department of agriculture, comments.w people who buy their milk from farmers. and there are a lot of dairy farmers, particularly during the '30s. we had up to two to three million dairy farmers selling milk to milk dealers. so that the milk dealer could pick and choose from dairy farmers, and if a dairy farmer didn't particularly want to sell his milk at the price the milk dealer was offering, then the milk dealer would tell the farmer to keep his milk at home. schoumacher: as his income continued to fall, the shadow of foreclosure loomed over the dairy farmer. the old agrarian tradition crumbling, the midwestern dairymen, that solid bedrock of the american work ethic, found themselves poised on the brink of open rebellion. milo reno, a fiery activist and former president of the iowa farmers union, called for a strike, a "holiday" from production. the first strike target was set -- sioux city, iowa. here the milk producers' association joined forces with reno's newly formed farm holiday association. what did the dairymen

keach: archaeologists think the dam was built to store water to irrigate agricultural fields. in the nearby town of cuicatlan, a living example for the effects of irrigation can be seen. cuicatlan is located in the tehuacan valley, an arid region of mexico with insufficient rainfall for successful agriculture. but the town has abundant water, thanks to a nearby river. harnessing this forceful river is the matamba dam. the dam diverts water into a central canal, which winds down the mountain side on a journey 15 miles long. along the way, a canelero, or a canal keeper, opens a sluice gate to send water into a network of smaller feeder canals. below, a farmer waits to irrigate his cornfields. farmer: el agua es la vida porque... interpreter: water is life. because without water we cannot farm. that's why we say water is life. having water, we're happy. we can sow any plant we want -- the beans, the tomatoes, the chile, melon -- all because of water. keach: the irrigation system at cuicatlan has increased food production dramatically, but it has also brought with it a need for ad

exports, agricultural exports.iotech approval processes should be a top policy priority i would hope for this administration. could you provide an update on what ustr is doing to ensure that such barriers are receiving the proper attention? and also in recent years we know that china obviously a key market for u.s. act exports have stopped numerous shipments without justifiable cause or proper notice. would you support ustr's raising this issue within the 2014 u.s.-china joint commission on commerce and trade process? >> well, thank you for the question. first of all on the last point with regard to china and biotechnology products, in fact we were in china in december, secretary pritzker, sector those of myself, and this was very much front and center on the agenda, both the issues of exports but also the process for approving biotechnology product. and assuring them that the process is consistent with the best science, and that deal makes decisions on a time and appropriate basis. this issue is a key issue with o

that we now call conventional agriculture we are an organic agriculture is really just the way we used to do it so we are tilling the soil we are killing the soil we are poisoning the soil we are dumping synthetic nutrients herbicides fungus sods we are at war with the soil and not by we i mean the conventional industrial others call it i think what it is totalitarian extractive agriculture it is agriculture that says to the land you are nothing other than a container to hold or chemicals and you will do as we say for you to do and there is a mean there is a concept that somehow farming in that way is more productive and is more profitable but nothing could be further from the truth in study after study there is no evidence they are organic regenerative organic agriculture is more productive you saw that picture were the corn in the organic field was significantly greater than the corn in the conventional field during drought years the real deal in. the tute has found that the organic fields produce thirty to thirty five percent more corn than the conventional fields and what's nice is

it is -- its agricultural gdp is almost $48 billion a year.lion more than number 2, iowa. which in iowa where people like joni ernst say they hate socialism. over 80% of farms receive those purely socialistic agriculture subsidies from the federal government. so over 80% of farms are practicing socialism while many of them pretend to be opposed to socialism. in california only 9% of farms receive agriculture subsidies. california farmers deliver much more than iowa farmers and get much less help from the federal government than iowa farmers. if joni ernst grew up on a california farm, there's a pretty good chance she didn't come close to benefiting from agriculture subsidies. but growing up on an iowa farm means there's at least an 80% chance that joni ernst and her family benefited from agricultural subsidies. an 80% chance that joni ernst benefited from the kind of wasteful government spending that i would try to cut if i was a united states senator but that she will probably fight to preserve or increase as iowa senators usually do. i say p

