so how they're sharks behaving in proximity to people and out of people behaving possibly sharks. scientists 1st use drones to find the sharks once they have the tech to the animals boats head out to reach the sharks and try to get as close as possible the venue's a repurposed spear to insert a tag into the dorsal muscles of the sharks so that they can follow their movements and reactions from afar. what they are finding is that sharks are not that interested in humans after all. despite the fact that shark populations are going up and more people are using the water than ever before we're not really seeing more people actually being bitten by sharks in fact in some years the rate has gone down so what that tells us as a scientist is that we are not on their menu at all but occasionally accidents happen. the researchers want to provide the public with the right information to understand the risks posed by sharks but also to give lifeguards important tools to better protect beachgoers from the rare shark attack. stay off the menu this is. as objects within the business stick around

what they're finding is that sharks are not that interested in humans after all. despite the fact that shark populations are going up and more people are using the water than ever before we're not really seeing more people actually being bitten by sharks in fact in some years the rate has gone down show what that tells us as a scientist is that we are not on their menu at all but occasionally accidents happen. the researchers want to provide the public with the right information to understand the risks posed by sharks but also to give lifeguards important tools to better protect beachgoers from the rear shark attack. russia will bid to host the 2027 rugby world cup it comes despite russia being banned from top international sport for 4 years over doping allegations and russia plans to use stadiums built for the 2018 football world cup the proposal has the backing of president vladimir putin but russia faces competition from rugby powerhouse australia russia finished bottom of the group of the last at last year's rugby world cup in japan the next next edition is in

sharks don't get great press what we're seeing is you need that healthy shark population. you need healthy reeves and that's fogs to help people, too. the story isn't only about gathering knowledge. it's about gathering ammunition. way i to convince governments and fishing communities around the world to do something. >> mark phillips enjoying the sunshine off the coast of florida. and the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. gillette proglide and proglide gel. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke, while washing away dirt and oil. so you're ready for the day with a clean shave and a clean face. they fell in love with itsusing irresistible scent. looks like their dog michelangelo did too. gain ultra flings with two times oxi-boost and febreze. >>> the white house and congress remain at others over another crisis relief package. but there's a little town in washington state that's coming up with an old school way to help local businesses. they're printing their own money. luke burbank has the story. >> like a lot of

is maine's first ever deadly shark attack, officials have seen an increase in shark sightings off thend coast over recent years. new york city resident julie hollow watch was attacked on monday afternoon while swimming 20 yards off of the shore. joining me now is dr. gregory stonewall, sr. fisheries biologist for the massachusetts division of marine fisheries. dr. stonewall, thank you for being here. we've spoken before about this and as you said to come up this is the first time that we have seen something like this in maine. i will show you the maps in just a moment but what's a reaction to attack. it's a tragedy, it's horrendous and it's devastating. you know, i've been studying sharks for many, many years >> that shows a lot of concentration where i spend a lot of time, but the collection of blue dots at the bottom of your screen, that is cape cod and you see lots of great white sharks in that area, but greg at the very top of this map of new england all the way up there is that shark. so why do you think we are seeing this migration of them up the coast now. >> i think it's impor

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it is shark season, everyone, and the sharks are making sure we know it.ross coastal states in the northeast, ten have been spotted so far, in nassau county and new york alone. laura ingle is live at lido beach in new york now with more. laura, that is not what i would want to find at any time on the beach. >> right, absolutely, julie. you know, these new shark sightings have led to beefed up patrol, and you've got that added on to the pandemic concerns here we've got social distancing on the beach and it all leads up to one hectic week, which is what we have had here as beachgoers and swimmers look off into the distance and wonder if it is safe to go back into the water. you talked about that tremendous catch, no better proof of the danger of what lies beneath than with that group of college buddies reeled into saturday's ago right here at nickerson beach after they pulled in eight long dominic foot long bull shark to shore before releasing into the water. >> we were on to a bull shark, and it's a longtime battle against that thing for two and a half hour

