around here that can be just about anyone. they are concerned enough they've called an emergency shrimp season and oyster season. basically what they're saying is, get out there, get your boats out there, get everything you can. because it's not if the oil comes in, it's when the oil comes in. sam champion, abc news, venice, louisiana. a kentucky coal mine where two miners have been killed has a long history of safety violations. a roof collapse about four miles inside the mine late wednesday killed both men. federal inspection records show the mine was cited 840 times for safety violations since january of last year. during that time, 11 orders to close portions of the mine were issued. the dean of harvard law school has denounced a private e-mail written by a student that got around on the internet. the "boston globe" reports stephanie grace, the student editor of the harvard law review, wrote "i absolutely do not rule out the possibility that african-americans are genetically predisposed to be less intelligent. she has since apologized to members of the harvard black law students' association. in a stirring memorial service and funeral, president obama remembered dorothy height as a civil rights leader who cared about the causes of justice, equality and opportunity. height was honored yesterday by hundreds of mourners at the washington national cathedral. the president said height belongs right up there with more well-known pioneers of the civil rights movement. >> they are leaders whose legacies we teach. they're giants who fill our history books. dr. dorothy height deserves a place in this pantheon. she too deserves a place in our history books. >> height was the long-time leader of the national council for negro women. she was awarded a presidential medal of freedom in 1994 and a congressional gold medal a decade later. dorothy height died last week at age 98. here's a look at your friday forecast. heavy rain, severe weather and flooding from wisconsin 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i'm fine. >> reporter: in the battle against suicide in its ranks, the army is fighting an elusive, often silent enemy. last year 160 active duty soldiers committed suicide. despite an unprecedented effort to address a problem. >> we've got so many opportunities out there for them but they're not taking advantage. because they don't see a need. they don't recognize that in themselves. >> reporter: which brings us back to these two soldiers. seemingly headed down the same path. at the depths of their despair, one soldier reached out for help. the other for a gun. >> i never thought it would come to this. >> reporter: six weeks after his return from battle, chris galloway stepped outside the family home and fired a single shot. >> daddy? >> daddy, yeah. he was told that daddy got very sick in afghanistan. we said it was afghanistan sickness and it made his heart stop. and he went to heaven. >> reporter: amanda house knows how close she came to a similar fate. >> i almost committed suicide. i had a plan and everything. >> reporter: finally, amanda was able to convince jim to seek treatment. amanda house and shannon galloway agree that for all the focus on the soldier, the suicide prevention effort must involve families for it to be successful. >> it's great that we're pushing the military member toward getting help by telling them ptsd is something that can be dealt with. what we need to do further is educate the family. >> i need to do whatever i can to honor chris so that his death is not in vain. there needs to be an easy way for the family member to go to the army and say, look, this person needs help. please help me get this person help. >> such a sad reality for so many families. and for shannon holloway, she said she did try and think about getting her husband help but he was up for promotion and she was afraid he might lose that. >> there's more resources for people who might be in that >> there's more resources for people who might be in that situation 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month 200 people were permanently forced from this apartment building after a year-long bedbug battle. >> they itch and they get under your skin. >> reporter: the city housing authority spent $500,000 to rid the building of the pests. it didn't work. they're in seattle, where bedbug calls to exterminators are up 70% in the last two years. >> they want your blood and that's just that. they want to eat. >> reporter: and they're in new york city, where there were nearly 11,000 bedbug complaints last year alone. >> about ten years ago we'd probably get one call, maybe, a year. now we get an average of about ten calls a day. >> reporter: blogs track and map the latest infestations. where there are now so many of the pests, the mayor has established a bedbug advisory committee. >> put it on your skin. >> reporter: it's here in new york city the blood suckers are making a buffet of my forearm. >> that bedbug is feeding. you can actually see the blood coming into it. >> reporter: we're doing this on purpose in jeremy ecker's kitchen. he'll use these bugs as bait for the latest weapon in the war on the insects. meet cruiser. a highly trained puggle. and