in the late 70's merwin came to maui and bought three acres ofqan old pineapple planation.h a paradise lost where nothing would grow where the soil has been ruined by chemicals and deforestation. >> i thought it would be sort of fun to see what you could do with a piece of land like this. maybe you could save it. >> brown: one of the only things that would grow is the native hawaiian palm. that's where merwin and his i've wall awe started first building up the soil and planting often a tree every day during the rainy season. from seeds gathered from around the world. merwin didn't set on it to create a palm preserve but that says wickman head of the national tropical botanical garden is what he did. >> this represents you might say kind of a genetic safety net of palm plasm. >> brown: that safety net is needed rhesus hickman as palm species around the world face threats even extinction from logging invasive species climate change and more. >> what we know today is that 80-90% of the world's bio diversity exists in tropical reasons. today onelplant species is threatened with

breaches recently in april a teenage boy was able to stow away in the wheel well of a plane headed to mauiasn't found until the plane got to hawaii in august another stowaway. this time a woman was able to board a plane and fly to los angeles without a boarding pass. and in november a man was seen on a restricted ramp at the airport. when airport employees took him inside to wait for police the situation got even worse. according to san jose police the man ran from them, stole a city maintenance truck and drove through the airport before getting caught. and then there was thursday breach. "while 4 breaches in sj aa kroon 4 news." one lucky antioch resident hit the jackpot. a winning power ball ticket worth one point four million dollars was sold at buchanan smoke shop in antioch according to california state lottery officials. the ticket matched five of the six winning numbers in saturday's power ball drawing. officials advise the winner to keep the ticket in a safe place until it is cashed in a state lottery office. until all six numbers are matched, the jackpot remains at three hundred a

extinct in the wild purpose of this particular one was born at the breeding facility on the island of maui and he is an odd duck. [laughter] raised by people and does not selfie identified as a bird. [laughter] or not as a pro. [laughter] one of the women said he wants fell in love with a spoonbill. [laughter] because of his lack of identification he refuses to meet with any of the birds so now there are 100 alala roughly 50 emails to choose from but he refused and he is pretty old now, in his 20s so for that reason his genes are very important progress couple years ago he was transferred to the veterinary hospital of the san diego zoo where he came under the care of her reproductive physiologist and she is hoping he will give his gametes so she could rush back over to now we. >>host: to artificially inseminate one of the crows over there is every spring when it is making season durant very serious scientist takes the burden on her lap. [laughter] and strokes in in a way that he finds extremely exciting. [laughter] and about one year ago i was in san diego but yet he had not yet delivered

a campaign that allows maui to pan child marriages. >> that's it for al jazeera's international addition of world news. >> thank you for watching. "america tonight" is next. >>> on "america tonight" - lifting the veil of life in detention. >> what was your role in september 11th. >> i didn't participate in september 11th. >> a public reading of "the guantanamo diary." and how sharif is one of 119 detainees told in a senate report. much of the harsh treatment experienced was never approved. >> you'll do what it takes to get this man to talk. do you understand. my response was "we don't do that?" he said "we do now. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. we looked together to a dark part of the effort that will do harm for our nation. and stop them. our intelligence services trapped and rounded up hundreds of detainees. others, the dark side set up by the c.i.a. a senate report detailed the treatment. many questions were unanswered including what if anything would be done to those. >> al jazeera contributor lindsay moran did a special section on this as the former c.i.a. agent >>> khalid

particular alala you're looking at is named -- he was born at the breeding facility was on the island of maui. and as the saying goes he's quite an odd duck here he was raised i people come and he doesn't seem to really self identify as a bird. [laughter] or at least not as a crew. he does not -- one of the women who cares from told me that he wants the in love with the spoonbill. so because of his, you know, lack of identity he refused to me with any of the birds at this breeding facility so they're not -- there are now about 100 alala, maybe a bit more at the facility. so roughly 50 females into choose from by the he refused to mate with any of them. he is pretty old now, in his 20s, which is pretty old for a bird. and so for precisely that reason his jeans are very important. so a couple of years ago he was transferred to the veterinary hospital at the san diego zoo where he came under the care of a reproductive physiology is named barbara durrant, and she is hoping that the bird will provide some of his gametes so she could rush back over to maui with them and use them to artificially ins

