one of the most powerful storylines. and discover how the show has affected the women who inspired it in the 1st place. now i have a voice sunk box mexico on al-jazeera. u.s. prosecutors treat the el paso mass shooting as domestic terrorism after 20 people were killed in a shopping center. of this is our jazeera live from london also coming up. turkey's president says his country's military will revert to northern syria setting up a potential fight with america's kurdish allies. iran says it has seized another oil tanker in the gulf it claims and iraqi vessel was smuggling fuel for some arab

countries. and the daredevil flying frenchman finally succeeds in crossing the english channel on a jet powered overboard. begin in the united states were to mass shootings in the clover 12 hours have left at least $29.00 people dead u.s. prosecutors say the shooting in texas is being treated as a domestic terrorism case a white man in his twenty's is now facing the death penalty after 20 people were shot dead including 6 mexicans in a shopping center in el paso hours later a popular downtown area in dayton ohio was in lockdown after 24 year old man shot dead 9 people at a bar including his own sister he was killed by police at the scene. a white friend i want to express to the victims victims' families. today community

or great sympathy. this is a heartbreaking tragedy. and. it is the type tragedy that. never comes to your state or to your community. joins us live from washington d.c. the u.s. will still be reeling from these 2 mass shootings in the 12 hours and we're expecting more information about the shooting in dayton ohio just in the next few minutes or so the authorities there intend to hold a news conference which gives should give us more details about the shooter we do know that there were 9 victims there were 5 men and 4 women 6 of them were black the oldest was 57 the youngest was 22 honey and was meghan betts she is the sister of corner betts the man who carried out the attack he was wearing body armor when

he started moving through the city center in dayton ohio just as the bars and restaurants were getting into full swing on a saturday night he carried with them a high capacity rifle and all saw extra bullets the police say that if it hadn't been for their quick response they were there less than a minute after the 1st american see call the number of people who were killed in dayton ohio on saturday night it could have been much greater. many americans went to bed shocked by the deaths in el paso and walk on sunday to news of another mass shooting this time dayton ohio 9 dead more than 20 wounded the shooter killed as well he'd walk through a busy area pipe with bars and nightclubs firing indiscriminately and we don't know the thoughts of the shooter at this time we know that he was wearing body armor and had high capacity magazines next to me right now our focus is on the families

and friends frankly that went. to town town on saturday night and thought that they go home safe and they didn't happen the president was fully briefed and tweeted out the f.b.i. local and state enforcement are working together in el paso and in dayton ohio information is rapidly being accumulated in dayton much has already been learned in el paso law enforcement was very rapid in both instances updates will be given throughout the day the man being held for the el paso shooting is a 21 year old white male police and federal authorities are trying to confirm if he posted a racist anti immigrant anti hispanic screed to an extremist web site just hours before the shooting one democratic presidential candidate back to ork who comes from el paso says the president bears the responsibility for that shooting the president's language his rhetoric has produced the kinds of hate crimes that we saw

you know passed yesterday but we've been seeing across this country they've been on the rise for each one of the last 3 years so we cannot act as though this were just some kind of natural disaster or a matter of course for this country or the new normal for the united states but the president's chief of staff dismissed that idea i don't think it's fair to try to lay this at the feet of the president i think there are people in this country this morning thinking the president trump was was was happy by this that's a sad sad state of this nation he's angry he's. said he wants it to stop. i don't think it's all fair to sit here and say that that he doesn't he doesn't think that white nationalism is bad for the nation deaton and they'll pass through are no different changed forever part of the list of places in america where they've suffered experienced lived through mass shootings and with the presidential election 15 months away changing america's gun laws may become part of the bigger conversation. and what will this mean this weekend mean for the debate around gun

control in the u.s. do you expect any change. 1st of all let me tell you that in the last 30 minutes or so lauren the president has ordered that all flags across the united states have to be flown at half staff until sunset on thursday that is in recognition of the shootings in both el paso and also in dayton but you're right there are many who would like to see him take much more action not least as mick mulvaney says it would be wrong to suggest that the president doesn't think that white nationalism is bad for the country so that our politicians who are saying all say that come out and criticize white nationalism say something about it you remember back in the incident down in charlottesville where nazis were chanting actual nazi slogans on the streets of an american city the president said that both sides there were good people on both sites no sherrod brown who is the democratic senator from ohio would like to see the senate come back from its recess airlie its own summer break at the

