you know, you go from the delta to the hills.n't have a right to be. i mean, where you just came from, jackson, are you kidding me? you'd have to be paid money to go to jackson from greenville. >> they feel the same way down there about you guys? >> they don't get us because they ain't got no sense of humor. >> so what about the food? has this place changed at all in -- >> no. >> it's been 20 years since i was here last and literally exactly the same. >> not much in the way of capital improvements or time motion study. the system, such as it is, is, well, crazy. eat right here in the kitchen. in the division of labor, the flow of work -- well, i gave up trying to figure it out five minutes in and figured i'll get loaded and eat all this delicious food. the salad thing is famous. hand-tossed in the same wooden bowl for decades. the hot tamales, same as they ever was. >> those tamales are just incredible because they're made with the steak drippings and stuff that you're getting ready to save, so -- >> oh, really? >> it greatly enh

the delta held secrets close. in the shadows. you can almost hear the whispers of what happened back in the day. the truth of a young black man's mistake, and the horrific penalty he paid for it are trapped in the heat of a mississippi night. if these walls could talk, would they scream in terror? cry out in desperation? or would they fall silent in fear? they are the lost walls emmett till saw in the barn on the old sheraton plantation, a place that echos with the horror of a hot august night. where a kid from chicago funds himself facing the most brutal type of justice. his family called him bo bo, 14 years old, with a stutter. he begged his single mum to let him come to missouri in 1955 to visit his country cousins. >> he talked beside chicago. he told me stuff you didn't know about. riverview park. have you ever about there. mack me in the battlefields, listening to a story about amusement park. i couldn't believe that. >> emmett was a story steler, and a jokester. and for all the street-smarts, he found his older cousin coul

andy gallagher, al jazeera in the mississippi delta. >>> breathalyzer test, incident took place earliermonth, before the flight, with 109 passengers on board, due to take off from oslo to crete. the co-pilot commit thissed to drinking two bottles of whiskey and some beer with co-workers. sentenced to 45 and 60 days in jail. plenty more for you on the website, address is aljazeera.com and you can also watch us by clicking on the watch now icon, aljazeera.com. the man in this video is the bomber. a china stock market dives 6% over currentsy fears. will the roast of the world follow suit.

we just don't have the resources to do it. >> the irony is the delta is one of the area's most fertile places yet it continues to struggle to provide fresh food for its own residents. andy gallagher, al jazeera, mississippi delta. >> for generations, the indigo dye pits of nigeria, has been the source of income for many in the area. but as ahmed idris reports. >> trying to keep alive a centuries old tradition but workers here are losing the battle. the dye pits as old as a city have been a source of income for many cities for generations. for 64 years, mahmoud earned a living here. now things rnd looking good are. >> translator: we had customers from all fai neighborg countries and the arab world. i can't understand, we make quality products. >> even though some continue to refine their art, the results aren't encouraging. the chinese have come to town. and the locals allege the art has been copied and used against them. >> it's flooded with cheap imported fabrics from asia, fabrics dyed in china, as a result thousands are out of work. they used to be more than 300 dye pits here. now o

al jazeera in the mississippi delta. >> the u.s. government is changing its tactics in the fight against drug addiction. fatal heroin overdoses in the u.s. have quad rupe thatted over the past decade. addicts are going to be given help to overcome their habit. >> as heroin deaths and overdoses soar, the white house announces a new initiative to shift the focus for treatment over punishment. tom ackermann reports on the problem. >> nowhere in the u.s. is the drug problem more severe than in the state of massachusetts. >> opioid abuse is stealing our family and friends one person at a time. people call it a playing. >> since seventh grade, i started smoking weed, drinking all the time. by 10th grade, i'm doing heroin. >> state officials say they are giving priority to the problem, but after filling prisons, they are shifting to a different approach. >> we are not going to arrest or incarcerate our way and you have this. this is a disease. this is a public health crise and we must treat it and address it as much. >> in gloucester, the

