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That was a test. My father had told me stories from sky lab about he had always seen the fires in the amazon and people were clearcutting it. I hadnt thought about it for 35 years. I remember when i was a kid, there were a lot of tv things about it about save the rainforest, shockingly you dont see much these day. Boy, is it still burning and so was big areas of the green belt through central africa, but for me, the great epiphany came on this day. This was probably day eightish. It was the firs...

See you all on this monday. Lets get started with weather and traffic. Reporter if youre down the shore theres dense fog around until 10 00 a. M. Otherwise some cloud cover around that will effortly break up a bit. Were looking at partly cloudy skies today. 70 degrees in philadelphia. Notice how the winds are coming up from the south, they are bringing warm and humid air in place, as you step outside it feels on the muggy side. As we look at dewpoints, mid to upper 60s. When you get to 70 its op...

President is forcing them to return to work. Good evening, im denise nakano. The monday night commute will be averted. Late today president obama intervened in the strike. Hes creating a president ial emergency board to resolve the contract dispute between septa and Regional Rail workers. Goes into effect at 12 01 a. M. , just about an hour from now. The board will help with negotiations while employees get back to work. Live at septa headquarters and you spoke with members on both sides of the ...

Yesterday. Fewer clouds for our dads day rosemary. Shaping up to be a beautiful morning already. We have so many cameras to show you. All are showing a beautiful sunday for all of us. This one at boat house row where winds have calm down. Were warming nicely. Check out the numbers. A lot of you in the 60s this hour. 64 allen town, lehigh valley. 64 philadelphia. Glassboro 60ss. Atlantic city to cape may, stone harbor, 60s for you. Means were going to have a nice, warm day today. Its fathers day....

Thinks the media is cherrypicking these images and the president s aides are actually bringing him pictures showing these detained children smiling and plays games. More on that in a bit. The president has falsely blamed democrats for the situation on the border. He did so again today. I say its very strongly the democrats fault. Theyre obstruction. Theyre obstructionist, and they are obstructing. The United States will not be a migrant camp, and it will not be a refugeeholding facility. It wont...

We go into orbit with our old nemesis and we are reminded of what it meant to fly to the moon. You were the last human being to touch that surface. How does that make you feel . Humble. Im reporting from the Kennedy Space center complex in florida. Its hard for people my age to believe that most americans werent even alive the last time a man walked on the moon. On december 14th 1972. A number of the explorers that made that trip passed away. The rest are now in their late 70s. Some 80s but the ...

Weve been wanting to get in here for some time, because we just hear how extraordinary it is. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Today as america honors slain civil rights leader dr. Martin luther king, jr. , kings oldest son met with president elect donald trump. And Vice President elect mike pence visited the king memorial in washington. But more democratic members of Congress Said they will boycott the inauguration on friday. They are angered o...

King jr. Day, the very personal recordings tonight of Coretta Scott king, on her role and away from the spotlight, her one wish. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on this Martin Luther king jr. Day, and we have a lot to get to. We begin with the major winter storm across more than a dozen states. Coating highways in ice, turning driving deadly. This fiery crash after two trucks colliding on i80 in nebraska on the ice. The drivers did survive. Tonight as you can see, up to an i...

Weak, the most popular movie in america the second week running, reminders of a time we dreamed of bigger things and greater things. Gene cernan, again, the last man to walk on that surface, a look back with jon scott. You can let your imagination wander, put yourself out there 250,000 miles in space on gods front porch. Thats what it was like looking back at the earth. It is a spiritual experience. Apollo 17 captain gene cernan was the last american astronaut to walk on the earths surface. The ...

RIVERTON—When Steve Doyle and his family moved from New Orleans to an old farm property on the outskirts of this central Wyoming town in 2007, he was surprised to discover