around that time, scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other. sometimes by song over long distances. in part, because of that discovery, scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source and human activity is causing thousands of whale deaths a year from the stress of underwater construction noise to fishing entang amments and ship collisions. in the next hour, cnn s bill weir takes us to antarctica, a place very few get to visit to study these remarkable creatures and show us why saving the whales may also be saving the planet. because they are one of our best partners in battling climate change. reporter: those are the songs of humpback whales, flying about 15 billion miles away from earth, on the off chance intelligent life out there wants to
50 years ago humpback whales were considered an endangered species after decades of commercial whaling decimated the population. around that same time scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other, sometimes by song over long distances. in part because of that discovery scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales, and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. but now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source, and human activity is causing thousands of whale deaths a year. from the stress of underwater construction noise to fishing entanglements and ship collisions. in the next hour cnn s bill weir takes us to antarctica, a place very few people get to visit, to study these remarkable creatures and show us why saving the whales may also be saving the planet. because they are one of our best partners in battling climate change. reporter
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both men said talks were productive and repeated their stance that a default is off the table. to avoid that, though, they ll have to work out an agreement within the next ten days. my college michelle fleury explains. even before president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy, negotiators were once again around the table, trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. now, sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next, while republicans they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary janet yellen confirmed over the weekend that june 1st is the hard deadline, when the government can no longer pay its bills. and the deadline for a deal may actually be sooner in order for it to pass the house and senate in time. and there s another worry even if they do get a deal done in time, will rank and file members of both parties go for it? the impact of defaulting would
of a debt ceiling deal in washingtonjust yet of a debt ceiling deal in washington just yet anyway. this is after us presidentjoe biden met with top republican kevin mccarthy earlier today. both men said talks were reproductive and repeated their stance that a default is off the table. to avoid that, they will have to work out an agreement within the next ten days. even before president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy, negotiators were once again around the table, trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next, while republicans, they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary confirmed over the weekend that during the first is the hard deadline when the government can no longer pay its bills. the deadline for a deal may actually be sooner, in orderfor it to deal may actually be soon