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the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ wild kratts hi, we're the kratt brothers. i'm martin. and i'm chris. and we love lizards. oh yeah. they're scaly. they have claws. they're cool. uhh, you mean cold-blooded. yeah, that too. but i mean cool. check out the attitude. whoa. a monitor lizard. all lizards have certain things in common: the claws, the scaly skin, the general body shape. plus, a lot of lizards do similar things. they prowl, like this guy, who walks around, shooting out his tongue to smell. they climb, like the green iguana who climbs trees, or me. they swim, like marine iguanas of the galapagos islands. but there are very, very few lizards that can glide, gliding lizards that can jump out of a tree, glide through the air like the-- flying gecko. this special lizard has skin between his toes that act like wings, so, when he jumps off a tree, those foot wings help him glide through the air. look at those flying feet. amazing. it even has skin around the sides of its body, perfect parachute-like fea

the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ wild kratts hey, it's us, the kratt brothers. i'm chris. and i'm martin. ha-ha! (laughing) and river creatures around the world are great. ha-ha! chris: capybaras, crocodiles and tapirs. but one of the most unusual of all river creatures is the duck-billed platypus of australia. martin: so, what do you think this cute creature eats? crayfish. chris: platypus search among the rocky bottom looking for crayfish to eat, then they gobble them down with their bill-like mouths. race you, chris. first one to catch a crayfish, platypus, wins. hey, no head starts! (muffled dialogue) it's so dark and murky down there. i can't see a thing. i know! but a platypus can see things in even the darkest, murkiest water. (spitting) ha-ha! boots? oh, man. a racket? how does a platypus do it? it's amazing, but they can. somehow, the platypus can sense food underwater without seeing it. imagine if we had the mysterious sensory powers of the platypus. both: what if? ♪ on adventure with the cool

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carter, the jane hensen foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcome. m kim lawson sitting in. thank you for joining us. 93-year-old e vvangelist billy graham was hospitaled on wednesday with pneumonia. a spokesman says he was alert and upbeat. in may, he recovered from a case of pneumonia. thursday was world aids day and religious leaders were among those recommitting their efforts to combat the deadly disease. at an event in washington, president obama announced new funding for getting life-saving drugs to more hiv positive people. especially pregnant women. former president george w. bush and bill clinton participated via satellite. people of faith gathered in south africa to mark the opening of a united nation's meeting on climate change. a rally led by anglican archbishop urged leaders to reach an agreement on reducing greenhouse gases. in rome, pope benedict xvi also urged deliberations on the environ. delegates in the u.s. religious leaders travel to cuba this week. this trip was led by national council of churches general secretary. there were me

the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ wild kratts hey, it's me, martin, half of the kratt brothers. when it's raining outside, a lot of people are like, "oh no, it's too wet. i'm staying inside!" but i like to be outside like one creature who loves to come out in the rain. worms! worms! you always find them squirming around on a rainy day. but a worm's world is underground. down there is home base for lumbricus terrestris, the scientific name for worms. wherever you walk, there are worms underneath you. they push through the soil with their long, thin bodies, contracting and expanding as they move. hey, little buddy. it's amazing to think that a whole community of worms spend their whole lives living right underneath the ground we walk on. in fact... if we could collect all the worms under this baseball field... which is an area about an acre in size... coming at you, martin! you could find up to one million worms. that's 333 bucketfuls of worms. that's a lot of worms. oh yeah. their home is underground but

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the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ wild kratts hi, i'm chris! and i'm martin. we're the kratt brothers! doing what we're always doing, looking for creatures. whoa! (hissing) an american badger! whoa! oh, that was a close call! let's just give him some space, and let him pass. (hissing) he wants to take on the truck? whoa! (hissing) he's tough! that's a badger for ya! tough! like all members of the weasel family, a badger is one tough creature! a badger is so tough, he'll stand up to a truck! and he'll stand up to predators who are much bigger than himself, like wolves, bears or mountain lions. whoa! and now, he's under our truck! he's moving in under there! oh, he's digging a burrow under our truck. wherever a badger decides to be, that's where he's going to stay until he decides to leave. wow, the american badger is tough! but you know what other creature's really tough? oh, chris! you're bragging about me again? no! the honey badger of africa. oh, yeah! the honey badger is super tough, because he has to

carter and the jane henson foundation and the corporation for public broadcast suggesting. welcome, i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. the war in iraq was declared officially over this week. president obama traveled to fort bragg in north carolina to thank the troops for their service and sacrifices. he promised to help those returning from the war to find jobs and pay for education. the president also paused to pray for the families of close to 4,500 americans who died in the nearly 9 year war. earlier in the week, obama and iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki laid a wreath at arlington national cemetery to honor those who lost their lives in iraq. a report this week shows the number of homeless children in this country has risen substantially. according to the national center on family homelessness, there were 1.6 million homeless children in america in 2010 -- a 38% increase from three years earlier. there was more religious involvement in the occupy movement this week. in washington, faith leaders marched to the capitol carrying a large golden calf with

the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. hey, it's the kratt brothers here. i'm chris. and i'm martin. and we're searching for-- over there! the monarch butterfly, one of the most amazing creatures around. and the reason they're so amazing? wait! oh, he's going this way! here's one! come back! whoa! (laughing) oh, he got away. milkweed. hey, but butterfly might have gotten away, but if you're looking for monarch caterpillars, milkweed is the place to find them. martin, over here. oh. all right! oh, they're big fat ones. oh, yeah, look at them munching away. keep on growing buddy. we'll check on you later. chris: yes, it's happening. he's changing into a chrysalis. the caterpillar sheds his outer skin. and inside is the chrysalis. martin: and this is the chrysalis with the developing butterfly right inside. and over the next 14 days, an amazing transformation takes place. and they emerge as... butterflies. you're looking good, buddy. oh, now, monarch butterflies aren't just your ordinary beautiful butterfly. they

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the estate of william j carter, the jane henson foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcome, i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us, this weekend after thanksgiving and this season of coughs and colds. faith-based groups were among the many expressing frustration at the congressional supercommittee's failure to come up with a debt reduction plan by this week's deadline. in washington, an interreligious coalition held what it called a "super- vigil" to pray that lawmakers would protect programs that help the poor in this country and around the world. the group said the nation's most vulnerable could be harmed by several congressional votes still ahead. >> jesus and the prophets, this is the vision. they said do not afflict the poor and comfort the rich. but you tell me what's happening up there? >>> meanwhile, several religious conservatives this week warned against any deal that would include tax increases. >>> a new survey shows there has been a dramatic increase in the number of religious groups that lobby congress. according to the pew forum on relig

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: january 3rd loomed ever larger on the republican presidential calendar today-- the date of the iowa caucuses. six of the seven hopefuls campaigned in the state, some hoping for a final surge to victory-- others, hoping just to survive. the home stretch in iowa was crowded with candidates today, racing from one event to the next, pressing the flesh, pulling out all the stops. >> good morning. how are you this morning? >> suarez: new polls show mitt romney leading or tied for the lead. romney had once played down iowa, but no more. he rolled out a minute-long tv ad today, extolling the spirit of enterprise. >> the american ideals of economic freedom and opportunity need a clear and unapologetic defense and i intend to make it because i have lived it. >> suarez: the former massachusetts governor played up the same theme in campaign stops today. here, in cedar falls. >> i want america to remain american.