he's from the university of alaska in fairbanks, and he's one of the guys who designed the latest satellite imagery systems for nasa to understand the mass balance of this icefield. >> glaciers respond immediately to any changes in climate. their variations and their mass are determined directly by how much snows falls on them in the wintertime and how much ice and snow melts away due to warmer temperatures in the summertime. so by monitoring glacier variations, we can understand a lot about climate systems, and so they're one of the first sort of early hallmarks of climate change on the planet. >> dr. arendt helps create high-resolution computer models of glaciers like this one using data from satellites, airplanes, and deep snow pits like these to develop a clear picture of our future global climate. 95% of alaskan glaciers are melting at an unnatural and unprecedented pace. >> glaciers are really large contributors to changing sea levels. you want to be able to quantify how much water is coming out of these systems every year and then use that information to develop models and predict in

in stone you in your birth is that with the city and the morial in fairbanks alaska built on of the russianand american pilots who participated in the lend lease operation during the second world watches. in conclusion let me respond to. point six frankly alters your presentation and you're wondering what unites russia with europe with the rush of using you. where expected to present our vision of the coming future we have many things in future but europe being a un charter which espouses the principle of sovereign equality noninterference and internal affairs peaceful settlement of all disputes and unacceptability education foresaw the threat of the use of force also the helsinki final act and the many other documents that were adopted by all is see what you say all referred to the principles. of today is that all countries are in the or atlantic region which must comply with. individual security the freedom of movement principle of. all of those would be open doors also we have in common that many conventions of the council of europe including the european convention on human rights that

. >>> earlier i spoke with aaron fairbanks and andrew novokavich.i asked them why this whereas so important. >> how much it costs, who produces it, who gets access to it, it touches on everything so it's critical. >> united states is unique because we generate an incredible amount of food, enough to feed every american which cannot be said by other countries. >> that is where we have to draw a line. hunger is not a poverty issue, but a justice issue. we are producing the right amount of food if not surpluses of food. the fact that as a result of this bill people will have restricted access to that food through loss of their food stamps, i think that's getting penal up in arms. people feel like it's really outrageous, it's a justice issue not a poverty issue. >> why do you think this bill was passed now? i've heard farm bill fatigue. >> agricultural consumption has always been a bipartisan affair. it didn't matter that much if you were dralt or republican. it might matter more if you were from mississippi or montana because of the nature of agricultu

erin fairbanks and with the heritage radio network and host of "the farm report", and andrew nevakovic, had a professor of agricultural economics at core very well university. >> let me start with you. you cover this. you cover the farm bill and agriculture. how critical is the farm bill it the united states? >> well, we are all eaters. >> we all eat food. >> the farm bill in many ways determines what we eat, where it comes from, what it costs. it touches on everything. it's critical. >> the united states is unique. we generate an incredible amount of food. >> that's where people need to draw the line. hunger is not a poverty issue. it's a justice issue. in the u.s. we are producing the right amount of food. there's surpluses of food. as a result of the spill people will have restricted access to that food. that's what is getting people up in arms. that's what we are hearing, people feeling like it's outrageous. it's a justice issue, not a poverty issue. >> why do you think the bill as passed now. i heard the term thrown out farm bill fatigue. i think a lot of observers of the farm bil

. >> 100 miles southeast of fairbanks here the small town is next to top secret and highly secure army visit. >> they control this site 24-hours a day 7 days a week. it has been impenetrable. >> if somebody is thinking about sneaking on the base. >> fort frgreeley is some of th harshest terrain. >> the will 800 acre base helped highly sophisticated component of our nation's defense. the other in california that component ground base anti missile interceptors. >> we have over 200 soldiers. the commanding engineofficer. >> they have security mission and missile defenders who are doing strategic defense mission. >> it is a military program shielding the nation from hostile incoming war heads. >> it is a complex system of satellites and radars. at fort greeley 26 of the interceptors are in the ground and ready to fire. the lieutenant colonel. >> it is one of our missile fields. that's the silo over there. that is where the ground basin ter scepters are located. >> it launches right here out of this frozen ground. how deep are they in the ground? how far awapart? >> it is almost like a wal-

. >> 40 miles away, the midnight sun shines on a stadium where a baseball game between the fairbanksld panners and the anchorage bucks is under way. in addition to baseball tonight, the stadium complex is housing soccer and track and field events and it's filled with fans. >> there's a lot of events going on. there's a lot of people outside that day. >> back in the plane, ron and mark cross the cook inlet and enter anchorage air space. >> the sun's hitting on anchorage. all the buildings have the reflections. probably the prettiest night we have ever seen when flying. >> suddenly, the plane's engine dies. >> we look over at mark, looks at me, that's not right. immediately, we start dropping and that elevator feeling, you know. >> the pilot scrambles to get the motor started. seconds later, the engine starts up. >> once he got the plane going again, it was happy times with me. >> but the happy times don't last. before the brothers can relax, the motor cuts out again. >> you just keep hoping get it started, come on, man, just get it started. he looked a little frantic up there. >> this

two of the founding mention, actors douglas fairbanks and mary pickford, were looking forward the futureey wanted the academy of motion picture arts and sciences to promote the finest possible movies. >> they were people who thought they were working on a serious art form, and their main motive was to get the word out that it has earned the right to be regarded along with the other arts that have been studied for centuries. >> nikelodeon viewing arcades grew into movie palaces. actors became movie stars. a new kind of celebrity. and the public couldn't get enough of them. every day people arrived in hollywood with big dreams of being in the movies. >> all the hard work of just saying i'm going to stay in los angeles. i'm going to do ten auditions today. i'm going to get rejected on 9.7 of them. i'm going to drive home. i'm going to get up tomorrow and i'm going to go to acting class and i'm just going to like do this little job here so i can get a little bit of money. and then one day, boom, you get a little job and another little job. suddenly another bigger job. and suddenly you're lik

