winning the ashes series 2015, england... decade he has been the cornerstone of english cricket whether as ashes winning captain or record—breaking batsman, alastair cook has scaled the heights of his sport. but recently his form has faulted and at the weekend another low score raised questions about his future and now the final test against india will be the final test of his career. in a statement he said... and this was that aspiring youngster. his batting prowess was soon obvious, first with essex and then his country. the perfect blend of temperament and technique establishing him as a rare talent. in 2012 he was named england captain and went on to win two ashes series, leading by example all the time. in his pomp he was a run machine, unflappable, unstoppable. in 2016 he became the first englishman to score 10,000 test runs. but last winter in australia, he began to struggle. he started this season knowing his future was on the line. this winter, for whatever reason, i haven't managed to score the runs i have wanted to

in the past 10 years, we have had two major coal ash disasters.ne at tva in the kingston facility in tennessee, and one i duke energy itself on the dan river in north carolina near the virginia line. but those catastrophes happened on a good day when the sun was shining. each of these sites, we have been warning and it is obvious, is a tremendous risk to our communities, particularly in we have a major hurricane, a flood, or storm. we're sitting here with more than 20 disasters waiting to happen. we hope none of them do happen, but this is a risk we don't have to tolerate. safe,sh can be moved to dry line storage away from the rivers. somewhat good news story about this storm, and that is the coastal utilities in south carolina, instead of lobbying and litigating, have actually been removing ash the last several years so the risk on the south carolina coast is much reduced from coal ash. but in north carolina and virginia, our coastal residents have to fear the consequences of decades of bad practices an recent years of recalcitrance by duke energ

in 1988, ashe was diagnosed with h.i.v.s, a result of two blood transfusions during one of his heart operations. he and his wife, jeannie, chose to keep it quiet, not speaking publicly until 1992, to head off a news report. >> it put me in the unenviable position of having to lie if i wanted to protect our privacy. no one should have to make that choice. >> brown: ashe became an ambassador for aids awareness and compassion. >> there's a tremendous amount of w public to assure them that ordinary contact with people like myself poses absolutely no dang to them. >> brown: arthur ashe died in 1993 at 49 of aids-related pneumonia. ray arsenault hano trouble imagining the man who would be 75 today. >> today, obviously, he'be taking a knee for justice with colin kaepernick and the other because he felt so-- >> brown: you think he would be? >> i have no doubt whatsoever, because the one thing-- he never complained about much of anything, but one thing he did complain about was the way that athletes were treated as sort of court jes

winning the ashes series 2015, england... a decade he has been the cornerstone of english cricket weather as ashes winning captain or record—breaking batsman, alistair cooke has scaled the heights of his sport. recently his form has faulted and at the weekend another low score raise questions about his future and now the final test against india will be the final test against india will be the final test of his career. in a statement he said, although it is a sad day, i can do so with a big smile on my face knowing i have given everything and knowing there is nothing left in the tank. i have loved cricket my whole life, from playing in the garden as a child and i will never underestimate how special it is to put on an england shirt. and this was that aspiring youngster. his batting prowess was soon obvious, first with a six and then his country. the perfect blend of temperament and technique establishing him as a rare talent. in 2012 he was named england captain and went on to win two ashes series, leading by example all the

not that water breached into the ash pond. we'll tell you what the effect on the environment will be. a live report from conway later in the show. guys? >>> rod rosenstein issued two statements denying the report that he floated a plan to remove the president from office. want to read you the latest one. quote, i never pursued or authorized recording the president and any suggestion that i have ever advocated for the removal of the president is absolutely false. joining me now live from washington, cnn justice reporter laura jarrett. not one but two statements on this now. rosenstein definitely does not want to be seen that this is something he was trying to do. >> diane, friday's remarkable news of member rows detailing rosenstein musing about secretly wearing a wire to record the president and removing him from office sent a shock wave through the justice department as officials tried to contain the damage. in addition to rosenstein's denials, one person who was actually in the room told me he was clearly being sarcastic. wh

