this photograph kem straights the danger -- demonstrates the danger in the florida everglades.gs here, that's a python waiting to be born. and there are 59 of these little sacks in the female snake about to be born. >> reporter: florida's everglades are home to a cluster of species, but some are disappearing. >> raccoons were such a problem that we had to put a policy in place to manage them. >>> now policy needed new. scientists believe the burmese python has nearly wiped out several sperb. they compared the number of dead animals they found to the numbers recorded in past decades. rabbits and foxes are gone. raccoons and possums down 99%. >> if a bobcat is looking for something to eat, those are no longer available. >> reporter: scientists worry there's no way to get rid of them all. >> no example we can turn to that has ever been eradicated by any of the tools we have. >> reporter: poison would kill native creatures too. traps would catch others besides pythons. and visually hunting them down across a million acres is just about impossible. there might be as many as 100,000

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it is showing the danger faced by the florida everglades. each one of the fact of the python when to be born. there are about 60 of them in this female snake. catherine shows us what the growth of these pythons has been so devastating. >>reporter: florida's everglades are home to an incredible species took some are disappearing and quickly. >> and raccoons and were a problem but now, we cannot even count them. >>reporter: researchers have compared the number of dead animals they have found in the numbers reported in past decades korea the hot areas inhabited by pythons the moment, the findings were stunning. rabbits and foxes are on, around lewd and often are down 99% and. one, >> if a bobcat is a need for something he even that is no longer available what is a bobcat do now? >>reporter: core of this is a problem that hasn't frustrated and park biologist and a kitchen know for years. her current tour trapped with catch others besides by don scott and visually hunting down and across 1 million plus acres is just about impossible. if there mig

look at this one captured in florida's everglades.k in 1992 some of the python snakes escaped from pet shops during hurricane andrew, and some families had small pet snakes but turned them loose when they grew too big. the estimate, hundreds to thousands of snakes, and tonight researchers from davidson college say the snakes have grown huge because they've enjoyed a kind of banquet of rabbits, raccoons and other small animals depopulating the everglades. environmentalists are taking ideas about what to do next. >>> and a jarring reminder of that day in dallas in 1963 when president kennedy was assassinated. the national archives released a nearly 2 1/2-hour recording of conversations aboard air force one as the new president lyndon johnson flew back to washington. the tape includes that wrenching call between johnson and kennedy's grieving mother, rose kennedy. >> i wish to god there was something that i could do, and i wanted to tell you that we are grieving with you. >> thank you very much. thank you very much. i know. i know you lo

take a look at this picture from the florida everglades.particular python had eaten a six-foot long alligator. here is another one. this snake had just eaten a 76-pound deer. the burmese python reproduces like crazy, and the population has been exploding for about 30 years, ever since owners dumped them in the wild perhaps realizing this type of python doesn't play well with family pets or children. scientists report that the burmese python is wiping out several animal species in the area. in addition to wrecking havoc they are also slithering into the neighborhoods. the u.s. geological survey has declared that the burmese python is capable of spreading and surviving across the entire united states. in addition to groundhog day, how about python eradication planned parenthood. anna talked to a conservative and it got a little contentious. drama, when we return. coming up if you think the union bashing has been bad, just wait until you see what they are planning. and the scene was wolf? get it? you will when time marches on. >>> the most fru

python's wreaking havoc in the florida everglades.t-out disappearing from the national park as the python population grows out of control. john zorella will bring you the story from from. >>> and did we mention tuesday is an election day? really? another one? colorado, missouri and minnesota casting their votes in those three states primaries and caucuses. live coverage here. >>> and brooke is back with a shocking statistic about child abuse in this country. the government has put a figure on the cost to the nation, $124 billion, the lifetime cost of one year's worth of cases. we can do better tomorrow. she's going to have a look at how we can work out to wipe out the mistreatment of kids. >>> confusion and frustration surrounding a mystery illness in leroy, new york, boiled over at a town hall meeting officials telling parents their children's school is safe despite several students developing those involuntary kwichs and gestures. you probably saw the story, doctors diagnosed most of the children as suffering from conversion disorde