it is hard. >> food deserts are not a new phenomenon in the delta and it is often the young who pay the. almost a quarter of ten to 17-year-old are overweight or obese. delta health center's chief nurse session poverty is also a big factor. >> they cannot afford to eat healthy and nutritious food. if you have six kids at home and you come out to buy groceries you buy 30 pounds of grapes that's not going to last long and all your money is going to be gone. >> convenience stores are pretty much the only option for many families in the mississippi delta and if i were shopping for my family the options are limited. there are a few canned goods here that is process meats and a couple of rotten apples, health experts say contribute to the high rates of diabetes and obesity. the cost of getting produce to what many view is a remote area makes it too expensive. his experience is typical for entire region. fruits and vegetables are part of the food chain. some of the main essentially you need it and it's -- essentials you need it, you can't supply it we don't have the resources to do it. >> the

that's westerly breeze and a howling breeze out to the delta. it is cooler inland and mild on the coast with warm ocean temps. fog or sun, cooler and breezy for inland areas. the fog doesn't really cool off that much. they st

am very proud of the success of our programs here in mississippi. >> reporter: and it's not just the delta's generation that are learning about the benefits of a better diet. she tends her small garden every day and says her efforts are about more than just health. >> i can actually plant a seed and watch it grow from a sprout to actually bearing something that i can eat, that i can save money for that i don't have to buy that product from the store, focus on something else as far as insurance and medicine and other things like that. >> reporter: the mississippi delta is one of the u.s.' poorest regions. and food desert defined as places where access to healthy produce is difficult to find are commonplace but progress is being made. in addition to teaching the local community how to grow their fresh food and showing them the eventual plan for the community garden it's to turn this in to a farmer's market to be held twice a week. when they have done that in the part the fresh food is old out in minutes. -- sold out in minutes. >> this region is long neglect you but through the dedication of a

man trying to launch a jet ski the delta gets hit by an amtrak train and only gets worse from there. you. just unbelievable chain of events. it happened east of brentwood right next to the or wood resort boat harbor. >> cornell is live on the scene tonight with the very latest on the bizarre accident. cornell? >>reporter: both victims have major injuries but they somehow survived. a truck towing a jet ski trailer was parked on these tracks you see here. woman was enjoying the delta waters down below. you know what happened next was unbelievable. this mangled pickup truck is hauled away from the scene of a bizarre accident. sky 7 hd was overhead after police say an oakland bound amtrak train struck the pick up which was towing a trailer parked on the tracks. truck owner was trying to launch jet ski from the delta waters nearby. >> my god i was so scared. >>reporter: this witness said the man ran back to his truck when he heard the train coming. >> train beat him to his truck. >>reporter: impact catapulted the truck in the water. ejecting the driver and landing on top of a woman lying o

should lower our levees a bit and raise our houses and build spillways to connect the rivers to the delta. >> by lowering the levees as you suggest you have to deal with flooding more regularly are you willing to deal with that? >> i am i would rather deal with an annual flood from the mississippi river than the big floods that come from storms. >> foster says trying to over-manage the river has caused waterways to become too salty- killing huge chunks of the delta that used to naturally buffer people from storms. >> first we clear cut the cypress swamps, then we built the levees then we harvested most of the old natural oyster reefs and then we started drilling and dredging for natural gas. i definitely need air condition, i like travel, i love oysters, but at the same time i also would like to be protected from storm surges. >> coming up: scientists are taking foster creppel's approach seriously. >> one of the problems was we didn't have vegetation in any of our models. >> studying how coastal wetlands can make southern louisiana safer. >> so we knew that the wetlands were good for diss

winds about 20 miles an hour out toward the delta. but 60s to the lower 60s. plan for the rest of the day today will be for the fog and low clouds to slowly clear back to the coast. that will be an element in the cool down with an on-shore flow. temperatures getting back to normal. we will define that and have a look at the outlook coming up. >> thank you the u.s. forest service is investigate the beth of a firefighter. crews found his body yesterday morning. u.s. forest service tweeted this picture of a purple ribbon in tribute to the fallen firefighters. the service is also lower their flags in his honor. the governor issued a statement saying he will be remembered for his qualifies bravery and we extend our deepest condolences to his fire. >>> that fire is one of 24 major fires burning up and down the state of california. governor bound has declared a state of emergency. he has ordered the national guard to help fight the fires and clears to get california help from other states. >>> one county out of control is one near clear lake. it is just 5% contained.

