so this is about a quarter of the way into the grand canyon. it starts about 70 miles east here. and from here it has another 200 miles to run to the west. and so right here is when the canyon first starts to really widen and, deepen and sort of turn into the classic views that you see in most photographs, calendars or, you know, famous images. so before now it's a fairly it's much narrower gorge. and then when it reaches desert view, it really opens out and so it's about ten miles wide here and it's about a mile deep, has another 200 miles to run to the west. it eventually ends up at lake mead, the colorado river. i hope you can see that in the bottom know, runs all the way from the rocky mountains to, you know, to between california. arizona, as it head south. so you can see the tower over there, which is called the desert view, which tower. and it is sort of tribute to the hopi tribe. it's not really there to. see the canyon better. you know, it's 70 feet tall, so you get a slightly better view from the top, but it's really there to be a monument to. the hopi tribe, the hopis,

this is about a quarter of the way into the grand canyon. it starts 70 miles east of here. that's when the canyon first starts toc widen and deepen entrance the classic views you see inu most photographs, calendars or famous images. beforemu now it's a much narrowr gorge. reaches the desert view it opens out left about a mile deep. another 200 miles to run to the west before it eventually ends up at lake mead. the colorado river i hope you can see that runs all of the rocky mountains to between california and arizona headed south. you can see the tower over there. it is a tribute to the hopi tribe. not to see the canyon a better you get a slightly better view from the top. it is there to be a monument to the tribe it's one of the most famous tribes in america. that used to live here in the grand canyon to ancestors used to live and farm inside the grand canyon about 1000 years ago. a very widespread culture they have a very long deep connection from living here. this is sacred to them for this is where they believe humans emerged into this world. they believe the soles of th

see a little bit of that beyond the counter, this is a quarter of the way into the grand canyon thatrts 70 miles east of here and it runs to the west and this is when the canyon really widens famous images.fa it is w very narrow and about 10 miles wide here and run to the west before it ends up that lake mead, colorado river from the rocky mountains between california andiz arizona to head south. you can see over there o, that doesn't tower and attribute to the tribe, this policy at the top but it's there to be a management to the ob tribe and used to live here in the grand canyon, they used to farm inside the grand canyon part of a widespreadd culture today called ancestral problem. backman used to call it and policy. the had a connection with the grand canyon and it is still very sacred to them. humans emerged into this world and they believe they returned to reach the afterlife so they returned more than any other group of people. scientists verified the whole perspective, signs would agree we seen creation here, probably the best place on earth to seek creation and force of creat

and they farm inside the grand canyon part of the widespread culture we call ancestral prevalent so long decommissioning the canyon and still sacred to them so it's where they believe humans emerged into the world and they return to reach the afterlife. it's more than really any other group of people and is not often the agree on something but scientists verified their perspective as a place of creation and we are seeing creationon here, to see the fors of creation and forces of nature from which life it was emerged so you see almost 2 billion years of rocks here, they are almost 2 billion years old and all sorts of geological forces your full of platonicac action which is why is lifted up as high as it is and you see a lot of erosion, this is the most classic in the world and all sorts ofea features biological evidence so it preserves a lot of biological evolution and the cambrian explosion and it will complicated shapes. a lot of people come here expecting a grand visual spectacle of some sort, the end up feelingof more, the creationf primordial forces living here, it comes out dif

the grand canyon is one of the earth's nine wonders of the world. literally. think of that.t is amazing. an enduring symbol of america and the entire road, the first time i saw the grand canyon, i was a young senator. as i stood there and looked out, a phrase came to mind, this is god's cathedral, it is so magnificent. as a matter of fact, it is one of the seven wonders of the world. today i am proud to use my authority under the antiquities act to protect almost one million acres of public land around grand canyon national park as a new national monument. [applause] help right the wrongs of the past and conserve this land of ancestral footprints for all future generations. over the years, hundreds of millions of people have traveled the grand canyon, awed by its majesty. but few are aware of its history. from time immemorial, more than a dozen tribal nations have lived on these lands. but some 100 years ago they were forced out. the act of preserving the grand canyon was used to deny indigenous people for access to their homelands. to the places where they hunted, gathered,