fin, definitely a shark. >> reporter: lifeguards who saw one of the sharks say it was a bull shark, ane species that can grow up to eight feet long. authorities later released a photo of a sea ray that washed up nearby about enormous bite marks. >> this was a sizable one and can do damage in the wrong situation and it's a credit to the lifeguards working together with the agencies to protect residents. >> reporter: shark attacks are down as more people stay home due the to pandemic. last month in north carolina a 16-year-old suffered 40 puncture wounds. >> tried lifting my leg up out of the water and i saw it was a five-foot-long shark attached to my leg. >> reporter: this family's recent close encounter in the northern atlantic off the coast of nova scotia. a great white shark swimming right beside the speedboat. >> it's a great white. >> yeah, baby. >> authorities have not released the identity of that victim in maine. if confirmed it would be the first fatal shark attack on record in that state. >>> target shoppers will have to find other options this thanksgiving. the retailer is j

deadly shark attack. a 63-year-old woman killed by a great white shark as shark sightings in new york force popular beaches to close along the coast. two fatal accidents brought new york city to shut down a popular moped-sharing company. could other cities do the same? and tonight, military history: the woman now in charge of the u.s. army reserve, shattering a glass ceiling more than 100 years this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donneodning and thank you for joining u deam coronavirus closing in on 150,000 americans, it now,a peers the outbreak is growing so rapidly nationwide, nearly half of all states are in what the white house calls the red zone. in a new report given to governors this week, but not released publicly, the president's coronavirus task force says the infection rate in 21 states is so high that they should begin reimposing restrictions. this is even as the president is publicly calling on governors to reopen. now, nowhere is tha

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they did not find sharks in 20% of the areas they studied, and the reason is sharks are often caught up in fishing nets and are also hunted for their fins. however in areas where destructive fishing practices are banned, the shark population is very healthy. california is one of those places. that california has actually done a really good job i think of managing many of its fisheries. we've seen shark populations declined back in the 60s to the mid 90s, and then through a series of better fisheries management practices, we've been able to better protect many of the populations our being harvested. >> the cal state long beach shark lab has gathered a year of drone video that shows they are thriving right off the coast. >>> hey, everybody. the doctors are betting on their new start to be a big hit in hollywood. we will see tomorrow night. >>> why the giants' chances that actually making the >>> welcome back, everybody! they giants and a's chances of going to the postseason could be up. i'm an equal opportunity sportscaster. major-league baseball is having discussions to increase the p

the keeper of the ocean and if we lose large sharks with fish stocks.if they do or do not, wipe out our lobsters and so forth. we have to have an ax to grind, that is it. jillian: one of my best friend loves sharks and always talks about how important they are for the ecosystem and not everyone is aware of it. >> think about the east coast, pretty exciting, we have a white shark population and they are evolving and changing, becoming more pleasant, we all need to evolve with it because in the right direction because of large sharks recovering. jillian: should people be worried or afraid to go in the water this summer? >> enjoy the ocean with your family, don't swim, if there are a lot of fish and birds crashing, sharks on that in quieter sections of the beach, they needed to be successful and thriving. >> great information, thank you, appreciate it. todd: don't swim in the food chain, make sense. the feds took action in portland to restore law and order, to hold back their presence. but leaving may be premature. >> a new approach next. ta-da! did you kn

wait till you see what these shark experts do all in the name of science.> reporter: -- the search for a legend. >> she'she big >> reporter: nine months ago marine biologist kori garza had an unexpected encounter with this massive tiger shark more than 16 feet long, possibly the world's largest. >> we have seen some really, really big sharks. but none quite like her. >> reporter: now in the new national geographic special "world's biggest tiger shark?" she along with her cameraman and shark conservationist, andy casagrande, set out to find it again. >> a lot of sharks here. >> reporter: their journey bringing them face-to-face with some of nature's deadliest creatures including this roughly 13-footer. kori, breathless, swimming right alongside the dangerous beast for a size comparison. their next stop, this colossal lagoon in the middle of the pacific ocean 50 miles long and 20 miles wide, a feeding ground for tiger sharks. >> so many tigers. they are everywhere. this is amazing. >> reporter: they attach cameras by hand to two of them, hoping they'll lead t

