. >> the thing that blew my mind was the story of how the himalayas were created and the shortest time. you want to tell the story and put it into perspective? >> when one sees the earth from top-down and over geologic time you can see it's very much. diana: and changing and one of the remarkable things about this planet is how the tectonic properties driven from the internal heat in the earth is still going on and are almost exactly matched with the russians on the case of the himalayas which are the greatest mountains on the planet today being formed as the subcontinent of india constructed partly beneath asian amounts are rising but the ocean is tearing them down nearly as fast and eroded the himalaya over the last 50 years lying on the ocean floor into great submarine band so while out or put up for at the ocean for thousands of kilometers and represent more material than the modern mountains. amounts are growing and they are being eroded and the metaphor i use in the book is like someone sitting in a barber's chair and their hair is growing as fast as the barber can cut it. there

. >> the thing that blew my mind was the story of how the himalayas were created and the shortest time. you want to tell the story and put it into perspective? >> when one sees the earth from top-down and over geologic time you can see it's very much. diana: and changing and one of the remarkable things about this planet is how the tectonic properties driven from the internal heat in the earth is still going on and are almost exactly matched with the russians on the case of the himalayas which are the greatest mountains on the planet today being formed as the subcontinent of india constructed partly beneath asian amounts are rising but the ocean is tearing them down nearly as fast and eroded the himalaya over the last 50 years lying on the ocean floor into great submarine band so while out or put up for at the ocean for thousands of kilometers and represent more material than the modern mountains. amounts are growing and they are being eroded and the metaphor i use in the book is like someone sitting in a barber's chair and their hair is growing as fast as the barber can cut it. there

day network is spearheading an initiative to clean up the iconic river beginning high up in the himalayas before moving downstream to towns and cities that lie in the ganders. from over joined now by very high in delhi he's the founder of the indian environmental group. raymond good to have you with us now you found its way back in two thousand to work on the river yes which is a tribute really of the ganders what has been the experience with trying to clean up the yoda. judy experiences being of course very very overwhelming because then we actually started out work and years ago there was very little conversation not gunshy it out rivers or for that matter about cancer society and the city action. around river bodies or on issues of environment so the support has been a lot of the impact is a weed and not a deal has been overwhelming but there are a lot unfortunately remains asked what you did as it was or perhaps is what will you do then it was in two thousand so a better narrative but they realized two very very unfortunate speaking about the dentist now the national green tribe you k

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iran is not a small country iran is not a weak country run has allies across the region from the himalayas to the mediterranean from the red sea to central asia and iran has a very powerful presence in the persian gulf region so if the americans escalates the iranians will have no option but to escalate as well but in an asymmetrical fashion. but mohammed what the u.s. is saying is that you may have stood by the letter of the deal but not the spirit that there is much more to be negotiated is there much more to be negotiated in toronto points of you know there's nothing to negotiate because the united states is not abiding by its current to commit by its current commitments how can we negotiate anything else when what we've already negotiated for roughly a decade is to have been thrown out the window well who's to say that in future any agreement hypothetically that is reached will be abided by by the united states if the nuclear deal actually wasn't the americans didn't abide by the nuclear deal either under obama either from day one they began violating it yet the international atomic en

we traveledeep in the himalayas to visit the border this mana.to meet t 102, he is india's oldest voterhim, this election matters more than most. >> india hasn't progress enough. to grow, we need unity and everyoneeeds equal rights. rajini: he voted in everyol since the country gained independence. but this election shows india at a crossroads. nationalismcreasing and division. some say the very idea of india is at stake. some more than a thousand ,sles eastfrom old to young many wonder if thi country has become less tolerant. these first-time voters are part of the country's gring street rap scene. with more than half of india under change 25, the voice of the millennial majority matters more than ever. he focused on growing religious tensio h betwedus and muslims. ippearing.ddi i don't want my india to be a country where indians are fighting each other." some blame prime minister narendra modi for the country's divisions. ln bjp party swept to power 2014 and adslide victory. this election is seen as a referendum on his time in office. his supporters say he has been a strong man who ha

