narrator: in north america these measurements are being taken by noaa's tall-tower program led by noaa scientist arlyn andrews. andrews is attempting to tease out north america's specific contributions to the global carbon cycle. we're trying to get measurements that are as close as possible to where all the action happens. so we want to be very close to the forests close to the cities so that we can see the biggest signals. so what we do is we use a system like this which measures carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide continuously. so 24 hours a day, we get a measurement every 5 minutes. narrator: john lee of the university of maine monitors one of the tall-tower sites. dr. lee: all we do is basically suck air all the way down the tower and send it to an analyzer that's down below. you want to be in the atmosphere, otherwise you'd have too much of the surface influence affecting your measurements. if we were right next to the surface we'd only be measuring what's immediately below us and upwind of us. by going up higher we get all this well-mixed air from a much larger area. this is a pr

but you know what - i know a lot of really good scientists at nasa, and noaa, and at our major universities.

according to noaa, it is not an uncommon occurrence state.mary weather trends are factors. >> the weather phenomenon? >> there is a a lot to learn about how rivers behave and how dust particles can impact clouds over the ocean and over land. >> along the coast in san diego marita davidson got a lesson on how particles interact with clouds and may hold the key to the climate puzzle. >> when we see the dust, biological material that's coming from the ocean, when we see that prevent in the clouds, we see lots of snowfall hit the ground. dr. kimberly prathser at, atmospheric chemist. she leads a team of researchers who are investigating how particles like dust and sea patterns? >> air solis can impact some of the extreme we think patterns we are starting to see? >> the way you can explain some cases of drought is, let's say, for example, you are in a polluted urban region. things like soot and smoke can reduce the amount of rainfall that comes out of that cloud. understanding how these particles play a roll in whether a cloud will produce rain or

. >>> noaa and nasa announced 2014 was the hottest year in recorded history worldwide. >> wendy gillette reports scientists say it is a clear sign global warming is still very much affecting the earth. it was so unusually warm last month in alaska kids made a christmas video of themselves playing in gravel instead of snow, a heatwave this september in southern california made working out nearly impossible and umbrellas were the only shield against the sun as the temperature hit 114 degrees in phoenix in july. those were just some of the weather patterns that contributed to an average worldwide temperature of a little over 58 degrees fahrenheit. that's nearly 1.25 degrees hotter than the 20th century average beating records set in 2005 and 2010. >> it's part of a pattern of increasingly warm years that we're seeing that's a long term trend mostly driven by green house gases. >> reporter: in the u.s. last month was the second warmest december on record. in europe 2014 was warmer than any other year since records have been kept. in central russia at times temperatures reached 41 degrees hig

noaa satellites captured these photos throughout the day today. stay with msnbc for all your storm updates. we're right back continuing coverage on msnbc. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." you're looking at the latest images coming out of the northeast as residents brace for winter storm juno. tens of millions of people in the region are being urged to stay inside and off the roads. the governors of five northeastern states have declared states of emergency in new york new jersey connecticut, massachusetts, and rhode island. new york city subways, which carry 5.5 million riders daily, will be on a limited a limited schedule 800 p.m. tonight. at 11:00 p.m. the port authority will shut down mass transit. all drivers are ordered off city roads after 11:00 p.m. as well. new jersey transit will close by 10:00 p.m. tonight. connecticut governor has order aid statewide travel ban beginning 9:00 p.m. this evening. pennsylvania governor come wolf has designed a disaster emergency proclamation for his state. baker banned all motor travel beginning at midni

over 113 years. >> reporter: now noaa released 3d images. >> it is the san francisco "titanic." granted there were not that many people compared to the "titanic" but the tragedy for the amount of people that died. >> reporter: along with the ship, the story of the last moments of thomas brady are emerging from the water. >> this man was keeping the ship afloat for a lot of immigrants for that time. he was to me a hero. >> reporter: brady's body was never recovered. so his tale and heroics remain a footnote in the depth of the nautical highway. reporting for the nbc bay area news. >> we'll be right back with more news after this break. >>> the untold stories of the people places and things that shaped the bay area. >> it is like a jolt. not just your body but soul. >> bay area revelations, premiering sunday, january 21st. >>> talk about timing. at the stroke of midnight on new year's day, the first bay area baby was born in san francisco. >> born at california pacific medical center. the baby's mom said she was not due for another week. she was surprised when she started to have

