surprising emotional moment between usher and his ex-wife. and they're back. our army of kid forecasters keeping an eye on the weather for you, with their precocious prognosticating. well, we've got kid forecasters coming up. before we get to that, we have some real weather to talk about this morning. take a look at these pictures on a saturday morning. these are from overnight. ginger covering this breaking weather news. killer flash floods in colorado. truly harrowing scenes playing out, after more than an inch of rain fell in 40 minutes, sending torrents of water through one small town. this is one scene out of many. as we said, ginger will have much more coming up. >> as many as 15 states affected this morning. also, a big break in a massive manhunt. a car owned by a suspected

san diego kidnapper is found in a remote wilderness area in idaho. why police believe the 16-year-old girl with him is still alive. also this morning, a breast-feeding confrontation caught on camera. the mom told to cover up at a rec center in texas. and the support she's receiving after this video went online and went viral. let's start this morning with the first of the ocean's 16 to step forward. her name is susan nichol. she is part of that pool of maintenance workers that hit the powerball this week. this story, a huge blast of hope for a community that was hit very hard by superstorm sandy. and aditi roy is all over the story. >> reporter: good morning, dan. this lottery winner may be part of ocean 16. but she's on cloud nine. she revealed her identity to the public. and why she's not leaving her

job just yet. this morning, we're hearing from one of ocean 16 for the first time, the county workers that won big in wednesday's $448.4 million powerball jackpot, has protected their anonymity until now. >> i'm still up in the clouds. >> reporter: new jersey native, susan nichols, says she wouldn't believe it when she and 15 fellow workers hit all five numbers and the powerball. >> my co-worker shook me. we did win. >> reporter: until friday night, the only thing we knew about the county government workers, is that no multimillion-dollar windfall, wouldn't keep them from clocking in the next morning after the winning numbers were announced. >> they won the lottery and came in. >> reporter: nichol and her co-workers have not officially come forward to claim the prize. but she's feeling blessed. nichol has a new ideas for how to spend her winnings. among them, mixing her house that was damaged by hurricane sandy. and sharing the loot with her

large family. surprisingly, she plans to stay at work for another year and a half before retiring to collect her pension. >> i want my husband to retire. i'm not. but i want him to. he's worked a long time. >> reporter: after taxes, it's estimated that nichol will take $3.5 million to the bank. the remaining ticket in new jersey has not been claimed. the third ticket was won by paul white. and she broke the news to her friends and family at her local crab shack. three grandchildren, two kids and her husband of 45 years. that shop owner has the air ability to say that a quarter of his workers happen to be powerball winners. she probably picked up the tab. >> i was about to ask you. i think she did. >> amazing she's going to keep working. >> and let her husband retire. so sweet. >> thanks, aditi. we're going to turn to the death toll rising along with the floodwaters after a week of

torrential downpours and daring rescues. emergency workers kept busy overnight. and our meteorologist, ginger zee, is on top of the story. >> good morning, bianna. some of the craziest pictures coming out of manitou springs, colorado. the water muddy and almost black at times. krdo, our affiliate, kept coming in with pictures. no way. this town terrified. ferociously flowing. >> he's better off in the car. >> reporter: this highway outside of colorado springs, transformed into a turbulent crime. and right there, a frightened man, desperate to get to safety. >> are you okay? >> i don't know. >> reporter: barely making it out alive. the almost black water, splashing over that car. cars rushing and bobbing past in

the water. rescue crews on another road, hoisting a man to safety. this morning, we know one person is dead. his body found buried in debris. the forceful floods, terrorizing this town just six miles from colorado springs. >> our car just floated away. others are floating away now. >> at that moment, i knew the water was getting higher and was going to come over. i have to get out of here. >> reporter: swallowing streets and chewing away at backyards. it went down after more than an inch of rain fell in 40 minutes. that's too much, too fast for the scarred land, burnt by the waldo canyon fire in 2012. that's why the water is so dark. the charred mountainside, rushing down with the rain. it's the third flood in the area for a month. believing crashed and crumbled scenes behind. slightly drier for the parts of colorado. we have to keep an alert always. the land isn't getting vegetation anytime soon. very dry in general. i want to show you this.

this morning, we have flash flood warnings in effect for arkansas and missouri still. an area so hard hit this whole week. you can see two-plus inches of rain, just in a very short amount of time. it's all coming along this stationary front. this has been a mess. and for the next 48 hours, places like jonesboro, memphis, nashville and raleigh have to be an alert. i'll come back with the weather and a whole lot more. >> a wet and dangerous weekend in parts of america. investigators are returning to a quiet neighborhood in connecticut where a disaster played out on friday afternoon. a small plane crashing into two homes. inside one of those houses, two, young children. abc's linzie janis is on the scene in east haven, connecticut. linzie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. the people of this small community who sit right along a runway, says this is one of their worst fears come true. rescuers searched through the night, recovering four bodies, including two children who were

inside one of the homes crushed by a small plane that came crashing out of the sky. >> children in the house. >> reporter: one of its wings, slicing through an upstairs bedroom, where neighbors say a 1-year-old and 13-year-old may have been. >> we seen it hit. one wing went through one house. the left side of the wing, landed in the bedroom where the two children were. >> reporter: within seconds of the crash, their mother could be heard screaming on the front lawn. >> she's upstairs. she went upstairs. and flipped over the bed. and flipped over a crib. and looked in the closet. couldn't find anybody. >> reporter: neighbors say it's a nightmare come true. >> i was always afraid of the planes. planes coming in. >> reporter: overnight, the pilot's been identified as bill henningsguard, visiting college with his 17-year-old son, max. it was not his first crash. in 2009, he and his mother were rescued from a washington state river, after the plane he was

piloting had engine trouble. what caused his plane to crash on friday, roughly a mile before the runway remains a mystery. just two minutes before the crash, he told air traffic controllers that despite the weather, he had the runway in sight. >> are you going to be able to main tan visual contact with the airport? >> 622 is in visual contact now. >> reporter: moments later, the cockpit of his twin-engine plane was in flames. now that all of the bodies have been recovered, investigators are returning to the scene behind me this morning to try to figure out how and why this happened. bianna? >> devastation for that mother who lost two of her children. our thanks to you. we're going to learn to a major development this morning in the intense, all-out manhunt for a san diego murder suspect and the teenage girl he's believed to have kidnapped. his car was found in a remote location in idaho. now, the two were spotted by a

man on horseback. abc's clayton sandell is in san diego with the latest on the search. if there's any good news, it seems that the girl was alive. a 16-year-old who he believes is this victim. >> reporter: so far, bianna, yes. that's what they believe. and it's a positive development. overnight, a sad development. police positively identified the remains of ethan anderson, who was murdered here in san diego. right now in idaho, search teams are looking for his suspected killer, who they believe kidnapped ethan's sister. this morning, over 100 federal agents and police are swarming this idaho wilderness, hunting for a murder suspect and a teenage girl they believe is in grave danger. >> it's treacherous terrain. it is back country. it is wilderness. and so, we're going to bring in any resources that we can on the ground and from the air to make this search successful. >> reporter: they're here because a man on horseback says he crossed paths with two people wednesday, believed to be 40-year-old james dimaggio and