the 83-year-old tibetan leader just returned to his home in the himalayas after a meeting with youth leaders. he'll spend two to three days at the hospital. >>> voters in the north bay are gearing up for a protest friday over a crackdown at a marina in sausalito. they say the marina closed its dinghy dock and some boaters who anchor outside say the move is illegal because the dock provides public access. they say the closure prevents them from getting to shore safely. the boaters say the marina will let some dock if they meet certain requirements and pay a fee. we have reached out to the marina for comment and are wait to go hear back. >>> it was a bad hair day but gusty winds creating real problems. this is video of a tree that came down at golden gate park in san francisco yesterday. it took a pole down with it. winds gusting about 35 miles an hour at the time. nobody got hurt. >>> yeah, those winds are going to be around again today. they won't be quite as fast as they were yesterday. you can see even by tomorrow morning we're still looking at 15 to 25-mile-per-hour gusts to 30 al

the only one connecting the kashmir valley in the himalayas to the indian plains authorities in indian administers kashmir have begun in forcing a ban on civilian vehicles. sunday each week on sunday and wednesday the civilian traffic will be closed on the highway and only the on the convoys will be able to parse but in case of an emergency medical problems or students going for school the magistrates on duty will issue pauses for their travels. it has been more than seven weeks since a suicide car bomber killed forty indian paramilitary troops a pakistan based group said it was behind the attack and it brought india and pakistan to the brink of war but the ban has left people in kashmir more fearful of an escalation of violence in the region. travelling on highways has become difficult to lift during an emergency but i couldn't reach my destination people a very skid. mark was and as well as the fear there's also anger and shot criticism from the region's politicians or they are uncooperative and after we came to the street so that the orders revoked the orders illegal they want to fa

in 24, never polling stations 15,000 feet above sea level in the himalayas, and one for a solitary hermithe jungles of western india. for all the complexity, though, there is a simplicity. get one more vote th your opponents, and you win the sea. 543 seats are up for grabs. each seat allocated a number in proportion to its population. s 272agic number get past that and you have an ight majority. fall short, and it is time for coalition building. when you put it like that, it unds simple. it is anything but. laura: choice is good, we are told, but when it comes to the president,ying to be could the big field be a bad thing? there are 16 hopefuls in the race, with more names out there. in a field that crowded, how do you stand out? that is a topic a professor of behavioral science wrote about, and she joined me earlier. what is the downside of the democratic race for the whit house being as crowded as a supermarket cereal aisle, as you put it? >> yes, i did. as i say, it is not a race, it is a lollapalooza. there is tremendous downside when you face to many options. the way our brains work

iran is not a small country iran is not a weak country run has allies across the region from the himalayas to the mediterranean from the red sea to central asia and iran has a very powerful presence in the persian gulf region so if the americans escalate the iranians will have no option but to escalate as well by them and asymmetrical fashion but mohammed what the u.s. is saying is that you may have stood by the letter of the deal but not the spirit that there is much more to be negotiated is there much more to be negotiated in toronto points of you know there's nothing to negotiate because the united states is not abiding by its current to commit by its current commitments. how can we negotiate anything else when what we've already negotiated for roughly a decade is to have been thrown out the window well who's to say that in future any agreement hypothetically that is reached will be abided by by the united states if the nuclear deal actually wasn't the americans didn't abide by the nuclear deal either under obama either from day one they began violating it yet the international atomic e

have begun our countdown to our 50th anniversary of earth day and we are starting in the northern himalayaser buns in honour of the 50th anniversary next year tomorrow. and that figure ofi anniversary next year tomorrow. and that figure of i billion anniversary next year tomorrow. and that figure ofi billion people being involved in some way seems a remarkably high figure. what are people doing? -- sundarbans. it is a combination of school children learning about the earth on earth day. we are being educated through television, radio, buta day. we are being educated through television, radio, but a giant number of people, very significant number of people, very significant number of people worldwide, taking pa rt number of people worldwide, taking part in cleanups, treeplanting, protests as you reported on earlier, petition drives, meeting with their city councils, commitment from governments and corporations. the vatican always does something big, the sikhs in india, 2a million people banning plastics in their temples. so it's a wider range of activities. kathleen, ijust want to pick you u

