rhode island island chain would look like. this a -- new technology allows us to show these changes and the science shows they may be coming sooner than we thought. how soon and how much? there is a new report that was released in january updating global sea-level rise estimates based on the latest pier- -- peer-reviewed scientific literature. sea ice and glaciers are melting faster than expected. raising the sea level. the we do nothing on climate change scenario by around 20 inches. when noaa and its partners applied these findings to america's coast, take manage into account things like regional circulation and gravitational pull and erosion settling and depletion of groundwater, the news was particularly harsh for the northeast atlantic coast -- from virginia to maine, including rhode island. our rhode island resources management council is telling us that for planning purposes we need to face the possibility of nine to 12 vertical feet of sea-level rise along our shores by the end of this century. a little girl born today

and tobasco sauce was invented on a louisiana island, avery island. and florida actually has an island that is distinguished for having the greatest population density on the gulf of mexico and thus in florida also at nearly 5,000 people per square mile. anybody have any idea? kathy, my dear friend from my teenage days, we grew up together in pinellas county, it's in pinellas county, any idea? treasure island. and treasure island in pinellas county has nearly 5,000 people. at the other end of the spectrum is sanibel with under 400 people per square mile. so why would you go live on treasure island? [laughter] and barrier islands and more than 100 rivers that run to the gulf are responsible or they help make the gulf one of the richest estuary environments in the world. a quarter of all estuaries of the united states are in the gulf. and so you have barrier islands on one side and fresh water coming down and mixing in with the saltwater which makes the estuaries, but you have the barrier islands that helps contain that salt and freshwater mix. and also

is holding the island at arm's length, but yet we're not allowing the people on the island their own sovereignty. racial ideas are also an important part of understanding this moment in our history because both imperialists who supported the u.s. occupation and those who opposed it defined their and justified their positions often in racial terms. so, for example, those that supported the u.s. occupation in puerto rico often claimed that puerto ricans were inferior this intelligence to the chinese and the chinese at this moment were, of course, being exclude with the the exclusion acts from the 1880s. so one reason people were using that kind of argument in congress was because they wanted to be able to placate mainland citizens' fears that if we are to invade a foreign territory, this could open the gates to a stream of migrants to the u.s. mainland. and some congressional leaders appealed to this kind of racial logic saying these people are are so inferior to americans that they could never survive in our society even if they came. others argued that the u.s. congress was so powerf

in the california channel islands which are fantastic and anywhere from 26 miles across the sea like the song says or clear out in the ocean so i got to go on these excursions or these patrols out into the channel islands and see things that most kids would only dream of, there was oneparticular chapter i wrote about in the book , i call it to the islands where we went out and took it to national park scientists from washington dc out to santa barbara island and the island hadn't been declared by the president franklin roosevelt as a national monument years before and it was their job to turn this island back to its natural state because during the previous century, all these ranchers had come in and brought in all these exotic animals and they brought in cats and goats and pigs and they were literally destroying the island so anyway, while we drop these assignments off on this island, we went on an adventure of her own and my dad made this great case while we were there and so that was just the beginning. here i am peeking out of the galley, watching this whole thing take place and

♪ ♪ i am an islander i'm an islander i am an islander i'm an islander ♪ i am an islander i'm an islander time of day people are in a little bit of a rush to get to work and stuff, so normally i sit there and run my radar. and if they're speeding, i'll stop them and write out a warning ticket. i'll write s-t-h-d. slow the hell down! ♪ welcome to the land where the winters try to kill us and we said we will not be killed ♪ ♪ welcome to the land where the waters try to drown us and we said we will not be drowned ♪ ♪ welcome to the land where we lost our loved ones and we said we will still go on ♪ ♪ welcome to the land where the winds try to blow and we said no ♪ >> that morning i dropped my kids off at school and head to the spca where i'm greeted by my other kids, all barking and meowing for breakfast, and a belly rub, not that i'm complaining, i love them, but by the time feeding is done i got to get back up to pick up my human kids so i take just one second for myself and i'm sitting in my car. >> i'm sitting in the staff room. >> i'm in the library. >> and i turned on the radio. >> i'm