a few miles south of the grand canyon national park. this is about 20 minutes. stroll land. i grow up swimming and have a sioux falls where i learned a deep respect for our land and water. i had the privilege to travel with my mother on her journey to fight for environmental justice for all people. i am here representing the next generation that has a responsibility to continue this vital work. this is our home, and we are committed to its protection. we are forever grateful for the president for his commitment to protect our homelands, for the tribe and everyone who recognizes the beauty of the grand canyon. it is a polish to welcome all of the tribal leaders among congressional leaders, and white house staff to our homelands. it is now my honor to introduce a true leader, pursuing environment till mental justice, president joe biden. [applause] ♪ pres. biden: thank you, please have a seat, if you have one. you do not have one, you can sit down anyway, if you want. [laughter] thank you very much. thank you for the introduction. when i was your age, to be able to stand up an

we believe we were created out of the grand canyon.and the question of pollution, particularly uranium mining you believed was a direct threat? >> there are over 800 uranium claims as we speak in the monument area and those uranium claims sit above the largest aqua first. rob: ground water. >> and seeps into my village and creates waterfalls. i grew up swimming and drinking that water. rob: you're afraid the uranium would leak into the auction yawfers? >> we believe so and we're not willing to take that risk and we hope the action today will open the door for other indigenous people to preserve their sacred lands. kimberly: now to niger where leaders of a coup have refused to welcome delegations from the african union and the regional organization. they say their safety cannot be guaranteed but the senior coup officials have met the deputy u.s. secretary of state. al jazeera's charles strategy ford reports from senegal. charles: the streets of the capital remain calm but the military coup leaders show no sign of backing down. instead,

well, earlier alger 0 is rob reynold spoke to one of the tribal leaders in the grand canyon national park in arizona. and this land is now going to be preserved for all future generations. well, i'd like to talk to a person now who, whose people have lived on this land for thousands of generations. carlotta to lucy, a tribal elder of the how the supply people and one of the members of the grand canyon tribal coal. listen, thanks for speaking to us on your incest roland. you had a chance to talk to present biden today. how big of an event is this for you and for your people? one for the other tribes in this area. this monument approval signed by the president is a very important event that's going to go into history into the future. and it's going to protect the lands forever. the tribal leaders wanted to make sure that their secret lands called the grand canyon be protected. these are areas of origin stories of each and every member of the tribes they, we believe that we were created out of the grand canyon and the question of pollution, particularly uranium mining. that was a direct

also coming out to us president job by the class of hundreds of thousands of such as around the grand canyon will be protected from uranium mine john is export sold to the lowest federal sense. the start of the pun, demik in 2020 of the mom from the us and european union systems. and why didn't confrontations me at cape town in south africa offer cool banners actually drive this from protesting the we begin in south america, where leaders from 8 nations have signed a declaration build as a roadmap to recovery. and the sustainability of the amazon, the world's largest rain forest. but critics, a, it doesn't go far enough to slow down the ravages of climate change. a lot in america, edit, tennessee, and human centers. this report from 10 am in brazil, resilient president elect as soon as i had hoped for strong commitments from his peers to join his goal of 0 deforestation in the amazon. by the end of the stick, he had to settle for an agreement to revive the government amazonian nations tracy, to save the world's largest rain forest from ruling kit in was him to my that we want to rekindle coo

also coming up us president to abide and declares hundreds of thousands of heck chairs around the grand canyon will be protected from uranium mining. here has been set for friday related to charges against former us president donald trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 us selection. so military intervention has not and will not be taken off of the table, refusing to rule out the use of force and is there yet? no, jerry is. presidential spokesman says diplomacy is the best way to restore civilian rule. the we begin in south america, where leaders from 8 nations have signed the declaration build as a roadmap to recovery and sustainability of the amazon, the world's largest rain forest. the critics are saying it doesn't go far enough to revert the quite rate ravages of climate change or latin america editor lucy and newman, such as this report from bella, brazil, brazilian president, lula, the cedars, i had hoped for strong commitments from his peers to join his goal of 0 deforestation in the amazon. by the end of the stick, he had to settled for an agreement to revive the government amazonian n

