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>> and i'm michael holmes. we're going to begin today in the west bank. this is west bank second straight day of street fighting between palestinian protesters and israeli soldiers. >> palestinians accuse israel of allowing a palestinian prisoner to die in custody. the cease-fire that kept things quiet in gaza since september was violated with israel hitting targets in gaza from the air yesterday. this was in response to palestinian rocket fire. in vatican city pope francis making a private visit to the tomb of pope john paul ii tuesday night marking the eighth anniversary of john paul's death. >> pope francis waited for the basilica to close to the public before kneeling in silent prayer. in south africa the news about nelson mandela is encouraging. the government says mandela is making steady progress and doing much better. >> he's been treated of course

for pneumonia since being admitted to the hospital late last month the former president and nobel peace prize winner is of course revered in south africa indeed right around the world. and if you weigh more, should you actually have to pay more when you fly? this is very controversial. >> we've been talking about this all day around the newsroom. >> keep skinny. this is a new policy. samoa airline has now begun to charge passengers according to their weight. this is how folks are reacting to it. >> i don't think it's really fair because it's skinny people will be paying less and bigger people will be paying a whole lot more. >> might benefit families, makes it easier to work out costs. we can carry everything people want to carry on board. makes us much more efficient. >> the airline's website says -- and this is a quote "your weight plus your baggage items is what you're going to pay for". >> is it fair? is it not fair?

it's a tiny airline, but a lot of people are asking could this be something larger airlines actually decide is a good idea? because now we have to pay for baggage, that's something that before people couldn't even imagine. >> exactly. i still can't imagine. is this the next step for other airlines? to bring it home for our viewers richard quest is in london. you're an expert on everything, but airlines as well. do you see this as fair and the way of the future? >> no. i don't. >> good. >> it's a very nifty weave and a brilliant idea, but samoa air with its two planes shuttling around islands in the south pacific. they obviously want to make sure -- i mean, first of all those planes are not that big. and secondly, fuel must be a very high component of their cost. so they want to ensure they get that balance right. but for a major airline it would simply be impractical. and that's why the airlines follow certain guidelines.

so for example in 2003 the faa in the united states increased the amount that they require airlines to predict passengers will weigh on average by ten pounds. it went to 190 odd pounds. in europe they look at 90 kilos for a passenger and their luggage. and you do that for a variety of reasons. you do it for simplicity. you do it for fuel calculation. and you do it for economy. because it costs planes more fuel to carry fuel to carry passengers to carry fuel. >> richard, so one of our former colleagues, miles o'brien, who also happens to be a pilot, he says, look, this is an issue of fairness. not necessarily discrimination. so he's defending this. listen to what he said, richard. >> if the premise is it costs more to carry heavy baggage, which is true, then that premise should hold for heavier

individuals. so in the fairest world if you did a cumulative weight of the passenger plus his or her luggage and the discharge for that weight, that by far the fairest would be a level playing field. >> all right. richard, so if we start eating more, what do you think, does mile haves a point? >> i love miles o'brien. he's absolutely spot-on correct. in a fair world, you would charge by weight. and that's what samoa air is doing. and it is absolutely the right fair thing to do. until your great uncle joe is obese, your neighbor next door is a little on the thin side, you, sir, have got that vast steam of trunk of clothes -- >> how would he know that? >> and michael has just got a pair of body shots and objects

to paying extra. so that's why airlines have to have it. in a perfect world. but just imagine an a380 with 500 people on board and everybody getting on and off the scales weighing themselves and looking -- and then you had a big lunch, so that's a bit extra. and you've got that and that's a bit extra. but you went to the bathroom before you got on. it could be a nightmare. >> and also it's not that -- let me -- i'm 6'4" and you're -- >> 5'3", i'll say it. >> i don't take up more space. that's not fair. that's how you're born. that's not a mistake of overeating or something. >> right. but, miss suzanne malveaux, do you object to paying the extra fuel cost that luggins next to you would take because he's heavier? >> i carry the big bag. i have to pay extra for the big bag. >> just imagine -- just imagine when you're sitting on a plane

if you see a truly obese person walking towards you. you really would want to tap them on the shoulder. >> that's a space issue. i don't take up more space. >> no, it's not. it costs more money to carry that passenger because they're going to burn more fuel. >> if they're sitting next to you, it's a space issue though. >> it can also be seen as a discrimination too. that's a brilliant point as well. richard, we have to let you go. >> it's a brilliant idea that is totally unworkable in a major airline. >> in the real world. >> period. >> richard, terrific. we could go on, but we can't. >> we do have more news. >> luggins, indeed. let's talk about north korea now. north korean officials did more than what they have been doing, and that is talking. they actually took some action that analysts are saying is perhaps stirring up more trouble on the korean peninsula. >> we're talking about an industrial complex. now, it's on the border, but

