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cirque du soleil production of ovo i have been describing it as a bug's life with the cirque du soleilwist. it is gorgeous, lights, colors, costumes and great performens like my friend vladamire here. he does different things. he can train in gymnastics and does hand balancing act. how did you get involved with cirque du soleil. >> well, i went to college in kiev and then i was found by cirque du soleil and was offered a position in a new show, called ovo. so, i work with ovo and tn drag, early morning, and everybody wakes up and dragon fly flies. >> we will see what he has to do. he promises he can make anyone into a little bit of the cirque du soleil act. we will try with myself. we will try a head stand. difficult gymnastics when i was ten but i have not done tonight two decade now. vladamire go easy. this is something he learn when he was a child. he was doing this before he could speak. i put my hand right here and forehead on the ground and then kick up. >> right. balance and talk all at the same >> see, anybody can do it. >> that is crazy. >> i will step out of the way and let t

a new show is flying into town this week, cirque du soleil ovo a insect inspired production arrives in ale tonight. >> beginning a behind the scenes preview live for thus morning is "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao. i can tell you are already having fun. >> brooke and jim, good morning, who doesn't have fun talking about cirque du soleil, just gorgeous display of lights, costumes. so starting to day we are behind the scenes looking the at all of the costumes for cirque du soleil because this is what brings it to life not to mention the great performers but it starts here with these costumes. jessica is here to walk us through what we have, such intricate work we're talking about. tell us about ovo and how these costumes will fit with that theme. >> well, with ovo it has never been in the city area before we bring you to, an insect, colony of insects. we have colorful little families of insects. we are cricket, or fire flies, different spiders, and all of them have their own personalities and their own acrobatic tricks to show the audience. >> beautiful. >> colorful, beautiful. th

acrobatic cirque du soleil is so well known for.he show runs through sunday night. >> i love cirque du soleil. >>> i love this, too. residents of presidential city in wynnefield heights have a new place to relax and kick their feet up. officials cut the ribbon at the pool club today. residents can soak up the rays on the sun deck, take cover in poolside cabanas and enjoy the taste of the city courtsy of a full outdoor kitchen. that looks incredible. couple weeks ago i called to find out if you have to be a resident to utilize that pool -- >> and? >> you do. how gorgeous is that? i can't wait for the day when we can actually enjoy pools. >> the missing ingredient, the sun. we need it, sheena. >> and the warmth. we need the sun and the warmth. we're going to see sun more tomorrow for part of the area and later on this weekend. but later on this weekend the sun is not going to come with extremely warm temperatures. i'll show you that in just a second. with your new neighborhood weather, your seven day is going to be scrolling always at

i'll talk to two of the performers here for the philadelphia debut. >>> the magic of cirque du soleil is known throughout the world. performances include high flying acrobatics with brilliant costumes and heart-stopping music, and we're excited for the first ever philadelphia engagement of cirque du soleil's ovo, a new touring production with an insect theme. james johnson and michelle matlock are two of the performers in ovo, which is in philadelphia starting tomorrow. before we ask you or talk about this specific production, i want to ask you guys how you got started with cirque du soleil. how did it happen for both of you? >> for me, i was an actress in new york, and circcasting came to one of my shows and they asked me to audition, and then a few years later, they asked me to be a part of ovo. >> how about you, james? >> i started in the sport of trampoline and sent in videos and got offered a temporary contract and it turned into a permanent contract for the show. >> tell us about this specific production, about insects. nothing creepy here, right? >> no, a very colorful, in all

. >> it's like cirque du soleil without the apparatus. >> or she's getting ready to go to space.t's blowing me away. really. dancing itself on the ground with gravity difficult enough, but to just be able to control your body in a corhoreographed way. it's stunning. this video is 18 months old getting a lot of attention because of the next video repeatedly posted which is a short clip of her training for a competition in april. >> the thing is she found ways to use her body in the way that no one else does. it's amazing. >> it's time to giveaway another ipad mini. to enter you need thursday's buzz word. >> standby for the rti ipad minigiveaway. you will never imagine what. sitting there on the curb and the dog comes up to her and pets the pomeranian mix. oh, my goodness. she's going to stuff it in the car. you're right. she does. puts the dog in the car. and it looks sketchy. she only opens the door so far and gets in. here is the rest of the story. i believe these people are -- the dog was given back. she posted this video and people started sharing it. apparently it got back to

