>> on the next talk to al jazeera lawyer david boies gives surprising insight into his most historic case bush vs. gore and tells of his relentless fight for civil rights >> this is the defining issue today... >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm michael yves. the united states sending personnel and equipment to nigeria to rescue nearly 300 girls abducted from a school. and fears of all-out war. a report saying climate change is a serious global

problem and americans already already are feeling severe economic impact. >> a new report out today said climate change is effecting over corner of the united states. from severe weather to increase in pollen. global warm something not only dangerous but extremely costly. the report said there is time to prevent climate change from becoming more of a threat. when we say every corner of the united states we mean every corner of the country. >> reporter: the white house said this is happening now. not in the future, number some time next week, neck yea next yt right now. i'm afraid america the beautiful could be turning into america the stormy, america the sneezy

with all that pollen around. where do you live? how about the northeast, the densely populated northeast face more heat waves, heavier rain, snow, and flooding as the oceans continue to rise. 80 million people, says the report, in the fastest growing metropolitan area of the country, the southeast, face decreased water supplies and threats from hurricanes coming in from the gulf. the bread the basket, they face more heat waves and droughts and floods. here is the saddle known as the great plains, and too little

precipitation already falls in the great plains stressing out communities and causing billions of dollars of damages, and the climate change will only make that west. the southwest is expected to get hotter, and in the southern part, it never rains in california, and it's not going to. it's going to get significantly dryer down here. urban areas, mountain ranges and the northwest many native american reservations are all facing a bit of a problem when it comes to early snow melts. snow melt is going to happen earlier in the northwest. that means the supply of water in summer will diminish, and it will cause far-reaching ecological and socio-economic consequences. now that deals with the 48. what you abou--what about the or two, alaska, of course, has warmed more than twice as rapidly in the last 60 years than all the rest of the lower

48, according to reports, and higher temperatures and rising sea levels plus increased storm threats mean that hawai'i is going to be facing problems in its diverse ecosystems not only in hawai'i, but the 2,000 other pacific islands we simply cannot get on our maps. you wonder why the white house is releasing it now. it would see that one eye is on the midterm to try to galvanize the base. >> john terrett, we appreciate it. >> thanks. >> some of the iconic cities, jacob ward joins us from san francisco, jacob, some of the best places to live in the united states are on the coast line, but rising coast lines could drastically change those

locales. >> that's right. and it's not just the question of the beauty of it all, but the coast line has an incredible economic impact. it's going to be drastically changed based on information we're getting out of this new climate assessment. here in san francisco one of the major changes is the sea level rising would change the way this city is laid out. here i'm standing at the high tide mark, the high tide here. one of the busiest on the west coast. the assessment report points out that it could be--we could see rises from a foot to four and a half feet by the end of the century. if that's the case not only where i'm standing would be underwater, but the fifth row of at&t park would be underwater. we're talking about an incredible change.

a mapping software scarce before and after shots. this is what san francisco would look like under that four and a half feet of water. we've seen that change already in new york city, brooklyn, where it was hit by huge storms, terribly effected, and this is what brooklyn would look like under four and a half feet of water. and then looking beyond cities like ours that are able to take some steps, we have resources but international communities like bangkok, the most visited city in the world would be inundated with the waves. this would be utterly destroyed. they're talking about out of this kind of report not only would we see these kinds of effects but even if we saw only two feet in rise we're talking about 1 trillion-dollar in property damage. >> what could cities do to mitigate and prepare for it.