moment he would like them to discuss the possibility of introducing but growing checks something that has already been passed by the democratically controlled house but there's no sign that the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell a republican is about to ask republicans to do that not least because we have been told just in the last couple of hours is that a fall at home has broken his shoulder and so will be walking from home for the foreseeable future so that would seem to rule that out and of course there are people across america who say look if there were no changes in the gun laws after the sandy hook massacre in 2012 or more than 20 children were gunned down in an elementary school then there is very little prospect that the 2 latest massacres are going to change anything a tall and just to interrupt you haven't take that news conference now let's have a listen. any of the commissioners want to have instead a port on the side. ok my name is nan

whaley the mayor of the city of dayton i appreciate all of you who have been with us since 7 am this morning we've had a briefing at 7113 and 4 o'clock and certainly appreciate the work of state police department and she feels team and chief bill himself the community police council many whom i see standing here behind the cameras have received this briefing as per is our regular process and if you could stand on the side of mr shaw. we are really appreciative of them taking the time as they always do regardless of the incident they come to our community to sit with the police department to discuss the response so i am very grateful for them because even when there are incidents that don't get any press at all they are there and i want to

make sure that they know how much the city commission the city of dayton and the police department appreciate their leadership i also want to mention that tonight at 8 pm we will be having a vigil at the oregon district on fish street this is a way that you know this is our district this is our community and so we will be having a vigil everyone is invited to attend and encouraged i want to recognize everyone who's here of the elected obvious senator sherrod brown appreciate him coming down from cleveland senator patty lainer is here with us today appreciate her coming commissioner shawn and members who have been here all day just doing whatever needs to be done as well as commissioner fairchild just having that support. our community leaders and our state leaders has meant a lot to me personally and certainly i speak on the behalf of the citizens of dayton. but it means that a lot to them as well ok so i'm going to turn it over to chief b.

all of this is a pretty typical piece that we do regularly on officer. any kind of incident and certainly i just want to say that. the the amazing amazing work of the police department the fire department this past you know 12 to 15 hours is demonstrated but i'm really amazed at what they do every single day this is what they do every single day. and i am so grateful to get to be the mayor of a city with such an outstanding police and fire department chief richard bill. thank you mayor so i'm here to provide an update for what you are well aware is an active shooter in the current oregon district and the early morning hours of today . believe a time line today at one o 5 am officers were patrolling the oregon district during a bar closing time and heard gunfire. observed a large crowd running away from this gunfire the officers immediately advanced

toward the gunfire and within approximately 20 seconds being gauge the suspect was actively far going to tempting to enter a crowded liquor establishment. threat was neutralized in approximately 30 seconds of the suspect firing his 1st shots you will now hear a one of the 911 calls we receive. i don't what is right. or wrong.

right now i know. where it is or. during. july i got. fired. now you will see a video that was taken inside of one of the shops on sister eat in the organ district.

i've been. good been. here before . the suspect has been a dental fide is an honor steven that's a minimal criminal histories adult is traffic violations. speeds out of control and failure to yield and he was wearing a mask a bulletproof vest in hearing protection he was armed with

a point 223 caliber like rifle with 100 round drum magazines. is a 24 years of age and he is deceased. fatalities from this assault include lois ogles be a black female 27 years of age megan betts white female 22 years of age she is the suspects sister. so i eat so last who is a black male 38 years of age derrick budge black male 57 years of age logan turner . white male 30 years of age nicholas coomber white male 27 years of age thomas mcnichols black male 25 years of age beatrice curtis black female 36 years of age monica brickhouse black female 39 years of age in addition there are 27 confirmed victims who were injured and were transferred transported to local

hospitals for treatment. basic overview of this scene of this entire incident it's is now on your screen in the lower left hand corner you see a square that is the approximate location of the suspect vehicle you know that was parked and then the process back left and then went on to commit this assault the rectangular area toward the right side and more center of the diagram is where the suspect fires dispur shot and killed his 1st victim he then enters on to 5th street and then there are 8 other victims killed by the suspect before he is fatally struck at the entrance to. net peppers which is where the circle designates. this is just a suspect initial route so you saw that square block are box that was on the screen

say where he fired his initial shots this is that area lumen is in the daytime here and that red arrow is the pathway he took to get the pfister e. . we're now going to show a couple of videos of this event that will show graphic content they will show police officers engages in a visual they will show multiple shots being fired we have done try to eliminate any video at this time this shows any victims who were shot so we start with the 1st video these are outside of ned pepper's.