his cohort, a beagle named freedom. they're working dogs trained to pick up a scent from bedbugs like the ones we've just fed with my blood. find a bug, get a treat. >> find a bug and get fed. the dogs only eat when they find bugs. >> reporter: ecker is part of a growing number of bedbug-sniffing dog owners. he gets $350 a pop for every apartment and house his canines check for infestation. and they are very good at finding bugs. researchers say a well-trained dog is more than 95% accurate at discovering even one small bedbug in a home. cruiser came to this apartment in nearby yonkers, new york, and sure enough. >> good boy! >> i couldn't believe it. a little dog like that, he knew exactly where they were. >> reporter: it's nita's bedroom that's infested. >> the arms to down here -- >> reporter: she showed us the tiny red bite marks covering her body. >> actually, they hit anywhere. they don't have a preference. >> reporter: meanwhile, at nina's. >> we definitely know the dog's smelling bedbugs along the left side of the bed. >> reporter: jeremy and his extermination team. >> bedbugs are hitchhikers. anybody can get them at any point in time. >> reporter: they're using an alternative to chemical treatments or freezing the creatures. >> we're going to max this thing out. see how it goes. >> you're going to cook them? >> oh, yeah, yeah, they're going to cook. >> reporter: these guys are essentially turning nina's house into a dry sauna. >> this is one of the toughest pests that we've seen. >> reporter: first, plastics and anything that can melt are removed. then heaters and blowers are brought in and turned on. the windows covered in foil, the temperature cranked up. 122 in here? it takes your breath away, whoo. >> yeah, it is hot. >> reporter: once it reaches around 120 throughout and stays there for nearly two hours, all of the bedbugs should roast to death. you can see what happens in this time lapse. the heat stirs up the bugs, makes them hop around. and eventually dries out their bodies, bakes them, before they stop scurrying for good. >> we really want to make sure that we exceed the temperature, get it to a point where we know we've killed everything in the room. >> reporter: for nina, it is some relief. no more of this? >> no more of these guys. no more of these guys. >> reporter: but for cruiser and freedom, the work isn't finished. they're loading up, off to sniff out the enemy in the ongoing battle against these blood suckers.bloodsuckers. that heat process is not cheap. it can run you a couple grand. certainly is costly. i didn't get any reaction at all when those bedbugs bit me. no bumps, no red spots at all. that's the problem, some people don't have a reaction. you can go months without knowing you have bedbugs. >> you wouldn't even be woken by the mites. >> right. >> oh, that's really frightening. >> that's why they can add up, multiply, and take over your house. okay, audition in two weeks. whiten your smile. no red wine, blueberry pie, coffee, or tea. i've got it. ♪ [ female announcer ] introducing crest 3d white toothpaste. the remarkable new toothpaste that removes up to 80% of surface stains in just two weeks. good advice. in just two weeks. new crest 3d white toothpaste. there's a reason we're playing that song. finally this half hour, one of the biggest challenges for photographers, how to take pictures of food and make it look appealing and appetizing. >> i would have loved this job. some photographers are experts in sharing real eye candy after some fine dining. mark mullen reports on food paparazzi. >> reporter: they photograph noodles in new york. libations in l.a. and burgers in between. chefs call them the food paparazzi. their red carpet is a dinner table and the star of the show is on a plate. >> we're like the rogue reporters, you know. not dodging bullets but dodging dirty glances from an angry chef. >> reporter: armed with cameras and an empty stomach, serious foodies and casual diners alike, like this group, frequent restaurants and take photos of their meals. >> i never use flash. i try to be as discreet as possible. >> reporter: they post them alongside food reviews on social networking sites and individual blogs. >> it's always about the food you experience. >> reporter: new yorker lawrence rideman is known by his 10,000 web followers simply as nyc food guy, whose blog is dedicated to delicious and affordable meals. >> food is the greatest pleasure in life. the simplest, the best, my passion, i want to share that with people. >> reporter: nyc food guy is reviewing a pasta dish he ordered from a manhattan restaurant and taking the all-important photos. >> we can show food that's clear and colorful and decadent, we've achieved something even better than food paparazzi. food porn. >> reporter: some chefs say the food paparazzi is pesky. others realize how often potential patrons consult citizen reviews, saying come on in. >> luckily we've had a lot of great reviews and people respond to those and come down here. >> reporter: some social media sites say besides wanting rest genuinely curious about what others eat. like the web fans from around the world who tune into the website of one california student who's posted 9,000 