organic farming has focused our attention in recent years on the role earthworms play in improving foyle fertility there's been less interest in their role and forests but it is an interesting question. because where the soil is in good shape the trees will likely be so as well earthworms don't like acidic pine needles a tall but they are drawn to maple leaves for example as they dig maze of tunnels they air right the soil make it less compact and more porous repairing symbiotic fun guy also make use of these pop ways what's more the worms help mix humans into the soil making it easier for plants to access nutrients. so deciduous trees and hans the soil and attract worms when it comes to the challenge posed by climate change it is factors like these that could help make our forests more resilient. so earthworms are good for the soil and helpful to tree but some animals and insects are damaging to trees especially bark beetles. there are caterpillar that. beliefs and that can impede the growth of the tree when passions arrive on the scene trees defend themselves by pumping toxins into the

the governor of michigan has been one of his favorite foyles for weeks now. the day before he made this trip he went on twitter and threatened to withhold federal funding from michigan because the state officials had sent mail-in ballot applications to millions of voters across the state. it was not clear what was illegal about this but he falsely claimed it was illegal. he kind of stepped on the message of going to michigan, a state where his campaign advisers are concerned about his standing, so everyone was anticipating a big showdown when he got there. he acknowledged the applauding and said he planned to come back and see the damage. when he's on the turf of one of his political opponents, he often plays nice, especially in a place that polls shows that whitmer enjoys more support than he does in michigan and it's a state -- >> but he sure likes fighting with them. in a couple minutes i'm going to have barbara mcquaid and joyce vance on to talk about the legality or otherwise of this mail-in ballot stuff. spoiler alert, there's nothing illegal about what