let's talk about anderson cooper for a second we're going to show you this again but as you all know he has a new talk show that's coming out soon. or no one there's a better have to start with glasses i want to enjoy you want to leave. you more of a why i want other people to as well. i'm starting a new daytime talk show september. they want to live more laugh more get more out of life apparently he's doing just that because then anderson cooper and i'm tweeting a picture of himself shirtless and covered in mud and he says i'm off for a few days from this photo can you guess where in the world i am exact location and turns out that he was a mud volcano columbia not a spot i don't like he says i'm sorry you're shirtless and you're covered in mud and you don't like just mr natural volcanic mud treatment nature i think we all know anderson cooper like spots i'm going to say about this this seemed almost an exact similar he's almost the exact same thing he does every year right we're in the world is matt lauer he goes around and he does not know there's less money and it will there's. a

congress are trading insults and nearly everybody is trying to make money off of this fact but anderson cooper f. kennedy back in the smoke. inside only a military mechanisms do the work to bring justice for accountability. i have every right to know what my government's doing you want to know why i pay taxes. but i would characterize obama as a charismatic version of american exceptionalism. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so sleep you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here sees some other part of it and realize that everything is ok and you don't. charge welcome to the big picture. says. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right here. i think iraq the bombing is beautiful and funny well. whenever government says they're going to keep them safe get ready because you give them your freedom. for. all right it's time for tonight's told time a warden's night it goes to james o'keefe he's a conservative film maker and i use that term loosely who has a history of making undercover videos of evil wrongdoings going on here in the u.s. now turns o

need to take a moment to bid a fond farewell to torrance armstrong who isisoing to work with anderson cooper. >> that's right. who has a new syndicated talk show. >> right. torrance has been our prompter operator and he knows all the mistakes that we've made. >> we would be useless. withououhim. absolutely useless. >> he sees what we're supposed to say and how we never manage to say that. torrance, you've done a wonderful job. to you as wewe. you've been filling in for rob while rob's been on assignment. rob's coming back next week. >> that's right. >> i've had the best time. i'm so sad. >> aww, pegster! >> you're going to be back filling in from time to time. >> that's right. it's been fantastic, really. >> tomorrow will be your last day. i'm off tomorrow on a vacation day so today is our last day together. >> the end of the show. not totally the end, we'll be in touch. we'll be texting. >> i'm half canadian, you're canadian, that's the way it works in canada. >> exactly. we've had a fantastic time. >> we've had a great time. you've been wonderful. i got you something, i ilmost forgot.

"anderson cooper 360" starts right now. >>> i'm isha sesay with a special edition of anderson cooper just ahead. we begin tonight with breaking news. twin terror attacks in norway. late developments. plus an eyewitness describes what he saw. >>> and late-breaking news in washington where debt talks have screeched to a halt. speaker john boehner walks out in negotiations with president obama late this afternoon, saying the president wanted to raise taxes. that set off a war of words. >> my expectation was that speaker boehner was going to be willing to go to his caucus and ask them to do the tough thing but the right thing. i think it has proven difficult for speaker boehner to do that. i've been left at the all are now a couple of times. >> dealing with the white house is like dealing with a bowl of jell-o. let me just say that the white house moved the goal post. they refused to get serious about cutting spending and making the tough choices that are facing our country on entitlement reform. so that's the bottom line. >> president obama has asked congressional leaders to come to the

one of the world's going to do without anderson cooper in a t. shirt in every horrible situation imaginable rescuing nutrition or food you know lonely you're confused we will still have that interest and we're going to have two hours of interest in three sixty anderson during the day you going to have time even if i didn't drive you and read learned and. get to see oprah's passing the torch i mean i just i don't know what i would do if i didn't have three hours of andersen every day we need it. need it don't need it want it don't want you're going to get it apparently ladies thank you for joining me tonight that's a pretty night show thanks for tuning in to make sure you come back tomorrow anthony randolph from reason to be on the show to discuss the latest on the debt negotiations in the meantime don't forget to become a fan of the a large show on facebook and to follow us on twitter and if you missed any of tonight's show or any other nights at the always catch all the you tube dot com slash the i want to show plus the interviews as well as the

