equality. i don t think it is right for kids to grow up thinking these things that just mom does everything. reporter: markle was offended by an ivory dish washing detergent commercial because it focussed on women doing housework. women are fighting greasy pots and pans. i said, wait a minute, how could somebody say that? reporter: so the then 11-year-old markle wrote to procter & gamble. i was wondering if you would be able to change your commercial to people all over america. reporter: her letter worked. they changed their commercial. around that same year, markle took a stand on her racial background, she told elle while in class she was asked to check a box for the census, caucasian or black. she wrote, my teacher told me to check the box for caucasian because that s how you look, meghan. markle refused. her father later telling her to draw her own box. markle s parents eventually enrolled her at emack lat heart, a private all girl middle school
species to clean up ever so careful. if these birds are not cleaned, will they die? yes, that, definitive. well, the birds that we ve seen so far have come in coated with oil, they weren t move, they can t forage, they can t fly, die, so, yeah, they would die pretty rapidly if they were not cleaned. reporter: the moment they heard about the spill, the folks at the international bird rescue and the oil wildlife care network jumped into action. their tools including dish washing detergent, large bins and attention to detail. so far, it s brown pelicans that keep being carried through the door. the whole experience terrifying for the birds. the wash process in particular is, we believe, extremely stressful for these birds. it s basically like being held down by three king kongs and being forcefully washed.
now our crime & punishment story. it was fist a photograph published online. now the story has become a chilling video of a killing caught on surveillance. we re talking about that bizarre facebook killing that made headlines after a man posted a photo of his dead wife s body online moments after he d allegedly shot her to death. our john zarrella has more. reporter: jennifer alfonzo is in the kitchen. she picks up a bottle of dish washing detergent. she won t leave this room alive. the man walking in is her husband, derek medina. the video obtained by the miami herald is silent. alfonzo is out of frame and medina s back is to the camera. you can see the top of his head of the at one point he walks out and steps back in. it appears he and alfonzo are xlanging words. medina leaves, walks down the hall and then returns. you can t see it, but authorities say he has a gun.