>> for us in hawaii, it's the precision agriculture.t's the perfect tool for us, because it's not like iowa or kansas where the fields are very large. the fields are very small. and we have viruses, for example the banana virus, where even a helicopter cannot get into these fields, because they are way too small. so using a drone is the perfect tool for us to do research on agriculture with drops and management of invase if species. >> vern just tweeted in that there needs to be a balance between regulation and innovation . . . and we have a great video comment from eddy. >> i'm in favorite of a pilot certification process. i'm also in favor of basic certification process. a competent operator with proper insurance should be enough to concerns. >> what should be the appropriate regulation for your industry? >> first of all let me say that the prediction is within the first ten years 80% of all uas operations will be for precipitation agriculture. and here is a circumstance that we have that if you anticipate what is going to happen in t

industrial agriculture what is the consequence of the kind of conventional or chemical our agriculture that we've been engaging in. on climate change ok i sent you some photos that i think are perfect to show here if we could if we could sure there you are let's go to the other one first. take a second there see if we can cue the. spirit is so i was in india a few years ago and i was in rural india near or near bangalore and this is a photo of what used to be a pond. this is a photo of what climate change looks like with conventional agricultural practices this is a dried up lake bed and the community around it was basically blowing away in the wind now the other photo. the. it's just down the road in a biodynamic organic regenerative organic area where in just a few years the dried up lakebeds have been restored and where the farmers who were growing parody rice where they were struggling to get one harvest in the old system are now getting too abundant harvests that's a before and after picture that's what climate change looks like on the dark side where the palms are dry and on the

dr day old fashioned got to stop distracting the signs and agriculture. if honest enough to have a good life. and then we tried to change acknowledging these negotiations to test and thirteen. but be if you didn't read the greens be bought at a much greener cap and a much more sustainable agriculture based upon the help of everybody that i can say that the action i'll send pics nice friends nationals mp stands to pocket. by the mp and anti disaster least i didn't want to because they gave him on the zombies. so this is a very bad deal. continuing to rise predicted a son and you not unfair to explode. these european cap past the sky look of african agriculture because they cannot compete i can get to know when you of the company also really nice to know the fullness of love then rather the citizens about the european union want when you tell them. the first of all that bad the small farmer is that you showed. i think we are at our open day in age. for those big agro agha khan says i want to keep the system as it is and let's not forget an event the one of

agriculture. these barriers ignore international standards. they have no basis in science and raise serious questions about whether china is complying to its wto's obligations. most specifically the world organization for animal health recognize lester that all cuts of u.s. beef are safe yet china continues to ban u.s. beef import. i know congressman smith touched on this but the first thing i wanted to ask is that you address what ustr is doing to ensure that china's regulations on agriculture products, beef in particular, comply with its wto obligations that are otherwise based on international standards? >> thank you and it is a high priority in our relationship with china, ever since the u.s. has found to be a negligible risk country. last year it's been able to go back to trading partners and open up markets for u.s. beef exports and as i mentioned earlier, secretary vilsack was with secretary pritzker and myself in china in december. and beef was very much on the agenda, and we worked together with their chinese counterparts to reach an

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what does the department agriculture -- what has the department of agriculture said today that droveen higher? >> soybeans hit the highest price in 10 months today, in part because the usda minimum labor board reducing inventories they are expecting for soybeans. same thing happens with corn. the world is looking to u.s. crops as part of a safe buyer of last resort when you see some of the turmoil with the weather in brazil or disruptions in the ukraine. it's making american crops more attractive. >> speaking of which, exports continue to boom. what's the factor? >> again, u.s. is sort of the buyer of last resort. if you're watching the ukraine and wonderware supplies may be coming from there, you have an issue with ukraine, with south america -- if you are watching the ukraine and wonder where supplies may be coming from. more thane told me in one interview, you are from farm country. what has been going on there? what are those farmers up against, particularly as we get these mixed economic signals, where one day it seems we are taking two steps forward and the next day it seems li

