[ male announcer ] now get 50% off brake pads and shoes at meineke. a tiny bug creating huge problems for florida right now, costing potentially billions of dollars, thousands of jobs, and possibly even your orange juice. cnn s john zarrella is on the scene for us. john, what s going on? yeah, wolf, if you like florida orange juice, a piece of advice, drink up now. this is bob ross new river groves, and he always has plenty of florida oranges. but maybe not for much longer. the last florida oranges of the season are being picked. on some trees, blossoms that become next season s fruits are already opening. the sweet smell permeates the grove. but the aroma masks a deadly problem. it is the most serious disease we ve had to face in the last 50, 100 years.
eggs, making pest side ineffective. right now this little bug is slowly squeezing the life out of a very big industry. now, there s a full court press going on around the world to try and find an answer to this problem, wolf. tens of millions of dollars being spent on research. but so far, no luck. wolf? will john zarrella on the scene for us. john, thanks very much. all of us do, in fact, love florida orange juice. happening now, reports of a meeting between the boston bombing suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev, and a chechen fighter just weeks before the attack. plus, the search for missing victims after killer tornadoes tear across texas. we re going there live. i m wolf blitzer. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. the world. you re in the situation room.