ten years ago after the worst drought in living memory, itravelled years ago after the worst droughtory, i travelled to australia's outback to investigate a water crisis that was described then as exceptional. a decade later, i returned to find communities on the edge of disaster. they sing the possibility of a water crisis — — that the water crisis is permanent. this landscape is at the heart of the battle over australia's scarce water supply. a nation which likes to call itself the lucky country is endowed with a fabulous wealth of natural resources. but when it comes to one of the essentials of life, the country is in deep trouble. water has never been plentiful here but growing demand, mainly from farming, and higher temperatures linked to climate change, have collided to create the country's worst ever water crisis. the murray darling basin drains more than a million square kilometres of south—eastern australia. a network of tributaries flow into the darling river which crosses the region to join the murray river. australia's longest at more than 2500 kilometres. the darling riv

itravel 200 kilometres around. it is 1000 kilometres to 0ymyakon. i travel 200 kilometres a day.t and cold. it is a permafrost land. when i started on the first day, the siberian people who live there say please, don't do that. you will lose your face on the first day, frostbite will eat you. even though i had a helmet and some protection, motorcycling and winter does not promise a safe ride. normally i travel alone, this time i had two vehicles, a support team and a garage. what is happening inside my head, i call it active meditation. writing in harsh conditions, so cold, i have to be only now in here because if i get a chance to myself to think 0k, it will be warmer, i am hungry, i will get food and so on, it becomes so cold that it is impossible to ride. i have to accept all this cold, com pletely i have to accept all this cold, completely relaxed, otherwise it doesn't work. on the third day of my ride, i really had a feeling of, oh, iam ride, i really had a feeling of, oh, i am home. ride, i really had a feeling of, oh, iam home. there ride, i really had a feeling of, oh, i

last month, two passengers on an international flight to san francisco got measles from a itraveler who had pickedt up in another country. the cdc says it's also alarmed by t first case of tetanus in a child inn ore in more than 30 years. >>> local artsrograms could take a big hit if arlington's proposed budget cuts become a reality, and the community there is worried. >> news 4's shomari stone tonight saw how oncor stage a studio is rallying its troupe to try and stay afloat. >> 3, 2, 1. >> the arts is my life. the arts is probay hannah's life. >> reporter: emily and her best friend hannah jermaine like to perform at encore studio in arlington, virginia. >> i love singing and dancing and i love encore. >> hello, my dear. >> i love acting and the experience of singing. >> this is a pretty devastating cut to the arts. 't>> reporter: but they dove the 2020 proposed budget cuts to the arts in arlington county. encore officials say it totals about half a million dollars. cutting staff positions, such as scene shot, costume shop, and most of the technical support programs. t would really des