[peaceful music gradually increases] the florida springs. thousands of lakes and dozens of rivers criss-cross the state of florida on their way to the sea. for nearly 50 million years, it has been one of the wonders of the world. and for centuries, it's provided the people of florida with most of their drinking water. but now, there's something going wrong in the florida springs. jill hnerth has been diving here for more than 20 years. she's seen how things are changing. because below the surface of the springs, you can find the backdoor to the astonisng story of what isappening to the world's fresh water. [underwater noise emanates] -[choral music builds] -[insects and birds chirp in backgrod] [ethereal choral music plays] [chiwetel] the floridan aquifer, a reservoir of fresh water stretching for 100,000 square miles under the state of florida, and beyond the largest concentration of fresh water springs on earth. [jill] i'm still filled with wonder every time i have an opportunity to go into an underwater cave. they're just magical environme

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he manages in miami springs. florida is certainly was ascending way on the slow rate sold.e introduced approach is less. >> bud light's parent company said it plans to triple its marketing spending in the u.s. this summer in hopes of regaining that top spot here at home, especially as we inch closer to a major holiday for beer sales. the 4th of july. >> all right. coming up on 4 is celebrating pride all month long. how one community is working to help out the indigenous lgbtq+ community here in the bay area. and the giants playing a historic game against the dodgers here. the details of their winning game. >> you know, we're supposed to be walking into summer this week, but boy, spring was to hang on, including for today. spring-like winds going on upper 70's in the far east bay. we'll take a look at that 4 zone forecast and extend 4 zone forecast and extend just that you keep it here. 16 years from today... greg gerstner will finally land the perfect cannonball. unsuspecting friends... check. epic water displacement... big check. a work of art that's only possible because

. >> reporter: gabriel says he was walking along this creek in winter springs, florida, with a few friends the gator suddenly lunged toward him. >> i did what first came to mind. i was just, like, go, go, go. >> reporter: thinking fast, grabbing a stick nearby, gabriel fighting to pull himself out of the gator's jaws. >> just tried to get myself up as quickly as possible and make sure that nothing worse happened. >> reporter: thankfully, he was able to escape. his hip injured, but the reptile backing off and swimming away. >> he got up and we saw that he had a gator bite, and everyone was in shock. i was freaking out. i was crying. >> reporter: gabriel calling 911. he was taken to the hospital where he was treated for his injuries. >> i just broke down crying when i saw the pictures of the size of the gator that tried to eat my son, and i knew it was an absolute miracle of god that he is alive. >> reporter: a miracle indeed, and officials say serious injuries caused by alligators are rare in florida, but you can only imagine how scary this was for gabriel, and guys, he says he's definitely

mike: the spring in florida congressman. >> good afternoon.the secretary of state is on his way to beijing, your expectations for this visit. >> very little. nasa quotations are also very little and so i don't even know why he is going. is been criticized for this trip is like he begged, please please let me know receiving and china please so the biden administration can say the least of trying to make some effort, there with china but i do not think that anything will come out of it that is the case any shooting and not be going. mike: on a plea for you like president of biden said about china today. biden: i think one of the things bloom caused some much got shot down, i don't think the leadership new where was and knew what was in it and he was going on. he was more embarrassed and tension and so i'm hoping that over the next several months, i will be meeting with xi jinping again. mike: this is how you like the president is trying to give president xi jinping some cover for the balloon incident. >> is the actually serious that he does not

florida. good morning what's happening here? >> reporter: gabriel is a regular at hallow creek in winter springs, florida, and didn't think twicebed on to his leg and wouldn't let go. >> the gator just grabbed me from there and once he wrapped his jaws on me, i knew there was no getting out. >> reporter: gabriel says he fought back, repeatedly punching the alligator in the head. >> i just hit it with my hand and i just kind of like took a big fist and i tried to hit it on its head. >> reporter: incredibly, the reptile let go and gabriel was able to swim back to shore the 13-year-old went to a nearby house where he calmly called his mom and then 911. >> i just got bit by a gator >> okay, what part of your body was bit? >> my right hip. i can talk and i can stand i'm fine. >> okay. i have the paramedics on the way. >> reporter: once at the hospital, he received stitches for the wound and a bandage from his hip to his upper thigh, even snapping this photo from his hospital bed while the teenager is home now, he's not completely out of the woods yet. >> we talked with infectious disease. they said about ten days until we're out of

