devastating environmental impact. galveston bay is home to wildlife sank you tu sanctuaries and attracts 70,000 shore birds. this is the peak of their migration season. officials say oil on the damaged barge has been transferred off the vessel, averting an even larger spill. mike boettcher, galveston. two people are recovering from shark attacks in florida over the weekend. a 9-year-old boy was bitten in the leg as he was surfing off singer island. and a shark bit down on a kite boarder s arm along del ray beach, leaving him with up to 20 puncture wounds. that victim, curt hoffman, said he is lucky the shark didn t do even more damage. it feels like a bear trap. just clinched down on the forearm and release. that was kind of cool. march marks the end of shark migration season along florida beaches. despite the two attacks, experts
california coast. a shark swims up and passes under a paddle border. the guy who took this video says he actually went looking for great whites off manhattan beach. guess what? he found one. shark didn t seem to be too bothered, but the paddle border says the close encounter left him shaking like a leaf. remember this meteor caught on multiple cameras blazing through russian skies back in february? well, divers believe they have found a 1,200 pound chunk of that space rock in the bottom of a lake. and they dragged it ashore. scientists still need to examine the rock to confirm if it is, indeed, from space. a ride on a school van turns violent. and a disturbing cell phone video goes viral. it is this clip that alerted police to the bloody beating last week of a 17-year-old student. two of his classmates face assault charges and questions are being raised about how the bus driver handled the situation. pamela brown is following the story for us from new york. good morning, pamela.
ride on the shark s back. keep in mind, chris kreis is 6 feet tall. he said the shark didn t like it but he add blast. my forearm was scratched up but it was incredible hanging on to it for that little bit of time. just so you know, the whale shark is the biggest fish in the sea but also very docile. they eat plankton and small fish. but experts are upset saying chris woucould have harmed the h by wiping off the slime on the shark needs to stay healthy. chris says he would never want it harm the fish, and he tagged them all the time for noaa.
vacation into washington, d.c. right now, at least they can go to d.c. but they can t go to the white house. and how that would have looked to see the first family out on safa safari. the washington post may have done them a favor. well, probably not any favor once people think about that $60 to $100 million price tag for the trip. like couldn t the president have skyped? he can t. he has to fly our flag and be our representative around the world. but as you say, the extra costs. i bet there are some snipers that are sorry they don t get a chance to shoot a cheetah. well, that s exactly what the plan was. they had to have secret service members shoot cheetahs if they try to attack the first family. you can t have a leopard eat the first daughter, so you would shoot them. that s what happens. that s how it goes. there s something in the manual, i m sure. but here s the situation for the president.
dropping out of sight. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with today s damming new report on penn state s university s cover-up of coach jerry sandusky s sexual attacks on young boys. it says the top people at the university including the legendary football coach, joe paterno, hid what they knew and had no regard for the young victims. just now university officials are promising it will never, never happen again. you should know that our hearts remain heavy. and we are deeply ashamed. we re in no way lessening our focus on our own failings. we also are committed to helping to build greater awareness of the societal issue of child abuse. cnn s susan candiotti is joining us now. louis freeh led this study. it was very, very bitter and damming. reporter: it was, wolf. right out of the gate, louis freeh made it clear that children were victimized because four top penn state officials did nothing to stop jerry sandusky. and named names including a