one of the world couldn't do without anderson cooper in a t. shirt in every warble situation imagining a rescuing notion or saying you know a lot of your continuous we will still have that interest and we're going to have two hours of interest in three sixty percent during the day to going to have time when i didn't dream and residential and. good to see oprah's passing the torch i mean i just i don't know what i would do if i didn't have three hours they understand every day we need it it's like we're well need it don't need it want it don't want you're going to get it apparently ladies thank you for joining me tonight that's a pretty night show thanks for tuning in to make sure you come back tomorrow and be around as over reasonal be on the show to discuss the latest tactic of nations in the meantime though it's become a fantasy a large show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of the nice or any other nice of the ways youtube dot com slash you want to show requests for interviews as well as the shell in its entirety and

one of the world couldn't do without anderson cooper in a key sure in every war bill situation imaginable rescuing notion or food you know you're confused we will still have that interest and we're going to have two hours of interest and three sixty eight percent during the day you could have time even if i didn't try emailing president rolls and. get to see oprah's passing the torch i mean i just i don't know what i would do if i didn't have three hours of rain or spent every day we needed. were well need it don't need it want it don't want you're going to get it apparently you thank you for joining me tonight that there tonight show thanks for tuning in to make sure you come back tomorrow and for your brand as over i'm reasonably on the show to discuss the latest and that includes nations in the meantime don't forget to become a fan of the large show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of the nights here were any other nights it was all the. last you want to show us the interviews as well as the trail in its entirety up next is adam vs the max. wealthy british sci

he did a wonderful thing, anderson cooper. he'd be constructed the whole -- deconstructed the whole story, showed how it began with an unnamed indian official. as if an unnamed indian official in maharajas and would have any idea what the president's trip was going to cost and involved 32 naval ships. this thing was crazy. so he did constructed the whole story. i thought it was so good, i got a transcript and i wrote a column on it, giving him a shout out for doing it. the next day i was giving a talk to the honor society. i get my bagel, my coffee, i sit down at the table lets 7:00 a.m. -- at 7:00 a.m. the first thing a young man said at the table is, did you know obama's trip was going to cost a billion dollars? and i said, did not see anderson cooper? i tell this whole story in the book. and michele bachmann just announced for the presidency. that is utterly irresponsible. >> let me talk about the role of new media. in that case, for example, you can argue that it was because of the internet that spread that story, but even

that's "anderson cooper 360" >>> piers, thank you. dr. sanjay gupta tonight sitting in for anderson. tonight we're going to bring you a view of casey anthony you've never seen before. 360 has obtained video of casey when she was a little girl. five years old. it's a birthday caylee would never reach. as casey's defense wraps up, we'll wrap up the dramatic final day of testimony and dig deeper on two questions everybody seems to have been asking, would she testify? and then why didn't she? we begin, though, keeping them honest with new and troubling developments in a disaster both anderson and i saw up close. the nuclear catastrophe in fukushima japan. today's headline. the government recommending more evacuations. hard to believe, 113 additional households in four districts in the city of date. that's far beyond the mandatory exclusion zone set up for 20 kilometers around the crippled reactors. these are newly designated hot spots. separately, according to a citizens group and a french ngo, trace amounts of radio isotopes have now been fou

now here's anderson cooper with "ac 360" >>> good evening, everyone. we begin tonight with break news. high tension at the white house, very, very high stakes. talks to diffuse the debt crisis ending tonight in frustration on both sides and conflicting accounts tonight from each side about what really happened in that room. house majority leader eric cantor saying that when he propose add short term deal, something the president opposes, mr. obama got agitated and said he'd sat there long enough. a number of sources say he then asked "would ronald reagan be sitting here? i've reached my limit. this may bring down my presidency but i will not yield on this kwgz congressman cantor says he says "don't call my bluff. finally cantor says he pushed back from the table and left. a democratic source telling it differently, saying the president challenged mr. cantor for what the source called" talk out of both sides of his mouth". they'll be back at the table tomorrow. the stakes could not be higher. moody's today put america's credit rating on review hinting a

