now, with this deregulation, obviously it is as controversial as you can get. back in 2014, obviously because of those declining numbers, we wanted to make sure that these populations are sustaining, that, you know, there s not going to be any of these parts being brought to the u.s. trophy-wise, but also keep in mind that there is a difference between the illegal ivory trade, brian, and the what u.s. fish and wildlife is moving forward with, with a permit system to bring awareness and funds to the conservation of elephants. let s give them the benefit of the doubt that american big game hunters who pay the fee, do everything right, that the fee is actually going to get to conservation efforts right now in zimbabwe. right now they re in the middle of what appears to be a coup. they ve decided mugabe should spend more time with his family and he s in military hands right now. so the government is a little
mind that there is a difference between the illegal ivory trade, brian, and the what u.s. fish and wildlife is moving forward with, with a permit system to bring awareness and funds to the conservation of elephants. let s give them the benefit of the doubt that american big game hunters who pay the fee, do everything right, that the fee is actually going to get to conservation efforts right now in zimbabwe. right now they re in the middle of what appears to be a coup. they ve decided mugave should spend more time with his family and he s in military hands right now. so the government is a little shaky there right now. even giving them full credit, is this not some kind of an inside back door deal? well, i mean, you made a good point, brian, in africa, and it s two countries, zimbabwe and zambia. but all throughout africa we
going on on city property at all times. and it s that permit system that allows them to do it. the problem is, when people feel like like we re dealing with a disenfranchised population already or that this is done for some kind of an ulterior motive to just engage in beatification and moving the homeless people who are so desperately in need out of sight and out of mind, obviously skepticism can brew. so hopefully there really will be a transparent conversation where the legitimate need of this very hurting population can be addressed. certainly. 800 bucks for doing a good deed. just kind of seems like a steep price there. stand by. i want to ask you about another controversial case. a 10-year-old girl battling cancer has chosen to stop her chemotherapy. her parents want her on wholistic medications, instead. her doctors are fighting to keep the treatments going. we ll chat about that, next. i ve had surgery, and yes, i have occasional constipation.
reasonable compromise. just the day before the shooting in newtown, lawmakers in michigan passed a bill to allow people to carry concealed weapons in churches and in ohio, cars in guns at the state house and in florida, soon issuing their millionth concealed weapon and firearms license. just today, david, in michigan, republican governor rick snyder s pledged to take a closer look at the measure that would allow concealed weapons in schools and churches and reacting to the news not to what many probably assume from the start would be common sense of why would you need a gun in a school? a concealed gun. i understand the frustration you re saying. what the good news is that organizations like mayors against illegal guns are in the fight. and in michigan, in particular, the nra had wanted to make sure that the permit system in michigan was abolished for buying handguns and so i think
in the wake of the gulf oil disaster another bp drilling project is drawing second looks. drew griffin of cnn s special investigations unit juourneyed inside the arctic circle to bring us the controversy. reporter: we are three miles out to sea off the north slope of alaska. take a look down through that fog. that s a drilling rig on a tiny man made island. bp owns the rig and dumped tons of gravel into the water only 22 feet deep to build up this island. cost so far? about a billion dollars. bp says with arctic ice floes drilling from an island is safer than off a floating rig. but environmentalists claim the tiny island is a clever way of gaming the federal permit system. this attorney represents one of a half dozen environmental