the date police officer running along the top of the screen to engage the suspect see to suspect entered a bottom right hand corner of the screen i think they're entering or tempe internet peppers when he is struck multiple times. and he stops there. and there's another video here will be a different angle. you see a lot of officers who are entering in from the upper left hand corner of this screen and beginning heading down the roadway there to gauge the suspect. there's one officer there. now. the roster coming. patrol ripens this in last year's

responding. officer with assurance argue with a shotgun. by. ben x. is a. photograph of the suspect vehicle which is a 2007 great soil to crawl up. next is a photo of the firearm used by the suspect you see in the lower left hand corner the double drum magazines would have a capacity of up 200 rounds in the lower right hand corner that that firearm is identified. the officers involved in

this in the active shooting in this event include sergeant william police chief knight outlining some of the details of that mass shooting in ohio and that police response to it we heard 1st from the mayor of oregon mero dayton i should say thanking the police and the rest the staff for their efforts in dealing with this event and we had some graphic details last there of the shooting as it happened the video played of by them on the screens there of the moment that the attack happened but also the moment when the shooter was intercepted and killed by police let's bring in alan fischer who's been listening to this think it was incredibly shocking allan was the share amount of firing that happened so fast on the initial video was that. particularly when you understand that the police as they say engaged the shooter within 30 seconds of them firing his far shot and killed him so

in 30 seconds he managed to shoot dead 9 people and also injure 27 and of course the police are making the point that if they hadn't responded quite as quickly the number of people who could have been killed would have been significantly higher it is shocking to see people out on the tone on a saturday night people who go no just to enjoy themselves on a summer evening and suddenly find that they have to run for their lives it's also interesting too that on the 911 call the emergency call that they played how much the phrase active shooter has no become part of the lexicon of an ordinary americans vocabulary they have had to soften particularly over the last few years that they know don't describe gunfire or someone shooting the talk about an active shooter perhaps he picked the wrong area because the police were nearby they were obviously patrolling the area as they do on every saturday night but the police obviously according to their chief should extreme bravery that as people were

running away from the sound of the gunfire a number of officers ran towards it and did their job and killed the shooter before he was able to kill more the 9th. thank you very much indeed through on to other news now in turkey has announced it's carrying out a military operation against the kurdish armed group the y.p. g m an area east of the euphrates river in syria events it would be our anchor is 3rd attempt to dislodge kurdish fighters close to its border. so good i. didn't shoot about it is they do to me the opposition leader warned us against entering afrin and we did then we entered jobless and then city and now we will enter the east you're free. yes we have talked to russia and the united states because we cannot remain silent with the continuation of the provocative strikes that come from that area we have been patient but our patience has limits. a weapon has been

an important u.s. ally in the battle against eisel but turkey sees it as a terrorist group and a honda has the latest ed. turkey is growing impatient to believe that there is a national security threat along its borders and it wants to deal with that threat president or the guns statement is just another it's just another really in a series of threats being made by turkish officials that they will carry out a cross border operation in the east of the euphrates area an area under the control of the syrian armed group the white p.g. a group turkey considers a terrorist organization and and an affiliate of the outlawed kurdistan workers' party the p.k. k. so for turkey it is a national security threat then it has carried out cross border operations in syria over the past 2 years but on both occasions the area of operations was under this fear of influence of russia turkey and russia cooperate in syria but east of the

euphrates is an area under the control of the united states which is allied with the white p.g. so this this issue really is testing and already frail relationship between nato allies turkey and the united states they've had meetings over the past few months turkey accusing the united states of stalling a new delegation is arriving in ankara for further talks on monday but whether or not they can find common ground it's hard to see because deep differences remain over a planned safe zone they're discussing a plan safe zone turkey's insisting it's 20 kilometers deep in turkey can insist that they it controls the zone which is something the united states has so far not except that. iran's revolutionary guards say they've seized on the rocky old tanker that was smuggling fuel in the gulf they say the vessel was intercepted near rounds fasi island carrying 700000 liters of fuel or 7 crew members have been detained but iraq has denied owning the vessel this would be the 3rd seizure by iran in less

than a month in gulf waters. on combs government has warned that continuous protests are pushing territory to what it's calling an extremely dangerous edge the demonstrations that began months ago over a proposed extradition law of morphed into why the anger at the police is response to the protests and to thomas has more from hong kong. sunday night in one of the most upscale districts of one of the most sophisticated cities on earth. but in hong kong this is becoming the norm. for the protesters tactics that changed the rather than targets one building and wait for the police to clear them. over all their aim is maximum disruption across the city be like water they tell each other flow everywhere. on