andy gallagher reports from the mississippi delta, where a lack of healthy foods are making an impact on the diet. >> it's known as the blues belt but the corner of the poorest state in the u.s., access to health foods is an important problem. living in a food desert, the nearest supermarket is 15 kilometers away, an expensive trip that not everyone here can afford to make. >> my husband and my family members that live in neighboring towns we have to work together to try the get food. we have to carpool, bum a ride as you call it to get food. it's hard. >> food deserts aren't a new phenomenon in the delta and it's often the young that pay the price. almost a quarter of 10 to 17-year-olds are oversight or obese. something officials say is directly linked to access to good food. but the delta health centers chief nurse says poverty is also a big factor. >> they cannot afford to eat healthy and nutrition food. if you have six kids at home and you come out to buy groceries and you buy 30 pounds of grapes that's not going to last long and all your money is going to be gone. >> convenience

by the delta very comfortable. east bay should be nice, in the 80s, maybe a couple 90s come into play for the second half of your weekend. here's mt. tam. it's cloudy. we look for the numbers to be in the 70s, whattic a few 80s. the relative humidity is coming up. it's helping with the firefighting efforts. and the heat is really not going to be with us. a minor bump-up tomorrow. overall mild and warm over the weekend and cooler, even, for the first two or three days of the upcoming work week due to an area of low pressure newspaper the pacific northwest. it's not going to bring us any rain. closest we got was an area of low pressure thursday. and it is headed into novato. the lightning strikes, we had .02 in san jose. otherwise ice the same old, same old. the low fog and clouds going inland, peeling back to the coast and bringing us summertime case we like and enjoy but it will be on the cloudy side for golden gate park. san jose near normal with low 80s today and tomorrow. and here comes the dip very slightly mon

upper 50s the cooler locks with the breezy winds by the delta. otherwise low 60s to mid-60s from mountain view to hayward this morning. mid-60s from antioch. we are looking for the low clouds and fog to pull back to the shoreline today. that will allow for a cloudy coast. san francisco partially in the sun. typical summertime conditions. 60s, 70s and some 80 ace. a slight moderation for your sunday. we will look at more of a cooling trend to start the work week. i'll explain coming up. chris. >> thank you. a killer typhoon is head for mainland china in morning after leaving six people dead and hubs injured on taiwan. it hit the island with aveeno veg, downing trees and with our lines and causing 3 million households to go dark. an 8-year-old girl and her mom were swept out to sea and the girl's twin sister is missing. all 279 domestic flights from taiwan has been cancelled, as well as 37 international flights. >>> new this morning, president obama is asking congress to pass new legislation to make sure every american has equal access to the voting

something isn't right. >> so wildlife experts think someone dumped the fish into the delta. they are native to south america and illegal to own without a permit. the fish may look intimidating but are not considered dangerous. >> yeah. >> until they bite you. >> i water ski out there on occasion and not sure i want to meet those little guys. >> rio vista -- it's like a little chinatown out there in the delta. fascinating region. fog and low clouds to starts out your wednesday morning. things will remain relatively cool inland. out the door this morning numbers in the low to mid-60s. cloudy and drizzle along the shoreline and later in the day things cool inland as we have low pressure now finally sinking south and high pressure easing off so we have comfortable temperatures and southwesterly winds through the weekend. we are back into a typical summertime pattern. here's the computer model of how they should behave the rest of the day. by 3:00 this afternoon, you can see they are still packed in along the shoreline. more low clouds after sunset. tomorrow morning we start off w