this is from "anderson cooper 360" late last night. first majority whip steny hoyer. >> even within their own party, it is deeply divided party, divided against their leadership, angry at their leadership, and a party that has divided itself, has difficulty working with the president and with us and that's unfortunate and the country is the poorer for it. >> i don't buy this notion of e default. to me that's a false choice. default means you can't service your debt, you can't pay off your debt, anderson, and there's plenty of government revenues to do that. one of the things that's been harmful in this debate is there's been this obsession with august 2nd, august 2nd. we need to get this right. we need a balanced budget amendment. if it takes us a few days more to make sure we get it right, let's do it. >> so congressman walsh doesn't sound too wired. maybe he hasn't read the new reports, say, from credit suisse which says if the u.s. eventually defaults on its payments stocks could fall 30% in the next year and the economy could contr

by the way, anderson cooper is a particularly good correspondent. only one side on. >> he picked one show and has branded the media for two decades as being biased. the media covers both sides of the story. the media is not stupid, however. for 20 years we've been told by people like dennis that marriages around the country would fall apart if gay marriage happens. a conservative said marriage has been more stable in the states than it's been for decades. my point is david frum came along on marriage because the facts weren't there. >> i want to give dennis prager a chance to respond. >> i never said that in my life. i don't know anybody who's ever said, anybody responsible that if there's same-sex marriage, heterosexual marriages will fall apart. we've said other things, for example, the notion that male and female don't matter, there is a war against the notion of gender identity. so that you have lgbt, why is there a "t" there? there's a celebration of the removal of male/female distinctions. this is what worries me, not same-sex marriage in and

follow us on twitter @ anderson cooper >>> up next, the man who claims to be an expert on terrorism. this is a fascinating story. we did part one last night. this is part two of it. claims to be an expert in terrorism because he says he used to be a terrorist himself? the problem is, cnn has found no evidence to back up his claims. and tonight, we have tough questions for him about how he runs his business, a business not only tax-exempt but taxpayer supported. it's getting taxpayer dollars. keeping them honest. also tonight this just brakes your heart. video of an 8-year-old boy here in new york city just moments before being abducted and later murdered. dismembered by his killer. there was an arrest and now police say there's a confession. you're going to hear part of that confession tonight. it is chilling. details provide a horrifying window into an apparently very, very sick mind. we'll talk about that and the legal implications with sunny hostin and dr. drew pinsky. ok. [ cellphone rings ] hey. you haven't left yet. no. i'm boarding now... what's up? um...would you mind doing i

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here's anderson cooper with "anderson cooper 360" >>> good evening, everyone. breaking news tonight. somewhere in that building, senate majority leader harry reid says lawmaking magic can happen. and house john boehner is hoping that members of his own party, and these are his words "get their asses in line and support his debt reductions bill. they'll need some of that magic and body parts in line to find a way out of the debt crisis before tuesday's deadline. the breaking news tonight, house members will vote on boehner's bill tomorrow. new details are emerging about it tonight, though. the congressional budget office is weighing in. but 53 senators are now on record on paper opposing it. kate bolduan has the story. also tonight, ari fleischer and james carville get in a heated exchange. john mccain today snacking down fellow republicans. he's providing a reality check and so are the financial markets. the dow industrials today dropping nearly 200 points, making it four losing days in a row. the nasdaq and s & p down even more sharply. now, anyone with a 401

i'm on twitter @ anderson cooper. just ahead tonight, new video of the deadly blast in norway as it happens. you'll see what a security camera saw. and late details today as well on the investigation from our nick robertson who's there. one girl's frantic text messages as she hid from the killer. >>> also polygamist leader warren jeffs on trial in texas for two counts of sexual assault of a child. tonight in our crime and punishment segment we take you inside a secretive flds community that one investigator compares to the taliban. imagine that. right here in the united states. first let's check in with isha sesay. >> reporter: game show host alex trebek isn't just on jeopardy, he's also talking about the terrifying moments when he was in jeopardy. we'll tell you about his run in with a burglar. that and more when anderson cooper 360 continues. call her. ok. [ cellphone rings ] hey. you haven't left yet. no. i'm boarding now... what's up? um...would you mind doing it again? last time. [ engine turns over ] oooohhhh...

