adrien is actually an entertainer and decided to do push ups with empty whiskey bottles. >> going to> they don't break. >> i've heard of beer muscles, never whiskey muscles. >> it takes a lot of practice to get that way. >> no word on what happened to the whiskey because he was sober doing that. >> i don't know if he was sober when he came up with the idea though. >> this video took place in sweden. this girl has athletic acts she wants to share with us. she's going to do a bit of gymnastic. she sees the counter and says i'm going to do a back flip. that was definitely a fail. >> what was she trying to do? she just slung herself over a counter. >> took out two cash registers. >> they really know how to party. >> that's going to do it for us at right this minute. thanks for joining us. we'll see you next time, everybody. >>> live from new york city, it's "the wendy williams show." today wendy gives her take on all of the latest sizzling "hot topics." and the outrageous actress and comedian sandra bernhard is here. plus can you guess the famous face? we're playing our new game, "who's

adrien hawkins is a federal worker and single mother of two. >> when i saw the capped dates i said somebody has to run. somebody has to come and somebody has to help us, so i decided to be the change that i wanted to see. >> about two thirds of ferguson's residents are black but the vast majority of elected officials are white. >> ferguson isn't unusual. throughout st. louis county are many communities that were once predominantly white shifted to black. overwhelmingly the leadership hasn't kept pace with the sweeping changes in demographics. >> the former mayor of ferguson is now running for city council a part time job that pace just $250 a month. >> it's about participation. unfortunately, our african-americans don't participate at a level as caucasians do in our community. >> only 6% of eligible black voters turned out in municipal elections. whites at 17% weren't much better. patricia bynes is working hard to change that. >> i'm seeing an incredible amount of interest. people are getting the message that if they want change, they have to get involved and they're going to have to take t

. >> adrien brody ate about three. even francis ford coppolcoppola.o were you more nervous to make them for? >> coppola. you want to get that nod. i said, i make a pretty good italian meal. he said, "i'll be the judge of that." jalapenos -- >> jimmy: jalapenos. i'm against that. >> try it, trite it. >> jimmy: you were the first director to give george clooney a leading role in a film. >> yeah. >> jimmy: yeah? how did that happen? "from dusk to dawn." >> i had to scramble. i couldn't think of somebody to play the lead. if i couldn't think of someone, quentin wanted robert blake. >> jimmy: quentin tarantino is in the movie. he directed it too. >> i had to find someone. and he was a big fan of robert blake. and i thought, we got to do something quick. robert blake's great, but i thought we could do something different. i'd seen clooney, he wasn't getting roles. he was such a nice doctor. he wanted somebody with more edge. i saw him on a talk show and he was just sitting like this. he didn't like the guy interviewing him. he was just brooding. he had boot

adrien brown august, beijing. >> stay with us on the news our. the biggest name in american football turns his hand to baseball. that's coming up with robin in sport. >> in australia wildlife and got visits are calling for a cull of wildcats. numbers are out of control in tasmania and threatening other species. farmers are worried about damage to livestock. >> trapped in a cage and angry this wildcat is considered around tasmania as dangerous vermin. farmers are setting electronic cat traps. >> they can see the bait and in the air in there, it comes from inside and that snaps the door latches back. >> the first cats were brought to australia in 1804, the wildcat population today is in the tens of millions. in tasmania, there are thought to be twice as many cats as people. they are causing big problems. for farmers, it's the disease they spread, making pregnant sheep lose their unborn lambs. >> it's an economic issue for the farmer losing a large proportion of sheep in their first year. >> feral cats are chewing through other species, they eat sma

adrien brown, al jazeera beijing. >> a professor of history in chinese politics says these charges will be seen as a victory for the president. >> this is a major water shed in the penalty's effort to sensitize public administration and promote clean government, because nobody so senior since the end of the cultural revolution has been prosecuted with an economic crime. looking ahead the anti corruption campaign may pick up further speed and substance and we expect at least two or three more former members to be prosecuted. this is a big victory for the president. after this, his power and authority will reach his climax and he will be considered as the second most powerful leader after mao sestong. >> the u.s. state of california is entering it's fourth consecutive year of drought. some say it could run out of water in a year. the governor ordered residents and businesses to cut water use by 25%. legislation has also been fast tracked to provide $1 billion in relief funds. the current drought has cost the agricultural sector more than $2 billion and nearly 17,000 farmers have lost thei

adrien brown, al jazeera. >> that brings us to the end of this news hour. do stay with us.e've got another full bulletin of news coming up in a few minutes. minutes. >> all these labels the world throws at you, that's what drives me that's what drives me >> the war in yemen houthi rebels raid homes in the capitol detaining politicians and journalists. >> you're watching al jazeera live from doha. >> three killed by an explosion in cairo. >> mourning in kenya some relatives collapse in grief after being told about those killed in the university attack. >> we look at how poor transport in

. >> adrien hawkins wesley bell, lee smith ella jones they're all vying for seats on ferguson's city council and are up against some challenges. for one it's low pay for a lot of work. council members are given just $250 a week, most also hold full time jobs. there's an even bigger challenge. low voter turnout. a washington post analysis estimates that in the 2013 municipal election, only 6% of blacks and 17% of whites turned out. this is where michael brown was shot and killed by a ferguson police officer. from a voter perspective it's also important turnout here is notoriously low. during the last election, representatives one by just 23 votes. >> the real reason for that as i see it is that their constantly voting for the same people. >> 76-year-old lee smith is running for city council in ward three. for him everything changed in september, when he went to a heated city council meeting. >> look around you we're not going to let you go back to, at usual. >> smith's opponent for ward three city council wesley bell, a criminal justice professor and judge who is also black. >> how bi