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agriculture is vital for the american economy. in 2013 u.s.ers and growers export a record $148 billion of food and agricultural goods. this year this admin station aims to help them build on that record performance. u.s. manufacturing plays a key role today and in the future. as american manufactured increase our capacity to produce more advanced and value added goods, consumers continue to place a high value on products made in america. 2012 years exported nearly $1.4 trillion in manufactured goods and in 2014 we aim to build on the strength of our manufacturing sector. the u.s. is an innovative economy and the obama administration is committed to protecting intellectual property which is vital to promoting and encouraging innovation and creativity. millions of americans jobs rely on intellectual property. at the wto we will capitalize on the success of a ministerial meeting in bali last year. in march we notify congress of our intent to endanger negotiations on an environmental goods agreement with the world's largest traders and environmen

agriculture is a major driver of our economy. there is a tremendous benefit if we can increase the yield and crop security. there is a tremendous benefit to that. a sense of trust in the systems and develop technology as well. we will address concerns as they arise. i definitely see policy as the bigger challenge right now. those six faa unmanned aircraft system test sites around the country on the map. university of alaska and texas a&m and virginia tech, where we are bringing our viewers live this morning on a special show today of the "washington journal." some video shot earlier this month of a drone test that happened at that virginia tech test side. let's go to nelson in tennessee on our line for democrats. you're on with the professor. caller: good morning. understand that we live in a rural area. it is an agricultural community. research has been done. it is very beneficial. done with theeen units and how cost effective and how many acres can be used and how widespread will it be done per unit? i will hang up and listen.

green pace sea know where their food it coming from we'll look at 3 programs talking ushering agricultural and garden to new heights. so what exactly it, your honor agricultural >> it the growing food or flowers within city limits traditionally we've been referring to communities gardener that is a raised bed over and over upper argument has a more a farming way of farming. >> so tell me 0 what's growing in this garden. >> a really at all plant. in the one of the rare places, you know, people have access to green space 24 is one of the places to grow things like the purple floor. it is sort of recognizing that the more diversity in given space the better not to just have one thing by everything supported each another >> it provides the community with an opportunity to get their hands dirty and reach 0 out and congressmen with the community in ways they might have not otherwise to engage with one other. >> now the dpw urban planning program so see how the garden community. >> so i grew up on a farm in air force base we picked the foods open the trees and share with other families and as i d

when i was nominated as secretary of agriculture, i went to see mr. trent lott, the young senator, still handsome and full of hair, who gave me good advice. my personal example -- i am from kansas, but i voted for a timber reform act which limited the cut of timber in alaska. i noticed that my nomination was not going very far. it turned out senator dole the majorityo was leader from my state. he said, senators murkowski and stevens do not like your forrester policy. i am thinking, i do not even have a tree in kansas. for history policy? -- forestry policy? i went to see them. one of them said to me, how would you like it if my policy was to eliminate all the planting of wheat in the state of kansas? would you feel like supporting me for secretary of agriculture? i said, i get the point. i went to see bob dole and said, what do i do? he said, just tell them you will be fair, and i will take care of it. he took care of it will stop the point was, they try to block me because they had a reason. but the primary thing that got it through was trust. and yo

one star believes that the eurasian integration extends domestic business in earlier than local agriculture producers face your credit problems when exporting goods with the entry into the customs union of context and these problems disappeared. uranium those customs and border barriers that existed before her arrest people. many people did not even get to deal with these berries be used more enemy units only large companies could afford to keep skilled specialists and customs matters but today it's all past today there's no need for this and aren't yours and ours small businesses found buried in ways that we knew she would do. that run the store complex of kazakhstan will have benefits in port of russian and all rich and i got caught in machinery will be facilitated more. he also cites the following statistics only five percent of all i can call true companies in kazakhstan can afford to import expensive imported equipment the remaining ninety five percent preferred to buy from partners of a customs union another undoubtedly advantage of the union a steep economic integration opening the p