photos of everything he eats. mark mullen for abc news. >> we didn't need the open mouth shot. >> know, we didn't. all this talk of food, it really reminds me what was we're going to miss when peter leaves. >> we told you earlier peter grimm, our stage manager of 17 years, is leaving this show. every day like clockwork vinita and i ask you, what's for lunch, pete? >> if you had one of those cameras you could take a picture and send it to us. >> that's right. >> i'm being remiss, what is for lunch today? >> i'm being taken out for lunch so i don't know. >> who's taking you out? so i don't know. >> who's taking you out? >> my daughter. did you guys draw a picture for mommy and daddy? woman: if only our paychecks were growing as fast as our kids. good thing we got extra money back from the irs on our taxes. brownies! man: we can afford all this? yeah. it's something called the earned income tax credit. girl: can we help set the table? when you make less than $48,000 a year... thank you, honey pie. it makes all the difference. see if you qualify at... state of emergency. growing concern this morning in the gulf of mexico as the first wave from an oil spill washes ashore. we got to take this thing. god bless you. >> on his own. florida governor charlie crist abandons the republican party and enters the senate race as an independent. and, the creative way some high school seniors are wooing their prom dates. ♪ i know who i want to take to prom ♪ >> it's friday, april 30th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we always look forward to friday here on "world news now." today is a bittersweet friday. >> we're not looking forward to this one. >> we like to think of ourselves as a family here on overnight news. the dad essentially of overnight news is leaving. peter grimm, yes. >> the tad. >> yes >> that makes me feel old. >> our stage manager who's been here through almost every anchor duo. >> virtually from the beginning of the show. if you wish to say good-bye, go to wnnfans.com. several people are already weighing in saying, no, pete, don't go! is he one of the brothers grimm? that's what someone wrote. we think so. >> we have to read them out loud since he's not on facebook yet. now you'll have time. >> that's right, i will. >> he thinks it's a passing phase. >> we'll miss you, pete. >> yes, we will. >> thank you. >> good morning and thanks for being with us. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. louisiana is in a state of emergency this morning. oil from that massive spill has already come ashore. >> we have now learned that the well is leaking more than 200,000 gallons a day, five times worse than expected. >> the oil could reach the entire gulf coast in the coming days. president obama's mobilizing federal help and the navy's stepping in. but this disaster looks to be worse than the "exxon valdez." here's john hendren. >> reporter: it's visible from space. heading towards shore and a confrontation with the environmentally fragile gulf coast that could be felt nationwide. >> this is a spill of national significance. >> reporter: with new leaks, the jamaica-sized spill is gushing up to 210,000 gallons of oil a day. five times previous estimates. at that rate it will eclipse the "exxon valdez" spill in 1989, the worst spill in u.s. history, in about 50 days. >> my administration will continue to use every single available resource at our disposal. >> reporter: that likely won't be enough. the oil spill now poses an immediate threat to the bayou, fragile fisheries, and 400 species of wildlife. recovery workers are using booms, oil dispersing chemicals, and perhaps soon experimental techniques. >> we are fabricating a collection system which would go into place in the next two to three weeks. it has been used before in shallow water but never at these depths. >> reporter: the coast guard had hoped to stop the oil from reaching the shore like this, by setting it on fire. high winds made that too dangerous. >> we know the weather's coming. blowing that oil into the bayous. somebody's got to be able to draw a line in the sand. >> reporter: leaving residents of a region dependent on energy and fishing fearing what each new day will bring. much of this might have been avoided if the deep water horizon's rig had a remotely operated shut-off valve. in many countries they're mandatory. the u.s. is not one of them. jeremy and vinita? in washington, democratic lawmakers issued an invitation to republicans to tackle comprehensive immigration reform. they unveiled an outline that includes stricter border security, a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and a national i.d. card. but allowing those in this country illegally to become citizens is sure to be the most contentious part of the bill. new york senator schumer said it is not amnesty. >> you will be able to get right with the law if you come forward, register with the government, admit you're here illegally, pay a fine, pay the taxes you owe, and pass background checks. >> arizona's tough new law to tackle illegal immigration has pushed the issue to the front burner. yesterday a latino clerical group and a tucson policeman filed two separate suits challenging the law. for the first