there are droughts in southern africa droughts in ethiopia droughts in northeast brazil which is theest part of brazil. in peru and ecuador, you have catastrophic flooding in many places that washes out infrastructure. narrator: because of its devastating effects around the globe scientists tried to accurately predict el niÑo in advance to help people prepare. these attempts were unsuccessful until the mid-1980s when cane and his colleague steve zebiak set out to create a physically based computer model to predict these phenomena. cane: here is this el niÑo phenomenon which i knew about because it had caused these anomalies in wintertime circulation over north america in '77, '78. and i was living in boston at the time and it dumped this incredible amount of snow on us. we kept geing hit by snowstorms. and then we finally got hit by the big one. so, these el niÑo events if we could forecast them and get this information out there there's the possibility of taking actions that will mitigate these impacts. narrator: to understand el niÑo, it is first important to understand the dynamic

the plane landed in northeast brazil. >>> he cheated death a few weeks ago. steve: no. that was andy griffith. >> brian: what did he do beside dance and sing? "diagnosis murder." >> steve: now a fox news alert. there are conflicting reports over just exactly who carried out a ballistic missile test in the mediterranean just hours ago. moments ago, israel said they were involved in joint exercises with the u.s. but at this hour, the u.s. is not confirming any involvement. >> brian: we have new video showing syrian rebels reportedly shooting down a government jet and yelling allah akbar. >> allah akbar! allah akbar! >> brian: hard to take that two ways. that's the same thing that major hasan said before opening fire at fort hood and with the terrorists i imagine screamed on the plane before they smashed into buildings. joining us is laura ingraham. >> sounds like james madison. >> brian: yeah. i don't think so. >> they were writing article 1, section 8 of the constitution, congress shall raise armies, but appropriations shouldn't be longer than two years, they

northeast today, there is better weather ahead. >> that's good news. plus, it is fall. >> yeah. >> thanks a lot, bill. >>> brazil calls out the u.s. over nsa eaves dropping. why now is the time to plan your holiday travel. we're back in two. >>> stories making news on this hump day. the pentagon has denied a multimillion dollar plan to upgrade the facilities at guantanamo bay. military officials cite a lack of congressional support. >>> brazil's president canceled a state visit to the u.s. over those nsa programs and tuesday she let that anger boil over on the world stage. >> translator: tampering in such a manner in the affairs of other countries is a breach of international law and affront to the principles that must guide the relations among them, especially among friendly nations. >> earlier this month, it was revealed brazil had been tapped into by the nsa and so far there has been no public apology. >>> a 28-year-old british rower has become the first woman to row solo from japan to alaska. when she finally arrived, she celebrated with a much-deserved bottle of champagne. >>> according to kayak.com, the ch