>> that's the question. they aggravate erosion or do you go after the soft solution where you take canals and pearce cities with them so the water flows in and out. that's the only kind of solutions that our cities can hope to plan for. >> you're standing there outside of the baseball stadium, and oakland planning to move to san francisco, and guess where they plan to put their stadium, on one of the piers. another detail issued in the climate change report is lack of water. in california melting snowpacks which provide a third of california's water. jennifer london got an exclusive look at how california is trying to deal with this crisis. this issue, california has been

trying to tackle for quite some time. >> reporter: well, it is, and you're right when it call it a crisis. california relies on the snowpack to fill up it's reservoirs. in southern california this region relies so heavily on its reservoirs for drinking water. when you think that 16% of the reservoirs are filled by snowpack, when it's been an extremely dry year on top of a dry year before that and the year before, it becomes a big concern. it's one thing to talk about how little snow has fallen. it's another thing to see it. and these images tell the story of how little snow fell in the mountains this winter. these images were shot exclusively for al jazeera america. we put a small camera on board a plane doing aerial assessments.

nasa has teamed up with scientists from laboratories in pasadena to fly these aerial assessments in hopes of getting accurate readings from the snow. so far what we're seeing from these measurements is that the snowpack is very shallow even at the highest elevations. >> after two sizable years of drought the reservoirs are much lower than they are normally this time of year. so if we had a good year of snowpack we would fill that up, no problem. but we had a lousy snowpack and we don't have very much to put into an already serious deficit. many of those reservoirs will not fill to capacity this year. as we head out to the dry summer months then rationing is going

to become a reality. >> reporter: you just heard california has a lousy know pack this year. according to the department of water resources snow is 4.3% of average, and that will put a lot of pressure on drinking water as we come into the summer months here in southern california. >> in southern california also going through a heatwave right now. jennifer london live in los angeles, thank you. tursending rescue personnelo help rescue nearly 300 girls abducted from school. it's reported that boko haram abducted eight more girls in a raid. >> we've always identified them as one of the worst local or regional terrorist organizations there is out there. but i can only imagine what

parents are going through. we're going to do everything we can to provide assistance to them. [♪ singing ] >> dozens of nigerian-americans gather outside of the consolate in new york to voice their support of the missing girls. thousands took to the streets as well. >> reporter: concerned my jeer rans have come out to put pressure on nigerian security services to find the hundreds of missing girls from the northeast. their anger is fueled by the fact that the liter of boko haram has released a new tape saying that he abducted the girls and plans to sell them on the open market.

they're emboldened by the international community. what boko haram said they're going to do is crime against humanity. and the u.s. administration has basically said that there have been talks between the united states and nigeria about what can be done to find the girls. but many of these people feel that the nigerian government ought to be taking the lead to find them. >> as yvonne mentioned, human rights spokesman said that boko haram has sunk to new depths after it's leader has threatened to sell those girls. >> slavery, absolutely prohibited under international law, and in this circumstance, they can be considered crimes against humanity, which is one of the most serious crimes there is. >> we spoke to former ambassador to nigeria robin sanders, and we asked her how the u.s. can help the government find the

kidnapped girls. >> there are a number of things that when special teams come in, they can help the nigerians with, certainly better ability to control their borders. we have technological equipment that can be used for that. there are p 3 aircraft that are used a lot for surveilling board areas, we're using it right now in uganda to look for joseph kony and others. so we do have technology that can be of assistance to nigeria, and so do other nations as well. but the border is a challenge. the other thing is rapid respond. i think it's the biggest challenge. they probably need 24/7 operation center. i know they have a joint task force but where when information comes in about these girls, it can be desimilar nateed quic di.

>> going to the crisis in ukraine, the u.s. and europe are ready to impose even more sanctions on russia if tensions do in the ease in eastern ukraine. >> if russian elements continue to sabotage the democratic process and prevent ukraine from holding a free and fair election 19 days from now on the 25th, then we stand ready to implement additional sanctions, as we, the united states and europe, we constant together. >> fighting intensified today. ukraine's intennier minister said that the army killed 30 pro-russian insurgents but the resistence is spreading. paul brennan has been speaking with pro-russian groups. >> the train something basic, and even a civilian instructor struggles to reassemble the