noaa announced here taking steps to keep up. their power has tripled.s increased power, this upgrade, they can send out much bet ere pictures days ahead of the old standard. the reason they can afford the big upgrades is congress approved it. after sandy, they passed a disaster relief bill that including $25 million to up noaa's computer power. we talk a lot about what congress fails to do but here they did something and it will likely have a real effect in your life. it may be small potatoes but it is also science. when we see the scariest news in the world about climate change our congress being able to handle something scientific without it being a scandal is a signal green shoot of hope. for fastidious librarian emily skinner, each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. ...which meant she continued to have the means to live on... ...even at the ripe old age of 187. life

the final numbers for december haven't been officially released by noaa. first 11 months were the warmest on record. last year we saw seven straight months of record high ocean temperatures from the month of may to november. now, are we to believe that you know, this is just kind of freaky it's no big deal. that's the case that climate deniers in washington are going to make and are not going to pay attention to it for two years. what we are going to hear is a lot of this. >> i live in wisconsin. there were i think 200 foot thick glaciers in wisconsin. how do you explain that -- it's a -- >> before man had a -- how do you -- >> the statement that you made is false. >> what we have to look is the fact that you don't make good laws sustainable laws when you're making them on high pop seize -- i do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate. >> the problem with climate change is there is not a day that the climate is not change. >> you do not believe there is any manmade reason for global warming or climate change? >> wha

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scientistsh nasa and noaa made the moumt friday. noaa weather data goes back to 1880. they say the rising temperatures contin a clear trend. >> 15 of the past 17 years have been the warmest yea re. >> reporte whi parts of the u.s. saw record cold in 2014 many cities in the west had their warmest years ever places like san franc and nome alaska. nasa scientist jim tucker says green house gases are trapping heat close to the earth's surface and we're seeing the effect of globag before our eyes. >> as the earth warm we have a more active hydrological cycle so more rainfall and snowfall. it can be distributed as larger storms wh intervening periods of drought or no snowfall or no rain. wee warmer temperatures. >> reporte the impact can be severe. droughts fires, the melting of icebergs and glaciers causing sea leve to rise about an inch an decade now. government scientists say they know the earth is warms and believe even if green house gas emissions stopped today it would still continu to warm for some time. what they can't know is whether the warming will accelerate and

. >> i'm are from the stout so i never noaa an ice carvings before. i'm very dmietded. the cold is not a deterchlt. even with temperatures dropping to minus 45° sells use. they turned their city into a spectacular splay of art and magic prp magic >>> after a 6-year struggle to pull out of the resecs, america sets the -- recession, america sets the tone - who wins and who losses in 2016 >>> vladimir putin's russia kicks off the new year engaged in a new cold war with the west. we look at russia's shaky economy, and falling oil prices are a part of the story >>> the white house takes action against kim jong un's north korea for the cyber attack on sony.

. >> reporter: the ship's remains lived in murky silence until a recent expedition by noaa pinpointed the wreckage in 287 feet of water near baker beach. >> it's great they finally found the ship that's very historical. it's over 113 years since the sank. >> reporter: now noaa released new 3d sonar images showing the ship in its grave of mud. >> it's the san francisco's "titanic." granted, there wasn't that many people compared to what happened with the "titanic." but the tragedy of the amount of people that died. >> reporter: along with the ship the story of the last moments of thomas brady are also emerging from the water. >> here this man was, you know keeping a ship afloat for a lot of immigrants for that time. he was to me a hero. >> he's down here with us. >> reporter: brady's body was never recovered. his tale and heroics remain a footnote in the shadowy depths of this famous nautical highway. >> eerie story on this new year's eve. let's check in with jeff ranieri to see what temperatures are going to be like on this new year's eve. >> a lot of folks stepping out, a mix of uppe

and, according to nasa and noaa, 2014 was the warmest year ever recorded. the most recent decade was the nation's warmest on record. across the globe the 10-warmest years on record have all occurred since 1997. we know that the earth's climate is warming and doing so quickly. according to noaa, october august june, and may were the hottest october august, june, and may months ever recorded. the consequence of this rapid and dramatic rise in global temperatures will have a profound impact on billions of people throughout the world. what we can expect are more severe weather disturbances, more flooding, more heat waves more droughts, more forest fires, and salt water inundation of water supplies and agricultural land. as "the new york times" reported in august, droughts in the western and southwestern u.s. appear to be intensifying as a result of climate change. "over the past decade, droughts in some regions haverriveald the epic dry spells of the 1930's and 1950's. the country is in the midst of one of the most sustained periods of increasing drought on rec

