i'll make the presentation for the zoo today. i'm extremely happy we had a record attention with over 75 thousand visitor and we also had included in that number ten thousand for the zoo lights program that we started last year. and experienced a lot of rain and somewhat limited attendance. it was a great event for the family and friends of the zoo. our attendance for the most was 71 percent over budget with 79 thousand visitor. we are at 4 hundred and 4910 visitors it's over budget by 044 thousand 10 visitors we exceeded last year's numbers by 13.3 percent and our 13 thousand plus visitors. since the society is all about the animal world i want to share pictures of our birds. those birds are local and in my opinion extremely beautiful with their various feature colors. they're all in a family known as the paparazzi their across from the chimcy places. the newest zoo residents are a pair of bong gals they belong to the mountain species and located in the low land and it is estimated there are one hundred remaining in the wild. i

>>> the berlin zoo, april of 2009. a 32-year-old mother reportedly depressed over losing her job, climbs over a fence into a polar bear pool just as the monstrous white animals are getting ready to feed. curious, the bears do what comes naturally -- they dive in after her, smelling an intruder. one of the four bears bites down on the woman's arms, legs and back. zookeepers rush to the scene frantically trying to save the woman. they throw a life preserver at the half ton bear, who releases the woman. the move also distracts the three circling bears just long enough for zookeepers to pull the woman up the wall and finally to safety. she's rushed to the hospital with serious bite wounds. luckily, after time and lots of medical treatment, she recovers. zookeepers say they were only seconds away from shooting the polar bears in order to save that woman's life. >>> coming up -- i'm a paramedic, but i can't get down there. >> gorillas at the zoo find a toddler in their midst. >>> a mad bull creates chaos in the stands. >>> a

. >>> a special debut for the national zoo. >> we'll show you the second cub born at the zoo ever. ♪ft. too small. ♪ mmm! ♪ too happy. ♪ [ male announcer ] at progresso, we've got a passion for quality. because you've got a passion for taste. >>> great story to leave you with this morning. the smithsonian national zoo's newest baby panda had a chance to meet the press this morning. >> take a look at this. he was a bit shy to begin with. look at that face, right? a little bit unsteady on his feet. he wanted that shot. he said here i come, world. take a look at my cuteness. this giant panda cub was born on august 23rd. he's only the second surviving cub born at the national zoo. his name means precious or treasure in chinese. >> oh! >> bowbow fell down. >> you are a mother, aren't you? >> poor little guy. the first panda arrived at the national zoo back in 1972 to commemorate president nixon's historic visit to china. that's a lot of history there, too. >> i'm concerned about bowbow. next newscast at 5:00. [ female announcer ] shop at safeway now through january 14th for a smart return

people protested outside of the zoo this weekend. the zoo has been working towards a new exhibit involving native california animals. zoo officials have taken years to obtain approvalels but opponents say it will destroy a a live habitat to teach people about conservation. >> they have been grandstanding in front of the public agencies and filed a lawsuit and lost. it is really time for them to move on. >> plans call for a 50-acre expansion including a new veterinarian hospital, candle exhibits... >> a deadly stabbing in less than two hours ago, we will have a live report on the investigation which is underway. >>> and what this means for the team's chances of playing one more time at candle stick park. >>> good morning, right now we are looking but on westbound, we will tell you more about that. >> well, it is cool for the morning lows. you can be in raleigh where it is 60 below in north dakota right now, we will have more on that stay tuned. our forests our water our planet together our hands can save it connect your hands with our

the national zoo's giant panda cub. news4's megan mcgrath was there it is a baby panda was put in its display for the first time in front of the cameras. >> reporter: the clicking of camera shutters. bao bao, the giant baby panda, was introduced to the press. but the national zoo's biggest celebrity seemed unfazed by all the attention. >> a ball of cuteness she is right now. >> reporter: at times a little wobbly on her feet but anxious to explore. >> she has gone from crawling to walking and she is so playful. she is so energetic. she is a great little girl. >> she spends about 20 hours or more asleep. that's typical for a panda cub. she is spending her early energy what she gets from food and getting bigger sxroyp she is bigger. once the size of a stick of butter, bao bao weighs almost 17 pounds. >> she's great. she is really healthy. when she was first born she was as long as round. we always think of her as our little girl. she continues to do really well. >> really magical time to be here in the giant panda house an