vee utility is watching a flooded lake near l coal ash dumps at the site. we'll take a longer look at the environmental damage fromte florence, in the program. today marked one year since hurricane maria struck puerto rico. it's estimated that nearly 3,000 people died from the storm and its effects in the months that followed. the hurricane devastated the u.s. territory of three million people, destroying hundreds of homes and wiping out the power grid. one year later, power has been restored. but many homes look the same as the day after the storm hit. the latest summit of the koreas has concluded, and the north's kim jong un sent word that he's eager to resume talks on denuclearization, with the u.s. that's according to south korea's president moon jae-in. the two leaders and their wives visited a legendary volcano in north korea today. afterward, moon returned to seoul and conveyed kim's message. >> ( translated ): he said he hoped secretary of state mike pompeo would visit north korea soon, and also that a second summit with trump would take place in th

the field after field is still blanketed in a thick layer of ash and rocks. the rich black soil on the side of this volcano in guatemala is normally the stuff of farmers' dreams but knows firsthand that what the volcano can provide in bountiful harvests it can just as quickly take away the deadly eruption in early june dumped tons of rocks an ash onto his field the twenty eight year old was counting on his corn harvest to feed his young family for the coming year but all was destroyed. athol knock up a bit but i don't think. there was a layer of ash or thirty centimeters deep that was super hard like cement so all of the folk liable to get. it soft now because we've tried our best to work the ground but this corn won't give us anything like this plant here no cob no nothing. they represent of killed hundreds of people a few kilometers north of the scene of the disaster ash and volcanic rocks not only damaged thousands of hectares of corn and beans but also cash crops such as vegetables coffee avocado and fruit trees ronald is just one of fourteen thousand sma

alice robertson engraved, and her dad's ashes were in a burgundy box. robertson is afraid these memories are gone forever. >> i thought everything would be safe here, and i wouldn't have never brought my grandmother and father's ashes here if i thought somebody was going to break in here and steal them. >>> for the first time in nearly four months part of the bay area saw rain today. this is what greeted here. >> it has been since may since many of us have seen rain drops but earlier today, folks, asp l especially in the northbound, we are tracking a couple of hours. put this into the loop the past couple of hours, and we had a weak ripple that energy that moved through northern california. right now we're dry and we are dealing with cloud cover, but the rainfall totals, pretty good for the end of september. and a little less in novato. in the coming days, tuesday, not only showers but we are bringing back the storm impact scale. we will detail that storm syste showers and more of the forecast. >>> back to the story we tried to bring you earlier. presid

we can tell from the bird's eye view that the coal ash basins are stable and containing the coal ash.r: while there is the belief by duke energy that the coal ash is not released into the water in this area, they do say another byproduct of coal production has. they are tiny byproducts of the coal combustion process that have a similar consistency to sand. i touched the product myself and was assured that it could do no harm to me and that in their experience this is not in any sort of way a danger to the environment in this area, ana. >>> america's most feared and violent street gang is making headlines again with a series of killings on the east coast. on tomorrow's season premier of "this is life," lisa embeds with groups on the front line trying to combat this deadly gang resurgence. >> so when de maris was brought here, there were people waiting for her? >> yeah, when she arrived there was ten members of a local ms-13 clique. >> do you think all ten knew they would be killed that day? >> some people were less involved, they thought they were coming here to rough her up. but i don

open on monday in arthur ashe stadium, retired captain johnny ashe accepted a westpoint flag in his family's i know that they're up there somewhere. the only thing arthur would say is, not bad. >> reporter: not bad at all. james brown, cbs news, new york. >> arthur ashe, what a winnerer. from the new york broadcast

the farmers struggling to revive land destroyed by a volcanic ash. and ferrari's hopes of winning the war. in italy took something of a nosedive. to explain all a little later. a fire is raging in brazil's two hundred year old national museum in the city of rio de janeiro it started after closing hours and shows no sign of a basic building this one of the country's residence for the portuguese royal family all floors of the building are alight some twenty million items are under threat including human fossils and ancient egyptian facts. the armed group says that it was behind a car bomb attack in somalia's capital mogadishu at least six people including children were killed after the attack a detonated his car full of explosives near a government building. reports. the loud explosion was heard across the somali capital mogadishu soldiers stationed near the entrance of district headquarters tried to stop the suicide bomber. the attacker tried to enter the compound with an explosive laden car and when the security tried to stop it the car exploded kill

