charged with trying to blow up an american airlines plane with explosives hidden in his underwear. he s acting as his own attorney. violence between egypt s christians and muslims may lead to new legal protection for religious minorities. a group described as thugs attacked christian protestors. that happened on sunday. at least 25 people were killed after the army and police got into the mix. well, egypt s prime minister says he s going to push a law that is making religious discrimination a crime. but experts say there is only so much that he can do during military rule. the problem, john, is we ve got 24 men, that s the supreme council of the armed forces. they re like the wizard of oz. they re behind a curtain. they re ruling egypt without any responsibility. so they have the power and no responsibility, and then you have this prime minister, a decent man, who has the responsibility but he s got no power. egypt has set parliamentary elections for november 28, and a
but this region s devastating spill may have killed thousands of birds. many were found fighting for survival. we brought you some of their stories. this brown pelican was justice rescued moments ago. this is the first step in a long road for this animal s recovery. reporter: officials say about 80% of the oil-covered birds were treated and eventually returned back to the wild. why is this refuge so important to our country? these islands represent some of the most important nesting habitat for colonial sea birds. not just in louisiana but in the united states. reporter: more than 60,000 birds are expected to nest in the bretten refuge, laying eggs and raising their young. you can see in front of us we ve got three pelican nests, each one filled with a clutch of precious pelican eggs. and this is about the future for this species. it is. this is the next generation. these are the ones that will
the gulf oil had a tremendous impact on that wildlife. we have had 150 marine mammals that have been discovered dead, 600 sea turtles, thousands of sea birds and of course what we have to remember is that the multiplier effect is higher, for every bird we find, there can be up to eight that we didn t find. it has had a tremendous effect in the gulf. it will continue to do so if indication of other oil spills around the world gives us an idea of the impacts of this disaster will be long-term. we know that some dead baby dolphins have been washing ashore in some of the stalts ne states near louisiana. does that have anything to do with the oil spill. there has been an unusually high mortality of dolphins this year, higher than previous
camp pus in japan because of radiation fears. the u.s. state department saying it will charter flights for u.s. citizens that want to leave the country. aid organization insist it s safe for people who want to go for japan and help as weld. wildlife officials say thousands of sea birds died in the tsunami waves in hawaii. crews are trying to rescue some of the birds still trapped. a huge section of highway has literally fallen into the ocean near big sur, california. the department of transportation doesn t know exactly what happens, but they are going to try to fix it. the life expectancy is going up in the united states. babies born in 2009 are now expected to live to be 78 years, 2 months old. president obama filled out his bracket. have you done yours? you know, the ncaa tournament starts today, the first gave at
exploitation. for a couple of species, notably the wild and seals, with the population, those have recovered. similar for the sea birds. but sadly for others, others that we ve exploited, they are significantly depleted. we thank you for coming and telling us a little about it. we re going to put a link up so people can learn more about this. the chair of the census steering committee. the census of marine life. what a great idea. there are lessons to be taken from this, so go to my blog and connect to it. three simple words that could save lives. a new campaign reaches out to bullied, gay teens with that very message. it gets better. on the other side.