. >> it has been a fairbanks winter. >> an alaskan winter.very.com, giving us smart perspective on the walmart as they came in with a nominal gdp, family dollar constrained earnings report. >> walmart lowered guidance, barely made that. >> company news. >> activist investor nelson a breakup of for pepsico, sending a letter saying he will take his case to investors. pepsico's ceo said keeping the snack and average units together was in the best interest of shareholders. brian monahan gets a raise, bank of america boosting his compensation by 17% to $14 million, 12 point $5 million of that was in stock grants, $1.5 million was in salary. moynihan did not receive a cash bonus. harvard university receives the largest gift in history, kenneth griffin is donating $150 million, this will fund scholarships for 200 undergraduates and provide funds for another 600. griffin is the founder of citadel advisors and graduated from harvard in 1989, that is the company news. good news. how do you get to the federal reserve bank of dallas to comic books? "gone

we understand extreme conditions fairbanks would get to below zero many times and in some cases thatwould be extreme in the lower 48 but not alaska. alaska is on the frontlines in terms of changing climate the effects of extreme weather challenges facing our communities including rapidly eroding shorelines thawing permafrost -- permafrost and the impact of our economy on many levels. this puts -- the army corps of engineers and the gao have both reports identifying alaska villages imminently threatened by erosion. many of these villages have experienced incredible extreme weather. 30 plus villages at risk of literally falling into the ocean or disappearing totally. flooding wiped out a village in alaska called kalina. what is amazing is we read a lot of issues, we had a whole village wiped out by flooding and no place to evacuate in the closest place was 207 miles away it all had to beat them by air to move these people out quickly and now they are trying to rebuild it in a short time. winter has vetted and it's also very difficult. people talk about climate change. they want to deba

you know, we understand very extreme conditions in alaska, and normal winter day in barrow or fairbankswill get to below zero many times. and in some cases, that would be extreme down in the lower 48, but not in alaska. alaska truly is on the front lines in the terms of changing climate, the effects of extreme weather, and existing challenges facing our communities and funding, including retreating sea ice, rapidly eroding shorelines, thawing permafrost, ocean acidification, this reality puts many communities at risk throughout our state. the army corps of engineers and the gao have both released reports identifying last ka villages imminently threatened by erosion. many of these villages have experienced incredible, extreme weather. 30-plus villages at risk of literally falling into the ocean or disappearing totally. flooding wiped out a village in alaska called galina. totally in what's amazing about it we read about a lot of issues in lower 48. we had a whole village wiped out by flooding. and no place to evacuate, the closest place was 270 miles away. all had to be done by air in or

you know, we understand very extreme conditions in alaska, and normal winter day in barrow or fairbanks will get to below zero many times. and in some cases, that would be extreme down in the lower 48, but not in alaska. alaska truly is on the front lines in the terms of changing climate, the effects of extreme weather, and existing challenges facing our communities and funding, including retreating sea ice, rapidly eroding shorelines, thawing permafrost, ocean acidification, this reality puts many communities at risk throughout our state. the army corps of engineers and the gao have both released reports identifying last ka villages imminently threatened by erosion. many of these villages have experienced incredible, extreme weather. 30-plus villages at risk of literally falling into the ocean or disappearing totally. flooding wiped out a village in alaska called galina. totally in what's amazing about it we read about a lot of issues in lower 48. we had a whole village wiped out by flooding. and no place to evacuate, the closest place was 270 miles away. all had to be done by air in o

another family wrote to me from north pole, up near fairbanks. p the husband served 20 years in the air force and their daughter is currently major in the air force. they were promised benefits for life like good health care and retirement benefits with a cola adjustment. the husband could have left sooner and started another creerks but he chose to stay because of the benefits. their message to me is very simple. to vote to reduce the cola breaks faith with them. with those already retired and with everyone who has chosen a military career. what about those bright, young people who are deciding right now whether to join up and sign up, perhaps make a career out of the military? what are they thinking about their congress and their future? we need to fix this and fix it right now, starting with our vote this evening -- not next month, not later this spring, not next fall but right now. madam president, i know there's going to be a lot of debate. hopefully tonight we'll see the cloture vote and we'll move to the gaivment i know there will be a lis

you know, we understand very extreme conditions in alaska, and normal winter day in barrow or fairbanks will get to below zero many times. and in some cases, that would be extreme down in the lower 48, but not in alaska. alaska truly is on the front lines in the terms of changing climate, the effects of extreme weather, and existing challenges facing our communities and funding, including retreating sea ice, rapidly eroding shorelines, thawing permafrost, ocean acidification, this reality puts many communities at risk throughout our state. the army corps of engineers and the gao have both released reports identifying last ka villages imminently threatened by erosion. many of these villages have experienced incredible, extreme weather. 30-plus villages at risk of literally falling into the ocean or disappearing totally. flooding wiped out a village in alaska called galina. totally in what's amazing about it we read about a lot of issues in lower 48. we had a whole village wiped out by flooding. and no place to evacuate, the closest place was 270 miles away. all had to be done by air in o