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>> there is no more visible oil on cat island, where we first saw the heartbreaking pictures of pelicans dripping with oil. >> how healthy does it look to you a year after the oil spill >> frankly, it doesn't look very healthy. >> the national wildlife federation's david grooth points to the dying mangroves on the edge and the leafless interior, still pelicans make their nests here. they say clean-up is pointless. >> all this clean-up they're doing on the edge of the marsh is for naught because in five years all of that's going to be eroded away. in 50 years, it's all gone. everything you see is gone. >> now, finally tonight, the government is strongly disputing an associated press report that says 3200 wells in the gulf of mexico do not have cement plugs and threaten to leak oil into these waters. the government says those wells are sealed and they're monitored every six months. >>> anne thompson on an otherwise beautiful night the venice harbor. >>> when we come back, the word from l.a. one of the great names in baseball is in trouble and tonight the league is moving in fast to help fi

more than 600 oil pelicans were cleaned and released out of harm's way, some in georgia, migrated south'd survive the winter. >> reporter: this biologist eagerly awaited a red band around the pelican's leg the mark of an oil spill survivor. >> the fact they've made it this far, survived a winter which is a stressful time for pelicans, and made it back here, migrating back north, all good signs. >> reporter: a glimmer of good news after months of bad reports. more than 8,000 birds, 1,000 sea turtles and 100 dolphins and whales were found visibly oiled or dead in the months after the oil spill. today, this is what the pelicans original home in louisiana and sounds like, air cannons in the bay keep birds away from marshes still soaked in oil. this is state buyiologisted to bakers' territory. doesn't this drive you crazy? about a year later, this still looks this bad? >> well it's unacceptable, a year later we're still looking at mobile oil sheen, still seeing crabs and small little animals crawling through this mess. >> reporter: in numbers, birds top the list of the dead but experts belie

that pelican had so much intrinsic value to this planet than you do.ou were so far beneath that one pelican that i would actually allowed god at my command, and my decision to why you off the face of this planet just to get the oil off of one pelican. host: that is richard from lisbon, ohio. back to the "wall street journal." offshore regulators said only add four new inspectors in the years since the deepwater horizon explosion. it raises concern about federal oversight. 15 an hour responsible for more than 3500 -- 60 inspectors are now responsible for more than 3500 drilling rigs. also in today's open " washington post," the federal page, a question and answer with thad allen, the commandant of the coast guard and the man in charge of the gulf coast oil spill, the cleanup and the efforts there. he is interviewed in this piece. he is now one of several organizations and teaches at george washington university. cape cod, i then, democrat. morning. caller: one thing i have learned from c-span this month they really shocked me was that japan, their use o

i work with pelican media. i would like to speak for the birds. i would like to mention that the e.i.r. did not adequately provide for mitigation for the very tall buildings that are going to be built right in the middle of the bay. this is in the pacific flyway and the concerns of the sierra club and the a you had bonn society have not -- audobon authority. just as a way to step back from this a little bit, this is a huge project with very tall buildings built on an island that is essentially landfill. we are in an active earthquake zone. we have tsunami problems. we have seen all of this in great detail in jab in the last few weeks. and i think that with this 20-year buildout that you're talking about, i hope that you're not going to be sorry that you certified this e.i.r. because there are warning signs and there are people who are warning you that this is not a smart development. it has also expanded radically from the way it was first proposed. i just think that we should try think ahead to what might happen and what could happen on that isla

sea birds like these pelicans that have the best room in the house. wild care says just about every bird or animal that eats another animal is at risk of secondary poisoning but it is difficult to get numbers on the extent of the problems. >> it is unknown how many animals are going off and dying in the woods that we never uncover. >> reporter: this is so huge many feel it can't be solved without a complete ban. in san rafael, don knapp, cbs5. >>> a joyful celebration of easter today at glide memorial church. the tendserloin church has been administering to the neighborhood's poor and hungry for decades and draws people from all over the bay area for its high energy services and as volunteers to help cook and serve more than a million free meals a year. the church's pastor says they turn out with the biggest turnout in ten years. >>> lawrence with a look at your workweek forecast. more rain on the horizon? >> rain on the way. can't get rid of that but also have spring finally showing up. >> good news. >> we have been looking forward to that. more subs