you may not be able to see them, but in these waters are 16 sharks being tracked by researchers, sharkseningly close to swimmers in recent days and in one case a deadly encounter. this morning, the first ever fatal shark attack off the coast of maine. 63-year-old julie dimperio holowach was attacked while swimming with her daughter 20 yards off bailey island monday. witnesses reportedly saw her thrown into the air by something. >> i knew what the situation was. i knew how severe it was. >> reporter: charlie wemyss-dunn speaking exclusively to "gma". he and his family were nearby and heard the scream. >> my wife sitting outside at the time, she started screaming my name wanting me to come. i initially thought that someone was in distress out there. >> reporter: charlie then paddling out in his kayak to try to help julie. >> i was almost -- i was about to get in the water essentially because i still thought it could be something like a boat propeller or some sort of accident like that, and my wife is screaming at me not to get in the water. >> reporter: julie did not survive, but her daug

the head of the whale shark research project here explains the big we recorded by a drone is 350.with one shot but in our database we have more than $600.00 record the. world record. a bucket list moment as they say. our 1st glimpse of these enormous gentle giants. it's hard to describe the feeling of swimming alongside them watching them feed a feeling like tiny insignificant yet privileged guests in their world. camera man nick porter and i surface after swimming with them for the 1st time. in a critical. week for. the scale of what we are witnessing only really becomes apparent once you take to the sky and why do they come here the main thing in this area is the temperature the war you see if you go 5 or 6 kilometers out of this the water temperature is about between 32 to 34 average 32 degrees centigrade in this area here. about $2728.00 it's the best or the ideal temperature for fish to breed so when they breed or spawn here the shark comes for the brought in you know they come specifically for the fish you know the caviar you know. part of the shark family they are filter fe

fin, definitely a shark. >> reporter: likely a bull shark, 7 to 12-feet long and incredibly close.lose, folks. that is really close to the shoreline. >> this is the time of year our sharks move forth from the southeastern united states. >> reporter: chris fisher is founding chairman of a nonprofit research organization that studies and tracks sharks across the world. fisher says the great white shark in maine may have don fused julie holowach -- confused julie holowach for a seal. >> we're swimming amongst their food. that creates an opportunity for bad things to happen. >> reporter: you're saying when there is the rare attack, it's a mistake on the part of the isn't that correct. >> surely, especially when you talk about white sharks. you rare lly hear about them returning. they take a test bite and swim off. >> reporter: there's no indication that long island beaches in new york will be closed again today. in fact, we already see swimmers out there in the ocean. but again, experts stress just how rare it is for sharks to attack people. in fact, they say that things like the ripti

there's a shark -- >> that a shark -- >> big one.just head right away. >> reporter: in fact, a loggerhead turtle seemed more interested in this free lunch than the sharks were. but by using the same setup, recording for the same amount of time on each drop around the world, the researchers have been able to draw the first comprehensive data-based conclusions about worldwide shark numbers. do you think the population's under crisis? >> i absolutely think this is a crisis. >> reporter: but a different kind of crisis -- one with a new term. the word extinction gets thrown around, verge of extinction, virtual extinction, what have you. do you use that phrase? >> for our survey we use the term functional extinction. >> reporter: functional extinction meaning there may be some sharks around, but there are not enough of them to perform their essential role of controlling other marine populations. >> you might think let's get rid of predators so we can have more fish. it doesn't work that way. we lose predators, they eat out of house and hom

