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Look for timber, pastures, farmland, and minerals. The largest single area of rainforest is the amazon basin, which is mainly in brazil. But since 1970, more than 770,000 square kilometers has been destroyed, an area twice the size of germany. Fighting to halt the destruction is a Risky Business 50 activists were killed in brazil in 2015 alone. The land around here is often ravaged by fire. We join environmental activist elizeu bercacola in the state of rondonia in southern amazonia. Elizeu take...

Look for timber, pastures, farmland, and minerals. The largest single area of rainforest is the amazon basin, which is mainly in brazil. But since 1970, more than 770,000 square kilometers has been destroyed, an area twice the size of germany. Fighting to halt the destruction is a Risky Business 50 activists were killed in brazil in 2015 alone. The land around here is often ravaged by fire. We join environmental activist elizeu bercacola in the state of rondonia in southern amazonia. Elizeu take...

If the old urban crisis was about the middle class flight from the city to the suburbs, then the new urban crisis is about really the disappearance of middle class neighborhoods from our society. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting i...

If the old urban crisis was about the middle class flight from the city to the suburbs, then the new urban crisis is about really the disappearance of middle class neighborhoods from our society. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting i...

State university and the two of them worked on the book together and they will be talking about it together and we are so thrilled and honored to have you both here and i should mention also that route larry is a regular customer at thecorner bookstore and has been for years. And that makes it so special and so personal so please join me in welcoming larry and brian, thank you. [applause] thank you very much, i appreciate it. Are we on, both mikes . We welcome cspan for covering us, thank you ve...

Winds, and redwood city and poor drainage here around san mateo county, and we are looking at urban and small stream flooding likely here, and so do be careful as we go through san jose, and we are looking at more heavy rain. And we have a Flood Warning until 7 45 this morning, and you can see for a portion of penngrove here and also around hollister look at a Flood Warning right on through theafter noon. So were still looking at a winter storm warning in sierra, and the winds gusting from 25 Mi...

See the rain enhanced for the next several hours, where it begins to lighten up and end here in parts of the east bay to ma rauga. We will look for the winds to dial back as the front pushes trough. Still quite gusty from livermore. The rain ends for the next couple of hours and then the winds calm down a bit before it all gets reinvigorated this afternoon with a chance of thunderstorms. The rough surf turned up by the storm turned deadly for a paraglider. He fell into the ocean off of pacifica....

But its still not far enough. Ten months ago, britain stood on the edge of the precipice. A vote for brexit said the government would be disastrous. The hit to the uk economy would be so great, there would be spending cuts and tax rises, almost immediately. Well, what a difference ten months on. As the country prepares to start the brexit process, phillip hammond, todays chancellor of the exchequer, was sounding a very different tone. I report today on an economy that has continued to confound t...

Shortest month as if its some politically correct addendum but not as it turns out in the center of it. You just need to pick up todays paper and read whats on the front line. He owned a few people. And set it in motion. Its always struggling with the question of race. Im interested in how my country works. It is important that what were not trying to do is substitute one persons history for another. We are to try to expand. When they said at the end of that sentence that we should be in pursuit...

Language matters. Many people will not say that they are trump supporters. A statement, which they reflect on their own belief dissociation, but they say they will vote for trump. Trumps success is associated with appearing genuine and passionately concerned with the direction of america. They believe he says what he thinks, which should they agree sometimes gets into trouble, but for the most part they admire it they contrast this with clinton who they believe will say anything to get elected i...