16-year-old hannah anderson. >> they did appear to have gear with them. they had camping equipment, it seemed to him. i think he described the interaction as odd. but nothing alarming. >> reporter: nothing alarming, until the horseback rider recognized hannah's photo on the news and called police. dimaggio's car was found friday a few miles away, hidden under bushes. the license plates missing. >> they checked the vehicle identification number through the windshield and confirmed it was our suspect's vehicle from san diego. >> reporter: police had warned it might be booby-trapped with explosives. but none were found. police believe dimaggio killed hannah's 8-year-old brother, ethan and their mother, outside san diego, setting the house on fire and kidnapping the girl. investigators say dimaggio was a family friend who had an unusual infatuation with hannah. overnight in their hometown of lakeside, california, hannah and ethan's father spoke at a

candlelight vigil. >> it's great they found a sighting today. and we hope that everything is going well to bring her home. >> reporter: now, this search area is massive. more than 300-square miles. investigators from here in san diego county will be joining the search effort. they'll be looking on foot, on horseback and from the air. dan? >> hopefully the nightmare will end soon. clayton, thank you. switching gears to all of the chatter about president obama, showing a different and interesting side of his personality, in a high-profiled moment. in front of the assembled press corps on friday afternoon, the president was cutting loose with candid comments about everybody from vladimir putin, to michelle obama. jeff is here with more. >> reporter: we saw hints of frustration and defiance from the president. after a challenging summer in washington, it was that series of unscripted moments that offered a deeper window into what he's really thinking. >> good afternoon, everybody.

please have a seat. >> reporter: in the running commentary, president obama held nothing back. on russian president vladimir putin -- >> he has that slouch, looking like a board kid in the back of the classroom. >> reporter: on the new anti-gay law, through olympic medals. >> one of the things i'm looking forward to is gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold or silver or bronze. if russia doesn't have gay or lesbian athletes, it will probably make their team weaker. >> reporter: and using domestic harmony as an analogy for the nsa's spying program. how americans should trust but verify. >> if i tell michelle that i did the dishes, now, granted, in the white house i don't do the dishes that much. but back in the day. and she's a little skeptical. i'd like her to trust me. but maybe i need to bring her back and show her the dishes. >> reporter: president obama came into the east room of the white house to talk about america's surveillance system. but he also came armed with a

set of awkward anecdotes and mixed metaphors. it was a presidential play-by-play, off-the-cuff remarks, in real-time. and he didn't take it easy, even on himself. >> there's going to be glitches. no doubt about it. that's true, by the way, of a car company rolling out a new car. it's true of apple rolling out the new ipad. >> reporter: before the hour was up, he even asked a question of his own, to a "wall street journal" reporter, on the birth of her son. >> and, carol, congratulations on hudson. do you have pictures? >> reporter: now, there were serious moments, too. the ongoing terror threat, that frigid relationship with russia. but the president had a care-free look of someone about to leave on vacation. he and his family begin their summer break today on martha's vineyard. when he returns to washington, all of the challenges are waiting for him. >> i picture moments in martha's vineyard when he marches michelle into the kitchen and

shows off clean dishes. >> the slouch boy kid comment. >> the translation of that must have been great. >> i'll tell you that next time. now, to ron claiborne with the other top developing stories this morning. >> good morning, everyone. in the news, all but one of the american embassies that were closed last week because of terror concerns are now set to reopen tomorrow. the state department says 18 of the 19 embassies located throughout north africa and the middle east will reopen. the one however in yemen, that one will remain closed. and fire crews slowly getting control of a massive wildfire in southern california. the fire covering some 25-square miles or about 16,000 acres. the fire is 40% contained. two dozen homes have been destroyed and hundreds others evacuated. and the embattled mayor of san diego, bob filner, is leaving san diego earlier than expected. he was supposed to be in rehab

for two weeks. but he's leaving therapy after five days and says he will continue as an outpatient. a wild scene in boston on friday. a beer truck crashes and ends up dangling off of a highway overpass. crews had to clean up a diesel spill. they also had to offload the beer. the driver and a passenger in the beer truck, they were not hurt. exactly. cheers and boos in the bronx friday night for alex rodriguez. the yankees slugger was playing his first home game since major league baseball announced its suspension for allegedly using performance-enhancing drugs. a suspension that a-rod is appealing. as he strolled to the plate for his much-anticipated return to yankee stadium, a-rod managed to get quite a few cheers. and quite a few boos from the famously opinionated hometown crowd. >> alex rodriguez. >> reporter: but things turned

darker after his first two at-bats. a-rod struck out the second time. pretty loud boos. not that many cheers. as the game went on, with the yankees clinging to a two-run lead, rodriguez couldn't get his bat going. >> 3-2. strike three. >> reporter: the youngest player to reach the 600 home run mark on this night, he failed to get on base. striking out three times, as the boos got louder with each at-bat. until a-rod was removed from the game in the ninth inning. afterward, a-rod left yankee stadium without speaking to the media. but fans outside had plenty to say. >> the whole reason i came here tonight was to boo a-rod, all right? i got to do it. i'm happy. >> i don't like cheaters. it's just a tough call. i do kind of like him. >> so, a-rod went 0 for 4, striking out the three times. but the yankees sans a-rod, without, dan. they won that game. it ended well for yankee fans,

like me. >> we know when ron has a late night. uses french. >> that's one of the symptoms. >> standup journalist. forcing yourself to go to the game. >> forced myself to drink a beer. nonalcoholic beer. >> ron o'dool's claiborne. looking at the video from the colorado stuff. it's not often you see fire watches next to flood watches. but today, we will, in oregon and the state of washington. why? because they've got those burned areas, the scarred land. and you get a thunderstorm popping up behind the nation sty front. and it can drop a lot of water like we saw in colorado. something to look for in the pacific northwest. it's nicer in the northeast. let's look at a live shot of new york city. 72 early this morning. low 70s is where we start. we end up much less humid. it was nasty. i don't like to give my opinion

on warmth in the summer. it was gross. the kind of thing you can't do your hair in. boston, 80 today. 83 is average for this time of year. albany, you're going to have a nice day, too. a little below in some spots. and less humid. same deal on the east coast of the great lakes there. back here, a stationary front. and dallas, ten go morningt isarm and muggy on this saturday morning and since it is arty in the mim- 70s. we've got dew pois up in the 70s, a little less as we head towards the north. we've got some shower activity we could have a shower late this afternoon. 93 yesterday. we hit 90 today. tomorrow, partly sunny, quite warm a few

