baldy compared to last year. about the only place we found snow was at the top of the mountain, where people were in getting snow-tubing in. >> normally, i snowboard. and since there's no snow up here, i figure, biking is the next best thing to come up here. and it's really nice weather for biking today. it's excellent. and i have a bunch of buddies here that i came up with and we're all excited to be here today. 80° when there is supposed to be snow. we're trying to take advantage of whatever nature gives us, i guess. >> reporter: and i'm joined by brent trefast, with the big bear resorts. what adjustment have you had to make? you just haven't had any snow this year. >> we've had to adjust, there hasn't been much snow, but compared to others we've done pretty well, we had a line to the lake and it's been warmer than usual at times, colder than usual at times, had great tungts to make snow and that is what we have been skiing and riding on, snow that we made and in january when it was super-cold, we any we'll be

we found 60 miles east of los angeles, mount baldy. no snow whatsoever. we talked to the skiers who wet there over the weekend. and they ended up walking or hiking or biking because there was no moisture on the ground. it's down 60% from last year. >> i've been skiing all of my life and i love to snow. i spend 100 days a year skiing on the snow. and this year, i haven't even succeed one day yet. not even at my own resort. >> there's good news, the forecasters expecting it to drop over the next 100 days. they can at least make snow and make sure that they keep it. >> they may not have snow in the west, but there's plenty of snow across the northeast. and there's yet another round of snow headed for the region. piles of lock solid ice in boston root now, and in fact, looking at the skyline of new york city, they're expecting 2-3 inches of snow today before it turns over to rain later in the day. kevin corbel says it's certainly not over. >> we're continuing the week for people here, and it's only going to get worse as the storm system makes its way to the n

take a look at what we found about 50 miles northeast of los angeles at mount baldy. the rocky slope is supposed to be covered in snow. this year, not so much. we found people who went over there for the weekend, tried to get a few runs in, they ended up hiking or biking because there wasn't much snow there. we saw visitors wearing shorts on the ski lifts. that has affected business there, about 50% down from last year. they also have snow making machines, but only enough snow for tubing this year. >> normally, i snowboard. and since there's no snow up here, i figure biking is the next best thing to come up here and it's really nice weather for biking today. it's excellent. and i have a bunch of buddies here that i came up with and we're all excited to be here today. 80°. when there should be snow. so we're trying to take advantage of whatever (laughing) nature gives us, i guess. >> and i want to bring in chris riddle here from big mountain resorts. it looks like slopes are covered but you haven't gotten enough snow. what adjustments do you make up here? >> we rely on

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baldy. no snow whatsoever.we talked to skiers who went there for the weekend to get a few runs in, they ended up biking or hiking because there was just no moisture on the ground. that's had a huge effect on the businesses. business down 50% from last year. >> i've been skiing all my life and i love the snow. i used to spend 100 days a year skiing on the snow, this year i haven't even skied one day yet. even at my own resort i haven't skied one day yet. >> there is good news. temperatures expected to drop over the next few days. operators say they may not get any snow, they may be able to make snow and make sure they keep.pit. >> that's akiko fujita. >>> coming up the michael dunn verdict, what it may say for justice and race. the reverend jesse jackson joins me. >>> the right to die, a compelling point of view from both sides that you'll want to hear. >> everybody's different here... >> just gotta tell ya, it was just a very magical moment... >> al jazzera america presents... on al jazeera america >> i'm ali v

baldy ski lift there. it's pretty incredible to see how bear the slopes are there. just completely dry. we saw skiers who went out there this weekend to try to get a few runs in. they ended up hiking or biking because there was no moisture there. interesting to see those visitors there who are on the ski lifts wearing shorts. nothing there. that's really affected the business there. their operators say business has been done by 50% from last year. >> i'm a skier. i've been a skier since i was 11 years old. i could spend 100 days a year skiing on the snow. this year i have not said one day yet. not even at my own resort have i succeed one day yet. >> we were talking about how many resorts across the west have been dealing with this problem. why have you been able to keep snow on the mountains. >> right, we have a huge advantage in that we have our pipelines down into big bear lake, and that's where we get our water from. we have in essence an unlimited amount of water. that's why we transmit that water onto the slopes and make it into snow. that gives us huge advanta

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both sides of the aisle are going to keep small baldy evanesces year. after that my question concerns will we're going to do sustainably to increase things with some kind of grand bargain for next year in terms of the things that affect the participation rate. for example, can we raise the retirement age, reduce the entitlements, make sure that the low income worker after tax and after entitlement is much better off than the guy who does not work? until those things happen all of them together, sometimes hopefully next year, i don't see any possibility. i appreciate your response. >> in terms of investment, think of it, it had to choose i would think of it as following and being a function of the overall economy right now rather than being a driver of it. we have done some statistical analysis that looked at what some have said as a puzzle which is you have high profitability, high equity market valuation, a low-cost capitol, and yet investment growth has not been as fast as you might. and what we have found is there is a simple explanation for that whi

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