emergency crews continue to clean up a toxic chemical spill from a freight train derailment in northern australia. more than 5,000 gallons of acid leaked from the train on sunday and diesel fuel also spilled and three people were injured. >>> from australia a koala bear was nursed back to health after found in a brush fire. they named her responsible k-bear and they have been giving her water and leaves from a gum tree and she looks like she is doing much better. >>>>coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," pet trends for 2016. i'm anne-marie green. and this is the "cbs morning news." like 0% apr financing on the reliable camry. did you know, 90% of camrys sold in the last 10 years are still on the road today? but hurry, our biggest event of the year won't last long. right now at toyotathon, get 0% apr financing for 60 months on a 2016 camry. offer ends january 4th. for great deals on other toyotas, visit toyota.com. make the holidays happier at toyotathon. toyota. let's go places. everyone needs a bff. even your smile. colgate optic white toothpaste goes beyond surface stains to wh

in northern australia, a freight train derailed sunday morning killing sulfuric acid and diesel fuel. the area was declared as an emergency site. three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. josh ja burwell flipped off san diego's sunset cliff. it is believed he was trying to take pictures of the sunset. three good samaritans climbed down the cliff in a desperate attempt to save him. >>> miami police are investigating a drive-by shooting that killed a 7-year-old boy visiting a four men pulled up in a white dodge ram and opened fire at the house. check out the under surveillance video showing a man in china trying to catch a woman who fell from an 11s-story billing. she had been crying for help while hanging from a window. unfortunately, she died from the fall. that man is recovering in the hospital from fractured bones and torn orgaments. >>> time to get down to tosiness. carhub.com stipulates americans have more than $43 billion in unredeemed gift card value since 2008. card can be redeemed for cash value or exceanged for other cardo disneyland will make room for a ne

. >>> in northern australia, 26-carriage freight train derailed, spilling 200 liters of sulfuric acid and diesel fuel. the area is an emergency site. hospital for minor injuries. >>> in southern california, a 33-year-old, joshua burwell, fell 60 feet to his death on christmas day, when he slifpped off sunset cliff. he was believed to have been taking pictures of sunset. three good samaritans tried to save him. his body was lifted by emergency crews. >>> miami police are investigating a drive-by shooting that killed a 7-year-old boy visiting a relative's home yesterday. police said four men pulled up in a white dodge ram and opened fire at the house. authorities are still searching for the suspects. >>> check out this surveillance video showing a man in china trying to catch a woman who fell from an 11-story building. she'd be crying for help. unfortunately, she died from the fall. the man is recovering in the hospital from fractured bones and torn ligaments. >>> let's get down to business now with landon doughwdy. >> good morning. this year's top business story. fears over the slowdow

first island chain rating from japan there is a second gene a few miles out running up through northern australia than the third island chain in the central pacific writing from the aleutian islands to hawaii to new zealand. with the 100th anniversary of the people's republic, we intend to have our ships first in the waters by 2020. the second island chain through hawaii. they have one aircraft carrier and have ordered four more. is by 2049 we have no doubt at all and to me that seems entirely reasonable. since the end of the second world war and they say with a simple of tibet most of the history they had no serious territorial ambitions. but never been an expensive nation. that they want maritime or naval equivalence but the pentagon says otherwise to say we will have more aircraft carriers were money or troops or weapons but it is an excuse for the industrial complex to spend more of taxpayer dollars of a threat that is not really exist. but what you see down in the south china sea is of long drawn-out problem. through the century. thank you for your question. >> we will stop there. [applause]

runs to northern australia and then there's the third island chain which runs from the illusion islandso hawaii to new zealand, by 2049, the 100th anniversary of the finding of republic, we intend to have the ships operating in the water, by about 2020 in shore. the second island chain by 2049 up to hawaii. they put one aircraft carrier, they've ordered four more which are being built in the shipyards and by 2049 i have no doubt at all we will be seeing chinese battle groups exercising off pearl harbor. to me that seems entirely reasonable. america has regarded the pacific ocean as an american lake since the end of the second world war. the chinese say we have no territorial am -- ambitions. vietnam and so forth. they've never been an expansive nation, we discovered them rather them discovering us. their belief is that they simply want naval e -- e >> there's room for all us. pentagon thinks otherwise, though. they think they're a menace. it's an excuse for, in my view, for the military industrial complex to spend for money, our taxpayer dollars on a threat that doesn't really exist. so