rifle he has just stripped down, but the people gathered around him are key to learn. if the russians do come, and there is no indication that they will, this could be their first stop. according to the people gathered here this mostly pro-russian city, they would not oppose them. >> i'm russian, but i was born here. >> so you were born here, but you see yourself as russian, not ukrainian. >> of course i'm russians,ed a most people are russians. >> reporter: to the casual observer the atmosphere might seem relaxed. apparently they are not supplied by russia. >> you went to a shop and bought all of this? >> yes. >> the pro-russian leaders here have been following events in

odessa and slovyansk. >> what happened in slovyask was not an anti-terror operation. it was a terror operation against ukrainian people. people who are unsure about the government in kiev now understand that the people are abusing their power we must now protect our city. >> reporter: they seem supremely confident they can cope with anything that the ukrainian army throws at them. they say they don't need the russian army to help them at the moment. >> reporter: but where the separatists congregate, it is calm and peaceful and many cling to the hope that it can stay like that. >> we're trying not to be scared, trying to stay calm. >> i'm a resident of this city. i was born here. it doesn't matter about eagle ukrainian, russian, jewish or tatar. no one is oppressed here.

why this claim that russians are oppressed? >> reporter: new volunteers practice their weapons training. they could soon be doing it for real. >> saudi arabia said it has broken and a large al-qaeda link network. the ring was allegedly planning attacks on government and attorney targets and investigators say they uncovered a balm-making facility, weapons, and currency worth $250 million. many were arrested. bad news for millions of americans who own anti-virus computer software, semantec said the software is dead and unprofitable. the company's vice president reports it stops only 45% of the computer attacks and let's the rest inside your computer. they say hackers are too

sophisticated to preventing viruses. they'll switch from preventing viruses to combating viruses that have happened. >> reporter: intending to raise $1 billion with initial ipo. that would make it the biggest technology ipo since twitter. e-commerce is bigger than amazon.com and ebay combined. the election season official under way with primaries kicking off in several states. we'll take a closer look at one of the most closely watched races. plus a campaign ad you want forget any time soon coming newspaper today's power politics.

>> it's election day and several states are holding primaries right now. voters are still casting votes in ohio, indiana, and north carolina. jonathan martin reports from charlotte, north carolina, where the senate race there is in the national spotlight. >> reporter: in a crowd of

candidates, tom, the state house speaker is seen as the clear frontrunner with endorsements from big name republicans like mitt romney, the party considers tillis the west shot of putting the senate back in g.o.p. hands. his closest competition for the seat is greg brannen, whose campaign with ran paul this week. they'll look at how the tea party fairs in this vote. any pass to a g.o.p. majority would likely include north carolina. susan roberts is an associate professor of political science at davis college and said democratic incumbent who supported the affordable care act is extremely valuerible vul.

>> once considered a true swing state in recent years north carolina has shift to the right. electing pat macquarie it's first republican governor in 20 years. they now control the legislature which passed voting rights, same-sex marriage and abortion. it today they show president obama's approval rating at 44%. >> everything in north carolina politics is aimed towards defeating--well, he can't be defeated because he's not running. >> reporter: a recent "new york times" kaiser family foundation poll shows many don't approve the way the president is handling healthcare. six months before the general election healthcare has become the focus of attack ads on both sides. >> hagin thinks obamacare's time has come. tell her obamacare is not the

answer. >> tillis supports a plan that would end medicare as we know it, and force seniors to spend $1,700 more for precipitations. >> reporter: but once they believe senator hagin's support of obamacare, it won't be a major hurdle in the mid terms. >> as people get their bills, pay their health insurers, and recognize they can go to the doctor when they need to, that healthcare issue is going to be less and less on the front of people's minds. >> reporter: for tillis the first step is bega garnering the vote. both sides agree nothing can be taken for granted. jonathan martin, al jazeera, charlotte, north carolina. >> on top that have race, the state has congressional battles between tea partyers, david shuster has more on that story. >> michael, north carolina has really been a laboratory for the