the delta breeze in place. the low clouds are lifted. the cap is lifted. this is more like it. okay. happy to oblige there. the fog continues to ramp up and head up the coast so it will fill in up and down the coast. 26 gusts to 33. i would not be surprised if that strengthens here. 50s and 60s on the

woman was enjoying the delta waters down below. you know what happened next was unbelievable. is mangled pickup truck is hauled away from the scene of a bizarre accident. sky 7 hd was overhead after police say an oakland bound amtrak train struck the pick up which was towing a trailer parked on the tracks. truck owner was trying to launch jet ski from the delta waters nearby. >> my god i was so scared. >>reporter: this witness said the man ran back to his truck when he heard the train coming. >> train beat him to his truck. >>reporter: impact catapulted the truck in the water. ejecting the driver and landing on top of a woman lying on a yellow raft. >> we saw people running and screaming. >> miss burke couldn't believe both people survived. >> they seem to be responding when the medic and everybody was here. we saw an arm go up. >>reporter: both victims airlifted to john muir medical center. friend of the 20-year-old woman struck by the truck says her prognosis is good. >> she is breathing. no coma. and luckily l she's okay. >>reporter: local say launc launching jet sdpree this

we just don't have the resources to do it with. >> reporter: the irony of all this is the delta is one of the most fertile places, yet it's continuing to struggle to provide food for its own residents. andy gallagher, al jazeera. >>> legislation which would allow gay marriage. warren ench put forth the proposition in police department. the opposition isn't letting its mps to vote for gay marriage. >>> for centuries the indigo dye pits in northern nigeria have attracted tourists. as amaas ahmed idris reports. >> trying to keep alive a centuries old tradition but workers here are losing a battle. the dye pits, as old as the city, have been a source of income for many families for generations. for 64 years, mahmoud earned a living here, now things aren't looking good. >> translator: we had customers from all neighboring countries and as far as the arab world. now nobody comes, i can't understand it, we continue to make quality products. >> the results aren't encouraging. they continue to lose their share of the market because of cheap and substandard imports. the chinese have come to town

the delta has picked up big time. the rain, thundershower activity is moving off.will get some sun here. it will be cooler. 80s on the temps. 60s and 70s and also 80s. temperatures will start to rebound pretty fast here. upper 80s for some. better conditions for the firefighters especially with cloudy skies this morning. that is good. that is higher humidity. temperatures running a little bit below average for inland areas yet mere average for coast and bay. does look like a nice day and a little warmer as we go into the weekends. a little warm every over the weekend and cooler pattern next week. much cooler. maybe. >> and just in case anybody is waking up and missed you on a scale of 1-10 the lightning. >> 11. although some areas didn't get it. deborah says it didn't make it here i'm mad. it made it to sunnyvale. >> if you take a picture for steve, tell exactly where you were. >>> john stewart signs off. up next how his 16 year run of host of the daily show ended last night. >> also ahead the turf problems at levi stadium continued. how it's effecting thousands of

the success. it's not just delta's younger generation learning about the benefits of a better diet. she tends her small garden saying efforts are more about health. >> i watch a fantasy grow from a sprout to something i can save money for. that i don't have to buy that product from the store, i can focus on something else. >> the mississippi delta was one of the poorest regions. food deserts defining its basis. where it's difficult to find a commonplace. progress is doing made. in addition to teaching the community to grow their fresh food. the plan for the community garden is to turn the land into a farmer's mark. the fresh food sold out within minutes. this region has been neglected and challenges remain through the efforts of a dedicated thu, the future looks a little healthier >>> ethiopia had great success reducing child mortality rates and increasing the number of children enrolled in the national schools. it remains one of the poorest countries in the world. charles stratford went to a circus straining school in the ab tall addis ababa, working to build a brighter future for

al jazeera in the mississippi delta. >> that's the news hour, we're back with the latest headlines and more in just a moment. >> this the thai bomber? cctv video reds of the suspect just before the last blast. >> this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead, turkey's prime minister says he's exhausted all efforts to form a coalition. new elections look likely. >> amnesty accuses all sides in yemen's civil war, leaving a bloody trail of civilian deaths which may amount to war crimes. >>

