ryan lambert and albertine kimble are coastal restoration experts. >> two thousand square miles essentially since 1950. two thousand square miles that's larger than the area of the grand canyon. gone just open water. just like this now. think about that - think about that! >> no wetlands equals no people. if we can't have these wetlands, pretty soon there'll be no habitat, and there'll be no people. that's the way i look at it, that's my simple saying. >> they're taking us to the venice gas fields, where oil giant chevron and other major firms have operated for decades. >> it looks like they've dug lots of little channels >> thousands. as you saw in this canal every 100 yards there's an oil well or a gas well. it's hard to think negative, because i know why and i know who, and but you can't leave it just because you came in here and use it you need to return it to what it was. >> there's been so much land loss here over the last few years, it's just the reeds that are left you can also see the oil pipelines sticking out of the water from the exploration industry's been doing around here. >>

miranda lambert taking home the most countries including female vocalist of the year. luke ryanr year voted on by fans. >> taylor smith presented with a milestone award presented to her by her mother who revealed she had breast cancer. >>> a milestone award wowing country music fans by reuniting with a special performance. >> the most talked about moments of the night country legend garth brooks singing a tribute to the troops with members of the military filling the stadium. stadium. ♪ >> totally awesome. brooks, the best selling artist in music history. also given the milestone award. >> the flag the fireworks. awesome. >> the chance for some severe weather across the east. maria molina tracking what is ahead of for us. >> good morning. we are going to need the umbrellas across the northeast. even a risk for flash flooding across parts of new england and the mid atlantic. here's a look at the storm system right now. areas of rain across parts of the great lakes and also into parts of the northeast. on the backside of it we have heavy rain that has already developed across part

ryan newman's race team for manipulating tires during the march 22nd race in fontana, california. newman, seen racing last week was one of four drivers to have his tires confiscated. crew chief luke lambert fined $125,000 and has been suspended for the next six races. newman and car owner richard chilledess were each docked 70 points. that's your cnbc news update at this hour. ty, over to you. >> sue, thank you very much. >>> let's take a look now at gold prices which are closing right now as we mine the metals and can you see that gold is up about 24 almost 25 dollars an oun at $1,207. that is a gain of a couple of percent, i guess. silver higher by 2.6% at $1,704. copper up as well by $2,747. platinum up as well. new trading month. new quarter. getting off to a volatile start. the dow down 191 points earlier, but we are well off those lows as you see right there. down just 91. bob pasani following all the volatility at the new york stock exchange. hi, bob. >> hello, tyler. we've been in a deep hole ever since late last night. we never have been positive on the day. take a look at s&p futures. overnight 8:00 that's when japan opened last night. suddenly the dow -- excuse me -- the s&p d