chris: kayaking in australia. martin: chris, check out this move! nice one. all right! have you been hiding that one? martin, cool creature, 6:00, low. duck-like bill. easy, it's a duck. webbed feet. still a duck. furry beaver tail. whoa, a duck-billed platypus. you got it, bro. one of the most unusual animals in the world. and she's cute too. you got to love her incredibly strange feature combo. what do you think is the weirdest thing about them, martin? hm, definitely the egg-laying. sure, everyone knows birds and reptiles do it, but a furry mammal that lays eggs? now that's rare. rare? mammal eggs? i've never heard of such a thing. i knew these guys would lead me to something rare. and delicious. ooh, i can taste the recipe now. platypus egg omelet supreme, made with only the rarest, most endangered delicacy on earth. and i know exactly who will pay top dollar. (laughing) either she's saying, "no, no, no, no, no" or she's looking for something. but how do you look with your eyes closed? her nostrils are shut too, so she isn't smelling for anything. even her ears are

martin: woohoo! chris: woohoo! s to make one of the greatest migrations in the creature world. right now is the beginning of fall. and the monarch migration is underway. and we're here at an important pit-stop place for migrating monarchs. why is it so important? that's why! this huge body of water is what the monarch butterflies have to cross, lake erie, 100 miles across. chris: that group of monarchs has spent the night roosting in the trees. they're resting up for their journey across the lake. and as the sun warms up their bodies, they begin to move and work their muscles. and one by one, they take off. the butterflies also fuel up here. they drink nectar from the flowers to get the energy they need to make it across the lake. get a good drink. chris: oh, there he goes! all right! before they cross, they'll check the wind. if it's blowing south, it will help them across the lake. there he goes. he's ready. good luck! with the forests in mexico being cut down and more and more habitat along the way being destroye

(chris and martin laughing) gliders glide to move from tree to tree. cutest gliding creature in the world! ♪ chris: gah! martin: whoo hoo! ahh! martin, where'd you go? over here, chris. i found her. a flying squirrel. she has all the features and abilities a glider needs. she's light, only weighs about as much as a donut. lightness, plus the parachute-like feature? she has what it takes to glide. fuzzy tail. (laughing) chris: looks like it tickles. oh yeah, and she's cute, too. what does that have to do with gliding? nothing, but you can't hang out with a flying squirrel without noticing how cute she is. a flying squirrel's parachute-like feature is the skin stretched between her front leg and her back leg. that's all the loose skin that stretches out between her legs. you see it right there? wow. oh hey, she's ready to do her gliding thing. all right, let's see her do it. yeah, go for it. (drum roll playing) what, is that all you've got? oh, i forgot, you're nocturnal. flying squirrels glide at night. flying squirrels are awesome gliders. now that was

please welcome coldplay front man chris martin, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> hi, jimmy. >> weird, man. >> jimmy: yeah, it's kind of fun. >> i first met you when you were so young. >> jimmy: yeah, we were both so young, yeah. we -- >> and i never thought we'd end up here. >> jimmy: isn't that wild, right? >> i know. >> jimmy: it's cool. we both -- >> i thought you would be long gone. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: congratulations on everything, my friend. >> i had a lot of fun. >> jimmy: i mean, geez. i mean, this is unbelievable. >> i know adam said it, but that jim morrison thing was wonderful. >> jimmy: oh, thank you. oh, please, no. [ cheers and applause ] you're the greatest. oh, stop it. you're the -- very, very nice. >> you could maybe actually get the gig. >> jimmy: i could do it. yeah, you think? i should do like a tribute band, right? >> you can -- well, with the other three doors, you could do it. >> jimmy: yeah, we could do it, right? absolutely. i'll work on that. do you remember, like -- it was -- god. i mean, it's got to be 10 or 15 years ago? when we first -- >> ten

chris: gotta find her before sundown. three minutes. martin: bingo! that's it. that's it. riest at sundown. ♪ got one! nice, okay, steady. one minute till sundown, hurry! take it easy. too fast and the line'll snap. whoa! it's gulpa! it's-- too-- strong! you can do it! help him! we're not allowed to touch the pole. i can do it! (cheering) this is the biggest bass i ever caught. thanks, gulpa. (laughing) gulpa's so big! i think i'm gonna win. all right, then. from the zach varmitech first annual international bass classic, let the weigh-in begin. (beeping) ♪ (bells chiming) i win! ha ha ha! v for victory! whoo hoo! you wish you could fish! (laughing) hey, you know, you did great. you caught a bigger bass then i ever did. yeah, it was fun. but i still wish i'd won first place. hey, even when you lose, playing by the rules and trying your best makes you the real winner every time. one of zach's fish is acting weird. chris: hold it! this largemouth bass isn't green, it's purple. ah, it's a special rare variety. gavin: this one's mouth is way too big. that's because it's a large