time we know of a formal interview that president obama has conducted with an eye toward filling the upcoming supreme court vacancy. the president met yesterday with federal appeals court judge sidney thomas of montana. the 56-year-old was nominated to the ninth circuit court of appeals in july of 1995 and won senate confirmation without controversy. as we've reported, florida governor charlie crist has bolted the republican party and will make an independent run for the senate. in making his announcement official crist said he felt liberated. as rachel martin reports, crist's moves were a political necessity. >> reporter: governor charlie crist, once thought to be a shoo-in in the florida senate race, decided the only way for him to win was to leave his party. >> i haven't supported an idea because it's a republican idea or it's a democratic idea. i support ideas that i believe are good ideas for the people. >> reporter: the biggest change, the emergence of marco rubio, the son of cuban immigrants who's become the darling of the tea party movement. >> take our country back! >> reporter: rubio is playing up republican worries that crist doesn't reflect true conservative values. case in point, they say, crist's support of president obama's stimulus plan. now that crist is expected to run as an independent, some backers are pulling their financial support. >> people have already asked for their money back, and i expect that to continue. >> reporter: crist's decision could give democrats a much-needed boost in the florida race by splitting the republican vote. >> democrats may have a chance to win in the race that really wasn't on their radar screen before. >> reporter: democrats are bracing for an uphill battle in this fall's midterm elections, as are republicans, perceived as establishment candidates. like john mccain, who faces a tough challenge in arizona, and kay bailey hutchison who recently lost the texas gubernatorial race to the incumbent, rick perry, tea party favorite. political analysts say the florida race is a microcosm of what's happening in the country where running as an outsider is always a good way to run a winning campaign. this year it may be the only way. rachel martin, abc news, washington. the company that owns the west virginia coal mine where 29 men died has now offered each family a $3 million cash settlement. massey energy has offered them a large insurance payout, health coverage for family members, and college payments for children. and the company says accepting the money won't bar them from taking legal action. one widow has already filed suit. there is a new weapon for men with advanced prostate cancer. now that the fda has approved a vaccine called prevenge. doctors are stressing it's intended to serve as an addition, not a replacement, to current cancer-fighting methods like chemotherapy and radiation. what makes this vaccine unique is it trains a patient's immune system to fight tumors. >> this is something investigators have been trying decades to try to accomplish, that is, to try to use the immune system to fight cancer. >> in tests the new treatment helped men live an average of four months longer. some lived years longer. the treatment is expensive with a price tag of at least $50,000. insurance company anthem blue cross has shelved plans to raise rates for californians by as much as 39%. the company drew criticism for proposing those hikes. president obama even spoke out about the company during the health care debate. the change of plans followed an audit that determined anthem blue cross was using flawed data to justify raising those premiums. another big airline merger looks to be in the works. continental and united would become the world's largest carrier by number of passengers, pushing past delta. the new firm would be called united. the two companies got close to merger talks two years ago but continental pulled out because high oil prices would make the whole industry shaky. the companies are in better health now. how about that. the hope the frequent flyer miles will cross over. here's a look at your friday weather. it will be stormy in the middle of the country. heavy rain, hail, gusty winds and tornados from the gulf coast and plains to the upper midwest. windy from southern california to new mexico and heavy snow in the rocky mountains. that gave me a lot of trouble. >> it's this weather. >> like i haven't read it enough. >> 47 in billings. 51 in colorado springs. 55 in the duke city, albuquerque. i won't start that again. 50s from fargo to omaha. 77 in chicago. 80 in indianapolis. near 80 in the northeast today. 83 for new orleans. 85 for dallas. a big honor for a teacher who uses everything from singing to social networking to inspire her students. >> sarah brown wesley was introduced by president obama as the 2010 teacher of the year. wesley teaches high school english in johnston, iowa. she was chosen for her passion and innovative approaches which include story boards and facebook. >> wesley says we all have a responsibility to create hope and opportunity for every child. an apple too. >> very cool. