mix for a lot of people, brooke. chad myers, thank you very much for that. let s talk about what s happening in florida. this is near everglades national park. dozens of, these are pilot whales, stranded on this remote beach. as these are, some are trapped in nearby shallow water. florida wildlife officials and park rangers are desperately trying to rescue the whales. at least six of the beached whales have died. park rangers first spotted them tuesday afternoon. look at all them in the water there. wow. some of the surviving whales may have to be euthanized, but the big question today is this. why did this happen in the first place? here s john zarrella with some background on that. reporter: the biologists to this day don t know exactly what the cause is of these mass strandings. it could be viral. it could be environmental. there just is no real answer to it, whether it s whales or dolphins, whatever it is, but right now, an effort going on to try and save the whales that are in
is being singled out more than others, and if so, why. the city s mayor says there is a zero tolerance policy. he knows that his store is a source of problems in that community, and he knows that we are trying to clean up that community. they re supposed to protect and serve, but you re not protecting and serving, you re harassing. reporter: the lawsuit seeks a change in city policy and financial compensation for sampson, ali and the other plaintiffs. according to the suit, if you took all 288 times sampson s been detained and/or arrested, that amounts to about once a week for the past four-plus years. john zarrella, cnn, miami. thanks to john down there in miami. a hollywood producer could look at his own life to inspire his next movie. the man behind pretty woman says in his spare time, he was a spy. and next, the obamas will call the white house home for the next three years, but where will they go after that? we ll tell you who gets the
work. john zarrella has the story. reporter: take a look at this surveillance video. it shows earl sampson being detained in a miami gardens, florida, convenience store, and then led away. now, get this, sampson was arrested 27 times at this convenience store and convicted of trespassing. he s been detained many times more. there is, says sampson and the store owner, a bit of a problem here. you see, sampson works at the store. he spoke with cnn affiliate wfor. they always stop me, going in my pocket, ask me for my i.d., my name. reporter: in all, sampson has been stopped and/or arrested at various places 288 times. a year and a half ago, store owner ali saleh decided he had had enough, so he installed the surveillance cameras. over and over again, saleh says his cameras recorded police
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area. it s not clear whether the store is being singled out among others and they re not sure why. the city s mayor says there s a zero tolerance policy. he knows that that store is the source of crime in that area and we re trying to clean up the community. reporter: the lawsuit seeks a change in city policy and financial compensation for sampson, saleh and others. sampson has been detained and arrested that amounts to about once a week for the past four-plus years. john zarrella, cnn, miami. thank you. i just don t know what to say. 288 times what, you re arrested that many times? i know. it makes for a great story. it s fascinating to sate least. and here s another one for you the family of an 11-year-old amish girl who left home to avoid her chemotherapy and now they re saying she s cancer-free.