right now only the national zoo and the san diego zoo have giant pandas. vid: you are working at this association and use it i really want to be with animals directly. did you apply to the national zoo? brandie: there was an opening for a general curator. it was more a curator of mammals and of giant pandas. my story came full circle because when i got the job here -- i was in charge of the giant pandas -- my mother was so proud. david: did she come to visit the pandas? brandie: right away. [laughter] david: you were the head of the mammal program. when did you become the head of the national zoo itself? brandie: i was curator of mammals and giant pandas and after a few years i became the head of animal care. i saw all of the animals, veterinarians, nutrition records, behavior, all of the departments. i became deputy director and a few years later i became director. david: if you walk around and see the pandas, do they recognize you? brandie: it was one of the saddest movements in my life. when i was curator of pandas, they knew who i was. they recognized m

or the biggest is the san diego zoo, is that the biggest? brandie: it is the most well-known zoo. lot of people are familiar with it. david: the national zoo is not the only zoo in the u.s. that has had pandas. i thought at one point there were four -- san diego, memphis , atlanta and washington. do they still have them now? brandie: the program started at roughly the same time. a lot of pandas were moving through in cohorts. a lot of zoos in the past two or three years, the pandas were older and returning to china. right now only the national zoo and the san diego zoo have giant pandas. david: to go back and finish up on your career, you are working at this association and use it i really want to be with animals directly. did you apply to the national zoo? brandie: there was an opening for a general curator. it was more a curator of mammals and of giant pandas. my story came full circle because when i got the job here and i was in charge of the giant pandas, my mother was so proud. david: did she come to visit the pandas? brandie: right away. [laughter] david: you were the head o

welcomed pandas with long term loan agreements with china smithsonian, atlanta, memphis and the san diego zoo. if only china could go. you get a panda and you get a panda, you get a panda. all right, so let's talk about a throwback for you this morning. this one's a real throwback thursday story for you. yeah it's a debate. this morning in fact marks a decade since a fashion statement really divided the nation. ten years ago, this dress really had people on the internet talking, typing, weighing in. the debate was, is the dress black and blue or white and gold? buzzfeed turned it into a poll that really highlighted the differing opinions. and this morning, the website's community manager, who first found the photo and posted it on the website, is opening up about how it all happened. i turned to my colleagues and just said, hey guys, what color is this dress? within five minutes, there were 20 people behind my desk just screaming at each other, and i figured if we were yelling about it, maybe the rest of the internet would. in case you're wondering, the poll on buzzfeed is still up. a decade

zoo. >> i really like him. >> do. >> cause he's funny. in san diego county has taken a turn. rebecca maroney was found dead in her home on monday. today, investigators identified the suspect, her wife, 53. year-old yolanda maroney. and apparently she has done this sort of thing before. law enforcement sources tell abc news that she pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for stabbing her then husband to death back in 2000. maroney got out of prison in 2015. now, san diego county authorities are trying to track her down. >> happening tomorrow. the man accused of killing a health care ceo in december is due back in a new york city courtroom. this will be luigi mangione's first appearance since his arraignment. a judge is expected to ask about whether evidence has been exchanged and could possibly set a trial date. mangione is accused of shooting and killing united healthcare's brian thompson in what police have called a targeted attack. he has pleaded not guilty, but also faces federal charges which could carry the death penalty. >> and listen to this video of that infamous ki

zoo. >> i really like him. >> do. >> cause he's funny. >> oh, wow. in san diego county has taken a turn. rebecca maroney was found dead in her home on monday. today, investigators identified the suspect, her wife, 53. year-old yolanda maroney. and apparently she has done this sort of thing before. law enforcement sources tell abc news that she pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for stabbing her then husband to death back in 2000. maroney got out of prison in 2015. now, san diego county authorities are trying to track her down. >> happening tomorrow. the man accused of killing a health care ceo in december is due back in a new york city courtroom. this will be luigi mangione's first appearance since his arraignment. a judge is expected to ask about whether evidence has been exchanged and could possibly set a trial date. mangione is accused of shooting and killing united healthcare's brian thompson in what police have called a targeted attack. he has pleaded not guilty, but also faces federal charges which could carry the death penalty. >> and listen to this video of that infamous ki

san diego. but no matter where you live, these panda cams are available from both zoos to capture all the cutenessw pandas? >> reporter: right now, willie, zoo atlanta says they do not have a formal agreement with china to bring pandas back to atlanta, but the fact they made this big announcement around the expansion of their exhibition is a pretty good sign they feel confident that it will happen soon, and atlanta may not be the only place to welcome pandas. the zoo in san francisco also teasing the possibility of pandas coming there in the near future and i think we can all agree there's no such thing as too many pandas. right, guys? >> totally agree. ryan nobles is our brian fantana on panda watch. ryan, thank you so much. >> al, what you got? >>> we were talking about the cold air. you said, well, if the planet is warming, how come it's so cold? we thought we would answer that for you. arctic air is contained by this polar vortex. it keeps it up there in the arctic. however, as the planet is warming, climate change has caused significant warming up into the arctic. as that warm air comes up in