zoo officials tell us questions about waste are the most often asked at the zoo. >> coming up in sportse ladies take the center court. and the warriors were home to face minnesota. this one came down to the last shot. highlights and more coming up in sports. ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, >>> someone tell the warriors that home is supposed to be sweet after losing on monday night to the pacers. they were pushed to the last second by minnesota tonight. hit the clock. let's do this. seth currie's game. t-wolfs in town. currie with one of 15 assists. this one for andre. 15 seconds left, now up 1. kevin love to kevin martin who buries a jumper. 8 seconds left, he will go up by 1. currier gives it up to harrison barnes right here who probably misses the open jumper. those are tough. timberwolfes get the win 121- 120. the stanford women facing ucla. game was close, but cardinal pulled away in the final 20 minutes. the lay in off the inbound pass. she had 21. stanford wins. leaving the lady bears hosting usc. led by as many as 11 early, but they could not stop crook. she had 34 trojans lose the upset, 77-7

. >>> a giant panda cub is making her public debut at a zoo in washington. this panda like all others does belong to china, and she's as much a tourist attraction as she is a symbol of diplomacy. china has been leasing pandas for decades as a way to connect with other countries. >> this is bao bao or precious treasure in chinese. this giant panda cub is, indeed, precious. but for her owner, the chinese government, this animal is a crucial tool of diplomatic engagement. >> the hope is that love for pandas will some how translate to more positive attitudes towards china. >> reporter: modern panda diplomacy really started in the mid 1960's at china gifted bears to the soviet union and north korea. richard nixon became the first president to visit the people's republic in 1972. they gave u.s. two pandas the same year. here nixon's wife pat gets firsthand look of the bears. because of international treesies on endangered species, china must use money from leased bears on conservation. coincidentally or not, france, australia, and canada have reached key energy de

zoo this spring and give those two some privacy. >>> a snowy owl that is a d.c.ensation is receiving care after it was hit by a bus. it was found in mcpherson square, and then the national zoo was called and now it is being cared for. snowy owls are rare in this area, and the scientists believe they are moving south to look for food. >>> new video from a home security camera, and maryland man says this is a u.s. postal worker tossing a package out of a car window. the homeowner in la plata had a it posted on youtube, and the post office called for more information and asked bt about it. it was marked fragile, and it had a computer router inside, and the post office still has not commented. >>> tonight, an unexpected delivery for a d.c. woman is more of a surprise. she opened up the box, and inside she found $40,000 worth of marijuana. the woman called news4 and showed the box and the contents to kristin wright. >> reporter: ten pounds of pot. mystery marijuana, shrink wrapped and stashed in plastic containers and delivered straight to this woman's door. >> it is

the at willse took to the zoo for treatment. it was unresponsive. obvious physical injuries, but the owl did have blood in its mouth. it is being medicated now. it will hopefully be released back into the wild. five nuclear in accidents are implicated in that cheating scandal. the story that is raising some questions about our national security. >> therefore secretary just announced 92 nuclear officers are now implicated in the cheating scandal. it is an astounding amount because just two days ago officials thought the total was 70 servicemen. it is looming at an expense will rate -- an exponential rate after they were sent to the pentagon just yesterday. the scandal surrounds an air force base in montana where they are responsible for 150 nuclear missiles. that is one third of the entire minuteman force. investigators found one officer shared test questions with 16 officers. then 17 admitted knowing about it but not reported cheating. a total of 90 nuclear officers work in pairs at the launch site. 92 have now been implicated this afternoon. at tha

