the crown of thorn star fish is growing rapidly in number. the fish feed on the coral. and ocean warming is bleaching the coral. the scientists say this prevents the reef from recovering after cyclone damage. they worn coral cover could halve again by the end of the next decade if current trends continue. >> we believe that if we can take action on one of the things we can directly control, the crown of thorn starfish, it may leave the reef in a position where it can better withstand some of these climatic impacts. >> the reef extends more than 2,000 kilometers off the coast of northeastern australia. >>> officials and locals in india pulled together to pull one endangered species from the mud. they spent ten hours digging an indian rhinoceros from a swamp in the northeastern state. about 2,300 rhinos live in the national park, two-thirds of the world's population of the endangered animal. one of the rhinos strayed from the park after it was hit by flooding. it got stuck in mud under a bridge. locals used earth movers to free the animal. they returned it to the forest.

one species, the crown of thorns, has proven especially deadly for the coral cover. >> we believe if we can take action on one of the things we can directly control, the crown of thorns starfish, it may leave the reef in a position where it can better withstand some of the climatic impact spite cyclone and coral bleaching. >> regardless of what is causing the damage, brain biologists say action needs to be taken now to save the reef. >> with the same conditions over the next 10 years, we would see a further reduction by half of the coral cover. >> that would almost certainly have a negative impact on australia's economy. the great barrier reef's tourism and fishing industries generate revenue of several billion year as a year. >> that is all we have time for. stay with us. we'll have more news at top of the hour. >> if need more information, check out our website, www.dw.de.

john thorn writing in the christian science monitor noted that when he passed in the street, the young men would call out, hello, chris. they knew his face. would laugh and say hello always. this is the right way to deal with our people, he said. libyan friends said he was always ready to put his country first. he shone by being himself, interested in the lives of ordinary people. his death was met with shock and sadness in libya. feelings with regard to americans that are rare in that part of the world these days. for me that judgment captures key characteristics of chris and his approach to life and work. secretary of state hillary clinton noted chris's swearing in as ambassador to libya on an earlier tour, he was visiting roman ruins at one of the tourist sites in libya. he was trailed by gadhafi security men who were obviously intimidating to other tourists. as she recounted it, he reached over to one of the men, stole his camera out of his hands and started taking pictures of the men who had been following him. they were so dumbfounded that they had to laugh. after a quick convers

the coral in the great barrier reef has declined largely due to both tropical storms, a crown of thornsthat feeds on the coral up to 40% declined just from the starfish alone and of course climate change and coral bleaching. >> so storms, starfish, climate change. what can we do to stop the coral loss? >> well, this is some scary news. this is much more than anyone expected. but there is a little bit of a silver lining. we believe the crown of thorns starfish in their larva stages grow faster because of runoff and fertilizer off the coast of australia. so scientists are calling for vehicler controls on that runoff going into the reef which may help to reduce the population of the crown of thorns starfish and hopefully relieve some of the pressure. they believe up to 42% of the decline of the great barrier reef has been caused by extreme outbreaks of these crown of thorns starfish. so hopefully reducing runoff can have a positive impact and allow the reef to recover to a certain degree at least. >> i think that's a surprise to some people when you started listing the storms and climate c

reporter: she was air rifted from a military hospital -- airlifted from a military hospital and rushed to thorn england to receive emergency medical care as doctors battled to save her life. the 14-year-old girl needs immediate treatment to repair her damaged skull and long term neurorehab after the taliban stormed her school bus last week shooting her in the head and neck and wounding two other students. all because malala was might fighting for the rights of girls to have -- was fighting for rights of girls to have an education. >> inspiration to young people it was a cowardly attack on her and her friends trying retaliate for her own campaign for good access to education for girls in pakistan. >> reporter: pakistani officials are on the hunt for her attackers. they arrested 100 men last week, but later released them. they believe assassins are still on the loose. taliban vowed to target her again until they killed her. attack on this young activist sparked worldwide condemnation and anger. in her own country there was an outpouring of grief with tens of thousands of people praying for her ac