there is this thing we call smart agriculture. there are some examples of how haveidual states c brought to the table really innovative ways of not only increasing productivity, but actually putting carbon back into the ground. i just had a great conversation with bill about this issue. he is very interested in agriculture and health. that everything you need to do to increase the productivity of small farmers in africa is exactly the same thing you need to do to create more climate smart agriculture. there are five things we know we can do right now. these are all propositions. on --is general agreement the most controversial one is the price on carbon. the other four, i think we all agree on this. if we could just make those five things happen, it's the beginning of a plan. the basic point is this -- why are we not as serious about climate change as we were about hiv? harold andis we had others who led the charge. another part is, i think we are not yet arrived to the science of what they are telling us. there is criticism of th

we're not only listening, we're solving the problems of the sector. >> big agricultural countries agree. they say further strikes would damage the country and the farmers themselves. >> translator: even if the reasons are there dialogue is our best option, especially since the government recognizes that we don't have a national agricultural policy and we need to build one. >> reporter: but many small farmers like ernesto feels like time has run out. unless the government changes the international agreement they feel their business will disappear. al jazeera, colombia. >> it is an up and down day on wall street. it's a down day today, dow was down over 11 points, we were up over 130 points, pfizer and microsoft topping today's gains. >>> can one trip tone trip to tt or grocery store and you know prices are on the rise. >> if you want to know what the rising cost of food means in the u.s. just ask sharon white of maryland. she was already buying the cheapest goods on the shelf but it still wasn't enough to need her two children and grandson braden. to do that she had to get a second job t

negotiators had been divided over the car trade and agricultural tariffs. our band around my eyes and mouth in an antique car had agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in the environmental field. and at the time to kill on thursday. amy and i said to them dr has her country's environment department. with antifreeze and bilateral exchanges are increasing and their family ties had great potential for development. nt country to two countries are many historical and cultural similarities and you mean you have an affinity to what japanese people. in an interview with an aged ten to contact him and now faces significant environmental challenges. in addition to the major issue for this monday change and pollution as with most of the printing and production technologies which would enable up to market the industry. to improve environmental standards. and to her i said she's confident that japan can share valuable technology and expertise to help him an improved environment. an international olympic committee and band keane has arrived in japan and started working d

big agriculture companies agree, saying further trikes will damage the -- strikes will damage the country and the farmers themselves. >> translation: if the reasons are there, dialogue is the best option, especially now that the government recognises that we don't have a national agricultural policy, and we need to build one. >> many small farmers feel time has run out, unless the government changes the international agreements, they fear their business will slowly disappear. >>> at least two people have been killed by tornado in the united states. the twister caused widespread gaj in little rock in the -- damage in little rock and in oklahoma. forecasters issued severe thunderstorm warnings. >>> basketball players from the n.b.a.'s l.a. clippers sage staged a protest against racist comments allegedly made by the tape's owner. >> the protest took place before the game, with players wearing inside-out warm-up jerseys so the l.a. clippers logo could not be seen. banned at the game aexpressed shock. >> he opens a basketball team with nothing but african american players. that makes him sound

they have agriculture.ompared with 1990, unfortunately, if we compare how crimean agriculture work to then and now, agricultural production went down by 60%. in 2014, agriculture companies of crimea produced only 40% of what they produced in 1990. agriculture also requires additional investment. that is also an issue that has to be resolved. the producing of rice requires a lot of water. this requires time and capital investment. this is what we will also be doing. the services and recreational facilities -- crimea is a base of the russian navy and also a resort for the entire soviet union. this is what we are going to develop as well. unfortunately, facilities, they are building an infrastructure that has deteriorated. we visited the forts and found out that some of them cannot even be used for accommodations. how did people come there? it is shameful to admit, but people were saying that they were just drinking alcohol and went to the beach. we cannot have that kind of approach. it will require additional