it's easier to get to rikers island in here. i was able to take a tour of heart island at a time were slowly the secrets after 150 years, are starting to be told. [inaudible] >> beside potters field, heart island is the field for war soldiers. every building -- a phoenix house, drug rehab center in the 60s and 70s. you can see the rising phoenix mural painted. >> each one of these stone markers represents 150 people buried in two rows. it's just a number. >> more recent markers made out of pvc. is not a lot of visible signs out here that this is even a cemetery. we do have this come across that was built by prisoners who worked out here who buried the body. >> the bodies are buried by prisoners when they get to 150 they fill up the trench. we had to turn our cameras off. one thing that strikes me is how incredibly peaceful it is. it is sad and peaceful at the same time. melinda hunt is tells the people stories and she's fighting to lift the stigma. she said having the facility run like a prison doesn't help. >> the city burial j

a fuel tanker still makes regular trips to the island.he old plant's smokestacks ill blow lots of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as the brand-new wind turbines spin on the heieights above. the operatoror's press spokeswon defefends the expensive investment. she says that despite speedbumps, el hierro's energy mix is now much m more enviroronmentally frfriendly tht was in t the past. >> in the first year of operationsns -- in 2016 -- we sasaved over 7,000 tons of dies, which means we emitted 14,000 tons less of co2. and other islands will profit from the pioneering work we've done. what did we get right? what wrong? it's in the nature of things that pioneering projojts are experimentalal, and that they ao serve to help optimize future facilities. >> the engineers are certain they can improve efficiency in their r sustainable energy mi. but theyey've grown mumuch more carefuful about whatat they pro. a seseries of events is plannedo rereignite enthuhusiasm for the precect amonresisidents, and encourage other islands to follow in their f

and you cannot beat the island vibe.if i say festival, you'll think of glastonbury in the uk or coachella in the us. now a sleepy caribbean nation has decided to get in on the act, in a bid to attract more young people. but does it have what it takes to draw a party crowd? we sent greg mckenzie to find out. st maarten, or saint martin — depending on which part of the island you are on — is the smallest island in the world. to be partitioned between two different nations — a french side and a dutch side. technically, it's two different countries, and attracts more than two million visitors every year. its airport, princess juliana international, is truly unique, because on one side you have a public beach, on the other there is a huge mountain range. pilots say it's one of the scariest landings in the world, and it's easy to see why. just ahead there is the a340 that has flown in from paris. the people on there have been on board for about eight hours and 30 minutes. the landing just behind us, the runway length is about

st maarten, or saint martin, depending on which part of the island you are on, is the smallest islandartitioned between two different nations — a french side and a dutch side. technically, it's two different countries, and attracts more than 2 million visitors every year. its airport, princess juliana international, is truly unique, because on one side you have a public beach, on the other there is a huge mountain range. pilots say it's one of the scariest landings in the world, and it's easy to see why. just ahead their is the a340 that has flown in from paris. the people on there have been on board for about eight hours and 30 minutes. the landing just behind us, the runway length is about 7,000 feet. traditionally, aircraft of that size need about 8000 feet to land safely. so there is only a tiny margin of error, if any. it's the second busiest airport in the caribbean. and exciting as it is to watch landings from the beach, it's even more thrilling to see aircraft take off. this is what they calljet blasting. in a minute, we're going to all get pushed back. it's already started! w

and treasure island by 2019.ow, cyclists and pedestrians have to take a shuttle to treasure island. ultimately the goal is a bike and walking path all the way to downtown san francisco and that's years way. very, very early in the planning for that. today, city leaders transportation officials will be here at vista point for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. they will basically be kicking off that seven-day a week bike past path on the bay bridge. jessica flores, kpix 5. >> who is paying for vista point? >> reporter: good question. it's basically a 50/50 split. part of that is a san francisco county transportation authority and the other is the bay area toll authority. so they are both kind of paying for this 50/50. back to you. >> jessica, thank you. >>> fights broke out as confederate monuments started being taken down in new orleans. >> take them down, take them down! >> this was one of four confederate monuments slated to be removed in new orleans. officials have been met with battles from pro-monument protests for

