This mornings cover story. The 25,000 elephants killed in africa each year. Rangers and scientists and conservationists are doing everything they can everything in their power to keep herds like this safe from poachers. We cant keep putting resources in to elephants foreverment. The ivory poaching crisis that threatens the survival of African Elephants later this sunday morning. Osgood the two lovebirds serena at sewell has been watching. Marriage has taken life. Youd be lying if you said no. So you are . Later on sunday morning. Death defying love affair. Osgood a summer song is on tap a little later from genuine soul man. Once he starts knowing his life story theres no holding him back. Well be hearing from anthony mason. In the 60s he was one half of sam and dave. The soul act they called double dynamite. Electrifying. All spontaneous. We used the stage and nightclubs like a pulpit. Later on sunday morning. We go back to the stax studios in memphis with sam moore the original and enduring soul man. The death of Robin Williams this past week has left millions shocked and saddened. We will miss his wit and passion and many causes he championed well miss his boundless energy. Lee cowan will take a look back. Words like genius and brilliant are used a lot in the past few days to describe Robin Williams. Somewhere theres a little man. Also a man whose generosity equaled his talent for entertaining. Robin never said no. What is the capital of alaska. I dont know, thats why i asked you. Ahead on sunday morning the hole left behind by Robin Williams both on stage and off. Osgood also David Edelstein remembers Lauren Bacall. Lee hartman revisits a man. Tells us about his own Summer Vacation and more. First headlines for this sunday morning the 17th of august to, 14. Theres more trouble in ferguson missouri overnight. A curfew about 200 people took to the streets protesting the Fatal Shooting of a black teenager. State Highway Patrol says there was violence. We have than in the middle of the road with a handgun. We had police car shot at tonight. I think that was the proper response tonight. Osgood prosecutors say a grand jury will begin hearing evidence in the Michael Brown shooting case this week. Governor of texas rick perry, says the charges against him are outrageous and a farce. He was indicted for abuse of power. He called the judges politically motivated. American war planes and drones attacked us laist militants who are near the mosul and iraqi city of irbill overnight. They captured the dam earlier this month. It is iraqs largest dam. At a mass in south korea pope francis outlined his priorities to the catholic church. Hes drawn huge crowds on his visit there. Todays weather some areas of the east are in for a soaking. The heaviest rain is expected from arkansas to ohio. The northwest will be warming up hotter in the southwest. The week ahead scattered storms and showers will come and go but Central Plains and west coast will stay nice. Ahead, elephants under threat. And we have an appointment with soul man sam moore. Osgood Night Stalkers who helicopter and kill African Elephants for their ivory are threatening the existence of that species. The most drastic Protection Measures are not enough. Some of the images in this cover story are painful to watch. Conservation international is a cbs news contributor. As a cloudless day yields to a moon lit night in the savannah in northern kenya a dozen Wildlife Rangers armed with automatic weapons begin their nightly patrol. Tonight the team is on edge, says commander john palm marry. Where poaching usually be active on the full moon. Theres more poaching during the full moon . Yes. Dozens of rangers have been killed in africa in the last two years. They go up to a high ground then sit here all night long and scour the valleys looking for any sign of movement. Or a gunshot. Night vision goggles help spot elephants. And see potential human threats. For this night at least it it was all quiet for so called natures masterpiece. The African Elephant is the largest mammal to walk the earth. Magestic creature shares many noble characteristics. Maternal bonds intelligence longevity and, yes terrific memories. Also like us, they seem to grieve and appear to mourn their dead. A trait which tragically has been on display far too often of late. Some 25,000 elephants a year are now being lost to poachers in africa. How bad is it here . Its the worst that its been in the last years. Steady deterioration and getting worse. Kenyan born ian craig leads conservation efforts for the Northern Rangelands trust. An Innovative Partnership of nearly 20 wildlife conserve an sees. In years past was a solitary local trying to feed his family. Today, though foreign criminal send cattle with sophisticated weapons are killing greater. An estimated 300 elephants were gunned down in cameroon right inside a national park. Who is behind it . China is driving this or coming from the far east. 90 of the ivory being in kenya port of entry with chinese nationals. Despite the harvest and sale of ivory it remains a powerful symbol in china and far east where commonly makes artwork and icons. Has tripled the ivory in the last four years. Its rejuvenated the poaching economy in africa. Whats the price on his head . Price on his head is 2,000 to the gunman. Several years worth of on that elephant. They risk their lives to kill. You hear about these ivory wars but it doesnt seem real until you come across this. This stinking mass of elephant has been shot by automatic weapons, no chance at all not just one but six. One here one there, one a little bit further over there then it comes flooding right at you and you cant december cape the fact that people are willing to kill something this big just for a tooth. There are some encouraging signs. This past january china crushed six tons of illegal ivory and hong kong has destroyed 28 tons over the next two years. In kenya has enacted tougher antipoaching laws. But the poaching continues and protecting elephants has become an arms race. Kenya spent tens of millions of dollars a year on 3,000 member Wildlife Ranger force. Hunting poachers in the field and detect ivory. Digital radio signals now connect rapingers with observation posts throughout the country. And gps collars can track family groups of elephants in realtime. Even wildlife underpasses beneath highways allowing elephants to travel safely through historic migration corridors. Just as getting locals invested in wildlife. Many areas dont just lead tours they run the preserve. Tourism profits help communities understand living elephants can be more valuable than dead ones. They are seeing better security seeing money being generated for tourism going to education. These benefits are clean and clear to the communities its working. Changing attitudes takes time and time is not on the elephants side. From a high of 1. Million African Elephants in the late 1970s coaching reduced populations to critical levels in the 1980s. The