there are already mining sites established around the grand canyon.of those concerns and also what these communities are dealing with. >> well, the concerns are that uranium mines dig very deep into the ground. roughly 2,000 to 3,000 feet deep. and the groundwater, the groundwater table around the grand canyon is incredibly complex. and we don't fully understand how interconnected it is to all of the springs and the and those that have shaped the grand canyon. so there are in the past, mines that hit ground award, contaminated it. and there are springs that i spent over a year hiking in that grand canyon with a colleague, and we came across it to this day because there's still radioactive and contaminated. so, there's a long legacy of problematic, contaminated water systems we can't afford that risk. i think a lot of the community, a., bring the voice back to the table, have a voice at the table is incredibly inspiring. it's great to hear. they've been fighting for this for decades. and also, many of them live right in the grand canyon area and many o

coming up us president joe biden declares that hundreds of thousands of heck tears around the grand canyon will be protected from uranium lighting. low military intervention has not and will not be taken off of the table. for fear thing to roll out the use of force in the chair, yet nigeria is present. it will spokesman says diplomacy is the best way to restore civilian rule. i'm 200 children from the last chapter, drum southeast and bangladesh. i'll bring him a report on the devastating landslide and flooding back his taking place and his tracks region of this area. the 8 south american countries have agreed to launch a lions to fight deforestation in the amazon. they bowed at a summit and brazil to stop the world's biggest rain for us from reaching a point of no return. the summit opened on the same day, the european union's climate observatory, confirm. july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth. as i might as one of them believe, i don't have that on many i'm as it was, the amazons of bolivia, brazil, columbia, who equis dos. who do you ma'am? you guy on her? is there a know me

the announcement was nave near -- made near the grand canyon. he's made five monuments as part of conservation efforts. several tribes have sought permit protection of ancestral homelands in the grand canyon region, has have environmentalists. the mining industry has opposed curtailing access to uranium deposits in the area, arguing it will undermine the efforts to reduce more energy in the united states and increased dependence on russia for the critical nuclear power fuel. in 2012, the obama administers and imposed a 20-year ban on the regaining -- new uranium mining around the grand canyon. that becomes permanent in the newly protected areas. existing mining claims will not be affected. from the new york times reporting on the president's announcement. their headline, "in national monument choice biden tries to balance electoral reality." a mining ban to appease climate activists and tribes is what they note. from the reporting they say after spending most of his appearance near the grand canyon describing how his fifth national monument desi

yes, president dra button declares that thousands of pictures of land around the grand canyon will not be protected from uranium. mine is at least 33 people die in china . is capital beijing of flood waters sweep through the city and collapsed many homes. so military intervention has not and will not be taken off of the table. refusing to who not to use a force in this year yet not clearly. as presidential spokesman says default, this is the best way to restore the free beginning south america. leaders and nations have signed a declaration build as a roadmap to recovery and sustainability of the amazon, the world's largest rain forest. but critics say it doesn't go far enough to slow down the ravages of climate change. a lot in america editor, let's see a newman sent us this report from bennett in brazil, brazilian president. let's see that i had hoped for strong commitments from his peers to join his goal of 0 deforestation in the amazon by the end of the stick. he had to settle for an agreement, revives the dormant amazonian nations tracy to save the world's largest rain forest from

and when we pass away, we will return back to the grand canyon. that's how special it is to the tribes. and the question of pollution, particularly uranium mining, that was a direct threat you believed. yeah. see, right. there's a over 800 uranium claims as we speak uh in the monument area. and those uranium claim sit above the largest aqua for called the red wall, milwaukee, aka for ground water, brown water, right, which seats into my village. right. and creates waterfalls and i grew up swimming and drinking that water. so you're afraid that the uranium would leach into the lock or 1st. yes, absolutely, and we're not willing to take that risk. let me ask you one other thing. we just, our viewers on l 20. we're just listening to a series of reports from brazil and from the amazon region about native peoples they're trying to live on their land, preserved their land from exploitation, from minerals and an oil, and many other things. this is a summit that was going on in brazil. does this victory that you're celebrating today with this national, my

the grand canyon, one of the earth's nine wonders of the world, preserving these lands is good not only the planet. it is good for theconomy. it is good for the soul of the nation. i believe the right thing to do. but there is more work ahead to combat the existential threat of climate change. >> in portugal, firefighters working to battle firefighters that have been burning for days. the hottest day of 2023. temperatures in some areas rising to nearly 115 degrees fahrenheit, 46.4 degrees celsius. weather warnings remain in effect across the country a nearly 2800 firefighters and 1600 water bombers worked to contain the flames. 1500 portuguese residents forced to evacuate. allison roberts sent this report. >> portugal escaped much of the heatwave suffered across southern europe last month. in recent days, temperatures have soared. along with months of drought, that greatly increased the risk of fire across the country. tuesday, 120 minutes apologies were at maximum risk. as many high or at high risk of fire. the worst blaze on tuesday was in southwest portugal, where more than 1000 fire