st maarten, or saint martin, depending on which part of the island you are on, is the smallest island the partition between two different nations. a french side and a dutch side. technically, it's two different countries, and attracts more than 2 million visitors every year. its airport, princess juliana international, is truly unique, because on one side you have a public beach, on the other there is a huge mountain range. pilots say it's one of the scariest landings in the world, and it's easy to see why. just ahead their is the a340, that has flown in from paris. the people on there have been on board for about eight hours and 30 minutes. the landing just behind us, the runway length is about 7000 feet. traditionally, aircraft of that size need about 8000 feet to land safely. there is only a tiny margin of error, if any. it's the second busiest airport in the caribbean. and exciting as it is to watch landings from the beach, it's even more thrilling to see aircraft take off. this is what they calljet blasting. in a minute we're going to all get pushed back. it's already started! je

the mother of 12 lives two hours boat ride away on tonga's eastern island. she's accompanied by her son, a 47-year-old fisherman and her daughter-in-law. she has been a diabetic for 20 years and two other members of her family also suffer from the disease. a small boil on the heel of her foot has turned to sepsis. >> translator: the infection has gone up to here and the rest of the foot will be removed to get rid of it. >> the medical team is checking her [ speaking foreign language ] >> how are you feeling about your mom going into operation? >> translator: we have to remain strong for my mother. i don't want to lose her to this disease. but i'm happy and hopeful that today's treatment may free her from pain and give her some peace. >> you must love her very much, yes? >> translator: yes. >> this is another tragic victim of diabetes. the 60-year-old former teacher and nurse is limited to only 5% vision out of the corner of her left eye. she lives with her family in the countryside, about 15 kilometers from the capital. >> and what caused your diabetes? [ sp

they brought in cats and goats and pigs, and they were literally destroying the island. so anyway, while we dropped these scientists off on this island, we went on an adventure of our own, and my dad made this great lobster poaching case while we were there. that was just the beginning. here i am peeking up out of the galley watching this whole thing take place, and he's got these guys yelling and screaming, you know, these lobster poachers. it was quite an experience. and then later on there was a case where i was with my dad when i was a teenager on a night patrol, there was these duck poachers down in the willows area which is south of here. a lot of rice fields and this kind of thing. and what they call market hunters would go out at night, and they'd sneak up on these huge flocks of, you know, in the thousands of ducks and geese and then they'd just fire their shotguns into them and kill hundreds of them at the same time. so one night we're working that, and i ended up -- there were three or four wardens in the same, you know, working in the same place. so they all

the trip to the islands. we went out and we took these national park scientists from washington d.c. up to santa barbara islands. and it is declared by roosevelt as a national monument years before it was a job to turn the island back to its natural state. because be during the previous century all of these people have come in and brought in all of these exotic animals and they brought in cats and goats and pigs and literally they were destroying the island. so anyway, while we drop the scientists off on the island, we went on the adventure of our own. my dad made this great lobster coaching case while we were there. that was just the beginning. here i am picking up out of the galley watching this whole thing takes place and he is you guys yelling and screaming. you know the lobster poachers. it was quite an experience. then later on, there was a case where i was with my dad when i was a teenager on a night patrol with subcultures down in the willows area reduce south of, there were a lot of rice fields and t

