. >> and it's invading the florida everglades at a dangerous pace but the burmese python may have justet its match. we're talking about kendis gibson. >> oh, my word. i still can't even look at the tape. >> announcer: "world news now" cont ♪ baby snakes late at night is when they come out ♪ ♪ baby snakes you know what i'm talking about ♪ >> i'd never heard it. >> legendary frank zappa. >> of course. >> it's certainly not baby snakes invading the florida everglades at a dangerous pace. >> giant pythons thousands of them are creating a deadly problem but they're apparently we're up "up all nightline" with a report. matt gutman was too busy for. i got the ort straw. >> reporter: we're at the point of no return. they can grow to more than 20 feet long and have been known to eat alligators whole. >> so bill, there's no possibility that there might be a snake right around here? >> yeah, there is a good possibility. >> all right then. nice seeing you. we're on the hunt for the wild burmese python, one of the biggest, baddest snakes in the world and there could be danger with every step. >> i

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everglades is an international biosphere reserve. some species like the endangered floridae hardly ever seen. and some, like the lovely mosquito can be all too common. if i slap one on my wrist am i going to got a fine from the park service. >> yes, you are. give me $1 every time you do that. >> reporter: you don't need to track deep into the habitat to find the everglade's most famous inhabitant. just drive down one of the park roads. you are bound to spot one. the american alligator can be found throughout the everglades. in the water and on the trails. but, keep an eye out, and you might also spot a crocodile. and that combination is especially rare. >> there is no place else in the world where crocodiles and alligators overlap. florida with salt and fresh watt r is just warm enough for crocodiles and just cool enough for alligators. thanks to conservation efforts in the park, the once endangered american crocodile has been downgraded to threatened in florida. back when everglades was established in 1947 the idea of creating a national park to protect plants and animals

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give me a dollar every thousands of plants and animal species that call the florida everglades home, there's no place else like it in the world. first national park created not to protect amazing scenery but amazing biodiversity, later on "sunday morning." >> is about to open on broadway thanks to two very well-known singer songwriters who are content, in this case to, make theirtage. they will be talking with rita braver. >> you may think of them as performers.but now steve martin and edie scenes. a new broadway musical. >> what do you hope that audiences take awayow? >> me, i hope they have a good time. i hope they laugh and cry and they're moved. on "sunday morning," setting broadway aglow. >> rocco:the late artist norman lewis fighting getting steve heart mac has story of patient and nurse. i'll take you through the cbs broadcast center and more. first, the sunday morning the 20th of mark, 2016. president obama today will become the first u.s. president in nearly 90 years to visit cuba.as calvin coolidge in 1928. mr. obama will be accompanied by he's got a busy two days that incl

more than 400 species of birds, everglades is international biosphere reserve. florida panther are hardly ever seen. some, like the lowly mosquitoe can be all too shonn f. i slap one on my wrist am i going to get a fine from the park service? >> yes, you are. give me a dollar every time you do that. >> but you don't need to trek deep into the habitat to find the everglades most famous inhabitant. just drive down one of the park roads and you're bound to spot one. the american alligator can be found throughout the everglades. in the water and on the trail. but keep an eye out you might also spot a crocodile. and that combination is especially rare. >> both kind conducive properties and habitat. there's no place else in the world that crocodiles andal gators. >> this stretch of florida, this mix of salt and fresh water is just warm enough for alligators. both are technically crockadillions, often have to explain the difference. >> main difference they notice is the shape of the snout. the crocodile has much more a-shaped pointy snout and alligator has a broader, rounded s

. >> pilot makes emergency landing in florida's everglades brought g the plane down on the road in fort lauderdalep as it was getting ready to land at a nearby airport emergency crews had a difficult time getting to landed in a remote area,, there were no injuries. >> and multimillion dollar yacht goes up in flames and the virgin islands,up locals on st. thomas part of the huge blaze it took them several hours to put out the flames no injuries the godse is reportedly worth two . $5 million. >> for discovering agent may bring one step closer to solving a mystery, according to scans of king tut's tombst the lost burial site of queen nefertiti may be in plain sight, they say that they are 90 percent sure they foundt two new chambers behind the walls of king tut restingplace, she is believed to be tutankhamun's stepmother, additional scans will be be bush regime continues to prove he's the coolest guy in iraq.. >> los angeles lawyer was ahead of his son to take him to see bruce springsteen , he knew that a sign that said, i will be late for school for a couple you sign myor turning out ? he

