liz van. kagame on the aid. the n.t. . and. the one time. just 3 days. in august the world watched in horror as images like this commander brazil a flames destroying vast parts of the amazon the world's largest rain forest. there have been over $80000.00 fires in brazil already this year and nearly 30 percent increase from the same period last year. the fires are part of a worsening trend in brazil the rise of deforestation and this comes as the country's president to you both so narrow has weakened environmental protections we're driving through a part of the amazon that's designated as national park and just out the window there's a large fire with its white smoke covering the entire area drifting over the highway and so this is just one of the many fires that have been set to illegally clear the rainforest. in brazil is leaving an environmental crisis now in the amazon. but there is have they made as soon that i don't think people realize which is that violence that comes with that these trucks. that is a human rights tragedy behind the environmental

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liz kreutz, abc7 news. >>> police in union city are seeking help from the public as they investigate why two boys ages 11 and 14 were shot to death in a van early saturda morning. abc7 news reporter david louie talked to one of the boy's father. >> disbelief grows that two boys could be shot and killed many this parking lot outside an elementary school. friends and classmates of the 11-year-old and the 14-year-old have been paying their respects at a growing memorial lined with canned. s. the boy's parents have asked police not to identify them, so we're not showing their photos and names posted on ooh sign. no one seems to know why the boys were at the schoolyard inside this van shortly after 1:00 a.m. on saturday, but that doesn't temper the anger of long-time residents. >> if these kids were out, there was a reason, or whatever reason it was, it doesn't give the killer the right to shoot at anybody because they're outside at the wrong time. >> a man at the memorial identified himself as the father of the 14-year-old. he had little to say about the incident. police say there is no gang activity in the decoto district, but they haven't r