technically inside north korea. it is where south koreans and north koreans work together to show that they are cooperating. well, there is none of that today. the north koreans sent all south koreans home, told them not to come back. kyung lah is nearby and has the story. >> reporter: just south of the dmv in north korea's capital pyongyang, the road to the one place the two koreas work together. but not today. south korean vehicles pulled out one by one, nearly 400 of them. workers turned away. where they want today go? an industrial complex unusual place on north korean territory. here 123 south korean manufacturing companies employ 50,000 north korean workers pumping out hundreds of millions of dollars in products. an island of peace between cold war nations. but like the angry threats stemming from pyongyang this week, the north's president kim

jong-un struck again. south koreans could leave, but not come in to kaesong. the border of north korea, about 800 south koreans remain on the other side. do you think those workers will eventually come out? of course they will says this worker turned away at the gate. i'm confident they'll come out. the anxious wait begins. these are the last few cars we've seen coming out of kaesong. a second wave of workers. so far these are the only vehicles we've seen. a small trickle of cars emerging every hour while the south korean government pledged to protect its citizens still inside. the manager at a kaesong plant came out late in the day telling reporters his colleagues refuse to leave worried north koreans would not let them back in to keep their companies running. it's very serious, he says. not just that the factories will stop running, but that there won't be any food for the

workers. he added the stores were running out of supplies already. the countries need to negotiate, he says. the day ends with hundreds of south koreans still behind the north korean curtain with an unpredictable tomorrow. kyung lah, cnn, near the north korean border. onto saudi arabia now. you might have heard an eye for an eye, but what about a spine for a spine, bizarre story? >> this is incredible. amnesty international outraged over reports of a man sentenced to paralysis as punishment. the human rights group says it amounts to torture. >> mohamed jam joom is joining us and what do we know about this case? >> reporter: well, suzanne, it's a shocking case. a man in saudi arabia reportedly sentenced by a saudi court to be paralyzed because he had allegedly stabbed and paralyzed

his best friend ten years ago. now, local media reports started emerging about this case over the weekend. saudi newspapers saying that a court there was sentencing him and demanding he be paralyzed from the waist down if he was not able to come up with $270,000 to be paid to his victim as compensation. amnesty international issued a statement last night in which they said this sentence was outrageous and on no account should be carried out. that statement added that paralyzing someone as punishment for a crime was absolutely wrong and would be torture. suzanne. >> mohamed, amnesty also says there have been other retribution cases, things like eye gouging, pulling of teeth, at a time when saudi wants to be seen as sort of having incremental if that reforms. how does this all reflect on the judicial system there?

>> this is not the kind of case that the saudi government would like to appear in international media. saudi arabia is a very conservative deeply islamic country. it practices a very tier tan kal restrain. you do have eye for an eye retribution style punishments being doled out. the saudis don't like the media talking about it so much because that's their law over there and just makes them look bad to international rights groups and other international governments. but the fact of the matter is it depends on the type of crime committed as for if these types of punishments are being doled out. when it comes to murderers, convicted murderers being executed, that is quite common. amnesty international reported in 2012 at least 79 people, convicted murderers in saudi arabia had been executed. when it comes to this type of a case though, paralysis as punishment, that's much less common.

you don't hear about that. the last time we heard about a case like this was in 2010 when there were reports of another victim paralyzed dmantding demanding his attacker be paralyzed. the saudi justice ministry denied that type of punishment was even being considered by the court. >> mohamed, thanks so much. here's more of what we're working on for "around the world" this hour. an unbelievable story. this is out of canada. more than 1,000 cancer patients got the wrong dose of a chemotherapy drug that they were supposed to have to save their lives. we'll explain how it happened and who's to blame. >> jewish students in france going head-to-head with twitter. they want the company to identify users who post antise anti-semitic comments. >> what does it take to put on a perfect show when you're on the road 300 days a year?