a dark cloud has come down upon the island, a real dark cloud. people are...n't know what to say, what to do. two of barra's own were at the concert in manchester, laura mcintyre, who's 15, seen here on the left, is in a serious condition in hospital. her friend, 14—year—old eilidh macleod, is still unaccounted for. two wonderful, lovely children who have contributed through the years, through their growing up, to the community enormously. the families are distraught with worry and concern. they're concerned for each other, they're concerned for their children. they support each other and just wait and hope and pray. at the island's school, support is being offered to the teenagers' friends and fellow pupils. our school and island community are in shock, feeling numb and struggling to come to terms with it. our thoughts and prayers are with eilidh and laura, their family and friends as they struggle to cope. barra is small place, it is a place where people know each other well and they are suffering together here, the pain is felt by all. they are pulling toge

he said brexit represents the greatest economic and social challenge to this island in 50 years., he said that some time ago, not long after the british referendum. do you feel that way about brexit today? yes. the withdrawal of our neighbours, the uk, from the eu is potentially very damaging for the uk, for europe and for ireland. it certainly wasn't the result we expected or wanted. we're very disappointed, but we've got to deal with the cards as now played. this is potentially very damaging for the equilibrium of europe. the market of 550 million people, the great peace project of many years standing. and with ireland, as the nearest neighbours of the uk, in the event of there being adverse consequences, well then we're most likely here to suffer most. that must make you very angry, doesn't it? that here you are, unable, really, to have an influence over an event which could be catastrophic for you and your country? we're not so much angry as disappointed. that's why in the context of the negotiations that are about to begin, we are anxious to impress upon everybody, ourfriend

. >>> but first, san francisco police are investigating a killing on treasure island. details on the island's first homicide in years. >> it is concerning that it is so close to home. >>> a live look now at the thursday evening commute. this is the bay bridge toll plaza. that's the opposite of the commute direction. that's heading into the city. just seems like there's -- it's always backed up. >> another live picture now of interstate 80 in berkeley. you can see the traffic on the right heading toward richmond, berkeley, el cerrito. slow going in both directions. . >>> we're learning new details about a homicide on treasure island. police wouldn't talk to us about what happened but people who live on the island are concerned. ktvu's cristina rendon is on treasure island now to tell us what she has learned from the police log and also from talking to witnesses. >> reporter: we understand that the shooting happened inside this corner duplex here. the resident who lives inside did not want to speak on camera but he tells me he came home wednesday evening and found the ma

the path to treasure island is expected by 2019.today city leaders will gather here behind me and they are already prepping for that as you can see cleaning the roads here as city leaders gather. they are going to do a ribbon cutting later today at 10 a.m. for the vista point. reporting live on yerba buena island, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >> that's going to be a nice clean ride. >>> it is a big night for the warriors. they are hosting the utah jazz for round 2 of the nba play- offs. >> special guests will be at oracle for the big game celebrating 10 years since the "we believe" team." in 2007 the warriors beat the mavericks in the first round of the play-offs. they were the first-ever 8 seed to bead a number 1 seed in a seven-game series. baron davis, stephen jackson and other members of the squad will be there tonight. fans can also buy special we believe it. shirts. >> thank you. >> facing tough questions when united's ceo will testify on capitol hill about what went wrong when a passenger was dragged off an overbooked flight.

the beaches on henderson island, an uninhabited remote british territory in the south pacific.0 miles from the mainland, a remote paradise that has become a rubbish dump. its beaches are now more densely polluted with plastic than anywhere else on earth. henderson island is home only to south pacific sea birds and marine wildlife, and with no human inhabitants, this should be a pristine haven. but an international team of researchers who visited and studied the island calculated that 17 tons of our litter, washed or dumped into rivers and oceans, have floated here over decades. dr alex bond saw the devastation up close. we looked across the beaches in a variety of different plots, and counted the pieces of plastic on the surface, and down to about ten centimetres. and from that we could extrapolate the area of beaches, and that's how we came up with our estimate of about 38 million pieces on the island. it's shocking because as you step along the beach, plastic is absolutely everywhere, no places without it. researchers say that most of the plastic waste they could identify app