chris. and i'm martin. ha-ha! (laughing) and river creatures around the world are great. ha-ha! ris: capybaras, crocodiles and tapirs. but one of the most unusual of all river creatures is the duck-billed platypus of australia. martin: so, what do you think this cute creature eats? crayfish. chris: platypus search among the rocky bottom looking for crayfish to eat, then they gobble them down with their bill-like mouths. race you, chris. first one to catch a crayfish, platypus, wins.

chris. and i'm martin. ha-ha! (laughing) and river creatures around the world are great. ha-ha! ris: capybaras, crocodiles and tapirs. but one of the most unusual of all river creatures is the duck-billed platypus of australia.

chris! help! martin, what are you lying around for? (panting) lying around? ing things? chris, we got to get out of here. worm eaters are everywhere. what are you talking about, martin? we can't leave now. the mystery of the squirmy wormy: we're getting close. yeah, close to getting eaten. there's got to be a faster, easier way-- oh! to move around down here! hmm. i've got just the thing. ♪ zap it, jimmy! it's out of here! whoa! oof! i think i found it. chris, get ready to slip in style. ta-da, a wormmobile! thanks. cool. slime injecta-motion with stretch-slide worm action. aviva, this is awesome. finally, i can move down here, worm-style. hey, martin. hey, chris. woo hoo, looks like we're going up. ha, even though your brain is smaller than a pinhead, i think you know something we don't. (rumbling) vibrations? like a mini-earthquake! (rumbling) ♪ (sniffing) (gasping) mole attack! a star-nosed mole! oh, you sensed its digging vibrations, didn't you? (sniffing) chris, get out of there, fast! okay, left pedal stretches, right pedal slides and this lever steers m

chris. and i'm martin. and we're searching for-- over there! the monarch butterfly, one of the most amazing creatures around. and the reason they're so amazing? wait! oh, he's going this way! here's one! come back! whoa! (laughing) oh, he got away. milkweed. hey, but butterfly might have gotten away,

chris! and i'm martin. we're the kratt brothers! doing what we're always doing, looking for creatures.hoa! (hissing) an american badger! whoa! oh, that was a close call! let's just give him some space,

chris! and i'm martin. we're the kratt brothers! doing what we're always doing, looking for creatures.hoa! (hissing) an american badger! whoa! oh, that was a close call! let's just give him some space, and let him pass. (hissing) he wants to take on the truck? whoa! (hissing) he's tough! that's a badger for ya! tough! like all members of the weasel family, a badger is one tough creature! a badger is so tough, he'll stand up to a truck! and he'll stand up to predators

chris. and i'm martin. and we're searching for-- over there! the monarch butterfly, one of the most amazing creatures around. and the reason they're so amazing? wait! oh, he's going this way! here's one! come back! whoa! (laughing) oh, he got away. milkweed. hey, but butterfly might have gotten away, but if you're looking for monarch caterpillars, milkweed is the place to find them. martin, over here. oh. all right! oh, they're big fat ones. oh, yeah, look at them munching away.

i think as we did have chris martin a while back. fossil fuels oil specifically those of that's pretty humongous role in making farming and making it more machine capable fertilizer everything like that so that's been a part of the reason it's changed so the fact that more and more people are learning to farm that could be increasingly important a world where war or oil will become increasingly expected of brevity you basically need to grow your own food and hey who knows maybe me and you will be out there tell a very good show if the show doesn't we didn't have who is that you are so doesn't work out with at the end of the show the it's very there's your tomatoes. but he said you trade tomatoes as long as we go well i started because i have no interest in dressing like that shannon i don't know how you made that possible i'm going to get you back for that honestly that's just you know i tried to do that once with lauren he didn't love me what i had when you went rogue again family you are i would stand going around you is a trend an

a look at the big picture frankly are we all screwed i'm sure many of our viewers have watched chris martin since crash course but i did last night and if i wasn't convinced before now and has me i don't know saving up for farmland and thinking about how to purify my own water here's a little snippet if you don't know what i'm talking about as he takes a look at the point we've reached and oil money population species extinction fisheries depletion and forest loss. here is the world you live in it seems like the pace of change is speeding up well that's because it is you have the pace of change for all of those now he's a ph d. an m.b.a. an economic researcher and futurist specializing in energy and resource depletion he forecasts the housing market among things he had the collapse excuse me years in advance of the crisis he's chris martenson he's also author of this book the crash course the unsustainable future of our economy and our g. and environment and he's here now to answer what can be done about all of this and what we need to be really worried about thank you so much for being on