the only one connecting the kashmir valley in the himalayas to the indian plains authorities in indian administers kashmir have begun in forcing a ban on civilian vehicles. each week on sunday and wednesday the civilian traffic will be closed on the highway and only the army convoys will be able to parse but in case of an emergency medical problems or students going for school the magistrates on duty will issue pauses for their travel. it has been more than seven weeks since a suicide car bomber killed forty indian paramilitary troops a pakistan based group said it was behind the attack and it brought india and pakistan to the brink of war but the ban has left people in kashmir more fearful of an escalation of violence in the region. travelling on highways has become difficult to lift during an emergency but i can reach my destination people a very skid row knowledge of god and as well as the fear there's also anger and shot criticism from the region's politicians or they are uncooperative and we came to the streets so that the orders revoked the orders illegal they want to facilitate

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a glacier in the himalayas, the origin of the ganges, a source of life for millions.ar water running down the hills in northern india. 0nce known as the manchester of the east, this industrial city was used by the british in the 19th century. waste and sewage has flowed into the river unchecked since then, affecting thousands of people who live on the river's banks. translation: there isn't a single soul in this village who isn't suffering from skin disease due to water contamination. the problem is, we can't survive without water. hundreds of leather factories in this region have either been relocated or shut down to stop chemical waste entering the river. but it's not been enough. you can see freshly cleaned washed hide skin that was cleaned overnight in the tanneries in the area, and then the chemical finds its way into the river ganges via this drain. there is a massive stench in the area. our next stop. the ganges is considered holy by millions of hindus. india's prime minister modi promised to clean it when he was elected. in 2015, he committed $3 billion to a f

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iran is not a small country iran is not a weak country run has allies across the region from the himalayas to the mediterranean from the red sea to central asia and iran has a very powerful presence in the persian gulf region so if the americans escalates the iranians will have no option but to escalate as well but in an asymmetrical fashion. but mohammed what the u.s. is saying is that you may have stood by the letter of the deal but not the spirit that there is much more to be negotiated is there much more to be negotiated in toronto points of you know there's nothing to negotiate because the united states is not abiding by its current to commit by its current commitments how can we negotiate anything else when what we've already negotiated for roughly a decade is to have been thrown out the window well who's to say that in future any agreement hypothetically that is reached will be abided by by the united states if the nuclear deal actually wasn't the americans didn't abide by the nuclear deal either under obama either from day one they began violating it yet the international atomic en

we travelled deep in the himalayas to the district of kinnaur, which borders china, to meet shyam saran oldest voter. to him, this election matters more than most. translation: india hasn't progressed enough. to grow, we need unity, and everyone needs equal rights. shyam saran negi's voted in every poll since this country gained independence. but this election sees india at a crossroads. like many other nations, it's facing increasing nationalism and division. some say the very idea of india is at stake. we've come more than 1,000 miles east, from kinnaur to kolkata, from old to young. many wonder if this country's become less tolerant. these first—time voters are part of the country's growing street rap scene. with more than half of india under the age of 25, the voice of the millennial majority matters more than ever. saifullah khalid's songs focus on growing religious tensions between hindus and muslims. translation: brotherhood is disappearing. i don't want my india to become a country where people are fighting amongst each other. some blame indian prime minister narendra modi for t

we travelled deep in the himalayas to the district of kinnaur, which borders china, to meet shyam saranr. to him, this election matters more than most. translation: india hasn't progressed enough. to grow, we need unity, and everyone needs equal rights. shyam saran negi's voted in every poll since this country gained independence. but this election sees india at a crossroads. like many other nations, it's facing increasing nationalism and division. some say the very idea of india is at stake. we've come more than 1,000 miles east, from kinnaur to kolkata, from old to young. some wonder if this country's become less tolerant. these first—time voters are part of the country's growing street rap scene. with more than half of india under the age of 25, the voice of the millennial majority matters more than ever. saifullah khalid's songs focus on growing religious tensions between hindus and muslims. translation: brotherhood is disappearing. i don't want my india to become a country where people are fighting amongst each other. some blame indian prime minister narendra modi for the country's