>> we're starting a new segment. it's quiz dan and bianna time. it's all about clouds. >> this is a classic alta stratus. >> dan likes to put together his words. that's a shelf cloud, my friends. >> i was just using the french term that ron used earlier. no? >> we'll try next time. >> that didn't work? we're going to turn to a brewing controversy in texas. breast-feeding mothers in the state are gathering for a nurse-in this morning. they are protesting the treatment a local mother received at a rec center. she was ordered to cover up while nursing her daughter. it's bringing a controversial issue back into the spotlight. tai hernandez is here with the story. >> the mother was waiting for an older child in a dance class. she started to feed her 16-day-old baby in the meantime.

what happened next sparked a lot of controversy. and it was all posted on youtube. this morning, a small town in texas is defending the rec employee scene in this video, confronting lindsay eves. eves citing her right to breast-feed in public. >> it is a state law that i can nurse my child with or without a cover. >> reporter: she was approached by the same worker earlier that day. and asked her husband to record this confrontation. >> i'm going to ask you to quit talking to my wife. if you want to do something about it, call the cops. otherwise, leave me alone. >> reporter: the couple posted the video to youtube. it quickly went yirl. >> anything a woman does with her breast, generates a tremendous amount of controversy and emotion and heightened opinion from all sorts of people. >> reporter: august is national

breast-feeding month, holding nurse-ins to protest public venues that ask mothers to cover up. recently a woman made her challenge to kate middleton to get her royal orbs out to nurse in public. after the backlash, the rec center defends its actions in this statement. there's nothing in the law that prohibits the city from requiring a mother to cover up. the city did not attempt to prohibit breast-feeding. and we fully support the freedom of mothers to breast-feed, as long as it doesn't infringe on someone else's freedom. eaves defends her right to nurse in public. >> this is normal. >> reporter: she has four children under the age of 5. she considers herself a passionate breast-feeding advocate. and those who support her, coming to her defense. >> this day and age, assume there's going to be a camera rolling somewhere. >> thanks, tai. coming up here on "gma," usher on the stand.

fighting his ex-wife for custody of their children, after one of their sons almost drowned in the pool. it got emotional on the stand, as you can see. coming up, what the judge decided and the surprising moment between these two divorced and often fighting parents. and looking for the truth. she was found with her bullet in her head. but a father insists his daughter's death was no suicide. what he insists authorities do now. and coming up in a big "pop news" segment this morning, anchored by bianna golodryga. breaking news. details on the "hunger games" sequel. why everything in this movie may not be by the book. we'll see how fans react to that. keep it here. more "gma," coming up. [ female announcer ] whether you're running for a train...

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just reacting as any father would, out of concern. >> there you see r&b superstar, usher, facing the emergency at an emergency custody hearing, after his son's frightening pool incident. his ex-wife attempting to gain custody. did her tears affect the judge? the emotion on full display in court with a surprise ending. usher and his ex-wife having a moment in front of the cameras. good morning, america. i'm bianna golodryga. at the end of the day, those are relieved parents who has a son that's still alive after that accident. >> that's very divided in many ways. we'll tell you what the hug was all about coming up on the broadcast. i'm dan harris. this is saturday, august 10th.

alongside bianna golodryga. we're going to start with a story of a father, a different father, on a mission to prove his daughter's death was not a suicide, even though a coroner initially ruled it that way. >> she was found with a gunshot wound to the head at her ex-boyfriend's apartment. gio benitez is here with that story. >> reporter: the 22-year-old father says he's convinced the police botched the investigation. and he wants it reopened right away. the voice you hear on this 911 call is richie minton. >> it's my ex-girlfriend. i woke up and she's covered in blood. >> reporter: it was an emergency dispatcher in carbondale, ill. but minton found himself on the other end of the line. this is richie. my girlfriend just committed suicide. can you send an ambulance here? can you send a car over? >> reporter: he told dispatchers he thought she overdosed.

when police arrived, they found the body of 22-year-old molly young, dead with a gunshot wound to the head. minton and his roommate were questioned and released. >> they investigated to see if she committed suicide and she didn't. it's obvious republican for in january, a coroner's jury reviewed the cause of death, changing it to undetermined. now, young's father wants the case reopened. >> in my opinion, the evidence is there. i would hope that they go after that evidence. >> reporter: larry young says he now has police documents, just obtained through a freedom of information request, which he says suggest investigators either missed or ignored key evidence. when asked by abc news, police would not comment on those documents or the investigation. meantime, the state attorney tells abc news, the case is not closed. leaving a grieving father looking for answers. >> it disgusted me. that a young woman could lose her life like that and no one

seemed to care. >> reporter: and while the state attorney tells abc ns there's not enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime was committed, he says if more evidence becomes available, he will consider it. >> this is a case to watch. gio, thank you. a lot of other news overnight. for that as always, we turn to mr. ron claiborne. >> good morning, everyone. in the news, ntsb investigators will be at the scene of a small plane crash in connecticut later today. as many as six people feared dead, after the plane crashed into two homes in east haven on friday. among the dead, the pilot, reportedly, a retired microsoft executive. and two children. in one of the homes. in california, police are trying to figure out if a body is that of a missing oakland woman. sandra coke. an investigator for the public defender's office, disappeared sunday. late friday night, police found a body in vacaville.

he's being called a person of interest in this case. and the fbi may be closing in on a man wanted in a nationwide amber alert. police say james lee dimaggio abducted a 16-year-old girl from san diego, killed her mother and younger brother and then burned their house down. dimaggio's car was found in idaho on friday, with no sign of him or the girl. finally, it's not the big powerball jackpot. but a north carolina man is counting himself lucky this morning. dan royal has won two lottery jackpots in less than two years. he won $5,000 a week for life on friday. and 18 months ago, $250,000 he won. he's going to retire. imagine that. time, now, for the weather. and over to ginger. >> i would also retire. good idea. we've been talking about flooding for over a week. and the pictures keep coming from all over. different places. yesterday, it was new york. and missouri before that. arkansas, kansas. but this is florida. that's sarasota.