rob reynolds joins us from the grand canyon national park in arizona. rob this old begs the question, what actually happens when you designate something, a national monuments? well, serial. what actually happens is that then that land. and in this case, we're talking about about 4000 square kilometers of land surrounding this park, some on the north, some on the south. all that land will be set aside. no mining, no drilling, no industrial activity, minimal amounts of, of development in any way. so the land will be preserved in its natural state more or less. and this is a power that present bite and his exercise as have other presidents before him, unilaterally. in other words, the law gives the president the power to do this by himself. he doesn't need congress or anyone else to uh, to approve it. so that's, that's done. as you mentioned, this is a landscape and an area that is a very sacred and culturally important to many native american tribes. they are very pleased by this designation as they and their ancestors fought for it for many years. one th

and the grand canyon national park reynolds reports from a beach in arizona. a land of stone and sky, sage, and pine, vast ancient, and for the people who have lived here for a 1000 generations. this is holy land. this is a very sacred plains, the place of our mckinney that mountain right back here is very significant to us in our medicine. now, much of this land surrounding the grand canyon will be preserved permanently off limits to mining drilling and other development. today i'm proud to use my sergeant of antiquities act to protect one, almost 1000000 acres of public land around grand canyon national park as a new national president joe biden designated 4000 square kilometers as a national monument of power. the president's wield without congressional approval, native american leaders pressed for years to protect ancestral lands outside their reservation boundaries for the tribes are particularly concerned about uranium mining, which they believe would contaminate their drinking water and flow into the colorado river. mining interests denounced biden's ac

can you imagine not rejecting the grand canyon, yellowstone -- not protecting the grand canyon, yellowstoneades? we do it at such a small amount, and the benefit economically to the country is $40 billion. you get an amazing return for your investment on parks, and we believe it is one area that congress should not compromise on. it is an investment. americans love our national parks. they talk about our history. they are nature, they are where we can breathe. transferring them to estate that may also have budget issues will not solve the funding problem either but we believe the federal government can do better in terms of making investments into the parks and it is well worth it. host: $40 billion return, is that annual? guest: annual. host: what is that from? guest: from people spending money to fly to parks, for people spending money on hotels, gas, meals, restaurants. all of that encompasses the benefit that parks bring to the gdp. host: you are giving the number 425 units of national parks, including monuments, battlefields, military and historic parks, lake shores, seashores, creatio

but this morning the focus was area around the grand canyon.irst saw it as a young senator and called it god's cathedral. >> america's natural wonders are our nation's heart and soul. that's not hyperbole. that's a fact. the united spires. a birthright. we passed down from generation to generation. and so today i'm proud to use my sergeant antiquities act to protect want almost 1 million acres of public land around grand canyon national park as a new national monument. >> biden also use the visit to remind arizona voters of his work on conservation on clean energy. it is a state that could play a big part in determining who will become president in 2024. part of the reason he's not particularly popular. inflation is arizona has some of the nation's highest gas prices and fair or not. the president is getting a lot of the blame, although donald trump has not been doing all that well, either. a new survey from emerson college puts trump at nearly 45% of the arizona vote. biden with a little over 43%. vicki and grant. thank you, catherine. still a

up the grand canyon's newest national preserve.held at red butte, a site that is particularly important to the havasupai tribe. they were among the indigenous people who were driven out of the land around the grand canyon by colonization, something that president biden noted in his remarks. >> from time in memoriam, more than a dozen tribal nations have lived, gathered, preyed on these lands. but to some 100 years ago they were forced out. that very act of preserving the grand canyon as a national park was used to deny indigenous people full access to their homelands -- to the places where they hunted and gathered, to a precious, sacred ancestral sites. they fought for decades to be able to return to these lands, to protect these lands from mining and development, declare them of contamination, to preserve their shared legacy for future generations. today's actions are going to protect and preserve that history along with these high plateaus and deep canyons. the majestic, great cliffs over 300 million years old. older than the old