. >>> going straight to anderson cooper with a preview of "anderson cooper 360."m british that i find this so incomprehensible? >> i think most americans are finding it incomprehensible on one level or another. but it must be interesting for you from your perspective. we haven't seen this. >> i can't imagine this happening in britain. because if they tried this stunt on the british public they'd be drummed out of parliament. it seems there are two worlds here, the politicians down on this hill who are just squabbling as they normally do without any sense of the mounting outrage. >> yeah. and the -- i don't think anybody is going to come out of this looking very good. all these arguments who this benefits, the republicans or democrats. all of them come out looking pretty poor. we're going to continue the breaking news coverage you're been doing piers on 360 tonight. all the last-minute debt drama happening on capitol hill. democrats in the senate speak a short time ago, publicly calling for negotiations and compromise, political posturing in full effect as it has b

now here's "anderson cooper 360" >>> good evening, everyone. we begin tonight with breaking news. late new details from inside today's debt crisis meeting. headline one, no agreement today. headline two, no meeting tomorrow after five straight days it's the end of the line for now. and headline three, the warning bells keep getting louder from the heart of capitalism to the capital of communism. standard & poors today signalling it may downgrade u.s. debt even if a default is averted. and the people's republic of china, red china, urging washington to raise the debt ceiling. somewhere chairman mao is smiling. president obama went on record with his account of how last night's turbulent meeting ended. you'll recall house majority leader cantor said the president told him not to call his bluff, said "i'll see you tomorrow" and walked out of the cabinet room. >> look, at the end of the meeting after we'd already met for a couple of hours, what i said to the group was what i think the american people feel, which is we have a responsibility to do the right thing. we shouldn't be overly

anderson cooper's white bread ripple. of dry white toast and vanilla ice cream and vanilla pieces, swirl of gin and a hint of tonic. may not be as well-known as yours, sir, but it does have a brisk business in kennebunkport and locust valley late july to early august. i admit your chart was very funny, in particular the part where you used peanut butter to affix my picture to an actual chart. though i thought that was actually pretty inspired. >> all right. there you go. boom! mm mm. mm. how's that taste, anderson? i assume like peanut butter. i haven't even checked to see if you had a peanut allergy. the ratings feud is on. i await your next move. >> now, i know if i was one of these other cable anchors i would try to keep a ratings feud going with you. it would get attention, ratings, be mutually beneficial. but i'm willing to just let by gones be by gones. it's not worth it for me as we all know at the end of the day everyone goes to sleep after the daily show anyway. so here's to you, stephen colbert. love your absurd

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. >>> in the same article larry king said given the choice he would marry anderson cooper and sleep witht because i was pouring bleach in my eyes. >> that's late night with jilly fallon on your local nbc station. >>> time now for your first look at entertainment news. morgan freeman wants the world to know he does not support right-wing causes. a representative for freeman told tmz he did not nar rate an ad by a conservative group in wisconsin, nor did he voice over an earlier ad for controversial governor scott walker. he accused the narrater of trying to sound like freeman. >>> once again lindsay lohan has courtishes issues, only this time it's small claims court. a man who installed her audio and video equipment says she hasn't paid him over $1,000. >>> you know you're a big star like "twilight's" kristen stewart or at least acting like one when you drop out of your very own mother's first film as a director to focus on other professional obligations. >>> finally, say what you will about 25-year-old crystal harris dumping playboy founder hugh hefner just days before the wedding but di

he did a wonderful thing, anderson cooper. he'd be constructed the whole story, showed how it began with an unnamed indian official. as if an unnamed indian official would have any idea what the president's trip was going to cost and involved 32 naval ships. this thing was crazy. so he did constructed the whole story. i thought it was so good, i got a transcript and i wrote a column on it, giving him a shout out for doing it. the next day i was giving a talk to the honor society. the first thing a young man said at the table is, did you know obama's trip was going to cost a billion dollars? and i said, did not see anderson cooper? i tell this whole story in the book. and michele bachmann just announced for the presidency. that is utterly irresponsible. >> let me talk about the role of new media. in that case, for example, you can argue that it was because of the internet that spread that story, but even before anderson cooper, there were self correcting mechanisms on the internet. do you think the internet is increasing polari

