the glass towers of calgary, the largest city in alberta, are home to several big oil companies.many of the executives say environmental regulation is already strict. >> we have one of the strongest regulatory systems in the world. before we ever build a project we are required to put together an integrated application that looks, not only at the recovery of the resource, but also looks at how we will protect the environment. >> that's a claim that the environmental organisation greenpeace rejects. w e visit their office in the province's capital, edmonton, about two hours away from calgary. >> the regulations are very weak and are getting weaker all the time because the industry has done a very effective campaign to gut can the environmental legislation and to gut our protection when it comes to water. in addition to that we have very poor enforcement. >> greenpeace says oil producers are rarely taken to task for destroying the environment. together with representatives of the native american cree nation, they're planning to protest in every major canadian city in may. >> the be

. >> i was speaking with my best friend calgary and she was sayi saying, oh, it's going to snow in calgary: it's good when you're a kid because you get the snow days. but it's not so great when you're an adult and you have to deal with that stuff. >> okay, i feel like snow days is an american thing. >> jimmy: really? >> i don't ever remember ever having one snow day. >> jimmy: really? >> no, no. we didn't have snow days. it's just a regular day. >> jimmy: i guess you couldn't have snow days. >> just get out there, bundle yourself and go out. >> jimmy: it's like up there we call your bacon canadian bacon but up there you just say bacon. >> no, no, we don't. we call it ham. female ham. >> jimmy: i thought it was called female bacon. >> we call it ham. >> jimmy: you're not from canada at all, are you? are you finished shooting "grey's anatomy" now? >> i actually finished my last day last week. >> jimmy: i would assume that's a sad thing for you. >> it was a -- no. >> jimmy: it was not? >> well, no, no, no. what i mean by that -- what i mean by that, it was really joyous. >> jimmy: it was? >>

it happened at a japanese restaurant in calgary. >> check out the bill. $5 discount for well behaved it was a well behaved kid, a 1-year-old girl. >> the father who paid the bill, called it a nice affirmation of his wife's hard work as a parent over the last year. happy mother's day. >> yeah. you going to take the two boys the that restaurant? charge you 10 bucks for unruly. >> i have two. >> exactly. >>> a central texas woman got the surprise of her life after opening her bathroom door. >> there it was, in all its glory. 12-foot long african rock python wrapping itself around the toilet. the snake was the missing pet of someone who once lived nearby and moved away. >> they left the 12-foot python. yeah. >>> now, a move that no one in the nba that could ever pull off. that's why it's our "play of the day." this comes to us from spain. >> check this guy out on his way to the hoop. it's pretty awesome. whoa. he steps on the rim and the top of the backboard. flips over, and throws the ball through the hoop. >> trampolines aren't allowed in slam dunk contests. even though, a pretty athle

. >> and economist at the university of calgary looked at prices of industrial commodities more than 100 years and found the overwhelming majority fell. john: if it falls in price that means there is more. >> the combination of price and innovation is a remarkably powerful combination. the effort is happening all around us. john: why can't we see it? >> wow. that is a good question. and to have 3d printing. >> and information that is free all over the world. >> you add these things together because we have all these things in spades that other countries lacked. john: thank you. we will keep the conversation going on fat -- facebook or twitter to use the #good news. miserable poverty a does persist but yet i will tell you why these are the good new day is. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a buness idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reali. start your business today with legalzoom. we're here to help you turn your dream into a

. >> john boies, an economist at the university of calgary looked as prices of industrial commodities over more than 100 years and found that the overwhelming majority they fell in price. john: if it falls in price, that means there's more of it. >> the combination of price and innovation is remarkably powerful combination, that's what we've seen. effort towards "smaller lighter denser faster cheaper" is happening all around us, given that we've seen it, why can't we see it? >> wow. that's a good question. i think part of it is that again, there is a tendency to want to be pessimistic as we look forward. we have 3-d printing and ever faster communications, ever cheaper computers. all of these things cheap or free education now thanks to online courses. john: and information that's free all over the world. >> and cheaper energy, the foundation of modern society. you add all of these things together, we're poised in the u.s. for another american century because we have all of these things in spades that other countries lack. john: we will get more into that during the snow. thank you, r

take the restaurant in calgary, canada, which gave a $5 discount to a family for their well behaved kids. it was even itemized on the bill. in the united kingdom, take snapshots of your meal and you may get free food. that's part of the marketing campaign from birdseye. i like this one. discounts to bald men. baldness is a delicate issue in japan and he's trying to change that. baldness is a man's badge of honor. so i say to my friends embrace your baldness, and make room for me at the bar the next time i visit tokyo. that's our show for the day. i'm ali velshi in washington. thanks for joining us. >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> this is a right we should all have... >> it's just the way it is... >> there's something seriously wrong... >> there's been acrimony... >> the conservative ideal... >> it's an urgent need... and a host willing to ask the tough questions >> how do you explain it to yourself? and you'll g

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take the restaurant in calgary, canada, which gave a $5 discount to a family for their well behaved kids. it was even itemized on the bill. in the united kingdom , take snapshots of your meal and you may get free food. that's part of the marketing campaign from birdseye. i like this one. discounts to bald men. baldness is a delicate issue in japan and he's trying to change that. baldness is a man's badge of honor. so i say to my friends embrace your baldness, and make room for me at the bar the next time i visit tokyo. that's our show for the day. i'm ali velshi in washington. thanks for joining us. . >> >>> a busy market in china becomes the scene of a deadly attack. dozens are killed. hello - you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead - young voters in egypt refuse to take part in presidential election. why they say the whole process lacks legitimacy. >>> dozens of people entrusted to keep children safe have been arrested in the u.s. for sharing child

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they will buy canada's altalink, an energy transmission business headquartered in calgary. be wrapped into berkshire hathaway energy. on the eve of the shareholder meeting, we ran into warren buffett here into town. he is expecting more than 38,000 people to be attending the annual shareholders meeting on saturday. that's up from about 35,000 last year. 35,000 is where it stood the last several years. based on the ticket request, he expects it will be a little bit higher. he was caught up when he was coming back from his lunch. guys, this was his typical healthy diet of mcdonald's. he had a big mac and fries. we got a chance to ask him on what's everybody's mind. coca-cola. >> it was suggested that coca-cola had heard that and the management may not be dolling out the shares as originally planned. do you know anything about that? >> well, i wouldn't be surprised. they're going to look at it certainly. with the fair amount of no votes. and what they authorized at this meeting the other day, they don't have to do. they can spread it over a longer period of time. we'll see wha

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