anthony bourdain, parts unknown, starts now. >>> chances are you haven't been to this place. chances are this is a place you've never seen. other than maybe blurry cell phone videos, old black-and-white newsreels from world war ii. chances are bad things were happening in the footage you saw. myanmar, after 50 years of nightmare, something unexpected it happening here, and it's pretty incredible. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> in yangon, the capital city of myanmar, it's dark. blackouts are frequent, with the ancient power grid. but sources of light there are in the street cast an eerie yellow-orange hue. for almost 100 years under british rule, this was rangoon. in 1948 after helping the british fight off the japanese, there was a new taste for self-determination, the country gained independence. after a decade of instability, however, the military consolidated power and never let go. elections? they came and went. the results ignored, opposition punished, or silenced entirely. burma, now myanmar, where orwell once served as a colonial policeman, where he first had grown to despise the apparatus

anthony bourdain parts unknown anthony bourdain parts unknown starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> after nine days of threats of imprisonment, confa skags of footage and what was the most chaotic trip of my life, the last thing that stands between us and our flight home is the reason we came, the congo river itsel itself. >> the u.n. truck said he's been there since this morning. >> we've been held up for days. >> what's up, freddy? they starting in? awesome. just broke down again. we have one hour of daylight left. >> the engine is started. >> okay. great. >> here it comes. >>> you learn quickly in congo, things change at a moment's notice. welcome to the jungle. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> everyone gets everything he wants and i wanted to see congo and for my sins, they let me in heart of joseph, he writes when i was a little chap i had a passion for maps. at that time there were many blank spaces on earth but th

anthony bourdain parts unknown anthony bourdain parts unknown starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we go up this beautiful mountain, this incredible -- it goes back to the 12th century. people trudge up the hill to the beautiful church to take the walk michael took. now and forever more it will be sort of the good father theme park where they just play the god father theme over and over. >> i think the most thoughtful sicilians are disgusted by this. ♪ ♪ >> imagine waking up to that every day. >> japanese tour rests go up, michael corleon got married there. it's so fantastic. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world, i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's one of the most beautiful places in europe, a place whose roots are very much the roots of the town where i live, but somehow i've never been able to get it right. to tell the story, any story of sicily. it's the biggest island in the head -- mediterranean. two main towns of palermo and catania on opposite sides. i

anthony bourdain parts unknown anthony bourdain parts unknown starts right now. -- captions by vitaccom >>> after nine days of threats of imprisonment, confa skags of footage and what was the most chaotic trip of my life, the last thing that stands between and

anthony bourdain parts unknown anthony bourdain parts unknown starts right now. -- captions by vitacc.com >>> we go up this beautiful mountain, this incredible -- it goes back to the

"anthony bourdain parts unknown" starts right now. >>> after nine days of threats of imprisonment, confiscation of footage, and what was the most chaotic, difficult, yet amazing trip of my life, the last thing that stands between us and our flight home is the reason we came. the congo river itself. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> the u.n. truck just said he's been here since this morning. >> i've been held up for days. >> what's up, freddie? >> they're starting the engine. >> awesome. >> just broke down again? >> yeah. >> we now have one hour of daylight left. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> okay, great. >> here it comes. >>> you learn quickly. in congo, things change at a moment's notice. >> welcome to the jungle. ♪ i took a walk ♪ through this beautiful world ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good ♪ in this beautiful world ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ >>> everyone gets everything he wants. i wanted to see the congo. for my sins, they let me. in "heart of darkness" joseph conrad writes of his alter ego -- when i was a little chap, i had a passion for maps.

anthony bourdain parts unknown continues after the break. ♪ >>> holy week.d all over southern spain with a seriousness and fervor you might not see elsewhere. for seven days leading up to easter, nearly every city in andalucia gets taken over by ancient processions. to an outsider, it's an impenetrable montage of confusing, yet deeply evocative images. figures in dark hoods loom up from every direction. smoke pots of innocence, candles, religious imagery and the crowds. flashes of goya, dimly remembered impressions of the inquisition. [ speaking foreign language ] okay, watch this. these guys got to get their painstakingly crafted massively sized and incredibly heavy and cumbersome float through the door, down the steps, and out into the street. >> but the woman who escort the virgin they wear candles to light all the way to the cathedral. >> pedro is another one of fuen's brothers, the youngest, and when not working for an i.t. company in ireland, he does this. he carries crushingly heavy religious floats. they're called casteleros. and they devote months o

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. >> we've seen anthony bourdain come in which is interesting. we're seeing a shift to more general interest entertainment content. you know, i think with msnbc you had them double down on partisanship. one message that's clear is old style voice of god anchor is over. >> i want to ask you about politics as entertainment. i think that's reflective by "house of cards." netflix came to age with programming this year. this is what president obama said a few weeks ago. >> i just wonder if we brought advance copies of "house of cards?" it's true. this guy is getting a lot of stuff done. >> now, i think president obama will have to wait like the rest of us for season two coming out valentine's day. this is the year that streaming tv came of age it feels like. >> absolutely. we look at a few years ago hastings wanted to take on the cable industry. he wanted to remake cable and kill it. that failed. his target is hbo and i think "house of cards" is an example of high quality original programming that is not debuting on traditional networks but on streami

"anthony bourdain parts unknown" starts right now. >>> after nine days of threats of imprisonment, confiscation, and what was the most chaotic, difficult, yet amazing trip of my life, the last thing that stands between us and our flight home is the reason we came. the congo river itself. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> the u.n. truck just said he's been here since this morning. >> i've been held up for days. >> what's up, freddie? >> they're starting the engine. >> awesome. >> just broke down again? >> yeah.

anthony bourdain's show. we want to make sure that we're covering all of the subjects that if you think about a magazine, think of all the subjects that you real about in your favorite magazine. they're all news. so we just want to make sure that we're not being reducktive or narrow in what news we cover. >> you happy with jeff zucker's performance? >> he's doing a very good job. great new talent at cnn. >> as always, very much apprecia appreciated. thank you for sitting down with. >> thanks for having me. >> you're welcome. the chairman and ceo of time warner. that time spin is still on track for the second quarter. >> yes. >> of next year because yesterday there was a little bit of not confusion but perhaps a story not correct out there. send it back to you guys. >> thank you very much, david faber. got big fuse in the auto sector. general motors announcing a new ceo. its first ever female. who is she? what will she bring to gm? and what's the road ahead look like for the automaker now? phil lebeau joins us