sunday they marched 1st to china's liaison office in hong kong on route some hid behind umbrella's as they use spawn is to break apart fences gathering the metal for the barricades. but finding pleece protecting their 1st targets they moved swiftly on. taking metro trains to the shopping district causeway faith. then they built barricades used pliers to cut the wires of traffic lights and stopped traffic people over there disabling traffic lights that taking a paul barry is let's move it will compile it grows it will compile the rolls actually we try it peaceful means and i bet there is no any response and so we tried to introduce maybe to increase the pressure by dropping the rolls

and so the more people interrupt. and we try to do it just out there was just spread a message but you feel full up to where they say is this rumors that china might send in its army actually i'm not afraid of. we believe that's not going to happen the 1st test is perhaps a pool. even among those disrupted but in the end destruction here is the entrance to a cross harbor tunnel didn't last long. i mean stay one step ahead of the place is where it's come to where yes it did to us on the streets of hong kong there's a general strike planned for hong kong on monday and promises the protests that day will be the most widespread yet under thomas al jazeera hong kong pakistan's prime minister says tensions with india over kashmir could blow up to a regional crisis the country is accused india of using illegal cluster bombs in an

attack that killed several people in pakistan administered kashmir new delhi has deployed troops to indian administered kashmir after issuing an alert over a possible militant attacks thousands of people are leaving the region some are accusing the indian government of preparing to broaden its control the right hand man of poll pot the leader of cambodia's maoist khmer rouge regime has died aged 93 new on chair was sentenced to life in prison last year by year in back to court he was convicted of genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes cheere was one of the ideological architects of the khmer rouge the cambodian regime that oversaw the deaths of as many as 2000000 people between 175900 79 many died from starvation disease overwork and execution. a french inventor has crossed the english channel on

a jet powered hoverboard frankie's a platter departed from songs at cali and reached over in just over 20 minutes but he had to stop for fuel ports. emerging from the early morning mist flanked by helicopters frankie's apart and his jet powered hoverboard reached over just after 7 30 am local time. it was an extraordinary sight and a remarkable achievement. the french inventor reach speeds of 160 kilometers an hour flying just meters above the waves. 110 years after louis blair is famous crossing of the english channel a new name has now been added to the record books. i'm feeling happy and so happy for my my family my friends and my cim is just an amazing moment in my life you know it's just. now i can take some rest. there was a palpable tension as a part of took off from sangat calley in france

a previous attempt last month that ended with him falling into the sea this time though the mid-channel refueling stop went smoothly as a part has swept in past the famous white cliffs of dover. having waved him off from song got supporters wife had waited nervously for news when the phone call from dover came the relief and the joy were overwhelming. nazar as those avoid out here don't go it's cool he made it so it's over we did it and i'm happy because it's a lot of work. it was hard but i'm happy for him because it's been really hard lately and now we're going on holiday i'm happy so thank you. if you could combine the city. so how does hava board is powered by 5 jet turbines and fuelled by kerosene which

he carries in a backpack it is a complex craft and difficult to control but the inventor has been awarded a $1000000.00 development ground from the french army and there is now international interest in exploring why the uses for the technology paul brennan al-jazeera are going to more for you on our website the rest that is our 0 dot com and you can watch us live by to hear on the live icon. or mind of the top stories on our jazeera at least $29.00 people have been killed after 2 mass shootings in america police in dayton ohio say at least 9 people were killed including the gunman's sister in a mass shooting outside a bar in the center of a city that the perpetrator was shot dead 30 seconds after firing at people at the scene. meanwhile another mass shooting took place about 12 hours earlier in texas

a 21 year old man has been charged with domestic terrorism after killing 20 people and with an assault rifle at a shopping complex in el paso. today at one o 5 am officers were patrolling the oregon district barque losing time in her gun fire. the observed a large crowd running away from this gunfire the officers a mediately advanced toward the gunfire and within approximately 20 seconds being gay's a suspect who was actively firing in attempting to enter a crowded liquor establishment threat was neutralized approximate 30 seconds of the suspect firing his 1st shots turkey says it's carrying out a military operation against the kurdish group the y p g east of the euphrates in syria it's actress 3rd attempt to dislodge kurdish fighters close to its border why p.g. has an important u.s. ally has been an important u.s. ally in the battle against arsenal but turkey sees it as