yes, i am at the oakland zoo!grees going up again today to near and record warm temperatures. this is honestly one of my favorite places in the east bay. it allows me the opportunity to share it with you now with "where's roberta?" it is a jewel in the east bay. the oakland zoo, one of the most amazing places for relaxation curiosity and education and for a few a job of a lifetime. >> the best part of my job is waking up every morning knowing that i'm going to get to work with these guys. >> reporter: as we wake up and contemplate our morning breakfast food is also on the mind of the local residents. >> they really love their bran mash. it's a really positive experience for them. >> reporter: but all us girls are the same and while i love my pedicures, they are a daily necessity for the elephants. >> they love getting their pedicures, trimming on the nails like you get done. we also do filing. it's just on a little bigger scale. >> reporter: it's no secret to man or beast but the bay area is unseasonably warm. doe

now, these pictures are actually from the national zoo.hese are veterinarians at the zoo right now caring for this snowy owl. d.c. police apparently found the owl near 15th and i streets northwest. they say it was hit by a bus, and then police officers took the owl to the national zoo. you can see the vets there caring for the owl, checking out the owl. apparently, it was alert and responsive. they say no obvious physical injuries, but obviously, the vets there will take a closer look and see if there are any serious injuries. now, standard protocol for the zoo when they're treating wild animals such as the snowy owl, they will take care of it, provide as much care as possible, and then release it back into the wild. we're not sure exactly what the condition of the snowy owl is right now. these are pictures from the fliker site. we'll bring you more as we have it. back to you. >> eun, thank you. >>> kids may be at risk for obesity earlier than we thought. a new study suggests half of children who are obese by the eighth grade were already

. >> we are on item 6, the san francisco zoo. >> good morning. tonya peterson with the san francisco zoo. i will make this brief. and i will try to get to the powerpoint here if i can get to the powerpoint and give you an attendance update. i just want to show we are at our 6-month of date attendance. look at how much of it came in november, 12,000 coming in november . that's because we opened the new playground. if you can't recognize them, that kid there is general manager phil. thank you everybody for coming to the opening. we had 4,000 members come on opening day at the playground. so a huge success. our next slide it's a gorilla baby girl. she will be going on display this weekend on saturday. with that we have come down with a few names, which is mallakai, and it an integrated troop. the grandmother has done a fantastic job. she actually helps feed the baby. that's terrific news. then we'll go to zoo lights. we are in full programming starting tomorrow. this is the second year from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00. we have food and crafts and even a food

. >>> and move over boa boa, the national zoo has new cubs >>> in three weeks jimmy fallon will take offin the "late show" but tonight, matt lauer sat down with both of them. >> history has shown that it can be awkward, and how much effort has it taken to not be awkward? >> no evident at all. >> the pair went on the talk about the show and the inspiration of each other, and fallon talked about his praise of leno's comedy, and leno says he will miss the show, but he has no plans to the have another show, and fallon will take over february 17th. >>> and last night, the talk of hollywood is still about the grammys. >> and not just who won the awards, but couples who made a lifetime commitment there, and "access hollywood's" billy bush is joining us. let's talk about the mass wedding, and it is emotional, right? >> well, the wedding was amazing and how do you get 33 couples to keep their mouth shut about such an event? they hired a casting event, and how did it happen? the producer of the grammys is kenner likt, and he has produced the show for 27 years, and her daughter is gay, and she

the national zoo said the owl was brought to the zoo around 2 a.m. after being rescued near 15th and i streets northwest. eventually the owl will be transferred to a city rehab. >> hope it gets better. >>> crews are working on a trifecta of problems in southeast d.c. tonight. a water main break, a natural gas leak and a know is hole have shut down the 34 -- sinkhole have shut down the 3400 block of massachusetts avenue. that is just mammoth. the break appears to have caused the entire side of the road to give way. the workers will have to stablize that hillside before the road can reopen. >>> e-mails obtained by the associated press show an elementary school principal's allegations of test cheating reached d.c. school's chancellor kaya henderson's desk within 24 hours of the alleged incident. school officials didn't do much to investigate and never even interviewed the principal. officials say that is because the alleged cheating at the noyes campus was already being investigated. three educators were seen erasing students' answers sheets from a stan