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>> wow. brazil a terrible bush crash that happened last night. seven people died when this city bus went over the guardrails of an overpass. tumbled more than 300 feet -- rather 30 feet to the street below. everybody else on the bus they were hurt and taken to the hospital. police in northern india looking for two men on a motorcycle who witnesses say threw acid on four women walking along a road. the women all of them sisters, three of them have severe burns from the acid. police say the attackers were on a motorcycle and shot the acid from a water gun. no word yet on why those women might have been targeted. and then china's hunan province just getting to school takes some effort. this 14-year-old and his sister climb ladders as part of their monthly trek to the classroom. now, these ladders were actually built after the bridge collapse. now, even the dog has learned to

climb. be pretty hard to do this every day. it's 21 miles to school. >> 21 miles. >> can you imagine that? >> every day. oh, my word. there's the dog. we were waiting for the dog. there. we told you the dog could do it. this is a disturbing story. you have somebody fighting for their life, they've got cancer. and then they find out that the chemotherapy drugs they were being given had been watered down. >> so that is actually what happened to more than 1,000 patients. this is in canada. they received doses of chemo in what were lower than what they had intended and authorities are investigating how did it happen and how does it affect all those patients who had those drugs. >> really worrying stuff. we have the details. >> it's a stunning revelation. two commonly used chemotherapy drugs provided to four ontario hospitals had lower than intended doses. in essence, the drugs were watered down. according to cancer care

ontario, the chemo meds were up to 20% less powerful than they should have been. >> the assumption is that up to 1,000 people may have received doses that are less than what was intended. >> reporter: not only were the doses less powerful than intended, but some patients were getting those lower doses for up to a year says this oncologist from cancer care ontario. it's impossible to know how this affects the cancer and put more patients in danger. >> will they worry? sure. that's the nature of being human and having a condition. of course i think it's a cause for some worry. but it's the job of the oncologist to discuss with them whether that worry is justified or not. >> reporter: the drugs came from a supplier who is responsible for mixing and labeling the medication then providing them to the hospitals. the problem was uncovered by a hospital pharmacist in peter bo ro who tested the suppliers

products. all ontario hospitals are mixing their own doses and the supplier is no longer being used for these meds. the four hospitals in windsor, london, peter bo ro now arranging special meetings for the patients and their oncologists. >> 186 patients at a hospital in new brunswick also received the watered down drugs. you can imagine how concerned people are about this. >> staggering stuff. all officials say almost 1,200 patients were affected by that mix up. and just in, a guilty verdict for two men who plotted to murder joss stone. up next we'll tell you what the singer herself has to say about all that. ♪ let's face it. everyone has their own way of doing things. at university of phoenix we know learning is no different. so we offer personalized tools and support, that let our students tackle the challenge of going back to school, like they do anything else...

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in england a scary case for soul singer joss stone. she might be breathing a sigh of relief today. two men convicted of planning to rob and actually kill her. >> a bizarre story.

let's get to erin in london. erin, tell us what the court found. >> hi, michael. bizarre is the word kevin liverpool's own attorney used to describe his client's own behavior. today's guilty verdict not exactly surprising given the weight of the evidence against the two men. take a listen. ♪ >> it's a story that could have been scripted in hollywood. a bungled murder/robbery plot targeting joss stone and two criminals caught with notes, maps and a small car they crashed. >> it's like they sat and just watched way too many movies. >> prosecutors say junior bradshau and kevin liverpool drove across england with the intent to rob and kill the 25-year-old soul singer at her home in an idyllic quiet section of devon.

the douuo's behavior anything b regular. apparently lost the pair was spotted on this main road just miles from the singer's home. their car was packed with what seemed to be a stash of weapons. a knife, a hammer, black bags and cape, they were hard to miss in this town not used to strangers. >> just getting ready to set up for lunchtime i think it was. and we just saw the car pull up outside. we did think they looked a bit suspicious. >> this was shut. so banging on the door. >> reporter: there were stopped outside of this hair salon. police found a picture of stone and some handwritten notes. the notes read "r.i.p. and once she's dead find a river to dump her." among other celebrity names. detail a possible motive with royal connection. a guest at the wedding of prince

william and the duchess of cambridge. one of the notes call her a she devil. bradshaw and liverpool never made it to the gates outside stone's house. the singer says she was home, doors unlocked at the time of their arrest. >> i tell you what, if they had to come, a farmer would have come up with a big shotgun. they would have had the shock of their lives. don't really feel it that much because it didn't happen. >> bradshaw suffers from schizophrenia. he thought he was going on a harmless day trip. he testified he didn't even know who joss stone was. a defense that didn't hold in court. both bradshaw and liverpool were found guilty of conspireing to rob and murder the singer. kevin liverpool has been sentenced to life in prison. sentencing has been adjourned for junior bradshaw pending medical reports. both men will have the opportunity to appeal though it's unclear at the moment whether they plan to do so,

michael. >> all right, erin. thanks so much. >> glad she's okay. i love joss stone. i love her. i've seen her. >> amazing. well, she's good. >> she is good. twitter getting sued now for anti-semitic postings. a group of french students say that either tell us who posted these are fork over $50 million. that story up next.