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title miss provisions section restriction on permits and leases for the great lakes and the florida everglades, no federal or state permit or lease shall be issued for oil and gas slant, directional or offshore drilling in, under or within five miles of any of the great lakes or the florida everglades. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker -- >> mr. speaker -- >> the transportation package is a dead and it is being panched by businesses and democrats and republicans alike and what we will vote on next is the republican funding portion of the package and it's a little bit different. see it is a special story. in fact, it's a love story. the love story the breathtaking display of affection of big oil by the republican party. the love letter from the republicans -- >> mr. speaker the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. ms. castor: the republicans -- >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois. >> the house is not in order. the

the latest installment shines a light on the florida everglades. as jeff burnside reports it's a different way to bring attention to the challenges of protecting our fragile environment. >> reporter: on a magical day in a magical place hours from everything deep inside the everglades we went to find something that you never, ever expect to see. dancing in a most unlikely place. a film crew is capturing it as part of a performance that integrates this video with live performers at wolf trap national park's foundation for the performing arts. >> what we're trying to do with these projects is capture the spirit, the essence of the park, itself, and tell that story in a way that people might not normally look at it so through dancing, music, we're able to evoke emotions, help people understand issues in a different way. and i think if we can help people see it differently, it might wake them up. >> reporter: indeed, the romance, grace, dignity of the dancers is parallel to the romance, grace, and dignity of nature. choreographer david parsons guides th

small animals and the florida everglades are disappearing at a shocking rate in this the reason why,tudy says pythons and anaconda's have been mating like crazy eating everything in sight. animals like opossums, raccoons and they're getting harder to find. the problem began with pet owners released the snakes into the wild. more news coming up after the break. >>pam: and then stabbed and navato bus stop police say the man was standing in the street with stab wounds in his back. he was taken to the hospital and arrested for a control suspect-- controlled substance. police want to make sure that stabbing was not gang- related. none san paulo an accident happened due to a result of a police chase. there were no major injuries. and members of the south san francisco salami plant will pay hefty fine. back in 2009 there were fined $700,000 for two weeks in their refrigeration system they also agreed to spend $6 million in upgrades to prevent any of these things happening in the future. we will be right back. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side so you get the same cove

one ship, the crown princess, returned from a seven-day trip, and docked at port everglades, florida. the other ship, the ruby princess, arrives tomorrow. passengers scheduled to leave on cruises this weekend, have been told their vacations will be delayed while crews disinfect the ships. >>> in san francisco, a new visitor to pier 35. the canard cruise line queen elizabeth docked in the city for the first time early this morning. take a look inside. the ship's maiden call is part of a four-month world cruise. the original queen elizabeth ship visited san francisco in 1942. it came for war time retrofitting. >> beautiful weekend to be in the port of san francisco. as elizabeth wenger joins us with the forecast. >> it is. amazing how gorgeous it is out, there right? >> winter. would he did the story about all of the snow in the midwest. and nothing like that out here. and the temperatures climb to the upper 60s. and a lot of spots in the bay area. check out the temperatures out the door right now. still in the mid-60s. and in some parts of the bay area. 65 in oakland. 61 in san rafael.

new video shows the crowned princess ship docked at port everglades florida.s not supposed to be here it's supposed to tour the caribbean but had to cut the trip two days short because of the norovirus outbreak. 114 passengers, 60 crew members came down with the uncomfortable stomach symptoms. soon women will be allowed to get a closer look at war time combat. the pentagon is expected to announce it's changing its rules giving women access to jobs closer to but not on the front lines. most of the new positions will be in the army and marines from communications to intelligence to mechanics. we're talking more than 14,000 new positions expected to be announced for women in the military. >> thank you, marla. >> 6:15 now. and looks like it's going to be a beautiful day, then weekend this weekend. >> a little something for everybody. good morning to you. make sure you grab your jacket on the way out the door. you want to dress cool underneath it because we're 2ing to see a gorgeous day. go with the short sleeves. you can get away with the muscle shirt if you are j

florida. we'll take you hunting for the everglades most loathe m predator. >>> it was the show that brought us james brown, stevie wonder and michael jackson. and with the passing of its conductor, we take you for one more ride on "the soul train." >>> good evening. i'm bill weir. crossing the line in search of a better life. it's one of mankind's oldest stories. and in america, immigration is behind one of today's fiercest debates. but tonight, we bring you a story that transcends the argument with a 5-year-old boy, whose mother broke america's rules, only to undergo a forced separation that broke her heart. and there may be thousands of invisible cases just like it. tonight, abc's brian ross investigates. brian? >> reporter: bill, this is a heartbreaking story of how a 5-year-old boy in missouri has ended up in the middle of a tug-of-war, who his parents should be. a tug-of-war triggered on this country's crackdown on illegal immigration. and this abc news investigation, along with five graduate students, assigned to work with us as carnegie fellows. his name is now jamison. put up for adopt

jon: phil keating in port everglades, florida.ou. >>> fox news alert and we're just getting word about u.s. soldier bradley manning, the man who is accused of leaking all those confidential u.s. diplomatic and military cables to wikileaks. he is to be arraigned on february 23rd. that according to the u.s. military. the announcement is just out. bradley manning, to be arraigned february 23rd. we'll have more on this developing story as we get it. >>> "happening now" will return in just a moment. [♪...] >> announcer: bank robbery certainly is a frightening crime. after all, bank robbers stole $43 million in one year. but identity thieves? try 37 billion! and guess how identity thieves are getting some of that money. by taking over our bank accounts. they may not even need your social security number anymore. all an identity thief may need are a couple of simple pieces of information, like your mother's maiden name or the city you were born in, and they could add their name onto your bank accounts in order to make your money their mo