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." but don't worry, he'll find someone else. ♪ who's that lady? ♪ who's that lady? ♪ sexy lady ♪ who's 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how's that going to help? let me see them 15-foot seas. trying to put an oil mop out. i'd like to see it. >> reporter: many of people out here are feeling helpless. >> right now, you know, we haven't been told what we can do. >> reporter: george is taking matters into his own hands. he's about to file a class action lawsuit against british petroleum. >> as the shrimp industry dies, you know. now it's going to fold quicker. we're going to need some help to stay alive. >> reporter: he and thousands of other fishermen expected to join the lawsuit are seeking money for lost profits and property damages. but as lawsuits typically take years, gutierrez says the main concern is how he and his men will pay their bills now. >> everybody is frustrated, trust me. >> reporter: and at this hour, the people here are simply waiting for the oil to hit the coastline. and as they wait, governor jindal has asked the department of commerce for some financial assistance for those fishermen and for fishing businesses. he's also asked the small business administration to temporarily suspend all loan repayments for coastal businesses affected by the oil spill. so a small bit of good news tonight as these people wait for the oil to reach the coast. jessica? >> good to hear that, thank you very much, meg. first. live. local. now. on channel 3 news. >> we begin with channel 3's laurie bernstein live from pensacola beach with more. laurie? >> reporter: tourism officials in both alabama and florida have not seen that many cancelations yet in hotel bookings. what they have seen are lots of phone calls from concerned tourists wondering what the situation is, especially for memorial day weekend which is coming up. today the beaches were packed with people, but that might not be the case in the coming weeks. >> no, no, these beautiful white sand beaches, never. >> reporter: barbara and florence call pensacola beach god's country. one of the most magnificent places they have ever seen. the sisters came to florida for their annual vacation and found themselves smack dab in the middle of an impending disaster. >> just hate to think that anything here would be ruined because it is beautiful. >> ruin it. i don't know how they'd get oil out of the white sand. >> reporter: al and kathy came from new hampshire to visit family and were surprised to hear that 5,000 barrels of oil were going into the gulf each day. bringing the dreaded oil slick closer to shore. >> we don't know what's going to happen. that's the scary part of this whole situation, what's going to happen in the next couple of days or a week or so. we just don't know. >> as well as i know the fishing industry is terrified. >> reporter: in the end these tourists get to go home after their vacation. it's people like ella and dan who live in gulf breeze that will deal with the effects for years to come. >> to see black water, tar, dead animals. the marine life itself. tragic. just -- i hope it doesn't come this way. it's terrible to say i hope it keeps going to alabama, louisiana, mississippi. but you do, you don't want it to come this way. >> reporter: now again, there haven't been that many cancelations. keep that in mind. but just in case, if there are, local leaders are encouraging all businesses to keep tabs of all of these losses so in the end they can file a claim with bp and hopefully recoup some of that money that they lost. we'll have more coming up later. fare now, reporting live from pensacola beach, i'm laurie bernstein, channel 3 news. >> a look at our "american landscape" coverage. as you can imagine, tourism officials and hotel managers are sort of freaking out trying to figure out how to deal with this. they're going to have a strategy meeting today to sort of try to figure that out. >> a lot of people are pointing fingers at the federal government saying, why in the first place do they trust bp to handle this crisis? shouldn't they have had a better strategy in place before all of this? >> the idea this could be worse than the "exxon valdez," that is really telling. >> i always think of those images of the birds covere since it's peter grimm, our stage manager's, last day i think we should invite him -- this should be the peter grimm memorial skinny. and he should weigh in at any point over the next three minutes if you see something you don't like or want to comment, you chime right in. >> okay. >> if not, we'll force you. >> the first one is conan o'brien. are you on team coco? do you like jay leno better? >> jay leno. >> then you're not going to like what conan o'brien has to say on "60 minutes" this coming sunday night. he's giving his first big interview. clearly still holds a grudge. the interview is going to air sunday night. basically he said about jay leno that he would never have returned to the air the same way that jay leno did. he said, "he went and took that show back and i think that in a similar situation, if roles had been reversed, i know me, i would not have done that." so basically he's saying leno did something that conan never would have done. >> are they saying that's a grudge? i think a lot