according to experts with fossaa and noaa national oceanic atmospheric association. one meteorologist noted that most people in the world born after 1976 have never lived in a cooler than normal year. amazing what these numbers. >> yeah. i'm not going to say my age. but i have been around where there was a cooler than normal year. i wish it could come back. but doesn't look like it. >> in the next three to five years may bring us. you can see in the saddle loit picture, we've been in our own extremes. december was all time wettest here for a lot of cities. now we head into january. which is on track to be the all time driest. but we have now started to break that record. the past 24 hours. few spotty showers in the north bay. so now some sort of rain fall here in january. but unfortunately, the bulk of precipitation with our storm system is head together pacific northwest. that's where they are looking at three to maybe five inches of rain fall. across the bay area you can see the doppler radar, there is nothing showing up right now. but i know there is enough low le

. >> reporter: today, nasa and noaa made it official, 2014 was the warmest year in the earth's recordedtory, and it's only getting hotter. our planet has continued to heat up over the last 135 years. this is what scientists call a crisis. >> this is confirmation of global warming. any time you have a run of warm temperature, warm temperature, warm temperature 15 of the past 17 years being the warmest temperatures on record that shows you the planet is unequivocally warming. >> reporter: scientists say we're to blame. greenhouse gases, the burning of fossil fuels are driving the spike in temperatures. >> changing, altering our climate significantly which alters our life and alters the possibility of our future and our future generation. >> reporter: our oceans are getting warmer. typhoons and hurricanes are getting stronger. flooding is more persistent. while wildfires have never been this explosive much of the west is crippled by drought. for many in porterville, california, the tap has gone dry. if the drought continues, and there's no end in sight, it could cost many the farm. in some

that are hidden in our committee that we have been working diligently to help michael johnson out to noaa. vail we haven't met with him since it's been going on. >> >> they're going to request. i have been doing it for months. maybe you will hear what the rest are saying and i will introduce the individuals so we're not taking up three minutes each time. this is vivian. this is our queen. we have ken johnson here. he's the director of our organization and give you the name. we're going to ask him to come in. who else is out there? come o we have a supporter from the cac. she's here. she will speak also but anyway what we're doing today is set a precedence to show we still haved vs in the western edition and not just ace by myself but i also want to demonstrate if this isn't enough i will bring 25 and next week i think bring 30. we are left in the western edition and piece are people we're meeting for over four months. we have marid and pastor and speak to you and michael fisher and sing songs and ken johnson who is the director and vivian the queen person handling the events so we will ha

military sea life command, the coast guard, mira, noaa we work projects for them. cruise ships ariky and peter mentioned, post [speaker not understood] vessels dock here. we cover most of the major shipping lines that come through san francisco. we do a fair amount of work on commercial vessels as well, tankers, tugs, and those kind of operators and barge work, and then we also are available for emergency projects. some of you may have recalled a few months ago there was a tanker with an engine room fire off the coast of oregon and that vessel ended up being towed back into san francisco. we were able to turn that around in about three weeks and get it back out underway again. as mentioned, our workforce as comprised of ten unions, ten union locals under the bae city metal trades council. our union workforce fluctuates from about 125 to 325 depending on the work load. we are 60 administrative and management personnel and then we supplement both with subcontractors which may flex up to 150 and we also can bring in skilled labor from our other shipyards, especially s

. >>> today nasa and noaa will release data on 2014 global temperatures.sts are expected to reveal that 2014 may have been the hottest year since 1880. all of the ten hottest years on record have come since 1998. >>> happy birthday to baseball great albert pujols who turns 35 roy jones jr. is 46 sade turns 56. >>> keep it here for more news wetter and sports. i'm darebrown. >>> we have a commute alert for you this morning. some protesters the stint are planning could bring your ride to work in a stabstill. >>> terror threats in belgium carried out and terror plots planned. >>> their feat is accomplished but the work is not done yet. why the two men who climbed their way into the history books earlier this week will now hike back up el capitan. >> who needs rest? the bay bridge is all clear to start this friday january 16th. this is "today in the bay." >> and a very good friday morning to you. it's