and they tell us all the time, the coal ash is not wisdom.e say, then white is an in the rich committed is, the communities of the politicians? it is poisonous. it was already leaking. it was are ready broken. it was are ready must up. the storm has exacerbated this, and it did not have to be this way. duke, the very company that is helping the sick people out to turn on power, is the same company that has negatively impacted poor communities by placing all of these coal ash sites in and around pork amenities, in and around sources of water. form of hypocrisy. on one hand, they say we want to help you after the storm, but before the storm, we engage in policies that continually hurt and harm the poor, the low wealth. amy: we want to thank you, reverend dr. william barber, and with president trump coming to the carolinas today, he proudly denies climate change, calls it a inese hoax. in the last 10 seconds, what would you say to him about this? >> i would say what my son who is an environmental lawyer and also an environmentalist physicist, be

they say there's no visible sign of coal ash in the waters. a birds eye view for herself. >> i had an opportunity today to go up into one of the aerial inspections by helicopter. we can tell by that kind of birds eye view that the ash basin dams here remain well protected. they are stable. and they are containing the coal ash. >> reporter: while duke energy doesn't believe this industrial waste has gotten into the water, what has environmentalists particularly concerned is that duke energy does say another byproduct of coal combustion has. that's what they call cinespheres tiny bead-like metal particles not easily distinguished from sand. biologists say if these get into the water, they believe coal ash could too. that power plant, ana, on the banks of the cape fear river, the place where raw water is taken in to be turned into drinking water for this area, that plant is 20 miles upstream from the power plant. so the cape fear river utility authority is saying that no matter what happens, at that power plant the drinking water is safe and will

, my dad's ashes, all the antique stuff that she left for me. i was her only granddaughter that she left for me, all of ep leather couch, and other items worth some money. material things she says can all be replaced. robertson estimates the burglars got away with more than $12,000 worth of her belongings. and now she's just begging for the safe return of those album and the ashes. she says those responsible may have mistook a duffel bag full of albums and boxes full of ashes for things of monetary value. >> they looked more like jewelry boxes. they're real beautiful. >> reporter: her grandmother's ashes were kept in a wooden box with musical notes and had the name "also robertson" engraved and her father's ashes were kept in a burgundy box and labeled carl lawrence rockamore. without surveillance cameras monitoring units, robertson is afraid these memories are gone forever.e . and i wouldn't have never brought my grandmother and my father's ashes here if i thought somebody was going to break in here and steal thm. >> in san leandro, i'm amanda

, my dad's ashes, all the antique stuff that she left for me. i was her only granddaughter that she left for me, all of that's gone. >> reporter: robertson also lost several pairs of shoes, a leather couch, and other items worth some money. material things she says can all be replaced. robertson estimates the burglars got away with more than $12,000 worth of her belongings. and now she's just begging for the safe return of those album and the ashes. she says those responsible may have mistook a duffel bag full of albums and boxes full of ashes for things of monetary value. >> they looked more like juewely boxes. >> reporter: her grandmother's ashes were kept in a wooden box with musical notes and had the name "also robertson" engraved and her father's ashes were kept in a burgundy box. robertson is afraid these memories are gone forever. >> i just thought everything would be safe here. and i wouldn't have never brought my grandmother and my father's ashes here if i thought somebody was going to break in here and steal them. >> in san leandro, i'

