you collar the rhino, explain the reason why. >> so the main rope for collaring a rhino is we want tonow better about how they behave, where they travel, where the habitat is, what they're doing. but also we want to eventually move rhinos across the country into other parks and set up new breeding groups that will allow the species to better adapt. >> why is it that these black market poachers seem to be able to conduct the killing of these endanger eed rhinos with impuni? >> it's there to feed the appetites of newly rich chinese and vietnamese. it's a low risk and high reward crime. unlike drug running or trafficking of humans, the penalties are much less and on which often people get off with a slap on the wrist. >> they move faster than 30 miles per hour. so this is dangerous stuff.on t. >> they move faster than 30 miles per hour. so this is dangerous stuff. >> you do not want to be on the ground with them. we run in jeeps most of the time. you do not want to be on the ground with them because they can run faster than 30 miles per hour. they have really poor eyesight. so if one is

especially, folks, especially the black rhino. you see, there are-- there are only about 5,000 of these ma guess particular creatures left in the world, down 96% since the mid 70s. now one of the reasons they have been dying out is poachers are killing them and harvesting their parts for traditional medicine. for instance, in china it's believed powdered black rhino horn can cure a wide variety of ailments from snakebites to devil possession. wow, those chinese have some crazy beliefs. everybody knows the way to cure devil possession is with holy water. (laughter) now luckily-- luckily, folks, one group has stepped forward with a bold conservation plan, the dallas sav ari club has announced they will save the endangered black rhino by auctioning off the chance to shoot one. like the old saying, if you love something, set it free. then when it has a bit of a head start, open fire. and, folks, the savvy club spokesman is approaching the sensitive subject of sacrificing an endangered species for the greater good, with all the gravity

so i had to take the temperature of the rhino. and there is only one way to do that, pat. >> let me guess. >> it's not in the front. it's in the back. >> are there pictures that we don't need to see? >> it's part of the documentary. i was thinking boy, if he wakes up now i am number one on his list. >> what a way to go. >> i'm toast. >> you may have a career in veterinary medicine. >> billy bush. >> a big night tonight. we would be remiss. how are the giants doing? >> jim, going to commercial. >> we're 0-5. we stink, we're the worst team in football. have at it, skins. >> you can see chasing rhinos coming up on sunday night starting on the nat geo network. >> thanks guys. >> sorry we didn't have california weather for you. you enjoyed the weekend, right. >> let's get the latest. >> today's weather for sure soggy, soggy, soggy and fit really for other animals than for us because we didn't really want to deal with storms. we needed the rainfall. take a look now at the radar because the big rain well off to the east, maryland's easter

the rhino didn't hit him or the car and nobody got hurt.d dropping the phone makes it look dramatic. >> you could call that rhino tips over car. >> awesome. >> he's enormous. it gives you perspective of how huge they are. to get that close to the front horn and realize that it's the size of a tuba. he says that that rhino lives in that area, it's on its way to its dad's house and the rhino makes its presence known like that to people all the time but has never actually hit a car or hurt anybody. >>> it's time for the "right this minute" ipad mini giveaway. >> remember, you've got to be 18 years old and you need the buzz word. >> enter on our facebook page. if you're using your mobile phone or tablet, go to the first post on the facebook page and tap on the mobile link. >> here we go, time to reveal the buzz word. >> interview! go to facebook.com/rightthisminute. and if you're not using a mobile device, click on the win an ipad mini button. >> and interview for your chance to win an ipad mini. good luck, everybody. >>> still to come, see wha