." >> absolutely swarmed by sharks down here. >> sharks, hot lava and magnets? the explosive expedition this morning. the never-before-seen footage of two forces of nature and their mysterious connection. >>> good morning, america. it's a wonderful friday here in times square and it is great because cecilia and tom are at the desk with me. >> yeah, we're here and hearing about sharks and volcanoes and magnets. that was the scary part. what do the magnets do? >> you forgot the oh, my part. >> also explains what we were listening to before the show started. it's going to be a good friday here. but we do have major developments in the coronavirus outbreak to get to this morning. the u.s. marking a new record. more than 71,000 new cases reported in a single day and this comes as we see those issues with testing. >> yeah, that's right, as well. take a look at the long lines outside dodgers stadium in l.a. on thursday. the mayor saying l.a. county is now testing more than 20,000 people a day, and new york is actually sending volunteers down to houston, michael, your h

definitely a shark. >> reporter: lifeguards say it was a bull shark, an aggressive species that can grow with enormous bite marks. >> this is a sizable one. it's a credit to the lifeguards working together with all these agencies to protect the residents. experts say shark attacks are down this year as more people stay home due to the pandemic. but last month in north carolina, a 16-year-old suffered 14 puncture wounds after fighting off a shark. >> lifted my foot out of the water, oh my god, it's a five-foot-long shark attached to my leg. >> reporter: this family's close encounter, a great white shark swimming right beside the speed boat. >> that's a great white! >> look at that video. mona, here's the thing. sharks can attack in as little as two feet of water. >> wow. so you don't have to be in the deep end. >>> when we come back, the big headline from "dancing with the stars." >> and what drake did to madonna. "the skinny" is next. >>> when we come back, the big headline from "dancing with the stars." >> and what drake did to madonna. "the skinny" is next. cascade pli penetrates and b

after a deadly shark attack in maine earlier this week, there has been an up to go shark sightings and heavy in the northeast. there is concern on beaches along the east coast, but as gary baumgardner reports, humans are not the predators favorite meal. >> it is that time of the year again, shark sightings are up. with summer in full swing, seaside towns in the northeast are reporting morris filings than usual. one beach in new york seeing a triple siding for the second of i don't know, if i encountered a shark i don't know what i would do. >> they are not the prey of choice, it is seals. thanks to decades of marine protection efforts, seal populations in new england are soaring, bringing the top enemy along with them. does the up tick in shark sightings, expert say attacks on humans are extremely wear. >> the chances of getting attacked by a shark or one in 3.75 million which is less than being hit by lightning. >> reporter: another possible explanation for the increase, climate change. experts say warmer water may be causing sharks to migrate north. >> we could be seeing more and mor

calcutta's waters holds some of the largest gatherings of whale sharks in the world . stephanie deca got exclusive access to her out to sea and swim with these gentle giants. for scanning the waters but not for these playful visitors. this is incredible they're. still many of them. we've travelled almost 2 hours off the qatari coast to find these majestic animals the whale shark the biggest fish in the world and they gather here in huge numbers mohammed el jaida the head of the whale shark research project here explains the biggest emitter we recorded by a drone is a 350 with one shot but in our database we have more than 600 record the. world record. a bucket list moment as they say. our 1st glimpse of these enormous gentle giants. it's hard to describe the feeling of swimming alongside them watching them feed feeling like tiny insignificant yet privileged guests in their world. ringback camera man nick porter and i surface after swimming with them for the 1st time. in a critical. week for a lot of. the scale of what we are witnessing only really becomes apparent once

