location and released back into the wild but it's not just bears who find a haven here this is wolf island. here wolf pups have been captured by hunters or bought from zoos have a second chance at life and conservationists have a unique opportunity to observe them these walls are all around four months old and they'll stay in this area for up to three years then most will go back to the wild for good just viewing them from the car was an experience in itself but then after a bit of a bumpy ride came an opportunity i just couldn't pass up. and this is where i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to a place called wolf island a chance to get close and personal with the locals and it's these guys are going to act as pasta parents for the next generation will come here using the older walls as a surrogate parents has already proved a successful technique. every place infant wolves with one year old wolf cubs his parental instinct is totally shaped and they take them as their own cubs it's an important part of the world's development and a major factor in the success of a project which has

and this is what i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to a place called wolf island a chance to get up close and personal with the locals and it's these guys are going to act as foster parents for the next generation will come here. using the old rules as surrogate parents has already proved a successful technique. every place infant wolves with one year old wolf cubs his parental instinct is totally shaped and they take them as their own cubs it's an important part of the world's development and a major factor in the success of a project which has seen more than twenty generations of cubs grow up here it's going to continue to take time and money to rehabilitate the reputation in russia. but the keepers here hope their research and dedication mean that wolf island remains a place where visitors can truly understand of the wild. so . why is the pressure so low. go in there and get rid of the oil. my name is mohammed repeat i'm forty seven years old i dismantle old ships i've spent thirty two years of my life here. about to. get down from there. and most workers come from the nor

but the keepers here hope their research and dedication in the wolf island remains a place where visitors can truly understand the cool of the wild. game and. like a chromo started working here when he was twelve. and. do it again the flames gone out. ask him to open the top up. he is now training his brother. and. are. so sure.

reynolds wolf is live in coney island. >> reporter: we're expecting things to change quickly. first and foremost, we're going to see the surf begin to pick up. when that happens, we're going to have the threat of the rip currents that you talked about. but the second wave will come later on in the afternoon into the evening as we have a weather system that will be approaching from the west that will bring a chance of severe storms throughout the region, including here in new york. possibly some tornadoes, large hail, with damaging winds and maybe even flash flooding. right now the story we're talking about, first and foremost, the rip currents. our photo journalist with us. if we can pan off. the eastern seaboard but the direct effect will be the heavier waves. we expect not just through today and tomorrow, but possibly into monday as well where we could see waves topping five feet. the rip current threat, that's when you have water rushing on shore enhanced because of the storm itself. when it leaves the shoreline pulls away, tends to cut a channel through the sand bar. that'

weather channel's reynolds wolf is live in coney island. what are the conditions like there?> reporter: well, i'll tell you what, it's been a very interesting morning, alex. we had moments when the sun was out, it was spectacular. we had a band of shower activity that came through. we had torrential downpours, had heavy lightning, even reports of a possible tornado affecting not only queens but also flatbush toward the rockaways and there have been reports of damage, really not a surprise when you have this expectation of severe weather moving from west to east across the empire state here. another problem that we have is the potential of more weather later on today. our friends at the storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma, have posted a tornado watch in effect for much of the region until 9:00 p.m. eastern time. that's something that wouch out for. we have that storm system, alex. that's part one. the second part we have in today's double weather whammy is right along the coast. it's interesting to take a look at this tranquil setting here on coney island beach. s beca

wolf. we're going through it and i'm finding a lot of things we'd suspected we'd also seen in 2010 including investments or accounts that go through the cayman islands. a lot of different kinds of investment accounts overall. his auditor saying they're all perfectly legal, that he has paid all of the taxes owed and his tax rate 14.1%. why isn't it, wolf, the 35%, which is the marginal tax rate of someone who is as rich as mitt romney? that's because mitt romney as i said makes almost all of his money on investments. and investments are taxed at 15%. they are not taxed at 35% like work is in this country. like labor is or the work that a working person would do that you would, you know, an hourly worker at a company for example, wolf. >> that explains the 15% or so tax rate as opposed to the 35% which is the highest rate right now if president obama got his way would go back up to 39.6%, which is where it was during the clinton administration. he also released as we heard a summary of 20 years of taxes from 1990 to 2009. not all the tax returns, only two actual tax returns, 2010 and 2011. a summary of all the other years. >> that's right. >> you've b

island i should say where romney's hosting a private fundraiser. what's the latest reaction from the republican nominee, jim? >> reporter: wolfyork to do some fund raising. but earlier today he was in virginia where he continued with this theme that the president is showing weakness on foreign policy. but he did soften some of that super heated rhetoric that got him in some hot water with members of his own party. mitt romney steered around the controversy he started earlier this week when he accused president obama of sympathizing with the attackers on u.s. diplomats in the middle east. instead, romney opted to grieve for the victims. >> what a tragedy to lose such a wonderful, wonderful people. >> reporter: withineconds he was interrupted by a protester. >> i would off a moment of silence, but one gentleman doesn't want to be silent. so we're going to keep ongoing. >> reporter: while romney did go onto charge the president with seeking defense cuts that would weaken national security. >> as we watch the world today, sometimes it seems that we're at the mercy of events instead of shaping events. >> reporter: he stayed away f

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