we take you inside the national zoo as little bao bao gets ready for her big debut. >> don't need a ♪or ages three and up. the everyday collection. by target. prepare yourself. for a toddler... moment. the everyday collection. by target. >>> finally tonight getting an independent lady ready for her big debut. >> today our cameras were on hand for bao bao's big media preview and she didn't seem to mind a bit. check her out. it's all part of the national zoo's efforts to make sure the baby panda cub is ready to meet her adoring fans when she makes that public debut january 18th because you know folks will be crowding in looking crazy. that was totally adorable. >> it was cute! >> she'll be 5 months old. she better be ready. >> toddlerlike. >> it's almost like she was crawling before and now she's walking to compare with it that, but she's still a little unsteady. >> the zookeepers say bao bao does not seem to mind being away from mommy panda. now they're focusing on baby- proofing the den. bao bao should be at national zoo for another four years, but then she goes back to china to take

say they don't have facilities yet, but they want to begin their own animal attractions and zoos?> that's a great point, and the answer is yes. it has to be following a strict criteria, so there's no detriment. and there are practices that we use here in the united states with the national fishery serves to do health assessments on the animals, and we will handle those animals safely and carefully, and actually many times, we'll collect data and let them go, so you can do this in a humane way. >> so if you were starting a zoo in china, for example, and you wanted to acquire a dolphin without purchasing them on the market, and i gather it's quite expensive to do so, there's another way to do it, to go into the wild and capture them? >> well, there are certainly ways to study animal populations to determine how many are there. but let's look at mexico, the porpoise, there are not many left. and there was a time when the animals should have been collected humanely to ensure for the future generations but those are past. so there are places to do so in the wild. but doing it in a huma

. >> but remember rusty the red panda who escaped from the national zoo a few months back? tonight an update on his love life. topper? >> temperatures made it above freezing at least downtown, not in the burbs. here's your wakeup weather, a cold start, 17 to 28 at 5:00, 16 to 26 at 7:00 and by 9:00 we're getting there, 22 to 32. we'll come back, talk about when the 40s roll in and if we can hit 50 can you see us? are you there? you're breaking up. are you there? is it you or is it me? wait, no. dude, i'm lagging. is it you or is it me? is it you or is it me? [ male announcer ] if you're not on 100% fiber optics, it's you. verizon fios is 100% fiber optic, comcast isn't. so you can video chat smoother. game with less lag time. and upload videos in a flash. getting the difference 100% fiber optics makes. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities i love you, too. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. that's powerful. get the fios triple play online with no annual contract. plus, get a free internet speed upgrade for one year. >>> what's worse than snakes on a plane? how about s

zoo officials tell us questions about waste are the most often asked at the zoo. >> did you see thatuestion? how often does a sloth poop? >> do you know the answer? >> we have a lot of smart people in this building. nobody knows the answer. >> you have to go to the san francisco zoo. do you know? >> no. >> we'll have to look it up. >> i don't have a sloth in my neighborhood yet. >>> coming up in the next half hour, stocks taking a nosedive. the factors blamed for today's freefall. kind of poopy on wall street. >> aww. >> how a republican hoping to be your next governor is already hitting the campaign trail. >> i was very surprised told he didn't have asthma. >> how some doctors say millions of misdiagnosed cases are doing much more harm than good. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, street's worst week in morea >>> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda marie macdonald. >>> now at 6:30, the dismal day for the dow wrapping up wall street's worst week in more than a year. the dow was down more than 300. cbs moneywatch reporter alexis christoforous on the reasons behind the freefall. >> reporter: it ha