. >>> fatal shark attack. the first shark incident in maine in ten years. could it have been a great white? red flags flying right now after several sightings in new york. the warnings from beachgoers right now. >>> and the heroic rescue caught on camera.an unconscious drivert of his smoking car right before the vehicle was suddenly engulfed in flames. >> i've got a show to do! >>> remembering regis philbin. the tribute for those who knew the morning maestro best and this morning, our interview with his longtime co-host kelly ripa only on "gma." >>> and we do say good morning, america, and it's great to be with you on this busy tuesday morning. dr. fauci standing by to talk with you in just a bit, george. >> that's right, robin. so many questions this morning on re-openings, vaccines, sports, plus a series of controversial tweets from president trump overnight including an attack on dr. fauci d it com a aosthuny. covid-19 hospitalizations are on the rise in at least 40 states and the death toll is increasing in 28. >> hard hit florida is one of those states

people swimming together can be confusing to the shark. >> there have been 13 shark attacks this yearo of them fatal, and the first ever fatal shark attack in maine as you mentioned this weekend. shark attacks are still considered extremely well done like rare and odds are one in 12 million. >> mike: thanks a lot laura. up next, why president trump is moving thousands of american troops out of germany but first, beyond our borders. german police investigating the disappearance in 2,007 of a british girl in portugal. they searched a garden plot on the outskirts of hanover for the third day in a row. police are using excavators, sniffer dogs, shovels an an end raikes. madeline mccann was three when she vanished from her parents holiday apartment. a person already in prison is the suspect. the first batch of french maid of fighter jets arrived at an air force base. they are seeking to modernize the therapy and a 16-year-old girl in afghanistan pursues motorcross as a way to show afghan women can be tough in a country where concerns are growing that part of the current rights might be los

the media tends to focus on sharks. is the event that happened off of the coast of maine. it is certainly a tragic event, but what we are seeing all over the coastlines of the u.s. is typical of what usually happens in the summer, as people go in and around the water. >> dana: a pleasure to have you. hopefully people will be safe, and we won't have to have you back. and thank you for joining us. i'm dana perino. i will see you on "the five." bill, you will not see me in the ocean. >> bill: it is nightmare stuff. nice to see you. see you at 5:00. watching the hearing that continues on the hill, the top tech ceos testifying. some of it has been very interesting. some of it has been dry as dirt. the we are watching out for you all our. meanwhile, i'm bill hemmer live in new york. the president is in the heart of texas oil country. so the deaths on the rise

fisherman snagging a shark and getting a surprise. 13 shark atacts in the united states. 2 in california and the first ever in maine on monday by a great white shark. maine and massachusetts told people just go into the water to your ankles. be safe. >> dana: maybe just my toes. that's as far as i would go. thank you, laura. ferguson, missouri on edge after a prosecutor announced the former police officers who shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown in 2014 won't face charges. mike has more. >> the protests have been minimal. we don't know of any reports of destruction. a small crowd gathered outside of the ferguson market. there was not a lot of destruction. all of this comes after the new st. louis prosecutor decided not to move forward with charges against the white police officers who shot and killed mike brown. >> i want to be clear that our investigation did not exonerate willis. the question whether we can prove a case at trial is different than clearing him of any and all wrongdoing. there are so many points at which dan wilson could have handled the situation differently and m

if there's fish food, meaning shark food, then there will be sharks there.umans can be mistaken as seals often, so the number one tip is stay away from the shark food. >> juan: that's a good move. the final thing, the only news here is people say it's warmer waters and that's why the sharks are coming in. what do you think? >> dana: i discount that. we had a shark expert on today that said this is a pretty typical year for shark attacks and we know that they happen. i do feel the family, and i imagine every time they close their eyes they have a horrible image in their mind. it is scary and that's why i don't ever go in past my ankles into the ocean but i have great respect for everything that lives under the water. >> greg: you can't swim, can you dana? >> dana: i will go in a pool, but i will go in the ocean. >> greg: okay, you can't swim. [laughs] >> juan: up next, jesse has a hair news update, next for you on "the five." it turns out i have tardive dyskinesia, a condition that may be related to important medications i take for my bipolar disorder. tardiv

