in the courtroom in sanford, florida, today when george zimmerman took the stand at his bail hearing. fair to say, no one was expecting that. but the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murdering trayvon martin had something he wanted to say to martin s parents. zimmerman has acknowledged he shot martin after a confrontation in zimmerman s gated community, but he claims it was self-defense. at the end of the hearing today, the judge decided that zimmerman could go free on $150,000 bail. mark strassmann was at the courthouse. reporter: george zimmerman was wearing shackles and what appeared to be body armor under his suit. he had never spoken to trayvon martin s parents until this moment. i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am, and i did not know if he was armed or not. reporter: defense lawyer mark o mara surrendered his client s passport and argued he was not a flight ris
2,000 birds were rescued from oil, with over 1,200 moved away from the spill to texas and florida. david muth of the national wildlife federation can only hope they survived. there s not a whole lot of science on how effective any of that is. no one has done any real long-term studies how effective it is to clean a bird of oil and release it back into the wild. reporter: nor will they ever know how many animals died or will die from the spill. by if the government shared information, threatened wildlife might be saved now. we need to try to keep them honest. the trustees, federal agencies, the states have primary responsibility, and because what they re doing is so secret most of the time, it s very hard for us on the outside to be able to evaluate, you know, how effective the job is doing. we need to make sure that we understand the totality of the injury before we re able to settle and let anybody off the hook. whether it s bp or any of the other responsible parties. report
david muth of the national wildlife federation can only hope they survived. there s not a whole lot of science on how effective any of that is. no one has done any real long-term studies how effective it is to clean a bird of oil and release it back into the wild. reporter: nor will they ever know how many animals died or will die from the spill. by if the government shared information, threatened wildlife might be saved now. we need to try to keep them honest. the trustees, federal agencies, the states have primary responsibility, and because what they re doing is so secret most of the time, it s very hard for us on the outside to be able to evaluate, you know, how effective the job is doing. we need to make sure that we understand the totality of the injury before we re able to settle and let anybody off the hook. whether it s bp or any of the other responsible parties. reporter: in the end, all the best efforts man has made may not be enough. this is such a tiny reaction
ecosystem. reporter: one year later, man and machine work to clean marshes still covered in oil. everything out there is getting some of that sheen. you can t see it, still, and it s been happening for a year. you can t see any of it. all of those birds, even if all they have is a little smudge on their breast, they re constantly trying to clean that off. they re ingesting the oil. reporter: last year, over 2,000 birds were rescued from oil, with over 1,200 moved away from the spill to texas and florida. david muth of the national wildlife federation can only hope they survived. there s not a whole lot of science on how effective any of that is. no one has done any real long-term studies how effective it is to clean a bird of oil and release it back into the wild. reporter: nor will they ever know how many animals died or will die from the spill. by if the government shared information, threatened wildlife
from the spill to texas and florida. david muth can only hope they survived. there s not a whole lot of science on how effective any of that is. no one has done any real long-term studies how effective it is to clean a bird of oil and release it back into the wild. nor will they know how many animals died or will die from the spill. by if the government shared information, threatened wildlife might be saved now. the trustees, federal agencies, the states have primary responsibility, and because what they re doing is so secret most of the time, it s very hard for us on the outside to be able to evaluate, you know, how effective is job is doing. we need to make sure that we understand the totality of the injury before we re able to settle and let anybody off the hook. whether it s bp or any of the other responsible parties. reporter: in the end, all the best efforts of man may not be