. >>> and rescue at the grand canyon. a 14-year-old boy plunging over the side and surviving. ♪ ♪ >> linsey: good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us on this friday. i'm linsey davis in for david. >>> tonight the attorney general has announced a special counsel to investigate hunter biden. >>> we begin with the terrible reality sinking in after wildfires raced across maui. the urgent search for the missing and the painful questions about the state's disaster warning system. the stunning aftermath. the once vibrant landscape now devoid of color. cars abandoned and burned. the fierce wind whipping, fueling the flames. some people are coming back to very little and struggling to find a place to go. in the midst of the staggering loss, there are stories of grace. the people of maui finding strength in community. abc's whit johnson leads us off tonight from maui. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: across maui tonight, the catastrophic toll of this historic disaster coming into focus. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the massive fires

denis davydov treading aside to the edge of the grand canyon. he doesn't even come close.s eyes turned out to be so large that it entered an american landmark where it had never been on the list of wonders of the world in there are only seven of them in the world and biden assigns the grand canyon ninth number there is not a single national treasure any greater than the grand canyon is one of nine. wonders of the earth. wonders of the world, literally. think about it. this, a stunning unchanging symbol of america for the whole world , the eighth place in the wonders of the world, the american president could miraculously leave under himself . he walks away from this criminal case and from the scandals that haunt the bidens, and they don't care about important news in the cocaine scandal that was found in the white house. a newspaper source, new york, white house post said that joe biden for sure. he knows who left a bag of drugs at the residence, and this is someone from the orbit of the biden family. everyone pointed the finger at biden's khantur. the son of the president

. >>> and rescue at the grand canyon. a 14-year-old boy plunges over the side and surviving. ♪ >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> linsey: good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us on this friday. i'm linsey davis in for david. >>> tonight the attorney general has named a special counsel to investigate hunter biden, raising the possibility the president's son could face trial. we'll get to that in a moment. >>> but we do begin with the terrible reality sinking in after wildfires raced across maui. the death toll rising to at least 59 and likely to go higher. the urgent search for the missing and the painful questions about the state's disaster warning system. the stunning aftermath. historic buildings turned to ashy rubble. the once vibrant landscape now devoid of color. along the waterfront cars abandoned and burned. new images tonight of homes on fire. the fierce wind whipping, fueling the flames. family allowed to go home even as firefighters

all right, biden lack of understanding is wider than the grand canyon and lizzo's dancer accuser hadg the heavy, did accusation shut down a music festival? raymond arroyo has all the details, "seen and unseen" next. >> laura: it's time for "seen and unseen" segment, revealing cultural stories of the day with raymond arroyo. raymond, biden finally sat for an interview. was it stormy? >> raymond: it was with the weather channel, which makes sense. remember biden's lawyer said this. >> approximately 20 times over the course of 10-year relationship, hunter may have put his father on the phone with any number of different people and they never once spoke about business dealings, it was casual conversation, niceties, the weather. >> raymond: you see, biden is an expert on the weather, apparently not on the seven wonders of the year. >> the grand canyon, one of the earth's nine wonders, literally, think of that. or it is amazing. >> raymond: amazing because the grand canyon is not one of the nine or seven wonders of the world. the president sat for the weather channel and the forecast was p

yes, president joe biden declares the thousands of heck to is around the grand canyon will not be protected from uranium mines. at least 33 people die in china's capital badging us one more to sweep through the city and come out of here and set for friday. relations charges against former us president donald trump's attempts to overtime huntington, the we begin in south america, where leaders from 8 nations have signed a declaration build as a roadmap to recovery. i'm sustainability of the amazon, the world's largest rain forest. but critics say it doesn't go far enough to slow down the ravages of climate change or lock in america editor. let's see a newman sent us this report from bennett in brazil, brazilian president. let's see that i had hoped for strong commitments from his peers to join his goal of 0 deforestation in the amazon. by the end of this decade, he had this settled for an agreement to revive the government amazonian nations tracy to is the world's largest brain. far as from ruling kit in was here to my that we want to rekindle cooperation between our countries and overcomes

