if you're at the top of the himalayas, you can see the development of industry in india. you can see when lead was put into gasoline. you can see when legislation was passed to remove it. anything that's in the air gets recorded. and perhaps, with the ice cores, probably the thing that really makes them unique is that they record the history of the earth's atmosphere. and you can see how the earth's atmosphere has changed through time. and our limitations is just interpreting how that recorder is working. when i came to ohio state university, i was prettyonvinced i was going to become a coal geologist. because, having grown up in west virginia, i could see -- one of the reasons of going to college was to get a job. and i could see the application there. in my first quarter here, i got a little note in my mailbox that said, "how would you like to work for a research program "in the institute of polar studies, looking at ice cores?" and so i took this position. it took me about a year, year and a half, to really start to realize what was archived in those ice cores, or the

. >>> 15 people are dead after a plane crashed into the mountains in the himalayas. it crashed as it was turning around. two people on board survived but is critically injured. two danish citizens were sitting close to an exit which helped them to escape. >>> they discovered a russian jet liner. two 45 people died when they crashed into a dorm man volcano. 55-year-old adler from oakly was there and it is not clear if adler was among them. >>> they are aimed at getting pakistan to reopen their border to carry trucks in afghanistan. it has been almost six months in retaliation for u.s. air strikes that killed 24 soldiers. it's likely they will not be invited to a nato summit on may 21st if they refuse to reopen the supply lines. >>> starting today, women serving in the around mys, they will open combat roles. they were either directly involved in combat but women were already risking their lives in serving in patrols on the front leans. 30% of army jobs will remain off limits to women. >>> vallejo police officer jim cap pooh is now memorial iced in washington -- memori

in the timeless landscape of the himalayas, that promise lay long forgotten -- until today. he was determined to get the job done. as always, the climb was hard, and it was hazardous. in the end came news that the metal was at the summit. among the 1922 climbers was how words, his gold medal is safely in possession of his son, david, who thinks the events today are a fitting tribute. >> it shows that people still recognize the courage of the climbers of that time. it is considerable. >> four climbers have lost their lives on the everest this week alone. it remains a deadly business. which makes this achievement all the more impressive, a gold medal effort. >> what an achievement. that brings today's show to a close. you can get constant updates on our website. to find out what we are working on, check out our facebook page. have a good weekend. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship manager

in the time -- in the timeless landscape of the himalayas, that promise long forgotten until today. he was determined to get the job done. as always, the climb was hard and it was hazardous. in the end came news that the metal was at the summit. among the 1922 climbers was howard. his gold medal is in possession of his son, david. he thinks the events of today were a fitting tribute. >> it shows that people still recognize the courage of the climbers of that time. >> four climbers have lost their lives on everest this week's along. it remains a deadly business. which makes the record breaking achievement all the more impressive. a gold medal effort. >> this is bbc news. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide ra

more than twice the population and the result economically of a country that is covered with the himalayas and foot hills is that you have one of the poorest countries in the world. socially wealth of course is skewed in its distribution by the caste system which functions within what once was the world's only official hindu kingdom. politically you have the normal inefficiency and corruption that goes with emerging democracy, nepal having been a parliamentary democracy only se since 1990. historically it has never been a colony, and yet in reality foreign aid consistently provides amounts that total between 50 or this year almost 150% of the official budget and all such foreign aid comes with strings. nepal then in effect is a mandate of the international order. the result, then, is millions of people who if we look at the background of what we're negotiating, who find that the political opportunity structure has failed them. they want a better deal. always in any society politicians are the ones who articulate the structure of the better deal. leaders are not followers in any organizatio

it takes its name from the river, which flows directly from the himalayas. the village has around 2,000 residents. most of them earn a living from farming. they cultivate cereal crops, corn, millet and vegetables. they've had a new water mill for six years now. the aid organization helped upgrade it and funded half of the work. the owner dhan bahadur shows off the multi-functional mill. he's proud that he took the risk back then and took on debts to improve it. >> i was so frightened of going into debt, that i often couldn't sleep. i didn't know whether it would all pay off. >> the old mill could only grind wheat and corn. with the aid of extra attachments dhan bahadur can now hull rice and even press oil. what makes it all possible is the improved drive. the old wooden wheel has been replaced by an efficient metal turbine. >> through improved water intake we've increased the pressure. then there's a kind of funnel that shoots the water right to the turbine. it makes the mill three times more efficient. >> the mill processes up to 20 bags of grain a day. bus