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[ kids growling excitedly ] breaking news. want to show you some pictures. very dramatic pictures here. this is a fire at a four-story apartment building in grazny. let's have a look at more pictures. i'm looking at the russian news agency. they're saying this 40-story -- it's an apartment building fully ablaze as you can see there, but no one killed or injured so far.

dozens of people were evacuated. this is a 475-foot building. >> they're saying now -- i mean, there are a lot of people on scene as you can imagine. 100 firefighters, 16 fire engines that are trying to put out that fire as we speak. and we are also learning here that all the floors of the skyscraper that you see there except for the ground floor are actually on fire. they don't even know how this started yet. >> extraordinary pictures. fortunately, as we say at the moment nobody killed or injured. trivia for you. the chechen -- leader was actually given a five-room apartment in that building as a gift from the leader. so keeping an eye on that as you can see dramatic stuff coming in from grozny. >> we'll get you more information. as soon as we have more information on that get back to that. it's very dramatic when you look at the pictures and amount of black smoke and really the fire

just coming up from ground above. >> biggest building in the city. we'll keep an eye on it. [ gunfire ] other news now, rebel fighters in syria getting more military help from jordan and the united states. u.s. officials say they are training rebels to possibly man a border battle zone that hasn't even been established yet. >> about half a million syrian people have fled to jordan since the civil war began just two years ago. in western afghanistan insurgents stormed a courthouse killing 44 people and wounding dozens more. this attack began when a car bomb exploded and militants disguised as army officers race into the building and started shooting. >> the afghan national security forces finally defeated them, but not until there had been nine hours of fighting. in china a third person dead from a strain of bird flu that's not been seen before in humans.

that's according to to state-run media. reports say a total of nine people have now been infected with the h7n9 virus. >> authorities are trying to find the source, but so far they say it doesn't appear to have come from pigs. that was the theory that was believed before. one professor says it is likely that the virus spread from wild birds to poultry, actually. >> very worrying. well, before last month many people had no clue who mr. or cardinal -- >> pictures of him praying at the tomb of pope john paul ii. bring in reverend edward beck in new york host of the show "sunday mass." tell us, reverend, why it is that we have seen and he has

captivated us so much just in the last three weeks or so breaking so many traditions. do we think this is really a sign of many more things to come? >> well, i think it probably is. and what i was thinking watching him there at the tomb, i've recently read the president's club, the link that former presidents have with each other because it's this rare group that's experienced something that no one else has. so this is by all reports a reluctant pope, supposedly the last election he kind of said please don't vote for me. a humble man from argentina. and suddenly he is thrust on to the world stage. and he's thinking to himself, i'm sure, what do i do now? so consult your predecessors. go to their tombs. pray to them. i'm sure he'll talk to benedict. remember, it's a rarefied group ever been pope. so he's consulting with them what should i do now. >> as he's shaking things up whether it be security or just how he is interacting with the

people, officials within the church, the vatican hierarchy structure if you like are worried that he's getting a bit too, i don't know, mainstream. >> well, i think they're wondering what he's going to do next. he's not easily managed, i'm sure upsets them. remember this man is 76 years old. so they're thinking probably maybe he won't shake up things too much. interestingly a former pope john xxiii whom we all remember started vatican ii. he was elected when he was 77 years old. they thought he would be a caretaker transitional pope and he calls together the most revolutionary meeting of the last century in the church. so i think the way pope francis has begun people are thinking, gee, this man could even call vatican iii. he's going to do some major things when maybe they thought this humble man from argentina wouldn't be do that at all. >> reverend beck, thank you so much.