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now, much of this land surrounding the grand canyon will be preserved permanently off limits to mining drilling and other development. today i'm proud to use my sergeant of antiquities to protect one, almost 1000000 acres of public land around grand canyon national park. as a new national mining president joe biden designated 4000 square kilometers as a national monument. a power that presidents wheeled without congressional approval, native american leaders pressed for years to protect ancestral lands outside their reservation boundaries for the tribes are particularly concerned about uranium mining, which they believe would contaminate their drinking water and flow into the colorado river. mining interests denounced biden's action. they say it kills jobs and increases us reliance on foreign sources of uranium, including russia. there are political calculations of work also fight fairly feat. donald trump, here in arizona in 2020 native american voters were crucial to that victory and biden wants to keep their support in next year's election bite and noted the long struggle by native

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national monument in arizona to protect land from uranium mining 4000 square kilometers of the grand canyon. national park will not be protected. opponents say it'll encroach on private line then could affect local capital rushing. china's exports of stuff at the worst full in 3 years as dom on from the us and europe falls. it's the weakest performance invasions international trade. since the start to be corrupted, viras pandemic in early 2020 of the west africa block echo as says, no options have been taken off the table as much as military to enter this 3rd week . delegations from the united nations, the african union, and to the regional blog echo, as i've been denied entry to the country a june to say that safety cannot be guaranteed to so to instead you all started to use on taxi operators in cape town, have sold many bus taxi drivers have been on strikes and maybe a week angry of a traffic low as they say on saturday, targeting their industry. the strike of seeing days of violence on transport, disruptions. hearing the case against donald trump of the accusations he tried to overton o

. >> emily: president biden kicked off climate road trip in arizona yesterday, calling the grand canyonf the earth's nine wonders. >> grand canyon, one of the wonders of the world literally, it's amazing. >> kayleigh: nice to have him back from the beach vacation. in an interview with the weather channel, our commander-in-chief app appeared. >> i've already done that. we've conserved more land, moved, rejoined paris climate accord, passed 368 billion climate control facility, we're moving, it is the existential threat to humanity. >> you have declared that -- >> you have a bug on you. >> thanks, appreciate it. you have declared that national emergency. >> practically speaking, yes. >> kayleigh: nice to swat the bug off the reporter. you think he would be well versed in the weather. looks like he had no cards, we have this image, for this interview, he needed some help. >> harris: the president is an octagenarian, he just came off respite and he's rusty, that is okay, that is how most of us is when we're older. he's had a lot of trauma. not making excuses issue just trying to figure out

and of course, he is setting aside about 4000 square kilometers of land in the grand canyon. and as we're saying, just before, if i can go back to that question just just technically, what does it change to designate something is a national monument as well? is that that land then that land will be forever bard from that kind of commercial expectation that we've discussed, binding drilling for oil or gas by any kind of industrial applications. and that's forever. and the president has the authority under something called the antiquities act, to do this all by himself. he doesn't need congress to weigh in. he doesn't need the house or the senate to agree. you can do it by itself. and he's done this repeatedly during the, for several years, the president. so this is going to a and has in fact, please very much the native american people who live in this area. and it facts. polls show that people in the of the state of arizona, native and non native alike, are very supportive of this about 60 percent favor, this new national monument. so again, it's a setting aside. it's a me, i

. >> flooding near the grand canyon. national park has more than 100 people to be evacuated from their homes in arizona. it happened just outside the park entrance in northern arizona about 2 to 3 inches of rain inundated the area in a short time tuesday, creating these flood waters hold bottom of things floating around park authorities are asking visitors to avoid the area until further notice. no reports of injuries at this time as we come back to the bay and take a live look outside here on this wednesday night. it says is one of those days in the city there it's a little too toasty for folks. you know, you don't have the ac. yeah. bit of a cook or even in san francisco, it's usually stays cooler. lawrence, can imagine all those kids go back to school there in their classrooms in san francisco. they don't have ac. they just open the windows. >> but i mean, it's been toasty out there all around. but hey, we have the remnants of what was tropical storm harold making its way in the grand canyon today, arizona, and bring

on january 1st. >> 13 year old from north dakota is talking about his frightening fall at the grand canyonumbled 100ft at the canyon's north rim. it took emergency crews two hours to rescue him. wyatt says he fell because he was moving out of the way so other tourists could take a picture. >> i won't say we're getting up and they're done with the picture. and i kind of stood up. i lost my grip and that's when i started to fall back. i cannot remember anything past that point. >> wyatt is recovering from multiple injuries, including nine broken vertebrae, a ruptured spleen and a collapsed lung. >> what a terrifying and frightening fall. well, still to come, the woman celebrating her 114th birthday. >> plus, movie star showing off >> plus, movie star showing off skills on the basketball court who says you can't get everything you want? like going for bold without going broke... and staying true to your taste while staying on budget. who says rising costs means lowering the bar? settling? no need. get the brands you want, the prices you want, whenever you want. tj maxx where you can always af