in 2014, there were polling stations 15,000 feet above sea—level in the himalayas and one for a solitary also a simplicity. it is a westminster—style first—past—the—post system — get one more vote than your opponent and you win the seat. 543 seats are up for grabs, each state allocated a number in proportion to its population. so the magic number is 272. get past that and you have an outright majority. fall short and it's time for coalition—building. when you put it like that, it sounds simple — it's anything but. there is a famous saying here that the indian government is like a piece of flat bread, it needs to be flipped on the griddle or it'll burn. so will it flip this time? well, a year ago it would have seemed ridiculous to have even posed the question. narendra modi looked invincible. but the state elections at the end of 2018 were a major set back. the economy is slowing, unemployment is growing. "make india, clean india, i'll double your wages and create 10 millionjobs india." well, those promises, haven't quite been delivered. so it gives rahul gandhi and the opposition a chanc

well mostly up through afghanistan and beyond on the western side if you like the foothills of the himalayas most around there for is dry there is more cloud and rain now showing itself over turkey of syria down to lebanon as well and just hang around sure northern iraq is just northern iraq was eighteen by dozen the sunshine or hung around the thirty mark and barry was up to seventeen degrees so there was a sunshine to show when you take the cloud away you're not driving a cold wind and that's true for the south as well there has forecast max at thirty four abu dhabi slowly trying to catch up in landing no matter where in the middle thirty's now as you can see meccas hovering around the forty mark but not quite making it an increase in the breeze suggests rather dusty picture come wednesday of eastern saudi bahrain possibly cure what it is well. sure it's well worth it some big sharon's they're coming back slowly. very unfortunate and central mozambique. he came from a wealthy background in paris and became an artist against his family's wishes he went on to bring a fresh perspective to ori

we travelled deep in the himalayas to the district of kinnaur, which borders china, to meet shyam saranvoter. to him, this election matters more than most. translation: india hasn't progressed enough. to grow, we need unity and everyone needs equal rights. shyam saran negi's voted in every poll since this country gained independence. we've come more than 1000 miles east, from kinnaur to calcutta, from old to young. many wonder if this country's become less tolerant. these first—time voters are part of the country's growing street rap scene. with more than half of india under the age of 25, the voice of the millennial majority matters more than ever. this rapper's songs focus on growing religious tensions between hindus and muslims. translation: brotherhoods disappearing, i don't want my india to become a country where people are fighting amongst each other. this election is being seen as a referendum on prime minister narendra modi. his supporters say he's been a strong man who's protected india's interests. others say the better days he promised never arrived. in the last five years, u

iran is not a small country iran is not a weak country run has allies across the region from the himalayas to the mediterranean from the red sea to central asia and iran has a very powerful presence in the persian gulf region so if the americans escalates the iranians will have no option but to escalate as well but in an asymmetrical fashion. but mohammed what the u.s. is saying is that you may have stood by the letter of the deal but not the spirit that there is much more to be negotiated is there much more to be negotiated in toronto points of you know there's nothing to negotiate because the united states is not abiding by its current to commit by its current commitments how can we negotiate anything else when what we've already negotiated for roughly a decade is to have been thrown out the window well who's to say that in future any agreement hypothetically that is reached will be abided by by the united states if the nuclear deal actually wasn't the americans didn't abide by the nuclear deal either under obama either from day one they began violating it yet the international atomic en

sunshine and getting warm a lot of clout the still in place just around the western side of the himalayasbut lasts moving out of the way wintry shallowest places a brightness snow will clear through a couple it to twenty degrees celsius lightning skies as we go on into friday central irish say back up it was back that get up to thirty degrees now temperatures on the rise well into the mid twenty's that just around the levant by richest and twenty three twenty four degrees celsius ice and fine and sunny weather coming through here from the sites across much of the arabian peninsula but it came away and still continuing to blow temps just get up to thirty celsius and rising will get up to thirty two as we go through friday i said i was a saudi arabia over towards the west could just catch one of two spots of rain there so that's something to watch out for as we go on into the weekend also keeping a very close eye on some very heavy rain windy weather this is trouble cycling kenneth pushing towards northern parts of mozambique southern areas of towns and the well mozambique in particular cou

