welcome back, everybody. scientists are wondering where so many of the world s frogs and toads have gone. now they re trying to do something about it. a two-month, four-continent study is getting under way to locate species on the brink of extinction. richard black of the bbc has details. reporter: in many parts of the world, the characteristic croaking has been suddenly stilled in recent years. amphibians are in serious trouble, with one-third of species at risk of extinction. extinct, extinct, extinct reporter: many have already apparently disappeared. over the next two months conservationists will mount a series of expeditions to see whether a few individuals may be hanging on. we ve compiled a list of around 70 species that we know haven t been seen in the last decade. so this is a large, coordinated effort to basically go out and
up surveillance in the area of that church where he was observed. they immediately arrested him without incident. mr. province did have a 9 millimeter handgun in his possession at the time. we still have john mccluskey and miss welch still on the run. reporter: escapee john mccluskey is believed to be with casslyn welch. she s his first cousin and fiancee. the two remain at large. according to the police they should be considered armed and dangerous. mccluskey and his partner who helped break him out of jail consider themselves bonnie and clyde. they joke about it. think they ve taken the personae that this is some type of a movie and this is some kind of a joke that they are living. but it is not. reporter: here in yellowstone the campers we talked to seemed to be taking all the excitement in stride. there s not much we could do. we could have packed and up gone home. but we re here until tomorrow. we ve come from minnesota. reporter: the drama began
britain. and he s just become the first man to hike the entire length of the amazon river. bill weir, who traveled part of the way with stafford, has more. reporter: if you think your summer vacation has been too steamy, or too stingy ow! reporter: trust me, you ve got nothing on this guy. ed stafford has spent the last two and a half years machete whacking and snake dodging. partly for rain forest awareness. mostly to be the first. it s very easy to go into the jungle for two days and great fun. for a week it s a bit more of an ordeal. for two years it s ridiculous. reporter: of the 4,000-plus miles his feet have been wet 4,000. he s worn out three pairs of boots, four pairs of crocs, and two pairs of rubber wellies. after his original partner quit, a peruvian offered to join him for a few days and never left. together they survived anaconda,
the run was recaptured monday near yellowstone park. clayton sandell has more. this morning, manhunt. breaking news in a massive manhunt tonight. they re considered armed and extremely dangerous. reporter: it s a manhunt in the most unlikely of places. an escaped killer is caught near yellowstone park, still on the run, a couple who think they re bonnie and clyde. reporter: among the waterfalls, wildlife, and summer tourists at yellowstone national park, officials here continued to search for fugitives connected to a tragic double murder. to put an end to this nightmare, basically a national nightmare. reporter: a break in the 10-day-old case, one of the men, tracy province, was captured near the park. at 6:20 this morning, tracy alan province was arrested by u.s. marshals. reporter: province had been spotted on sunday at a local church, singing along, unnoticed, with the choir. u.s. marshals last night set
the least and you ll get to see him on the journey which bill weir tagged along for. god bless bill. better him than us. yeah, exactly. good morning and thanks for being with us on this tuesday. i m vinita nair. i m rob nelson. a case of air rage has boiled over aboard a flight arriving at new york s jfk airport and now a flight attendant is in custody. wabc s jeff pegues reports on what led to the arrest. reporter: steven slater was smiling when police led him away in handcuffs. mr. slater, why are you smiling? reporter: this time there would be no quick escape, unlike what police say happened when the flight attendant bailed out of this jet blue plane on the jfk tarmac. kind of funny. reporter: his neighbors can t believe what police say he did. it s the most ridiculous thing i heard in my life. reporter: flight 1052 from pittsburgh was pulling into the gate. police say slater got into an argument with a passenger about luggage in an overhead compartment. inve