Andy Dayhard News Today

Moment. >> one of the first things that i -- right now im on the speaker as a bureau for the blood services. i basically motivate people. i go to colleges and companies and motivate people to donate blood. because i know how important that is firsthand. >> yeah. you lost a lot. >> yes. a whole lot. and secondly, i also protect the sharks. i help conservation sharks. i help to keep them alive. >> andy, and phillipe as well, why are we killing all these sharks? is it for steaks? is it for kabobs? ...

>> are more sharks being killed than are being replenished in our oceans? >> i think so. you know, the rate of over 100 million sharks a year being killed is far faster than we can replenish them. we know from research in most countries, most oceans around the world that shark populations are plummeting from baselines of just a few decades ago. and this is one of the greatest fisheries crisis were faces. a lot of people, i think, are complacent in that. they look and think of a shark that the on...

Whale or a shark. >> yeah. all right, ali, on 360, after a long bat that sparked a debate on freedom of religion in this country, a plan to build a muslim center and mosque near ground zero climbed a hurdle today. should the people behind the center be investigated by the government? thats what congressman rick loz you should happen. the battle over legal immigration and calls by top gop senators for hearings on changing the fourth amendment, 14th amendment to the constitution. the white house...

Bath. i think most people would say that its "jaws" that ruined it for them. its been, you know, two decades since "jaws." all of a sudden were seeing in the news more and more great white sharks being sighted, like they said, in cape cod in new jersey. andy, why? >> weve done a great job at saving our seal populations in massachuset massachusetts. when you save the marine mammals which are food to great whites theyre going to hone in on that and feed. >> theyre looking for seals and -- >> they ...

Its shark week on tv and in real life. the discovery channels promoting its 23rd annual shark week just as sharks are being spotted off the coast of massachusetts and new jersey. yesterday a 37-year-old womans arm was shred in a shark attack in florida. joining us, andy dayhard, discovery channel shark adviser and marine biologist for shark week. thompson is a shark attack survivor, celebrating his wedding anniversary with his wife in the bahamas, he lost his leg when a shark tore into him. this...

Bling to bring home. can you let us have a window into what happened with your incredible tragedy? >> back in 2001 we were celebrating our tenth year wedding anniversary. >> right. >> and it was a milestone. we decided to go to the bahamas to celebrate and basically i went in the water and from the corner of my eye i -- >> how far out are you now in the water? >> i am actually -- >> about 20 feet out? >> you know, i dont want to -- im not really sure how far out. i was in the shallow -- i rememb...