. >>> i'm andy in the mississippi delta, a place where ironically it's hard to buy fresh, healthy foodill show you how one community is fighting back. >>> and in sport one of the top two athletic legends go head to head in a bid to become president of world athletics cup. ♪ now, libya's internationally recognized government has called on arab countries to arm its military in the fight against i.s.i.l. affiliates. foreign minister mohamed made that appeal at an emergency arab league meeting in cairo. only air strikes from arab states can help them control cert which they largely controlled since may and we are in the studio who has covered the story extensively from libya, what realistic chance could this happen and arm us and help us this way? >> the chance is for the time being because you are talking about divided libya with to governments and many malitias on the ground and they made it clear past that it's not going to lift the embargo they emposed in libya in 2011. their biggest concern for the time being is to have the different warring factions agree on forming a national unity

. >> reporter: behind me is the delta pines apartment complex. this is highway off 4. you can see firefighters remaining on the scene making sure there are no flareups from this very intense fire that happened earlier this morning. now, thick smoke could be seen for miles as this fire quicklience tense fid to three alarms after 8:00 this morning. crews from contra costa responded to the delta pines apartment complex after witnesses say fire was visible from one of the units. it spread to the roof and then to a big next door. two buildings in the complex were damaged. what started it is under investigation. >> we're thinking 32 units are impacted between the two buildings. it's kind of hard to say a damage estimate at this point in time until we're able to get inside and take a look at what the extent of the damage is. >> reporter: we spoke to several residents affected by the fire. about 30 people displaced. that number is likely to increase. one family said they lost everything except for a few pictures that the contra costa firefighters were able to save. another man

highs today no the upper eights in by the delta. gilroy on the warm end, warm wind pumped santa rosa. the winds are breezy but it was a pleasant afternoon. temperatures around seasonal averages. we'll do it again tomorrow, then get ready for a dip. right now, clear, breezy, 77 morgan hill. half moon bay, sunny, 66. 70 in san francisco. and oakland, 74. temporarily numbers in the mid-eights in here. now getting cooler but a beautiful day town in santa cruz. 82 by the delta, southwest wind at 20. the airport has winds over 35-miles-an-hour. just temporarily, though. and behind it we'll get the drier air in here. going to feel more like the bay area. we have lure dew points, temperatures coming down a bit, a little like september. patchy low clouds tonight. sunny and seasonal on monday, changes come tuesday, wednesday, morning mist and dries. mid-50s in the north bay. san francisco, 64 overnight last night so another mild evening. the sea surface temperatures are veil mild but we are getting in some of the cooler air and you'll be able

he set out with his men, heading south toward the mekong river delta. ion, to carry out hit and run guerrilla attacks fourth kilometers south of saigon. they arrived in the rainy season. the delta was a swamp. the south vietnamese army was equipped with u.s.-supplied tanks and armored vehicles. minh and his men had to fight them with small arms and mortars. >> translator: we dug fox holes deep enough to stand in and fight from. at first, we didn't mind when we accidentally dropped our bullets on the ground, but when we ran out of rounds, we picked up the bullets with our toes, loaded our rifles and fired. we were short of both guns and ammunition. >> minh lost many of his men. >> translator: the enemy set up positions every 500 meters. we'd lurk between them, hiding in the rice paddies. they used to fire into the paddies indiscriminately. i lost a soldier who was shot in the chest when he stood up during a meal. i didn't have the luxury of thinking too deeply about it. there was always another battle. we had to scout the enemy and plan our strategy. when