. >> yes, his name comes from northern australia mom and dad both take care of the babies.xtremely protective of mom and baby specially when real little. so's great dad. >> oh, how cute. now, owls, whenever i think of them huge obviously raptor, preditor. >> right. >> they hunt at night. >> and they live up in trees. >> right. >> exactly. >> but you have zero owl not at all -- >> breaks all of the owl rules. so this guy is borrowing owl. he catches bugs. he is active during the day, not so much at night. see real excited to be here in the studio. >> he has long, long legs. >> he borrows, so use the borough of prairie dog, anneal hang out there during the day, or in the evening. nice and cool therefore him. >> we have these both in the same shot. >> this owl want to eat the skink. >> i think the skink is a little big for the owl. typically bugs, small mice. tiny things. >> can i touch him? >> so i lover when they get all decorated out there at the zoo, so many fabulous things happening, what's happening for the kids when they want to come out this weekend from what are the h

portions of the philippines, guinea, northern australia.s where the sea level has been rising ten millimeters per year since 1992. that's the fastest rise of sea level anywhere on our planet. i want to show you how this relates to when it comes to the conditions op the planet as far as sea levels increasing. one centimeter increase in see levels. it takes it out ten meters. that one centimeter increase in sea level is coastal communities. bring that up to ten centimeters in shanghai. expectations are 14 sent meters. now putting 14 meters of coastline and pushing it into these communities. that is what some of the forecasters are indicates for the boast densely populated cities in our planet. shanghai in particular. look at that. forecast for a three to four increase in temperatures. there's the waterway, the river that runs through the city. notice how the water is dispursed out within shanghai. again, by the year 2040 to 2050 and then the waters within the city center. these are roads literally under water in some of the regions. the map c

. >> floods are causing havoc in australia northern territory. hit with a deluge of rain and a large stretch of the highway closed. 500 residents from the community have been moved to darwin. authorities warn people to be wary of crocodiles near populated areas. australian prime minister has been visiting areas affected by a christmas day fire. 116 homes were destroyed in the fire. the government has offered grants to those who have lost properties. the victorian wine region is one of the country's most famous tourist spots. >> houses have been lost. that is tragic. they can be rebuilt. as we have said, we are very - we are all sad at the loss of property and particularly the loss of homes. and there is support from our government and the victorian government and, of course, from people's insurance, to enable the homes to be rebuilt. >> beginning tuesday, motorists in saudi arabia will pay 50% more to fill up their vehicles. the kingdom of cutting fuel sub-sid yits after posting a record deficit of $98 million. falling oil revenues is to blame. s

northern hemisphere. to the south, australia. south america will be much drier than usual.this explosive formula will lead to mudslides, strong winds and giant cirque like it did in 1982 and again in 1988 and there are concerns that this year's el niÑo could also do serious damage. right now, ocean sea surface temperatures in the pacific are on par with what we saw before those monster winters of the 80s and 90s. the two strongest el niÑo is on record. in 1982 to 83, the bay area had 100 days of rain. 160% over average. and did 1997 and 98, there were 119 days of rain, 200% above average. all eyes are on this winters el nino. will we see flooding like we did ? already, we have had an increase in tropical weather in the pacific and a record 16 storms. delivering much-needed rain. the jet stream needs to be in a position to deliver our normal winter rain comp to buy the warm el nino water. multiple forecast models are predicting this year's el niÑo model will be a whopper. withdraw concerns at the top of everyone's mind, all eyes will be on this guys to see what this winter b

