the threatened black rhinoceros, and the hunting permit is expected to fetch up to $1 million. here is ed lavn dandara. >> reporter: coming this close to a black rhinoceros is rare. there are only 5,000 left in the world. in the country of namimbia in southern africa, only 700 alive. thousands of miles away in the convention hall in texas, the dallas safari club says they have a way to save the ancient beast. the group will auction off a permit from the namimbian government to kill one black rhino. the president ben carter says that sacrificing one animal for the greater good is smart conservation. >> it is going to raise more money than any other way you could do to help to provide for all of the conservation needs that we need. >> and it has sparked death threats which the fbi is investigating and also a vicious

debate of how to save the species. and a conservation group in africa call it a joke. tell us where you are, marcia? >> i'm in africa. >> reporter: and she is with the rhino trust and working with the namimbian government to save the black rhino. do you agree with it? >> no, it is not. it saying that one rhino dead is worth much more than it is is alive. >> reporter: it is going to be auctioned off and a closed event, and no cameras allowed insoo inside and you have to have a special ticket to get in and they it is a is to protect the i identity of the bilders and they estimate that the permit could sell for as much as $250,000 to up to $1 million. the dallas safari club says that all of the money will be donated to the namimbia government to conserve the black rhinos and the two or three black rhino males have been picked out by the government. >> they are old males and not

contributing to the population anymore, and in fact, they are territorial and aggressive, and they are actually detrimental to the population, when they are old like that, and they are like a cranky old man. >> reporter: but they say that it would be better to sell opportunities of tourism to see the animals in the wild. >> i cannot say how strongly perverse this is to say that killing the animal is the best thing to save the animals. it is critically endangered species. >> reporter: the black rhino is in the cross heirs of controversy and both sides say they are doing what is best for the wild beast. ed lavandara, cnn, dallas. and this has plenty of opponents. john will join me on the phone from lansing, michigan, who is a

conservati conservationist. and tell me your thoughts about what is happening here? >> well, it is a contradiction of perseverance. no way to honor preserving something by killing it. >> well, two points of interest, because coming out of namimbia says that hunting is not taken lightly and only geriatric bulls and do not contribute to the population are trophy hunted. >> well, it is a mixed message if you are going to conserve or, you know, if you are going to kill off, and when you take, and when you take that stance, you are, you're creating a controversial stance that

contradicts itself. so really, what it comes down to is that you can't have it both ways in terms of the conservation. i would challenge the dallas safari club to only auction off that license to someone who promises not the use it. that would be a wiser way to raise this awareness that there is a potential to kill a rhino through the licenses issued by the namimbian government, but it is not a step that is taken. >> and so i guess that there is the possibility that somebody could buy the permit and never use it, but let me ask you. is there any danger to the hunter here? >> it is my understand iing tha in terms of them being -- how do you mean? >> well, you know, say someone buys this permit, and wants to go and hunt the rhinoceros, and you know, how will -- it is a dangerous animal?

>> with the surround inings tha you know, any big game hunter has, and the escort that any big game hunter has, they are not in any danger at all. and i think that's, you know, that is another position or another issue about big game hunting that it is really not, there is not a lot of hunting involved, but it is more trackers who take you to the spot and tell you where to shoot. >> and kill the animal. >> yes. >> and let me ask you this, because the safari club says it is the best way to support the population of plaque rhi black they say it is the right way, and we are relying on the scientists and the biologists that this is the best way to support the population of the black rhino, and you disagree with them, and what do you say to them? what is the best way? >> well, the best way is to raise the issue, which they have done for us, and in the absurd

way, and is to grow the community reserves and grow the kun tri's natural reserves so that the rhinos can be both conserved and the people of namimbia can benefit from the tourist dollars that can come through by having the rhinos alive and not threatened. you have a declining population of black rhinos of little over 5,000 alive in the wild today that could be nurtured to increase the population in namimbia and increase tourism, and looking at approximately $7,000 in u.s. dollars in annual tourism to namimbia, and that can increase, and also increase the economic well-being of the people who are part of the reserves and those community programs. >> john zaller, appreciate your calling in, and we will follow

