andof course a lot of the time with the news it can be not always the good news about mining.for me what i am trying to achieve for the general public is to break down the barriers. >>cook: if there is enough planning in place before you have your ups and downs in the mining cycle. if you have a steady built industry in tourism then when it goes up or it goes down you are not really going to have too much of a problem. >>grant: mining operations are driven purely by world economics. and mining operations are also not sustainable....in terms of tourism however, these landscapes and these values are potentially going to be here for the longer term.

downtown los angele sunshine here in the northeast with temperatures a little bit cooler than usual andófod morning. our sky is flooded with bright hazy sun light on this thursday morning. live picture from our sky watcher camera. afternoon highs climbing out of the 60s and 70s where we are into the 80s. we'll have increasing clouds. then tomorrow cloudy, showers passing by from time to time likely, highs in the upper 70s, remaining humid. steam 3 the weekend. a smaller chance of a passing shower saturday and sunday. next week, lower humidity returns. highs in the 70s. >>> keep tabs on weather throughout the day, turn to the weather channel onable or weather.com online. matt? >>> al, thank you. up next, simon cowell says he gave the best first audition he's ever heard. wee ngew singing sensation from britain, niel johnson, and talk to him right after this. >>> we are back at 7:42 with the latest singing sensation from acss the atntic. we showed you the video earlier this week. this guy's name is daniel johnson, 27-year-old teacher whose audition wowed the judges on the "x-factor," a briti