and the farmers struggling to revive lives destroyed by volcanic ash to stay with us. we still got some very lively weather across the eastern half of the us around the great plains pushing up towards the midwest the same some flooding around the lakes another system starts to poll six way in towards the northern plains toward the midwest as we go on through the coming hours and in that wetter weather will not its way further a switching see the long lot of cloud of rain actually comes out of back out of ontario across the lakes down across the midwest all the way down towards texas he says side of the country saying that warm moist air look at the way in this coming in from the gulf and so lots of moisture lots of heat once again further west it's a good deal quasi we have got temperatures getting up to twenty celsius there for seattle maybe twenty one by choose day things not to bad here twenty eight degrees there for central parts on tuesday seeing more heavy rain further flooding so me a possibility just notice this little area cloud and rain started to push its wa

open on monday, in shthur ashe stadium, retired aptain johnnie ashe accepted a west point flag in hisw that they're up there somewhere. and the only thing arthur would say is, "not bad." >> reporter: not bad at all. james brown, cbs news, new york. >> glor: that's great. and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. i'm jeff glor. i'll see you tomorrow. extension to san jose. good evening, i'm allen martin. i'm elizabeth cook. >>> now at 6:00 kpix5 news has learned of a major delay for the b.a.r.t. extension to san jose. >> we're learning an equipment problem is to blame. >> the delay affects phase one of the south bay extension that will connect three stations, warm springs, milpitas and berryessa. >> kpix5's devin fehely with late information he's just learned from the mayor. >> reporter: yeah. for people watching this project, the headline was eye catching and disturbing, yet another substantial delay to the beleaguered b.a.r.t. to san jose extension project, but even more disturbing was the revelation the brand-new rail system was apparently being built with used parts. kpix5 news

the lake of the coal ash dumps and the coal ash landfill is near together. coal ash is dangerous. the lake and the fish and the humans who go there let alone the adjacent river. well, today flood waters breached the dam at sutton lake. lake water then flooded one of the three large coal ash dumps that lines the lakeshore. duke energy, which owns that plant says they don't believe the breach, quote, poses a significant threat to nearby communities. but they say, quote, they cannot reel out coal ash has escaped from the flooded dump and now is washing into the river. open question. this was shot by the water keeper alliance. they tell us based on their decades of experience in the region that this appears to be coal ash pouring into the cape fear river in north carolina. coal ash is toxic not just to people but to all life forms and they were able to rescue that baby turtle. here on the way to downtown wilmington you can actually see this oily film on the water. it's floating down north carolina, towards the banks of wilmington, north carolina, which is about 9 miles away. i do not

ashe go to italy. ashe eat pasta.e sleep on the airplane." [ laughter ]tt and so pmuch as it would be anyone's response to that, the plane had had it with him. and then the best part though gh was as we landed, wheels touched down, and we are going down the runway, and ashe yells -- again to the whole plane to he -- he just yells, "we d it, guys!" [ laughter and applause ] and it was definitely -- you could tell people were saying, "did we? did we do it?" still wouldn't trade it for anything. had a wonderful two weeks. bu like i said, it's great be back. and now that we're back, let's move on. republicans are rushing to ir cothe supreme court nominee of a president who is in so much legal jeopardy, even his own lawyers have warned him he could go to jail. for more on this, it's t "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: let's just step back for a moment and consider the fact that trump is trying to ap int someone to a lifetime seat on the supreme court while simultaneously being implicated in a truly stagge

there was a layer of ash or thirty centimeters deep that was super hard like cement so all of the folk liable to get. it soft now because we've tried our best to work the ground but this corn won't give us anything like this plant here no cob no nothing in the . direction of killed hundreds of people a few kilometers north of the scene of the disaster ash and volcanic rocks not only damaged thousands of hectares of corn and beans but also cash crops such as vegetables coffee avocado and fruit trees ronald is just one of fourteen thousand smallholder farmers who lost their crops after june's volcanic eruption these people are already some of the country's most vulnerable and now they say they need help. in the highland town an hour away government help is starting to arrive guatemala's ministry of agriculture is providing shovels machetes and other tools to thousands of farmers official say that those who lost all their subsistence crops will also receive food assistance for up to three months. this is the agriculture ministry is first response but soon will be providing new coffee plan