tea party for mainstream republicans to test their messages about each other. in north carolina's second congressional district, remay elmers is facing a primary challenge because she supported modest bipartisan immigration reform. they have made this an issue. if you combine all the primary races in north carolina to date there have been at least 15,000 ad this is year at a cost of over $7 million, and 90% of the ads were paid for by groups outside the state. in iowa where that primary election is in four weeks, republican senate has gone from talking about castrating pigs in her first commercial to riding a harley and packing heat in her sect. watch. >> mom, farm girl, and lt. col. who carries more than just

lipstick in her purse. she'll take aim at wasteful spending. once she sets her sights on obamacare, she is going to unload. >> she is now leading a very crowded republican field, and she just picked up the endorsement of markio rubio. rubio is looking to build up organization in the caucuses for a possible presidential campaign, the republican party which is trying help rick scott is running this ad. >> i think with bill clinton to resign, and we would ask him to do so we would all be better off. >> nice little welcome to south florida to bill clinton. to some of our viewers in

indiana and all of our viewers in ohio and north carolina, you still have time to participate in the voting. the polls close in indiana at 6:00 p.m. eastern, and some of those countries are in central time so you have another 35 minutes. in ohio and north carolina those polls will be open until 7:30 eastern time. that's today power politics. >> 90% of the money for ads from outside of the state of north carolina. >> yes, a lot of groups are taking advantage of it. >> credit suisse and the justice department are close to reaching a plea deal and settlement over allegations that wealthy americans evade taxes. calling for credit suisse to plead guilty and pay a fine of $1 billion. a similar bill could be reached with other banks. the legalization of marijuana has seen an unprecedented rise in hash oil

expression. the police are not sure how to prosecute the user. the oil is extremely potent but fumes were the process can ignite and lead to explosions. coming up, e-mails that shows a cosy relationship between tech giants such as google and the nsa. the surprising revelations and why they buddied up. and why a relic caused huge delays. the youtube spy plane over l lax. that's coming up next on al jazeera america.

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>> we're in washington, mike, what does the obama administration plan to accomplish in this battle over climate change. >> reporter: the first thing he wants to do is address the problem. we can take him at face value, a problem that is more dire than ever. it is election year, not a presidential election year, and the president goes to fundraisers virtually every week and complains openly to democrats about their lack of enthusiasm, lack of turnout and this is an issue that appeals to core democratic voters that are more motivated and likely to turn out with republicans standing a chance to take control of the senate. that's something that the president wants to get away from. the president granted special access part of this bully pulpit

that the president can use, this can "s" what he tol--this is whe told nbc news. >> this is not a problem in the didistant future, this is a problem effecting americans right now. whether it's increased flooding, greater vulnerability to drought, severe wildfires, all of these things are having impact on americans as we speak. >> reporter: we talked to the bully pulpit. the president continues on this theme. he goes to southern california and will propose a public-private partnership to do something about carbon emissions. >> scientists around the world say that global warming and it's effects are a proven factor, 300 scientists involved right here. but there seem to be so much political resistence, particularly to the right. why do they seem big deny all the evidence. >> reporter: part of it

parochial politics. you have those who oppose this kind of legislation. first the outright deniers. there aren't that many of them. the republican from oklahoma being the most foremost among them. and then there are those who try to take the issue and turn it into an economic issue a middle class jobs issue. it there is a controversial proposal that the administration is going to be coming out in the next couple of weeks, and that is new regulations on coal-fired power plants. this is an issue that strikes deep in the heart of coal country. some of those states in west virginia, the coal cap issue that failed in the first part of the obama term. they are not deniers, but they feel they can turn it around talk about middle class jobs.