more than a hundred pythons like these were caught in the florida everglades. they were captured as part of the state's annual python challenge. the snake hunt drew more than a thousand people! the goal is reduce the burmese python population in the everglades, where the pythons are an invasive species. largest python caught this year was a 15-footer that >> 8:00 on a gorgeous march 1st. i'm jason caterina. what you need to know is autochilly now but warm later and the temperatures making their way well into the 60s. for many of us a bit of a light breeze and the lunch time temperatures well into the 50s with most of the day to feature lunch outside and most of the sunshine and we'll still have warm temperatures by the time a few showers making their way in later and then much cooler temperatures the rest of the week. i've got the details in the 7 day forecast coming up when "good day, virginia" returns right now. >> kyle: super tuesday. voters in virginia and 10 other states head to the polls to pick the presidential candidate. we've got team coverage bringing

water appears to be leaking from a nuclear facility in miami and threatening the florida everglades and sea world stops its killer wail program. the iconic image of his bedroom. and now you can sleep in it for a price. the flint water crisis is the topic of a fiery hearing on capitol hill today. the star witnesses, michigan governor, rick snyder and the head of the epa. both had calls for them to resign. lisa stark has more from washington with more on their testimony >> reporter: tony, with angry lawmakers on the house oversight and government reform committee who want to know why the state and government officials did not act more aggressively as the water problems in flint mounted, it was a year and a half since the residents began complaining and the officials sounded the alarm. during that time, there was a steady drip of evidence that all was not right. >> the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> reporter: rick snyder and gina mccarthy both under fire for the water crisis in flint, trying to deflect blame for the water con

you've ventured out into the florida everglades to talk to undecided voters. >> you just mentioned thisof made up their mine. only about 4% to 5% of the people but it could be huge for marco rubio. his political survival is on the line. we went to the everglades. we thought it might be a little calmer. >> we're about 30 minutes from miami which is supposed to be marco rubio country. we came to the everglades. this is jesse. we'll find out if it is a different story this way. >> jesse! where are we right now? >> we're right out in the everglades in south florida. >> i can't hear anything you're saying but i love it. >> i'm glad you're enjoying it. have fun. >> so jesse, about a ten foot gator there? >> maybe a little bigger. a big male. he is probably with 25, 30 years old. >> what's the one thing people -- >> the biggest thing is the environment. environment is a very major major part of this. the environment, our ecosystem here as far as the everglades itself is a pretty fragile system. >> who have you had out here? >> i've had rubio. >> is he afraid of the gators? >>. no he's used to

(cynthia )(vo) the florida everglades is no place for burmese pythons. but the giant invaders are living there and >>> the ever glades is no place for a python. fish and wildlife call them hunters. and the hunt ended and the final count was 106 a third of them captured by a team of hunters from manatee county. we find out how they did. >> this takes guts. >> my gosh,. >> the boys are up to the challenge. >> can you barely see that. >> this is dwayne, member of the cyprus boys, that's a python. he caught it with his bare hands. crumb scoured the ever glades, during the challenge. >> it is like finding a need until a hay stack. but you know there is just so much area to cover and the snakes all they have to do is just drop in the grass. they had help. >> this is my python in training here riley. they relied on the eyes and each other. you have to put in the miles to have the success. most people walk in a couple of miles not seeing anything and walk out. >>> it take as lot of luck. if it is cold it is an easy watch a warm day the snake is active. he is try

. >> it's certainly not baby snakes invading the florida everglades at a dangerous pace. >> giant pythons thousands of them are creating a deadly problem but they're apparently no match for humans. we're up "up all nightline" with a report. matt gutman was too busy for. i got the short straw. >> reporter: we're at the point of no return. they can grow to more than 20 feet long and have been known to eat alligators whole. >> so bill, there's no possibility that there might be a snake right around here? >> yeah, there is a good possibility. >> all right then. nice seeing you. we're on the hunt for the wild burmese python, one of the biggest, baddest snakes in the world and there could be danger with every step. >> i really have no idea why i signed up for this. i just jumped from a butterfly. so would you put your hand in there knowing there might be a snake down there? >> yeah, i don't have a problem >> you don't think it might bite you? >> no. it might, but then i'll be able to pull it out of there. >> reporter: all righty. it's believed tens of thousands of these slithery yy serpents out

everglades, one of the most amazing national parks. it is not the easiest to access but would would florida be without the everglades? >> host: you were on nancy reagan's team. >> guest: i met with her many times, she turned over her husband's personal papers to me, the white house diary he kept and a couple speeches and things, and the reagan diaries became a best seller. it is a nice relationship. to be one of the people to obtain guns at funerals because the family had this relationship. >> host: brad is in lakeland, fla. you are on with douglas brinkley. >> caller: hello, professor. your dad was -- brinkley, was? >> host: we are having a bit of an audio problem. we have to let you go. let's see if we can get the next caller on the line, steve in new york. are you -- >> caller: between national monuments and national thought and funded. >> host: i am sorry. are you hearing? i am not hearing it. it is very fuzzy and distorted. maybe we can get that fixed. what percentage of the united states is dedicated? >> caller: >> guest: every state state park system is radically different meaning some to concessions and some