police found the owl near mcpherson square this morning and released be by the national zoo, you can see the experts taking care of the owl which has now been transferred to the city wildlife and rehabilitation center. and the zoo says the goal is to treat the owl, and release it back into the wild is the. >>> rusty the red panda and his partner sharma need a little privacy. so the two red pandas were moved to the con sservation biology institute in front royal in the hopes they will breed. sharma has had success at the national zoo, but this year, so much traffic at her neighbor boa boa's place that officials don't want to take a chance and miss the mating season, and the zoo is working the bring in two nonbreeding red pandas for the exhibit this spring. >>> well, can you feel the warmth after that cold start this morning? we have the sun out, and the temperatures are rising just enough to feel some relief. >> wep, byep, but don't think t wi winter is over. meteorologist veronica johnson says it is not over yet. >> well, for the short term, we will be smiling with a chance to thaw o

. >> no snow day at the national zoo. the zoo was open in spite of the bad weather. the zookeepers rot the snow to the panda cub. there is a picture -- the zookeepers brought the snow to the panda cub. there is a p picreshe will maket on january 18. [laughter] >> it is really cold already. if this is not cold enough for you, come tuesday morning we will see the coldest temperatures we have seen in bc in 20 years -- in d.c. and 20 years. >> all. >> it is 23 degrees at reagan national. the wind gusts at around 45 mile per hour. to the the -- over temperatures in the 20's, even between's. radio, upper northwest d.c., looking at 20 at this hour. looking at 16 with a feels like temperature of six main, because -- of 16, to cause the winds have finally settled down. lexington park, maryland at 22. that really cold air assault -- south of us. detroit's looking at seven degrees. boston at nine degrees. they are digging out from 12 to 18 inches of snow. look to the north. it feels like below zero. it will feel really cold early tomorrow morning. the skies are clear. i pressur

he was found by police and taken to the national zoo and then brought the city wildlife. water, was given food, antibiotics, and painkillers for head trauma. owl talk with us about the recovery. >> i think it underscores the importance of us being here in washington. x-rays to see if any bones were broken. tonighttant information for toyota drivers. >> popular models are under a stop sale order. >> changes are on the way for amazon. got one shewoman didn't expect. >> abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. >> a startling delivery to a home in southeast washington. within seconds of signing for the package, she realized something was wrong. >> tom roussey is here with this story. trade,ou're in the drug and going to deliver your drugs by mail, make sure you send them to the right address. one person didn't, and a man is under arrest. >> at these -- this woman says the express mail package delivered to her apartment did have her address. >> i signed for it. my name was in on it. quite she was unprepared for what was inside. , inside containers, all this marijuana. easily thousan

in washington the penthouse at the zoo has been open to the media tell the cab get use to cameras and crowds. born in august two thousand thirteen the pentagon was named about how after more than one hundred twenty three thousand people voted for the navy an online poll says staff have been keeping a careful eye on bow bow since her birth last year helping anyone get use to her new environments everything is better preparation say we've been slowly getting her used to more and more people in the panda house to sell in the first day the doors that open and the crowds come and see what the surprise millions of an offence had been following the cubs to down into by watching pictures broadcast online quoting the feedback from people watching about on they are very concerned about that and say worry when she takes off. are they tell us what she's doing sometimes when i hear the famous videos of really cute things that she did. the scares me and xiang and tnt and worse at best seller in national zoo by china in two thousand according to the agreement between china and united states. the pan

the form is the sort for the zoo since its foundation in nineteen twenty four. there are hundreds of thousands of lords and waddled we believe the three countries in two thousand dominance of africa and pendleton thing joe called extinction seven million people visit the mexican city zoo every year. she shoots her bets until you still mean self was chillin and has been hit by a massive fire destroying of a one hundred houses. at one thousand people for the fire which is pronounced wire around noon local time. local media reports it. no casualties have been reports a total flirt she's report to be evacuated people to safe area the county which was officially renamed shangri la in recent years of the fictional mountain paradise is a puppet or is this the nation. nestle the past says three thousand meters above sea level with a view of towering mountains you don't was first built during the tang venus the oval one thousand years ago. the calls of the fire is under investigation. he sees nationals he was welcome to new talent and a cop who don't know which means pre