to and from the island.lanes going constantly to and from the island. on sunday charter planes coming in, private planes coming in. the same with monday. it down a bit today but i feel if the bird lingers closer to the weekend people will come again. and this is an incredibly rare sighting. how come this bird has ended up here? so pretty much for the past two weeks we have had strong wind coming from the west and north—west. potentially what is going on in north america now is that birds are moving north to their breeding grounds and if they get stuck in one of these weather patterns they can be blown straight across the atlantic. so this bird is rare and should not be here. will it get back and how will it get back? should it go back? that is a good question. the question many people ask is how long it will be on the island. currently right now the habitat it is in is appropriate. i'm from canada so i'm used to this bird. will it get back, it may or may not. it seems like it has a tendency to leave and a sp

henderson island in the ramon south pacific has been nicknamed plastic island.ited remote british territory is thousands of miles away from any mainland. but, still, it has been found to have the highest density of plastic rubbish anywhere in the world. scientists have estimated that 38 million items have been washed up on its beaches. the study ‘s authors also say that the island illustrates the scale of sea pollution. 3000 miles from the mainland a remote paradise that become a rubbish dump. its beaches are now more densely polluted with plastic than anywhere else on earth. henderson island is home only to south pacific sea birds and marine wildlife. and with no human inhabitants, it should be a pristine haven. but an international team of researchers who visited and studied the island calculated that 17 tons of our litter washed or dumped into rivers and oceans have floated here over decades. doctor alex bond saw the devastation up close. we looked across the beaches and a variety of different plots encountered plastic on the surface down to about ten centime

no man is an island.ctly. 122 yards still 1 over. >> 24-foot python. >> oh, my. >> what do you do when you see one? reach out and touch it? that is a rock python. >> i don't care. i'm not going near it. >> that is the sporting life. that is a big python. >> you think? >> that's the sporting life for tonight. for news at 11:00. top that. >> not going to do it. thanks, mark. >>> next at 11:00. >> president trump changes his tune. he wants the agency to get to the bottom of the russia meddling. >> there is growing pressure in congress to determine the extent of russian meddling. good evening. >> during testimony the acting director of the fbi contradicted the white house on two issues. the latest developments from capital hill. rs. >> reporter: after the firing of james comey, democrat and some republicans have called for a special prosecutor to take over the russia investigation. the critics say the white house is trying to hurt that investigation. >> there has been no effort to impede our investigation. >>

the islands are claimed by six nations.an associate professor at the university of the philippines. he joins us now via web cam. thank you for joining joins us now via web cam. thank you forjoining us. if china and the philippines will discuss the dispute in the south china sea, who do you think will have the upper hand? i think both will have a very good chance at negotiating what will eventually be a code of conduct. it appears to me that the philippines is very much determined, under the administration of president duterte at common to find a peaceful solution. but finding a peaceful solution, and would this mean having a joint exploration of the disputed islands? well, that deal in october definitely included joint exploration and trade which we are enjoying robust relationship with china. what i think president duterte they would like there, what the philippine ambassador would like, is to be able to provide the ground through which a code of conduct can actually be hammered out peacefully. so what that means is that t

navy sent warships near the islands three times in 2016. last year, an international tribunal rejected many of china's claims to the islands. the u.s. navy has not sailed near these contested islands since october. a recent "new york times" story question whether the trump administration had given up on these operations while trying to work with china on the north korea problem. secretary of state rex tillerson says china has been helpful threatening north korea with sanctions if it didn't change its behavior. >> they confirmed to us they had requested the regime conduct no further nuclear test. >> chief of naval operations was questions about the operations. >> curious about the timing. why now? >> i would suppose there is an implicit dimension to your question that these are somehow confrontational or something like that, and i would say they are exactly the opposite. >> u.s. official tells me the u.s. warship performed three man overboard drills within six nautical miles of shore. showing the chinese they were not just passing through. >