well mostly up through afghanistan and beyond on the western side if you like the foothills of the himalayas most iran therefore is dry there is more cloud and rain now showing itself over turkey of syria down to lebanon as well and just hang around soon northern iraq is just gold in the rock was eighteen by dozen the sunshine or hung around the thirty mark and barriers up to seventeen degrees so there was a sunshine show when you take the cloud away you're not driving a cold wind and that's true for the south as well there has forecast max at thirty four abu dhabi slowly trying to catch up in land in oman we're in the middle of that he's now as you can see meccas hovering around the forty mark but not quite making it an increase in the breeze suggests rather dusty picture come wednesday the eastern sadi and possibly kuwait as well. crossing the soul has showed itself well worth it some big showers there coming back slowly in the cases zimbabwe unfortunately and central mozambique. sponsored. this was wrong to teach children away from the appearance of them into a school against their will t

this is the river ganges which rises in the himalayas and flows through northern india. the ganges is worshiped by hindus and many seek spiritual enlightenment on its banks one of the towns on the ganges is rishikesh which was made famous by the beatles. john paul george and ringo of course these four here are not the real beatles. they're a tribute band. the band was invited in twenty eighteen by the minister of tourism to celebrate the anniversary of the real beatles visit to india. but he's right. back it is a case they said the beatles are bigger than god when everything is gone at least the cast helped them. at the very least their stay impacted the beatles music says john thompson here is george harrison. has had such an amazing effect on the beatles they write their whole wideout was written. and they created. music basically which is a comic for the sixty seven it's a mazing to be here and i guess. that was. here in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight time above the ganges the beatles lived in the ashram of maharishi mahesh yogi known as the father of transcend

a remote, relatively rarely visited kingdom of myth and legend, high in the himalayas, known as "land of the reasons it's not on the tourist trail is it's hard to get to. flying in, you hang onto your seat as the plane negotiates some alarming maneuvers through narrow mountain passes, before dropping into the country's only international airport, said by some to be the most dangerous in the world. located between india and tibet, bhutan, about the size of switzerland, is caught between the old world and the new. ♪ thimphu is bhutan's capitol and largest city. it has a rapidly growing population of 100,000 as bhutanese have begun the inevitable move away from a rural agrarian lifestyle. tourism was only allowed starting in the 1970s. the amount of foreign visitors each year is strictly limited to protect bhutan's culture and environment. there are no starbucks, no kfcs, no king or clown. basically, they don't want you to come here, at least en masse. >> darren: watch your head. >> anthony: yeah, right. wow. >> darren: what do you think of the altitude? how you feeling? >> anthony: i'm

well mostly up through afghanistan and beyond on the western side if you like the foothills of the himalayas most around there for is dry there is more cloud and rain now showing itself over turkey of syria down to lebanon as well and just hang around sure northern iraq is just northern iraq aleppo is eighteen by dozen the sunshine or hung around the thirty mark and barriers up to seventeen degrees so there was a sunshine to show when you take the cloud away you're not driving a cold wind and that's true for the south as well there has forecast max at thirty four abu dhabi slowly trying to catch up inland in omagh we're in the middle of that he's now as you can see meccas hovering around the forty mark but not quite making it an increase in the breeze suggests rather dusty picture come wednesday the eastern sadi possibly kuwait as well. crosser in a cell has shown itself well within some big shouts they're coming back slowly as the case is zimbabwe unfortunately and central mozambique. this was wrong to teach children away from the appearance and herd them into a school against their will th