. >> he's joined the rhino caucus, as it were? >> perhaps. it's not my party. >> right. >> johnny has to answer for them. >> do you think, last question for you, is a big deal going to be done or is this going to end with a small deal and hopes for a big deal? >> somewhere in between. i think we'll get a deal done. i think we'll get the government back open. i think we'll get the debt ceiling lifted for a period of time, which i hope is certainly longer than six weeks and goes into next year so we can sit down and do some tough negotiating on debt, deficit and

it's the battle to save an endangered rhino. didn't know about that. >> yes and he's a hypochondriac. >> an intense new movie. this is called 12 years based on the story of a black man from new york state sold into slavery. >> this is overused but people are talk about a possible best actor nomination for him. >> can't wait to see it. >> first, we have bob harper here, of course the long time trainer on the hit show "the biggest loser." good to see you bob. >> hi. >> 15 seasons. >> wow, that's a long time. >> i've been on every one. >> that's incredible. >> i'm tired. i'm a little tired. >> why do you think the show continues to resinate with people? >> i think that people are always looking for some sort of information to stay motivated. that's the one question i get all the time. how do i stay motivated? getting the weight off is the easy part. it's keeping it off. >> i know you changed things up a little bit this season. so the trainers get a hand in some of the casting. did you like that? >> i hated it. all of these people wo

the rhinos are native to the islands of borneo and sumatra. locals cut away at the forests in which they lived and poachers harvested horns for use in chinese medicine. so their population declined. specialists with the world wildlife fund and local officials installed cameras at 16 locations to try to catch one on camera. they were delighted with their success. a wwf official says they hope to work with authorities to ensure that measures are in place to protect the animal. >>> three scientists who study how cells move molecules around and how that relates to our health won the nobel prize for physiology or medicine. >> 2013 nobel prize in physiology or medicine jointly to james rothman, randy schekman and suedhof. >> americans james rothman and randy schekman share the prize with german thomas suedhof. all work with leading american universities. schekman discovered genes, movement of hormones and enzymes in cells. in his research, rothman identified a group of proteins that help in the transfer of molecules. suedhof's work, nerve cells dire

there's the more establishment wing of the republican party. >> the rhinos. >> hippos, rhinos, giraffeser we're calling them. they have a view that, look, it's better to cut the deals with obama, take the victories where you can get them and put some points on the board, okay? they have a certain view on trade, more open borders, a view of a whole host of issues. they're not into the social issues. they want to do more fiscal issues. then there's cruz, rand, paul, mike lee, they're very popular. they want to fight obama everywhere, on every issue, every front. that's really appealing to a segment of the people. >> to the hard right, they absolutely want -- >> yeah. >> that's the media, the conservative media is primarily on that side. so that's what you hear. the there are very few moderate yad owe talk show hosts. >> why is that? because moderates and the republican party have delivered up two losing elections and a lot of failures. >> did the radio "factor" for several years and i know the world in which you live in now. >> yeah. >> you've got be really strong and you've got to be pas

they say the rhino -- there's only 5,000 left.ey will take a male that can't produce any more, bring to it the u.s., auk shoint off and the money raised to kill it will go back to namibia. >> there's some twisted logic. >> i can't believe it was approved in the first place. >> do they expect to raise a lot of money >> half a million at least. if you win it you don't have to kill it. if you're a conservationist or do a kick starter campaign you can save it. >> you can talk about it all morning. >> they have the right to kill it it's a hunting license. there you go. interesting. richard, much lighter, great video. >> mine is a little bit less thought-provoking. i have a 100--foot wave. this is in portugal. the man that was able to come down it, carlos burl they are going to verify whether this wild ride is greater than 78 feet which is the current world record. they believe it's 100 feet. but that's ten stories high. >> he had to be towed into that. >> with jet skis. don't try that. >> don't try that at home. this is first "first lo

to get that close and realize it the sign of a tube a. he said that rhino lives in the area and is on its way to the man's house but has never actually hit a car or hurt anybody. >> let's go to singapore where an incident was caught on video. this guy is being accused of all the other passengers at the bus station of having cut the line. he said i went to get a soda and then came back to line the the line. so he freaks out and spits in her face. then he walks back at her, starts talking to her and spits on her face given. >> i want to fight him. >> amazingly everyone stays cool, calm and collected around him. you do see a guy wearing a badge. i'm assuming he's security for the bus station. >> it's remarkable how everyone else is in all of this. >> it really is amazing nobody beat this guy up. even though we don't know what happened of a this incident, we do know from reports that there is a police investigation. >> i've got an update on this long board video i showed you recently. this crash. membehe was rac desert from is? you could tell that was a heavy h

