should they stop the possum drop? it is a new year's eve tradition in which a possum is suspended in a seafood box covered in tinsel and lowered to the ground at midnight. they are using wild animals for pets and amusement. so instead the town says it will do something else and rehearsals are underway. >> 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> i don't think that's better. >> the cat didn't foe what was going on. >> why does peta want to take away an exciting night for a possum? >> i don't know. that's not that bad compared to what i do on new year's. i skin the possum alive and then eat its brains. that's way worse. nobody says peep to me. >> they probably didn't know until tonight. then you revealed it. >> oh, are we on tv? i forgot. >> andrew, you were saying in the green room expirks want to get this right so i will quote, podunk towns and their backward ass traditions make me sick to my stomach. can you elaborate? >> they do. no really, i mean this is classic peta. these are people that are going to throw blood on you if you

eve possum drop.ntle possum lowering, if you want to get technical about it. they didn't actually drop said possum. it's like the times square ball drop only with a live possum and a clear case with tinsel on it. it looks like it's the end of an era becausepeta sued to stop the event and a judge just ruled the north carolina wildlife resources commission does not have the authority to issue a permit for the quote unlawful public display of a native wild animal. in an 18-page ruling, the judge wrote in part quote, citizens are prohibited from capturing and using wild animals for pets or amusement. hunters must afford wild animals the same right patrick henry yearned for, give me liberty or give me death. i've said it before. i'll say it again. there is nothing like a well placed patrick henry quote to really give an 18 page ruling on a possum drop the gravitas it deserves. so the wildlife resources commission has 30 days to appeal but at least for now, we'll just judge have to rely on youtube to commem

clay can go out and get a gun and kill the possum, but he can't capture the possum, drop him on new years let's be real. why can't he capture it, release it and it is the end of the story there? because peta says the fireworks and the large crowd agitate the pos possum, therefore, we want have that. >> just so you know, we're going to have a unique type of drop. i'll keep it a secret, but i'll tell you, richard and avery, it is not a possum, and i'll leave it there. gentlemen, thank you for joining us today. >>> and don't forget you can catch the legal guys every saturday at noon and 4:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> there are a lot of questions today about how a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans and their families. four army vets were killed. the horrifying accident happened thursday in midland texas, during the hunting event. police say the last two floats in the parade were flat-bed trucks carrying the vets and their spouses. the first made it across the train trucks but the second did not and was hit by the train. the city of midland said 26 people

possum lowering, they don't actually drop said possum.ike the times square ball drop only with a live possum and a clear case with tinsel on it. it looks like, though, the end of an era. peta sued to stop the event, and a judge ruled that the north carolina wild life resources commission doesn't have a permit for the, quo, unlawful public display of an animal. the judge wrote in part, quote, citizens are prohibited from capturing and using wild animals for amusement. hunters must afford wild animals the same right patrick henry yearned for, give me liberty or give me death! i've said it before, say it again, a 19-page rule on possum dropping. they have 30 days to appeal, but for now we'll have to rely on youtube videos commemorating the possum drop of years gone by. >> nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. happy new year! >> brings a tear to the eye. it doesn't really compare. but there are other options for new year's eve. you always have times square but there are hardly any other possums in that part of manhattan. alway

they don't actually drop said possum.all drop only with a live possum and a clear case with tinsel on it. it looks like, though, the end of an era. peta sued to stop the event, and a judge ruled that the north carolina wild life resources commission doesn't have a permit for the unlawful public display of an animal. citizens are contributed from capturing animals for amusement. give me liberty or death. i've said it before, say it again, a 19-page rule on possum dropping. for now, we'll have to rely on youtube videos commemorating the possum drop of years gone by. >> nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. happy new year! >> brings a tear to the eye. it doesn't really compare. but there are other options. you always have times square. hardly any other possums in that part of manhattan. always a problem i think living in the city. of course, there is always key west, florida, where they drop a drag queen named sushi. she has provided some top entertainment year after year. as you can see, not quite as well or