a terrorist group iran's revolutionary guards say they've seized an iraqi oil tanker that was smuggling fuel in the gulf they say the vessel was intercepted near iran's farsi island carrying 700000 liters of fuel all 7 crew members have been detained that iraq has denied owning the vessel this would be the 3rd seizure by iran in less than a month in gulf waters. pro-government protesters in hong kong were demonstrating for the 4th straight day despite police trying to clear them out with tear gas the marches have taken place in the central city and the suburbs activists are angry at what they say has been a heavy handed response by police to previous demonstrations. just over this techno is coming up next and i have news after you straight after that likes watching the scene of it i can now.

this is techno a show about innovations that can change lives the science of fighting the wildfires we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in the unique way. this is a show about science blow not lies scientists tonight's techno investigates. who ever bought this got way more than they bargained for yes they did it's everywhere in clubs street corners in cars they say it's safe and can help break the cigarette happy if i had to say what is more dangerous honestly it very well but what's really inside those pieces you never know what you're getting dr crystal dilworth is a neuroscientist who specializes in nicotine studies she'll bring us the latest research what happens to your lungs when those metal particles go and sit and read

to davison is an environmental biologist and they're going to be around the corner they went through there really quickly we got them she's off the coast of california where drones are taking some incredible images of migrating whales as this technology becomes available to more people and we're going to see more research is using it on field tours i'm an entomologist that's our team now let's do some science. pages welcome to techno on phil tours joined by maria davison and dr crystal still worth bigger and potentially more dangerous that's the best way to describe what's happening with the smoking alternatives known as the cigarettes or vapor that's an industry that seems to really be exploding i mean you're seeing it everywhere and a part of me wonders if this might mean. have some misinformation about it that's that's my sense in our daughter krystle dorothy your ph d.

in their studies so we've asked you to keep a tab on this there's a lot of academic research is being done on the safety of the use of these devices but it can't really keep up with a growing industry. enjoy the taste of the harmful effects of what smoking does call them vapors or foggers for competitive cloud chasers all are welcome at crystal vapor one of thousands of bake shops across the country since techno 1st reported on the baking phenomenon in 2013 the industry has taken off like wildfire revenue is estimated to reach 3500000000 dollars this year doubling since 2013 according to a recent poll 10 percent of all american adults are of a thing that's an estimated 20000000 people when it comes to kids well conventional tobacco smoking among them is dropping to record lows east cigarettes are a growing concern at the centers for disease control between 20132014 alone we saw

a tripling in use among us high school students to the point where it was about 13.5 percent of u.s. high school students had used these products within the past 30 days from the early generation of cigarette lookalikes techno 1st reported on personal vaporizing devices known as models have gone high tech baby has come a long way baby we've seen the shift move from pens and tanks at least culturally to what we call devices went from mechanical models to basically box models what's going on right now it may sound confusing but the basic mechanics are pretty simple there's a battery powered advisor that heats up a liquid mixture known as juice entered into vapor which the user inhales. when we 1st met researcher i'm an equal human shield wrapped up a study that found harmful metal particulate in the vapor from earlier models and. following the. pollution of the industry she's updating her study so the original study we had looked at a cart a miser style cigarette and we had detected high amounts of 10 present in the car

demise or parts do you still finding heavy metal particulate in the vapor we're still finding yes because it's going into people's lungs what happens to your lungs when those metal particles go in and of metal especially things like 10 can cause stenosis and that could constrict the. you know the airways in the lungs across the hall at u.c. riverside they're studying one of those compounds researcher a lot of it is focused on nicotine concentrations and refillable. in this case the solution tested is tennessee cured by red oak a fluid made by johnson creek enterprises and online seller of liquids and accessories we order a bunch of and just most of them just the accuracy of the label and in this case this is 18 micrograms per milliliter so there's been be considered high nicotine concentration so the test here is we'll see how much it's measuring from the speak

and we'll compare that to what's on the label and as you can see from our control it was a lot higher so we know for sure that it is nicotine and recent paper that we published we found out that this specific sample was 59 percent higher than it's advertised they will whoever bought this way more than they bargained for yes they did take no ask johnson creek enterprises about its nicotine labeling discrepancy they offer this statement between 20112012 there was a noticeable improvement in our manufacturing process including in process controls and analytical methods for testing nicotine concentration with greater accuracy while the company's stated claims point to a step in the right direction the red oak sample that they manufactured with the 59 percent higher nicotine discrepancy was purchased for the u.c. riverside study online in february 2012 well within the range of johnson creek stated internal improvements in. controls and accuracy but they're not alone currently u.c. riverside is evaluating a new batch of liquids from