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says that some shoppers' credit cards may have been compromised in the security breach in the holiday season. they did not say how many or how the mack hacker s -- or how t hackers got around the security syst system. and target says that as many as 70 million customers may have had their information stolen from hackers during christmas and that is a much higher number than target originally reported. and people in west virginia desperate for information, because officials say it is g going to be days until they can use tap water. it is a state of emergency for nine counties after hundreds of gallons of toxic liquid leaked into the tap water. do we have any idea when this could over, erin? >> well, keyra, a declining levl

of the chemical in the water, but it is not safe to use yet, and the president of west virginia american water said it is going to take days, because they have to repeatedly test the water to make sure that it is safe, and have successful results for several tests done before they will say it is going to be safe to use. and obviously, this is a big problem in charleston and the surrounding areas, because the businesses have had to close down, because they can't use their water, either, so it is not only an economic concern, u but a health concern as well. and now for daily life, because people cannot cook with it. they cannot brush their teeth with this water, and it is a big disruption for that area. >> and erin brockovich, we know her as a well known environmentalist, and she is speaking out about the situation, and what did she say? >> well, kyra, she was on cnn last night, and you may remember her, because she has led class action lawsuits before, and let's listen to what she had to say last night. >> when there is a disaster like

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well, if major league baseball has its way, you will not see a-rod in the game until 2015 and maybe never. a suspension for the new york yankees' slugger was shortened today, but it e would still last a whole season, and even with the options running out, a-rod is not giving up. jason carroll explains how he is fighting back. >> reporter: alex rodriguez a yankee known for setting records now has one more. he has the dishonorable disti distinction of being hit with the longest suspension for doping in baseball's history, a 162-game suspension. b benching him for an entire season, and potential ly ending the 38-year-old's career. this after baseball's chief arbitrator reduced the initial 211-game suspension, and mlb imposed that on rodriguez for allegedly using performance enhancing drug, and rodriguez

releasing a statement, that the number of games sadly comes as no surprise as the deck has been stacked against me from day one, and i have been clear that i have not used the performance enhancing substances and in order to prove it i will take the fight to federal court. >> my advice to him as i gave to lance armstrong, just fess up. >> reporter: major league baseball wanted the original suspension to the stand, and they said while they felt it was appropriate, we respect the decision by the panel, and we will focus on the continuing efforts of eliminating the performance enhancing substances from the game. >> i bang the table, and i kicked a briefcase and slammed out of the room. >> reporter: rodriguez went to arbitration after mlb imposed the 211-game suspension, but he was frustrated with the process, and he stormed out of the hearing last november after learning that baseball's

commissioner bud selig would not testify that mlb used unethical tactics about the investigation. >> i exploded and i overreacted and it came from the heart. this is a very difficult process. >> reporter: in all 13 players were suspended last year after mlb found they had used p.e.d.s obtained from the now defunct biogenesis clinic in florida. all suspended for 50 games except for milwaukee's ryan braun who received a 65-game ban. and most fans, if not all saying, that it is justified. >> how do you hand that out to one person and not give it to all of the other people the same way, and if you talk about just a-rod, it is too harsh. >> i think it is not too harsh. no doping in baseball. it is america's pastime. >> reporter: frank thomas inducted into the baseball hall of fame called the rodriguez'

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the golden globes is hollywood's biggest nights of the year and it is easy to see why. amy pohler and tina fey will return to be hosts, and there are a-lister presenters, but it is who is not going to be there who has everybody talking. actor/director woody al elen will be presented one of the top

honors when he receives the cecil b. demille lifetime award and chances are that he won't show up. let's talk to samantha who is host of the pop trigger, and also stacy nelson, senior editor of the hollywood reporter, and start with you, stacy, why would woody allen not show up? >> well, he has made a long practice of never attending the awards show which started four decades ago when his film was snubbed, and he believes that they are silly, but he did attend the oscars to thank the a academy for support of new york city, and that was a sort of emotional moment for him, but all sources say he is not attending, and if he did, that would be the shock of the night. >> wow. samantha, do you agree? >> i do agree, and she hit the nail on the head and it not only wo woody who will not show up, but talk about oprah winfrey, and jonah hill who got royally