we are on an isolated island.r free and removing all of the pests and predators and then bringing them back in securing the space. it was a vision to come forward to this day that one day we could clean up the mainland reserves and get predators down really low. now we have our reserves on the mainland. area now we have our reserves on the mainland. are a lot of community groups around new zealand are doing a wonderfuljob groups around new zealand are doing a wonderful job cleaning groups around new zealand are doing a wonderfuljob cleaning up the mainland of new zealand, around the cities and around the regions so we can bring them back, these birds that were once restricted to offshore predator free islands. access to the public was very restricted. now we can bring them back. you need to get a permit from the department. we have a good government agency. you can get a career in conservation. we are lucky. adam. indeed, we are looking forward to these songbirds on your island. thank you very much for joining us

it's nicknamed plastic island — 38 million items have washed up on henderson island, a remote uninhabitedpacific. researchers see it as a symptom of the growing mass of waste. here's the bbc‘s victoria gill. 3,000 miles from the mainland, a remote paradise that has become a rubbish dump. its beaches are now more densely polluted with plastic than anywhere else on earth. henderson island is home only to south pacific sea birds and marine wildlife, and with no human inhabitants, this should be a pristine haven. but an international team of researchers who visited and studied the island calculated that 17 tons of our litter, washed or dumped into rivers and oceans, have floated here over decades. dr alex bond saw the devastation up close. we looked across the beaches in a variety of different plots, and counted the pieces of plastic on the surface, and down to about ten centimetres. and from that we could extrapolate the area of beaches, and that's how we came up with our estimate of about 38 million pieces on the island. it's shocking because as you step along the beach, plastic is absolute

on henderson island.nd to have the highest density of plastic rubbish anywhere in the world. hywel griffith reports. a desert island that's become the final resting place for the world's waste. henderson island is uninhabited. years can pass without any visitors. but its beaches have become strewn with the everyday items people throw away. a research tea m items people throw away. a research team sifted through the sands to find more than 17 tonnes of plastic had been deposited here. decades of debris carried by the oceans. the top offenders on the beach were, by and large, everyday consumer items that most people don't really hesitate when they use them to think about what it really means and where they might end up, things like plastic toothbrushes, plastic cigarette lighters, even babies' dummies. the australian research team travelled to the island to spend three months survey in its beaches. henderson is one of the british pitcairn islands that lie more than 3000 miles off the coast of south america.

on henderson island. highest density of plastic rubbish anywhere in the world. there's a growing mass of waste in the pacific and the study authors say the island illustrates the scale of sea pollution. here's victoria gill. 3,000 miles from the mainland, a remote paradise that's become a rubbish dump. its beaches are now more densely polluted with plastic than anywhere else on earth. henderson island is home only to south pacific seabirds and marine wildlife and, with no human inhabitants, this should be a pristine haven. but an international team of researchers, who visited and studied the island, calculated that 17 tonnes of our litter, washed or dumped into rivers and oceans, have floated here over decades. dr alex bond saw the devastation up close. we looked across the beaches in a variety of different plots and counted the pieces of plastic on the surface and down to about ten centimetres and from that we were able to extrapolate the area of the beaches, that's how we came up with our estimate of ab

most albatrosses nest on islands that are remote. now, there is a new way to get at tally of the birds. from space. scientists are using a powerful u.s. satellite to zoom in on places like the time islands in the south pacific. ultrahigh resolution images can focus down to 30 centimeters. that means each albatross appears as a white dot and researchers can count them. this is the bird that lives there. the northern royal albatross. the satellite count has come in -- 3600 nests, half of the number expected. albatrosses face a number of problems. we can see one of them if we zoom out. ocean currents are circulating toxic waste that can be deadly for the birds. along with plastics, fishing lines are also a major danger. and so are rats prey on young chicks. 15 species of albatross are under threat. >> there are ways to restore their breeding, what i am hoping in the future, these satellite images will be able to show us if we are moving in the right direction for saving the albatross as a whole. reporter: this is not the first time sate

