andrew harding was given exclusive access to the team on the salt flats of the northern cape of south well, the thing about the land speed record is it is the last of the amateur corinthian sports. it is done purely for the love, the fascination of it. some people argue, well, the old cars are no more, but forget it is a car, we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limit. every day i go, why are we doing this? it may be the last land speed record as we know it. this is a story about stubbornness and ingenuity, and yes, about speed, too. it is the story of a quest to design and build the world's fastest car, and then to find a place flat enough, long enough, to actually drive it. there are not many spots on this particular planet suitable for racing faster than the speed of sound. you can't just pick a straight stretch of road. at 500, 700, 900 miles an hour, the wheels would rip apart mere tarmac, which is why we have come to a remote corner of south africa, close to the borders of botswana and namibia, to a place called the hakskeen pan, on the southern edge of t

world land speed record, so much of the credit is going to go to the local communities, and to the northern capend creating this amazing racetrack. with a clear track, the tests can finally begin. one of those who helped remove the rocks, ricardo botha, is now a safety marshal. marshal 6, control. i spotted something on the track. the bloodhound can cope with dust, but anything bigger, rubbish, or perhaps a dead animal, could spell disaster. between that and that cone. what? both sides. it is white, it looks like white paper or something. right. it really does make me nervous because if i am making a wrong call, it can mean the run can be stopped or anything could happen. one piece, two more pieces. ricardo was right. two pieces of paper are removed. moments later, andy green roars past. that was awesome, mate, that was awesome, really. just the banging sound, the parachute, the slowing down, everything is awesome. there is something bewitching about watching the bloodhound. for ricardo, being part of this project is not simply a welcome job, it's changed his life. maybe even saved it. i was inv

andrew harding was given exclusive access to the team on the salt flats of the northern cape of southrts. it is done purely for the love, the fascination of it. some people argue, well, the old cars are no more, but forget it is a car, we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limit. every day i go, why are we doing this? it may be the last land speed record as we know it.

andrew harding was given exclusive access to the team on the salt flats of the northern cape of southe, the fascination of it. some people argue, well, the old cars are no more, but forget it is a car, we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limit. every day i go, why are we doing this? it may be the last land speed record as we know it. this is a story about stubbornness and ingenuity, and yes, about speed, too. it is the story of a quest to design and build the world's fastest car, and then to find a place flat enough, long enough, to actually drive it. there are not many spots on this particular planet suitable for racing faster than the speed of sound. you can't just pick a straight stretch of road. at 500, 700, 900 miles an hour, the wheels would rip apart mere

hasn't been in northern alabama, mississippi, arkansas, but it's really tomorrow morning, i'd say 5:00 to 7:00 a.m., especially long island, right along rhode island and the cape me bring you to the numbers. we're talking about close to 30 below, temperature-wise when you look at the northern plains, northern minnesota. that's the type of air that can give you frostbite if you have exposed skin in just ten minutes. >> all right, ginger zee tonight. thank you. >>> and we remember a well-known singer this evening, one half of the duo roxette. ♪ it must have been love ♪ but it's over now singer marie fredriksson has died after a 17-year battle with cancer. so many hits including "it this must been love" and "the look." she was 61. >>> when we come back here tonight, after 37 years turning the letters, vanna white in the main role. when you retire will you or will you just be you, without the constraints of a full time job? you can grow your retirement savings with pacific life and create the future that's most meaningful to you. which means you can retire, without retiring from life. having the flexibility to retire on your terms. that's the power of pacific. ask

should expect the ramp are also seeing heavy rain for northern parts of south africa and could bring some flooding as well. likely to be dry in capeas well. the picture across south asia and this is where we would normally expect the cloud to be at this time of year. some showers here and most of the rain though for sri lanka in the maldives and northern plains of india with a bit of mist and fog in the morning. the area of high pressure keeping most of china and the peninsula dry. moisture coming up from the south china sea bringing some rain into taiwan and pushing it to japan this weekend as well. moving down under and it's been a record—breaking time here, new zealand the warmest november on record, australia the driest spring ever recorded. most of us driest spring ever recorded. most of us truly at the moment it is still dry. heat wave warnings across northern areas been extremely hot in perth. that weather from northern areas been extremely hot in perth. that weatherfrom bringing rain but will drop the temperatures as well. initially right now across the southeast but that will change. move over the sea towards new zealand

again we've got signs of some rain pushing into northern parts of australia not really where we need it having said that just around the top end around the cape york peninsula and we'll also see some wetter weather just pushing down towards port hedland over the next day or 2 and land is all about the heat yet again alex gets up to around 40 celsius western parts of queensland new south wales could see similar values in the cooler north we feed on the way in with 38 there for adelaide 34 there for melbourne on saturday as we go on into sunday he just not is a little further east was almost just around the coastal fringes in melbourne at around $29.00 degrees a similar temperature there for brisbane and also for sydney but look at that little chain of showers we have of course more than most even townsville could see a little bit of wet weather but too much weather in the forecast for new zealand over the next day or so but just cost you a little further north here we have a tropical cycle and this is cycloid a scenario that's making its way just to that western side of the fear island some very heavy rain damaging winds as well we are likely

we've got signs of some running pushing into northern parts of australia not really where we need it having said that just the round that south penned around the cape york peninsula and we'll also see some wetter weather just pushing down towards port hedland over the next day oh let's say and land it's all about the hate yet again alice gets up to around 40 celsius western parts of queensland new south wales could see similar values in the north they fade on the way and we're 38 there for adelaide 34 that the melbourne on saturday as we go on into sunday he just not is a little further east was all legist around the coastal fringes in melbourne at around $29.00 degrees a similar temperature there for brisbane and also for sydney but look at little china shasta we have a cost more than most even townsville could see a little bit of wet weather i don't see much what on the full cost for new zealand over the next day outside but just cost you a little further north here we have a tropical cycle and this is cycling assyria that's making its way just to that western side of the an island some very heavy rain damaging winds as well we are likely to see

landed the mayflower at cape cod massachusetts on a cold november day in 1620 because they were running out of beer. from kingl charter james was for a grant of land in northern virginia instead they anchored illegally and carved their first community from the sand. laying the foundation of the american character. since the beginning, drinking and taverns have been a much -- as much a part of american life as churches and preachers or elections and politics. a glass of beer a bottle of rum or even a dry martini is a silent powerful third-party too many decisions that shape the american story from the american century to the present. and one of the things is ambivalence. there are countries where people drink more and there are countries where people drink less. but there is no other country strongestere the country in the world in 1830, outlawed it in and by 1950 we 1930, were back to being up there and now we are on our way back in another direction so we get the medal for ambivalence when it comes to drinking. every century the drinking pendulum swings wildly and that isn't so true in the countries. -- in other countries. we are a country of extremes and we