. >>> and cirque du soleil troupe performed tonight.as you can probably tell from the antenna on the dancer, it stars a variety of insects. and that's because ovo means egg in portuguese. and the acrobatics and dancing set to brazilian music and the story follows the insects cycle of life. >>> they honored the student-athletes at the charter high school in west oak lane in philadelphia tonight. the school's football team made history this past december when it became the first philadelphia high school, the first public team to capture the state championship. tonight, teachers, parents, coaches and administrators paid tribute to the athletes at the school with a special dinner. >>> and tonight in atlanta the phillies. >> exposed a little bit, yeah. they have got some problems. the phillies have not scored many runs this season, despite that finding ways to win. pitching and defense strong, neither is tonight against atlanta. phillies held without a hit until the fifth inning. ryan howard going the opposite way the eighth homer of the sea

. >> cirque du soleil. >> i don't think there is ever an awards show where pink is not hanging from thee. pink performing a high wire act for the single just like fire. it was madonna's tribute to prince what stole the show. ♪ all i want to see you laughing in the purple rain ♪ ♪ purple rain, purple rain >> stevie wonder there in the purple scarf joined madonna for a sing along with the whole arena waving light-up wristbands all in honor of prince. >> i know madonna is getting a lot of hate on social media. i don't g't get it. >>> let's talk about the dow. a four-week losing streak. today's move could set the tone for the rest of the week. we will get an early start on your money next. >>> welcome back. the push to retake fallujah from isis is under way in iraq. the country's prime minister there announcing the start of the military operation in a televised late night address. fallujah has been under isis control for more than two years now. the battle to liberate that city is expected to belong and it is expected to be bloody. our jomana karadsheh is following this story from amman, jo

plus, behind the scenes as cirque du soleil prepares to make a slash on broadway.

>> i love the cirque du soleil shows, the water show.rs like wane newton and that kind of thing? >> i do. i haven't seen celine's show. i heard the production is insane, something like a crazy production. i want to see that. >> jimmy: ludacris, do you go see the magicians? >> no. she doesn't drink or gamble when she's in vegas. my experience is totally difference. my best experience was on my 30 th table. i won 30$,000 on my 30th birthday. [ applause ] >> playing blackjack. >> jimmy: were you smart? did you walk away with the 30 grand? >> i walked away. you'll never believe what i spent most of it on. a playground for my kids at home. dead serious. i didn't -- i didn't spend it on me, and it came to about 28,000. >> jimmy: $28,000 for a playground? >> this is not an average playground. it's out of the word. >> i need to bring my son. >> the other $2,000 is what you need to know what i spent it on. i went to the strip -- exactly. >> of course. >> that's diversity in funds. it's good investments. your kids and then give 2$,000 to strippers

he has been on the program before, a recovering addict, accomplished gymnast, he was in cirque de soleil. he was in the hospital after surgery, administered opioids even though on your medical chart it said you should not get them, right? >> yeah. on my chart that i signed it said no opiates, seven years clean. as i was waking up, the nurse game me fentanyl without my permission, i was kind of asleep. and immediately felt incredible and triggered that desire, obsession to use more, to keep that high and not tell anyone about it. luckily i have a strong program, i didn't relapse, but i had that obsession for many months after. >> usually when my patients are re-exposed, sometimes they have to, the obsession minimum two weeks to seven months, you have to plan for that in the program. you made a lot of withdrawal symptoms, the wanting, obsession, obfuscating, the disease process is activated. that's not about withdrawal, that's about the pursuit, the high. >> how does somebody like joe face something like surgery without having access to opioids? >> there are some real strategies, and it ta

