the importance of preserving biological diversity and expanding knowledge of the need for natural flora and fauna, we need to preserve and protect our precious spaces for native plants and animals and not on tight the cement wall to wall everything. there's also a natural underground stream that they want to redirect. a natural stream. what are we doing to our world? let's not overbuild ourselves. >> i am not sure what the issue is. there will be two houses built on this neighborhood. maybe that is what we should be considering. the document that was created it seems kind of sloppy. it is full of a number of factual errors, most noticeably in references to 160 belgrave. one wonders whether this is the result of sloppy research or writing pen to the declaration makes a number of statements and not shared by the members of the property. they feel the development as planned is clearly out of character with the houses on the street, yet the document refuses to acknowledge the people live in the neighborhood. and a stand no variances have been issued as the current zoning was put in place. t

is the focus of the united nations convention on international trade in endangered species of wild flora and fauna, or cites. >> tom: this is the forum where we can bring all stakeholders together - the consumers in asia, and the producers in africa. and try to jointly develop policies that lead to combating the illegal smuggling of ivory. >> daljit: while seizures of ivory worldwide are on the increase - an estimated 23 tonnes of ivory in 2011 alone - the highest figure ever it seems there's still a long way to go. indications are that the amount of ivory being smuggled is also at its highest level ever. and for joseph, that means the fight continues. >> joseph: much more needs to be done for conservation to become a reality. >> joseph: the international community should support a country like gabon, which is really trying to solve this problem. >> daljit: and it's only if people take action, he says, that the elephants and the animals he loves will have a future. >> joseph: everytime i go into the forest and see an animal, that makes me feel so happy. that's my compensation. of course

. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the conflict in syria threatened to spread today, as plans for a cease-fire appeared close to collapsing. syria fired at refugees across the turkish border, and in lebanon, a television cameraman was reportedly shot and killed by syrian soldiers. we have a report from alex thomson of independent television news. a warning: this story contains some disturbing images. >> reporter: today the syrianr civilxdç international frontier. >> they fired from two sides and wound more than four people whom we took to the hospital. but three people who were wounded died in the camp because we could not evacuate them. >> reporter: they shout "god is great" as shots ring out at the turkish-syrian border. nobody knows why syria6dçó forcs appear

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now, wiif the caps win and flora captures at least a point, washington would be the seventh seed to facen bruins. worst-case scenario is the caps are the eighth seed and will take on the number-one seed rangers who they're facing tonight. that would be for the second time this week. >> i think we're going to approach it like any other game. we want to go in there and play a good solid road game and call it with two points. no matter what happens this week, we can't control, but we would like to go in and give our best. >> we just want to keep winning. folk you us on winning, and never let any team think they can beat you. they're a very good hockey team, but we still have a goal in mand to get the division. we'll play another good game saturday. >> we just want to play them hard. we want to play them the way we would play them if it's a playoff game. that's the atmosphere you're going to see in new york. and it's a good team. it's a great -- mark on the measuring stick for our team. >> all right. so the caps do have a goalie issue. michael know avert did not travel to new york with the t

checking out the caves flora and fauna their task is to set up some traps and they hope to catch a unique inhabitant of the water. temperature inside the cave varies from freezing to above zero. the further away from the entrance the warmer it gets from minus fifteen degrees celsius that's around five degrees fahrenheit to four degrees celsius or around thirty nine degrees fahrenheit now look at found yes yes. this is a winter. kito. he's a frequent cave and how to. look. i won't be surprised if it flies off. for the first time the scientists have a chance to explore the depths of the lakes. this one is called the lake of deception because the water appears to be moving here. what happens is that the rain melt water percolate through the ice mountains and dripping into the lakes in different places it gives the illusion of movement. this phenomenon of interference . now we have to put the bait. holds the trap and was used. over here they love this kind of sausage they would never eat stale sausage we should be very careful when putting it out so that we do not lose the trap that's it. it'

in addition to all the flora that has been popping out early, we've got, of course, the pollen count although the actual count is lower than it has been the past couple of days, it's still high enough for allergy sufferers to be miserable. if you're traveling, there are only flight delays may be from oklahoma because of thunderstorms, southern california getting thunderstorms. there could be flight delays. elsewhere, no travel problems. we've got weird weather going on for early to mid-april. some snow showers passing southwest of pittsburgh into western maryland now. northern west virginia. it is cold. all these areas in blue in the 30s to near 40 degrees. we're generally in the low to mid thirths 30s. in annapolis for the day, here's your hometown forecast. by noontime, low 50s. a lot of clouds during the afternoon. might have a passing shower during the afternoon hours. by late evening, dropping to the 40s. by this time tomorrow, 40s there. it will be in the 30s much of the area tomorrow morning and near freezing. and a cool day tomorrow with sunshine for the nationals' home opene