cyclones account for nearly 50% of the destruction. 40% has been damaged by crown of thorns starfish. 10% has been done by coral bleaching which has been caused by rising water temperatures and increase the city. the result, a global climate change. >> as nothing else changes, the outlook looks pretty bad. the paper we just had published suggests that it was the same conditions over the next 10 years, we would see further reduction by half. remember, these changes are happening before the major impact of climate change kicks in. >> the government says they are spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to protect the great barrier reef. the u.n. says that unless more is done, the reef risks losing its world heritage list davis. this would turn into a political and ecological disaster. it has just been stand by google. are these pictures about to go from being an up-to-date window on the "masterpiece to a collection for an archive? >> a thrilling sport tradition or a crow and antiquated form of entertainment? in mexico, the debate is raging on whether to ban bullfighting. >> it is

for years, he has been a thorn on the side of u.s. policy in latin america. he a good job as has been reelected for a fourth term as president. -- to vote chavez has been reelected for a fourth term as president. he promises to continue this socialist revolution. >> this had been billed as a tight race, but in the end, the results came quickly after the final polling stations had closed. it gave mr. job as a clear 10- point lead. -- mr. chavez a clear 10-point lead. >> to those who are always trying to deny all the good things that happened in venezuela, invite them to dialogue, to debate, and to work together. >> his followers were jubilant. >> he has given free health care systems, he has given houses. >> we have the best president in the world. the women love him and we're going forward and we are growing. >> just as the politics and venezuela is on the rise, others will be commiserating. opposition candidate standing for a coalition of parties conceded defeat. with its promises to maintain social programs but also encourage private business, he managed to

reporter: she was air rifted from a military hospital -- airlifted from a military hospital and rushed to thorn england to receive emergency medical care as doctors battled to save her life. the 14-year-old girl needs immediate treatment to repair her damaged skull and long term neurorehab after the taliban stormed her school bus last week shooting her in the head and neck and wounding two other students. all because malala was might fighting for the rights of girls to have -- was fighting for rights of girls to have an education. >> inspiration to young people it was a cowardly attack on her and her friends trying retaliate for her own campaign for good access to education for girls in pakistan. >> reporter: pakistani officials are on the hunt for her attackers. they arrested 100 men last week, but later released them. they believe assassins are still on the loose. taliban vowed to target her again until they killed her. at on this young activist sparked worldwide condemnation and anger. in her own country there was an outpouring of grief with tens of thousands of people praying for her across

cyclones account for 25% of the destruction, the rest attributed to the crown of thorns starfish. 10% of the damage has come from was been called coral bleaching. a result of global climate change. >> if nothing else changes, the outlook looks bad. we just had a paper published suggesting that over the next 10 years we would see further reductions by half. >> the australian government says they're spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to protect the great barrier reef, but the united nations says that they risk losing the world heritage status, turning this into not only an ecological disaster, but a financial and political one as well. >> they are now visible through google, but are these pictures about to go from being an up-to- date window on an aquatics masterpiece to a collection from an archive of a disappearing world? >> the education system that is a national machine turning up highly motivated students, what happens if a child does not fit the stereotype? our correspondent has been taking a look at a very different side of south korean education. >> to be successful

she draws a rope studded with thorns through her tongue. her blood, dripping down the rope onto bark paper, will be burned as an offering to the gods to insure that the cycle of life would endure. the story continues in a second relief. lady xok, perhaps in a pain-induced trance, has a vision. from the mouth of a giant serpent her ancestor emerges as an armed warrior. in a third relief she appears again, arming her husband with a shield and jaguar-helmet in preparation for war. in the absence of a central authority, the various petty kingdoms inevitably battled for control of resources. palenque waged war against tonina, a warlike city-state lodged in the rugged mountains to the south. their grim rivalry persisted for generations. themes of war, sacrifice and captivity became common in maya art, documenting the impact of internecine warfare on court life. warriors... ready for the call of battle... the triumphant return from war... the display and humiliation of prisoners. maya warfare focused on the capture of live opponents especially the