after travelling five thousand kilometers from its source in the himalayas this is where the river vent sits right. over time it's carved out the cone fulls one of the widest waterfalls in the world. yet allow fisherman jump into the water without fear. for me before the right one my fault for not knowing where they're part of garden for proper care and comfort you if you are going to your didn't call are going to part from god whatever that son knowing is fifty two. he says it's no coincidence he's never had an accident in forty years . oh he got caught don't know if you need one for one pope but outside that come up what would you buy out by a guy that had set up to be quite big. boy be at that by what those would do what. the full stretch over a navy ten kilometers. allow call this region see found don't the full thousand on. land jumps out from the foals and countless waterways of the mekong. this is a familiar one hunting ground for. getting there takes good balance and steady nerves. that were like oh. my. goodness of god oh yes yes. i. like the elf. but. it was my last. flight an

this is how the himalayas formed. africa is the same thing. west asia, -- europe, it formed the alps. the conditions of environment were different. millions of years. could you talk about how you came to be selected as a nasa scientist? i think that breaks our rule. we will hear about that in the lecture. >> if you can comfortably live on any planet other than earth, where and why? mars, because i know a great deal about the desert. [indiscernible] >> have you read the trilogy about mars by kim stanley robinson? what did you think of the depiction of mars? mr. el-baz: interesting and lively. a very good description for now. famous quote by one of the astronauts that refers to you as king. i was wondering how you got that nickname. currently ae is i'm student in geology and was wondering if you had advice? there is a transcript from apollo 16 where you are referred to as the king. the question is how did you get that nickname? mr. el-baz: first of all, that came in from egypt. my name is farouk. some didn't know how to pronounce it. difficult.

around ninety degrees celsius the showers there tom winter as they move over the higher ground of the himalayasf course as per usual and that disturbed weather has been fighting its way across the fall of the pakistan into northwestern parts of the new just noticed a few showers up towards the far north east of india as well in a sense and violent storms here hundreds of people have been displaced from their homes as a result of some damaging winds big hile and also some sundry downpours they are now again in the process of easing away says we go through the next couple of days we will see slightly prices cars coming in behind but he could still see one of two showers there up to the north west of in the sea has cooled off remember we were getting up into the forty's in new delhi into my poor recently twenty five celsius there on wednesday but temperatures picking up once again. sponsored by town. egypt's strongman is ruling with an eye and faced on the silence from his allies is deafening he was perfectly happy to trade off for security while western leaders turning a blind eye when even the c

centre of some jokes on social media after they tweeted about finding footprints of a yeti in the himalayaswas only one set of prints and asked if the army had discovered a one—legged yeti. more on that story on bbc.com. the battle for power in libya goes on, and it is increasingly embroiling the country's oil supply. there is a front line surrounding libya's capital, tripoli, where the internationally recognised government is based headed by prime minister fayez al saraj. tripoli is under attack from forces loyal to another, parallel government based in benghazi, in the east of the country. those forces are called the libyan national army, commanded by this man, general khalifa haftar. he controls most of libya's oil infrastructure, including the el—sharara oil field, which was attacked yesterday by an armed group, of unknown allegiance, apparently exploiting a vacuum left when haftar‘s forces moved north to attack tripoli. that oilfield is operated by state oil company, the national oil corporation, or noc, which has tried its best to stay out of the conflict, but is finding it hard to do

the only one connecting the kashmir valley in the himalayas to the indian plains authorities in indianadministers kashmir have begun enforcing a ban on civilian vehicles. each week on sunday and wednesday the civilian traffic will be closed on the highway and only the army convoys will be able to parse but in case of an emergency medical problems or students going for school the magistrates on duty will issue pauses for their travel. it has been more than seven weeks since a suicide car bomber killed forty indian paramilitary troops a pakistan based group said it was behind the attack and it brought india and pakistan to the brink of war but the ban has left people in kashmir more fearful of an escalation of violence in the region. travelling on highways has become difficult to lift during an emergency but i can reach my destination people a very scared. god and as well as the fear there's also anger and shot criticism from the region's politicians or they are uncooperative and after we came to the street so that the orders revoked the orders illegal they want to facilitate the militar