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their village before they disowned him and he's been an organization before they turned him to the possum and the farm enough as witches response about that to get up this issue they turned their back to the village and the well i guess with the water was a powerful. monday. before gift in the hands of the husband like them on the public place. and each of them subject it forty five flashing in a public place in front of all religion. and he kept them were flying. a quote the six thousand dollars that family to pay put there had been probably because. death point of view but that's them put shame on the religion and on the family name so they have to an a.b.c. lose their ballots and pay the fine just that the punished by death was botched. killing the woman that's much easier for the war lost like killing a bird. we were at a point where the concept of justice is still nonexistent. today we have jungle law if this constitutionalist benefit for. last they put the practice i don't know why they look like a west or same we have in our constitutional. freedom of speech event in the mission ho

by eating possum at the local eating possum festival. by shaking a lot of hands.harlie crist knew florida and he knew florida politics right down to the last rescued sea turtle. shortly crist was a moderate republican and a proud member of the reality-based community as a republican. as florida governors go, governor crist was popular. he carried approval ratings of over 50%. but then something happened to florida governor charlie crist. something happened to his career. in february of 2009, in the worst of the economic crisis with the nation shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs, charlie crist hugged the democratic president, he hugged president obama at an event in fort meyers and said that president obama's economic stimulus plan was going to be good for florida and good for the country. a few months after that, he announced instead of running for governor, he was going to make a bid for the senate. at the time the idea was to keep a republican in that senate seat. charlie crist was popular so he presumably could do that. he could hold that seat for the party.

i can't shake the feeling, however, that new year's eve just will not be the same without a possum. sure we'll still pop the cork on the champagne, blow the noise makers, but come midnight, we'll all be thinking about the thing that truly symbolizes the start of a new year rich with promise, marsupials, in general, possums in particular. see you again one hour from now. that's it for us. 10:00 p.m. eastern, join us again for another edition of "360." "piers morgan tonight" starts now. >>> good evening. you're looking live at capitol hill, reeling from one november surprise after another, from turmoil in the highest ranks of the military to the looming fiscal cliff that threatens the american economy. tonight, washington is none too happy about being left out of the loop as the fbi investigates the general petraeus sex scandal. >> it's rather shocking to find out candidly that we weren't briefed. >> it would have been nice to know before we saw it on tv. >> the president was certainly surprised when he was informed about the situation regarding general petraeus on thursday. >> meanwh

no. 4, the eagles riley cooper was playing possum. the saints didn't see him. brandon boykin.s a touchdown. but wait. called back. illegal lateral. no. 3, monday night football. drew brees extended his record of touchdown passes to 51. the saints win 28-13. and no. 2, santa cruz, cold water classic. park kinson is a three-time tour runner-up, hoping he won't be a fourth-time brides maid this week. >>> and no. 1, this horse appeared to be spooked. the horse threw his jockey and took off. you know where he was found? in,,,,,,,, >>> all right. tomorrow is election day. we expect you to ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [♪...] >> announcer: the following program is brought to you by nopalea, the anti-inflammatory wellness drink by trivita. reay tuned to learn how you can

come midnight, we'll all be thinking about possums in particular. "erin burnett outfront" starts now. in burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next. a new twist in the david petraeus scandal. tonight, general john allen, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, part of the story. >>> and just who is the woman who seems to be at the center of it right now? jill kelley. her complaints about harassing e-mails ultimately led to petraeus' resignation. now we're learning of, quote, flirtatious e-mails she allegedly sent general allen. >>> and the latest on the fbi investigation that stumbled upon petraeus' affair with his biographer, paula broadwell. two experts from the fbi on why president obama didn't learn of the investigation for six months. let's go "outfront." >>> i'm erin burnett. good evening. "outfront" tonight, a scandal turns more bizarre. new details tonight on the petraeus scandal. the white house, forced to take a stand. not on david petraeus, but on another four-star general, john allen. america's top commander in afghanistan.