capture of the rhino. you took part in that. asked. >> they surprised me at the end. they're on the ground and we have a 15 minute window to get our work done and the head doctor says okay billy bush take the temperature and i said okay and i run around to the front and i said just open his mouth and they gave me a digital thermometer and said not the front. around we go to the back and for a powerful beast like this, he would not budge. it was impossible to take the temperature. finally it was 97.7. >> i would have guessed. >> oh, yeah. >> doing fine from my end. >> he's at 98. >> i'm going to guess you don't have to do that on the red carpet too often. >> no, i should probably, but no. >> great idea. >> thank you. >> chasing rhinos with billy bush airs sunday night, 9:00, 8:00 central time on nat geo wild. if you'd like more information on how to help the rhinos, head to today.com. >> up next, the star of 12 years a slave. but first, this is "today" on nbc. pepper jack cheese, mushrooms, jalapeÑos, bacon, tomato and avocado. i

and poachers turned game keepers in libya to save the rhino. ♪ it is the latest push for peace, the friendssyria group of western arab foreign ministers are meeting in london and hoping to persuade leaders to have a planned peace conference in geneva for next month. inside syria the fighting shows no sign of abating and we report. [bomb going off] much of syria war is the battle for checkpoints like this, in the town east of damascus rebels breakout offensive and regime forces are back but rebels prevail and impossible to say which took action but it's repeated across the country. here the rebels appear to win but that is not always the case. [gunfire] in the country side, shelling continues for a fourth day, the damage is immense. [gunfire] there is more violence with sides showing no signs of backing down. and as the fighting continues a planned peace conference of geneva two is enroll and one of the opposition groups representing the rebels would like to discuss the role outside of the talks with the friends of syria and prompted this from russia. meanwhile the syrian president assad sai

sfark i'm kernel they're the rhinos. ut that, it upstaged some of the glitches in the roll-out, a lot of people aren't necessarily pays attention to it because of this huge -- and understandable, a huge fight over the government shutdown. how do you feel about that? >> i think president obama should send a campaign contribution to ted cruz. he has done more to booth obama care than anyone. the numbers have gone up by 7% during the worse week it should be having because of the such a terrible, terrible breakout that it had. it was just terrible. yet all the attention was on the go. shutdown. so, engood, ted cruz wanted to stop obama care, they want to defund it. that's what his supporters wanted to do. instead obama care is going ahead, being fully funded, not getting the criticism that it should. >> peter king, as usual thanks very much coming in. >>> that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. "crossfire" starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire", the government is still closed, the debt limit -- but everyone is

one and all. >> but the thing is, it ends up the rhinos are the people who are calling everybody else, i you got the "wall street journal," scott walker, bedrock conservatives warning them, don't put your hand on this stuff. if you touch the stove, you get burned. it's been burned. here's the thing, some of them want to press down harder. and it's the entire party. >> that's the point. >> that right now is getting hurt and i think. >> it's much more than. i think there is a degree of just cluelessness. it's not recklessness. it's clowlessness. >> they think. >> hold on, carl. >> they think that they are the first conservatives to ever get elected and go to washington, d.c. and i must admit, i thought that for about a year. and then i got a left hook by political reality as did tom komer, steve largent, matt salmon, and some of the most conservative guys i ever met in my life. you physical out, you don't want to run out. you know what happens, they shoot you. in the end, you got to figure out a smarter what i to win. >> carl, then elijah. >> cluelessness and tactics. this is an ethical

this is the thing that kills me they're going to go home and say it's the rhinos joined with the democratsd reopened the government but we stood up to barack obama. but that's crap. and they should be ashamed of themselves for the way they conducted this thing. >> when the republicans do face this again, because as you say the dynamics are still going to be there, do you think that tactically and strategically that speaker boehner and the other republicans in the house or leaders in the party have figured out new ways to deal with this so it doesn't get so dangerous again? >> this is not a great deal. let me say that. and all they've done is we're going to be talking in january and february. because what they did is and what we do in washington is we appoint a blue ribbon committee. we had the supercommittee who could not come up with savings over ten years and we had the budget control act that led to this problem. and now we have a bigger committee. and if you think something will be hashed out by december 13th, i'll sell you property i have in ohio. >> members of congress like charlie d