millions of historic items now turned to ash. destroyed by a fire that is rich through brazil's history and its culture. but its hopes that all is not lost among items firefighters have already found of fragments of bone it's hope to skull one of the oldest fossils ever found in the americas maybe among them. bones were found but we still don't know if it's the skull of lutea we're waiting researches also managed to rescue some items and there was great excitement when a security guard found this document across the street. but nothing can replace what's been destroyed and although the government has promised money to shore up what's left of the museum many feel successive governments have simply neglected this brazilian treasure house of germany and turkey kicked off a series of high level visits today relations between the two countries have soured in recent years of human rights and other issues germany's foreign minister will meet with turkish president wretch of type there to one in ankara later today i only get gender for t

and my dad's ashes and the antique stuff that she left for me. was her only granddaughter that she left for me, and all of that is gone. >> reporter: she lost shoes and leather couch and o and material things that she says can be replaced. robertson estimates that the the burglars got away with more than $12,000 worth of her belongings, and she is begging for the safe return of the albums and the ashes. she says those responsible may have mistaken a duffle bag full of boxes and ashes for things of monetary value. >> they look more like jewelry boxes, and they are real but beautiful. >> reporter: she says a that her grandmother's ashes were kept in a box with musical notes and had the name allison robertson engraved and her father's were stored in a burgundy boxes engraved. and without cameras surveillancing the area, she is worried that the memories are gone forever. >> i thought that everything would be safe here, and i never would have brought my grandmother and my father's ashes here if i thought somebody would break in here and steal them. >>

open on monday, in arthur ashe stadium, retired captain johnnie ashe accepted a west point flag in hisily's honor. >> i know that they're up there, and the only thing arthur would say is, not bad. >> reporter: not bad at all. james brown, cbs news, new york. >>> that is the overnight news for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm anna werner. the bandit has made his last run. burt reynolds, one of the most popular actors of his age, has died. reynolds was a smooth-talking leading man with a sly smile and thick mustache. he made his mark in such movies as "deliverance," "the longest yard," "smokey and the bandit," and many more. jim axelrod looks back on his life and decades-long career. >> is this fun? >> i forgot to tell you. i'm running block here for 400 cases of illegal booze. >> reporter: burt reynolds owned the hollywood box office starting in the lat

but at this time they say that the two coal ash basins, those basins are in good condition, they say,e intact. they say there is no visible sign of nicole ash getting into that cooling lake where the dam breached. all that being said, while the situation still very uncertain here, duke energy shared with us that what has gotten into the river at this point, some other byproducts of coal combustion. they're lightweight hallow beads and they say in their experience the beads have no environmental impact, at least not that could possibly compare to the damage that coal ash could do if it were to get in this riverway. >> all right. and nick, where you are in south carolina, what are the biggest concerns? >> reporter: well, just like what kaylee is dealing with this in wilmington. they're dealing with a lot of the aftermath. that water is starting to recede. here we are show i don't go awe neighborhood where the flooding is going up hour by hour, inch by inch. it's already two feet higher than yesterday and that seems to be sort of the norm here. every day that we've been here the water ha

the 2010—11 ashes series will go down as cook's greatest, england's only series win in australia overe of the last 30 years and cook scored 700 runs in that series, and his highest career test school was in england's massive win over india in 2011 at edgbaston, these are sporting memories that have been built on patients, and for england that's what will make him so difficult replace. i think he is a dying breed, sadly, the test player who can occupy the crease, who can graft for his runs and someone you know that when they go in they are going to give you everything and someone going to give you everything and someone is going to have two prise them out, in the five—day game it is a lost commodity. i won't sit on the fence, i would like to think there is someone else, i don't see it on the horizon. in his statement announcing the retirement he said there was nothing left in the tank, his dip informed recently started with the ashes series when he only got over 50 once in the series, the massive 244 not out that saved a draw in the fourth test at the mcg for england, that was the only