>> just another issue to be politicized. thank you. we're joined from washington, director of government affairs at the world resource institute. thank you for joining us. as i understand it you just returned from the white house as you returned from the briefing. is the administration planning to adopt the policies on the heels of the report? >> they are not planning on adopting new policies on the heels, but very soon you referenced it a few minutes ago, probably the most significant climate policy put forth is going to be released in june when there will be the first time ever standards regulating carbon pollution from existing power plants in the united states, and a third of the u.s. emissions come from that. that will be a very significant development. i think this report, if anything backs up and provides evidence and factual basis of why it's so critical that we cut emissions

so that we can avoid the very worst of the climate impacts. >> one of the best ways get someone's attention about the issue is to tell them how it effects their bottom line. the report says the climate change shows this is a major economic problem that can't be ignored. what in your mind are some of the stand outside right now. >> there are so many, but i'll name a couple that come to mind. when you have sea level rise, roads affected, buildings affected. tourism in places like florida or anywhere that depends on it affected. then in inter mountain west when you have snowpack that is melting too fast and there is not enough of it, that causes flooding. huge water resource issues. all those things will cost money. i think what this report does that is different from previous reports is that it no longer is saying that climb change is something that will happen in the furor some place else. it's happening right now, and lots of people on the local level already know this, and

aren't going to find this rivetting, because they're engaged in trying to find solutions to the problem. but not everyone in the united states understand that, and certainly not a lot of policies makers grasp that. the reality is that coming upon people whether it's rising seas or early springs longer fire seasons, etc. >> back when president obama ran for president in 2008 part of his platform centered on the environment and trying to eliminate carbon emissions but they've taken him to task on everything from the keystone pipeline and his position on fracking, but this is a sign that the obama administration is recommitting itself to these environmental issues. >> i don't think this report is a recommitment, i think last june when president obama laid out his climate action plan that was a huge recommitment to what he had promised earlier and didn't deliver on all parts of

the administration. but since he's laid out his plan of action almost a year ago in june, he's really been moving the ball forward, and i think this is just more evidence that is going to make the case of why it's so important that he continues in that direction that the administration conditions that way. >> christina, the director of government affairs of the world resource institute, thank you for the time. >> thank you. >> well, the u.s. is imposing sanctions on both sides of the south sudan. they'll freeze assets here in the united states and ban those assets from being moved from outside of the country. >> reporter: the u.s. government has sanctioned two men from south sudan for their roles in the political violence in that country. one is the leader of the government forces that has repeatedly violated the hostil hostilities agreement signed in mid december. the other is the leader of the rebel forces which have been engaging against those

government troops. both sides are responsible for the deaths of more than a thousand people across south sudan. it's threatened to bring the country to what the head of the e.u.'s political unit called the brink of civil war. what this means is that any monies that these men might have in u.s. banks accounts have been frozen, and they're both facing visa travel bans which means they won't be able to come to the u.s. the e.u. is considering similar measures in hopes of trying to stop the fighting ms. south sudan, a country which has yet to celebrate its third birthday. on friday, however, ethiopian officials may be able to bring together the president of south sudan and his former vice president to talk about ways to end the violence between their two sides and try to figure out how they can live together in peace and try to resolve their outstanding issues with their neighbors, notably sudan.

>> in south korea a civilian diver trying rescue those in the sunken ferry has died. they have opened the compartments in the search of the missing passengers. the d.t. toll currently stands at 263. no. afghanistan the hunger and frustration of villagers affected by a mudslide sho shoog in the air. hundreds of people are feared dead after the slide buried a remote part of a village. in italy the government selling off property in hopes to pay off $2.5 trillion debt. some th of the assets include a

castle an. >> faced with a soaring public debt italy's economy is struggling to stay afloat. now this island ove off off offr sale. the island is only a ten minutes boat ride from st. marks square, but it's miles away from the glamour of venice. once a dumping ground for plague victims, the island was used as a mental institution since the 70's. since then it has laid empty and

there are rumors it's hunte hau. >> the island has been abandoned for 35 years. we put it up for sale because we want someone to make it valuable and make it accessible to the public. the auction is open to everyone. if it ends up in the hands of a venetian, the better. >> reporter: not only will it help to raise funds to cut the public debt it will give it a new lease of life, but not venetians are buying this explanation. this group of venetian who is live across the lagoon enter the auction. with a contribution of $120 each they hope to outbid other bidders. >> the fact that it has been abandoned by the state does not mean that it has been abandoned by the community around here and who use the lagoon as their own. the idea that we should not be able too moor there any longer