in agriculture in particular, in india 53% of the workforce is involved in agriculture. most farmers have a couple of acres of land. most inputs into agriculture production are subsidised by the deposit. they have to -- government. they have to sell the government agencies. it's a regulated part of the economy, and difficult to deal with. farmers - that is the root of the land, the people that vote revly, and any time that you try to disrupt the model that exists, while we see potential benefits of doing so. in the immediate term you feel a lot of pain from doing so. if they pull back the input subsidies, if they move the government-sponsored markets. it's difficult to do. there's little reform and modernisation. that's where most workers are. if you want to impact the most people, it has to touch the agriculture center. >> corruption is a huge concern with the indian economy and governments. how much of a difference can the new leader make for the people of india. >> corruption is a tricky issue, it ranks high when people say what are the issues they are voting on. they

agriculture, u.s.obiles, trucks, and for the first time in literally 40 years, we have an opportunity to break down those barriers and -- for agriculture and industrial goods and for the service center, which has been close largely to u.s. service providers. if i could just that, in addition to that, there are also important added value -- take a country, i mentioned vietnam earlier. it is becoming an important trading partner. they are a key linchpin in our economic and geopolitical arrangements in southeast asia. it offers the promise of market access into vietnam for u.s. industry and u.s. agriculture, and to bring the rules-based trade regime to many of our important trading partners in southeast asia. is one of the key components of president obama's so-called asia pivot. the deal is not finalized, what might that mean for america's influence for regent currently witnessing china's ascendance? >> i hope what you are describing does not happen. ofhink we are as a result the meeting between the prim

million to motivate local banks to commit $133 million to small-scale farmers and producers in agricultural land in colombia, peru, and guatemala. that kind of leverage and that kind of taylor's what is possible -- scale is what is possible if we do things in a

it is using design to generate interest in agriculture. wheelchairs are also getting a design makeover. this electric model looks like a futuristic personal vehicle. it was designed to encourage wheelchair users who are hesitant to go out in public. >> it actually is both a design and a performance revelation. >> reporter: the wheelchair was developed by a venture firm. the company has its headquarters in the united states, and developed products in japan. the designer came up with various ideas to make users look stylish. one of them is the seat. a traditional wheelchair forces a person to lean back in the seat. but this high-tech model was designed to allow the user to sit with a straight back, creating an attractive posture. it features four-wheel drive, allowing it to move smoothly even on rough terrain. the front wheels can even move sideways, allowing it to move in small spaces gracefully. >> translator: going out into the streets with this wheelchair will change the attitude of the user, as well as other people. it has the power to

in issues with global agriculture. josh bolten revolutionized the world. they created programs in africa to deal with aids, malaria, and tuberculosis which saved millions of people from dying. it is a rate legacy of the bush administration that is unrecognized right now. support and itn is continuing on in the obama administration. .t was a republican resident -- president. >> we have some questions from the audience. this may be a good follow-up question. gridlock due to the conflict between republicans and democrats. ranch versusutive legislative branch? >> it is all of the above. the times are different. and remember the american people are part of this process. .e set up what we have here there is partisanship. i have watched it over the years. both bodies of the congress have very, the center is narrow. the democrats have moved further to the left and republicans have moved to the right. one to camp in the middle. i was never a moderate. you have to be prepared to move a little bit to get agreement that is good for the country. within thesanship congr