martin. and i'm chris. and we're here with some kids who are-- wild kratts! come on! ♪ woo hoo! whoo!n you're having summer fun in the lake,

martin. and i'm chris. and we're here with some kids who are-- wild kratts! come on! ♪ woo hoo! whoo!n you're having summer fun in the lake, it might not just be your people friends you're hanging out with. so just put on a scuba mask, or swim goggles, and dive down and meet some fishy friends! ♪

martin. and i'm chris. and we love lizards. oh yeah. they're scaly. they have claws. they're cool.hh, you mean cold-blooded. yeah, that too. but i mean cool. check out the attitude. whoa. a monitor lizard. all lizards have certain things in common: the claws, the scaly skin, the general body shape. plus, a lot of lizards do similar things.

chris, i think she's trying to tell us something! uh, martin, we're on a creature rescue.rownish, white-bellied, curve-billed bird doing a special song-and-dance display. wait a second! that's a-- honey guide! she wants to tell us where the honey is. you guys should have eaten more breakfast. i didn't even have any yet! that's why you're saying strange things! why would a bird be telling you where the honey is? she is, because she's a honey guide. yeah, a honey guide finds a beehive full of honey. then, she finds an animal that can smash into it. like a human. or a honey badger! honey badger, what's that? a honey badger. looks tough! then, the human-- or honey badger! follows the bird to the hive-- and smashes it open! and the bird and the badger both get food. it's a symbiotic relationship! yeah, aviva, just like we lead you to really cool animals, and show you the amazing things they do. and then, you create inventions that help us on our creature missions. symbiotic relationship? a kind of teamwork, where everybody gets something out of it. exactly! the honey guide and

chris, agree? disagree? >> i think martin agronsky really started the format we're all used to, which is usually 3 or 4 people. now it's more diverse--men and women, people of different ethnic backgrounds. that's much improved the way it was 10 years ago or even 5 years ago, and i think the election of barack obama's had a real jolt to that. you got to have diversity, and local television has been great, really good at diversity. my wife was an anchorwoman here for 15 years. it's even created a different society around the newsroom because of that on-air need for diversity. it creates a different world you live in, you know. we all know that now, i think. >> jan, should there be a focus on local news and is anybody covering it anymore? >> i think that, especially in the regional metropolitan newspapers, there is less and less coverage of local news. there are fewer feet on the street, and in many ways, they are losing their portfolios. they don't cover national/international news anymore. they don't do the hyper local news an

chris paul then commissioner stern stepped in and said, not so fast. the deal involved three teams, sending paul to lakers, gasol to rockets and the hornets would get lamar odom, luis scola, kevin martin and draft picks. after an uproar from nba owners, stern vetoed the deal. hornets are owned by the league. the owners thought it was an unfair deal. i'm sure we are not heard the last of them. >>> no trade in the nfl but steelers did lose ben roethlisberger for a while. against the browns he was sacked and twisted his ankle. already playing with a broken thumb, now he left the game with a high ankle sprain. he called it the worst pain he'd ever felt. but in true roethlisberger style he rubbed dirt on it and returned in the second half. he threw two touchdowns. antonio brown here and he did the rest. 79 yards down the sideline. steelers won it 14-3, thanks to a gutsy performance by their quarterback. >>> finally back to baseball where angels weren't the only ones making a big splash. keeping an eye to the right of the mlb tv set, a man took a spill into a reflecting pool. all we know is that his name is steve. i'm not sure what his friend are calling him. perhaps scuba steve after this.