we saw so much about these pelicans, oiled and killed. the dolphins that were stranded.the turtles. hundreds of dolphins have washed up in the past weeks and months. turtles are turning up in an alarming rate. five-times the number for this time of year. but bp, the coast guard and other federal agencies say, as far as they can tell, the gulf of mexico is oil-free. we've gone to a number of places in louisiana. when you step down into the marsh, oil comes bubbling up. and officials, wildlife officials here in louisiana, tell me there's plenty of oil out there. matt gutman, abc news, empire, louisiana. >>> actor, kevin costner, agrees that the oil there is not close to being cleaned up. he's been in the region over the past few days, trying to gain support for new cleanup machines invented by him and his brother. he wants officials to hire a fleet of barges armed with the equipment. the idea is to have them on constant standby in case of another spill. >>> charlie sheen has lost a battle to get custody of his estranged suns. sheen took a rolls-royce to the airport for a f

point to shoot hoops and win the world championships for the second time in her career of both put on pelican free skates but neither was technically flaws and did just enough to play in the gold commune are having to settle the silver current course nearly please for the bronze but those home break for russians i'll be on a new all of our order then she finished fourth in the bronze for just seven tenths of a point. take a look at the n.b.a. where there's been a shock in the playoffs as the top seeded sometimes. not signed by the number eight seeds for memphis grizzlies to reach their first ever western conference semifinals of forty series victory the first ever in the playoffs for the prison ease of won the game six by ninety nine points twenty one top scorers that run both sixteen of his first one points down the stretch as memphis took control in the fourth quarter . play oklahoma city thunder the next round. we were motivated. you know we figure we can play and if you would anybody so you know just have more confidence you know people can say what they want to say you know it's a small

this robot is called pelican. explain what exactly it's going to be doing inside the reactor. >> well, exactly, they sent over not exactly this robot but a similar robot. you can get video imagery back. you can use this, you can have drones fly at high altitude. you can get close to a building or into a building to see what's going on so you can get this, to get close to measure radioactivity to get a sense for what's going on. so this can get much closer than any others. >> this can go inside and start flying around? >> exactly. >> and take pictures. and measure radiation? >> it can measure radiation. the map you're seeing here, it will allow you to build a map of what the environment looked like and measure radiation and tell you what the radiation levels are. >> let's bring pelican in for a landing so we can also show you the land robot which this is identical to what's being used. >> so our robot has made four of those robots available. two like that, two larger ones. and they're being used so they have what y

speed boats raced across the open water and pelicans went about their business. at the same time, crews were still cleaning remnants of oil along the marshes, in a clear reminder of the b.p. spill. and, officials like governor bobby jindal stopped to recall the events of the last year. >> today, should certainly be a day where we take stock of how far we've come, but it also should be a day where we look back and remember the heroes that allowed this state to recover and get back on its feet. >> lehrer: it was april 20th, 2010, when b.p.'s "deepwater horizon" rig exploded, 40 miles offshore, killing eleven workers. b.p. took some of their relatives on a fly-over today. the rig sank two days after the explosion. and at first, officials suggested the threat of an oil spill was relatively small. but within days, a gusher of oil was discovered a mile below the surface at the damaged well- head on the ocean floor. over the ensuing weeks, the oil sullied wetlands and wildlife along vast swaths of shoreline from louisiana to florida. b.p. and its hired crews tried to co

. >> let's bring pelican in for a landing to show you what is identical to what's being used. >> so i-robot has made four of those robots available. two like that, two larger ones. and they're being used so they have what is on the arm, basically a radiation sensor and an i.r. camera. so you can go in, it will give you aview of what's going on inside the building and measure radiation. and it also has a gripper on it, for example, if there's a blocked door -- >> we're showing that right now. what is the advantage of this over the flying? >> so, this one, has a lot of mobility. it can go through, but this one can't lift anything or move anything. this one can move things aside. so it can, for instance, clear a path so it can bring in a water hose for this. you can bring in other things. so before you send in people, you can use this basically as a remote system to allow -- >> as a scout? >> -- as a scout, also to a certain extent being able to move things around to clear a path. because you don't want to have people in there too long. by using this technologitechnoln be at a safety distance.

it's "pelican 895," a documentary that airs tomorrow night on hbo.loss with the louisiana department of wildlife and fisheries. what's the future of the birds here? >> we know the birds that were rescued and rehabilitated last year, nearly 100 of them have been seen flying around the coast here. that's really good news. and not one of them has been found dead. >> we're continuing to clean the coastline and the marshes of louisiana to ensure a better habitat for the future of these wildlife. >> thank you for being here. we'll link you to information on our twitter and facebook about that documentary. let's get to the boards. one or two quick things going on this morning. we have big weather happening. not only are there 14 or 15 states that are forecast to have severe weather today, from texas to michigan. but 11 states are under winter weather warnings or advisories. wildfires. and the forecast in texas is hot and dry. and we are live in louisiana all morning long. our friend, philippe cousteau, is coming by in the next half hour. robin? >> looking f