tom aycock, one of rahill's team. (sot) (aycock) (tc 00:01:28:00) (mark) it's a challenge, though, isn't it? (aycock) it is a challenge. //and we'll go multiple days and not see anything. (narr) burmese pythons average about eight feet -- and camouflage themselves in more than one- million acres of swamp and sawgrass. but rahill is known as "the snake whisperer." supervised hundreds and hundreds of captures and over 300 captured personally (narr) rahill tracked down his first burmese in 2008 -- and was hooked. the 58 year-old works as an i-t guy -- but has programmed himself into a master snake-hunter. (sot) (rahill) you go into an alpha predator mindset. if you don't have an alpha predator mindset some people can get hurt easily. (narr) first, they bite. (sot) (rahill) (5:01 rahill) they have sharp, hundreds of sharp razor teeth.// you have to just breathe deep and just let it release on its own. // (mark) because leaving your arm out there is both counterintuitive and counter instinctive. (6:19 rahill) exactly, the

rahill is competing with his team of volunteers called the swamp apes. these hunters grab a burmese by the neck, behind the jaw, and let it wear itself out, and then drop it into this bag. they can deliver it dead or alive to wildlife officials. mark strassmann in the florida everglades. >>> that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news for others, check back a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center here in new york city. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's friday, february 12th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> campaign 2016 democrats take center stage in another debate, but the republicans snag a few headlines of their own and a few young fans. >>> polar plunge. the lowest temperatures of the winter are heading to the northeast with forecasters warning the cold could kill. >>> restaurant rampage. several people are hurt when a

. >> reporter: tom rahill's team is hunting for snakes. burmese pythons are an invasive species and an evasive one. tom, one of rahhill's team. it's a challenge, though, isn't it? >> it is a challenge. >> reporter: burmese pythons average about eight feet and than 1 million acres of swamp and sawgrass here. rahill is known as the snake whisperer. >> i've got over 300 captured personally. >> reporter: he tracked down his first burmese in 2008 and was hooked. >> you go into an alpha predator mind set. if you don't have an alpha predator mind set, you could get hurt, conceivably. >> reporter: first, they bite. >> hundreds of sharp, razor-sharp teeth, you just have to breathe deep and just let it release on its own. if you pull away from a python when it bites you, your arm is going to be shredded. >> reporter: and big burmese can also coil and crush you. >> i had ahold of a 17-foot python a number of years back. totally ecstatic. whoa! this is great. i had a hold of it like i was a feather on a freight train. >> reporter: a big burmese can sw

rahill is known as the snake whisperer. personally. >> reporter: he tracked down his first burmese in 2008 and was hooked. >> you go into an alpha predator mind set. if you don't have an alpha predator mind set, you could get hurt, conceivably. >> reporter: first, they bite. >> hundreds of sharp, razor-sharp teeth, you just have to breathe deep and just let it release on its own. if you pull away from a python when it bites you, your arm is going to be shredded. >> reporter: and big burmese can also coil and crush you. >> i had ahold of a 17-foot python a number of years back. totally ecstatic. whoa! this is great. i had a hold of it like i was a feather on a freight train. >> reporter: a big burmese can swallow a deer. in this photo, the alligator inside the python's stomach was so big, the snam actually exploded. like the population of the snakes in the everglades. a female can lay up to 100 eggs. >> there could be tens of thousands to hundreds of don't know. >> reporter: somers worked for the florida conservation company

. >> hopefully, if rahil knows something, he can help out. i'm just hoping they're in the part of it. they seem like a nice, normal family. >> the search comes as fbi agents continue to urge apple to hack into the locked iphone, a state budge ordered access to the phone but apple plans to appeal, citing privacy concerns. >>> law enforcement officials say iphone encryption can cripple an investigation. bill bratton says unlocking is important to public safety. >> much of the attention has been focused appropriately and necessity on the terrorism aspects of this, the impact on the day-to-day lives of americans on their safety and our ability to solve and prevent crime is more significant. >>> microsoft and google weighed in, saying there should be no government back doors into peoples' devices. >>> former state senator leland yee is getting ready for sentencing on federal corruption charges. today we have insight into how much prison time prosecutors want. >> reporter: if my hand are sentencing documentation, each side argues why the senators s

can be exhillerating when you come face to face with a big snake. (( (rahill) i had a hold of a 17- foot python a number of years back. totally ecstatic. woahohoho, this is great. //i had a hold of it and it moved me like i was a feather on a freight train. )) ((paul joncich)) the hunters grab a burmese by the neck, behind the jaw, and let it wear itself out -- then drop it into this bag. alive to wildlife officials. the python hunt is an annual event in hope of controling the python population. the top prize is five-thousand /// ((denise valdez)) > more and more young women are turning to heroin. ((paul joncich)) how prescription pain killers have become the gateway to the dangerous street drug. announcer: "now, nevada's first choice for news. this is 8 news now at 4" ((paul joncich)) as consumer and commercial drones increase in popularity... it's creating more opportunities for students. ((denise valdez)) rancho high's "school of aviation" showcased some of its robotic and programing accomplishment s, today. 8 news now reporter brittany edney shows us how they're helping to shape the

