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and as significant as stonehenge, archaeologists find an 11,000 year-old house in the south of england. >>> hello. with one-third of pakistan now under water and torrential waters moving south, lange waste to more of the country, the detonations has spelled it out. many more pakistan is will die unless the rest of the world comes up with more money more quickly. the un's humanitarian chief appealed for $400 million to provide food, water, shelter, and medical care. >> every day, more of the newly homeless pack up and go. there is a trail of destroyed villages along the entire length of pakistan. it is a human tragedy and, in a poor nation, an economic catastrophe. the crisis began two weeks ago when monsoon rains caused flooding in the northwest of the country. as the rain continued, water spread along the river. the valley and the district of punjab is the worst affected, and new flood warnings have been issued in punjab and the southern province of sindh. the numbers are staggering. the united nations estimates more than 14 million people have been affected. the u.n. estimates that 6
and as significant as stonehenge, archaeologists find an 11,000 year-old house in the south of england. >>> hello. with one-third of pakistan now under water and torrential waters moving south, lange waste to more of the country, the detonations has spelled it out. many more pakistan is will die unless the rest of the world comes up with more money more quickly. the un's humanitarian chief appealed for $400 million to provide food, water, shelter, and medical care. >> every day,...
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it was photographed from stonehenge in england to locations in europe and south america. at that. meteors were seen streaking overhead at a rate of one every half second. the small particles hit the atmosphere at 135,000 miles an hour before burning up. just beautiful. >>> i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." my job is to hunt it down. i'm fred lemond, and i'm in charge of bp's efforts to remove oil from these waters. bp has taken full responsibility for the cleanup and that includes keeping you informed. you may have heard that oil is no longer flowing into the gulf, but our spotter planes and helicopters will keep searching for any oil. we use satellite images, infrared and thermal photography to map and target the oil. we're finding less oil every day, but we've still got thousands of vessels ready to clean it up. local shrimp and fishing boats, organized into task forces and strike teams. plus, specialized skimmers from around the world. we've skimmed over 35 million gallons of oil/water mixture and removed millions more with other methods. i grew up on t
it was photographed from stonehenge in england to locations in europe and south america. at that. meteors were seen streaking overhead at a rate of one every half second. the small particles hit the atmosphere at 135,000 miles an hour before burning up. just beautiful. >>> i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." my job is to hunt it down. i'm fred lemond, and i'm in charge of bp's efforts to remove oil from these waters. bp has taken full responsibility for the...
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there is a famous one that was advanced in the late fifties as a modern stonehenge.t was in a semicircle. there are endless debates -- you can find books and reprints on the latest plans someone should write a doctoral dissertation on the history of the roosevelt memorial before they finally settled in the seventh -- in the 1970's on the plan that was ultimately built. my reaction to the roosevelt memo was a sense that clyde d. eisenhower was a man of humility and would not want a grandiose monument to himself. my response is that nobody would. no president is going to write a memo saying that i am such an extraordinary figure that i think a battleship's size monument should be built to meet commemorating my achievements over the decades. i think that roosevelts memo -- i think he is being modest in a bid coming way. i think that in the back of his head, he knew that something else would someday be built in his honor. it is typical of somebody like fdr that he would say, "please come i don't want anything." the only person i can think of that wasn't ashamed of that w
there is a famous one that was advanced in the late fifties as a modern stonehenge.t was in a semicircle. there are endless debates -- you can find books and reprints on the latest plans someone should write a doctoral dissertation on the history of the roosevelt memorial before they finally settled in the seventh -- in the 1970's on the plan that was ultimately built. my reaction to the roosevelt memo was a sense that clyde d. eisenhower was a man of humility and would not want a grandiose...
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between stonehenge and palomas road. >> you saw the heavy fog and out there.don't know spikelet riders like that. lots of the cloud cover there. >> brieux's enjoying a look from mt. tam camp. >> did sunday morning a nice day today the beaches cloudy skies and cool like it has been but for the best rest of the bay area sunshine for this afternoon readings '60s-'70s. today the fog this morning than the sun typical summertime weather here for tomorrow more of the same 60s bayside '80s and lend the of fog giving way to sun all the way through next week and next weekend i don't see any changes more the same with the morning clouds the afternoon sun temperatures remaining below average typically those numbers upper 80s low 90s we will stay in the mid low to mid '80s for much of this week at the beaches today clearly cloudy sunday margin from sanicle occurs when some of the ocean 10-20 mi. an hour temperatures staying cool all the fog and wind will struggle to get out of the '50s and a lot of places point raised to 56 degrees here is future cast temperature starting
between stonehenge and palomas road. >> you saw the heavy fog and out there.don't know spikelet riders like that. lots of the cloud cover there. >> brieux's enjoying a look from mt. tam camp. >> did sunday morning a nice day today the beaches cloudy skies and cool like it has been but for the best rest of the bay area sunshine for this afternoon readings '60s-'70s. today the fog this morning than the sun typical summertime weather here for tomorrow more of the same 60s bayside...
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it's that evidence which makes archaeologists say this site is as significant as stonehenge. >> there'sour here they turn up a new discovery. they've only excavated a tiny fraction of the site. but every arrowhead, flint, and bone fragment is a vital clue about the people who live here. >> let's be honest, they were probably very much like you and me. they would have looked very much like us. they wore jewelry. we know they had pets like dogs. they hunted animals. we have evidence of that from things like this, this barbed point which was made of red deer antler, used in spearing animals. >> reporter: this is one artist's impression. what makes this site unique is the sheer number of artifacts left behind. >> give it a hearty whack with your hammer stone -- >> reporter: rich pickings for this antler specialist. >> you've got deer which grow up to huge sizes. these are antlers from a healthy deer of a modern population. if you can imagine the deer seem to be twice the size of this. >> 92486. >> reporter: they have to work fast. the peat here is drying out. artifacts like this tree have s
it's that evidence which makes archaeologists say this site is as significant as stonehenge. >> there'sour here they turn up a new discovery. they've only excavated a tiny fraction of the site. but every arrowhead, flint, and bone fragment is a vital clue about the people who live here. >> let's be honest, they were probably very much like you and me. they would have looked very much like us. they wore jewelry. we know they had pets like dogs. they hunted animals. we have evidence...