the liniv line of. people are coming in with ak 47's. rhinos are being poached from helicopters. you zoom down in a helicopter and shoot the rhino and hack off it's horn and take off again before anybody has arrived. they are beginning to use conservation drones and armed forces in some countries to try to tackle it. but as i say, as long as there is a demand, and mostly that tea mannedemand comes from asia and particularly chie china, the pos will find a way of getting the goods out. >> well mark morgan is here with sports. a long way to oakland tonight. >> the kikey to post season basl is pitching. focus on oakland this evening. the tigers and a's are battling for the right to move on in the series. ververlander was stellar. he gave up two hits and struck out ten. cabrera gave the tigers a 2-0 lead. the tigers advance to the alcs for the third straight year. the final 3-0. >>> now in chicago tonight the giants trying to right a sinking ship. big blue are trying to avoid the worst start in 37 years. giants staggering out of the gate. one of elie mannings first quarter intercepti

this is the thing that kills me they're going to go home and say it's the rhinos joined with the democratsopened the government but we stood up to barack obama. but that's crap. and they should be ashamed of themselves for the way they conducted this thing. >> when the republicans do face this again, because as you say the dynamics are still going to be there, do you think that tactically and strategically that speaker boehner and the other republicans in the house or leaders in the party have figured out new ways to deal with this so it doesn't get so dangerous again? >> this is not a great deal. let me say that. and all they've done is we're going to be talking in january and february. because what they did is and what we do in washington is we appoint a blue ribbon committee. we had the supercommittee who could not come up with savings over ten years and we had the budget control act that led to this problem. and now we have a bigger committee. and if you think something will be hashed out by december 13th, i'll sell you property i have in ohio. >> members of congress like charlie dent

". >> okay, well, i speak for the rhinos. actually, the question that is worth asking here in this setting is what would nixon have thought? people tend to forget that nixon was challengedded in the republican primaries in 1972 from the right by john ashbrock, and i feel i heard a forceful articulation of the point of view from the panel today opposed to anything that might be defined as the governing wing of the republican party. i could take issue with any number of statements that i heard whether they are on constitutional issues, political issues, factual issues, but i don't have to because the argument plays out within the republican party, and, particularly, the force we have not spoken about, the tea party against the governing wing of the party, and i point you to the op-ed in the new york times by john taft saying mr. conservative would not recognize the republican party today. the reputation of fiscal integrity based on irresponsible actions of the tea party, and i point the article in the national journal today on

. >> he's joined the rhino caucus, as it were? >> perhaps.t's not my party. >> right. >> johnny has to answer for them. >> do you think, last question for you, is a big deal going to be done or is this going to end with a small deal and hopes for a big deal? >> somewhere in between. i think we'll get a deal done. i think we'll get the government back open. i think we'll get the debt ceiling lifted for a period of time, which i hope is certainly longer than six weeks and goes into next year so we can sit down and do some tough negotiating on debt, deficit and structural reform of medicare and medicaid. there may be a couple other technical things we do but it's time to sit down at the table and lead like the biggest and best nation on the face of this earth should be leading. >> i wonder if people watching and seeing a democratic senator and republican senator, liberal and conservative, sitting down being civil with each other -- >> don't forget, this continuing resolution we passed in the senate had $70 billion in cuts already. >> right. righ

