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A in his hands. >> his head was right about here and it batted at me. >> he and his wife were camping his wife and two kids were in the camper when the big cat attacked. >> it was like i hit it with a stick or something. felt like i hit -- but it never dug in. the saw put about 8-inch gash in that cat and it ran away. texas, while the san antonio area is in the midst of a homeowner says he got plenty of water thanks to his rain catching system. >> relatively inexpensive and doesnt take a rocket ...

He used to be on the weird channel, the other channel, the other news channel. >> oh, yeah, him. shepard: he was over there. i like him better now that hes on the fox business network. miles obrien. i think they should send him to the moon. i think he wanted to go. he was one of those who wanted to go. i dont know what hes doing. but hes on the fox business. i love that fox business network. i dont know who watches that. if you havent, you should watch it. miles obrien was on it doing some space...

Shepard: this all just a few weeks after a pet python killed a toddler in florida. look at that snake. good grief. that one that killed the toddler belonged to the boyfriend of the childs mother. and he made a frantic 911 call when he discovered what had just happened. >> we have a burmese python and she is about 12-foot long. she got out of gauge last night and got into the babys crib and strangled her to death. shepard: oh my god. once the snakes end up in the wild its very difficult to track ...

The new details on that coming up just after the commercial break. plus, tens of thousands of pythons said to be on the loose across the state of florida. now the hunt is on. we will show you how they got there in the first place and what the state is doing to kill them before they kill floridians. thats next. you really need it these days. how come? well if youre hurt and cant work it pays you cash... yeah to help with everyday bills like gas, the mortgage... ...and groceries. its like insuranc...

The childs mother and had escaped its enclose youre. with us now is a spokesperson for the states habitat and species conservation division. patricia was on the scene when they caught the 10-foot bermees python on day one of this program. 10-footer! are you kidding me? >> thats right. shepard: ive seen pictures of pine yojs -- pythons wraps around alligators in the everglades with dead alligator. piejons killed -- pythons killed alligators. >> well, as far as i know theres one case of it. this p...

Its the type of people we have in this city. risk each others lives. it speaks volumes. shepard: have you talked to the family? i have not yet. my brother and i plan on going there. we dont want to be too intrusive. shepard: the cell phone is breaking up. theyre going to check on them tonight or in the morning. they dont want to be too intrusive. i hope things go well. good luck to you and yours. >> thank you. our prayers go out to the fami family. shepard: its nice to talk to you. >> thank you....

Mothers wish. speaking of florida, there is something happening there that calls to mind that old tale of alligators overrunning sewer systems after folks flushed them down the toilet. its mythical. burmese pythons could be on the loose in florida. told many of those snakes used to be pets. got too big, got let go and since have been doing what animals do. procreating. the big fear here that they may kill people. havent recently claimed one human victim. now the state of florida is issuing permi...

Arizona: a vicious crime in phoenix. a 94-year-old woman on a scooter is severely hurt while scuffling with a mugger. police say he knocks brass as stall to the ground when she refused to hand over hers. but saul thought back to mecca grab him. i said youre not quite get it through when the suspect was not a short time later. so the rehab but she says it will stop her from having her life. she is not afraid. no, im not afraid about. >> julie: as a fox watch across america. snacking on pipelines ...

Disrupting the everglades fragile ecosystem. >> our biggest concern is we dont want them to eat a florida panther. >> this is the told handler sees. what they do is cut right and the brain. easy to slip there and that shuts the central nervous system down. >> you put your hands on him to do something he doesnt enjoy it and youll come back at you. >> to see you can see how long this guy is, we are told that his 9-foot as you can tell, it is much longer than me. more than 150,000 burmese pythons n...