who live at the bottom of the grand canyon.t one time, they were banished from their ancestral homelands and it took a lot of work by tribal leaders and supporters and some lawsuits. they were painstaking about meeting their travel homelands back. they were back on the floor of the grand canyon. they had a chance to visit with people where they are. it's astounding. they are living on the lands that their ancestors lived on, this beautiful blue-green waterfall. they cherished that land. the bonds of their ancestors are there. i understand how important those places are to the tribes. amna: we should note, statewide in arizona there's broad support , for this move, but local ranchers have concerns, and from others -- republican senator mitt romney of utah says ranchers in southern utah will also be impacted. he also expressed concerns about u.s. energy independence. he says "by eliminating this , important source of uranium, president biden has increased both our dependence russia and china and our ultimate carbon footprint." is

they are back there on the floor of the grand canyon.chance to visit with people where they are. it was astounding. they are living on the land their ancestors lived on. there is beautiful blue-green waterfalls. they cherish that land. the bones of their ancestors are there. so they understand how important those places are. amna: we should note, statewide in arizona there's broad support for the move president biden made, but there are concern from local ranchers and others. republican senator mitt romney of utah says ranchers in southern utah will also be impacted and expressed concerns about u.s. energy independence. he said by eliminating this important source of uranium, president biden has increased both our dependence russia and china and our ultimate carbon footprint. is he wrong? >> thank you so much. well, i will address the collaboration issue first. we had many public meetings. this is what you call collaborative conservation where tribes and organizations and people get together and work towards something they want. this did

nearly a dozen indigenous tribes cool for the protection of around 4000 square kilometers in the grand canyon national park. help right, the wrong, the plastic concert, this land of manchester or footprint for all future generations over the years. hundreds of millions of people who travel with grand canyon on all the bars, my majesty. but fewer or wherever, as full history from time immemorial, or the dozen tribal visions of live gathered, preyed on these lands. but some 100 years ago they were forced out every act to preserve the grand candidate as a national park was used as an i did just people full access to their homelands. hearing of the case against donald trump and connection with his alleged attempt to overtime, the 2020 election results will be held on friday. prosecute, as well as the judge to limit what the former president can shed during the trial. i say he could use some evidence to intimidate witnesses, but defense lawyers argue the move would violate from constitutional rights. they just bought a god say 27 refugee's from sub saharan countries have died in the past few days.

joe biden visited the grand canyon to designate a national monument.uld be the 130th national monument and as always with joe biden, you have to follow the money. when you designate something as a national monument to automatically stop all industrial and commercial activity in the area, meaning what joe biden is really doing is blocking mining activity on a million acres bordering the grand canyon. what kind of mining? uranium mining. why would joe biden block uranium mining? uranium is used for nuclear power plants, nuclear powered subs, electricity. it's also used for radiation treatments to cure cancer. curing cancer and reducing emissions are two of joe biden's biggest initiatives. so does the united states have enough uranium stockpiled? to bandit uranium from a million acres? the answer is no. the night states imports 95% of our uranium. a major energy sector and national security sectorrisms entirely dependent on other countries. so who are these other countries that we depend on the uranium imports? the united states buys most of our uranium f

the land surrounding the grand canyon are not protected. this will help right the wrongs of the pass and serve the area for future generations. cnn's white house correspondent arlette cites reports. >> president biden named the fifth national monument of his presidency here in arizona, marking the latest step to make his conservation stamp on the country. the new monument is in part known as the ancestral footprint at the grand canyon. it encompasses nearly 1 million acres surrounding the grand canyon and much of the land is sacred to the tribal communities who live in this region. part of what the national monument will do is protect the land from any potential uranium mining. that is something that tribal leaders and environmental groups a push for for quite some time. the president officially making this a national monument, as he signed that designation here on tuesday. now the president also used the trip as a chance to highlight is climate agenda, warning against what he described as maga extremists in congress, who are trying to undo