. >> reporter: for years, she was a thorn in the taliban's side. when they closed her school, she dared to speak out, fighting for the right of all girls to an education. >> i want to get my education and i want to become a doctor. >> reporter: when the taliban couldn't silence her, they targeted her. earlier this week, a gunman shot her in the head on the way home from school. that attack led to massive outrage. pakistanis uniting to denounce the taliban. even the christians, a small minority, are now praying for her. >> no matter what their political ideologies are. >> reporter: now the hope is her attack is a turning point. turning the entire country against the taliban once and for all. >> extraordinary little girl. >>> in other new this is morning, the meningitiso outbrek continues to spread. 205 people have now been sickened so far. the death toll stands at 15 in 14 states. tennessee being the hardest hit. the cases have been linked to steroid shots for back pain from a pharmacy in massachusetts. >>> and peanut butter recall is expending. it

for years, she had been a thorn in the side of the pakistani taliban.he defied them by campaigning for better education for girls and openly criticized the extremists. where she lives, girls were long forbidden from going to school. islamic militants battled the government for control over the region for years. many admire how malala spoke out against talibani rule. >> we pray for her and that others can embrace her views. >> women's protests have been gaining momentum in morocco as well. the fate of a teenage girl has galvanized support for an end to forced marriage. the girl was 15 when she was raped by a man 10 years her senior, so her family could save face, they marry her off to the rapist. she later killed herself with rat poison. >> he had to marry her. people were talking badly about my daughter. she lost her honor. no one would have taken her. >> moroccan law allows a rapist to avoid jail if he marries his victim. for the man, it is a way out. for her, it was a death sentence. >> to talk more about this, i am joined by the head of planned inter

the aforementioned norquist, thorn in side of democrats and republicans. great to have you. >> go to be with you. >> neil: people think the tax issue is those op upper income that will go up. as it stands now, all taxes will go up. from the bottom 10% to 15%. you argue that nothing puts chill in the economy more than that. >> absolutely. we ought not to be raising taxes. the pledge by biden is pledge to american people that they'll oppose any and all tax increases. biden wants to pretend it's for the upper income people. for all the taxpayers. one thing to keep in mind. the promise that obama made four years ago never to raise taxes on anyone who less than $250,000 a year has been replaced. biden didn't get the memo. what he said starting august 8 in grand junction, colorado, the new plan is no income tax increase next year. >> neil: we know taxes will go up, healthcare law, medical devices and host of others. selling a home, assets, et cetera. what else? >> that's what we don't know. he's promising that for one year he won't raise incomes taxes. we know t

. >> we believe if we can take action, the crown of thorn star fish, it may leave the reef in a position that can better withstand the climactic impact. >> the great barrier reef extends more than 2,000 kilometers off the coast of northeastern australia and is a world heritage site. >>> a gallery of japanese art has opened at an art museum in melbourne, australia. a ceremony was held on tuesday for the opening of the paulen gander gallery of japanese art named after gandel who donated her collection of japanese art. they performed a japanese ritual to celebrate the opening and the exhibits ilude auddhist statue from the 8th to 12th heod to 19th by ku isy. changed our daily lives over the past century anda ue of what the next technologicalch electronics shows. this is the inside line. sit ne esenti t lates proct t s whlsdelod istewi ama ne eris gwi mke f pruc f tnsto ihi t th0 kilogrs.asy rrmore delo t oer iciodece muajote thid irodenyapeseltric nes aexndg w/ rk. >>> tuinsierntgo. people in the phi sthn ian o ja e alg th t effects of storms nearby. a couple of tropical systems ar herg or

these are nasty looking things with big giant thorns on them.dators and taking over the reef. and they eat the coral. that is the issue. here it is. 1600 miles of the great barrier reef right there. that's australia. here's what it looks like from space. almost more like tiny little islands that don't get the surface. you dive below to take a look at it. beautiful from space. you talk about the coral bleaching that's when the coral loses its color, loses some of the polys and the chlorophyll, it goes away because of the warmer water that we've been experiencing problem bla because manmade. global warming. but this is the guy. 20 arms on this. so it's not a star at all. but it's a crown of thorn star fish. it can be 30 inches across. it throws up its stomach acid on to the coral then dissolves the rock with that acid and then eats it again. sounds like a great guy. the problem with this here is that because there's been so much run offfrom some of the industrial plants and some of the farmlands around here that's causing algae bloom. the algae bl

