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Storm system for friday and saturday. its going to take some of the energy moving across the great basin and four corners and move to the northeast. more on that in just one moment. weve been focusing a lot of attention on denver, colorado, theyve gone 231 days without measurable snow. its the middle of december and we should see the snowflakes starting to pile up on the streets there. but unfortunately that has not happened just yet. will it come to an end? the snowless streak, time will tell. ...

While generally, toads are harmless, large & voracious cane toads in Taiwan secrete poison when squeezed or touched and can significantly harm wildlife, humans.

>> felicity: of course i am, its amazing. >> tucci: this is where we met. >> have you got some poetry? >> not on me. i tried to come to lake como without my wife felicity but she followed me. its one of the most beautiful places-- >> i know you have the-- >> it sounds silly to say it is. >> i love that you have, youve got this, the sun, the lake and then also just the snow peaks. >> yeah. >> what is that mountain range over there? >> thats the beginning of the alps. as much as felicity and i lov...

>> yeah. >> what is that mountain range over there? >> thats the beginning of the alps. as much as felicity and i love spending time here by the lake, there is a place in milan i want to show her thats doing something extraordinary. a restaurant in the centre embodies the spirit and history of milan like almost nowhere else . >> angelo bissolotti is the mastermind behind osteria del treno, a haven for the hard-working milanese in an historical venue. >> felicity: felicity, nice to meet you. >> w...

Too, throughout this broadcast is its not only the west coast thats impacted by rough weather today, its the central u.s. and then along the east coast later this week. weve got our bomb cyclone ongoing over the western parts of the country. its meeting the specific criteria of strengthening to be called a bomb cyclone. its picking up the atmospheric river of moisture from the pacific ocean and translating that into significant amounts of precipitation. over the western parts of the u.s., we wil...

States, drew and his family arrived in mexico city in may, 2012. he and the team were now stalking one of the most powerful criminals in the world on el chapos own turf. >> its just like, whos watching me? it could be anybody from chapas people to the local cartel around mexico city, to street facts, or even the mexican government. >> he worked in a cluttered cubicles at the u. s. embassy in mexico city. during long days and nights, he barely saw his family. drews attention was focused on the mo...

Just get the hell out of donnell. >> reporter: in a region exhausted by extreme weather conditions, ralph said the rain wont end the drought but it will have an upside. >> this will pretty much put an end to the risk of major fires in northern california for the season. >> reporter: the storm will also have an upside for skiers, bringing heavy novel to the sierra nevada mountain range. mammoth ski resort is already on target for its snowiest october in a decade and now plans to open two weeks ah...

Pacific. they call it a aboubomb cyclone because it strengthens, it drops 24 millibars within a 24 hour period. so it bt woit wont be the brun hurricane, but it will have characteristics of a hurricane. the pressure of the low will drop to about 944 millibars. and that is significant because that is equivalent to what a major hurricane can strengthen to or deepen to i should say. atmospheric river conditions behind the bomb cyclone, so drawing in moisture from the pacific ocean and producing jus...

This vast region provides drinking water, irrigation and hydropower to some 2 billion people across asia. but rising temperatures are eroding many of the 50,000 glaziers many of the 50,000 glaciers in this mountain range, threatening water supplies. increasingly deadly forest fires and rising pollution also remain a huge threat. and as climate concerns grow in india, there are an increasing number of young activists who are taking up the cause. i met one of these climate activists, 13—year—o...

Heat waves to droughts, and nowhere is this more keenly felt than here in the state of uttarakhand. we are here on the banks of the river ganges in the foothills of the himalayas. this vast region provides drinking water, irrigation and hydropower to some 2 billion people across asia. but rising temperatures are eroding many of the 50,000 glaziers in this mountain range, threatening water supplies. increasingly deadly forest fires and rising pollution also remain a huge threat. and as climate co...