now here's anderson cooper with "anderson cooper 360" >>> breaking news tonight. what a night it is. if you look closely at the capitol you can almost make out beads of sweat on the dome. it is nothing compared to how hard house speaker john boehner must be sweating it. how hard he's working and so far failing to get his own republicans to vote for a debt reduction bill. his debt reduction bill. >> the bill's not perfect. i never said it was perfect. nobody in my caucus believes it's perfect. but what this bill reflects is a sincere, honest effort to end this crisis in a bipartisan way, to send it to the senate where it can receive action. >> well, the vote was scheduled for yesterday, rescheduled for early this evening and then put on hold again so the leadership could wrangle votes. they're going that literally as we speak. still promising a vote sometime tonight. we'll be live when it hams. yesterday speaker boehner told the troops to "get their asses in line". apparently not enough republicans have, and now his credibility is on the line. most of the oppositio

seeing the dogs with the sharks got us thinking about guy who's missing tonight, a certain anderson cooper's encounter with sharks. but look. look look look. i don't think we'll judge anderson here quite as enthusiastic as those dogs. >> yeah. i think that's -- i mean, you've got to love our crazy koops. but this is up there. >> crazy coops. >> that could catch on. >> that could be a new name for the program. i don't know. crazy coops. >> i think we'd best stay with ac 360, what do you think? >> i think we should remember that's his phone, not ours. i hope he's not with the sharks tonight. coming up, the final part in our conman series as a teenager in the 80s barry mincok started a business in his parents business ended up bilking investors millions. after he was caught and served time he became a scam investigator. but today he was charged with new fraud charges. later our favorite creepy couple is back, the 51-year-old actor who married the 16-year-old aspiring singer. get ready for a brand-new mind-boggling interview and a classic ridiculist remix. another good thing about geico is, they

now "anderson cooper 360." >> piers, thank you. sanjay gupta in tonight for anderson cooper. we begin with washington's trillion dollar showdown over the debt. two weeks to go until the treasury says it will be out of money to pay the bills there were two major developments. one has been called a possible break through. the other is being attacked by some as a stunt. >> on this vote the yeas are 234 and the nays are 190. the bill has passed. without objection and motion reconsiders laying on the table. >> that's the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now it's a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say they'll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says he'll veto it. in other words, it's doa which is why a lot of democrats are calling it a stunt and a waste of time. earlier to

going to anderson cooper i'd imagine has a rather extended ridiculist tonight. >>> breaking news everyone. tonight right now in that building over on the senate side according to democrat harry reid who spoke last hour, nothing is going on. the senate is now adjourned. but the clock is still ticking and the government is running out of money to pay the bills at this moment because the debt limit was not raised back in may, the united states treasury has less cash on hand than apple computer. on wednesday the government will have $23 billion in social security checks to send out and not enough cash to cover them unless it doesn't send out a whole lot of other checks. now, earlier this evening after a string of delays the house narrowly passed speaker john boehner's version of a debt reduction bill. >> i stuck my neck out a mile to try this. to get an agreement with the president of the united states. i stuck my neck out a mile. and i put revenues on the table. in order to try this. to come to an agreement to avert us being where we are. a lot of people in this town can never say yes. a lot

we're on facebook follow me on twitter @ anderson cooper. later thousands of protestors in cairo's liberation square. this isn't video from the egyptian uprising this winter. these are new protests. we'll tell you why they're happening now. an everyday moment can turn romantic anytime. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day so you can be ready anytime the moment's right. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications, and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache, or muscle ache. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than 4 hours. if you have any sudden decrease or loss in hearing or vision, s

now to be joined by elizabeth smart and journalists filling the spots of celebrities when cnn's anderson cooper tweeted this photo it quickly turned to fodder for hollywood gossip blogs shorts and anger admitting he had a child with a staff member the direction seems to be heading ever further in the direction gentle and tabloid which is rupert murdoch's news corp scandal is any indication could backfire ultimately that's going to lose ratings you're going to lose viewers and you know ultimately you may be you may find yourself under investigation networks that pledge to lean forward or claim to be fair and balanced or they call themselves the most trusted name in news the defectors leaving to find an independent outlet if they want to try to live up to those moderns laura lister our team washington d.c. . all right so lauren just showed us a long list of examples and it begs the question when all of this is being covered what's not being covered now there is some hope with the technology where it is today there is room for alternative forms of media and there's evidence people are watching it