martin's steals and deals. that and much more coming own a friday on today. >> thanks, matt. >> time to check in with chri i christinaor one final check of the weather. >> the base day of the week. we'll get if most sunshine. the warmest day of the week. and finally wind are dropping off. 70 degrees today in redwood city. you'll hit 71 in san jose. staying nice and mild. onshore flow kicks back in on monday. expect patchy fog and cold nights. let's check your drive with mike. >> a note for folks traveling in berkeley. pack on an extra five minutes or so. made worse because of the earlier motorcycle accident. but all lanes have been cleared. a look at the san mateo bridge. some folks were held up in oakland. now heading down towards 92. back to you. >>> thank you very much, mike. thank you for joining us

martin luther king, jr. commemoration. >>> time now 5:26 a singer from santa cruz is one vote away from the winner of the ex- factor. that is chrisenee, a former trash collector and last night he performed, he is still on the show then his fate was handed over to america as the voting polls opened. now the results of the viewer pool will be announced on tonight's show and one of the four contest and its will be -- contestants will be sent home. it all begins at 8:00 tonight right here on ktvu channel 2 news. make sure you join us tomorrow morning on mornings on 2. we will talk tonight's eliminated contestant live. >>> baseball's team player barry bonds, we will finds out if he is going to federal prison. >>> also berkeley is now being called a disaster zone after a fire last month, why this declaration is -- declaration is good news for business owners and residents. >>> we are collecting toys for tots and we will tell you how you can help. >>> good morning, westbound 237, that traffic is moving a long relatively well, we will have more about the morning commute straight ahead. . >>> well,good morning to you, it is thursday decem

like lynn martin of illinois said they ended up voting for gingrich for power, knowing how nasty he is, because they were tired of losing. >> yeah. 40 years ago out of power. as you know, chris, back at that time, the idea that republicans would ever take control of the house of representatives, although everybody liked people like bob michael, this was a guy who was never going to lead. they need to have had an insurgent energy. gingrich was the insurgent energy. he was sometimes the nasty energy, but he was also the successful energy that made it possible for them to do what many people thought was unthinkable at that time. and i think that's one of the things that for a lot of republicans, they remember that, and they're willing to forgive gingrich a lot of sins because of that huge signal historic accomplishment on behalf of the party. >> this guy's geronimo. i think it's geronimo. i don't think geronimo's a peacemaker, a dealmaker. i don't think he's going to take the hill. thank you, john heilemann. >>> up next, remember rick perry? he's so desperate to get his campaign back on track, he's attacking gays and lesbian. by the way, mr. perry, governor, there are nine memb

martin savidge hitch ad ride on a u.s. military convoy. >>> occupy wall street versus chris christie? think the shouting chased the new jersey governor off stage? think again. this one is really good. we will show it to you. 13 minutes after the hour. progresso. it fits! fantastic! [ man ] pro-gresso they fit! okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. [♪...] >> announcer: now get a $250 airfare credit, plus save up to 65%. call 1-800-sandals. certain restrictions apply. >>> 16 minutes past the hour. welcome back. a significant development in the case of a missing sex worker in what could be a serial kill other the loose near new york city. >> police are searching on long island's south shore. they say they found items belonging to the missing womans who disappearance prompted a certain much that turned up those ten bodies. chris mills was on long island and joins us with the latest. what's going on here? >> good morning. incredible case. even gettin

chris christie and sheila bair. tomorrow, the dedication ceremony for the new martin luther king, jr.emorial on the national mall. president obama is among the speakers. that is at 10:00 a.m. eastern. each night this week, we are bringing you a different episode of our series "the contenders." tomorrow, a look at thomas e. dewey. >> up next -- >> welcome. this is the first of our new and for ethics and a professor here at the law school. as i describe this series, our aim is to have a conversation with a wide range of souls. these are people with a different kind of experience, sometimes a legal expense, sometimes ethical experience. but for such a conversation to make sense, we also have those who have demonstrated some reflection, and ability to reflect upon what they have experienced and how they can contribute to the work of this center. that, plus the willingness to engage in a conversation that might advance our understanding of the ethical issues that are the -- that are at the heart of our work. i'm truly grateful tonight to jack abramoff for helping us launched this series. a

martin savidge reporting live from baghdad this morning. >>> china may be hiding a major secret about its nuclear capability. a secret deep underground. pentagon correspondent chrisreporter: while the chinese were building these tunnels, a georgetown professor was digging into china. >> the students downloaded 200 hours of chinese video. >> reporter: dr. philip carver produced the world's largest reports on china's tunnels. a secretive branch of its military responsible for deploying nuclear missiles in nuclear warheads. >> they had 3,000 miles of these tunnels. 3,000 miles. >> can you put that in any perspective? >> imagine a tunnel 30 feet by 20 feet high running from nova scotia to tijuana. >> reporter: harbor is a former pentagon strategist who used to look for weakness. based on the size of these tunnels, china could have as many as 3,000 nuclear warheads. >> the problem with the study and the way that it comes to this estimate is that the students and the professor make the assumption that because, because china is working on this system of underground tunnels, this must automatically mean that they have a far, they're working on new nuclear weapons. >> pol