this time we are off to the zoo in new zealand that just introduced a new pair of red pandas.cubs will be four weeks old tomorrow. they don't have names yet and zookeepers won't know their sex until some time in march. >> oh, my goodness. their mother is a 4-year-old red panda. look at that little guy. mom's name is bo and she's doing fine. the folks at the zoo say the little ones are heavily dependent on their mother, as are many children, right? >> yes, oh, my gosh, that's so cute. they are classified as vulnerable animals with an estimated global population of around 10,000. so not too many of these cute little guys out there. >> there are only about 400 grams. and what's amazing is they live 8 to 10 years but they live longer if they are in zoos, so maybe they will stay there and have nice long lives. >>. keep on being adorable. >> yeah. >>> coming up, who doesn't love the smell of pizza? there's a new way to enjoy it. we'll explain in "the mix." >>> and a rescue of sky high proportions, heroic and split-action decisions when a sky diver goes unconscious. you're watching "

hurley, are we going to see any of these dolphins ending up in any of the animal attractions or zoosountry? >> absolutely not. and none have come into this country in the last 30 to 40 years. we have laws in place that would prevent us from bringing animals in because of the inhumane slaughter which we absolutely condemn, but also because we don't know if it is a sustainable fishery so you would never see these animals here in this country, and i think that's part of the deceiving side for the activists that want to claim they are sent worldwide when in fact they are not. >> there are several hundred dolphins in captivity in the united states? >> yes, there are 400 dolphins in the united states, to compare that to the 70 million dogs or 9.2 million horses that are here. that is a very, very small number. these animals have the finest of care and are at organizations that are accredited. >> but i did want to understand, these mammals are bred in captivity? you said we're not going to get any from these places. most of these are bred animals now? >> yes, over 65% of the bottlenose dolp

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they do it at the columbus zoo. i've seen it. >> i'll check on that. >> i'm making this up., i saw it! >> i will look soo it. >> how do you know? >> i like "game of thrones." i like animals. i'm a nerd on different levels. >> dan knows what's going on. >> exactly. >>> finally, the ultimate gift idea for our in-house dan harris. the inspiration comes from alex and his kitten, winslow. he decided to take advantage of a groupon deal for a family portrait at jcpenney. and the results speak for themselves. that's not dan harris, although he wishes he was right now. being that guy, of course. >> totally. >> right now, yeah. cute. >> and they use those pictures, the cat got sick, and they used the popularity of the pictures to raise money online to fix the cats. it's all true. >> take it from here, dan. >> yes, it's absolutely true. >> it's adorable. made it even cuter. >> we are going to commercial, so we will be right back, thank you. >> cheetahs and dogs at the columbus zoo. >> thank you, we're going to commercial. we'll be right back. >> i tried to save you. >> can't let ron ru

a giant panda born at the san diego zoo is leaving for china. under the deal xop as panda diplomacy chinese officials determine where zoo-born offspring go. once they leave, he'll arrive this the mountains. >> this is new york's new mare. look at this thing, you can see if you can guess what it is. there you have it. do you see anything wrong with the picture. that's the mayor of new york with his fork. a big no, no from new yorkers of after citizen he expressed mock outrage. he says he eats his pizza the way he does in italy. thanks for watching. i'm morgan radford, you can follow online at aljazeera.com. >> she smashed records, they thrilled fans and wrote new chapters in the history of the game, and many were probably cheating. we asked writers and you what to about the performance-enhancing drugs in baseball on the day that the new hall of fame ers are announce. that's "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. if you're a baseball fan you may remember the 1990s with sheer

