. >> reporter: sarah jovan is a research ecologist with the u.s. forest service., and a small number of other scientists, have been studying moss and lichens in forests for years to learn more about air quality. that's because moss and lichens are essentially little sponges that absorb everything in the air around them, including pollutants. but moss had never been studied extensively in an urban environment. so, several years ago, jovan and a colleague decided they'd do just that, in portland. and they chose a type of moss that can be found nearly everywhere in the city. it's called orthotrichum. >> what's interesting is it doesn't seem to mind pollution at all. it's like the twinkie of the moss world, because it seems really indestructible. >> reporter: jovan's team took samples from 346 sites around all around town. they even climbed some trees. the samples were brought back to a portland state university lab where they were processed and cleaned of debris, and then sent off for a detailed chemical analysis. the results were startling. moss from two neighborhoo

comes challenges. (( )) jovan moorning/unlv guard; "early on it was rough, sloopy but each practice we compete a lot more." kris clkyburn/guard; "tha'ts one of our main problems getting to know each other and how to play with each other." troy baxter jr./freshman; "as for me, the seniors took me under their wing and she marvin menzie/coach; "i think that should be inviting to the fans, what to we got.. it's a surprise in a cracker jacks box, it's going to be good, going to be good, just don't knw what it's going to be yet." you can meet all the rebels tomorrow over on the campus next to the union building. the mens and women's teams are holding a rebel rally... there will be music, dancing, ((chris maathuis)) the buzz is starting to build for next week's title fight here in las vegas. manny pacquiao will fight las vegan jessie vargas. vargas has been busy training for the showdown here in las vegas... pacquiao arrived from the phillippines and he's going to be working out in hollywood for a week before arriving in las vegas. the former pound for pound king will be the first senator to

jovan in new york. jovan >> caller: hey, jim. what do you think about scorpio >> not recommending any of the crude tankers after the disaster that was nor dick american. gary in florida, gary. >> caller: booyah, jim cramer. i'm from south beach, florida, where the women are as hot as jim cramer. my question to you today is what's going on with jetblue? how come it's not moving up like the rest of the airline? >> well, it's got a lot of competition. it doesn't have the roots that you necessarily want. that's why i've been liking united continental and southwest you were not there with the hot as a pistol there but whatever. bill in new jersey. bill. >> caller: booyah from breeam, new jersey. >> i love breeam. the houses are more expensive than my place. go ahead. >> caller: i'd like your advice on cypress semi. >> caller: booyah, jim. booyah. double booyah. >> triple booyah. >> caller: buy, sell or hold on acena retail? >> i can't give up on it but that last quarter was just awful. but, you know, if it goes up a little bit, maybe.

jovan mooring/rebel: "great experience, a lot of people came out and we're enjoying this moment right now.. it's good to see the support." and finally guess what... logandale for tomorrow's game of the week. moapa valley vs. pahrump valley. the fans have spoken... clearly winning in our fans voting. so when you see jon tomorrow, say hello and send us some pics. ((denise valdez)) >>> our strange stories for wednesday right after this./// narrator: the target... seniors. danny tarkanian set up thirteen fake charities that preyed on vulnerable seniors... fronts for telemarketing schemes. seniors lost millions from the scams danny tarkanian helped set up. jacky rosen has always led with integrity. in congress, jacky rosen will responsible with your tax dollars. jacky rosen: i'm jacky rosen ((dave courvoisier)) >>> ..a homeowner is cleaning up after her house was ransacked. police finally found the suspect...but it wasn't who..or should we say "what" they expected. officers tracked the suspect to an area behind the washer. they used a broom, and a towel and took the bushy-tailed villain in

jovan moorning/unlv guard: "early on it was rough, compete a lot more." kris clkyburn/guard: "that's one of our main problems getting to know each other and how to play with each other." troy baxter jr./freshman: "as for me, the seniors took me under their wing and showed me things i need to learn. marvin menzies/coach: "i think that should be inviting to the fans, what to we got.. it's a surprise in a cracker jacks box, it's going to be good, going to be good, just don't know what it's going to be yet." tomorrow over on the campus next to the union building. the men's and women's teams are holding a rebel rally... there will be music, dancing, food and fun and it runs from 5-7 tomorrow. ((chris maathuis)) the buzz is starting to build for next week's title fight here in las vegas. manny pacquiao will fight las vegan jessie vargas. vargas has been busy training for the showdown here in las vegas... pacquiao arrived from the working out in hollywood for a week before arriving in las vegas. the former pound for pound king will be the first senator to fight

they say jovan huggins was latoya smith's new boyfriend alive. the mother of three was found on west floral street. suffered a severe head injury before she died. >>> state attorney general pam bondi wants the florida supreme court to clarify the ruling that struck down at a portion of the death penalty. and bondi says if the court refuses to offer a better definition, it will only create more confusion. last friday, the court ruled the law is unconstitutional because it requires only 10 jurors to vote for death and downpour cases will continue as courts require unanimous verdicts to comply with last week's ruling. >>> giving faces to the n nameness. the university of south florida hope re-creation of 20 face also help solve the cold case murder cases. one jane doe back in tampa. forensic artists worked with usf an throw politicians to give jane doe a face and two me it are. they haven't seen her in three decades. they took samples of the si sister's dna to compare with jane doe. the sisters should know in a cup of months if it is actually their

. >> enjoining me now are msnbc political analyst jovan wall, and e.j.eion, former rnc chairman michael steele and rick wilson, senior veras for the evan mcmullen campaign. i've got to go to you, mr. chairman, because the party of lincoln, the party of reagan and the party of eisenhauer n eisenhauer --ines hour -- eisenhower who are not afraid to go on tv screaming something like that man said. what should be the pare be doing to distance itself from the alt-right element that's clearly there, attacking journal i was and clearly anti-semitic and it's open. >> i think the bottom line is exactly what you said. not only do you distance yourself, you emphatically double down on your disdain for that type of behavior and rhett ring. you make it very clear from the top of the rnc to the top of the presidential campaign that this is not reflective of who we are first off as americans but most especially as republicans, and the fact that there is no categorical denial or distancing of the campaign from this nor has there been outside of the perfunctory, you know