florida. this is our everglades holiday not a puff of wind out there either. you notice how still this water is in the canal. sunset these days is not happening until about 7:30 in the evening after the time change this last sunday. the first half of march has been warm. three and a half degrees above normal is what we're running on on average this month. an approaching front will bring some changes for this weekend, including ahance of rain. then yes, cooler temperatures. today's highs not quite as steamy as yesterday. notice the contrast between miami and ft. lauderdale. miami international airport is a few miles inland. ft. lauderdale international airport and pompano beach air park, they're both on the coast. there was a marine influence. a puff of wind coming in from the coastal waters with a sea that allows those locations to stay cooler than mia. still 84 degrees in opa-locka. 77, ft. lauderdale. and 79, pompano beach. high pressure will continue to be the most important weather feature. nice and quiet weather wise with lots of sun. this weekend when th

florida, a hot one today. and even t tugh there's a few clouds out here across the everglades, the majority of south florida saw mostly sunny conditions. look at the radar, not much to show. but we did see some rain near florida city, and then the surviving showers along the southern tip of the peninsula. and dissipateding at this hour. the high temperatures today, impressive. who gets the prize for the 90-degree reading? first one of the year? pembrookok pines, 90 this afternoon. ten degreesbove normal this time of the year. 87 was the high in miami, a in ft. lauderdale. but only 82 in key west surrounded by cooler sea surface temperatures down there. current readings include an 83-degree reading in pompano beach. 81 at this hour in homestead. the surface weather map is pretty simple. the winds are light and variable with not much of a breeze. temperatures shoot up there, especially in the full sun we have throughout the day today. the only saving grace today, sunday and monday. a little more tolerable than pass48 hours. hardly any clouds in t t picture this afternoon and evening, eeept for what happened here

. >>> work is moving forward on the plans to expand shipping channels at port everglade, florida. it sits at a coral reef and some worry that it could cause damage. >> ships like these and coral, when the port of miami was expanded, environmentalists say that it was the coral that lost. and now after work on another port, they worry that the same mistakes are about to be repeated. beneath south florida's waters, this scene horrifies waters. rare coral, so covered in dirt, it could be brushed away. for these reefs, burial means death. activists worry that the government will soon repeat it. >> at the port of miami, i was shocked and disgusted, and we can't let the same thing happen. >> philippe cousteau, family of jack cousteau, is criticizing the army corp of engineers, but activists say that safeguards failed. endangered coral reefs were lost, dredged up. and now they plan to repeat the work at port everglades near fort lauderdale. >> clearly the plan in miami was broken. you can't assume that it makes sense to repeat it up here. its falling, to say the least. >> the $400 million

work is now moving forward on a plan to expand shipping channels at port everglades florida. >> sits in a rare quarteral reef and worried that it could cause serious damage. jonathan betz has more from miami. >> this is a battle between ships and corral. when court miami was expanded, it's the corral that lost. with work to again on another port, environmentalists worry past mistakes are about to be repeated. >> been either south florida's waters, this scene horrifies divers, rare coral so covered in dirt it could be brushed away. these reefs, burial means death. much of it caused by a massive construction work activists worry the government will soon repeat. >> when i learned about what happened in the port of miami, i was shocked and disgusted. and we just can't let the same thing happen here. >> elite gusto ask joining those criticizing the army corpse of generally. the agency just finished expanding port miami. activists say safeguards meant to protect the environ meant failed. endangered coral reeves were lost. with that project done, the corpse plans to repeat the work at 40 ev

work relief, money, we are going to save this otherwise you will lose florida and he pushed through the protection of the everglades which was a bitter fight that does not come to its final manifestation when truman's president but it is franklin roosevelt in correspondence that i have with ernest co., naturalist, naturalist of florida that he writes, fdr writes nationalist audubon people all of the time wanted to say the local species. here here in arizona it was the boy scouts of arizona, under major general burnham, one of the founders of the boy scout that was here that did a massive arizona campaign to save the desert bighorn sheep from extinction. if you go down, i wrote on the acreage, the mountains, those are all fdr, one -- organ pipe tactics is an fdr executive order here. desert botany became a big thing for fdr. protecting the southwest which people would just rape and not think it was a fragile beautiful landscape. i tell tell the book a story about obama, hamilton. pasadena socialite who is a new dealer for fdr and she started collecting pictures of the joshua trees. she became the apostle of the dese