went on an expedition, the spanish conquistador juan ponce de leon the spring, of course, have not found. but he discovered florida1550, the venetian aristocrat luigi carnara published a book the art of longevity, which described the basic principles of life, helping to stay healthy for them. the author attributed sleep, moderate nutrition and lack of stress to the first scientific ones. not in this area began at the end of the 19th century in 1882, the german professor august feisman published the first theory of aging, and in 1903 the russian scientist ilya mechnikov introduced the term gerontology, the doctrine of old age. through experiments, he found out that nutrition affects life expectancy, after 25 years, also a russian scientist alexander bogdanov creates the world's first institute for blood transfusion. since he believes that it is in this way that the body can be rejuvenated, however, during the next transfusion, scientists die at that time nothing was known about the compatibility of blood types a few years later, a swiss doctor. paul nihon develops a method for injecting stem cells. among his patien

he is calling in spring hill, florida on the democratic line.aller: i would like to assess lady how she feels about having the republican terrorist party nominate enforced sexual predators onto the supreme court , mainly kavanaugh and why is sexual predator like donald trump that in order to get this law passed where they can separate the country from state to state and not bring us together but separate is further that they are permitting sexual predators to make laws that tell women what they can and cannot do with their own body. guest: i will not comment on what you said about the justice. i do want to make sure that you understand, women are not being given choices in this country right now. they are being told to get an abortion. that's why are their efforts by the democratic party to shut down pregnancy resource centers who do want to help women through the pregnancy, help them make that decision and if they decide to go ahead with the pregnancy and want help with that life, pregnancy centers are there to help them. there is effort to shu

got june heat for the eastern half of the country tropical downpours down through florida tomorrow look for some springre sunshine today. across the bay into oakland, we're headed for 68 degrees, 77 in dublin, 80 for livermore, san jose hitting 81 degrees and 83 in santa rosa. sunday we're looking at war weather. >> hi, guys. okay i got something for you. y'all got to dig this. a lot of people were here. they spent the night they were here during sound check. there was somebody that was sobbing during sound check >> me. >> you you? was it you what is your name? >> lindsey. >> lindsey, are you here with your friend? >> yeah. >> okay. now, you have loved this group for how long >> over ten years. >> have you ever seen them >> this is the first time. >> this is the first time you have ever seen them? well, the band loves you, and they want to let you know something. do you know what it is >> yes. >> you really wanted to see them on tour. you don't have tickets >> no. >> guess what? you do now [ cheers ] >> we'd like you to come see a full show this summer. >> thank you >> thank you for being a fan for so

spring. but now researchers at the university of south florida say that this massive blob decreased coming soonlooks like when they look to the top, you can even see the, you know, like this is blob that so it's got already. it's in parts of florida keys, southern cuba and also parts of mexico are covered with the seaweed. it's a brown, the fee algae and it floats on the surface where it reproduces. so it a big year. it looks like the fish like it. so that's good. i don't know if i want to be swimming in it, though. you know, you're like on the beach on vacation. maybe not the wee blob is and what you ordered. >> okay. this is such an amazing story your next one here in new york. family stop by an adoption event over the weekend because they were thinking about adopting a dog after their dog got lost when she's being taken care of. >> 4 with a pet sitter. >> and they spot their dog mocha and she recognized them. >> and she starts licking everyone's face. that was so happy. and so they were reunited with the dog. isn't that incredible? and imagine her wade and job was lost forever. and then they

spring. in it, richard quincy, monday, jeanetta towels, african studies quantity at the center for african studies, university of florida. i had a reach up thanks a lot for your time. now. i say yes of discouraging people from my grades and gemini is now talking about the enormous potential of migration and is teaching skilled labor from africa. what do you make of that kind of for thank you so much for having me. i think this, you know, policy, so on this goes april, christie, of them was western countries for so long. and most of these countries, germany in particular have been discovered and i lost my nose from many developing countries over the k means. there's a lot of last of skilled workers, i've done many, they then need to show that gap. and now this is a policy they have implemented. and so for me, when i look at the, it just shows how these policies have always been instituted from time in the game to feed all benefit these countries us and when you know it works for me. yeah. you, you mentioned the word that benefits. so let me just ask you who will benefit most from such a do? and you'll see on the feelings

tonight, a 13-year-old florida boy attacked by an alligator is speaking out about his terrifying ordeal. he was walking with friends on tuesday after swimming in a creek in winter springsthe 8-foot long gator bit him on the hip. >> i just felt something like tug on to me and wrap its jaw on me and get a grip of me. >> whit: gabriel says he fought off the gator with a stick and then called 911 himself. he received stitches at a local hospital, but he insists the attack won't keep him from swimming. >>> two years to the day after the condo collapsed that killed nine people in surfside, florida, victims' families called for a permanent memorial. a determination into what caused the collapse could be years away, but a preliminary report said the pool deck was not strong enough to support the structure. >>> still ahead, an update on the chaos in russia. >>> and the strike by starbucks workers. what the company is now saying tonight. emerge as you. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 4 months... ...and the majority stayed clearer, at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight the