and these heavy downpours will continue across northern parts of australia over the next couple of days. let's look at melbourne, 21° by monday. at least on the cool side, showers easing away, by the time we do goat new year' get to new, that is not okay. okay for the here and now. wet weather continuing against paraguay as we saw in that report there. certain and eastern parts of paraguay, so more heavy downpours coming in here the next few days. flooding rains on the other side of the atlantic. more wet weather coming into northwestern parts of england. we have cloud and rain rolling in here. and are there will continue to be are rain for most are northern gland. >> facing a cholera outbreak in northeastern haiti. a clamp down on illegal migran migrants. adam rainey has found conditions have worsened. >> reporter: close quarters for this camp in the haiti, near the dominican republic border. no help to resettle from the government of either country. hung arary and penniless they wait for help while children keep their spirits up somehow. many now are weakened after being struck with c

. >>> floods are also continuing to cause havoc in australia's northern territory. large stretch of highway has been closed. nearly 500 residents from the community of daily river have been moved to darwin they are expected to remain until the flooding has subsided. authorities have warned the people to be wary of crocodiles inundating the area. >>> still to come, we connect with the rohingya migrants who arrived at very different destinations. plus, as falling oil price he lead to cught cuts in saudi aras budget we ask how low can three go? >> who crossed the line first in one of the world's toughest yacht races. aces. >> comedy great richard lewis. >> i really am in love with the craft. >> turning an angst ridden and neurotic outlook... >> i have to unravel myself on stage as fearlessly as possible. >> into an award winning career...from hell. >> it's thrilling when it's working. >> i lived that character. >> go one-on-one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> welcome back. a reminder now much our top stories here on al jazeera. i

gerald tann >>> it's very much a different story in the northern territory in australia where there is flooding because of severe storms. annie vacuum ewation order is in place for hundreds of people living west of darwin. the nearby catherine river is expected to flood surrounding the countryside. rescuers are still searching for a man swept away. heading flooding in south america has force more than 150,000 people to leave their homes. paraguay has been hit hard and other areas have also been affected. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: severe flooding in the southern part of south america driving more than 150,000 people from their homes and spending christmas looking for higher ground. in the city of concordia it has been called the worst flooding in half a century as nonstop overnight rains forced the river to flood its banks. thousands forced to evacuate u >> translation: the level of water was high in my house. >> reporter: the nearby dam was nearing capacity as it tried to contain more flood waters. >> translation: above all the priority today is related to getting control

. >> well, staying on the continent of australia a very different story in the northern territories today where there is flooding because of severe storms. an evacuation order is in place for hundreds of people living close to the daily river next to darren. the river is overthrowing and a nearby river is expected to flood surrounding countryside. the rescuers are searching for man who was swept away by the flood. >>> in the u.k. flood warning. plus controversy in the u.k. as muslims say they're unfairly targeted by a new counter terrorism program. >> and in sport rahul will explain all in a half hour. >> heavy flooding forcing more than 150,000 people to leave their homes. while paraguay has been hit hard, parts of brazil, argentina and uruguay have also been effected. >> spending christmas looking for higher ground. in the city of concordia northeast argentina it has been called the worst flooding in a half century as nonstop overnight rains forced the river to flood its banks. thousands were forced to evacuate. >> the water level was really high inside my house. i went to check it out

in australia, in the u.s., canada, europe, of course, africa, northern africa, asian countries, russiat's -- >> reporter: this is the place where the two men recently arrested in belgium were planning to attack, the grand plus, where thousands of revelers gather to see the new year end just like time's square in new york. restaurants here quieter than past new year's. bookings are down. same in paris, too. people now familiar with the threat. >> what should i do? there is nothing to do. there is police and military everywhere. i think we're safe here. but anything can happen anywhere, london, paris, anywhere. somebody can get a bomb and explode someone. >> reporter: here and across europe, 2016 dawns in the chill of a shadow cast by the paris terror attacks. and in turkey as well, terror arrests just yesterday. again, giving an indication of how high this isis threat is. authorities in turkey saying that the two people arrested in ankara, they believe connected to isis. they were arrested with explosives. they believe one of the devices was a suicide vest ready for use. there was a bac