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. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: budget politics and the 2012 campaign merged today, as president obama lit into republicans and their priorities. his main target was the house republican budget plan. it would cut the deficit by $3.3 trillion in the next decade, over and above the $4 trillion in savings in the obama budget. the president addressed the associated press annual meeting in washington. >> for much of the last century, we have been having the same argument with folks who keep peddling some version of trickle-down economics. they keep telling us that if we convert more of our investments in education and research and health care into tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, our economy will grow stronger. they keep telling us that if we just strip aw

the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmeal problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the mystery surrounding an escaped chinese dissident deepened today as u.s. officials took pains to say as little as possible about the case. but both countries appear to be working behind the scenes to diffuse a delicate diplomatic situation. i finally escaped. the words of chen guangcheng on this amateur video that emerged friday. it's been wide by reported that the blind self taught lawyer took refuge at the u.s. embassy in beijing. the u.s. officials have pointedly not confirmed it. this afternoon after a white house meeting with the prime minister of japan, president obama declined to talk about chen directly. >> obviously i'm aware of the press reports on the situation in china. but i'm not going to make a statement on the issue.

. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the florida killing that became a national cause moved into court today. the man accused in the shooting death of trayvon martin had his initial hearing. >> he is coming before the court, or will be here soon, i understand. >> woodruff: the scene was the seminole county jail in florida, and the judge began by reminding george zimmerman of his legal protections. >> remember your right to remain silent, all your other rights that he has told you about, and we'll go forward on some procedural measures here at this time. >> woodruff: there was no plea, and no bail was set. instead, the appearance lasted about five minutes, just long enough for the judge to set a formal arraignment for may 29. the 28-year-old zimmerman had

. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: millions of american taxpayers scrambled today to get their returns in on time. the annual deadline came against the backdrop of a growing discussion about who should pay what in taxes. >> too many people no longer recognize that private wealth creation requires public investment. >> ifill: filing day 2012 brought protests and rallies around the country both for tax cuts and tax fairness. the issues are intertwined and have become key debating points in congress and in the presidential campaign. in recent days, president obama pushed again for tax fairness in the form of a so- called buffet rule. >> you might have heard of this but warren buffet is paying a lower tax rate than his secretary. now that's wrong. that's not fair. >

and post your flora photos on facebook and twitter as well so we can all see them. we've got a lot of great spring colors showing up. even though it doesn't feel like spring, it's only in the 40s to around 50 degrees now. and later tonight, we may be right down freezing temperatures by dawn. all of these counties in blue could be 25 to 30 degrees around dawn tomorrow morning. all of those areas just west and north of washington, then after we reach highs today in the 50s, we'll clear out tonight with the clouds over us. a small chance of a sprinkle. then the warming trend does come for the weekend. maybe hitting upper 70s by sunday. barbara? >> thank you, tom. >>> and we're going to head off to the roads again, see if people are out there moving around, here's danella sealock. hey, danella. >> you're moving slowly if you're taking i-66 eastbound. had road work taking away left lane. still taking away the left lane as you make your way closer to the beltway. you'll see delays as you head from fairfax county parkway, you're under speed at 41 miles per hour. about 14 m

. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: a new wave of political and economic turmoil in europe shook governments, and stock exchanges today. the ruling coalition in the netherlands fell, and the president of france faced an uphill fight in a run-off to retain his job. >> in paris and across europe, all eyes were on francois hollande, now a major step closer to becoming the first socialist president of france since 1995. hollande landed 28% of the vote in sunday's first round election that saw a turnout of more than 80%. he finished ahead of conservative nicolas sarkozy, the incumbent president garnered 27%. the two will meet in a may 6th runoff election. >> i'm going to do exactly as i did in the first round. i'm going to gather all the french people without want ch