they came to know each other in the delta, henry, of course, was a man of the delta. medgar evers first thought when he comes back, one of the world war ii veterans, a lot of them concentrated in the delta but he wasn't from the delta, but he moves there. and needs aaron henry, and they really do transform the naacp as an organization. it will be recalled that the organization had been underground and to the extent that it was public, in order to have any success at all, it soft pedaled a number of the issues. these two men, medgar and aaron henry, bring the naacp aboveboard and begin to make strong statements about what the challenge was. medgar do is. this is a tremendous blow. -- medgar dies. this is a tremendous blow for aaron henry. the man who almost rebuilt the organization is 0 no longer there. they depended on each other and so on, and his brother arrives, who had not been in the state, there were tensions in the beginning. charlie evers was a man of strong opinion, and there were many differences in the beginning, but he became the field secretary for the na

highs today no the upper eights in by the delta. oy on the warm end warm wind pumped santa rosa. the winds are breezy but it was a pleasant afternoon. temperatures around seasonal averages. we'll do it again tomorrow, then get ready for a dip. right now clear breezy, 77 morgan hill. half moon bay, sunny, 66. 70 in san francisco. and oakland 74. temporarily numbers in the mid-eights in here. now getting cooler but a beautiful day town in santa cruz. 82 by the delta, southwest wind at 20. the airport has winds over 35-miles-an-hour. just temporarily, though. and behind it we'll get the drier air in here. going to feel more like the bay area. we have lure dew points temperatures coming down a bit a little like september. patchy low clouds tonight. sunny and seasonal on monday, changes come tuesday wednesday morning mist and dries. mid-50s in the north bay. san francisco, 64 overnight last night so another mild evening. the sea surface temperatures are veil mild but we are getting in some of the cooler air and you'll be able to feel it.

a driver of the 4x 4 pickup stopped on the tracks while pulling his jet ski out of the delta. the truck flew into the water, hitting a woman floating on a raft. kevin sadler, a construction worker nearby rushed over to help. and says since june he has seen people use a road marked no trespassing, and private property, to get to the water. >> people like to use that water to swim and kick back and relax. >> if you have got four by four, do you think that's a place where you are going to pull your jet ski out of the water, too? >> we haven't noticed that in the past. >> even though the ramp is on this side? >> that's correct. >> reporter: the both of the launch is a five minute walk to the other side of the road. >> over here there is an actual launch revere. you have to pay ten bucks. but jet skis they are lightweight, you can pick them up with two people and bring them down there. >> reporter: little more than three hours later another train went past the resort. >> sometimes the trains slow down in that area, to 20 or 30, have you seen that ever happen? >> no. usually stay the

gusty winds by the delta at 7. and live more, we are seeing brighter condition out there. emeryville cloudy for you. cloudy and mild with a typical summer spread today. then more cooling tomorrow. the coolest day of the week should be tuesday as the trough lifts on out of the bay area. then we will be looking at warmer conditions. just gradual warming come wednesday and thursday. look at all the low clouds, all the way out to our east bay. but as i widen it you notice the mid-level clouds where we have the moisture and the rain and the lightning from the northern sacramento valley into the sierra nevada. and then low clouds and fog all the way down into southern california. 87 is the forecasted high today in livermore. there's your cool-downs for monday and tuesday. slightly warmer but not too hot. it cools back down by next friday and saturday. so look for about 80 today. once again san jose, 78 milpitas. peninsula numbers from the upper 70s to 76 in san mateo. afternoon sun for you. 70 downtown. afternoon sup, as well in san francisco. 9 in sonoma. 8 cloverdale. 76 in val

people are being urged to leave the delta regions. wide spread floods have killed more than 70 people. the top u.s. republicans contenders for president faced off in their first televised debate. there will be a second debate in september. >>> isil says it's responsible for thursday's bombing. it happened in the in the asid region. isil is becoming increasingly active in saudi arabia which is part of the u.s. led coalition fighting the armed group. >> reporter: this is where the attack took place. a suicide abover managed to get into this mosque, blowing himself up and killing police trainees. the governor visited the injured in a nearby hospital. fighters from the islamic state of iraq claimed responsibility for the attack. they included a targeting of two shia muslim mosques in the eastern province. 25 worshipers were killed in the heartland of saudi arabia's shia minority. last month police arrested hundreds of suspected isil members and displayed some of the weapons which were confiscated. the saudi minister of interior said it sto