snubbed from the hollywood press, and oprah should have been nominateds as well as for e estwhitak whitaker, and what ab jonah hill who also was snubbed. >> and why is this snubbing going on? that political, personal risks or do they not like the individuals one-on-one -- i mean, give me the scoop? >> well, it is a combination of everything that you said. the hfpa who is the govern iing body behind the globes which is a different group from the academy and the screen actor gilds awards and the problem is too many movies to see, and people can't watch 30 or 40 movies to give them careful consideration so if people have

a favorite, then they have a favorite or that person is my friend, and sometimes the careful thought does not go into the decisions. >> well, samantha, talk about something positive here, tina and amy, and the duo got a ratings boost and something that the awards shows have been trying for, and so can if ladies top last year's per por mans? what do you think? >> oh, without a doubt. i'm so happy that they are returning, and be honest, because the hollywood foreign press, they dance to beat of their own drum, and they love amy and tina, and they do have their favorites as stacy just said, and the favorites are seven mom nations each is "american hustle" and "12 years a slave." i am routing for "12 years a slave" for best picture, because with what a unjust portrayal of black history, but it is not going to win and i think that "gravity" will take best

picture. >> and stacy, give me a prediction that nobody will expect? >> you mean a possible spoiler? >> yes. >> and well, i think that andy sanburg or his show "brooklyn 99" could break through the series category, and that would be super shocking, and the globes are apt to support, so it is an underdog going into the race, and i will be look g fing that. >> and what about you, samantha? >> well, i will be upset if bryan cranston does not take the best actor for "breaking bad" and not only is it over, but he humanized his character for us, and he had us routing for the bad guy and i will not imagine it if he does not win for the best actor, and "breaking bad" has never won. >> true. and so many people talk about that show. >> yes, "breaking bad" has never won the golden globe, and this would be a huge moment.

>> why is that, stacey? >> well, it took a long time for the show to get traction globally and the fact that "homeland" won the emmy the same year it won the globe bodes well for the momentum of breaking bad so a lot of people are looking for that and homeland is not nominated today. >> okay. there you go. >> and here it is today and gone tomorrow. >> right. exactly. it is a tough atmosphere right fou. >> and it is kind of like our business. okay. there is always a big surprise, guys. and last year it was a cameo by former president bill clinton and any idea of what is going to be in store for this show? stacey, with we -- we will star with you? >> well, it is woody allen accepting the award, but if he walked on stage, people would lose it. and second to him, hillary cl clinton, because she is not going to let her husband one-up her.

>> that is a great point, and she is going to want to run for president, right? and samantha, what is your favorite cameo surprise? >> well, it would with be our own president, president obama, and why not? nowadays with the golden globes you could literally expect anything, but i think that if oprah shows up and jonah hill shows up and woody, and all of the people snubbed, that would be a surprise. >> i wonder what is the president's favorite movie? throw it out there. stacey? >> well, i think that this year is so amazing for african-american theme films so he has been able to screen and watch some of the incredible stories, but maybe he wanted something less serious and maybe he went for "wolf of wall street" or possibly "gravity" he could watch with his girls. so i dont n't know how he has t for it all frankly. >> i don't either. and 20 seconds, samantha, and i want the president to call in, and what is his movie favorite is? >> that would be awesome. i do recall him talking about

loving "the butler" and "fruitville station" and he is going to with be disappointed that neither were nominated as well. >> i am told that we have the president on line two, but we have to wrap up, and we have a couple of seconds. ladies, thank you. >> no! >> i'm kyra phillips, and amy pohler and tina fey, the first ladies of comedy begins right now. the bb ffs. >> that is what we are. >> who became everybody's buddies. >> hello! >> and hollywood's hottest hosts. >> she has plans to do it. >> none of us have plans to do it. >> tina fey and amy