we start with some fun news hurricane florence has caused the release of toxic coal ash into the north carolina waters and along with the thirty seven people who died it's also caused the drowning death of three point four million farm animals some say much of this could have been avoided for example the coal ash was kept in online open ponds by in order to prevent this you would have had to know what was going to happen and energy companies and factory farms can't predict the a few jerk or are read apparently. who can interpret vague articles like this one its experts warn hurricane florence could kill thousands of farm animals and triggered catastrophic ways phyllis. no can figure out what's going on there. plus the experts actually heard the warning what did i know all right what do they know other than all the necessary information to make an informed decision about what could very likely happen in the future but other than that. other than that what do they know nothing right. years ago the experts said climate change was going to cause a larger more powerful storms and flooding a

there was a layer of ash or thirty centimeters deep that was super hard like cement so all of the folk liable to get. it soft now because we've tried our best to work the ground but this corn won't give us anything like this plant here no cob no nothing. they represent of killed hundreds of people a few kilometers north of the scene of the disaster ash and volcanic rocks not only damaged thousands of hectares of corn and beans but also cash crops such as vegetables coffee avocado and fruit trees ronald is just one of fourteen thousand smallholder farmers who lost their crops after june's volcanic eruption because people are already some of the country's most vulnerable and now they say they need help. in the highland town an hour away government help is starting to arrive guatemala's ministry of agriculture is providing shovels machetes and other tools to thousands of farmers official say that those who lost all their subsistence crops will also receive food assistance for up to three months. this is the agriculture ministry is first response but soon will be providing new coffee plant

also coming up searchers sift through the ashes after a massive fire guts brazil's national museum but some promise it finds him that all may not be lost and. because it's so bad that we have to leave iraq i'll be on a jump on a motorbike did he find a way to get through this massive traffic jam outside the nigerian court and we look at why truck drivers are having to wait for weeks to unload their goods. i'm sumi so much common good to have you with us it may be the final showdown in the seven year war in syria the united nations is warning of a bloodbath if syrian and russian forces move in to take the last rebel held province of idlib which is home to around three million people many of them fled to from elsewhere in syria the first the big influx came in december twenty sixth teen after government forces took control of aleppo then twenty seven t. the last rebel fighters left the city of homes and in march of this year after fighting ended in eastern guta convoys also headed to its lip the u.n. has called for diplomacy between the major players to avoid a bloodbath the leaders of a

the guatemalan farmers struggling to revive land destroyed by volcanic ash. and for hours hopes of winning the formula one grand prix on home turf in italy take a nosedive we'll explain. human rights watch is calling for an end to all weapons sales to saudi arabia following the bombing of a school bus in yemen last month the rights group is accusing the military coalition of committing war crimes in yemen on saturday the saudi and iraq the coalition admitted the attack was unjustified fifty one people including forty children were killed this week the un will leave talks to try and end the conflict or the warring parties won't be meeting face to face well earlier i spoke to build on as well from human rights watch and i began by asking him why weapons need to be banned from being sold to saudi arabia. well we've been saying for really a long time now that countries like the united states the united kingdom and france that continue to supply weapons to the saudi led coalition despite an incredible amount of evidence that those weapons are being consistently re

for many ex-pats like the ashes returning to germany is active the question. you've probably heard the v. tell the famous mineral water brand well it's named after a small community of some five thousand people in the vaults mountains in eastern france it's well is in fact a spot results where this was company nestle as pump natural spring water since the late one nine hundred sixty s. and it's been making a lot of money with this tasty water but not everybody's benefiting the people of it tell like. a shepherds are warning that they are about to run dry. more than two million bottles are filled here every day the production of mineral water almost never stops. the test is a major product for nestle the swiss based multinational food conglomerate and it's everywhere in this town. the brand of mineral water defines the city. flick and best nationally ted been keeping their eye on nestle for a long time the company has been pumping water out of the ground since the one nine hundred sixty s. as a result investigations reveal that groundwater levels have fallen dr