. >> reporter: the home of blues music but these days the mississippi delta is known for extremethis is the poorest corner of the poorst state in the u.s., access to healthy, affordable food is a big problem. >> lia, what would you like for dinner? >> reporter: she has never heard the phrase food desert before but she is living in one, the nearest super market is 15 kilometers away, time consuming and expensive trip that not everyone here can afford to make. >> my husband and family members and me and the neighbors house try to work together to try to get food and we have to carpool and bum a ride to get food. it's hard. >> hi. >> reporter: food deserts are not a new phenomenon and the young pay the price and a quarter of 17-year-olds are overweight or obese which they say is directly linked to good food and the nurse says poverty is a big factor. >> they cannot afford to eat healthy and nutritious food and if you have six kids at home and you come out to buy groceries and you buy 30 pounds of grapes, you know, that is not going to last long and all your money is going to be gone

flood warnings are in place in the delta region. the concern is that floodwaters from the north will flow into rivers that run through to this area. state run plead i can't reports say the government is already moving some people to evacuation centers. concerns have been raised that since this is a major rice producing area, there may be food security issues in the near future. >> we can talk now to claudia, a deputy company director for doctors without borders joining us live now. it seems absolutely a terrible situation affecting an awful lot of people. >> yes, good evening. it's indeed a terrible situation. there have been already heavy monsoon rains in july causing floods in many areas and the cyclone that made landfall in bangladesh sometime added to heavy storms and heavy rainfalls and causing for further heavy flooding, as well. >> how much effort does the government of myanmar put into being prepared for these kinds of severe weather events? >> well, we have heard there had been preparation going on for the monsoon season and

but the mississippi delta is more renowned for extreme poverty. s the poorest corner of the poorest state in the u.s. access to healthy, affordable food is a big problem. >> leah. what would you like for dinner? >> reporter: leslie has never heard food desert, but she's living in one. there is a time consuming trip. >> my husband and me and the neighbors, we have to work together to try to get food. we have to carpool, bumb a ride to get food. it's hard. >> reporter: food desert aren't a new phenomenon. it's the young that pay a price. a quarter of 10 to 17-year-olds are obese. it's directly linked to access to good food. poverty is also a big factor. >> they cannot afford to eat healthy and nutritious food. if you have six kids at home and you come out to buy groceries and you buy 30 pounds of grapes, that's not going to last long and all of your money is going to be gone. >> convenience stores are the only option for families. if i were shopping for my family, the options are limited. there are a few canned goods. the food selection is a couple o

and other things like that. >> the mississippi delta is one of the u.s.' poorest regions. and food dezers where access to healthy produce is difficult to find. the progress is being made. in addition to teaching the lowle cacommunity how to grow their own fresh food and showing them first hand the eventual plan for this community garden it's a turn this land into a farmer's market to be held twice a week, when they have done that in the past, the fresh food has sold out in minutes. this region has long been neglected and challenges remain. the future now looken as little healthier, in the mississippi delta. >> rescuers are now at the scene of sunday's air crash, and say they found the bodies of all 54 people onboard. earlier rescuers were hinders by bad weather and rough terrain. south korea has launched what it is called the k police wave. the government is tries to export policing tech ebbing nos and equipment in the say way it has entertainment. but as harry reports this hasn't come without controversy. protestors part of the dna, seems like this rally of the handling o

water to keep them from happening to the water resources reason we build an emergency barrier in the delta to block the saw water for mixing in with the freshwater supplies the second problem is san francisco bay is getting saltier with less will flow salty waters of going right in the bay and heating up possibly leading to a prominent consequences in the months and years to come water managers across the state would do what they can to keep the freshwater and saltwater as valid as possible but dry conditions persist in man of the much that anyone can do. >>charles clifford: they've been measuring and testing water for about 20 years and currently. >>diane tuazon: the weber is the shelves of toy not to the east of a a lot of heavy clouds and pretty much what is going to be like for rest of the evening seven cmos power and oakland most of the wind speeds in the east bay shoreline and the one to continue overnight as well by 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning partly sunny skies temperatures in the '60s by noontime when speeds averaging about 50 mi. from our with temperatures in the a for inland loca