it's a reflection of the fact that farming is at the haunted europe's culture and history agriculturecommissioner touch and charge is part of the ppp political family told us why his proposed reforms deserve the support of europe's citizens. listen to him difficult decisions can be called the dentist and went and looked around and put security which is a key objective of the cost of the court of good management of natural rources. this would ensure that what security is su and not only in the short term but in the medium and long time as well. spending on agriculture and rural development the council always top the eu y is spent in the most efficient and effective way possible is the apple michael murray and john are in a steel is a vice chairman of the bp group of responsibility the budget and structural policies. he wants the various stakeholders in this debate to develop more common ground in order to ensure adequate eu results is a common policy in the future it was below the discussions around the top of the moment of the budget. you know of anyone in their ministries that we wen

an agricultural economist not linked to the study said food rices would be substantially higher. >> there would be a worker shortage and so there would be an attempt on the part of the farm worker to find a new source of labor. it would be a higher priced source of labor pushing up the price of food. >> field workers on farms earn an average $11.38 an hour, many of those jobs are seasonal. compare that to a construction worker although physically demandindemanding job. the average wage is $21.61. to hear farmers tell it they're having difficulty finding american workers wanting farm jobs, particularly on dairy farms. one economist who worked on a 2009 study found milk prices to spike roughly 60% if undocumented workers suddenly left the workforce. >> if we took 29% of our milk production was no longer there because the employs were no longer there to do the work, if it's a gallon of milk, $4, would be $6 if the workers twhrernt. >> whether it's -- weren't there. >> whether it's dairy or crops, farm workers make it clear, they depend on are worker workers fre border. >> migrant workers doe

, and agriculture happens in rural areas where there's not a lot of air traffic, and also agriculture is a major driver of our economy. a huge benefit to increase yield and increase crop security. a tremendous benefit to be had, and in the process we'll develop a sense of trust in the systems and develop the technology as well. we'll address concerns as they arise, and -- i definitely see policy as the bigger of the challenges right now. >> host: those six faa unmanned aircraft system test sites around the country on the map you can see in front of you. university of alaska, texas a&m, the state of nevada, north dakota department of commerce, griffiths international airport in new york, and of course virginia tech, where we are bringing our viewers live this morning on a special show today of "the washington journal." this is video from earlier this month of a drone test that happened at the virginia tech test site. let's good to nelson from tennessee on our line for democrats. nelson, you're on with professor woolsey. >> caller: yes, good morning. my question is -- i understand that

with all those things together, they promote production of agriculture and make it more efficient.however, the farm bill does not just affect farmers like me and my family. the farm bill also contains the snap program. the snap program is more commonly referred to as food stamps. food stamps cost the american taxpayers over $74 billion. foodnd it helps provide for people providing for their families. with all this talk, you would think that the farm bill only deals with food. but in fact it also deals with the fuel industry. the farm bill regulates ethanol subsidies given to ethanol producers to buy corn and produce ethanol. this costs the u.s. $45 million, and nobody understands the effects of these subsidies better than my dad, an american farmer. >> if, for example, the farm bill subsidizes a certain crop over another crop, it incentivize is the farmer to plant that crop, and in the end you may actually end up with more supply of that grain or product than what the market really needs. you see that over and over where we subsidize -- where the government will subsidize a certain

the golden days of agriculture in india is long gone. >> over the past so years, the amount of rice i produce have found. costs have doubled, tripled. >> he sells the rice he harvests to mill openers like nidhi dutt. he can only pay $22 for every 100 kilograms. >> i have to follow the government's orders, and procure a set amount of race. it's a raw deal for some farmers. i can't help it. >> half of the rice processed is spread into a contribution system, subsidised prices for the poor. the state government standardized the amount of rice bought for farmers, to give them a chance to make a decent living. this is a beneficial thing. in practice, some say it doesn't help enough. >> the quota leaves farmers like this with tonnes of rice to take care of. stock stored in warehouses is a blessing and burden for thousands like him across india. >> that is where middlemen come in. >> i applied the left-over risk from farmers at a lower price and sent it back to the mills. it is because of the price is fixing, the system works for me. it doesn't work for everyone. ambushes policies -- ambitiou