northern areas. a couple of low pressure systems will be moving into the british iscsles pen the sca s and the s peninsula. severe weather is affecting new south wales, australia. we had reports of gusts of over 200 kilometers per hour. so cyclone-strength strong winds battered the area as well as heavy rainfall, too. conditions will finally ease on thursday but temperatures will remain fight high for the next several days in australia. all right. here's your extended forecast. >>> for your thoughts and comments, just logon to our website and click on contact us. "newsroom tokyo" comes to you live at the top of the hour with an in-ó is "france 24," time for 60 minutes live. headlines.the the u.s. and russia agree it orge ahead with talks to stop syria's brutal civil war but there's no clear answer as to syrian president will stay as the russians want or go. violence breaks the cease-fire in yemen one day after it came into effect. the government and rebel groups say each other is to blame but

study including the private allen telescope array of northern california, the low frequency array in europe and the merchants in wide array in australia. many radio study searches are taking advantage of the wealth of new information on our galaxy xo planet population. now revealed by missions such as nasa's kepler spacecraft. in a new project, a group based at the university of california san diego are using the observatory near san jose to diskette-- look for paul's labors. wavelengths a hair longer than optical like, but better at penetrating the dusty space between the stars. these experiments are funded by commendation of government and private sources including notable contributions from the john templeton foundation. ensuring facilities like the green bank telescope and others continue to exist as a world-class astronomical facilities, it's critical to their continued use and save experiments. one of the most exciting prospects for setting the next decade is the breakthrough this initiative, a $100,000,000.10 year effort funded by the breakthrough price foundation that will conduct the most sensitive, comprehensive and intensiv

northern england. the british army has been deployed to build barricades in cumbria. that area has already seen the wettest december since records began in 1910. a world away, the problem is fire. raging bushfires in australiaed more than 50 homes southwest of melbourne and forced hundreds of people to evacuate. the fires were burning near a popular tourist attraction, the "great ocean road." witnesses said some people had to flee christmas celebrations on a moment's notice. >> they were all prepared, putting their barbecues on, they were cooking away, and all of a sudden they could see the smoke coming over the hill. they thought it was still four hours away, according to what they'd heard. and then all of a sudden it was an hour away, and all of a sudden it was half an hour away. so, they just dropped everything, stopped cooking and hopped in their car and headed here. >> ifill: crews are using water- bombing aircraft and 60 fire engines to battle the flames. but officials say it could take some time to make progress. tragedy struck in nigeria last night. an explosion at a gas plant killed dozens of people as they lined up to buy butane gas. one reporter said he saw about a hundred bodies. officials say a

australia. you have to see these pictures. of sand at a music festival. people dancing right into it. probably not the best of ideas. this morning you're doing rain dances at work, in northern georgia, eastern tennessee along that warm and cold front, even a few flood watches. >>> this is a channel 7 eyewitness news brief. >> good morning, it's 7:56 this tuesday, december 1st. i'm ken rosato. topping headlines at this hour, there's a court hearing today for the bronx man charged with killing a 7-year-old in a hit and run. quasi oduro remains free on bail. prosecutors say oduro slammed an suv into a fried chicken restaurant hitting the child as he sat with his father and younger sister. >>> take a look at these guys. police say they've been skimming cash from atms in brooklyn and queens. they started in april. the last known robbery was in june. they've taken money from 20 bank machines. they attached a device to an atm that readsed information and they make fake ones. 7:56. we check the commute with heather. >> i have a webcam to show you of an accident that's being to the southern state parkway. the left lane is squeezing by -- i'll tell you where this is. it's the souther