laxness has its monster the himalayas have yet the in the bay area has a big black cat.the elusive mystery animal has been spotted again this time in the hills above pleasanton there have been several sightings of the years of huge dark cats throw me the spray. lynne reid says he saw 12 years ago and has lived in castro valley for 35 years and says he's seen his share bomb lands but this was not mine. >>> i would probably say it stood 2 ft. high it's hard to tell and high grass. he was probably 36 in. long. and the body length his tail was probably 18 to 20 in. and it came up with a curl. >>> sounds like my cat bob. did we hurt wildlife experts say it's improbable that it isn't a panther but not impossible a few jaguars do inhabit the extreme southwestern united states but they say more than likely it is just a dark not land. >>> or bob. >>> had to choose for stargazers in one month a few weekends ago with a clear view of that super moon ended sunday is the suns turned to surprise and it's done ford shows us is a very special event. >>> is an astronomical event to see a

did waves the himalayas have yet the in the bay area has its big black cats.rious animal has been spotted again this time in the presence in hell's one pass about a man who says he saw the couple of years ago also says he's seen a share mom lyon's a police say em says 2 ft. high. it's hard to tell in high grass. he was barely 36 in. long. in the body length. in his tale is probably 18 to 20 in. and it came up in the curl. the equates wildlife experts say it's highly unlikely the animal as a panther but it is not impossible they say more,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the evening we take you to san francisco's city hall where we have a giant as in lotus current air temperature incentives is goes to degrees other notable members also in the '50s the winds are still breezy in some locations like from the peninsula of the west at 13 tonight made clear in the '40's and '50's will see some of developing in the overnight hours and then high pressure building for the weekend riding is the sunshine and warmer conditions saturday but also a pretty mild weekend for your sunday in speakin

an aircraft with twenty one people on board has crashed in the himalayas fifteen people are confirmeddead while six critically ill survivors were pulled from the wreckage it's thought technical problems on board calls the plane to hit a mountain as it turned to land at a high altitude airport in an area popular with tourists it's the second crash involving the same local airline within the past two years. mexico's drug wars have taken a gruesome turn forty nine to capitated and mutilated bodies have been found along the highway connecting monterrey to the us security official suspect the forty three men and six women were migrants heading for the states and may have been killed days ago then dumped near the highway mexico's drug cartels often leave multiple bodies in public places as warnings to their rivals. final preparations are being made before a russian sorry use rocket swords to the stars with an international team of three on board since nasa is a shuttle fleet retired last year the u.s. has been heavily relying on the russian spacecraft getting a go at the crew and the famili

news from around the world and the air a crowd with twenty one people on board house crashed in the himalayas fifteen people are confirmed dead while six critically ill survivors were pulled from the wreckage it's thought technical problems on board calls the plane to hit a mountain as it turned to land at a high altitude airport in an area popular with tourists it's the second crash involving the same local airline within the past two years. gas pipeline in eastern yemen has been blown up again by suspected islamic militants no one has yet admittedly blast but the authorities are blaming al qaida which has carried out the previous two attacks on the pipeline it's being suggested the latest blast is in retaliation for sunday's skirmishes between yemeni forces government forces and insurgents. mexico's drug wars have taken a gruesome turn forty nine to capitated and mutilated bodies have been found along the highway connecting monterrey and the u.s. security officials suspect the forty three men and six women were migrants heading for the states and may have been killed days ago then dumped ne

making headlines across the globe and the aircraft with when you want to board has crashed in the himalayas fifteen people confirmed dead six critically injured survivors were pulled from the wreckage is thought the technical problems aboard the plane caused it to hit a mountain as it turned to land at a high area high altitude airport in an area popular with tourists it's the second crash involving the same local airline in the last two years. i guess in eastern yemen has been blown up by suspected islam is militants but no one yet has admitted to the blast authorities are blaming al qaeda which is carried out the previous two attacks on the pipeline the latest explosion may have been in retaliation for sunday's skirmishes between yemeni government forces and insurgents that killed at least thirty militants. mexico's drug wars have taken a new gruesome turn forty nine headless mutilated bodies were found along a highway connecting monterrey to the you tube to u.s. security officials the specter of forty three men and six women were migrants headed for the u.s. and may have been killed days

a plane crashes into a mountain in the himalayas while trying to land at an airport.nitial investigations. alleged nuclear testing. officials tracking the nuclear program has provided information leading to this computer rendering of an explosive chamber. they have not denied the existence of such a device. a special event by the queen as she arrived to celebrate the 250 state and commonwealth visit she has made during her reign. hundreds of horses an performers take part in the jubilee. >> time now 46 past the hour. coming up we showed you the cover of news week. it is raising some eyebrows in washington this morning. we are live in the nation's capital with the fallout. >> it is your last chance to enter our question of the baydan the wake of the jp morgan chase scandal. should there be more regulations or are there already too many? >> first let's check in with ryan kilmeade to see what's coming up on "fox & friends". >> still working on the show. we are going to have donald trump and dana perino coming on. plus, oh, yeah, we are going to meet a guy, one man who br

