on this day. >> when you approach this problem the goal is not to catch every python in the florida everglades's what we like to do but we don't believe that you can ever capture all of the python. what we're trying to do is kind of control it. that's why we have the python challenge, to educate the public and why we brought the irula indians in. >> helping florida try to get a handle on their python problem in the florida everglades. >>> and next, how maxine waters one of the longest serving members of congress turned a routine congressional meeting into a viral sensation. >> announcer: abc news "nightline" brought to you by geico. no, please, please, oh! ♪ (shrieks in terror) (heavy breathing and snorting) no, no. the running of the bulldogs? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money aleia saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. do yno, not really. head & shoulders? i knew that not the one you think you know the tri action formula . fwlarpz . and even moisturizes for sofia vergara hair beneful grain free is so healthy... oh! farm-raised ch

maintaining our ports and harbors, as well as our levees and ecosystem restoration projects like the florida everglades. the readiness in the ecosystem restorations are things that will be increasingly important as communities face t-storms today, and in the future with sea level rise. the army corps of engineers at the center. anything you would want to do along the coast or river, you have to go to the army corps of engineers to build it, or to the permitting agencies. if you want to build something on your own, you have your own money, used to have to go to the army corps of engineers to get a permit. it is there saying most visible and frustrating symptom of what many officials have come to see as the country's backward approach to the disaster policy. can you expand? guest: just to be clear, the rules and regulations, many were written by congress. they were put in place for a purposely good reason. taxpayering federal dollars on a levy who want to make sure we are not massively and ecosystem in the process or so much money on building the levees that we are protecting behind the levees. there's a

we have a picture of you python hunting down in the everglades down in florida.been a growing problem down there. it's an invasive species. we got word that you helped catch a few of them. >> yeah. there are five west pythons alive to menace the wild life and animals in the everglades. these things are relentless aggressive predator that's risen to the top of the food chain in the everglades. they're killing off all the birds. >> sandra: these are not small creatures. how long were those pythons? >> the one in the picture was 8 feet. he was our longest one. we all got a seven footer and a couple three, four. then one about two feet long. >> sandra: you don't have any hesitation about picking up a snake? >> not as long as i pick it up where the professional snake hundredor told me to do it. >> sandra: those guys are amazing. they are doing a lot of work in the everglades, an area we all want to protect in this country. it is an absolute beauty. thank you very much for joining us. >> sandra, thanks for having me on. >> sandra: we are just moments away, as we mentio