and the beach, just empty because, well, you couldn't do anything there. the sarasota beach, better today. along that stationary front, you will see more showers and thunderstorms, some of them heavy at times. especially back in northern parts of arkansas and western tennessee, they will move. you can look at the highs. atlanta, 91. 93 in jackson. and 91 in new orleans. and in the southwest, it's dry. but also, heating it up. so, fire danger will likely kick up even more. riv riverside, 95. but 91 by monday. and around it, right back up as we start the workweek. phoenix at 105. but as we start monday and tuesday, up to 107. a warm and muggy starte to the weekend. today is partly cloudy and warm conditionsns 84 to 88 with a slight chance of afternoon

shower. tomorrow in >> this weather report has been brought to you by advil. it is time for this morning's kid forecaster. lexie silverman, who is 6 years old from highland park, chicago. >> my name is lexie. and i'm the "good morning america" forecaster. and today, it will be sunny. it will be maybe -- watch out for any poodles. back to you, ginger. >> poodles. and the hair like this. i have to steal some of your stuff. thank you, lexie. become our kid forecaster. >> you need a sidekick like that. cute dog. >> and the girl. >> either one of those, the ratings through the roof, guaranteed. thank you, ginger. coming up here on "gma," usher and his ex-wife squaring off in a bitter child custody battle in court. reunited over their son's

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it was a courtroom surprise yesterday. pop star usher, taking the stand in an emergency hearing. fighting his ex-wife for custody of their two sons when one of them nearly drowned in usher's pool. >> abc's steve osunsami was in the courtroom. and steve joins us from atlanta live. steve? >> reporter: good morning, bianna. the singer's 5-year-old son is still hospitalized here. when he goes home, he will go home with his father, to the very house where he nearly died. >> i don't know if my son is going to have a brain defect. i don't know if his heart is operating correctly. i don't know that my son is going to be 100% the boy he was. >> reporter: at this emergency hearing, where tameka raymond hoped to win temporary custody of their two children with grammy award winner, usher raymond. >> he doesn't answer the phone. he doesn't answer e-mails. >> reporter: very frustrated. she broke down listening to the

911 calls from monday, when her 5-year-old son nearly drowned at the bottom of her ex-husband's pool. her superstar former husband, who won custody of the kids last year, still wearing the wristband from his son's hospital. >> acting as any father would, out of concern. >> reporter: telling t judge, he and the pple at the house did the best they could. >> when they got into the ambulance, he was hysterical. i did my best to calm him down. i saw that he was gasping for breath. so, i know that he probably took in a fair amount of water. >> reporter: usher raymond v had his hand caught in the pool drain when reaching for a toy. he was under eight feet of water. and his father has video of the entire incident. tameka raymond, questioned the ability of the aunt who was watching the children and testified friday. rena oden jumped in the pool but

couldn't free the boy. >> she's a good person and a nice family member. a nanny? no. >> reporter: the judge disagreed, siding once again with the singer. >> most of the people in this room have been considered for by a grandmother or an aunt. so, i'm denying, dismissing the motion. >> reporter: before he left court, he and his ex-wife embraced. somehow these two have to work together. >> mr. raymond, in the future, you would be well-advised to keep your former spouse informed about your whereabouts and who is taking care of the kids. >> reporter: in court, usher was asked a very important safety question, whether he ever looked inside and saw the bottom of that pool. he answered that he had people who took care of that. and he never noticed anything wrong. dan and bianna? >> steve, thanks to you. it was nice to see that embrace at the end. >> share two kids. no question about it. coming up on "gma," we're

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all right. it's time for "pop news." filling in, our ringer, bianna golodryga. we're going deep this morning. >> you ready, guys? >> bring it. >> all right. some big reveal for pixar fans at disney's d-23 expo this weekend. a first peek at a pixar original movie. "the good dinosaur" will be about a world where dinosaurs never went extinct.

bill haider, to name a few. have a brand-new look at "toy story" coming out. it's a tv special. will feature a road trip gone wrong for the "toy story" gang we know so well. walt disney is the parent company of abc news. >> dinosaurs and "toy story" come together. really scary. >> really scary. >> aliens and cowboys. anyways -- things are heating up for "catching fire." coldplay will be creating an original song for the film, titled "atlas." we know things won't be entirely by the book. for example, in the book, main character peta doesn't know how to swim. when josh hutchenton reprises the role, he'll have no trouble in the water. liam hemsworth is finally on

twitter. but he will only use it for career updates. no shirtless selfies. >> come on, liam. >> i know. >> that's what it's for. >> ron claiborne. >> up to that one. >> that's on instagram. now, take a look at this adorable baby elephant from tampa's lowery park zoo. he was born at the end of july. but he doesn't have a name. the zoo has turned to the public for health. launching an online poll for people to weigh in. when the poll closes, mom and baby elephant will do a special activity to pick between the contenders. all of the contenders are swahili and starts with an "m." he likes to drink. and mina means joyful. >> i think mina is better, than he likes to drink. >> you're sure about the translation, right? >> who knows what she just said.

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look at that control room. having breakfast and loving it. the best part of the cupcake is at the bottom here. thank you for watching abc news. we're always online at goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! watch "world news" with david muir. >> ron can't talk. he's eating. hd, this is an abc 7 news update. good morning. i'm kathy park. taking a look at some stories in our region today, d.c. police are investigating the death of a

man found near the 11th street bridge. the man's body was pulled out from the water. this happened near 1500 m street southeast. the lease are trying to identify the victim and figure out how he ended up in the water. weeks been nearly one since alexis murphy disappeared from a gas station and west central virginia. the call belonging to the 17 has -- the car belonged to the 17 world has been found in a movie perking lot. the fbi has released surveillance video. police hope the video will help speedup the surf and help lead -- the search and help lead to her safe return. in a buddy with information is asked to contact police. here is meteorologist dave zahren. >> it is mostly cloudy out there. it is warm and muggy. this is what it looks like -- looks like across northern virginia. clouds and sunshine. it is warm. 78 downtown. 75 at dulles. the dew points are well up there. if that showers to the west of us.

heavy showers making their way across west virginia. this afternoon, closer. in royal we could see some showers. light out there along the shenandoah. yesterday, 93, the first time in 19 days. 87 is the seasonal normal. we will be closer to that today. 84-88. slight chance of showers this afternoon. more chances down to the south. tomorrow, 85-90. a few more showers. look what happens midweek. temperatures upper 70s, low 80s. >>

>> jack hanna's "wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide insurance. >> hi, everyone, welcome to "wild countdown." i'm jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo. i've visited wildlife parks around the world, but i would never have made it home again without the help of guides and rangers i met along the way. ooh, look at the pink! and in this week's blooper, a lesson in romance from an unlikely cupid. >> how much would you give for your wife, in terms of cows? >> i've never been asked that question. and he's just one of