. >> we believe if we can take action, the crown of thorn star fish, it may leave the reef in a position that can better withstand the climactic impact. >> the great barrier reef extends more than 2,000 kilometers off the coast of northeastern australia and is a world heritage site. >>> a gallery of japanese art has opened at an art museum in melbourne, australia. a ceremony was held on tuesday for the opening of the paulen gander gallery of japanese art named after gandel who donated her collection of japanese art. they performed a japanese ritual to celebrate the opening and the exhibits include a buddhist statue from the 8th to 12th century and a hanging scroll by an 18th century artist. it has drawings by hokusai that show ordinary people in the edo period from the 17th to 19th century and modern lacquerware is also on display. >>> technology changed our daily lives over the past century and more. who can now imagine life without electric light bulbs or more recently smartphones. to answer the question of what the next technological game changer might be, we went to one of japan's la

. >> reporter: jimmy thorn believes offices have a right to show off their body art.e says he's tattooed lots of police. >> never on their hands or neck but they have large forearm pieces. as people they're interested in art. >> reporter: the ban applies to all of britain's 52,000 officers. those who already have visible markings are being ordered to tell their managers in writing or risk being fired. chris ozo has plenty of tattoos but believes officers should not. >> i think policemen should be with clean hands and clean neck and face. >> reporter: some police leaders argue visible at trues are a good thing -- tattoos are a good thing because they can help officers break the ice with teenagers in rough areas of london. >> they look at officer's tattoo and they want to talk about the artwork. >> reporter: ian has been a police officer for 25 years. while he doesn't have any tattoos, he says it shouldn't matter if others on the force do. >> people tend to call the police when they need something, when they're -- quite often in a crisis. perhaps the last thing on their

scourged before taken $o the hill, that is the arduous process to get there, he was crowned with thornshe was spit upon or smote or hit on head. >> we certainly don't get a sense of the violence that attends the trial and the execution of jesus. we don't get that in the gospels at all. >> there's no mention -- let me clarify, there's no mention of scourging in john. and that brings us to another interesting question that we can raise with you and we're joined on the live line and he's actually been listening to us and he may choose to comment on what you've said thus far david brickner who is the executive director of jews for jesus which is celebrating, i believe, it's 30th year, is that right, gaifd brickner? >> it's good to be with you, john. on the cornerstone of our headquarters it says jews for jesus established 32 a.d. give or take a year but the organization you're right, it's celebrated its 30th year this past year. >> there are two ways of looking at the gospel texts. and one of the ways, they're not in conflict but one is the emphasis on the atonement, the redemption, incarna

losing catherine off reports the way he uses the nation's oil wealth will ensure that he'll remain a thorn certainly at the very least in the side of washington. six years on the to the top but maybe at its worst celebration with the workers as one party that one treats here that is not only here. to join in on. it. it's a victory that supporters say has implications far beyond this country's borders talley's chavez is the father of south america all the presidents with friends among each other latin america understand the understand the significance of chavis for the world that's rising up from its knees for the world of equality for the world without usually a vampire without the gemini if you wish and that's precisely what makes many western governments nervous venezuela could be an example for other countries i mean here you have a country that is saying that the polarization of wealth which we see not just in one country not just in two countries but globally is completely toxic and must be addressed and that there must be a redistribution of wealth this is antithetical to what's been

syria bound planes prime minister everyone and chancellor merkel try to see eye to eye on syria one thorn in their talks is turkey's drawn out e.u. membership application at the once patience is running out giving a ten year deadline to let it join or turkey look elsewhere one german m.p. told us that there's a fine line between keeping turkey on side while keeping it at arm's length. the german capital has a huge interest in turkey as a market and geo politico. in the middle. to do with their own. interventionist policy the human rights situation in turkey is terrible for over one hundred journalists in prison in turkey over ten thousand political prisoners and therefore the turkish government coming to europe and talking about integration and human rights but not defending human rights in turkey and the turkish government they are making escalation politics to war to war against syria educating al-qaeda militants they are educating the free syrian army soldiers and they are passing them weapons turkey is a nato member state and turkey is not acting without this. conference with washingt

