he is representative of both the destruction and the hope. and i m not giving away the ending by saying that because i think there are parts of his experience being rehabilitated, moments of it even when you see he s doing okay that are just it just doesn t look right to see a bird have to go through something like this and just to be in captivity, it s easy to forget that even being in captivity, even though there are all of these watchful eyes and everyone is trying to take care and rehabilitate these birds. it s very traumatic for these birds being handled. when we made the film we made it a point not to add any more stress to the bird. we only filmed the bird when he was being handled by his rehabilitators. we never spent time with the bird unless someone had to feed him or bathe him or marinate him in his presoak solution. we never tried to imprint him with human contact any more than he was being imprinted. i won t give it away either. saving pelican 895, it s a wonderful d
that shows the effort to rescue one of those birds, a brown pelican. here s a preview of saving pelican 895. we don t name them, we learn quickly in this field not do to do that because you get too easily attached to them and something happens that they don t, the outcome isn t good, it s much harder to deal with if you know them personally. his number is 895, or the 895th bird brought in live oil to louisiana. saving pelican 895 airs wednesday night april 29th on hbo. joining me now, the filmmaker, irene brodsky. first and foremost, it s so interesting to see a story that s so big, 85 days of oil
while you re scrambling to get your tax forms in, the irs is sending out refunds, already paying a total of $234 billion. the average taxpayer is receiving a refund of $2,895. that s not bad. but not everybody s getting a refund. first of all. a lot of folks still feel they re being taxed too much. just how much is the average american paying these days and how does it stack up with what we ve seen in the past? we re going beyond the headlines to explain all of that. what do we actually see? we re seeing a lot of different things. when you look at how taxes have been historically, there was a time, 1913, americans paid 1%. 1913 is when the 16th amendment was ratified which gave congress the ability to lay and collect income taxes. not too many folks around here what some would term the good
carolina. we re strong people, and i know we ll thrive and move on. meteorologist mike maze, wral in raleigh. he s been there 17 years. thank you, sir. best of luck. thanks, don. i appreciate it. we know, if we lose a bird, it s probably not the end of the world. we feel we re responsible, and how can people question that we shouldn t care for these animals? the pictures are beautiful. that s a clip from the new documentary saving pelican 895, a film that takes a very specific look at the gulf oil spill. following the rehabilitation of a single pelican after it was covered in oil. saving pelican 895 premieres on hbo this wednesday, which marks the one-year anniversary of the explosion on deepwater horizon rig that began it all. i spoke to the director, irene taylor brodsky, who described the star of her show. l.a. 895 was the 895th bird being picked up off the coast of
you tell us what happens to pelican 895? i don t think i should tell you what happens to pelican 895. it will be on hbo wednesday night, and you can see the whole film. it s best if i don t tell you because the truth is most of these birds that were picked up in the gulf were picked up not alive or they died soon thereafter. and so whether 895 lived or died, i believed that he would be an iconic figure, an iconic symbol of what was going on down there in the gulf because it s hopeful to know these birds can survive and they can tough it out. of course, it s very realistic to be reminded that they don t survive. so we knew that either way it would be a poignant story if we could accomplish it. it was tough to shoot the whole thing. irene taylor brodsky. next a serial killer targeting prostitutes and dumping their bodies on long island. we re talking with an actual sex worker about why she takes the risk when the next john could be her last. i can t enjoy my own barbecue with these