>> not at the zoo. so the animals here, we take care of them. they have 100% access to the temperatures that they need. so all of our animals are well cared for. a lot of them we give the opportunity to go outside if they want to. so our giant pandas can choose if they want to go outside or stay inside. but any animal that needs heat gets it. >> for people watching who have got cats and dogs and so on, normal family pets, what is the best advice for what you do in this kind of situation if this deep freeze continues? >> if you have animals that are outdoors, the best thing you can do is bring those animals inside. so if they're regularly outdoors, bring them inside when it's as cold outside. make sure that their food isn't frozen, that their water isn't frozen, that they always have access to those things. but even that they're used to the outdoors, this temperature is just a little too cold for them. >> and are the pandas the ones that are enjoying this the most? >> the pandas are definitely enjoying it. i will say it's even a little bit too co

. >>> in a salt lake city zoo, a primate selected the seahawks to wind sunday's super bowl.icked the last six winners. like to hang out with that guy, make some money. see you later, everybody. >> i think eli might be wrong this year. >> i was going to say eli, meet michelle griego, my friend! >>> play of the day, nfl. check out this no-look pass and perfect setup. they topped the kings in l.a. after a no looker open goal see you later goalie doesn't even see it. your play of the day. >> nice there. >> hand motion there. >> a little hand motion. >>> okay. well, colin kaepernick has been, you know, fairly quiet about that rant that richard sherman had? >> yeah. he has been. >> not anymore. >> not anymore because the 49ers quarterback popped up in new york with some pretty point words. >> to me, it was ridiculous. but if that's what you need to do to make yourself feel like a better player, you have to tell everyone, i'm the best corner in the league, go ahead and tell 'em. >> do you want seattle to win even though they're in your division? at least you can say we lost to the

this is video of the new family from the zoo's website. it is the third litter from mom and the fourth for father luke and zoo workers say they are working to make the cubs available as soon as possible for all of us to come and visit. teeny tiny. >>> from flying squirrels to a new specyings of bats. take a look at what researchers and the u.s. have discovered. they are showing off three new species of mammals from southeast asia. the flying squirrel is the first of its kind found in southeast asia. >> and now to a chicken run in china. more than 2,000 of the birds said we are out of here after a truck overturned on a highway. hundreds of chickens tried to make a run for freedom, but apparently they didn't run too fast because police were able to round up 900 of them and put them back in their pens. the trucks swerved and yeah, that's what happened. >> that's a lot of chickens. >> a lot of chickens. they were on the run. the super bowl is now less than a week away. >> one of its biggest stars, russell wilson, has family living right here i

. >> even at the zoo, the animals have a snow day. the pandas felt at home. look at that. .> that is so cool >> even the red pandas went out. he's on a branch there. it seems like the otters are having the most fun. >> thank you to the national zoo. across the washington, d.c. area, we are talking about breaking records. justay totals were sent set back in 1980. in 1980.ck >> the numbers are in a sieve and we will take a look at that in just a few seconds. we will start by showing you the storm system. we still have a little bit of cloud cover in the area as a result of this. we have put together the 24-hour four hour loop to show you the evolution of this ring at the energy transfers off the coast and intensifies. it is still out there and impacting parts of the northeast. you think you had a bad around here? how about 11 inches or 15.5 inches in philadelphia. they got hit hard by this. the skies will clear out this morning and it will be a decent- looking day. who got what? at reagan national, it was 8.5. we showed you where the heavier amounts were and i f

most people [ unintelligible ] they use the haitian people like animals in the zoo. they come and say, this is what we're doing, but most of them keep buying car, 60 or $50,000, which can feed the whole village, which can build a nice school building for the haitian people. >> those are powerful accusations, and when we come back, where has all of the money gone? we're talking about billions in aid and there's not much to show for it, including an effort led by president bill clinton. a $300 million industrial park outside of port-au-prince, near the epicenter of the quake. >> that's a harsh reality. welcome back, we're talking about haiti and however it has come four years after the devastating quake. ben, is there any way to know how much of the money donated actually got into the hands of the haitian people or into projects that directly benefit them? >> overall, not really. organizations that are raising these dollarsa are not subject to information laws. you can look at the tax returns to see how much they have spent in the caribbean in the past years. you look