the one guy i know who predicted something like this is my pal john thorn, the mlb historian. he picked the nats and yankees to meet in the world series. >> schieffer: let's talk about something tony lasorda brought up and that is stephen straussberg. i think it is indicative of baseball as we know it today and the baseball of yesterday. you know, when i was growing up, you played right through your injuries. and the other part is, pitchers pitched nine innings. where did we get this deal with pitchers only pitch six innings now? i mean, conditioning is better. diet is better. training is better. and yet our pitchers can't pitch nine inning any more. we think they're doing great if they pitch just six innings and with strausberg, of course, he had the arm surgery, and they didn't him to wear himself out this year, so they shut him down when the pennant was still in doubt. really the play-off who was going to be first was still very much in doubt. >> one of the things that's really constructive for me is to compare him to sandy koufax in the 1965 world series when he started th

high impact thorn, high threat for power outages.we have been showing you this map for the last several days. we do think a lot of people will lose power. you can check out our apps and storm field. if you live in an area, you can get alerts. >> again, it will come up in a little bit. >> thanks, mike. even though we're not on the air, we'll still track sandy on the web at abc2.com/hurricane. you can find safety tips and getting more information and download the mobile app. ans you see, we are running a lot of closings and delays for tomorrow as we continue to track hurricane sandy. >> the stock market is going to be closed tomorrow >>> no wheeling and dealing on wall street. >> we're worried about what kind of damage sandy will do here in baltimore but she is causing problems all over the country. we'll find out more about the national impact. >> what you should be doing before the storm. sandy right after the break. $%c1 teacher: this is west virginia, pennsylvania, delaware. and this is maryland. every year marylanders spend five h

. >>> new thorn, the nobel prize in economics goes to two americans for their theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design. >> it is 5:41 right now. fearless felix lived to tell about his history-making jump. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it rolled into the californa science center yesterday afternoon... a mere 17 hours late. it took more than two days for the shuttle to incs way across 12 miles of roadm l-a-x. dozens of trees were cut down and traffic ss >>> the space shuttle endeavour is finally home in the california science center. >> it looked really cool and this is my first time seeing it. >> she loved it. police say there were no problems, not a single arrest and i would say hundreds of thousands, maybe millions packed the streets to take a look at it. >> she's right, it was really cool. it came within inches of trees. >> it was like a movie. >> low clouds today, temperatures warmer for most of the day. we have offshore wind scheduled to move in and we'll have gorgeous weather. high pressure just beginning to build in with a system to our north. energy will stay knot of th

>> many people saying it is a piece of not thorne but you also have the voter identification laws in several states that this is all of a piece not to eliminate the vote or not to try to convince people to go in another direction but to actively suppress people from voting or get them to change their vote based on their interest. so it is not so secret weapon but it is one that's a part of a broader arse that will that they've been using for many months now to get people to double think and think twice about whether or not they're going to cast their vote for president obama if they choose to. >> eliot: fascinating issue of speech and coercion and what is and is not proper for an employer. fascinating issues. mike elk staff writer for "in these times," thank you for shining light on this. joe williams, thank you for being here on the set in new york. >> in the flesh. >> eliot: a voice of sanity on the right and would you jack you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how

senator thorn hatch and jeff sessions urging geithner to reveal when we will reach it and how to prolong the deadline. he expects the nearest by the end of 2012. the lack of transparency is unacceptable. since the president took office in january 2, 0009, by the way only 827,000 people have been added to the labor force. .82 million have been added not to the neighbor force. >> we are a few weeks from election day. a >> are those states the only ones that matter? dick poor says if he wants to win the election he needs to look beyond the states of ohio and florida. >> my case here remember how i was on your show in 2010 about three weeks before the election day said raise your sites go after the seats you didn't think you could win? you have already won the seats you thought you could win the republican party did that and instead of 40 they got over 60 in now it is time to not just focus on florida, ohio, virginia and nevada but instead go to the next tier of states, pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, minnesota and maybe even new jersey. >> karl rove advanced that same kind of theory. >>

