biggest stockpile of poached ivory. more than 100 tons from 8000 elephants. will burn it all as it hosts a giant summit of african leaders. >> the only value of ivory and the rhino horn is on the elephant or the rhino. it is estimated to be worth $30 million. tourism brings in more than $2 billion a year. >> there is nothing else we do. if we sell it, we are going to encourage the train -- the trade to go on. we want to take it out of economic reach. buying and selling was banned in 1989. illegal poaching has continued. >> they will kill a seven ton animal to make a bracelet. it is not medicine. >> longer jail terms and fines have failed in the war against poaching. every year, more than 30,000 elephants are killed for their tusks. >> a deadly bombing raid in afghanistan that the story day -- that destroyed a doctors without borders hospital. -- food shortage gets worse in venezuela. more than 600,000 have signed a petition to sack the president. in kenya tomeeting discuss how to say the continent's elephants from extinction. it is time for the business news.

they are using the summit to demand a total ban on the ivory trade. >> poaching is aided by international criminal syndicates. it fuels corruption. it undermines the rule of law as well as security, and it even provides funding for other transnational crimes. >> but simply stemming the supply of ivory will not be enough. the man, needs to be tackled. of particular concern, the enthusiasm of the asian market, where a kilo of rock tusk can fetch in the neighborhood of 800 euros. saturday, in the nairobi national park, kenya will burn 5% of the global stock of ivory. >> it is important because kenya is demonstrating practically that kenya believes that the only value of ivory and the rhino horn is either on the elephant or the rhino. >> in africa, some 30,000 elephants are killed every year to satisfy the ivory market. kenya has already and limited in number of anti-poaching measures, including ivory sensitive sniffer dogs at airports, and they are starting to bear fruit. last year, 94 elephants and rhinos were killed by poachers, compared to 164 the previous year. >> let's get a recap of ou

." >> to kenya where officialsly publicly burned more than a hundred tons of poached elephant ivory andhino horns. dignitaries led by the nation's president set the fire this morning at nairobi national park. they say they're macing a stronger push than ever to stop poachers. >>> still to come tonight on "eyewitness news," a shocking race car crash all of it caught on camera. where this happened and how the driver of that car is doing today. >>> plus, on bended knee a unique marriage proposal in our area. find out the unusual length one pennsylvania man went for his love, his true love. lauren. >> we saw a little bit of sunshine peeking through today but i hope you're able to take it all in 'cause sunshine is going to be sparse with a very unsettled weather pattern as we led into the next week and i'll let you know which days you'll need the umbrella in your forecast coming up. >> and straight ahead in sports final day of the nfl draft. who did the eagles pick? lesley van arsdale has the details. stay with us. back in a moment. >> caught on camera this hot rod crash in texas leaves a pr

they are the number one recipient of poached ivory from africa. the elephants are dying off, they're being killed in africa and the number one recipient is china. they are thieves, they still are strael our intellectual property. kribor attacks, i believe they're responsible for those, they're bullying asia. trying to make new sovereign territory in the south china sea and claim the area around it and they're helping pakistan with intercontinental ballistic missiles and human rights, they're the worst offender in the world. they persecute christian and other religious minorities and they have a practice of putting people they don't like, like the falun gong in prison and charging them with trumped-up political crimes and harvesting their body organs and sell those on the marketplace. that's probably the worst type of crime in the world. in my opinion. and of course, we don't say this any more, because it's not the right thing to say, but they still are a communist nation. and that's who we're dealing with. we talk about pivoting to china. whether

the biggest burn of ivory in history, while the aim is to discourage poaching, some say this will increase the value of ivory and encourage it. >>> a migrant crisis unfolding in central america where thousands of cubans are now stranded on a grueling journey they hope will end in the united states. it comes as those in congress say a long-standing policy giving cubans favorable treatment needs to change. gabe gutierrez reports from panama, near the border of costa rica. >> reporter: in the sweltering heat, the wait is stifling. and for five-year-old twins sabrina and serena garcia, there is no end in sight. their grandmother said she is enduring the journey to give them a better life. they are among the 3000 undocumented cuban migrants trapped in panama, struggling to reach the united states. there are more than 1400 migrants in this camp alone. every few days some of the more vulnerable women and children are bussed to a nearby hotel. but more are arriving every day. >> several children and a couple of adults -- >> for decades cuban refugees have made the trek to u.s. by sea. now many are