. >> sreenivasan: noaa's decision on lolita's status is expected by the end of this month. >> srennivasane you tonight, new york city and several northeastern states are bracing for a potentially historic blizzard. this map projecting snowfall amounts of two to three feet in the new york metropolitan area was published this afternoon by the national weather service. the snowiest day on record in new york city was just more than two feet 26.9 inches in february of 2006. very heavy snowfall is also expected in eastern pennsylvania southern new jersey connecticut, rhode island massachusetts, new hampshire and maine. forecasters are also warning of high winds and potential power outages. the storm is expected to begin tomorrow night. we'll have much more about this and the rest of the news tomorrow. i hope you'll join us on air and on-line. i'm hari sreenivasan, have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual

this bill updates the tsunami forecasting and warning program operated by noaa. it will enhance the accuracy of forecasts modernize and improve the standards and guidelines for mapping and modeling tsunamis and support enhanced research efforts related to tsunami science. h.r. 34 also requires the noaa administrator to coordinate with state and local emergency managers to improve tsunami education and awareness in our coastal communities. this will help develop effective response and resilience in the face of tsunamis and other coastal hazards. this bill prioritizes fundamental scientific research on these phenomena, strengthens outreach programs and advances technological forecast to better understand and predict disasters. i again thank the gentleman from california mr. rohrabacher, and ms. bonamici for their work on this bipartisan legislation. before, before i conclude, i'd like to -- mr. speaker, before i include, i'd like to recognize general counsel, katie flynn, for her great service to the science committee. she will be taking her talents to the homeland

but you know what reign i know a lot of really good scientists at noaa and nasa and the major universities, and the best scientists are all telling us that our activities are changing the climate and if we don't act or slowly we will continue to see rising oceans and hotter heat waves and droughts and floods and massive disruptions that can trigger greater migration and conflict around the globe area and the pentagon says that the climate change poses immediate risk to our national security and we should act like it very and and that is why -- [applause] that is why over the past six years we have done more than ever to combat climate change from the weight we way that we produce energy to the way that we use it. and that is why we set aside more public lands and waters than any administration in history. that is why i will not let this congress endanger the health of our children by turning back the clock on our efforts. i am determined to make sure that american leadership drives international actions. [applause] [applause] in beijing we made an announcement. the united states will doubl

. >> reporter: doorgd aaccording the a report from nasa and noaa, in the u.s., parts of the midwest and the west coast were unusually cool, but arizona and nevada and california saw their warmest year ever, making the drought there worse. increases in carbon dioxide and other human emissions into the atmosphere. >> carbon dioxide emissions are increasing because we are taking coal out of the ground and as we continue to increase that we're going to continue to see warming and more records being broken. >> reporter: the ten warmest years on record except for 1998 have awld occurred in all occurred in the 21st century. this nasa satellite picture shows changes in temperatures, the planet has risen yearly by a total of 1.3°. >> how it changes with time. >> reporter: later this year more than 200 countries will meet to figure out how to combat global warming and the natural disasters that come with us. jonathan betz, al jazeera. >> coming up next, the u.s. and gland are going to war simulated cyber-war. and turning blight into beauty, using graffiti. graffiti. >> this is al jazeera america.

temperatures on land and sea broke records last year according to a new report from nasa and noaa. surprising experts because it did not happen during an el el nino year. parts of the west were unusually warm. helping to make the drought even worse. scientists blame an increase am carbon monoxide and other human emissions into the atmosphere. >> we're taking carbon out of the ground, mainly as coal, oil or natural gas and we're burning it. when you burn carbon, you contribute to the effect. as we continue to increase that we'll continue to see warming and more records being broken. >> reporter: the ten warmest years on record except for 1998 have all occurred in the 21st century. this massive video shows the changes in the earth's temperatures since 1880. every year since the planet has warmed by .4 .4 degrees. >> later this year 200 countries will meet to figure out how to cut global warming floods and kraus that droughts that come with it. >> they won't be surprised if this year breaks last year's record. most people alive pay today were born after the year 1976, and they've neve

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the owners were impressed wanting to noaa know about the stories behind them. >> it led to me pitchingthis weird idea . >> opening to the public, after more meetings and more convincing the owners agreed he could use the property. >> so literally this space was trmpledtransformed in 15 days because most of the time, the artists didn't take that long. >> rapidly made five story buildings their canvas. overlapping ideas in what's now called exhibit b. would tell the stories of this old neighborhood. it would just be. >> towards the '80s when crack hit this space became totally different. a lot of people no longer worked. crime started to grow. poverty started to grow. this place became less and less attractive more and more dangerous. a place as i remember when i was growing up a place i was not allowed to visit. >> the whole first floor of this building was program. >> malik rahim was honored to see his face in the exhibit. he ran a program called common ground. in 2006 after a change in ownership, and increasing crime problems he says everyone was evicted from the property. >> there wa