across a mountain farmers struggling to revive land destroyed by volcanic ash. how i was still got some very lively weather into central parts of here this area cloud is slowly making its way for the race with so still seeing quite a crop of showers some of them thundery around the outside around northern parts of the balkans pushing right up across tech republic into the baltic states and knotting a little further east with so warm weather coming in here as we go on through monday to the east of that more hot sunshine thirty celsius in kiev bequest to thirty two degrees the thirty four there for athens behind nazi bad getting up to twenty four in london and also in paris but in normally seen as we go on it's g.'s day maybe even east of north the temperatures then twenty degrees celsius it will feel noticeably fresh stay dry thirty two celsius there for madrid by choose day that west the weather will just make its way a little further east was into hungary heading over towards rumania further south fine and dry warm sunshine right across the other side of the me

so, again, fred, at this time, just too early to tell, but the dangers of coal ash really threatenings area. >> and then, kaylee, where you are there in wilmington, how about folks returning to their homes, you know, assessing the damage? still some people kept away from their homes? what's the situation? >> it's complicated. to say the least. wrightsville beach where hurricane florence made landfall, there is a perfect example of an area where the waters have receded. upon first impression, it looked like there wasn't much structural damage to homes. in a sense, it looked like they dodged a bullet. once people got back into their homes, they realized the damage done inside. holes in roofs allowing the multiple feet of water that came down here by way of rainfall to destroy the inside of their homes. so the damage having to be -- come to terms with once you actually walk through your door. for so many people, whose homes were destroyed in thes cou cour the storm that ended up in shelters, they're still in the shelters, questioning how long they will be able to stay there and really un

kieffer's son, sergeant kevin ash, enlisted in the army reserves at the age of 18. deployments, he was exposed to 12 combat blasts, many of them roadside bombs. he returned home in 2012 ama >> joy kieffer: his whole personality had changed. i thought it was exposure to all of the things that he had seen, and he had just become harder, you know, but-- ( sighs ) he was-- he was not happy. >> alfonsi: so at this point, you're thinking "this decline, this change in my child is just that he's been in war and he's seen too much." >> kieffer: right. >> alfonsi: did he tell you about blasts that he experienced during that time? >> kieffer: uh-huh. >> alfonsi: what did he tell you? >> kieffer: that they shook him. and he was having blackouts. and-- it frightened him. >> alfonsi: ash withdrew from family and friends. he was angry, depressed. doctors prescribed therapy and medication, but his health began to decline quickly. by his 34th birthday, sergeant kevin ash was unable to speak, walk or eat on his own. looking back on it now, was there anything you feel like he could've

winning the ashes series, 2015, england.ok has scaled back heights of his sport but recently his form faltered. at the weekend a low score raised questions about his future and now the final test against india will be the final test of his career. he said although it is a sad day, he can do so with a big smile... this was that aspiring youngster. his batting prowess soon obvious, first with essex and then with his country, the perfect blend of temperament and technique establishing him as a rare talent. in 2012 he was named captain and went on to win two ashes series, leading all the time by example. in his pomp, he was a run machine, unflappable, unstoppable and in 2016 he became the first englishman to score 10,000 test runs but last winter in australia he began to struggle and started this season knowing his future was on the line. this winter i have not managed to score the runs i want. i have always have to work hard for runs. of course i want to continue. i will miss it when it is not there. he will retire as a record

ahead here on al-jazeera the quater bolland pharma struggling to revive blood destroyed by volcanic ash. and i'm sorry for sit in one of the last places you might expect to find high level showjumping right here in the gaza strip. how low we've still got a few showers around the black sea the caspian sea but the much of the middle east hot dry and sunny something out once again baghdad will see temperatures getting up towards the mid forty's of forty three celsius there for kuwait city little more clout there in the southern parts of pakistan karate at around thirty one degrees and on the other sort of the region well thirty one celsius or so for beirut and for jerusalem lovely sunshine around that eastern side of the mediterranean no change here in the coming days the showers that we have around the black sea even these will diminish somewhat as we go on into choose day and on into wednesday most notably right across the raven peninsula meanwhile the temperatures here in doha to around forty celsius over the next couple of days was just feeding in from the gulf so it will feel a little

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