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>> first, i want to introduce you to jason, a ranger i've traveled with many times. here's what happened when he took my wife and me out of a safari jeep and into the wild. on the eastern cape of south africa, the shamwari game reserve is a vast ecosystem on 60,000 acres of protected land. it's a beautiful morning, isn't it? >> oh, jack, every morning's beautiful in africa. >> it's true. how you doing? >> good. jason. >> jack. >> nice to see you, jack. >> this is susie. >> susie, welcome to shamwari. >> we quickly found out that jason knew shamwari like it was his own backyard. >> it looks really dry. is it because you've had a drought for so long? >> we have been experiencing, um, what we would call a green drought. the vegetation is still surviving, but we haven't had sufficient rain to have runoff or for to bring the water table up again. >> even though the conditions weren't ideal, jason had a hunch

where we could find a pair of cheetahs. so the cheetah in this area here? >> good, prime spot for cheetah. you know, very open, ideal for hunting. so, yeah. >> wait, is that them up there? >> ok. what we're going to o dos we're going to walk in on them. we're not going to put them under too much pressure. they're going to keep moving off. um, so we're going to go down and wide and then sligightly cut across. >> we wouldn't have dared to walk into big cat territory without jason to lead the way. >> very close now. so, what we're going to do is we're just going to try and stick up to this termite mound here and then just in this vegetation here. [whispering indiststinctl] >> so, right now, obviously, these cheetahs, it looks like they must've eaten recently or something. >> they're pretty--pretty relaxed. you may find that is the caseyou know, lying up in the shade still of the day, just digesting. the 3 of us are going to be able to sit next to this rock. this is our limit.

>> this is the ultimate. >> it took us a while to get to them, but this is well worth it. >> oh, my gosh. >> wowee, is this something or what? it's amazing how those spots--i mean, you could walk within 15 feet of these things and never see them. >> you notice how their coloration is dappled, pretty similar to the light penetrating the canopy of this tree and onto the ground. so you've got areas of light and dark. and they'll blend in quite nicely with that. >> i never thought about that. >> that's why you'll often find them there either lying under a tree somewhere or near a bush, anywhere where the canopy is broken. >> for both sue and myself, that quiet afternoon with the cheetahs was one of our ultimate african adventures. many times, the guides i've met on safari were as interesting as the animals they showed me, like my friend and fashion consultant lasaita. in northern kenya, the samburu national reserve is known for the exotic wildlife that thrive in this harsh environment.

and who better to give me the lay of the land than a guide who grew up right here? lasaita and i spent the morning observing impala and lions. then came a big surprise. what are you stopping here for? >> ah, we're just approaching the samburu village, and we can't get in there until i dress you like a samburu. >> how's the muscle look? >> yeah, big muscles you have. >> it just fell down. ohh, it won't come off. i'm telling you. oh, it's going to break my thumb. i can't see! >> you have to resist. >> i had a contact lens in there a minute ago. oh, god, you're sawing my head off! >> [laughs] are you all right? >> yeah, i'm fine. >> is that better? you want it up here? >> no, it's good, it's fine. let's just go. my first duty as an honorary samburu warrior was to meet the village elders. >> they going to laugh at me? >> no, they're not going to laugh at you. >> they'll respect me? >> they will respect you definitely. [speaking samburu language] [laughter]

>> he's saying according to him, he thinks you're about 60. >> no, knock it off, don't do that. did he say that? >> that's what he said. >> no, no, no. >> [speaking samburu language] >> i'm a young warrior! >> [speaking samburu language] >> he's telling you--are you 45? >> yes. >> [speaking samburu language] >> are you a warrior? >> yes. >> of 45, or a warrior of 30? >> i'm a warrior of 30. [laughter] i hoped i'd make a better impression with other villagers, not to mention my wife. do i look like a samburu? >> oh, my gosh, jack, you're the perfect warrior. >> even though i've got sneakers on. meet my friends. the village blacksmith bravely volunteered to teach me how to handle a traditional samburu spear. >> [speaking samburu language] [cheering] [laughs] >> you're very safe with me. even though i missed the target by a mile, our new friends treated us like local heroes. >> [singing in samburu language]

>> oh, i was missing my beads! thank you! [cheering] >> now, was that an experience or what? coming up... >> ohh, did you see that, jack? >> what was that thing flying through the air? plus the blooper of the week, next on "wild countdown." (birds chirping) [female announcer] looks like everybody's at our biggest sale of the year, the anniversary sale at petsmart. save $3 on select iams® dry dog food and select iams® dry cat food. at petsmart®. and bluer than the bluest slushy. i can still feel the splash on my face. can still see the wild creatures, hear them calling my name. yes, if i had hairs on the back of my neck,

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>> welcome back to "wild countdown." i'm jack hanna. we're taking a look back at some of my exptional field guides, like jason... >> the 3 of us are going to be able to sit next to this rock. >> oh, my gosh. >> wowee, is this something or what? and lasaita... >> you have to resist. >> i had a contact lens in there a minute ago. next, a trip down the amazon river, where sue and i got a special treat--gorgeous pink dolphins and the delicious piranha. just wait till you see this one. in peru, we'd heard rare river dolphins were living in the pacaya samiria national reserve. but where? >> by the time you say something, they're gone. >> but the elusive dolphins were no match for victor, our eagle-eyed guide. >> look, look, ahead of us! look, they're really pink! >> wowee! whoa. >> oh, beautiful. >> there's a school! oh, there! >> this is amazing. another dity--instead of triangular dorsal fins, the river dolphins have ridges

on their backs. >> ohh, ohh, look at the pink! oh, wow! oh, wow! >> after the dolphins disappeared in the muddy river, we headed to the ranger station for lunch. we couldn't believe what was on the menu. >> victor, what are you doing back here? >> oh, sorry, guys. >> oh, my gosh, what fish are you eating? >> i'm having breakfast right now. piranha. >> piranha? oh, can i feel him? >> oh, yes, go ahead, feel. >> oh, my gosh, those are like razor blades. >> wowee. >> try it. >> do what? >> do you want to try it? >> no. i just finished breakfast about...a long time ago. >> my favorite part is actually the eyeballs. >> no, you--knock it off. >> this is the eyeball. >> it's so tiny. i want to taste it. >> go ahead. don't worry. >> sure, go ahead. you--you are nuts. >> it is good. it is good. >> it is good, wow. >> i think your turn is next. >> no, sir, no jack's turn. >> i do have 2 extra ones here.

>> go ahead and finish them. enjoy. [all laughing] >> number 4 is next. winston, the guide, who took my wife and me for a snake-infested jungle cruise and even found time for some monkey business as well. borneo is the world's third- largest island, a maze of trees, waterways, and of coururse, pley of exotiwildlife. with over 2,000 miles of rivers, sue and i couldn't navigate them on our own. so naturalist winston marshall showed us around, and, boy, did he have some stories. >> i was in a jungle combat unit... >> no... >> and jungle combat is no joke. if i take off my glasses and go and sit there, you won't see me. >> i won't see you? >> yeah. i blend in. >> no, you won't see me. if you have your glasses off, you won't see me. >> [chuckles] >> soon we found out how lucky we were to have winston looking out for us. >> there's a green viper. >> where? where?