. >> reporter: for years, the girl was a thorn in the taliban's side. when they closed her school she dae dared to speak out fighting for the right of all girls for an education. this is what she told "the new york times." >> i want to get my education and i want to become a doctor. >> reporter: when the taliban couldn't silence her they targeted her. earlier this week a gunman shot herren the head on the way home from school. that attack led to massive outrage, ordinary pakistanis uniting to denounce the taliban. each the country's christians a small minority are now praying for the girl. >> ihas the united the entire nation. everybody feeling the same way. right, left, center, people, what their ideologies are. >> the hope is her attack is a turning point, turning the country against the taliban once and for all. mohamed lila, islamabad. >> in britain getting care. amazing this bullet was, actually entered through her left temple and rested on her spine. she did not suffer any significant brain damage. amidst all of that. >> quoted a doctor, a 70% of

we have to be careful of the heavy duty thorns but they're great to grow up a trellis and you can prune them in any direction. this is heavenly bamboo. this is a neat shrub because it gives you gold and red foliage this time of year. >> they hang on to their leaves all winter. >> pretty much. they're semi evergreen so they keep going. >> pretty tolerant. >> i have more of these than anything else at my house. >> do they need a male-female arrangement? >> no, they're fine and you can get some that grow a foot or two high up to five or six feet tall. this is beauty berry, wonderful, extraordinarily dense shrub and wildlife love the shelter and birds love the berries. >> go to the garden center, find out. read up on it on the internet. what a resource the internet is. >> look for berry treasure but spell berry right. >> thanks for joining us this morning. >> if you have a gardening question, send it to sunday gardener, wbaltv.com -- >> you're watching wbal-tv 11, live, local, late breaking. this is 11 news sunday morning. >> welcome back to 11 news sunday morning, thanks for joining us. >>

. >> his been a thorn in the sun the police in florida for four years, but after numerous sightings and close calls police finally have their monkey. over the years as bennett, a ball game of catch me if you can as a wildlife experts try to round up the monkey. but wildlife experts finally tracked down the 45 lb neighborhood nuisance, tranquilized him. he will be treated and shipped off. >> illegal battle over who should treat for obie, an overweight dogs. she. appeared on shows showing him. and now they are suing her to get him back. there will argue their case in court rooms monday morning. he really should lose a few. >> ok. the time is now is 6:42. 62 degrees. still ahead, and of the top stories. >> and looked at your morning commute. a busy right. west side accident blocking lanes, and another in elkridge around route 1. >> and the weather is pretty mild right now. but that will change. the low clouds, fog and a little drizzle in some spots. drizzle in some spots. stay >> welcome back. 6:44. an overnight shooting in east baltimore cents a man to the hospital. happen after a 11:00 p

exxon mobile in thorns suffered power failure. chevron pipeline shut down last month and richmond, california plant is operating at reduced capacity after a fire in augus august. for drivers like ryan who greatly depend on gas for work t burden this wk price hike is alst too much to bear. he cleans pools and says he has no choice but to drive a gas guzzling truck. >> i try to take a smaller car i can't fit everything. >>reporter: other drivers just as frustrated. some point blame at the oil company. >> every three-month they make like 3 billion dollar in profit but they don't realize that how the economy is suffering. how the small business is sivshtion at a time when drivers are used to seeing prices drop, sudden surge is making a dent in the pocket book. many folk are wondering when it will get better. >> makes me want to pay more attention to the presidential election coming up. so i want to see what they have to say on the >>reporter: one more note. experts say we can expect gas prices to continue to climb for the time being.

to blame including rising ocean temperatures, tropical cyclones and a predator called the crown of thornsthe former penn state gradual assistant who's testify helped convict jerry sandusky of child molestation has filed a lawsuit against the university saying it retaliated against him. mike mcqueary testified against sandusky saying he saw sandusky showering with a young boy on campus. he is second -- seeking millions of the dollars in compensation. the penn state administration had no immediate comment on the lawsuit. >>> a plan to outsource dozens of police jobs. >> and another night of celebrating at the oakland coliseum. the a's have done the unthinkable setting up a huge game tomorrow. game tomorrow. >> our chief meteorologis [ male announcer ] citibank's app for ipad makes it easy for anne to manage her finances when she's on the go. even when she's not going anywhere. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason...to look twice. introducing a stunning work of technology -- the entirely new lexus es. and the first-ever es hyb