as it happens on neighboring islands we would not like. >> tuesday morning these locals raise $400,000. other potential buyers around the world will have time until tuesday afternoon to enter their bids. should it end up in private hands the winner's gains will be the venetian's loss. >> a new plea in the botched death penalty case with other news around america. >> reporter: lawyers for clayton locket want the feds to lead an inquiry into his botched he is cushion. the convicted murderer died of an apparent heart attack 43 minutes after he was given the lethal drugs. the governor said justice was served and the people of oklahoma do not have blood on their hands. another inmate was supposed to be executed the same night. his lawyers asked the judge to put a six-month stay on the

execution. chaos in albuquerque, new mexico. protesters took over the meeting last night, they accused the city council of doing nothing to curb excessive force within the police department. some push council members out of their chairs and sat in them. one tried to serve the police chief for a warrant for his arrest. they walked out of the meeting. no. california a major connect for las vegas is closed both ways right now. interstate 15 is expected to stay that way up to two days. a welder working at a bridge construction site accidently ignited the fire yesterday. $59 million bridge was scheduled to open next summer, but now crews are working on demolishing remnants of it and clearing the way to open the interstate again. in new york city the sky divers who parachuted off the tallest building went to court.

they posted helmet cam video on youtube yesterday. it's the second clip released since they were arrested in september. the video shows one parachutist coasting over the hudson river before landing in lower manhattan, michael. they pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. one of them was an ironworker who helped build that tower. >> their video keeps getting better. the first guy over the street and then now over the hudson. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >> e-mails between the director of the nsa and executive of google shows that they have been working together more than either side wants to admit. it dates back to a year before edward snowden revealed the spying program and suggests a cosy relationship than previously thought. a jason thank you for the time. first of all these companies have been very profitable by themselves. why would they agree to work with the nsa so closely.

>> at the time they were contacted by the nsa google had already experienced some infiltration according to what they had disclosed by china. she sought out the nsa's help, but they were very, very quiet about it. and so that sort of fostered the beginnings, as far as we knew, a very early relationship. but there is--there has been absolutely no transparency you with respect to how the nsa, google and other tech giants mentioned in these e-mails, what takes place. what kind of information sharing takes place. it is my understanding not only based on the e-mails, but in conversations with cyber security experts that in these meetings nsa officials had essentially been scaring the executives of these silicon

valley firms as a way of getting them to work closely with the government on information-sharing aspects of various programs, and on cyber security issues. >> what about the notion that by enlisting the nsa to shore up their defenses that these companies might have made themselves more vulnerable? >> exactly. that's an important point to make here, especially in light or in the wake of the snowdon disclosures. you know, they invited the nsa in. they opened the door in one of these e-mails, they actuall actually--the general keith alexander discussed how the silicon valley firms, microsoft, dell, worked on addressing a have yoavulnerability of a softe

program that kicks in when you start up your program. that's the type of vulnerability the nsa had been exploiting. we know about the documents released by edward snowdon. they have made themselves more vulnerable, but what we don't know what exactly were they showing with the nsa? what did the nsa have access to? the reason we don't know this is because these meetings that general keith alexander had been discussing in these two sets of e-mails, they took place in a classified setting. so they were classified briefings. the executives had security clearance, and they've been unwilling to address it. these e-mails shed rare light on what has largely been very secret discussions taking place for many years now. >> jason, if my memories serves

me correctly many companies were outraged and google went as far to say that nsa's actions were potentially illegal. in the wake of what we know now and what you know now, was that just a pr stunt by google? >> i'm not sure that it was a pr stunt. i don't think i would go there, but at the same time google should have known. they opened the door and invited nsa in. they should have known what was happening. i think it was genuine. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> still to come on al jazeera america, climate change is already hitting family budget hard. we'll take a look at the effects of food crisis. and how a youtube spy plane caused huge delays at los angeles international airport.