. >> maui here we come. >> reporter: as we look outside we're looking at a fair amount of sunshine sky 6 had the penns landing breaking through. starting out cloudy with flurries around, but that's he all in the past now, as the sun is beginning to win the day. 25 degrees is the current temperature. despite the sunshine it's cold outside. winds north northwest at 15 miles per hour. there's the wind dropping out of north. these arement latest sustained winds you can should feel these numbers they are going up to 20 miles per hour and the gust as high as 30. you put this together it's uncomfortable. 13 is the windchill in philadelphia. 8 in allentown, 4 in reading. ten in wilmington and 20 in wildwood where the winds have slacked off a little bit. as we look at cloud cover it looks worse than it is. this medium shade of gray is thin cloud cover that's allowing the sunshine to get through quite a bit. later in the day we might even break out into full blue skies at times. some of you are seeing that right now. 24 is the high in philadelphia. when i say high i'm talking about where the tem

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thousands of people also lost power on oahu as well as maui and the big island. we're told most of the power has been restored. >>> unwanted valentine's day surprise also caused some problems on an alaska airlines flight going from l.a.x. to portland. the flight was delayed after a passenger reported being stung by a score pea upon the plane. the -- scorpion on the plane. alaska airlines says the flight originated from mexico. the oregon state university's men's basketball team also was on the flight. it picture was taken by a member of the team. they say they were told the scorpion hitched a ride on the carry-on bag of a passenger who had just been to mexico. >> can you imagine sitting next to that? >> be careful what's in your bag. >>> hey, sal, anybody driving on the roads this morning? >> well, i mean there are some people. but it's definitely lighter than usual which is great if you have to go somewhere. >> lats take a look at what we -- let's take a look at what we have. traffic looks good at the bay bridge. it won't be a normal commute getting into san fra

thousands also lost power on maui and the big island, most of the power has now been restored. >>> an unwanted valentines day surprised cause problems from la to portland. the flight delayed after a passenger reported being stung by a scorpion. >> what? >> a scorpion. well the woman was treated by medics at the airport, refused any medical treatment, the airline says the flight originated from mexico, the oregon state university men's basketball team also happen to be on that flight, taken by a member of the team, they say that they were told the scorpion had hitched a ride in the carry on bag of a passenger who had just been to mexico. so they we have to pick up our shoes and jackets. >> kids are checked and they can't find a scorpion in a bag? >> i guess so. >> good morning everybody, not much going on, today is a holiday for a lot of people, we're not expecting a traditional morning commute. if we look at some of the things we're going to show you here traffic moving along very well on 880, they had cleared that accident that was up, high of 29, and things are actually doing pretty

our technical director for this very program who left the southern united states is in maui hawaii as we speak. he sent the photograph. rubbing it in, indeed. 7 degrees. about 25 celsius out -- 76 degrees. about 25 celsius out there. a few minutes' drive from the wailea area in hawaii. how about that? >> that's where we'll like to be. >> but the hotel here out of cnn center is where we will be. >> just as good. just as good. >> with all that san and salt. no snow. okay. i won't rub it in. >> yes. >> okay. thank you very much. >>> we do want to actually go to the brit awards because everybody -- >> we saw this -- >> everyone's talking about this. of course it's madonna who stole the show with that dreadful fall. >> take a look. ♪ >> and you see it right there. madonna wearing a cape is yanked down a flight of stairs in the middle of that performance. >> that's why i leave my cape at home. fortunately -- >> no you don't. >> the 56-year-old was able to get back up moments later and finish her song. this proves that she was singing live as well. she posted this to her instagram account, "

but none more fearsome than those that break daily off the coast of maui.reatening, the breaks have been nicknamed jaws. >> when you look at the big spots to choose from, jaws to me was the scariest. it breaks right into a cliff. >> for a risk-taker like visser, the cliff doesn't make it scary enough. he wants to push the envelope and takes on jaws at night. >> i was so terrified of it, and i really wanted to just see what i was made of. >> no one has ever tried it. many doubt it can even be done. >> all the best big wave riders tell us, you know, i don't think this is achievable. not something that someone can go and do. >> to pull this off, visser must paddle out alone, with sharks patrolling underneath. to top it off, he's none too fond of being in the dark. >> if i want to be less afraid of the dark, how am i going to do that? >> to get prepared for paddling at night alone, the team flies him and his surfboard offshore in a helicopter and drop him at sunset to sink or swim in his fears. >> they put me out to sea and made me paddle in for four hours. lik