that's actually becoming celebrities i want to bring up i can't help but bring up the picture that anderson cooper tweeted can we bring out a play it's him at a you know topless covered and but he's tweeting i can't take that i celebrity web sites just showing kind of that t.v. journalists are a celebrity. or maybe feel like they need to fill themselves at celebrities and all seems to be moving in this direction even if you take fox news and new york post reporter out publications out of the picture well look i don't think that you're ever going to. gape that element of of serious interest and sensationalism i mean you can go back to the fatty arbuckle case you know one hundred years ago on the air and near now this is always been around it will always be around the really talks a guy aspect of what was going on with news corp was that not only did they have the scruples of this sensationalist journalism but they had the political power outside of that that essentially kept that kept the politicians that bed that kept politicians in line and that's the part that i think we're going to see slowly m

glad now to be joined by a listener and journalist filling the spots of celebrities when cnn's anderson cooper tweeted this photo it quickly turned to fodder for hollywood gossip blogs shorts and anger admitting he had a child with a staff member the direction seems to be heading ever further in the direction of sensational and tabloid which docs news corps scandal is any indication could backfire you're going to lose ratings you're going to lose viewers and you know ultimately you may be you may find yourself under investigation networks that pledge to lean forward or claim to be fair and balanced or they call themselves the most trusted name in news they get back there's leaving to find an independent outlet if they want to try to live up to those moderate was laura lester washington d.c. well certainly when you see all these examples it becomes clear that the time is ripe to talk about this they've called on is an emmy award winning news producer and is working now as a communications director for free press an outspoken proponent for media independence of corporate influence i spoke to him

"anderson cooper 360" starts right now >>> anderson is off >>> i'm zain verjee at cnn in london. here are the headlines this hour. five days after the massacre that brought norway to a standstill, the country is still very much on edge. we're joined by cnn's diana magnay out of oslo. diana? >> reporter: a little earlier, police shut down oslo's central train station. apparently looking at a suspect package there. it gives you a sense of how on edge this country s. five days after the massacre, we know there are undercover armed policemen on patrol. we also know that breivek amassed six tons of fertilizer, according to his manifesto. the police are suggesting to us that there is a certain amount of that fertilizer which is not accounted for in the explosives found on the island or the bomb here in oslo. they say it is possible that that missing amount of fertilizer could be enough to produce a bomb. so definitely a very, very significant part of their investigation. now, breivek's lawyer yesterday gave some insight into his client's mental state saying this whole case does suggest

. >>> well, an -- anderson cooper has been outed. the anchor ripped off a bit in january. it was a dramatic reading of snoo ky e's -- snoo ky e's latest home. >> she pulled out all of the stops. >> they played the clip and they discussed it. >> wait a second. let's wind things back six months to january 10th setting the mood as this year, that's when fox news rising introduced a special segment called a moment of ?ook key. -- snookie. >> back in high school this kid i know went on the sky scraper after drinking a giant blue slurpee. when he was at the top and spinning he got sick. >> there was a stunning resemblance there. something familiar. >> yeah, yeah. gloat away. a dramatic reading of a jersey shore cast member's book when did i last see that? oh yeah, last october. i am pleased one of our guests is a huge fan and has agreed to read an excerpt. john? >> greg, thank you. "the situation" writes," no matter what t-shirt you select whether it is fitted, graphic, see qen, bedazzled, deep v, wife beater or what have you, it is about being proud of who you are." >> wow, the

. >> you may remember former anchor of "world news now," the one and only anderson cooper. >> cooper ed to do this job, yeah? >> apparently he's on -- what ever happened to him? you don't hear much. apparently he tweeted something very interesting. apparently he's on v vation. this is anderson like you've never seen him before. >> check it out. >> he is covered in mud there. he says he tweeted yesterday, you go to the top of the volcano and go into the warm mud, it's really weird and fun, colombia is a beautiful country. apparently he's vacationing in colombia, draping himself in mud, and tweeted it to his 1.4 million followers. >> this wouldn't be the first time, though, that we see him in sort of an interesting getup. take a look at this. >> gee, when they told me a leather gift i was thinking more in terms of an attachehease or a wallet. >> trust me, this is the latest in leather gear. >> really? why do you sound familiar? >> barry, of course. it's me. >> anderson! what are you doing here? >> i w wk for -- the whole reality show thing didn't work out for me. so i'm working here at