41 years. It belonged to judge roy hofheinz. Judgewho,you ask . Roy hofheinz, a boy wonder who had his own law firm at age 19, became a county judge, pioneered fm radio, and was elected mayor of houston in 1952. From the mayors office, the judge, as he was known, promises to transform houston from
The club has until midnight to show it can pay its debts or it could be thrown out of the football league. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. World leaders have expressed concern at the Record Number of wildfires continuing to blaze in brazils amazon rainforest. The french president , Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning, and has called for the issue to be discussed as a matter of International Concern at this weekends g7 summit in biarritz. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro responded by accusing mr macron of a misplaced colonialist mindset, and using the issue for political gain. This map shows the extent of the problem, with more than 2,500 active fires currently in the brazilian amazon which a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming. Data from brazils Space Agency Says there have been more than 75,000 wildfires so far this year double the total number in 2013. Thats an 85 increase on the same period last year. Conservationists have blamed mr
That killed 63 people. And a glacier in iceland goes from this to this, as the country holds a ceremony to mourn the first one to be lost to climate change. 0h, hes gone and england take australian wickets at lords. Well bring you up to date on the second ashes test in half an hour. Hello and a very good evening to you. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove has played down concerns highlighted by leaked government documents that warn of chaos in the event of a no deal brexit. He said significant steps had been taken in the past three weeks to accelerate planning for such a scenario. The documents, seen by the sunday times, warn of shortages of food, fuel and medicines, as well as the return of a hard border in ireland if britain leaves the eu without a deal. But mr gove insisted the papers were old, and concentrated on the worst possible outcomes. I think its important that we look in context at the document thats appeared in the sunday times today. Operation yellowhammer is the nam
A ceremony to mourn the first one to be lost to climate change. 0h, hes gone. And england take wickets as they look to bowl out australia to win the second ashes test. And coming up later, this weeks click looks at whether e scooters are legal, and tests out new fingerprint based contactless cards. Good evening. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove has played down concerns highlighted by leaked government documents that warn of chaos in the event of a no deal brexit. He said significant steps had been taken in the past three weeks to accelerate planning for such a scenario. The documents, seen by the sunday times, warn of shortages of food, fuel and medicines, as well as the return of a hard border in ireland if britain leaves the eu without a deal. But mr gove insisted the papers were old, and examined the worst possible outcomes. Food shortages, fuel shortages, unworkable plans for the irish border, this is a pretty bleak picture . I think its important that we look in context at