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. >>> and deadly shark attack. paramedics arriving by helicopter in a desperate teto se thttjuhreeth ag >>> good eveni. it's great to have you with us on this fourth of july saturday. i'm whit johnson, in for tom llamas tonight. and we begin with this american holiday celebrated in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic and more people testing positive than ever before. records shattered in recent days. the curve is not flattening. more than 2,786,000 confirmed cases in this country. and tonight, florida reporting more than 11,000 cases in the past 24 hours. all beaches are closed in three south florida counties, including miami-dade this weekend. texas also reporting a record today, more than 8,000 cases in just a day. some hospitals now at 100% capacity. patients are being diverted. hospitalizations in arizona also continuing to rise. and after calis,rn's early an the most popular beaches to close during the holiday. but where the coast is open, people are there. in new hampshire, doing their best to keep social

on the east coast, we have some shark sightings.hey are rattling folks for a very good reason. police now say they will use helicopters to keep an eye out for the sharks. this comes after a great white killed a woman in the state of man. first shark attack on record. laura, how's it going today? >> hey, bill, we just had a helicopter flight very low bias, and that is something that we will be seeing a lot moving forward. beachgoers all up and down, these extra measures put in place both in the air and in the water so that there can be a better alert system with predators on the water that people may not be able to see on their own. so things have really been heating up this week. they announced that they are putting up enhanced helicopter patrols all along the coastline, making multiple paths, looking for anything lurking under the water. there have been several reported shark setting since monday along two of the most popular beaches on long island, and what was believed to be bull shark sightings. they like warm, shallow water and

this is a close call of a boy rescued before a shark attack. police say an off-duty officer was at the beach when several people started yelling "shark." you can see the officer jumps in, pulls that boy to safety just before that shark got really close to him. so the shark is only a couple of feet away, but that was just scary. look at that. just in time. thankful people were watching out. >>> all right. well, you know what? the temperatures here on the coast, not so good for getting in the water today, kari. a little bit too cold out there. >> especially if there are sharks out there. oh, my goodness, that was way too close. let's get a look at this fog and the drizzle we have going on right now in san francisco. you can even take a look at the camera and see the drizzle on the lens there. i want to show you another vantage point as we look from the north bay checking out the view from mount tam. and we can see that it's clear here, but then as you get closer to the bay and the city, we are seeing some fog rolling by. so it's not everywhere. w

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the summer of the shark.t all began on july 6th when 8-year-old jesse arbogast had his arm ripped off from a shark. from then on, any incident involving the fish, no matter the severity, was covered and chute sni scrutinized. george burgess said he received a total of 900 that month. it was only that anybody could talk about until september 11 knocked the shark out of the news. in end, the number of attacks that year. 76 worldwide. nine fewer than the year before. the number of shark-related fatalities actually decreased from 12 in 2000 to five in 2001. or you can think about last year when reports in american deaths in the dominican republic can led to terrifying headlines, conspiracy theories and a crash in tourism in the country. when ten americans died in the d.r. from january to june 2019 some from natural causes some not. when you look at the raw numbers, these deaths while tragic, are not out of ordinary. 13 americans died in the d.r. in 2018 from nonactual causes. in 2017, the state department said 17

. >>> shark sightings. at the height of the beach season swimmers on high alert after that deadly great white attack in maine. new york bea this morning new precautions lifeguards are taking with help from helicopters, and the reasons sharks may be coming closer to shore right now. >>> all eyes on center court. basketball is bouncing back. the nba finally pressing play on .t llblighly anticipated r courtside seats for tip-off tonight. >> unlike any other. >>> and the countdown is on. ♪ >> to "black is king." the world just hours away from beyonce's powerful visual album. this morning, an exclusive message from the queen herself revealing never-before-seen footage only on "gma." >>> and we do say good morning, america. we are delighted to be with you on this thankful thursday and we are so looking forward to hearing from beyonce. as amy just said, george, the countdown is on. >> yeah, it is on. it is coming soon. we're looking forward to that. >>> we begin with the latest on the coronavirus emergency. more t