the number of rhinos poached reaches a record annual high already 704 by the end of last month.ir horns sell on the black market for higher than gold. >>> and in zimbabwe, ivy poachers poisoned watering holes, killing 90 elephants. >> that's horrible. >> terrible. >> don't look. >>> and who survived a nail through the heart? these are real x-rays of eugene rocco, a carpenter from minnesota. he was building a deck when he accidently shot himself with a nail gun. remarkably, the nail did not pierce a thing. the doctor also prescribed rocco to buy a lottery ticket. he has a couple lives left, i think. >>> a bit of a dicy situation in oklahoma city. a natural gas leak forcing an evacuation. >> looks like water. >> fumes can be seen shooting into the air after crews accidently cut a high pressure gas line. residents were evacuated as a precaution. looks like a geyser. >> normally we get these stories where blocks or houses blew up because of leaks like that, never just saw it ruptured. one match would just -- >> it's extraordinary. they had to get everybody out of there. >>> also it'

country has international attention and tonya page has more. >> reporter: they are on the trail of an rhinod to be a rare sight in libya because of poaching but since gaining independence wildlife has made a come back thanks to the conservancys and it turned poachers into conservation people. and one rhino compared to 668 slaughtered in south africa. >> translator: i will not repeat that mistake because they give me a job. i settled down now and the way forward is i will not hunt any more. >> reporter: this is operated by the community and earns the 3,000 members about $80,000 a year. they vote on how to spend the profits either on improvements or beyond the large walls for promising students and soup kitchen for elderly and pumps. out sourced is the marketing which a private market company does and the view sells itself three community members are being trained to take over that role as well. but the system is not perfect. some people feel they have not been affected enough and because there is more wildlife now there is more conflict between people and animals. >> translator: there are a

you are talking about people who will instantly become the tuti rhinos of all time. >> the hell thatbe released upon these people once they do that, and i'm also at the house republican caucus. i'm not seeing 20 of those. i'm lucky if i see three. >> we'll be right back with clip three. >>> there is some breaking news this evening as the white house says president obama is set to name janet yellen as hiss next nominee to be the next chair of the u.s. federal reserve to succeed outgoing chair ben bernanke. she would be the first woman to hold that position. yellin is likely to step right in the middle of a hot financial mess if congress continues to threaten to not raise the debt ceiling on october 17. and if you thought the government shutdown was bad, wait until you see what a debt ceiling breach looks like. we're going to explain why it might make the 2008 crisis look quaint. but first i want to share the three awesomest things. the playoff game between the atlanta braves and the los angeles dodgers. i bet you didn't know the game could be linked to the shutdown. taking the logic o

you are talking about people who will instantly become the tuti rhinos of all time. >> the hell that will be released upon these people once they do that, and i'm also at the house republican caucus. i'm not seeing 20 of those. i'm lucky if i see three. >> we'll be right back with clip three. my mantra? always go the extra mile. to treat my low testosterone, i did my research. my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or increased acne in women may occur. report these symptoms to your doctor. tell your doctor about all medical conditions and medications. serious side effects could include increased risk of prostate cancer; worsening prostate symptoms; decreased sperm count; ankle, feet or body swelling; enlarged or

the peace prize winner will be. some are getting a nose job but not to enhance their looks. we'll tell but rhino plasty next. >> grab a coat and umbrella as you head out the door. howard's forecast is up next. >> we have a little bit of information you can use to impress your coworkers. >> every day we'll give you a little known fact so you can sound like the smartest person in the office. so did you know... >>> it wasn't raining when i left home. >> showers around. that's going to be the case. like yesterday we had the heavier rain in the morning, showers in the afternoon. today scattered showers and drizzle. so maybe not the heavy rains where some spots had over four inches of rain so far. >> can you whip up some sort of horrible storm to keep the truckers at bay to get us through rush hour? just for them. >> there's going to be some wet weather out there. we have wet roads and leaves, clogging up some drains. it's that time of year. doesn't get light till 7:14. highs in the lower 60s. southeastern areas, southern maryland, lower eastern shore, you may run toward the mid-60s this afternoon. no