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this is out of berlin, germany. amazing. this is a leftover from world war ii made some folks very nervous. >> yeah. one of those sort of daily life things that pop up quite literally sometimes in german cities and of course were destroyed largely by the allied bombing campaign. >> workers actually found a 220-pound bomb, yep, in a construction site. this was near the main train station in central berlin dropped by a russian bomber some 70 years ago.

so the bomb is old, but still very much alive. i understand there are quite a few more like it around. >> yep. they pop up every few months normally when somebody's digging a foundation for something. one popped up in a car parking lot a few years ago. it does happen. >> scary stuff. a group in france suing twitter. it's a jewish organization of students from all over the country. and they wanted twitter to hand over the real names of users who they say are racist. >> well, twitter said, nope. and now here comes the lawsuit. we're watching developments from london. >> this hash tag became the third most popular in france on twitter last year in october. unfortunately, some people were using the hash tag to post anti-semitic comments and jokes, even tweeting photos of the holocaust.

frankly many of these posts are so offensive we will not be repeating them on cnn, but these tweets did pose a legal dilemma for twitter. twitter did remove some of the most offensive posts, but the union of jewish students france want twitter to take it a step further. and they sued the company demanding that they hand over the details of who posted these abusive comments online. now, twitter refused. but in january a french court ruled that twitter must hand those details over. now, twitter has ignored the ruling arguing that it is based in the united states and protected by the first amendment, the right to free speech. the french court however has said that twitter must hand those details over to them. until it does it is fining the company $1,000 a day. not much perhaps for a company like twitter, but the union of jewish students is also suing twitter for $50 million. so it could get a lot more

expensive. atika shubert, cnn, london. in berlin a museum doing what art often does controversial making some people angry in this case. >> here's the exhibit. it's at the jewish museum. a simple chair, a glass box and a jewish man or woman sitting there for a couple hours inviting visitors to ask them anything about their religion or what it's like to be jewish. >> yeah. seems pretty simple, but it's the box part that is making some people a little uneasy. they say it's dehumanizing, even degrading and call the exhibit jew in a box. now, we asked one of the museum curators to join us on cnn to talk about the exhibit and museum, he did agree and will join us tomorrow. >> really interesting on that. dying to talk to him about that. an unluiikely challenger playing a big role, how hugo chavez's ghost is actually haunting. this is george.] the day building a play set

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another spokesman for the royal family says they are not commenting on legal decisions. here in the united states of course we're very familiar with the heated presidential campaigns, candidates traveling back and forth, the air waves filled with ads, buy for endorsements, this is a little different. >> this is. venezuela two candidates running for president. while they're using some of the same tactics, there is an unusual twist. one candidate claims he has an endorsement from beyond the grave. here's rafael romo. >> it's been almost a month since president hugo chavez died of cancer, but he still seems to be everywhere in venezuela. ♪ his image appears constantly on national tv. public officials thank chavez for the completion of housing projects. this woman says chavez didn't die but is alive inside every venezuelan. and take a look at this video.

it suggests chavez is in heaven in the company of important historical figures like venezuelan independent healer. these are the messages venezuelan voters are exposed to daily as they get ready for the april 14 presidential election. chavez's hand picked successor, former foreign minister nicolas maduro surrounded by a sea of chavez loyalists in red. maduro told people attending his rally that the spirit of hugo chavez appeared to him in the form of a little bird while praying. >> translator: the little bird landed on a wooden beam in front of me, stared at me and whistled. it whistled and i answered back by whistling as well. the little bird flew around one more time and left.

and i felt the spirit and the blessings of commander hugo chavez were there for this battle that begins today towards the battle of april 14th. >> reporter: meanwhile the opposition is crying foul alleging using public resources for propaganda purposes. >> translator: where is the money coming from? from the campaign of lies. isn't it true putting maduro on state channel? isn't it true he's using venezuelan state airplanes for his campaign? isn't it true that they're using the resources of the venezuelan state tv for their campaign events? >> reporter: opposition candidate is collaging maduro to a debate, but so far the invitation has been ignored. >> oh, my goodness, really? >> we were kind of laughing during the whole piece here. >> are people going to buy that? >> the reality that a certain segment of the population does really buy that. and some of these tactics are

not new. chavez used them before. they come straight from the cuban playbook. there's a segment of the population who really believes that. and you have to remember less than a month ago hugo chavez, the president, died and to his people his spirit remains alive in venezuela. >> so perhaps the people are they paying attention as well i imagine really to some of the corruption and serious issues? there are so many problems around his reign. >> there's a lot of economic problems in venezuela starting with food shortages, distribution of energy, the electric grid is in really bad disrepair. but the reality is that so far and especially for this election chavezistas are so in power and have a very strong message and the rallies are attended by thousands and thousands of people. >> wow. to put whole new meaning to what a little bird told me.