phil keating is one of our florida-based corresponds live at port everglades in broward county.week they reported the crown princess was a okay, right? >> they did. that was after the next round of 3,000 passengers waited for an extra six hours to board the crown princess while it was being thoroughly scrubbed down. while the lab tests finally came back to atlanta for the cdc revealing norovirus from the previous cruise it was too late. more people were getting sick from this very violent stomach virus which causes two very unpleasant things to happen for 24 hours. one being vomiting. >> i feel a little green still. >> do you? >> yes. so it wasn't fun. i'm not happy. but i'm back on land. my first and last cruise. >> we saw them getting sick. >> what did they look like? >> green. they were throwing up. it was a bad experience for those people, yes. we had people on our floor that were, you know, put in their room and not let out. >> princess cruise lines apologized to everyone. reimbursed everyone for the shortened trip it never made to aruba. ended up being a four day cruise to

[applause] a victorious romney greeting supporters by taking florida by a mile. everglades mile. >> thank you, guys. i stand ready to lead this party and to lead our nation. my leadership will end the obama era and begin a new era of american prosperity. [cheers and applause] bill: there was more from that last night as we move forward ourselves. good morning, everybody. i'm bill hemmer. happy morning to you. martha: hello, good to see you again. bill: quick turnaround. martha: everybody good at home i hope. i'm martha maccallum. good morning to you. by the numbers this one was very early last night as we know well. romney got 46% of the vote. gingrich got 32%. this has become a two-man race. santorum 13. ron paul got 7% last night. he had not really campaigned down there. former house speaker newt gingrich was defiant when he came out to speak to the people of florida last night. he said this is florida from over. >> florida did something very important coming on top of south carolina. it is now clear that this will be a two-person race between the conservative leader newt

florida are ill with the virus. queen princess is now docked at port everglades after 250 people became ill. crew is now scrubbing down that ship. >> i guess the virus started on board. they came out with all the has mat equipment and put people in rooms and isolated them. >> second infected ship is scheduled to dock today. according to the cdc, it is the mostmen food borne disease in the united states. they are rescued in southern oregon and they went to pick mushrooms. they were spotted by a coast guard helicopter yesterday and airlifted to the hospital. the helicopter pilot ho found the three family member assist the same one who found a san francisco family lost in the snowstorm in the same region back in 2006. >>> they could help track down the suspects in a $3 million gold heist in this county. officers released this footage. shows two men breaking into the case with historic gold nuggets. it happened around wednesday. overnight. and they say. it is not cheer how they broke into the case which is supposedly made of unbreakable glass. it is being offered for information that leads to an

the crown princess forced to return back to port everglades in florida last into the because of the sicka new car is going to cost you more money. the national automobile dealers association says the average price of a new car will go up 6%, and the group says new products and low interest rates though will help boost sales and more people will splurge on luxury cars as the economy improves. >> thanks, alisyn. the question, what would jesus do, according to president obama, he would tax the rich. listen to his comments from a prayer breakfast this past week. >> i think to myself, if i'm willing to give something up and somebody he's been extro extraordinarily blessed and give up some of the tax breaks i enjoy, i think that's going to make economic sense, but for me as a christian, it also coincides with jesus' teaching, unto whom so much is given, much is required. >> clayton: and trying to sell the tax plan. join us is steven crowder, welcome. >> we should both be in church this morning so you have some repenting to do, clayton. >> clayton: i have a job to do, i'll do that first. steven

everglades, it's make snakes al. an explosion of burmese pythons has wildlife workers learning how to catch the snakes all by themselves without getting bit. no one knows how many pythons are slithering across florida, but the experts say they're not leaving any time soon. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's todd santos. he has your weather channel forecast. good morning, todd. >> i'm glad you told me that story after i got back from southwest florida. >> that works out well. you survived. >> i did. yeah, no pythons. for many of us, at least across southwestern florida, getting showers by later today. gustyinds later today as well. there's a look at the system. at least o the wide picture, i wanted to note that system. it's kind of in the central portion of u.s., bringing some snow. although, it is starting to wind down through eastern colorado. some of that spreading in through western kansas. some of that may get towards d.c. by late tomorrow afternoon with less than an inch worth of snowfall. here across portions of the west, we're talking about that system that's going to be bringing heavy moisture towards the coast from ewe ree can towards santa barbara. the low it