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it was used 50 years ago. we're live from washington. lisa, thousand adays we live in digital age. how did this glitch even happen? >> it's quite a story. thespy plane that is still used by the air force was on a training mission over southern california. but the air traffic control computers got confused. they thought the plane would be flying at a much lower altitude that it was. the computer thought this is going to below 10,000 feet. how can we route all this plane

and all the commercial jets in the area so no one has a collision. that proved to be a task in the computer. it used so much of the computer memory to try to figure out this puzzle that it stopped accepting new flight plans. that's what shut the system down. it took an hour to unravel the mess. and as you said hundreds of flights werely dayed. thousands of passengers were stuck on the ground not knowing why this computer glitch happened. the faa said it has since fixed the software problem and this should not happen again. it was quite an odd occurrence. >> odd to say that so many people in southern california trying to get to l.a. but when we talk about aviation from stealth to drones, why is it in the air last wednesday? >> well, the air force won't say why it was in the air except to say that it was a routine

training mission. this plane was first manufactured back in 1955. we should say that the okay pits have been totally modernized but they're still very active in the air force. the air force has 3 32 of them d they're used in afghanistan to listen in on cell phone conversations and also to pick out bombs, ieds that might effect the troops there. they are still in use but starting to be retired in the next few years. >> live in washington, thank you. >> thank you. >> we've been talking about the report of climate change released by the white house today. it says every corner of the u.s. has benefited where drought is one of the biggest threats to agriculture in decades. paul, how are the ranchers in that area dealing with this drought problem? >> well, michael, as you said

we're in elizabeth colorado. we're seven thousand feet high and dry, and it's getting drier. this area, this part of the country has been in the grips of a mega drought. it's been going on for more than a decade. we have spoken to ranchers here who say they're not seeing the spring rains that they're used to seeing. they're not seeing spring snows. what it's causing them to thin their herds. that's not putting cattle on the diet. it's thinning the number of cattle that they have on their property. >> there were years where we didn't have to supplement hay at all compared to now where we have to buy all of our hay.

and it's a big--that's a big shift. >> and what's that done for the business? the business is raising this cattle. what's the impact been on the business? >> well, it impacts my customers who sell beef to individuals. and our prices have tripled in the last eight years. >> so she has raised her prices. her prices, they've gone up 300%. she has to pass those costs on to her customers. over all she is culting the size of her heard year after year. >> the biggest challenge for ranchers when it comes to raising cattle, some of the issues that she spoke to. >> yep, the rising costs and what it comes down is moisture. it's rain. if there is not enough rain. if there is not enough snow, pastures get smaller and feed prices go up.

they cut the size of their herds and prices go up. >> those are the highest prices have been in 30 years. live in elizabeth, colorado. the hollywood celebrities boboycotting. >> a woman risking everything to make her small business a success. turning pit bulls into profit, and taking advantage of china's hunger for southern cooking.

>> celebrities are protesting over brunei as new he i islamicw of stoning of gays and those who

have gone through abortions. >> some of those areas, bel air and beverly hills hotel they're part of the investment agency that is run by the brunei government. celebrities are asking people not to stay at these hotels because of brunei's new laws. mia farrow wrote this: also yesterday there was a protest outside of the beverly hills hotel, this is jay leno and his wife who attended that protest. ellen degeneres tweeted this out. >> and richard rode, no employee nor our family will stay at

these hotels until the sultan abides by basic human rights. now the ceo of the collection flew in from u.s. in london to deal with this issue. he said the hotels are being unfairly picked on and the boycott only hurts employees. for more information you can follow me on twitter. matt: those are some of the more iconic hotels in los angeles, and visitors spend a lot of money on those visits. >> reporter: yes. >> thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >> it's not an updated version of optimus prime, but meet the black night. this truck designed to fly like a helicopter has been successfully tested in the california desert. it was intended for military use in remote and inhospitable environments like in afghanistan where military operations are under way. that will do it for this edition of al jazeera america.

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