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Florida program for shark research. george, good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> shark attacks have been on the rise steadily over the last century. why? >> there's more of us. it really comes down to that. we keep reproducing. there's more and more people in the water and aquatic recreation is more and more popular and more active and so we're seeing people doing active things in the water at a greater rate than ever before. >> george i mean no exceptions. sharks really don't look for -- they don't like the taste of humans. this is not like they are looking for us. >> obviously humans ...

Swimming in the water. we're talking as close ten to 15 feet from the shore. lifeguards closed several beaches in response. george burgess is the director of florida program for shark research. george, welcome. good to have you here this morning. >> good to be with you here, martha. martha: what's the deal here? how many are out there? are they proposing a threat to swimmers and what kind of sharks are they? >> well, about this time every year we get an aggregation of sharks, usually a thousand or more in this area and they are in fact black-typed -- black-tipped and spinner sharks. they're wa...

that's according to two yemeni defense ministry officials. the u.s. embassy hasn't independently confirmed story but they're investigating. an al qaeda affiliate says it is behind the attack. in new york, protesters marked the six month anniversary of the occupy wall street movement by getting arrested. police apprehended dozens of protesters yesterday as they cleared zhu caughty park. officers are clearing the park today making sure no more demonstrations happen. and this will be a significant week for the army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan civilians. robert bales ...

>> thank you so much for your powerful words and as you pointed out, it doesn't matter. this is a child that is missing whether she is an 11-month-old baby or 5-year-old girl. they are all important and should be. thank you very much. >> every one of them. >> the australia jan government hired private helicopters to scour waters for sharks following the 30 deadly shark attack in two months. the family of the latest victim, florida native thomas wainwright was passionate about fishing and scuba diving. >> doing what he was doing it's a risk you take. it was a wrong place at the wrong time. >> h...

Take a look at this, a shark flopped on to the beach in seaside park, new jersey. a local surfer caught the whole thing. it's just one of the many shark sightings at the jersey shore this summer. two five-foot sharks were spotted july 14, forcing life guards to clear out those beaches. a five-mile stretch of beach in chat ham is closed indefinitely, after a string of shark sightings scientists say the sharks could stay in the area for up to another two months. let's bring in george burgess, director of the florida program for shark research. thanks for joining us. >> glad to be with you.