the birds come from a sanctuary not far from auckland on an island called tiritiri matangi.rare birds, i spoke a little earlier to adam willets, a ranger with the bream head conservation trust. these birds are really special because here in new zealand but i'd have a lot of birds that flock around ona have a lot of birds that flock around on a canopy like that due to oui’ around on a canopy like that due to our isolation for millions of years. most of our birds are without mammalian predators on the ground, like foxes and rats. most of our birds and lizards have no pressure and are able to live on the ground. they became very heavy, very flig htless. they became very heavy, very flightless. but we didn't have too many birds that flocked like a ca nary many birds that flocked like a canary ina canopy many birds that flocked like a canary in a canopy and were very chirpy and high energy like these whiteheads. it has been one of a0 yea rs whiteheads. it has been one of a0 years since these birds have been the north region, over the tip of the north region, over the tip of the n

tainted new york city's riker's island. her narrative captures records with its prisoner hierarchy under current violent and constant threat of potential rupture among the inmates and their keepers. despite the relentless fervor and antics that students and in part because ofa, peterson becomes a fierce advocate working not only to educate them but in so them with a sense of self-worth from their lives. the book has been praised by critics, authors and activists including jamal joseph, russell simmons and jacklin with an who writes these are jesse peterson fall day is a must read for anyone who's ever cared about young people and all people. peterson brings love and laughter to the devastating fate of her juvenile justice system and are able to get to are able in gifted hands we meet young people who will not soon forget and she had been so glad this book is in the world. we feel the same when we're glad she's here with us tonight. rating from the the book first and then join on her conversations and a chance to ask questio

then sold exclusively to customers on the island. this investment will have been forbidden by the investment company act if these funds were sold in the states. the puerto rican investors holding these funds have suffered massive losses and are claiming that u.b.s. not properly disclose the risk of these funds. on the island, hundreds of these customers have filed rbitration claims with the financial regulatory authority and they seek $1.1 billion in damages. u.b.s. continues to lose these cases for failing its fiduciary responsibilities. today's vote on h.r. 1366 will help end such outrageous investment abuse and gives congress another opportunity to loss. he h.r. 1366 will remove the territories exemption and make 1940 investment company act apply to companies that are located, organized in and sell to residents of all territories. i urge my colleagues to vote in h.r. 1366, the u.s. territories investors protection act. thank you and i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gen

this is south america, that is henderson island, an uninhabited island in the south pacific, it has beene. 3,000 miles from the mainland, a remote paradise that's become a rubbish dump. its beaches are now more densely polluted with plastic than anywhere else on earth. henderson island is home only to south pacific seabirds and marine wildlife, and, with no human inhabitants, this should be a pristine haven. but an international team of researchers who visited and studied the island calculated that 17 tonnes of our litter, washed or dumped into rivers and oceans, have floated here over decades. dr alex bond saw the devastation up close. we looked across the beaches in a variety of different plots and counted the pieces of plastic on the surface and down to about ten centimetres, and from that we were able to extrapolate the area of the beaches, that's how we came up with our estimate of about 38 million pieces on the island. it's really shocking, because, as you step along the beach, the plastic is absolutely everywhere, no place is without it. that report ends this edition of outside so

over the weekend, the island 100 79 -- 179 schools.t is under the promesa law, that recognizes while order rico is not a state, it must in some ways be treated as sovereign. puerto rico is legally barred from using chapter nine, the bankruptcy route normally taken by insolvent local governments. in well, president trump has signed the government spending bill that included $295 million in medicaid funding for puerto rico's health care system. the island's governor spoke to npr about the public spending cuts. >>, no secret when iran for office that we needed to reduce the size of government, we needed to be more effective. frankly, just talking about the schools that are closing, that was part of our proposal a couple of months back. title nothing to do with iii. and some of the strategies -- we have stated we need to reduce our expenditures in health care. although, we don't want to reduce the access. we really need to reduce the expenditures in education. what we're doing is tackling the bureaucracy as a toaster -- as opposed to educa