of people would agree and saying they probably wouldn't -- is that a grudge? >> i think it's a grudge but understandably. it is understandably a grudge. his point was, look, leno came on the show, wished me good luck, said here, the show's yours, six months later takes the show back, not cool. >> i guess that's what i'm saying. to me it's not a grudge, it's saying what everyone else -- right, peter? >> wasn't conan the show -- >> the ratings were going bad. >> very badly. but, you know, you make a deal. jay says he's going away, you know, stay away. >> i can make a deal that doesn't work, i'm taking it back. >> you're on team leno, then, wow. >> you say you're going away, so maybe you'll come back. >> you never know, wouldn't you be surprised. >> here's two other people i know you're going to want to weigh in on. former porn star jenna jameson and mixed martial arts fighter tito ortiz. i know they're close friends, peter. they have had a bizarre week. do you remember earlier this week we said that she had said he said beaten her up, he said she's a drug addict. now they're like, no, just kidding. >> oops, never mind. >> we didn't mean to say that. i should say, what they actually said was, "what happened has now been dramatically distorted and misinterpreted. remarks tito and i made after police arrived reflect the state of shock we were both in." he said she was fighting an oxycontin addiction which he now says, i jumped to conclusions, i found pills, turns out they were older pills. she says he injured her during an argument, now she says it wasn't as bad, he didn't tear the ligaments. >> they both realize the implications. of what they were saying. >> speaking of implications sources say he stands to lose $15 million if prosecuted for domestic violence, as well as the contracts. >> you're a big fan of those jenna jameson films, aren't you, pete? >> no. >> you're not? >> nice try. >> don't make him uncomfortable on his last night. >> nice try. >> tiger woods supposedly confessed to sleeping with 120 women behind his wife's back during their five years of marriage. this is according to the "national enquirer." the reason she's divorcing him, according to the tabloid, is the one woman he didn't confess to sleeping to, their neighbor. she was mad about that so that's why she said, hit the road, jack. >> 120? >> pete, can you imagine that? >> ten seconds. eight. >> it's your last "skinny." here's some stories to watch today on abc news. homeland security secretary janet napolitano will be in louisiana today to see the gulf coast environmental disaster firsthand. she'll lead cleanup operations of the oil spill. federal jurors continue their fourth day of deliberations in tennessee in the case of a former college student accused of hacking into sarah palin's e-mail account. it is a national day of awareness about distracted driving. the transportation secretary and oprah winfrey want drivers to stop talking and texting while behind the wheel. finally this half hour, the teenage magical moment, the senior prom. it that is time of year when high school students pick a date and prepare their formalwear. >> i remember the boutonniere well, just like it was yesterday. choosing a date can be difficult except for one innovative young guy who turned to youtube. here's john berman. >> reporter: the high school prom, that bacchanalia of big dresses and bad tuxes. a rite of passage. getting there, a giant nest of nerves. for years every young man has lived in fear of that george mcfly moment. but current high schoolers, they've twisted this moment of stress and frustration into viral sensation. >> as i was wondering if you'd go to prom with me. >> reporter: jesse sheehan is a part of a trend of teens asking for prom dates on youtube. ♪ i guess the rains town in africa ♪ >> reporter: they range from high concept -- check out this undersea theme with stop-motion photography -- to high comedy. this is some kind of racket. ♪ the bottom line is you'll have a good time if you go to prom with me ♪ >> i know this isn't exactly the traditional way of asking someone to prom -- >> reporter: jesse, who lives in connecticut, went for a nice musical touch. ♪ i know who i want to take to prom, take to prom ♪ >> reporter: the video's been watched more than 160,000 times. why did you decide to post it on youtube? >> she lives in tennessee. and i live in connecticut. and i don't know her. >> reporter: his target, no classmate, but 17-year-old blair fowler. jesse's seen her video blogs on the internet. what did she think? >> he started singing and he pulled out his guitar and it was so sweet. he was just adorable. >> reporter: she said yes. and is coming to connecticut next week for the big date. setting a new standard for those of us who used to rely on just a nice outfit. you've raised the bar for guys everywhere. >> thank you. >> reporter: john berman, abc news, new york. >> it is strange to ask somebody to prom who you've never met. maybe they'll make a love connection. >> what did you look like when you went to prom? >> oh, it was ugly. i have a feeling we're going to show you. there i am with tracy. >> you're not even smiling. a smirk. >> i was so pleased that a woman actually said yes.