>> [speaking malaysian] >> you see it? >> where is it? oh, my gosh almighty! look at that! golly day! >> this is the wagler's pit viper. this is the one that's always coiled and ready to strike, and the strike is 1/26 of a second. >> jeez! >> now, how venomous would this snake be? >> that's enough to kill me in 20 minutes. >> [gasps] 20 minutes? how come we're so close to it? >> 'cause you said to get close to it to see it. [laughs] >> he blends in so well with the environment. >> never--i could just sit there and have a picnic underneath him. as we floated safely away from the viper, winston pointed out some other jungle creatures that avoid snakes in their own way--by jumping. >> oh! did you see that, jack? >> what was that thing flyin' through the air? >> proboscis monkey. >> that is a proboscis. >> oh, i see one. >> what they do is, they stand on the end of the branch and they go, 1, 2, and the third one

they jump. >> oh, golly day! holy mackerel! did you see that? he jumped from that tree all the way over to that tree. >> watch, there he goes. now watch! >> 1, 2, 3. >> oh! that was the best one. >> look k at the tails. they normally sit with the tail hanging down. you pull the tail, you flush the toilet. [jack laughing] >> am i being too crude? >> no, no, no, no, winston. we saw lots of oer rare creatures on our trip through borneo, but none as colorful as winston. you are good, winston, you really are. if i get stuck in the jungle somewhere, i'm going to call you, i'm serious. >> okay. right. >> thank you. coming up... i think this is close enough. >> don't run, don't run! >> plus the blooper of the week, up next on "wild countdown." jolly rancher bold hard candies... and soft juicy chews.

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>> i'm jack hanna. welcome back to "wild countdown." to find the guides on today's show, i've scoured the earth, from peruvian rainforest... >> oh, oh, look at the pink! oh, wow! >> to o the wilds of borneo. >> and the strike is 1/26 of a second. >> jeez! next is number 3, a desert dweller who taught me that life can flourish in even the rsstnvironments. >> on namibia's atlantic coast, the namib desert is untamed, isolated, and very, very hot. the day i arrived it was 110 degrees. it was here that i met legendary local guide chris bakkes. he's lived here in namibia since surviving a near-fatal accident. >> just over 9 years ago, i was attacked by two crocodiles. one grabbed me by this shoulder, and while i was wrestling that

crocodile, another one swam up from far, and he bit my arm off. and i almost died. and i had to start my life all over. >> an estimated 80 million years old, the namib is the world's oldest desert. creatures like the sand lizard have adapted to life on and in the scorching sands. not me, though. whew! i don't know how these little lizards do it. burn your feet. mm. we could have walked across here in our shoes, you know it? >> [laughing] jack, you'll see. >> chris said the desert would pull the shoes right off my feet. i didn't know what he meant until we reached the ancient riverbed called the quicksands. >> i guess i'll see something. >> watch out, quicksand, man. >> what? >> let's go! >> hey, chris! >> [laughs] >> oh, you have to go fast. >> you get that sinking feeling, huh, jack? >> yeah.

>> ever since i can remember, i've wanted to live in the wilderness. and i wanted to live in an african wilderness. this is the last place where from the mountains to the sea you have open range wilderness. you even see the people that live here, they live in harmony with the land. everything i want from a wilderness is here-- the sea, the desert, the dry riverbeds, the mountains, and the wildlife. >> what an honor it was to spend the day with chris, here in a habitat as impressive as the man himself. southern africa is famed for its rhinoceros. but let me tell you something--if you want to meet the huge creatures face-to-face, you better bring an expert who knows when to stand still and when to run like crazy, like this cheetah, at 70 miles per hour. 300 miles north of durban, south africa, the expansive plains abound in wildlife.

at the phinda game reserve, deep in zulu country, i met up with game ranger mark tenant, my guide for the day. >> good day, jack! >> how are you? >> well, and yourself? >> whew! my legs are shaking. >> did you see the rhino at the end of the strip? >> mark promised me an even closer look at phinda's rhinos after a quick history lesson. >> conservation corporation have bought up all this land and they've turned it back to its original shape that it occurred thousands of years ago, and they've reintroduced all the animals that would have occurred here. >> rhinos were brought in from a nearby wildlife park and are now some of phinda's biggest attractions. at more than 2,000 pounds each, they can be deadly if provoked. as we approached, i was careful to follow mark's lead. >> see the tail going up? >> let's kneel down here, we'll study 'em. i think this is close enough.

>> yeah. let's get your hands like this. >> yeah. >> and you should put them over your ears like this, and listen. [low growling] >> wow. >> can you hear that? >> luckily, my guide understood the rhinos better than i did. my instinct to flee could've gotten us trampled. >> don't run, don't run. >> i'm not going to run. >> ok. >> i ain't going to be last, either. >> none of us were going to run. we were going to stand our ground. you have to. they relate to movement. so if they run over and they don't see any movement, they're fine, as long as the wind isn't in our direction. but as soon as the wind changes, then they'll smell us and they'll easy find us. >> i'll always be grateful to mark for taking me into rhino country...and for getting me out in one piece. >> coming up... >> you gotta go in quiet. >> wowee. plus the blooper of the week, up next on "wild countdown." wherever your summer takes you...

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adventures. number 7, jason, who took us for a walk into cheetah country. 6, lasaita, my samburu fashion adviser. 5, victor, who loved piranhas as much as i feared them. 4, winston, our river guide through borneo. number 3, chris, at home on namibia's skeleton coast. and 2, mark of the phinda game reserve, keeping wildlife and visitors safe. >> number one is a guide you've already seen in action, but he's worth a second look. every time my wife and i visited the shamwari game reserve, jason always has something new to show us, and this time was no exception. >> back at shamwari, we headed into the bush once again with the intrepid jason. back in africa. how ya doin'? jason promised us an even bigger thrill than the cheetahs

we'd seen last time. >> wherever you're comfortable. >> white rhino had been reported nearby. with any luck, we'd catch up to it before too long. when we turned the nt corner, there it was, right in the middle of the road. >> we're gonna to use the vegetation. and we're a also goa get the wind into our favor. >> you gotta go in quiet. >> we tracked it to the local watering hole, being careful to stay downwind of its sensitive and dangerous nose. wowee. look at this. we'd never felt so vulnerable, or so much a part of the animal kingdom. >> it's a new perspective when you're this close. >> brings a new perspective when you know you got another 3 coming from behind, too. >> are they really back there? >> 3 or 4. yes, the male, yeah. he comes in quickly. he wants to come down and drink.

if i say "move in the bu," you move in the bush. >> my nerves got the better of me that day, but it was still the thrill of a lifetime. that's beautiful. that scene there was absolutetely out of te books. rangers don't only teach their their visitors about wildlife. i learned some valuable dating tips from my guide david. >> to get married to a girl, you take cows. >> you take cows as--you pay dowry. [mooing] >> how many? is it how good-looking she is, or what? >> um, no, like 4 of them. so how much would you give for your wife in terms of cows? >> oh, man, that's a tough one. i've never been asked that question. i hope she's not watching. right now, you mean? or when i got married? [both laughing] >> when i got married i'd give a thousand cows! >> all right. >> but today, today i'd give 2,000. >> 2,000. [both laughing] >> boy, you got me on that one, [both laughing] >> boy, you gbacon?!n that one, gotta get that bacon!

