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Forcing some of them to resort to extreme measures just to survive. cnn's nick paton walsh has this exclusive story from western afghanistan where one family sold their 6-year-old daughter in order to keep from starving. >> reporter: we're in taliban control territory fleeing from isis their strikes by coalition that's forced them from their homes. they are instead running from drought. a record dry spell forcing more families in afghanistan from their homes this year than the war has. and as if afghanistan hasn't already broken all sue pperlati take this. a family united under plastic shee sh...

Responsible. >> this is a big part of my fault, also, because, you know, i grew up -- we grew up together, and i know i wasn't the nicest to you. >> reporter: david, we also learned that cruz considered an attack at a park just a week before the massacre. specific details about the school shooting given in that interrogation were not released. david? >> victor oquendo. victor, thank you. the election cliffhanger we're still monitoring tonight. the major test for president trump. overnight, the district where republicans have held control for more than 30 years, the democrat coming within one...

The first driver to do so in bobsled for a host nation. the race marked a historic victory for team usa as well. steven holkin secured third place by just .03. the victory ended usa's dry spell. the 33-year-old becoming the first american pilot to win medals in both races in more than five decades. but out on the hockey rink, it was team canada who left the ice celebrating. in a 3-0 shutout, jonathan towse sunk the puck. the first hockey team undefeated in 30 years. now at the close of the 2014 sochi olympics, russia hands the games flag off to south korea, a passing of the torch to the host o...

>> hey! >> there's two more. >> come on. >> good! >> ha! six more. >> come on, girl. hey! >> your stirrups are too short. >> my stirrups are a little too short. >> i keep adding links to it. >> if the drought continues into next year, we'll keep selling cattle. we fear that if we have to sell off all the cattle, it would be our last year. >> it's terrible. >> yeah. >> makes it an extremely dangerous time for a rancher. >> hey! come on. >> when a drought like this happens, ranchers like kenny depend on supplemental feeds like corn and hay to get them through the dry spell. products that sometim...

So he has had experience with this. >> i, here's what i don't understand. there are so many buildings in new york city that are plated in glass. from top to bottom. never heard of this. >> the concave shape. reflecting it down. >> the problem. what do we do? still the question? >> take it down. too late. >> yeah. take the whole thing down. that's our resolution. >> yeah. >> just come to us. we have all the answers i always say that. moving on. little more weather for you. parts of the midwest suffering through a destructive drought eating away at the bottom line of some farmers. the ultra dry ...