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florida. a scin the waters off port everglades in fort lauderdale. 're just enjoying the warm shallow waters. a good place to feed. april is one of the busiest months for shark activity in florida. we're a few days from april, but the sharks apparently know it's very near. so they're there. >> it's so beautiful whether he you're like 10,000 feet above them. >> exactly. not when you're down there in the water. >> no, no, no. >> that never happens in california. >> never know. there's always time. >> only in your home state. >> now to shocking charges airlines pilot, prosecutors accusing him of running a string of brothels in houston. >> authorities say he had at least 20 women working for him. abc's gio benitez has the details. >> reporter: he's a respected pilot accused of living a double life. bay day, an bruce wayne wallis is a united airlines pilot recognized with top awards. but by night, court documents allege he goes by bruno and runs a massive brothel operation in texas. >> it is the largest operation of this type that i have been associated wi

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. >>> state lawmakers are negotiating a bill to help everglades restoration. the legacy florida but was approved last week it would provide at least $200 million for restoration over the next 10 years. the senate's version of the bill calls for 145 million and also includes money to care for florida's springs, lake apopka and other natural lands. >>> and orange county, best games are trying to piece together the moments leading up to a fiery motorcycle explosion at a local dragway. josi medina's home -- motorcycle caught on fire for nearly a minute at orlando speed world. see it there. he suffered third-degree burns on more than a third of his b ody. despite calls for a helicopter, he was driven 20 miles to the delay was due in part to switching responding helicopters. >>> in orange county teachers speaking out about bullying he, he said the problem is only getting worse. robbins would battle school in orlando. lastly, parent who told us a son attends the school has thought about committing suicide because of bullying. a teacher from the school has come forward, but he asked us

everglades. >> fire breaking out at a south florida business. it happened at integrity vacuums in hal lan dale beach. the owner closed the store at 4:00 in the afternoon and then got a call from police. stkpwhreu/ know what it looks like. one of my neighbors say they heard- and explosion. i have you no idea. >> crews putting out the fire at hallandale boulevardrd and northeast 1st avenue. no word hoit starts. officials are still investigating. >>> t t white house continues to prepare for president obama to prepare for president obama's historic visit to cuba next week. deputy national security advise will come to south florida. he will be in miami march 11th, meeting with leaders from the cuban exile community to answer their questions. the president's visisi to the island is scheduled for march 21st and 22nd. he is expected to meet with cuban dissidents while there. "7 news"will have extenseive coverage, live reports from havana beginning later this month. >>> if you are cravi carnival >>> if you are craving carnival, there is still time >>> ca

florida airport. his only hope was in the everglades. >>> >> now 7 weather with chief meteorologist phil ferro. >> phil: happy st. prick's day every 1t. ways hot one especially in miami. high of 87. missed the record by one degree setback in 2014. both reach highs of 82. what is typicals about 78 to 80 degrees. that's where we are right now under partly cloudy skies. the wind out of the souththst ten to 11 miles per hour. the humidity at 54%. we are looking at some rain especially croos another florida and the pab handle. this is all do to a front that's basically moving in across the area. it's kind of going to drift towards the south over the next 24 to 48ours. some of that moisture will get trapped across the area so we're looking at a better chance for rain come saturday and sununy. so here's the marine forecast for tonight. threat of rip currents a the beach. just a slight risk. biscayne bay with a light chop. for you throughout the florida keys, no advisories,s, the wind out of east southeast five to ten. seas insidethe reef one to two building two to 3 feet beyond the reevment coastal waters wit

florida if you're on the shore. a school of sharks swimming off fort everglades in ft. lauderdale enjoying the warm shallow waters. the busiest types for shark activity in florida. >>> drivers in florida should know roads will be wet. you may need chains to get through roads across the rockies. >>> if you're flying airport delays are likeliest in denver, houston, dallas, kansas city, new orleans and memphis. >>> dramatic rescues in the chilly waters off the coast of california. >> lifeguards rushed in after 20 swimmers began suffering from exhaustion and exposure in la jolla. the group included members of the high school swim team. they were taking part in a long distance swim in 59-degree water. about four the victims were ferried to shore on scooters. no one seriously hurt. >> a corruption crackdown in detroit in the public school system has resulted in charges against 12 current and former principals. a school administrator and a vendor were also charged. officials say they were all involved in a $1 million bribery and kickback scheme involving school supplies that were rarely delivered. the charges come as the