a variety of vendors and polyphony results continue to suggest large discrepancies in nicotine labeling throughout the industry just based on all the research that we've done you never know what you're getting it could be higher nicotine contribution it could be lower and although lower might sound better that's going to mean that you need smoke more interesting what you're buying is normally used to researchers are also concerned about the content of the hundreds of flavored liquids that fuel our number one seller is from animal and this is a cereal fruit loops flavored with a little bit of milk. a lot of the flavors that are regarded as grass is generally regarded as safe that is a term that's given to flavor in products that can be ingested what's happening to these flavoring products when they're being aerosolized at these high temperatures and inhaled into the long you have chemical reactions that can break them down into a lot more toxic chemicals known as carbon compounds prime example being formaldehyde that's a very common when everyone's heard of formaldehyde and everyone should know it

isn't good so in head to head comparison versus conventional cigarette which one do you think is healthier my opinion i think they're both dangerous i think the narrative that most people are missing is that the public health opponents to vapor have lumped in vapor with the evil tobacco folks that they fought you know back in the eighty's in the ninety's and so they've decided that this is the exact same thing cynthia is the executive director for the smoke free alternative trade association called safaga of the ping lobby group we need to dispel the idea that these products paper products are the same as combusted tobacco products because they're not so we need to look at any time that anyone is using a vapor product they're not smoking and that's a win for the. everybody easy cigarettes they don't contain the $7000.00 plus chemicals that conventional cigarettes have and that's always

a plus but on the flip side i they do have their own set of compounds that you're being exposed to unfortunately we're going to have to wait for the long gemini studies but if i had to say what is more dangerous honestly i there to me they're equal the food and drug administration which regulates tobacco is still reviewing babying regulations travis padgett has been smoking since high school today he baits to cut down on tobacco use for me it was you know it was just kind of a different you when you get to now a microbiology major at u.c. riverside travis is babying for science participating in a study that measures his intake puff duration volume and frequency when you get out of here you're going to have a science degree why not wait for science now before we know if it's safe i mean it's either a vapor a smoke cigarettes and we already know cigarettes are bad so roll the dice exactly it's a roll of the dice so. the people that are choosing

a thing over conventional cigarettes are choosing the unknown over the know and they know that conventional cigarettes and give them cancer there's a chance that it's better and so they're rolling the dice with that but they're still gambling with their own how and sometimes adults are making more informed decisions with only of. well absolutely i mean adolescents there's still in a stage of brain development they're not as capable as adults of making good decisions and they're uniquely susceptible to addiction and usually we've got regulations in place that help protect for specifically those kind of cases but here it's so new you know the regulations aren't they haven't kept up obviously that's a major concern all of the regulations of protections that we have developed for tobacco products conventional cigarettes are not there when it comes to the things will go fascinating trial but you know i'm sure crystal you'll keep us up to date on this but. i understand you want will watch you did i got to go will watching you . seeing drones in the sky so a little bit like spying but it's a great way to observe whales that we normally wouldn't be able to see and we don't

really disturb them at all. most times when you see images from a drone something is exploding usually devastation from the air these are the military drones in service around the world. closer to home in california they're also used for important peacetime missions like assisting firefighters by mapping out hot spots during raging wildfires and much has been reported about the use of drones especially when it comes to military applications drones may even become the delivery system for consumer goods but today off the coast of san simeon california researchers using drones like this one here behind me for a spectacular use all in the name of science this is the peters walk of life station this is a very unique piece of property because it sticks out into the migratory corridor or of the north found great whale cows and calves a picture perfect location for researchers to fly

a science drone to get an unprecedented bird's eye view of what swims below right at it. but in the distance i got. for 22 years wayne perry men and a team from noah have been here from march until may counting and collecting data on great whales migrating north from the breeding grounds of mexico to the arctic a trip of 6800 miles this point is kind of a focal point for them and we're able to see them very very well they passed often within 100 meters of the beach so it's a great place to count animals great whales swim close to land as protection against their main predator killer whales even so it takes a sharp eye and strong binoculars to spot the northern migration once they do it's go time for a one of a kind unmanned air. aircraft named mobley. to the rights