. >> reporter: in the pacific ocean alone noaa says patches of garbage swirl about. there are laws that prohibit dumping in the ocean, the problem is enforcement. there's another issue, the vast ocean waters are very difficult to police. >> all over the world people are realizing that we cannot afford the use of single use plastics and companies need to start taking responsibility for what happens to their products after they leave the consumer's hands. >> reporter: as for the airasia jet and image 370, what impact will they have on these bodies of water. cummings says as ocean pollution goes the debris from the planes are drops in the bucket. >> the bigger problem is what happens here on the land. 85% starts on land. it's as simple as the debris we see in the sand the cigarettes butts, straws forks, bottles, bags. >> reporter: some common items that may help daily life but pose a threat to our oceans. stephanie elam cnn. >>> you can learn more about the problem of plastic in our oceans at five giars.org. >>> a former leader of the ku klux klan says he had many encou

. >> according to a new report from nasa and noaa, because it did not happen in an el nino year which usually contributes to warming. parts of the midwest were unusually cool. but alaska, california, arizona and nevada saw their warmest year on record, helping to make the drought there even worse. increase in carbon dioxide and other human emissions into the disappear. >> taking carbon out of the ground mainly as coal oil or natural gas and we burn it. when you burn coal you produce carbon dioxide. which contributes to the greenhouse gas effect, we'll continue to see more records broken. >> reporter: the ten warmest years on record except for 1998, have all occurred in the 21st century. every year since scientists say the plan it has warmed by an average of 1.4°. >> without these global climate data we would have no baseline from which to measure the state of our climate and how it changes with time. >> later this year, nearly 200 countries will meet to figure out how to cut global warming and avoid the floods, droughts and other disasters that come with it. jonathan betz, al jazeera.

. >> reporter: in the pacific alone, noaa said massive patches of plastic swirl about. there are laws that prohibit dumping blass ticks in the ocean. the problem is enforcement. governments need to do more on cracking down on pollution. and the vast waters are difficult to police. >> people are realizing we can't afford the use of single-use plastics. >> reporter: as for the airasia jet, and mh-370 what impact will they have on these bodies of water? cummings says as air pollution going, the planes are a bigger drop in the bucket. >> roughly 70% of pollution we find out on our oceans starts on land. it's simple as the debris that were see on the stand, the cigarette butts, the straws the forbes the bottles, the items. >> reporter: some that may help daily life but pose a threat to our oceans. stephanie elam, cnn. it's your data. now at t-mobile, all your unused data rolls forward to the next month. and we'll even get you started with 10gb of free 4g lte data. these ally bank ira cds really do sound like a sure thing but i'm a bit skeptical of sure things. why's that? lo

it may not feel like it to us but noaa the weather forecasting group, confirming today that globally4 was the warmest year on record. wall street's weather man says there could be some cold on the way for the u.s., and that could be good news for the energy market. let's talk to dan leonard, senior meteorologist with weather services international. dan, welcome. are you thinking there's a strong snap over the cold months yet to go? >> we've had a relatively mild winter. right out of the gates we were really cold in november. that got traders excited. they've been asking where is the cold? we had a little bit in early january, but so far we haven't had too much in the way of big arctic blasts like we had last year. that's all about to change, we think, as we head late into january so the last few days of january and into february. pretty good indications right now, though, that we'll have a big arctic air mass spill down into the lower 48. similar in magnitude to a lot that we had last year so traders are starting to getting excited that maybe we're starting to turn the corner here an

nasa and noaa say last year was the warmest on record.d keeping began in 1980. it beat the previous record warm years in 2005 and 2010. december set a record. combined global temperature was the highest on record. >>> i want to take a moment this friday to have a little fun. a pizza delivery guy's tip is causing the uproar. as jeanne moos reports, he may end up making a bundle. >> reporter: pizza delivery man versus used car lot employees, who would you trust? instead of the delivery guy getting fired, the internet got fired up. shame on you all for how you treated that pizza delivery man. it all started when jared from palace pizza delivered an order to f & r auto sales in westport massachusetts. follow the math. total pizza bill was $42. the used car employees chipped in and gave jared the delivery guy a total of 50 bucks. two 20s and two 5s which means $7 leftover. jared leaves with a 50. there's disagreement about whether he said anything about keeping the change before he took off. the car lot people complained to palace pizza's mana