numbers are plummeting again, there are only about 500,000 elephants left. If poaching continues unchecked African Elephants could be functionally extinct in our lifetime. This is mountain bull. A six ton local legend who has been targeted by poachers for his massive tusks. Today, though, its a kenyan veterinarian armed with a tranquilizer dart who is on the hunt stalking the bull, waiting for an open shot. An extraordinary attempt to save the life of just one animal. He has already had lots of interaction with poachers. In one instance alone hes been shot eight times the slugs are still within his body. But he has survived. Now rangers are doing something dramatic, they are taking off part of his tusk in the hopes that it will make him less of a target. The operation was over quickly and eventually the noble giant wobbled to his feet head ed back to the bush to hopefully live out his days in peace. Sadly it was not to be. Recently the carcass of mountain bull was found near the foot of mount kenya attacked with poise son spears. The remnants of his tusks unceremoniously hacked off by poachers. Ian craig said untheres lust for ivory is controlled the elephant may not survive. The spry here is finite. This isnt gold, diamonds even more precious because its being grown by an animal. Osgood the king of the wild frontier is next. And the freedom of the open road . A card that gave you that im 16 and just got my first car feeling. Presenting the buypower card from capital one. 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I watch for him to jump out then i start to go behind him. This is his wife melissa pemberton. What you see from the ground is basically a something in the middle as we get lower you start to pick up and go what is that . An airplane, no. Thats a person. Together theyre one of the hottest acts at air shows across the country. How about that . Whoo it may seem crazy but its actually one of the safer things they do in the air. Many years for this jump before the clouds get worse. Three, two one. See ya. Is one of you wilder and riskier . Youre pointing to each other. I dont know if you can see maybe you can zoom in. Ive got grey hairs coming up and over my ear. You get more stressed out and nervous. I get anxious. Melissa is cool. Melissa started flying as a teenager in pittsburgh. 9,000 miles away in sydney was rex who hat 21 was the youngest australian to summit mount everest. Then in 2007 malaise saw went down under. How we met was she walked in my front door. Melissa was hanging out with a mutual and literally thinking thats the kind of guy i should be with. He likes to do the same sports that i like to do. With a mutual love for adventure their sort ship wasnt exactly typical. But at a base jump at colorados royal gorge melissas parachute malfunctioned. Okay. Three, two, one. See ya. Well done. [bleep] get on to it [bleep] hang in there babe. Hang in there. Hang in there. Please hang in there. I was like, you know, im just just dated the woman of my life now im watching her crash in to a wall and potentially fly and you yelled out to her . I thought i got to tell her. Shes hanging on a wall i told her i loved her. Im thinking, really, right now . Melissa broke her leg and got orders to take the it easy. Rex invited her toe antarctica. I had a broken leg and just recovered from meningitis and i called my best friend right away, im like, hes going to propose. I know hes going to propose on this trip. Im in the hospital with meningitis going to the doctor. I cannot miss this trip. Turns out this risk was worth the reward. Yes. Whoohoz for this couple the secret to a happy marriage is adrenaline. But the danger of what they do is always on their minds. Weve lost friends in base jumping. Weve lost friends in aerobatics, its not always in your control. But what we can do is, you know, basically mitigate that risk as best as we can. And our training is really, really important. Do you feel that somehow with your double and triple checks you kinda beat the odds . I think that we do. Weve been doing this well enough and weve gone past that initial point where your risk factors are much higher. And weve sort of come over the other side now. And so for the pembertons its a life of love trust and risk. And they wouldnt have it any other way. Its just literally to experience life and to live it to its fullest. Its a gift weve been given. And, you know, theres a big beautiful world out there. Why not get out and explore it . Just follow passion. Osgood still to come. Soul man sam moore. This is really nice. Remembering the good times with Robin Williams. Its sunday morning on cbs. Here again is Charles Osgood. Osgood summer song fit for any season soul man was a big hit for sam moore and dave pratter back in 1976. Half century later sam moore is still very much the soul man eager to share his story with our anthony mason. In the 1960s, sam moore was one half of soul musics most explosive duo. Sam and dave were known as double dynamite. The sultans of sweat. We were electrifying. Because we had no act. What do you mean you had no act . All we did is go out there and sing and preach and scream. We didnt have no steps like the four tops or the temps. It worked. It did. It did. It did my dear friend, it did. In the mid 60s their string of ten straight top 20 r b hits would include two soul masterpieces. Hold on im comin and soul man. Recorded in the stax studios in memphis, tennessee. Right here. Right here was what . This was the booth you know, where we stood. Its a museum today. But the 78yearold singer showed us where the magic was made. Step in. Thats enough. Right there. This is where we record right here. Moores pleading tenor which Rolling Stone magazine ranked as one of the 100 greatest voices of the rock era developed in church as a boy. In the beginning you really wanted to be a preacher . Yes, i did. I would get out there on saturdays and put a table out front. And i had a comic book, opened it up, thats my bible. And i think i repeated the lords prayer about 40 times. That was fine. My mother took issue with me when i would come from around my pulpit and i would pass the hat. I love the comic book as the bible part. Yes, as the bible. Archie. Moores music career began in gospel groups. In 1957 he was set to replace the great sam cooke in the soul stirrers. I was supposed to leave monday and to go chicago and be fitted for clothing and do our first traveling job in the car and sing. But that night he went to a Jackie Wilson concert. He was singing and the winking and the blinking and gyrating the body. I sat up like this i saw men screaming and women thats what you want to do. I wanted to do that. Well coward me. I hid. From the soul stirrers . Yeah. I did. So they left without you . They had to because they couldnt find me. Moore would meet dave prater at a miami nightclub. Their routine came together by accident. You didnt rehearse . No. It was all spontaneous. Spontaneous. We used the stage in the nigh