to the right now move there and then let the frame keep on going out on the service economy of the frame good come down a little that i'm doing to the right as i'm underwater know a scientist and pilot john durban is tracking a mother and her calf from a distance of about 3 quarters of a mile out from where he stands john's wife and co researcher holly fernbach is under the towel that shades a control panel giving her a real time video feed that aids in guiding the flight so when they come up next i'm going to move out of the matter taking out markel but the very right adds to be perfect so now it's split 2nd timing for john to remotely trigger the camera to take high definition photographs of the whales are going to be around the corner they went through there really quickly we got there we did well the. this is really a tool we have a flying a camera and we're trying to make inference about size and shape of whales by

taking photographs of school photogrammetry so this is a camera and we want to get it above the whales. mobley was built by don the boy at a cost of $25000.00 it may look like a hobby a stream project but in fact it's packed with many high tech systems to do science so it's called how to go up there because it has 6 motors and 6 rotors if it's not being told what to do wants to see how we're going to be stable in the air. behind a finish and photos taken from the eye in the sky give scientists a better look at the overall health of the whale stuff a male who has been eating a lot and she spat her whip relative to her leg will be different than a female who hasn't eaten. much so we can take just those 2 measurements and with those 2 we can get an index of condition index of that miss for that female peri

min says this season many of the northbound lactating female gray whales observed appeared more robust than in previous years data that is important for many reasons will health give scientists a snapshot of the balancing act between food sources natural predators even climate change we're getting to the point now where we really can talk about how climate change in the arctic is impacting this population now there's less ice and it's thinner there's more photosynthesis going on in the wintertime because like can penetrate and what we want to do is kind of understand that dynamic what's going on . recently john durban and the know it's team took mobley to canada to study killer whales taken from 100 feet above this video the 1st of its kind give scientists a clearer picture of the health of northern resident killer whales in these images the whale on the right appears robust and in good condition while the whale on the

left is then and in poor health scientists believe this will later died because it was no longer spotted with its pod. the big. killer whales are important because the competing with this fish we're trying to understand all the getting enough food as this technology becomes available to more people we're going to see more research is using it safer researches say for the animals i think it's a win win. from an emotional perspective just being able to see these incredibly beautiful species out in their natural environment we'd never be able to do that and we don't have to disturb them to see them but in terms of the overarching story i mean a scientist you can collect data on 2 things what is and what's changing and it seems like this method allows them to collect data that's sort of speaking to both of those objectives they're studying what is now. and when things change we'll know yeah and i mean that also speaks to the importance of having these long term data

sets right because you have to be able to establish a baseline which i think they're doing very well we know with 22 years' worth of data and now with with the changes of climate change you know that that's a really powerful set a date it to to give us a sense of what's what's on the horizon. you are going to tell us about a you need to hear you talk of a little unusual lab and it's right here you know it's basically a lab full of trash and for invited us to check out the ways that they're making the auto industry a little bit greener so clearly a lot of environmental incentives here at play and you know obviously when you use recycled materials over new ones are going to be saving a little bit of money but they also found some new ways to solve some old problems using some very cool methods so saying look. it's taken over a century but today car manufacturers are getting into high gear when it comes to going green from hydrogen fuel cell cars to electric plug ins and hybrids mileage

is going up and with a least 10 percent of vehicles environmental impact in the assembly process manufacturing is going green to. companies like toyota g.m. volkswagen ford and honda are all stepping up eco friendly methods with 0 waste factories diverting millions of pounds from landfills reusing water recycling sludge and going solar powered and it's not just assembly take forward 85 percent of its cars are renewable recyclable or compostable everything from recyclable aluminum bodies in engine parts to so we form seats in fabrics made from 5000000 was cycled plastic bottles and this is where the ideas percolate the materials research lab at ford head coach. orders do born michigan what would you say is the craziest thing that you guys work with do you think those are the hook ups yes oh

these are cigarette filters it's a cellulose yes a tape fiber and so we're looking at that fiber as a reinforcement for plastics to be moleski stored of the lab back in 2001 was sort of foam oil was about $40.00 a barrel and so nobody saw a reason to use plant based materials even though there was an environmental improvement when we launched our soil base foams oil was about $150.00 a barrel and so suddenly what was a very poorly received idea was very well received instead of the petroleum base the foam and every seat in north america is made of michigan soil and now the lab is testing algae oil with its more global reach plastics researcher ellen lead gave techno the 1st public look at this newest experimental phone rang and have you had in the surf back then the swan. and that's acts like the egg and so plan everything

