they got a look inside pelican bay and inside the arian brotherhood. >> reporter: this is pelican bay state prison where many of california's most vicious inmates are marking time. it is also the base of operations of what corrections officials say is perhaps the most dangerous prison gang in the state, the arian brotherhood. last week ktvu got a rare look inside what prisoners call the hole, the special security housing unit where gang members live in small cells. we have learned that prison officials are investigating allegations that here from the hole the arian brotherhood is plotting to assassinate some of the very people who run the prisons. >> right now it is cdc administrators, politicians. >> and so you think you are on top of this stuff? >> yes, we are doing okay. >> reporter: corrections department officials say they have taken precautions. but they also say one activity the arian brotherhood is extremely adepartment at is murder. convicted murderer douglas young of san jose used to be a member of the arian brotherhood until he became an informant against the group. so you

when obama was passion his wonderful health care bill, he trucked out a bunch of pelicans known as doctors in white coats. did they question the expertise? when betsy mccoy had a form in new york? >> i'm sorry. doctor. can you ask a question. >> my question is what do we do to get our message across? train physicians in public relations? how do we go about it? we are doing work that no one knows about. and we get pushed around. >> i completely agree with you that i think as clinicians and scientists we are terrible at interacting with the media. i will tell you why i think that is, and how i think we can get better at it. i think the reason it's true, certainly as a pediatrician, i'm sure you support this, we are nice people. we are not good at confrontation. bad at it even. i think as a scientist, you know, your scientific training is not only not a training to interact with media, it's the opposite of that. as a scientist, you are really taught to be very critical of your data, to be circumspect, and it's hard to make a statement. you know, you can never prove never. on the other side, y

and then when obama is passing his wonderful health care bill, he trots out a bunch of pelicans knownas doctors in white coats. did anybody ever question who these doctors are, what their ec per tease? when betty mccoy had a forum here in finish. >> i'm sorry, doctor, could you -- >> i'm going to ask a question. my question is, what do we do to get our message across? do we train physicians in public relations? how do we go about it? we are doing work that no one knows about. >> yeah -- >> and we get pushed around. >> i completely agree with you that i think as clinicians and scientists we are terrible at interacting with the media. i'll tell you whey i think -- why i think that is and how i think we can get better at it. i think the reason it's true and certainly as a pediatrician, i think you'd support this, we're nice people. we're not very good at confrontation, bad at it even. and as a scientist, you know, your scientific training is not only not a training to be, to interact with media, it's the opposite of that. i mean, as a scientist, you know, you're really taught to be very

i know you've been to pelican where fish and wile live was sort of born and there's these board walks of all these wildlife refugees and you look at all the things clinton and babbitt were able to decide. do you get frustrated and the fact that so much has already been saved, you won't be able to create a trophy lois that some of those priest presidents did? >> for me fringely it's not about creating a trophy list, but i am, doug, very excited about whats the that we can do. i'll give you an example of two national wildlife refugees we have created. one is where the last remaining of the tall grass remaining will now go into a national program. when i went to the meeting where we actually dedicated the flint hills national conservation area, sat around the table with about 30 of the stake holders that helped us in the creation of the flint himself conservation area, and yes, it included traditional conservation eorganizations. but it also included the kansas livestock association and cattlemen's association and so on and so forth. so there was a recognition in tchans this was good for

i know you've been to pelican island, florida where the reserves were started and there's board walks and you look at all the things clinton and babbitt for able to decide. do you get frustrated with the political climate and the fact so much has been saved, you can't create a trophy list like some of the previous presidents did? >> you know, for me, frankly, it's not about creating a trophy list, but i am, doug, very excited about what it is we can do. i'll give you just two examples of new national wildlife refugees we created. one is in the foothills of kansas where the last remainingal grass prairie of 1.8 acres is going into a program and whiled life refugee. it's interesting. when i went to a meeting where we dis nateed the area, we sat around people and it helped us in the creation of the flint hills conservation area, and yes, it consistented of the organizations like the nature conserve tan sigh and incomed the cattleman's association, the farm bureau and so on and so forth. there's a recognition in kansas that this is good for the economy, preserving the heritage, and it was

i know you've been down to pelican island florida where u.s. fish and wildlife was sort of born. theodore roosevelt created first federal bird reserve. there are boardwalks of planks of all the wildlife refuges. you look at all the things clinton and babbitt were able to decide. do you get frustrated in the political climate and the fact so much has already been saved you will not be able to create a kind of a trophy list like some of those previous presidents did? >> you know for sure, trainingly it is not about the creating a trophy list but i am, doug, very excited about what it is that which can do. i will give you just two examples of new national wildlife refuges that we have created. one is in the flint hills of kansas where the last remaining of the tall grass prairie ecosystem, 1.1 million acres will go into national conservation program. another wildlife refuge. very interesting. when i went to the meeting where we actually dedicated the flint hills national conservation area, sat around the table with about 30 of the stakeholders that helped us in the creation of the f

these are some of the greatest pieces of land and water areas in the world from the pelican islands to the alaska wildlife refuge, to so many other places around our country. what we need to do is figure out where we are going in the next generation, and one of our challenges is to make sure we are connecting with young people and have them understand what our systems do. there is a chapter on that. planning documents will tie in nicely with what we are doing with the americas great outdoors, including the planning that went on in the creation of the conservation area. one of the things we will identify are different candidates for additional wildlife refugees. >> you mentioned the alaska wildlife refuge, which is very controversial because there is oil there. will the obama administration hold the line there will be no oil drilling in the wildlife refuge while the president is in office? >> yes. the president was clear on that. he was clear on that during his time as a u.s. senator and during the time he has been president, so let as our position in. >> we have the bp still report com

. >>> and a pelican blown 1,400 miles off course by a hurricane is going to have a lot of explainingr the nightclub in nova scotia where he was found. >> nice. >> rescuers spent five months nursing the disoriented florida native, not just because of the nightclub, but they nursed him back to health and he'll waddle back across the border. >>> it is now four minutes past the hour. there you go, you guys. you're all up to date. >> we got our daily animal story. >> we do try. we like animals. >> they're so cute. >> you've got a check of the weather for us. >> i wonder which doctor you'll send the bill to. >> ah! nicely done. >> all right. i should have left that one alone. let's check it out, show you what's going on. look at these temperatures. 21 degrees below normal in st. paul. 18 degrees below normal in st. louis. as you look at the actual temperatures for this afternoon, you can see it's going to be awfully cold back through the great lakes, down through the plains states, down into texas. only warm spot, 80s down in florida where they'll have showers and thunderstorms. morning sn