researchers at the zoo years ago tested a bump of scents to see -- bunch of scents to see what attracted the jaguars. and it's this. calvin cline cologne. >> what is it about the cologne? >> it's the response from a jaguar that makes it feel like another jaguar has been there. >> we'll take it out of the context of the zoo and put it into the wild and see if we can attract them to our cameras using the scent. we'll show you how that can be used for research. smells good. i can see why the jaguars like it. let's see if it works. with camera and cologne in hand i set off to set up a perfumed enhanced trap. the concept was simply. douse ration with cologne. >> an animal walking by will trigger the camera to take a picture or video. it's got an infrared light. it something passes by, we'll get video of it. let's see what we . >> cologne is like a low-tech solution to a high-tech problem. >> definitely, they are elusive animals. any help you get, even a low-tech tool like col own, that allows you to get a picture or fur sample or give you information if the camera is set to video. >> my exper

. >>> the university choir from arkansas decides to take a trip to the cincinnati zoo. of them was in the reptile house. they noticed the acoustics here are pretty cool. sends a text message to other choir members, they gather at the reptile house, and then this -- ♪ ♪ >> they all gather to sing their song "down in the river to pray." they're like serenading the reptiles. >> yeah. sounds absolutely beautiful. all around this display here. the reptiles at the bottom. >> also we found out that the reptile house is one of the oldest zoo buildings in the country. >> wow. >> a cool place to do this at too. >> sounds pretty good. >> sounds really beautiful. ♪ >> nicholas, the super bowl, weeks away. when watching the big game this year, keep your eyes on some of the cleats that some of the players will be wearing and i'll tell you why. because portions of those cleats you won't believe this, will actually be digitally printed. >> okay. >> it's called nike vapor carbon 2014 elite football cleat. they're debuting this thing at the super bowl. it helps with a certain aspect of p

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animals ended up at the zoo under sad circumstances., oregon zoo is showing off its cougar cubs for the first time. they ended up at the zoo under sat circumstances. a hunter shot the mother of the cubs last week. the hunter took immediate action to save the cubs so they are at the zoo and said to be doing fine. cute. >>> one bird is ruffling her feathers the as a texas walmart. >> apparently it is legg at the store for days. a grackle got saturday night the caty store. it hung out in the bread aisle. the next week it was pecking at the meat. >> there is an employee about two feet away stocking meat on the shelves. hey, ma'am, either walmart has some fresh products or there's a real bird behind you. >> after three weeks a customer complained to corporate. walmart shut down the 24-hour store, located the bird and sent it packing. >> whoo. >> 5:56 right now. the next half hour a destructive wildfire continues to threaten homes in southern california. you're taking a live look at the flames down there. we are going to have the latest live

the cub was born in the toronto zoo and got his first taste of the cell -- of the snow.s name is remy. he was spying and sniffing it. he is the lone survivor of three cubs born in november to aurora, one of the zoo's two female polar bears. parise watching live from will stop here are the headlines. syrian peace talks are wrapping littleeneva with prospect -- progress. the u.n. mediator is frustrated for lack of agreement humanitarian access. ukraine's army urges the president to take measures to ease the unrest. that could prove difficult with viktor yanukovych on indefinite sick leave. shellvertising agencies out big bucks for air time during this sunday's super bowl, up to $4 million for 30 seconds. this friday brings an end to ben bernanke and his eight year stretch at the home -- the helm of the u.s. federal reserve. he ran thetenure, worlds most powerful central bank during the deepest economic crisis since the 1930s. jessica -- for janet yellen, who has served as the vice chair for the past four years, to -- stepping into the top spot, she will be the first female