you have there and then i'm going to have you add the following agent which in our case is water i'm going to mix this up. and then we'll see the film start to react. oh. there goes the bacon until a cake so you can see all the gas bubbles all ready for we use this to kind of evaluate our formulation and how fast it comes out why is it important that this reacts fast how fast you can be made each part is really important for manufacturing because we want to be able to make things in a timely manner are we talking a matter of minutes per phone seat or seconds or less than 4 days meaning to make the plastics at least 20 percent bio based is actually making the plastic stronger yes it does. these parts are later in ways i can show you one that is made from temp versus glass and it's a. 30 percent weight reduction so if we continue to do this we will improve fuel

economy as well ford says it's already diverted more than $30000000.00 pounds of plastic from north american landfills with materials as diverse as weak grass coconut hair shredded jeans and millions of dollars of green banks a lot of people don't know as money isn't actually paper it's a blend of cotton and linen try to grind it down into a smaller finer greit research engineer giuseppe look hillary has showed me how would stun bullets crime some wanting to use a crime there's a shuttle that goes inside and using magnets it turns the magnets on and off and it will move the shuttle back and forth between the 2 metal ends smashed the money using liquid nitrogen around the liquid nitrogen the liquid nitrogen will just cool the money down to a brittle so it's easy to smash and turn on the machine. yet would you. powder money then it's melted in with plastic and formed into pellets you melt them down and then you formed them into things like this right and

this is a coin trick that is a coin to your money money back into your vehicle what is this tomato favorites these are actual skin leaves and stems from the tomato plants from hines's ketchup production they process millions of pounds of tomatoes every year and they have a lot of left over why is this a good product for you guys to use we can use this to reinforce our plastics to make them stiffer but then at the same time we can start in the lab is in the very early stages of testing the tomato based possibilities making samples bun melting and mixing plastic extruding it into pellets and molds for testing you would mention part of the test is actually the smell you know if they're driving a lot and they may not want to smell tomatoes because they make it every. so what's your big end goal for all. we all have kids and we want to make sure that there's a green nice planet for them with materials that they can continually replenish i

don't want them to depend on petroleum as their only source of materials. sitting between you guys is of course $10000.00 worth of cash but unfortunately it is old cash shredded would normally go to the trash but in this case they're reusing it making this idea of closing the materials loop you know going as much as we possibly can to words 0 waste and manufacturing it's not just lip service anymore it's happening and it makes total business sense i think it's so interesting to see that cross industry collaboration like catch up and ford motor is that these aren't really 2 companies that i would think would work together in this way i mean i as a chemist i think a lot about it is a green chemistry that you want all of the by products of your chemical reactions to be used for their reactions and that's kind of like how i think about it but this is really created when your doctor crystal. that has been in the past not only

catch up and color interactions when i spilled ketchup and my car been there from the california coast all the way over to detroit we've covered a lot of ground today guys and covered some pretty interesting topics so thanks for that level up more for you next time on techno see that dive deep into these stories and go behind the scenes with al-jazeera don't comb slash techno. our expert contributors on twitter facebook instagram google plus and more.

hello there mostly fine across much of australia still across the south the southeast of victoria and also across into western australia i was saying the chance of a some rains here in probably for the next couple of days and thunderstorms really what you will be seeing but things no such as windy as i have been across into. it is cloudy but even so not as bad as it has been quite as wintry but there's some more rain i'm afraid heading your way on cheese day time which is again about 15 degrees and nobody in sydney with a high of 18 now that weather does continue across into new zealand having said that you can see in the satellite quite a bit of generally clearing away slightly from the south a couple of good days to you into christ church or cleanse because monday and on into cheesy but what we could see in christchurch is that the overnight lows falling just by freezing and just above freezing we could see a morning frost under this case guys 10 celsius your high on tuesday that we had up towards japan we're watching very closely cisco this is very much on its way and in

fact on monday probably beginning to feel those outer bands all this tropical storm is warm ahead of the system 36 celsius in a saka same time much on cheese day but starting to rain very heavy and pushing to the southwest as we could actually see some flooding. pre-selection is foundation believe what you see but in one lifetime we can't see everything. we would lie on experiences of others and the legacies of previous generations. of that testimony we would know very little. with this documentaries that open your eyes on al-jazeera. setting the discussions police in cape town have struggled to reduce data gathered

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