. >> hopefully, if rahil knows something, he can help out. i'm just hoping they're in the part of it. they seem like a nice normal family. >> the search comes as fbi agents continue to urge apple to hack into the locked iphone a state budge ordered access to the phone but apple plans to appeal, citing privacy concerns. >>> law enforcement officials say iphone encryption can cripple an investigation. bill bratton says unlocking is important to public safety. >> much of the attention has been focused appropriately and necessity on the terrorism aspects of this the impact on the day-to-day lives of americans on their safety and our ability to solve and prevent crime is more significant. >>> microsoft and google weighed in saying there should be no government back doors into peoples' devices. >>> former state senator leland yee is getting ready for sentencing on federal corruption charges. today we have insight into how much prison time prosecutors want. >> reporter: if my hand are sentencing documentation, each side argues why the senators shoul

milo was last seen sunday night on rahill court in dale city. police tell us that miloú is friendly and not aggressive. if you see him or if you have any information at all, please call the prince william county police department right leon: some people look at pets or dogs like animals but a lot of us are members of the family. that is how we feel about them. what links would you go to find the pet? alison: "7 on your side" want to find out. tonight at 11:00, the troubleshooter will tackle the issue. >> this is a gps tag. if you get close to the pet you hit a button and go after the pet. gone are the days that all you do is put up a flyer if the pet goes missing. >> the search for lost pets have gone high pet. ke ran away two years ago. >> i have dog track. you can lay the trails. >> but she is an expert to devise a plan. >> she says it has reaped amazing benefits. she has 5,000 followers on facebook. on the bring ask home website, build army of the volunteers to put up the posters and search for a sighting of her dog. but social media is going

. >> reporter: tom rahill's team is hunting for snakes. burmese pythons are an invasive species and an evasive one. tom, one of rahhill's team. it's a challenge, though, isn't it? >> it is a challenge. >> reporter: burmese pythons average about eight feet and camouflage themselves in more than 1 million acres of swamp and sawgrass here. >> i've got over 300 captured personally. >> reporter: he tracked down his first burmese in 2008 and was hooked. >> you go into an alpha predator mind set. if you don't have an alpha predator mind set, you could get hurt, conceivably. >> reporter: first, they bite. >> hundreds of sharp, razor-sharp teeth, you just have to breathe deep and just let it release on its own. if you pull away from a python when it bites you, your arm is goininto be shredded. >> reporter: and big burmese can also coil and crush you. >> i had ahold of a 17-foot python a number of years back. totally ecstatic. whoa! this is great. i had a hold of it like i was a feather on a freight train. >> reporter: a big burmese can swallow a de

terrorists into that part of the country and just to follow up on senator mccain's point about the general rahil who is a very distinguished chief of staff and he's announced his resignation, his announcement, at least, is that correct? >> as i understand his normal tour of duty would end this fall in november, i believe, and that he is, as i understand from the open source media has announced histic tension to depart at the end of his normal tour of duty. >> that could be another dynamic and let's put that aside for the moment. the counter terrorism mission seems to have expanded. if nothing else has changed then an argument for the capacity in afghanistan would be simply the fact that there are many more al qaeda and pakistan, taliban, haqqani in your area of operations. is that a fair assessment? >> sir, i think it's fair to say, as you said in your opening statements, sir, the presence of iskp, the islamic state khorasan province and southeast kandahar is the presence of al qaeda and the indian subcontinent aqis and the sub district of kandahar and both of these are clear attempts of transna

can we call jeffer and rahil mohammed, please. >>> during today's white house briefing press secretary josh ernest was asked about a judge's order that apple continue assisting the fbi in its attempt to mine data from a cell phone owned by one of the shooters in december's terrorist attack in san bernardino, california. here's some of that. the entire briefing can be seen at cspan.org. >> plays directly into this broader issue of cybersecurity that is being focused on and the broader concept of whether, you know, tech companies should be forced to allow this kind of access to their products for law enforcement despite encryption. so, in general, do you think that -- does the white house think that the fbi should be able to access that kind of information? >> well, i think it is important to note here, josh, exactly what the department of justice is requesting. they are not asking apple to redesign its product or to create a new backdoor to one of their products. they're simply asking for something that would have an impact on this one device. and, you know, again, for the merits of tha