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Hello, I'm Naamua Delaney at CNN Center in Atlanta, here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

The two major presidential candidates are firming up their energy plans. Republican Senator John McCain is in California this afternoon, speaking on energy and the environment. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined McCain. The two have different policies when it comes to offshore1 oil drilling, but Schwarzenegger is throwing his support behind McCain for the presidency2. Protestors also made their voices heard. Many held signs and chanted against McCain's stance on offshore drilling. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama is in Las Vegas. He's speaking on energy this afternoon before heading to California for a fund-raising event. Obama is an opponent of offshore US drilling. He says the benefits would not be seen for years to come.

Firefighters from several states are battling at least 800 wildfires in northern California this hour. A wildfire near Fairfield, California is about 60% contained, but it's consumed more than 4, 000 acres since the weekend. So far, no homes have been destroyed in that fire, and voluntary evacuations have been lifted.

A break the size of a football field in a Missouri levee is sending floodwaters over farms and homes in St. Charles. The break happened overnight along the Mississippi River, about 30 miles north of St. Louis. Several hundred residents of a nearby mobile home park were evacuated3 before the breach4. Officials are hopeful the flooding will spare those homes, but they say the waters are still rising.

"Today we are here to announce a strategy to save America's everglades. It is as monumental as the creation of our nation's first national park Yellowstone. This represents, if we are successful and I believe we will be, the largest conservation purchase in the history of the state of Florida. "

The price tag to help save the everglades, around 1. 7 billion dollars. Republican Governor Charlie Crist made the announcement this morning. He says the money will go towards buying 187, 000 acres of everglades farmland for wetlands restoration. The Nature Conservancy's state director calls the deal "an opportunity to completely rewrite the course of everglades restoration".

Well, those are the headlines this hour. Stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.


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1 offshore FIux8     
adj.海面的,吹向海面的;adv.向海面
参考例句:
  • A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
  • A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
2 presidency J1HzD     
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
参考例句:
  • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
3 evacuated b2adcc11308c78e262805bbcd7da1669     
撤退者的
参考例句:
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
4 breach 2sgzw     
n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破
参考例句:
  • We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
  • He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

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