springs, colorado, flipping long held republican seat. ron desantis helped himself, his supporters are potential supporters. he ignores that floridaas the third highest homeless population behind california, which also has a population double the size of florida, and behind new york. and we live here, we know there are a lot of homeless people here. he has the number three highest homeless population, he is not talking about that, not talking about the homicide rate in a city like jacksonville, what his plan is to fix his home state. he is pointing fingers at what's going on in, quote, liberal states. i hope deegan can turn things around in jacksonville, because the republicans when we look at what they're doing as democrats, we say there are things you need to get your house in order about. talked about bakersfield where kevin mccarthy is from, complete republican control, much more dangerous than chicago or new york. everyone has -- >> jesse: i haven't seen them in florida. show me the video. >> jessica: at mar-a-lago, maybe not. >> jesse: i have not seen on our air ever a homeless encampment where everyone is crazy on drugs in

spring and summer, very busy times. so maybe it's time for you. it's been hard to the floridaybe again you think that, you know, a place, you know, when you see certainly things have changed and change can be a good thing can such as the case with. >> lamar on. so the city's embarcadero, vicki liviakis takes us inside this morning's dine and dish. >> lamar on san francisco's waterfront from the outside seems the but inside the peruvian bar and restaurant renovated with the cozy couch and who could miss giant hand-woven calamari, gm greg speier says so dieters are digging for busy. so we're really, really grateful for that sure. yeah. you can still grab their famous piece goes sour. any peruvian cocktail concoction at the bar making up a is our version passion you might now boasts a v-shaped, the lounge or head to the back of the restaurant facing the bay and soak up the scenery, ordering anything involving fresh fish is a can't miss caribbean cuisine is mash-up of exotic case from indigenous to spanish, italian and asian. >> you should know that lamar is really all about of a

from on this last spring in it, richard quincy monday. jeanette, it's how of african studies quantity at the center for african studies, university of florida had a range of things that up for you all the time. now, i say yes of discouraging people from my grades and gemini is now talking about the enormous potential of migration and is seeking skilled labor from africa. what do you make of that? a federal for thank you so much for having me. i think this new law policy, so unless goes april, christie, of them was western countries for so long. and most of these countries, germany in particular, have been discovered and i lost my business for many developing countries. over in decay means there's a lot of lost of skilled workers, i'm don't many, they then need to show that got and now this is a policy they have implemented. and so for me, when i look at the, it just shows how these policies have always been used to, to go to from time in the game to fits of benefit this countries us and when you know it works for me. yeah. you, you mentioned the word that benefits, so let me just ask you who will benefit most from such a deal? obviously in

springs eternal. we're fair and balanced here. we don't cut your mic or do that. we have congressman carlos jimenez, the florida. he's on the committees that matter in a very relevant year. congressman, where does this go? there's great dissatisfaction with the home land security secretary. that is of course. his office like to say encounters and the sheer number of migrants crossing the border are down markedly down now. the trend is our friend. what do you say? >> what i say is that what happened in his first two years? he had nine million people crossing the border. all of it done on purpose. i believe that -- i don't believe many of the statistics coming out now. they're doing a little shell game, who is coming in, encountered, who is coming in with their app. so we have to get to the bottom of that. there's no doubt that the secretary mayorkas, although he's not incompetent, all of this was done on purpose. i think that's what is coming out. it was done on purpose to drop nine million migrants in to the united states. >> neil: there's a lot of back and forth on that as you're aware. one of the things that

florida? was there no room in the kiddie pool full of pythons and mildew? it gets worse, because only "after" the former president's lawyer received instructions to secure the room this past springjust open? it'd make a great action movie: "national treasure 3: found it! behind the christmas ornaments!" [cheers and applause] you got it? the fbi's dress code for the event was indictment casual. a handful of agents were in suits, but most wore t-shirts and cargo pants. good luck getting your dad to change his outfit now. "no way, kiddo. old dad's in his tactical shorts, like the g-men! i need the extra pockets for my night-vision goggles and my three different iphone chargers. you should plug in, you're at 70%." right wing media has taken the fbi's successful attempt to recover stolen classified documents pretty hard. they're caa a nanaer you look, there nsfo cas civil war in tu.s.thatary. ifdoesidt alone, ande him whatevhat he wants, 's possible a bunch of neo confederates could violently attack the united states a year and a half ago. [cheers and applause] beautiful. in fact, right after the raid, the term "civil war" started trending on twitter. which can only mean one thing: t