. >> brian: what about the possum you're holding. >> this is ali a virginia possum.>> brian: not as a pet. >> gretchen: i notice that neither of the three of you is holding the boa constrictor. why not? >> only because i only have one set of hands. >> gretchen: come on! let's have steve hold it. >> steve: i like the way the snake goes there and suddenly disappears because it's a sand snake. >> absolutely. she spend most of her time on the ground underneath the sand. she's built for camouflaging and that type of a habitat. it's her safe place. >> steve: and far right screen we've got something that a lot of kids have owned in their lives. a guinea pig. >> yes. this is abbey. she's about three months old. she is a guinea pig indeed. she's almost full grown but still a little bit smaller than her mother. they're from south america. >> brian: good pets? >> yes, very good pets. they are social animals, so it's recommended you have more than one if you'll have one. but they're really great and make the cutest squeaking sound. >> steve: you got this new book out. >> brian:

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counselor for silver tree and they grew up in that canyon and she learned what a possum was and there is so much wild life now and i am not a grandmother, i am a great grandmother and i want to be able to take my kids and grandkids all the way back through the canyon under the trees. i also very quickly i feel that not enough out reach was done on the heights part of this project because i live in glen ridge and it is a cooperative and it is comprised of 275 units throughout diamond heights including berkeley way that overlooks the boulevard which overlooks the canyon and where i live on arbor street and i spoke with the president of the board of directors of glen ridge last week saying what is the board's stance on this. and he said he never heard anything about it. so i have to feel that the out reach and the public comment was inadequate and that more is needed. especially the removal of the trees. >> thanks. >> i am sorry for taking up so much time. >> next speaker, please? >> i would like to submit some meeting minutes from the playground meetings of parents that were done by the

to defend itself russia and iran are among the countries strongly opposing the move seeing it as a possum. well first step towards a no fly zone and foreign boots on the ground and in the comments editor in chief of the syria tribune online blog says the western backed rebel coalition will be able to control actual rebels. we don't know and they don't control anything on the ground and you know the worst one of them to be the sort of prison. which does not make sounds right through france and it requires the permission as leader of this sort of preserve the syrian people. and to leave the earth. released this video saying that this provision to prevent them from doing that they thought they were fighting table. with. syria so i don't think they would be able to cross over. or we can focus. on the one flag it was the brotherhood is an important member of the coalition and of the same time the muslim brotherhood is their main backer and supporter of the humility brigade that fights in the same brigade if. there is something. there it's really. not clear but it's not a good start for the coa

takes over a possum birds the drying out. of the world's biggest population. four hundred is the animals here protected. it's a place of peace and calm in recent decades dozens of canals of around here to cultivate the taps broad grassy plains may be useful for humans but it does badly hit many species of the animals here for instance. just some forty years ago there were more than two million. now people brought the species to the brink of extinction this region has been full thousands of years but now in a relatively short space of time ever city of creatures is second. by men. the centers. take care of my daddy. a lot of. hope does a famous reuse dance and play was oh my save. my mammy ransom business. which brightened the. song from plans to. start on t.v. dot com. this is all say let's continue a russian prime year league football match between two of the country's top teams was abandoned and the fast flares fired from the stands by the injured one on the play as the incident between base her rivals janov i'm also reigning champions is in need st petersbu

i can't she the feeling that new year's eve won't be the same without a possum. sure, blow the champagne and noise makers, but come the night we'll all be thinking about marsupials, in general, possums n particular. that's it for us. thank you for watching. "early start" begins now. >>> it's complicated. two top military leaders and two women tied up in a major scandal. and now we add a twin sister to the mix. >>> staying or go? house leader nancy pelosi reveals her plans just hours from now. >>> toyota taking control over a steering problem that could affect millions of hybrids. hey, everyone. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. up first, the tangled web that has insnared two of the country's top military women and two women who are not their wives. this morning we are learning much more about jill kelley, the tampa socialite at the heart of the investigations involving general david petraeus and john allen. first there were threatening e-mails sent from petraeus' writer paula broodwell.

and find out why this traditional new year's eve possum drop is now against the law and a think of the past. "your money" starts right now. >>> this is the economic storm of our own making and it's threatening any chance of a sustained recovery. this is "your money." i'm going to show ut damage that america could do itself if washington allows us to go over the fiscal cliff. according to studies, the average household could pay $3500 more in taxes. unemployment in the u.s. which has come down to 7.9% could head back up above 9% by this time next year. the u.s. could join europe which has been hit by a double dip recession. and according to a pugh research/"washington post" poll, you clearly understand the danger of this fiscal cliff. 68% say it will have a major effect on the economy. 21% say just a minor infect. only 2% say no effect. 10% say they don't know which is why you're watching this right now. president obama's solution to all this is to make a deal centered around increasing taxes on the wealthy which will go a good part of the way to raising the $1.6 trillion in new revenue

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