. >> frightening for a woman fishing on the delta. a fish with >> minimum wage workers will get a pay raise in santa clara to $11 an hour, the highest in the county. it takes affect january 1. it will be adjusted based on the county living index. santa clara will move to $15 an hour they hope to help working families facing the steep housing costs. the state minimum wage is $9 and will be $10 in january. >> happening today, the oakland unified school district is holding another recruitment fair and needs to fill 60 positions before classes on monday. dozens of candidates showed up at a job fair and the district will used a menstruates and substitutes until new teeners are hired starting at 11 o'clock at 11th and broadway if downtown oakland. >> a woman reeled in a mysterious fish from the delta. officials confirmed it is not >> it looked like a river monster. >> this looks like a pihranna. >> all signs pointed to that officials say she hooked something relating to a fish from south america like a perch but they are illegal to own unles

. >> well, this is the reason passengers on the delta airlines flight were terrified! an emergency landing. >> we were pummeled with nothing but sunshine today but there are changes ahead for next week. we'll have the latest in the forecast as we look over the city and toward the bay. it's all coming u >>> less than an hour ago a woman made history swimming from the farralones to the golden gate bridge. the swim has only been done by men until now. it is 30 miles through shark- infested waters. christian hartnett is in belvidere where the woman arrived after making history. >> reporter: hi there. absolutely amazing story. kim chambers just recently got off the boat that picked her up at the golden gate bridge after that 30-mile journey. she got off and spoke with the media right on the dock and you can just see the emotion in her face. we'll get to that video at 6:30 when we have it. but she just got off recently. and she spoke to the media absolutely broke down in tears when she got off the boat hugging her mom, who came in from new zealand to be there for her on the b

it will be comfortable many low 60s santa rosa and napa with 60 by the delta. eratures 2 to 4 degrees warmer in some spots around the bay. 60s to start your sunday in concord and livermore. our exploratorium camera, it's gray. and with the cloudy start it will take the next several hours for the fog to burn back. we will have a little sunshine. the marin county coast, not so much so. the san mateo coast, and then high pressure begins to build in slightly tomorrow. that will allow for a bit of a warmup. so the deal for today, notice we've got a few breaks here and there, but the coastal clouds will still be with us right here along the shoreline. typical summertime conditions revealed before the lunch hour. it's high pressure that's going to build in just a little bit to the east of us. as that builds, our temperatures will warm slightly, and we should get more sunshine at the coast. so by the middle of the week it should be almost beach-like along the shoreline. temperatures have been in the 70s in monterey and hazy conditions persist for the northern sierra and

the delta snout lives in sacramento's san joaquin river delta and a number of farmers believe too much water has been wasted to protect what they call the lowly fish but environmentalists argue it's a key indicator of the delta's use a little bit of that but don't think it's coming right? >> the two sided coin isn't it? hoping for some rain and we have a little bit of light virga out there where the precipitation is actually evaporating before it hits the grounds. let's take a look weather watchers. since i'm in san francisco, we have people in lake and alameda county as well as in san mateo and they are telling me gosh it just feels like rain and almost even smells like rain. it's mostly cloudy in san jose according to mike. 79 degrees. in san ramon brian is saying it's 73 and awfully muggy out there. in fact right now the relative humidity is banking between 49% in san jose to 67% and that's in the santa rosa area. so awfully muggy. this is interesting. this is hi-def doppler radar and you say that looks like rain to me right? well, again, this is evaporating before it hits the groun