including the same unit that killed osama bin laden, stage another daring raid, this time on mission to rescue hostages from pirates in somalia. tears on both sides of the aisle. congress bids an emotional farewell and gets an inspirational message. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. but first this just coming in. we re seeing a tight race, a very tight race here in florida. that makes tomorrow night s cnn republican presidential debate potentially all the more important as the candidates try to make an impact. the new cnn/ time /orcp poll shows a virtual tie. ging r. has near will you doubled his support here, while romney has slipped. but that big jump by gingrich may not snell tell the whole story. there s another trend developing, and there s lots to explore. let s getting right to our chief political analyst gloria borger and mike all crowley of time magazine. on the face of it, it looks like a tie, but there s other trends developing. right, i thi
perching himself up 100 feet. the hawk first spotted wednesday. they called in bird experts to lure it down. so far it s not complying. oklahoma. in tulsa, people finding way to spend a snow day. we re having fun. that s the goal. snowball fight. local residents organized spontaneous snowball fight. using social network site to spread the word. showdown took place at high noon. serving up free soup and cocoa for those braving the cold. that s fox watch across america. it planted the seeds decades ago and now a new milestone. there is a chance you played a role. how? that is coming up. plus, you might smell the trucks coming a mile away but some garbage collectors now acting like guardian angels. see how they are looking out for you. that s next.
canons from new year s eve celebrations. bird experts tell us that could be the reason for the bizarre behavior, noting around the summer, fourth of july, black birds are usually spread out and in breeding mode and aren t clustered together like they are in the winter. i just got off the phone with the spokesperson from the u.s. geological survey who says a sen of their records show there have been 16 events in the past 30 years involving black birds where at least 1000 birds died at the same time, other noteworthy cases, last week, about 100 miles away from beebe, arkansas, 100,000 dead and drying drum fish washed up along a 20-mile stretch of the arkansas river. then last year, along the california coast, there was an alarming number of sea lions dead or sick in monterey, marine biologists there believe that was due to a food shortage, test results continue to be run on the dead birds to check for toxins, viruses or bacteria to make sure they ve got the right cause
opened in plaquemines parish. other birds are rescued by federal wildlife workers. however, there are many other bird experts and enthusiasts who want to participate in rescues, but are being told at this time they are not interested from help from outsiders. drew weeland says there are hundreds of people from other parts of the country experienced at dealing with birds covered with oil. i cannot see any reason why they would not want as many people here as possible. reporter: the humane society of the united states agrees. the president of the organization saying, we need more trained personnel on boats working in the gulf. and we need more boats deployed to search in a more systemic way for the animals in distress. but the louisiana department of wildlife and fisheries says we have the resources to handle the job at this time. the volunteers who have offered services simply need to be ready to respond when the call comes,
dead. that doesn t take into account the other species that are at risk. the images make you sick to your stomach, particularly the brown pell can, which just last year managed to make its way off the endangered species list after four decades. what are your biggest concerns? i think a lot of people don t realize in every boat that goes out right now, there has to be a federal wildlife official, a state wildlife official and bp contractor, for a while there were bird experts going out, they pulled back and are no longer going out. there s a lot of concern about the level of expertise of people getting these birds? that s correct, anderson. from the beginning, the ibrc had people on the ground from day one. and after they experienced that huge wave of oil on the third and fourth of june. that s when we started seeing all these pictures? exactly.