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jeff: today on ocean mysteries, we've traveled to the south island of new zealand. now, there are many ways to get around in this corner of the world, but my favorite by far is zip trek. it's not only a great adrenaline rush, it's a wonderful way to experience what makes new zealand so special! mother! we're soaring high above the famous city queenstown, one of the most beautiful places on earth. we'll be exploring some amazing new zealand wildlife today; but first, i need to come in for a landing.

jeff: and that is how you u move through queenstown. welcome to new zealand. the adventure starts now. ♪ music jeff: high, guys, i'm jeff corwin, and w welcome to ocean mysteries. we're at georgia aquarium, and behind me you can see just sort of dreamily moving through the water a group of sea nettles, which are a jellyfish-like animal found throughout the pacific oceans, and i've selected them because they're kind of an eerie teaser of the adventure to come. from here at georgia aquarium, we're making our way to the remote island nation of new zealand where the great world of nocturnal creatures comes alive on this episode of ocean mysteries.

welcome to the majestic mountains of te anau. this breathtaking landscape is home to an ancient ecosystem and many amazing creatures. our adventure begins with the long-tailed bat. we're heading deep into the forest of te anau to join a team of biologists who are racing to save these amazing creatures. jeff: that's a strong signal, emma, right? emma: yeah, it's getting stronger and stronger, yeah. jeff: excellent, excellent. okay, so, as you can hear, you can hear that beep, beep, beep. it's a familiar sound. basically, it's a signal coming from a transmitter that's been placed on a most remarkable and mysterious creature which emma williams studies.

she's a graduate student. she spends her life working in this primordial forest of beech trees here in new zealand, and she sdies bats. emma: this kind of old forest, this ancient forest, is perfect for them. jeff: so, we'll continue our trek with receiver in hand; and, hopefully, the signal will continue to grow stronger, and we'll find these bats. are you ready? emma: yeah. jeff: all right. emma: okay. jeff: when people think of bats, they often think of a cold, dark cave, but these bats make their homes high up in the treetops in this pristine forest. incredibly, bats are the only native land mammal species in new zealand; and, of course, bats are the only mammals on our planet that can fly. we're tracking the radio signal of a single bat. now, if we find that bat, we'll find its roost. emma's goal is to find an entire colony living somewhere in this remote forest; and friends, the signal is growing

stronger, which means we're getting close. so, as you can hear, the signal is incredibly strong, and the signal seems to be coming from this gigantic red beech tree. inside this tree, likely, is the bat with the transmitter on it. unfortunately, as with many new zealand creatures, the bats living in this forest are endangered. the primary threat to these bats are invasive predators, like stoats, possums, and rats. you see, before the arrival of human beings, the new zealand ecosystem was isolated by miles and miles of ocean. the only animals that were able to reach and colonize these islands either had to fly, swim, or float here. because they can fly, bats were able to make the journey across the water; and for a very, very long time, they were the only land mammals on new zealand. today, though, human

beings have brought other non-native mammal species with them; and the bats, unfortunately, have not evolved any natural defenses to protect themselves from these invasive predators. the department of conservation is in a desperate race to remove as many of these invasive predators as possible from this forest, and now are here to see if the bat population has begun to recover. we found where they are. there's a hole in the top of this tree; so, the rest of the team moves in, and we set up the trap. our team wants to get an accurate head count of the number of bats in this colony; and then, my friends, that's where this trap comes in. hey, guys, you found it. man: how's it going? yeah. ff: hey, jason. hey, emily. emily: hey. jeff: now, this right here is a harp trap, and it's called a harp trapra because of these monofilament strings that go from this top bar down in& this conservation and research team uses these

harp traps all the time, and the idea is pretty simple. the harp trap is placed in front of the entrance to the colony. then during the night when the bats emerge from their colony to hunt, they'll bump into the stretches of monofilament and fall down into the bag. they slide in. jason: yep. jeff: and when they get inside here, they can't climb. they can't use their aws to climb up this slippery plastic; so, they just go underneath it. jason: they can go unearneath it, but not on top of it, and they crawl up inside to thehe edge here, and then they just sit there nice and safe. jeff: how strategic and how accurate do you have to be to line this up in just the right way? jason: you have to get it just in the right position so that the bottom of the hole is sitting as close to the bag possible. we can hear bats up there; so, there's a good chance. jeff: okay, all right, let's do it. jeff: you ready? emy: yep. jeff: all right, here we go. to get the trap into position, the team has developed an ingenious

system that involves using a metal weht, a long line of string, and a high powered slingshot. skillfully, the line is launched over the branch. then jason and i can quietly and carefully pull the trap into position right over the small opening into the tree. okay. jason: that's good. jeff: is that where you want it, jason? jason: that's good. jeff: okay. jason: it's in position. jeff: then we can let go. voila, there is our harp trap. so, we'll return after dark; and, hopefully, we'll have a trap filled with bats. stick around. we'll find out if our bat trap is successful when we return to ocean mysteries. (birds chirping) [female announcer] looks like everybody's at our biggest sale of the year, the anniversary sale at petsmart.

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jeff: night is falling in new zealand, but our day has just begun. across the country, hungry bats are pouring out of their nests into the night sky in search of prey, and we're about to meet some of them face to face. the harp trap is hanging right where we left it, but did we successfully capture any bats? this is the moment o truth. were back. we are lowering our harp trap, and it's filled with bats. all right, i'm going to get them out of the net.

the harp trap worked perfectly. jeff: emily carefully removes vech bch one by one. she places them into soft cloth bags for the short trip to our research station a few yards away. jeff: because this bat species is so smaland not very aggressive, we don't have to worry about it nibbling us. you can see, if you look at the forearm right there, very thin aluminum bracelet, a little band, and that tells us who it is, right? emma: yeah. jeff: the presence of the band means this bat has been captured before. being able to identify this particular animal helps our team monitor its health over time. jeff: so, what's the next thing we need? emma: bring out the wing. stretch the wing over this light. jeff: okie-doke.