the shark was just a few feet away. >> i just pointed to the shark and i said hey, there's a shark over there. that's why you out of the water. i just do the right thing. >>> the boy was on vacation with his family from oklahoma. by the, florida accounts for the most shark attacks in the estate. last year there were 21 recorded shark attacks in florida with no fatalities. took the 49ers are telling rookies to report to training camp on thursday. the players will be tested for covid-19 at a special trailer just inside the gates of their santa clara practice facility. injured players and quarterbacks will also report on thursday. the rest of the team start training camp next week. >>> the nfl cleared a major hurdle for starting the nfl season and making sure players are safe and healthy. the nfl and the players union agree to test players for the coronavirus every day. at least for the first two weeks of training camp. testing would then be reduced as long as a positive rate stays under 5%. in the meantime there reports that the nfl as players to play no preseason games. the nfl wanted tw

. >>> coming up, a possible explanation for increase in shark activity. also, theater company's across the country coming together to help children to talk to their children about racism. we will talk to the lead actor in the kids play about racism. also, many parents and teachers are anxious about the upcoming school year. this morning, we will talk with the public health expert from john hoskins about how to reopen school safely across the country. 's comic truck hurricane aci is getting stronger moving through the bahamas and still on track to hit the u.s.. it's a category one storm with winds more than 80 miles per hour after beating a portico. hurricanes that expected to pound the bahamas today and tomorrow before moving to florida. then it's expected to move up the east coast and as far north of new england next week. >>> a string of shark sightings over the past week or so in new england. there's been an increase of shark activity during this warmer summer months. marine biologists are reminding swimmers and surfers that sharks are almost always lo

>> well, first of all, you should know that shark attack is incredibly rare and even shark fatalitiesorld in an average year and fewer than 5% of all shark attacks are actually fatal, so don't let sharks keep you from getting in the water. you're not very likely to be attacked, in fact, if you see a shark it means that the environment that you're in is healthy. ainsley: what do we do if we are in the water and we are one of the rare individuals that the shark is coming for you, what do you do? do you poke them in the eye, we heard different things? >> well, sharks are opportunistic, they -- their normal prey has spikes an claws and sharks are careful and long-lived creatures. they would rather scavage something dead than go after something live that can hurt them. the best thing to do if you see a shark is just to relax, be mellow, don't splash around and don't start screaming, don't act like bait because they are not out to eat you. ainsley: all right. stay calm if you see a shark. toby, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. ainsley: you're welcome. covid-19 tops top 150

also can the whale sharks, we think well sharks can reach up to 100 years old. at the moment. these are long—lived species. and it'sjust incredibly upsetting to see them being pulled out of the ocean in such a way. indeed so. the french president emmanuel macron says the european union is approaching a defining moment. the leaders of the 27 eu countries are face to face this afternoon in brussels, for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. all of them are wearing masks, none of the warm embraces that we normally see at the beginning of eu summit. the big issue on the agenda is the future of the recovery fund. in may, the european commission presented a 750 billion euro plan to help countries overcome the economic shock of the coronavirus. under that plan, 500bn euros would be distributed to the worst hit countries in the form of grants rather than loans, which would mean most of it is never paid back. all 27 members understand the seriousness of the situation. but there are four northern european countries — austria, denmark, sweden and the netherla

sightings. >> the bull shark should not be treated lightly.an do substantial damage >> reporter: some scientists say climate change and warmer waters in recent years are attracting more to the northeast. but this is the founder of an organization that tags and tracks sharks. he says the researchers have followed them all the way to canada for years is this due to warmer weather? >> i don't believe it has anything to do with warmer weather. they handle a broad range of >> reporter: meaning a steady increase in the shark and seal populations over the last two temperatures a small shift in temperatures is not going to move them a lot i think it has to do with the steady recovery of white sharks which should be celebrated on the east coast >> reporter: meaning a steady increase in the shark and seal populations over the last two decade >> and gabe, you mentioned the victim was wearing a wet suit. so what are experts saying about that. >> reporter: yeah, hoda. we always hear those warnings about not wearing shiny jewelry when going in the water. ex