ivory today. marlie hall reports the spectacle was designed to focus attention on elephant and rhinoceros poaching. >> reporter: these towering stacks worth an estimated $150 million on the black market up in flames. more than 100 tons of confiscated elephant tusks and rhino horns were incinerated saturday at nairobi national park, the largest stockpile of ivory ever destroyed. fire master robin hollister helped organize the torching and hopes it sends a fiery message. >> we only want to see ivory on living elephant, and we want to put this beyond economic use, burn it. >> reporter: hunting elephant is an ongoing crisis on the african continent. organized gangs of poachers sell much of the ivory to countries in asia, where demand is so high kenyan president uhuru kenyatta says ivory shouldn't have commercial value and wants to see a world ban on sales. >> poaching and trafficking in wildlife is now a branch of international crime. the fight against it will be won by alliances across nations and continents. >> reporter: two years another one of africa's most famous elephants was slaughtered by poac

. >>> take a look at this tower of poached elephant tusks and other illegal animal parts will be set ablaze today in kenya. this will turn more than 100 tons of ivorying crisis. those tusks represent 8,000 elephants that were killed to sell their ivory on the black market. >> mayor problem across that part of africa. >> across the country and the world really. >>> a lot of news to get to this morning. >> next hour of your "new day" starts right now. >>> hello again. thanks so much for joining us. en's ana today brar ra in for christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. >>> let's start with this. look at this chaotic scene when hundreds of demonstrators stormed towards the california republican convention yesterday to protest donald trump ahead of his speech. him and his entourage, secret service in tow, got out of the cars, abandoned the motorcade, climbed that embankment, crossed the street and walked into the hotel's back entrance. we'll have more on that in just a moment. >>> but first, what happens to prince's estimated $300 million estate? >> a court hearing on monday will start to lead to an answer to that question. but it will be complicated. rea

poaching and animal trafficking. more than 100 tons of elephant ivory antoine of rhino horns were burned in kenya today.elieved to be the largest stockpile ever destroyed. it represents 8,000 elephants, and more than 300 rhino's slaughtered for their horns. kenya decided to destroy the ivory instead of selling it for an estimated $150 million. late they say they want to make the point that ivory should not have any commercial value. >>> still ahead on "fox 29 news" at 6:00 life saving dumpster dive. why one man says he just had to dive in. >> plus, a father boxes his teenage son as a form of discipline. the video blew up on the internet. when the father posted it again, he got unpleasant surprise. that's next. >> beyonce dropping a bomb to her fans last night. >> story in virginia making national headlines, father posted this video of him boxing his son, he claimed he was teaching him a lesson for cutting class. the video went viral. police got involved. the teen has been removed from the home and the dad is charged with domestic assault and battery charges. >> before his arrest, the father commented on

major african summit on tackling elephant poaching has begun in kenya, hoping to send a message to poachers. on saturday it plans to burn 100 tons of confiscated ivory, the biggest tall ever to be destroyed representing thousands of dead elephants. it is one of several steps kenya is taking to stamp out the trade. many of its parks and reserves have joined forces to form a trust. the efforts have produced -- reduced the number of pelicans killed by more than half. >> to protect the elephants of the trust, the members of special unit 91 are on unit every day. some of the animals are fitted with tracking devices so the rangers can monitor their movements. >> we heard shots and we smelled gunsmoke. we don't know if an elephant has been hit. we better check. >> luckily that was not the case. the team arrived in time to prevent a tragedy. a 12 man team doesn't suffice to protect an area of 20,000 acres. the northern regiment trust was founded 12 years ago. he said it was the only way to protect the conservancy. the trust consists of 33 communities and private conservancies. they have developed a project that works with poachers from those communities. >>