. >>> 15 people crashed into the mountains of the himalaya ups.board.$♪ rescue was swift because the plane crashed just a few yards from an army camp. two danish citizens were sitting close to an exit which helped them escape. >>> right now more than 360 names were added to the memoir mall and they include james cap pee. >> they hold it area 14th as part of police week. >> it is overwhelming how much support and love the officers have here. >> the officer was shot and killed last year by a suspected bank robber. there are now more than 19,000 names on that memorial. >>> today john edwards legal team will start its defense at the trial. there is no words on whether he will testify. and a former edwards attorney. he is accused of using campaign money to hide his pregnant man mistress as he was -- pregnant mistress. >>> newt gingrich will promote mitt romney on friday at the state republican convention in georgia. that is newt gingrich's home state where he won a primary and the former house speaker said the important thing is for republicans to unit

we were going to hide -- deposit the money when my plane crashed in the himalayas.ive, we ate the survivors because the dead ones were rotten. >> "saturday night live" john lovett is the pathological liar but now he has some surprising comments about president obama. it's quite different to be called a pathological liar? can i assume what you're about too tell me is out of character? >> yes. yes. >> as ironic about that character is that i hate lying and so i hate -- you know, i was actually making fun of people who lie. and, you know, what happened was i have a comedy love that called jon lovitz comedy club and we do standup shows and podcasts, and kevin smith, the director, he has a whole podcast network. i do that and there's another one, toad hop network, i do one with lovitz -- >> are you trying to win the contest for the most plugs? >> that's the context of it and in a podcast, the whole thing is about being just totally honest and being yourself, so i'm onstage in a comedy club. >> let's watch the obama clip. because i want to put it into the right context. l

the jet went down while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in the northern himalayas. at this point, investigators are blaming a technical problem. >> maryland lawmakers head back to work today. >> governor martin o'malley called the session after the senate failed to make a deal. >> this is back to work for three days for maryland lawmakers after having been called back by martin o'malley. they are expected to take a new budget deal and leaders of both the house and the senate. under these deal, what would be called for in this proposal is a tax increase of people making more than $100,000 or households making more than $150,000. a new proposal on the table includes almost $600 million in further spending cuts than originally proposed that was put forward at the beginning of the regular session back in january. during the regular session lawmakers failed to agree on any type of revenue packet forcing them to pass the doomsday budget including cuts in things like education and public safety with many not happy with that. it's one of the reasons why they're back here fo

. >>> 15 people have died in a plane crash in the himalayas.o land and six others on board actually survived but some of them are critically injured. the rescue was swift because they crashed just a couple of yards away from an army camp. two danish citizens were sitting next to an exit which helped them to escape. >>> and they are starting to remove the victims of last week's blane disaster. -- plane disaster. it slammed into a dorm man vol dash dorm man -- dominant volcano. he leaves behind his wife of 33 years and their two children. >>> a man is recovering after being shot multiple times while driving. it happened yesterday afternoon near auto center drive. police say the victim had left the scene by the time officers arrived but the 29-year-old man was found near his home still awake and alert. he was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. police are still trying to figure out what led up to that shooting. >>> one man is recovering from a rattle make it bite and rangers say this is the time everybody should be on the lookout. th

. >>> a plane crashes into a mountain in the himalayas. killing 15 people. the aircraft was trying to land at an airport in northern nepal today. six passengers survived and were flown to a nearby city for treatment. the wrecked plane was in pieces but did not catch fire. an investigation indicate its may have had technical problems. >>> a skier plunges over 150 feet into a hole and walks away without a scratch in canada. rescue teams flew in to help pull the man out of the crevice. the skier says the hole was not that big when he got trapped, but got brigger when -- bigger when he tried to break free. >> i was probing with the pole to see where the crevasse is. and when i was doing that, the whole thing collapsed under me. and i found myself in a very nasty hole. it was quite deep. >> reporter: the man was alone for two hours. the rescue, though, we know was a success. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news. >> big crowds, big trouble. i'm mike hellgren, downtown, with the new 911 calls about the chaos here during st. patrick's day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,e learning