emma: we can determine what age the bat is. so, this bat here has a very tight knuckle with no light shining through it, which means that it's an adult bat. jeff: it's an adult. emma: yeah. jeff: as emma stretches this out, it gives us a really cool perspective of what makes a bat, a bat. this wing, in fact, is a modified hand. here's the elbow, the forearm, the wrist, the thumb, and all of the fingers; and this stretchy elastic, really resilient membrane, that is what captures the wind that allows this bat to do something that no other mammal species can do, and that's fly. next, we take some measurements to get a complete health assessment. emma: that looks good. jeff: incredibly, we captured 45 bats in all toninight all from the colony that's been studied for years. this bat weighs almost nine grams, 8.8 grams. this ongoing research has actually led to some

good news. we now know w that this colony and others like in the forest are growing in number. that means that the impact from invasive predators is on the decline. sizing it up now. i think i'm going to shave it. to keep tabs on the colony, jason will need to give another bat a radio transmitter. the process all starts with a haircut. you may be a bad barber, but you're a pretty good biologist. explain why you've shaved this bat. jason: so, we need to put a new transmitter on tonight. jeff: so, this& jason: yes, the tiny little& jeff: look at this. we can make transmitters so small that a bat that may weigh only ten or 11 grams can carry it. jason: that's right, yeah. so, we try and give it a bit of a haircut. we'll just stick a bit of glue on there, and that only stays on for about six or seven days. then it will fall off. you want the transmitter to be in the center of the bat just below the shoulder blades. jeff: okay, so, you've got a good location for it.

they're pretty patient. they're pretty remarkable creatures. they have to go through a lot of this hands on work, get shaven, put on you, but thister research is really critical to not only understanding them and unraveling the unique natural mysteries that make this such a special creature, ultimately, the mission is to get this information so can save them from extinction. that's coming from this transmitter. jason: that'right. jeff: that signal. jason: we always double check before we put it on. jeff: that it's working. jason: yeah. jeff: so, what comes next? jason: next, she can get let go. jeff: alright. so, now that we've gathered all this critical information from this amazing long-tailed bat, it's time to let her go. all right. here you go. look at that little&

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today, because of the impact from invasive species and habitat loss, many species of kiwis are now tragically endangered. jeff: guys, welcome to center island, where an incredible conservation project fighting to save kiwis is underway. this island is a protected sanctuary, and it is one of the few places left on earth where the haast kiwi survives free without the threat of non-native predators. just eight of these rare birds were placed here. all of them were given radio transmitters so the department of conservation could closely monitor their survival. you see the antenna up in the air, which, of course, is attached to a receiver. this is classic radio telemetry. we're with hanna, and we're with glen, and our mission is to connect with one of these amazing birds. now, finding one of these rare birds will take a lot of patience. you see, we need to trek across the island and wait until we hear the

signal grow stronger. kiwis are secretive nocturnal creatures and typically sleep underground during the day, and that is exactly where this signal seems to be pointing. this signal is incredibly strong beneath this mound, a very spongy substrate, and somewhere in the midst of one of these holes is a kiwi. this mound of earth is filled with holes; so, we just have to find the right one. it's sort of like a game of kiwi whack-a-mole. where is the signal coming from? hanna: in here somewhere. there's a whole world underneath here. i got it. jeff: you got it? hanna: yeah, right underneath your hand. ready? jeff: yeah, come on. oh, my goodness. hanna: pretty little isn't he? jeff: oh, my goodness.

this is just incredible, so worth the effort. so, tell me about our frnd right here. what makes this kiwi so remarkable, hanna? hanna: well, this kiwi is so remarkable because it's& jeff: and this is a younger kiwi. hanna: yeah, this is about three to four montnths old. jeff: what an amazing prehistoric looking bird. so, they're a flightless bird, and they do have wings, though. can you point out those wings? hanna: i'll show you these tiny little wings. look at that. look how tiny that is and the tiny little claw on the end of it. jeff: do they have any use at all? hanna: no, over the years, they don't need them; therefore, they just diminished. ff: today, there's only five species remaining, and the haast kiwi is the second-most endangered, isn't it? hanna: yeah, it is, yeah, only about 300 of them left. jeff: how are they doing today? hanna: they're doing a lot better. with good management, they're doing really well. jeff: and that's why islands like this are just so important. what they do is they

sweep through the island, remove all the predators. they remove the mice and the rats, and once the island is safe, they start reintroducing these creatures; and once they get here, i mean, they thrive. hanna: they do, actually. thissland in particular, they do really well. jeff: why should people care about the future of the kiwi? why is it important? hanna: well, it's an iconic species. it's what new zealand is known for. you know, we are called kiwi. we just owe it to them, i think. look at them, pretty neat. jeff: marvelous looking bird. just a decade ago, this was a bird that nearly disappeared; but because of good conservation, it's making an amazing recovery. don't go away. ocean mysteries will be right back. wherever your summer takes you...

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lifetime dreams, fishin on the great stone river. now, a fishin trip that requires a helicopter gives new meaning to the term "fly fishing." well, friends, as you can see, it is an absolutely glorious day here in this remote valley. fly fishing is one of my passions; and, ultimately, it takes a lifetime to master; but lucky for me, i've got some great guides to show me the way. tom, what does this experience mean for you? tom: well, this is one of the most beautiful valleys in the world with some of the best fish in the world. it's a spectacular place to come spend a day, hopefully, catch a few fish, have a good time. jeff: absolutely, so, enough of the chatatter. let's let the adventure begin. first you need to spot your fish and then get into position. tom: up in front o of that brown camp just swimming up slowly, game's on.

jeff: second, you cast out your line. with fly fishing, the technique is all in the forearm and the swing. tom: perfect, yes! jeff: yeah, on, fish on. and look at this, got one on my first swing. tom: well done. jeff: this is why you come to new zealand, to connect with one of these beautiful fish. it's a female, wt we call the hen, and she's a nicely sized tree pond fish. back to the water she goes; and, hopefully, we'll find another one. you know, guys, i don't think you could ask for a more beautiful spot for a fishing hole than this. tom: come back to me and lean your rod low. there we go, pulling him out now. jeff: so, you just saw how that worke and by the way, just because we have a fish on this hook, there's no guarantee that you're going to get him to shore; and, actually, disconnecting with the fish, that's the reward.

it has been a fafantastic day of fishing; but, unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. well, there's always the last cast, eh? we did good. tom: well done. jeff: all right, helicopter awaits. we're heading to our final destination on this amazing queenstown adventure, one of our show's sponsors, blanket bay lodge. constructed on one of the most spectacular sites in southern new zealand, tourists and sports people from around the world come here to enjoy the natural beauty, outdoor recreation, and just relax; and, my friends, after a long day of fishing, that is exactly what i intend to do. don't go away. ocean mysteries will be right back. announcer: closed captioning and other promotional consideration provided by& bacon?! gotta get that bacon! bacon?! bacon? bacon!

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