. >> for you too don in boston, new york, due for maui assignment i think? >> i know, maybe miami or the bahamas or something? >> there you go. we'll try and hook that up. >> i know some people, man i'll make a call. buddy, we appreciate all you do for us. >> sixty-three here's kate. >> i all of our reporters that have been battling this cold to tell us what it is like outside, so grateful to you. we know it is hard workment storm scan3, quiet for now storm looming on the horizon that will move if later on tonight, but there are already winder storm warnings, and winter weather advisory posted across basically the entire mid-atlantic then back to the mid mississippi valley. we included in that. how much are we talking? later on tonight, three to 6 inches in philadelphia. the further north you go, those totals are basically cut in half. you can easily pick up half foot here. notice through atlantic, cape may, portions every cumberland central and southern delaware, yes half foot of snow out of this, it is all snow this time. just simply too cold. we've got ni

thorns, more than 400 species from all over the world, on 19 acres of land on the northern coast of maui hawaiian palm farm, that's friday on the newshour. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening, with mark shields and david brooks. for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life officer. i.b.e.w. the power professionals in your neighborhood. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org report" with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >>> pay raise. walmart long criticized for not paying its workforce enough

more than a dozen flights to maui and honolulu got diverted because of high wind warnings. >> another tough day for tai kyle the widow of chris kyle. murder trifle her husband's killer continues today. the jury heard voicemail messages that eddie routh left on kyle's phone. a former secret service agent specializes in computer forensic analyzed those calls saying they showed his frame of mind leading up to the shooting. one call he talked about the rain and quote said it's a sad day when it rains. a good sad. routh suffers from ptsd and that's why he killed kyle and his friend chad littlefield. prosecutors say he's a troubled drug user who knows right from wrong if convicted he faces live in prison without parole. >>> the washington monument reaching new heights but it's not getting any taller. well according to a new measurement standards the monument on d.c.'s national mall is being recorded as nearly 10-inches shorter than earlier records. the new measurement puts the monument at 554 feet 7-inches tall before now the monument had been measured from the ground up but modern internat

. >> i was in maui and -- >> seth: you were just in. yeah. no, it definitely changed.r ] how long you got to be out there in the sun to get any sort of change in the old color? >> at least one month. >> seth: oh, yeah. >> every day, six hours. >> seth: so that makes it really hard. >> yeah. >> seth: i did not realize this, you are from evanston, illinois, where i was born and i went to college. one person. great. [ laughter ] that makes three of us. >> what up? want to sit up here? i don't know if they can do that. >> seth: no, yeah we can't invite them up here. >> okay. >> seth: yeah, yeah. i'm kind of worried this is a cursed necklace. >> you know what? you can lose it. chuck it out there. it was a gift, but whatever. >> seth: i'm going to just keep it right here. >> yeah, i'm from evanston, born and raised. >> seth: that's great. so, i was born there, then i grew up in new england and then i went back for college. >> yeah. because it's so good. it's so great. >> seth: it's a great place to be. did you like growing up there? >> i loved it. >> seth: yeah. >> it was aw

six other flights were diverted from maui to honolulu because of the storms. heavy rain and wind gusts up to 59 miles an hour caused extensive damageoahu. >>> another emergency on an alaskan airlines flight from los angeles. it was turned around just before takeoff whether a passenger reported being stung by a scorpion. this picture was tweeted out by a passenger. the injured passenger got off the plane and declined medical treatment. flight attendants killed the scorpion. airline officials say it is unclear how the scorpion made its way on the flight. >>> a manhunt is under way for the suspect in the shooting over a las vegas mother over a road rage incident. police released the sketch of a man who may be involved. tammy meyers was on her way home thursday after giving her daughter a driving lesson. a confrontation erupted with the occupants of a grey or silver sedan. that car followed her home and according to reports, one of the suspects shot meyers in the head. her son came out and fired at the car. last night the family said they would take her off life s

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. >>> west hawaii today, a humpback whale off the coast of maui has been freed after spending a weakennd buoys. helicopters tracked the whale until rescue crews were able to lift the 45-ton whale to the surface and cut away the fishing line rescue coordinators says all line has been cut away except a small fragment in the whale's tail which should fall out naturally as the wound heals. >> one of the three newspapers i read every day. >> we get it delivered. >> i think of sarah palin actually answered the question she would have said the anchorage, the "new york times," and "hawaii today." >>> "usa today," michael phelps is engaged to long-time girlfriend nicolle johnson. 18-time olympic gold medalist announced his engagement to the former miss california in an instagram photo with a caption" she said yes. johnson posted her own picture saying i'm going to be an mrs. they've been dating since 2007. phelps finished up his six-month suspension from usa swimming following his second dui request. >> sarah palin newspapers, that's another question that a democrat would have never been asked.