summit, a meeting of african leaders focussed on tackling poaching of the continent's giant animals, and to coincide with the event, the largest ivorystory will be held in nairobi saturday. more than 100 tons of ivory from some 15,000 elephants will be destroyed. for more, let's go to cnn's robyn kriel. she joins us live from nairobi, kenya. these ivory burns bring a very powerful visual that killing elephants just for their tusks has just got to stop before we lose them. >> reporter: well, that's exactly the kenya wildlife service's message, natalie, is that these tusks are only worth something as ivory and rhino horn which is also being burned is only worth something when it's on a live animal, and that's were they are insisting of destroying this ivory and rhino horns and other dangerous contraband wildlife products that they've seized in this gigantic burn, and it will be a spectacle. the president will light the flame on saturday morning. around 12 pires will be lit on fire, using 20,000 liters of diesel and kerosene mixed together. so it's going to be a statistpe. some celebrities have turned out to watch this ivory burn. they

ivory. >> we go to brokers who pass it off. we get $50 for a kilogram, but they sell it for more. correspondent: kenya has reduced poachingt master says it is not easy to stop. >> when we sell the tusks, we give them the money. correspondent: do feel regret that you are killing these animals that are endangered. .> i don't regret it i feel i am right because they terrorize us. they come into our farms and we don't get compensation. we end up with no food and no money. correspondent: the port is the main route for ivory trafficking , not only from kenya but from across africa. .e spoke to a shipping agent how much is it to smuggle a consignment of ivory? .> $10,000 is the minimum it is not only one person that gets the money. there is security, officials, and guys who have to be given some thing. you never know who is behind it. it if is not this money, it is the arabs or the -- if it is not this while heelys, it is the arabs or the chinese. correspondent: ivory dogs have found 64 kilos of tusks in air freights. convictions.ofile the ivory clean has denied running an organized crime ring. stillrruption and those buying ivo

given the black market for ivory, his remaining tusk is an object some people would kill for. >> how's namibia doing against elephant poaching>> nothing serious yet. in comparison, say, to north africa or east africa. >> right. >> in the lawless parts of this continent, close to 100 elephants are poached every day. but in pockets like this, where photo tourism is taking hold, people are less likely to tolerate that slaughter. >> people feel like a sense of ownership and proudness to help these animals, and they're looking after them because it means a lot to them. >> so if you're an elephant, this is one of the safest neighborhoods left in the world, right? >> yeah. probably one of the safest. >> but where are the rhinos? i'm not the only american who came here with that question. this is a texan named corey knowlton, and in the summer of 2015 he came to namibia and like us spent three days chasing black rhino tracks. but instead of a camera, he brought a gun. music: "sex machine" by james brown ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the call just came in. she's about to arrive. and with her, a flood of potential patients. a deluge of digital records. x

ivory tusks and rhino horns. it's a way to get people to pay attention to the fear poaching crisis.ya's efforts to protect its wildlife. >> reporter: a heavy burden for kenyans to bear. never has the continents poaching epidemic been so visceral than the endless train of elephant tusks, forming something of a graveyard to the iconic species. and soon this will turn into a crematory. >> we have a pumping station, there we've got a mixing tank where we'll be mixing kerosene and diesel, 50% each. and then we'll pump it down individual pipes to each tower, we call these ivory tower us. >> reporter: it's the ivory of around 8,000 elephants, combined with the rhino horn, this bounty would be worth an estimated 172 u.s. dollars on the black market. the potential income that could be generated from the sale has been difficult for many cash-strapped african governments to accept. money that could be put, perhaps, towards conservation, but kenya believes it's worth absolutely nothing. >> from a kenya perspective, we're not watching any money go up in smoke. because from our perspective there

ivory is worthless. it has no value unless on a live animal. kenya first began burning i'very in 1989 and saw good results. experts attribute the scourge in poachingof contraband like these blackened with smoke, in a fire due to last for more than a week. the kenyans hope this will change perceptions forever. robyn kreiel. >>> incredible to see that. changing the image of the tap world to court young women. >> computer has this different image of it being really geeky and you're alone and it's all numbers and statistics and that's not what it is. it's fun. it's creative. it's social. it's engaging. and most importantly, it's a way to change the world. >> how the female ceo of youtube is working to solve text's gender gap. >>> today's fit nation. the tall of the skyscrapers are stunning marvels of skyscrapers. for others, another opportunity to race. >> reporter: tower running, it's a growing sport where people race up staircases of the world's tallest buildings. >> you have to train to the pint of pain. you're going to feel a lot of pain in a race. >> reporter: lisa ran her first race 15 years ago, days after september 11th. >> we felt that it was