agricultural technology has been under review for decades.no agency in the united states or anywhere else has found evidence that genetically modified foods are metabolized by the body any differently than any other type of food. that was in february but the 13. >> what was everybody able to hear? >> i actually spent a lot of time analyzing studies and translating this into english. my book does that. it also says in the beginning that if this were cancer studies and a number of other things, we would have thousands of studies to deal with. we actually have only a handful of stop it is not true that there are 600 safety studies. -- number of safety studies animal studies that will qualify or less than three dozen. endnotesok, which has and lots of pure review studies, it also says that we do not have the luxury of peer-reviewed studies. we have to be more like epidemiologists. they look at the unpublished which are committed to the fda, and they look at theoretical risks based on biochemistry. i couldn't afford you with the details of numerou

they have agriculture.ompared with 1990, unfortunately, if we compare how crimean agriculture work to then and now, agricultural production went down by 60%. in 2014, agriculture companies of crimea produced only 40% of what they produced in 1990. agriculture also requires additional investment. that is also an issue that has to be resolved. the producing of rice requires a lot of water. this requires time and capital investment. this is what we will also be doing. the services and recreational facilities -- crimea is a base of the russian navy and also a resort for the entire soviet union. this is what we are going to develop as well. unfortunately, facilities, they are building an infrastructure that has deteriorated. we visited the forts and found out that some of them cannot even be used for accommodations. how did people come there? it is shameful to admit, but people were saying that they were just drinking alcohol and went to the beach. we cannot have that kind of approach. it will require additional

finally, there's this thing we call cly mat agriculture. there are so many great examples of how individual countries, individual states, individual farmers, even, have brought to the table really innovative ways of not only increasing productivity, but actually putting carbon back into the ground. so i just had a great conversation with bill gates about this issue. he's very interested, of course, in agriculture and health. and he points out that everything you need to do to increase the productivity of small local farmers in africa, for example, is exactly the same thing that you need to do to create more climate smart agriculture. so there are five things we know we can do right now. these are all win-win propositions. these are things that i think there is general agreement on. i think the most controversial one is the price on carbon, but the other four, i think we generally-agree on this. if we could make those four or five things happen, it's, in my view, the beginning of a plan. but the basic point is this. why are we not as serious

never mind how much we dependent on rivers as water sources for agriculture and cities. we depend on them to dispose of waste, transport our goods. the economic value is almost beyond imagining and the way to preserve it is to preserve healthy vibe rant rivers. >> your organization put out the list, can they be saved, have they been saved in the past, like we see with the upper colorado river. >> they can be saved. i can give you a few examples stemming from our most endangered rivers list. the biggest damn removal in the united states, in the history of the united states was on the elwood river in washington state. that was a result of attention brought to that issue by listing the elweigh as an endangered rif. the holl back, in montana, threatened by oil and gas was put into permanent protection as a result of the listing. we are seeing now in bristol bay alaska, listing the riff of bristol bay, and the epa is looking at trying to prevent further damage to the rivers of brust ol bay -- bristol bay. we see rivers cleaned of pollution, protected under the wild and scenic

he's accused of beat agriculture 55-year-old motorists. he didn't stop when the motorists was on the ground. >>> los altos police are sure about one thing. there's been a rash of burglaries. police don't know if it's one, two or more. the burglars seem to be enter the homes the ural way. in two cases they stole the garage door openers from unlocked cars. all of this is unsettling to some people. >> it's somewhat of a fluent community and why are burglars, if you want to call them that, out pace the neighborhood. >> police are looking at the arrest of two men last week in santa claire for a possible connection. police say home owners need to be security conscious. >>> will is new pressure to save water. the governor called on californians to conserve. ken has more. >> reporter: you'll see the impact in small ways like fountains and outdoor water features. the governor asked they be turned off unless they use recycled water. they with the sierra snow pack melting faster than expected, 16% of normal, governor brownished an executive order on