. >> it's landlocked, in central asia, high in the mountains, in the foothills of the himalayas. >> it's right next to iran, which we can't go through by any means. >> for most of the war, almost all of the supplies have gone through pakistan. but six months ago, pakistan closed its border, there was a very ugly incident. the two country's relations, u.s. pakistan has been bad since osama bin laden was found hiding in pakistan. then there was an incident when the u.s. troops killed 24 pakistanis and the pakistanis closed the border. we've learned that very soon, tomorrow, the next day, pakistan is going to announce that it will reopen its border to allow two-way traffic, supplies to go into afghanistan and supplies and troops to leave. so it will become a two-way highway, a very, very important supply route. because for the last six months, helicopters, planes have been plying out vehicles. think about trying to empty a lake with a spoon. how long it takes, how expensive it is, and all of the other people we've had to pay kickbacks to and things like that. but it comes with a big price.

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the highest mountains in the whole world. 15 people dead, 6 critically injured in nepal's northern himalayasplane was trying to land on a mountain airstrip when that crash happened. earlier reports suggest mechanical problems may be to blame. >>> new details this morning in a really gruesome discovery linked to mexico's drug war. it's really horrible to hear. 49 bodies with heads, hands, and feet chopped off were found by police on sunday. scattered along a highway near the border with the u.s. officers now say the killings are likely tit for tat. and the fighting between rival gangs. the bodies have been taken to monterey for dna testing to identify them. >>> a marching band suspended in the wake of a deadly hazing scandal finding out today if it will ever perform again. the president of florida's a & m university will announce his decision at a special meeting today. stepped down under pressure after 40 years with that band. 13 people have been charged in the death of 26-year-old robert champion. champion was a drum major who died after being beaten during a hazing ritual on a band bus. >>

i mean, this valley is a cul-de-sac that goes nowhere, and it's up near the himalayas, so getting up there's hard, flying helicopters is hard. the only way in was by foot or helicopter. so trying to get there initially to plan the mission was tough. um, what they were up there to do was go after what they called a high-value target by the name of afore, and this guy was a hague commander. the hague are a terrorist group, essentially, that have some association with al-qaeda, have some sort of truce with the taliban, but these guys are, they're nasty characters. they are a lot of foreign fighters, some cher any yangs, guys that aren't really there to fight against -- to fight for afghanistan or fight for their version of afghanistan, these guys are mercenaries. and what afore was doing in the area was recruiting, well, pressing people into fighting for the hague, and he was rumored to have surface-to-air missiles and was stockpiling guns. and he was also credited with a series of ambushes in the corn gal valley that had caught the attention of some of the commanders in the east. so th

abbottabad is at about 4,000 feet and you're in the foothills of the himalayas.und -- the pictures we see here is two of bin laden's wives were phds and were teaching the kids -- their kids, of course, most of them did not go to school for security reasons. i was able to tour the bedroom in which bin laden was killed. this is, i thought this would be like visiting hitler's bunker. it was actually somewhat different. it was really a squalid, unsush anicom pound. and i looked at the toilet in which bin laden would do his business. very small, the size of a closet with a very rudimentary hole in the floor and bin laden and his yemeni wife would squat over that which is not one would associate with the world's most wanted man, and he would type out to leaders of al qaeda trying to micromanage the affairs of al qaeda. one 48-page memo which i was able to review showed how basically the american drone campaign was really well underserved by bin laden to be a big problem. he was advising his men to leave pakistan in the tribal regions where the drones are located and go

a little like when somebody says how to get from pakistan to china and you say just go over the himalayas. okay, how do we cut taxes and reduce spending and deregulate and bear in the last chapter the book we go through what it's going to take as we have a decade ahead of us where the republicans have the majority of the house and should keep it because of redistricting. they have 25 net seats in the house. if you look at the senate seat there are 47 republicans and you are going to need four to get the majority but you need to net 16 to get 60 which obama taught us what you are really going to need if you are going to make dramatic change in congress in the next election cycle in 2012. there are 23 democrats in the senate, 10 republicans and two years later, 20 democratic seats and 13 republicans so the next three years, the two election cycles 43 democratic seats, 23 republican seats up. the republican seats you worry about two of the men of the democratic seats they have to worry about 20 of them. the republican seats in that 13 of those to get to 60 in the next two election cycles. th