spring lake park, minnesota! >> california! >> new york! >> phoenix, arizona and cedar rapids, iowa >> here for our 10th birthday. >> from illinois >> from floridafifth anniversary. ♪ >> from alexander, kentucky! >> this is my graduation present! >> celebrating my mom's 60th birthday >> from dayton, ohio >> just married and we're honeymooning at the "today" show >> good to see everybody on this thursday morning shiny, happy people all outside. and we're going to head out and say hello to them in just a little bit >> i love the summer crowds. like folks who come in the city for vacation and stop by the plaza. by the way, we want to tell you about a really heart-warming story that we have for you tomorrow, right here on "today"? >> this will touch you it started on new year's day when a florida firefighter discovered a newborn in the station's safe haven baby box. he and his wife have been trying for years to have children and they recently adopted that baby girl that they found they wanted to remain anonymous, but not anymore. so mom, dad, and baby are going to share their amazing story tomorrow, right here >> so looking forward to that. >>> let'

florida one person died after a tornado ripped through the area. also a tornado was spotted in ohio. severe winds tearing this roof off a building in toledo. in hot springsarkansas, residents pounded by massive hail strong enough to crack windshields and take out taillights. breaking through the roof of one family's home. >> do you hear that? >> reporter: heavy hail up north in howell michigan leaving the ground blanketed and summer far from sight. back here in perryton, we have confirmed 200 structures have been completely destroyed. the entire town is without power. the power company is saying it could take days if not weeks to get everything back up and running. michael? >> mireya, thank you for that. severe weather is expected to continue throughout the weekend. let's go to ginger with the tracks. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, michael. you don't have to go far to track this. it's happening at this moment, severe thunderstorm watches from texas to the florida panhandle. when you have a watch, i hate to hear mireya say they were caught off guard. we have been talking about this for days. know that you have to take it seriously. we've had 800 s

florida. caller: my big concern, why did it take so long to make a last-minute deal about it when they had all this time, the whole spring to go after the problem. how many pages is this bill that just got passed? i haven't been able to get a copy of it. host: let me find out for you because i thought i heard the number to how long it is. we will try to look that up and find where it is so we could share with you how to read it. caller: my point is, we don't know what is in it. we don't know all the parameters covered and when we are making comments about the whole thing, there is a lot of information i don't know and i don't want to say somebody did a good job or bad job. it has passed and now we deal with the consequences of it. you are going to spend more money, that's fine. i have seen prices go out. i'm not blaming joe biden, is the way our system is developed. thank you. host: i am finding out that is 99 pages long but i will find out where you can read it. choi and west babylon, new york. caller: on the deficit, you can go online and it will teach you how to be a better investor. host: robert in shepherdsville, ke

florida. caller: my big concern, why did it take so long to make a last-minute deal about it when they had all this time, the whole spring to go after the problem. how many pages is this bill that just got passed? i haven't been able to get a copy of it. host: let me find out for you because i thought i heard the number to how long it is. we will try to look that up and find where it is so we could share with you how to read it. caller: my point is, we don't know what is in it. we don't know all the parameters covered and when we are making comments about the whole thing, there is a lot of information i don't know and i don't want to say somebody did a good job or bad job. it has passed and now we deal with the consequences of it. you are going to spend more money, that's fine. i have seen prices go out. i'm not blaming joe biden, is the way our system is developed. thank you. host: i am finding out that is 99 pages long but i will find out where you can read it. choi and west babylon, new york. caller: on the deficit, you can go online and it will teach you how to be a better investor. host: robert in shepherdsville, ke

spring state, of course, in the election. according to the quinnipiac university poll, former president trump is now leading a crowded republican field with 49% support among registered republican voters. that nearly doubles florida governor ron desantis, who gets 25% support. chris christie, mike pence, nick nicki haley, mike pence in single digits, in a hypothetical matchup between trump and biden. in this poll, the race is a virtual dead heat. 47% support trump. 46% support biden. still, the leading candidates, biden, trump and desantis, are underwater when it comes to their favorable numbers. not good for any of the three right there. katty kay, take all that in. we have to now confront and accept the fact that this stuff is only, for now, making donald trump stronger within the republican party. we'll see if a pile of indictments from georgia, january 6th, new york, if it hurts him. in the short term, he's painted himself as a martyr, a victim, and it is working within the primary. >> there is a poll coming out of wisconsin that shows the opposite, that shows biden's lead over trump growing. there are some good numbers, too, for the white house. i wrote a piece about this for the bbc, and this counterintuiti