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we really aren't the moderates or rhinos you claim we are. it's never wise to underestimate the degree to which obama does things for spite. there are good theoretical reasons why he might be trying to defy the congress. the thing about lancing the blister, whatever the phrase was going after boehner, i think the guy can't help himself often and simply wants to pinch and twist it in to the other side and say, hey, i was right all along. sometimes it's just an i told you so from him. >> in the next big picture there is a conference committee. is there any hope in the wake of a super committee that was never really super this is going to work? >> i doubt it. it's an old cliche in washington the answer is another blue ribbon panel and allows him to kick the can and turn the page. that's what it's designed to do. >> it's unfortunate. one of the conditions for del delaying enforcement of the debt ceiling in the spring supreme republicans was that the senate actually passed the budget for the first time in four years. they did that. but there has b

the fukushima nuclear plant tox. >> a dallas company is under fire for allowing a permit to hunt a rhino. the fund raiser could bring in there 1 million that would go towards protecting the species. animal rights are going ballistic. the auction will take place in january. >> it's halloween. hear is a place you wouldn't expect to here ghost stories. the white house. stories have been part of it for a century. many shared ghostly encounters with departed presidents, including andrew rehabilitationon, abraham lincoln and abba gale. >> are you dressing up? >> no, i'm turning the lights out, i'm not giving candy. i would like to trick or treat at the white house, that would be cool. >> coming up - a remarkable story how a terrible boating accident could create an opportunity with spine injuries to walk again. >>> welcome back. a horrible boating accident nearly killed a woman from a miami area, and gave doctors a remarkable opportunity - the world's first nerve graph. it was so new fda approval was needed to perform it. >> it was supposed to be an enjoyable day of boating in the bay. the boat'

>> first of all, i like your explanation of the self-appointed bouncer thing, rhino. m happy that jackson hewitt discovered this. the hollywood thing -- he's a painter. >> this is product placement. obama care is not going to be an integral part of a tv show. it will be shoe horned into there into stories that have nothing to do with it. >> it will be killing someone on boardwalk and you did get that website in 1920s america. >> it's no different than kar s character saying we have to catch those bad guys, let's take the ford focus. >> what do you have against ford focus? it's a snappy little car. >> it's ford foci. >> nick's little improve there. >> not impressive to our viewers that don't have hbo. >> really trained in improv. >> usc got a 5 billion dollar grant to make sure all viewers find you and kill you. does this seem like a good idea, right? >> i've decided any time a question ends in my death i'm bringing the babies in the bath water from now on. mr. gillespie is right. >> excuse me, dr. gillespie. >> the popularity of obama care has been boosted by 20% thank

from a morning hunt in which i killed a python and antelope, yesterday i killed two antelope the day before a rhinoe that kermt his son killed a leopard, with i charged after him veshsly after mauling one of the beaters. this is a part of the story how teddy roosevelt became a part of american history's larger than life characters. we think of a former president signing on corporate mem wars, louj lounging on golf courses and building museums to themselves, once in a wheel they break from the mold like jimmy carter teaming up with habitat for humanity. nothing did wright like tr did in the year after he left the white house he was and still is the youngest ever expresident. in 1909, he departed for kenya and spent the next 13 months on a safari. he logged hundreds of miles on foot from kenya, sudan, and killing animals. lots and lots of big animals, lions, rhinos, zebras and his favorite elephants. it was the purpose of the trip. when the trip was over there were more than 20,000 new natural specimens to add to the museum's collection. roosevelt kept the folks back home posted with a running journa

the thing that kills me. they're going to go home and say -- well, it is a rhinos and the squishes, joined with the democrats,eopened the government. and we sthoood up to barack oba. that's crap. they should be ashamed for the way they've conducted this thing. >> when the republicans do face this again, because as you say those dynamics are still going to be there, that civil war is going to be being fought. do you think tactically, strategically, that speaker boehner and the other republicans in the house or others in the party have figured out any new ways to deal with this so it doesn't get so dangerous again? >> no. this is not a great deal. let me say that. all they have done. we are going to be talking in january and february. what they did was, what they always do in washington we can't solve a problem. we appoint a committee. we have the super committee that couldn't come up with $1.3 trillion in three years. we got the budget control act that led to this problem now. we have a bigger committee. 22 senators are going to be on this thing. if you think something will be hashed out in january, february,