it is up near the himalayas. the only way in was by foot or by helicopter. trying to get there was -- initially, it was tough. what they were doing is up there trying to get haji ghafour. he was a terrorist group, essentially, that had some association with al qaeda and some sort of truce with the taliban. these guys were nasty characters. they are a lot of foreign fighters, guys that aren't really there to fight against -- to fight for afghanistan, where they are there on their own agenda, and what they were doing in the area was repressing people to fight. he was also credited with a series of ambushes which i caught the attention of some of the commanders. they decided they had to go up to shok valley to get haji ghafour because he was able to export a lot of violence from the safe haven. the idea was to go get him and take care of the safe haven. what they ran into was not only were they fighting to geography, because it was such a harsh place to get you, they were also fighting restrictions that were placed on units now in afghanistan. we have all seen

a little like when somebody says how to get from pakistan to china and you say just go over the himalayas. okay, how do we cut taxes and reduce spending and deregulate and bear in the last chapter the book we go through what it's going to take as we have a decade ahead of us where the republicans have the majority of the house and should keep it because of redistricting. they have 25 net seats in the house. if you look at the senate seat there are 47 republicans and you are going to need four to get the majority but you need to net 16 to get 60 which obama taught us what you are really going to need if you are going to make dramatic change in congress in the next election cycle in 2012. there are 23 democrats in the senate, 10 republicans and two years later, 20 democratic seats and 13 republicans so the next three years, the two election cycles 43 democratic seats, 23 republican seats up. the republican seats you worry about two of the men of the democratic seats they have to worry about 20 of them. the republican seats in that 13 of those to get to 60 in the next two election cycles. th

it is up near the himalayas. the only way in was by foot or by helicopter. trying to get there was -- initially, it was tough. what they were doing is up there trying to get haji ghafour. he was a terrorist group, essentially, that had some association with al qaeda and some sort of truce with the taliban. these guys were nasty characters. they are a lot of foreign fighters, guys that aren't really there to fight against -- to fight for afghanistan, where they are there on their own agenda, and what they were doing in the area was repressing people to fight. he was also credited with a series of ambushes which i caught the attention of some of the commanders. they decided they had to go up to shok valley to get haji ghafour because he was able to export a lot of violence from the safe haven. the idea was to go get him and take care of the safe haven. what they ran into was not only were they fighting to geography, because it was such a harsh place to get you, they were also fighting restrictions that were placed on units now in afghanistan. we have all seen

a little like when somebody says how to get from pakistan to china and you say just go over the himalayas. okay, how do we cut taxes and reduce spending and deregulate and bear in the last chapter the book we go through what it's going to take as we have a decade ahead of us where the republicans have the majority of the house and should keep it because of redistricting. they have 25 net seats in the house. if you look at the senate seat there are 47 republicans and you are going to need four to get the majority but you need to net 16 to get 60 which obama taught us what you are really going to need if you are going to make dramatic change in congress in the next election cycle in 2012. there are 23 democrats in the senate, 10 republicans and two years later, 20 democratic seats and 13 republicans so the next three years, the two election cycles 43 democratic seats, 23 republican seats up. the republican seats you worry about two of the men of the democratic seats they have to worry about 20 of them. the republican seats in that 13 of those to get to 60 in the next two election cycles. th

the land area of florida with more than twice the population and a country covered with the himalayas and foothills is that you have one of the poorest countries in the world. socially, wealth is skewed by the caste system which function s in what once was the world's only hindu kingdom. you have the normal inefficiency and corruption that goes with the democracy. historic plea, it has never been a colony -- historically, it has never been a colony. foreign aid consistently provides amounts of that total between 50% and 150% of the official budget. and it comes with strings. nepal is a mandate of the international order. the result is millions of people, if we look at the background of what we are negotiating, the political opportunity structure has failed them, they want a better deal. in any society, politicians are the ones that articulate structure of the better deal. leaders are not follow words in any organizational set up. in the case of nepal, on the extreme left, it was the radical actors of the communist party of nepal maoist that said only by completely overthrowing what is

more than twice the population and the result economically of a country that is covered with the himalayas and foothills, is that you have one of the poorest countries in the world. socially, wealth, of course, is huge in its distribution by the caste system, which functions within what once was the world's only official hindu kingdom. politically, you have the normal -- inefficiency and corruption -- that goes with emerging democracy, nepal having been a parliamentary democracy only since 1990. historically, it has never been a colony, and yet, in reality, foreign aid consistently provides amounts that total between 50 -- or this year, almost 150% -- of the official budget, and all such foreign aid comes with strings. nepal, then, in effect is a mandate of the international order. the result, then, is in millions of people who, if we look at the background of what we are negotiating, find that the political opportunity structure has failed them. they want a better deal. always. in any society, politicians are the ones who articulate the structure of the better deal. leaders are not follow