the forecast is coming up and let's take a little bit further, this area of claudia running to the himalayas days and people have lost their lives and understandable when you see the ferocity of some of the storms. this images were captured in northwest india in the past 24 hours alone, weather conditions have improved in the northwest, still a few storms, bangladesh, some developing across the south of india and sri lanka, but it has dried and on the forecast year, with the storms did do but the drop of the heat. new delhi and very close to 40 degrees and not higher. some areas warm in the united states, the orange colours in the hermas chart but that precedes a very active storm, but i could deal with parts of louisiana and mississippi a titanate of louisiana and mississippi a tita nate and then of louisiana and mississippi a titanate and then to alabama and georgia is that storm continues and the good friday, it could produce damaging rain and all the way northwards towards washington state, new york as well, as well as parts of quebec but we could see some snow fall. a pretty warm and hu

gangotri glacier in the himalayas. the origin of the ganges, a source of life for millions.ial city of kanpur was used by the british in the 19th century. waste and sewage has flowed into the river unchecked since then. affecting thousands of people who live on the river banks. translation: there isn't a single soul in this village who is not suffering from skin disease due to water contamination. the problem is we cannot survive without water. hundreds of leather factories in this region have either been relocated or shutdown to stop chemical waste entering the river. but it's not been enough. you can see freshly clean, washed hide skin. it was cleaned overnight by chemicals in the tanneries in the area. there are hundreds of them and the chemicals finds its way into the river ganges via this drain. this massive stench in the area. our next stop, varanasi. the ganges is considered holy by millions of hindus. india's prime minister narendra modi promised to clean it when he was elected. in 2015 he allocated $3 billion to a five year project to clean the ganges by 2020 howeve

this is how the himalayas formed. africa is the same thing. it separated from europe and moved northward. when it hit west asia, or europe, it formed the alps. the conditions of environment were different. how far back? way back, millions of years. >> could you talk about how you came to be selected as a nasa scientist? priscilla: can you talk about -- well, i think that breaks our rule. [laughter] mr. el-baz: yes. priscilla: we will hear about that in the lecture. >> if you could comfortably live on any planet other than earth, where would you live and why? mr. el-baz: mars, because i know a great deal about the desert. [laughter] >> [indiscernible] priscilla: have you read the trilogy about mars by tim stanley robinson, and what did you think of the landscape description, thoughts about mars and have a dating, -- habitating? priscilla: quite interesting and mr. el-baz: quite lively -- -- quite interesting and quite lively. a very good description for now. >> i want to ask two questions. there's a famous quote by one of the astronauts, i beli

in 2014 there were polling stations 15,000 feet above sea level in the himalayas.ted a number in proportion to its population so the magic number is 272. get past that you have an outright majority. fall short and it‘s time for a coalition building. when you put it like that, it sounds simple. it‘s anything but. there is a famous saying here that the indian government is like a piece of flat bread. it needs to be flipped on the griddle or it will burn. so will it flip this time? well, a year ago it would have seemed ridiculous to even pose the question. narendra modi looked invincible. but the state elections at the end of 2018 were a major setback. the economy is slowing, unemployment is growing. make india a clean india, i‘ll double your wages and create 10 million jobs, india. well, those promises, they haven‘t quite been delivered. so it gives rahul gandhi and the opposition a chance. so, what will decide this election? who will decide this election? will it be urban voters? will it be rural voters? will it be the under 25s? half this country‘s population. will

iglesia in the himalayas, the origin of the ganges, a source of life for millions. —— a glacier.es in this region have either been relocated or shut down to stop chemical waste entering the river. but it‘s not been enough. you can see freshly cleaned washed height skin that was cleaned overnight in the tanneries in the area, and then the tanneries in the area, and then the chemical finds its way into the river ganges via this drain. there isa river ganges via this drain. there is a massive stench in the area. our next stop. the ganges is considered holy by millions of hindus. india‘s prime minister modi promised to clea n prime minister modi promised to clean it when he was elected. in 2015, he committed $3 billion to a five year project to clean the ganges by 2020. however, locals here aren‘t optimistic. translation: people spit wherever they want and throw garbage in the river. i don‘t think pollution will ever be tackled properly. government efforts to clea n properly. government efforts to clean the river are visible all along this stretch, but clearly more needs to be done.