The leaders of eight South American countries that share the amazon, have gathered in the city of belem. The summit s host brazilian president Lula Da Silva has urged leaders to agree on common policies to protect the environment and boost sustainable development. Scientists are concerned that, deforestation in the amazon may be approaching an irreversible Tipping Point. President lula is hoping for a co ordinated regional approach, to tackle illegal mining and logging as well as other environmental crimes. Hes promised to end deforestation in brazil by 2030. Our South America Correspondent Katy Watson reports from para, the most deforested state in brazil. Virgin forest still exists here in the amazon, but every day the illegal loggers get closer. From up high you can see the damage done, the large patches of land totally cleared. This part of brazil has the highest rate of deforestation in the country. President lula has promised to fix the problem, telling the bbc that this summit w
days from today. we re seeing key developments here in the final stretch shaking up the battleground states with power in the senate hanging in the balance. we ll watch day-by-day as we get closer. new hour starts right now. dana is off today. back tomorrow. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. sandra: cruised through the first hour. i m sandra smith. election day is now just five weeks away. democrats are losing ground in one key state, pennsylvania, where the senate race is getting tighter there. democrat john fetterman watching his lead slip away as dr. oz gains momentum and closing the gap. it dropped from 11 points in mid-summer to 4.3 in the latest real clear politics average. as that race gets tighter, both sides arguing who is tougher on crime. i m sick of oz talking about john fetterman and crime. the truth. john gave a second chance to those who deserved it. john fetterman has the courage to do what s right. dr. oz doesn t know a thing about crime. they endo
take to his leadership on this. thanks for having it on the programme that i think you re right. president has charted a course for illegal deforestation here in brazil and he is a summit to bring the countries together and we have to chart a course to do this to avoid the tipping point in the amazon in the tipping point in the amazon in the message i been hearing from this extraordinary dialogue that the activists of government and extraordinary philanthropy is that we cannot do this without offering a pathway out of poverty and vulnerability for the more than 30 million people who live between the trees in the land here in the amazon. we cannot be the ones saying stop producing fossil fuels and stop illegal for stop producing fossil fuels and stop illegalfor a stop producing fossil fuels and stop illegal for a station stop producing fossil fuels and stop illegalfor a station and stop producing fossil fuels and stop illegal for a station and without those incentives and without that r
bill: so it s happening so often it is hard to keep track. that woman from huntington, new york in long island. stunning stuff. people have had it. it is enough. you wonder if they are doing enough. the answer clearly is not enough now. you have rampant crime in new york city subway system. this shocking attack caught on camera two weeks ago today. a homeless man who killed his own grandmother years ago suspected of brutally beating a 33-year-old mother of two at a station stop next to jfk airport. she was on her way the work at the airport and has not regained full vision if her eye and she may not ever. that woman is here. elizabeth joins me now. how are you doing? i think that s the best first question. how are you? i m trying. i m sill a little bit of headaches and stuff like that. life goes on and trying the best
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