>> that bird whistled himself too, or was that sound effects? >> no. it was right there in front of the microphone. >> nothing like tweeting in an election campaign. >> really. >> rafael, good to see you. performing with cirque du soleil might seem like a dream job. i'd love to do it, but mind e behind the costumes and astounding acts also comes with a headache that comes with constant travel. we're going to show you how they really live behind the scenes. [ coughs ] [ angry gibberish ] [ justin ] mulligan sir. mulligan. take a mulligan. i took something for my sinuses, but i still have this cough. [ male announcer ] truth is, a lot of sinus products don't treat cough. they don't? [ male announcer ] nope, but alka seltzer plus severe sinus does it treats your worst sinus symptoms, plus that annoying cough. [ angry gibberish ] [ fake coughs ] sorry that was my fault sir. [ male announcer ] alka seltzer plus severe sinus. [ breathes deeply ] ♪ oh, what a relief it is! [ male announcer ] try alka seltzer plus severe sinus day and night for complete relief from your worst sinus symptoms.

welcome back everyone. once again we're getting more breaking news. this in the entertainment world. we're hearing from nbc that jay leno has announced that he will be stepping down as host of "tonight show with jay leno" and jimmy fallon. >> yeah. he's taking the hot seat there. they're both responding. they have statements out. leno saying congratulations, jimmy, i hope you're as lucky as me. and hold on to the job while you've got the old guy. if you need me, i'll be at the garage. fallon says he's really excited to host. >> yeah. he says he's excited to host the show that starts today instead of tomorrow. >> more from our entertainment correspondent in the next hour. >> yeah. have you ever thought of giving it all up? maybe joining the circus? yes? >> no. >> no. i didn't think so. >> no.

no. some people know it's a way of life. we go behind the scenes not just of any circus but the famed cirque du soleil. >> reporter: effortless and elegant. the performers of cirque du soleil excite and amazing in every performance in every city. the same precision to execute these moves and daredevil routines is applied to when they travel. making sure it's a seamless transition from country to country. on the road for 300 days a year, they're in constant motion. the cycle for travel, train and perform is a balancing act to create a home away from home. >> when i get to a new city, i really try to cherish it. there's no place i'd rather be, and madrid, that's it. there's no place i'd rather be. we do our best to make the our

home for that time that we're there. >> reporter: the cast and crew have been staying here in london bridge in 85 apartments. >> we always start with the housing first because we start out a few months in advance. like right now we're working on about three cities at the same time. for london it's really nice that we have everyone in the same place here. but for example in madrid we're in 24 different places. >> more stuff in this one. >> reporter: whether it's london or moscow, paris or madrid, these ultimate road warriors have to pack for all seasons taking everything they need all year round. >> we don't live in the present. sometimes it's sad to say it like that. we really live in the future. like right now we're in london in the uk. and we're working on making sure that we have documents ready for spain, for russia, for france because we're visiting those countries by the end of the year. so we're always one day to six months in advance and living in

the future. >> it's not just a circus, it's also a community. there are 175 cast and crew including 53 performers. along with two physiotherapists and four chefs. the traveling circus also has a traveling school. >> well, training is in progress, the younger performers are trying to master mathematics. >> it's always a challenge because they are in the context of a working environment. on the other hand they are still teenagers. they still need to have that contact with their age which they don't have in a working environment. >> and there's nothing better than a school trip. learning on the road has its benefits. >> one of my students she's been reading about egypt and the mummies and all that jazz and now we're going to a british museum to see them. that's another opportunity that you don't have staying at home.

>> getting a glimpse of how 175 cast and crew work, live and travel together shows cirque du soleil from a different perspective. once the lights are on and the music begins, the only place they really feel at home is on stage. >> not that glamorous, is it? >> no. kind of like covering a campaign for a year. >> so you're rethinking of running away with the circus. >> i'm just not that talented. >> i'm good at watching it. all right. that will do it for me, actually. i'm going to go now. leave it to you. >> all right. see you tomorrow. >> ware speaking out for the first time since his injury. that is coming up in the next hour. it's lots of things. all waking up. ♪ becoming part of the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything.

♪ trees will talk to networks will talk to scientists about climate change. cars will talk to road sensors will talk to stoplights about traffic efficiency. the ambulance will talk to patient records will talk to doctors about saving lives. it's going to be amazing. and exciting. and maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. the next big thing? we're going to wake the world up. ♪ and watch, with eyes wide, as it gets to work. ♪ cisco. tomorrow starts here.

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