we want to give you a different view from noaa the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. look how big the storm is from way up high. you can see it cranking up the east coast. >>> there might be one silver lining at the moment perhaps much we've been watching the cancellations of flights as we look at some of the pictures across the northeast. that is of snow coming down in great numbers. here it is. a live picture of again, times square. now, the airports have canceled some over 7700 flights, at least at this moment according to flight aware because of that weather you see there. but it's actually getting better. we'll have more live reports from maine, from new york city. stay with us right here on msnbc. we'll be right back. >>> as predicted, the blizzard of 2015 walloping many places in the northeast. big problems at this hour. it is 4:00 a.m. local time where we're watching. seven states affected by the blizzard of 2015. tens of millions along the northeast corridor, bracing for even more snow. we've not hit the peak yet. seeing hurricane-force winds. and the streets

look, i don't know, i'm not a scientist, he said i'm not, either, but i know some over at nasa and noaa and they think it's really happening. we should get on this so america leads. he noted cline in a and the united states being together has really set the table for the big paris climate talks. >> aspirational without a realistic chance of getting it done doesn't that leave you feeling empty? >> if his speech didn't have the emotional commitment it did or move people, i would say there was a connected speech, passionate speech. >> what did you see on social media? >> on other state of the union addresses, many people were critical like i don't think he even cares. this speech was not like that. this is a president fighting, fighting and putting a hand out to the republicans saying we so many tiles let's write our future together. i think he's little to live with the republican controlled congress if anything is going to get done, little by working with them. >> what dung of the president on foreign policy, acknowledging what was going on, but with his comments were the measured tone an

. >>> scientists from noaa and nasa have announced that 2014 was the hottest year in recorded historys a clear sign that global warming is still very much affecting earth. cbs reporter wendy gillette has more. >> reporter: it was so unusually warm last month in alaska kids made a christmas video of themselves playing in gravel instead of snow. a heat wave in southern california made working out nearly impossible in september. >> my body is throbbing. >> reporter: umbrellas were the only shield against the sun as the temperature hit 114 in phoenix in july. those were just some of the weather patterns that contributed to an average worldwide temperature of a little over 58 degrees fahrenheit for 2014. according to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, that's nearly 1.25 degrees hotter than the 20th century average beating records sent in 2005 and 2010. >> it's part of a pattern of warmer years that we are seeing a long-term trend. >> reporter: in the u.s., last month was the second warmest december on record. in europe, 2014 was warmer than any other year since records ha

. >> where did you spend last noaa night? >> they had cots upstairs for us. pretty nice.stayed open. >> nothing some you want to but not that bad? >> i've had worse. >> did you spend the night in the airport? >> yes, on the floor, with a whole bunch of other people, 50 passengers that were left stranded here. >> you spent the night on the floor. >> apparently, yes, another night. >> well, that's what they're going to have to do. also passengers at jfk complaining bat virgin airlines flight to london. they say they were stuck on the tarmac for six hours before the plane got back to gate and then they couldn't get anywhere because of the 11:00 p.m. ban on traveling last night. but as it stands now at la guarda american airlines boar is cancelled. there will some some arrivals tonight. so slowly but surely mostly slowly, this will continue for several days, at least to the end of at the week. >> aim just happen to see your indoors today. you were doing such a great job outside yesterday. you became a social media attraction. they loved you they loved your hat. >> i've been w

. >> reporter: noaa says massive passes of garbage swirl about between california and hawaii. there are international laws that prohibit dumping plastics in the ocean. the problem is enforcement. countries need to do i aa better job of cracking down on pollution and the vast ocean water, difficult to police. >> all over the world people are realizing we can't afford the use of single use plastics and companies need to take responsibility for what happens to their products. >> reporter: what impact will the jets have on the bodies of water? coupleiness says as ocean pollution goes the debris from the planes are just drops in the bucket. >> the bigger problem is what starts here on land. roughly 80% of the plastic pollution we find out in our oigss starts on land. it's as simple as the debris we see here in the sand the cigarette butts, the straws shall the forks, the bottles, the bags. >> reporter: some common items that may help daily life but pose a threat to our oceans. stephanie elam, cnn. >>> still to come in "the newsroom," from a boy in queens to the forefront of the dem