. >> the inspiration came from the same apparatus that cirque du soleil had. >> the swing is a pendulumtapults fliers as high as 30 feet in the air. the team has never performed on the swing in a show before, and they're hoping it will wow the audience. >> we were trying to have something maybe more exciting for the crowd, something they had never seen before. >> what the audience sees is certainly not what anyone expected. with the swing, timing is everything. >> all week before the show during practice, i had been leaving a little bit early, and so i had been going straight up. >> on the night of the show, nicole is determined not to repeat the mistakes she's made in practice. she takes off and does a single back tuck, but she overcompensates. >> i went too far the other way. i waited too long and i pushed really hard and it sent me more horizontal than vertical. >> the slight miscalculation makes a big difference in where nicole lands, and the mistake is compounded by something else that goes wrong that night. >> we would usually practice with an additional smaller crash pad on the e

. >> you could pair to compare to cirque du soleil. >> it's an internet juggernaut gaining more thanhe video's directors, norman krueger and dominic yunker, brainstorm another misadventure for the daring duo. >> had to be more extreme. had to be bigger. and so i thought about this -- this car crash. >> before they create the big smash, the guys add legitimacy by filming a series of other trampoline stunts. >> jumping over a dog. jumping into a swimming pool. jumping over a cow. >> everything up to the car is real. >> like the long con. if the first three or four videos seem very real and are real, you have to believe that the last one is real, too. >> for the grand finale, the directors lock down the camera and shoot three different actions. >> we set the camera up, then you don't move it the whole day because you make different shots and you combine them in the post production. >> first up is michel jumping on and off the car. instead of a vehicle, he leaps on to garbage cans which are approximately the same height. pallets are added on top for traction. >> next up, the guys shoot t

cirque, thank you sir -- sir, thank you sir. operation to be a 30 of authority of the u.s. code -- >> the you understand if there is any training, what up of training these personnel have? , they are trading undergo background investigations operating in cuba. our inspectors have gone to cuba thathey have ascertained cuba does meet all the standards, including control and >> you mentionks travel documents and i know we spoke about document verification capabilities. do you consider those answers you give us in those meeting ssi as well? >> yes, sir. >> ok. all right. and we mentioned -- somebody mentioned the federal air marshal service here. is -- is -- is -- who mentioned? mr. stodder? >> yes. >> thank you. with respect to the federal air marshal service, is it your testimony that there will be no flights from the united states -- from cuba to the united states unless the federal air marshal service has been allowed to be on those flights, like they normally do elsewhere in the world? >> yes. >> ok. >> thank you. and do -- you just don't know what that timeframe is? yeah,

one example would be cirque du soleil.ickets each year as all of broadway and various life events around the world. how can that evolved to meet the needs of millennials to connect? jason: we are in los angeles, the media capital of the world in many ways. content is an industry that is completely turned upside down, whether you are talking about talent or distribution. how do you invest into that? we havee -- guest: greatly increased our dissipation. -- our participation. there are discontinuities. what technology has done is essentially shakeup the industry to the point where distribution is losing ground to contract. used to be the only way to get your show on tv was to make a deal with cbs, nbc, or abc. today there are thousands of pounds to the market. content haveeate many more options to get it to the market and be successful. we are looking at investing indirectly through caa, but also directly through a startup studio that is going from zero to 60 movies over 18 months. that would not have been possible in the old

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especially at the entry level because the millennial cirque coming out. it there. great to see you. next up, a negative vice president eric trump is sydney responding to last night's violent protests outside his father's rally in new mexico. back in a moment. maria: welcome back. i maria maria bartiromo. maria bartiromo. it is maria bartiromo. this may come the maria bartiromo. it is may, 20:58 a.m. on the east coast. chaos in new mexico last night. don't do recognize that donald trump's rally. protesters clashing with police. trump is closer to securing the nomination outright with a win in the washington state primary set for another big win. the endorsement of house speaker paul ryan. trump and hillary clinton ramp up their attacks, especially on the economy. >> he actually said he was hoping for the crash that caused hard-working families across america cheese lose their homes, all because he thought he could take advantage of it to make some money. >> i see this lowlife could she puts on a bad year did you know donald trump is rooting against housing

it became cirque du soleil or it became, you know, "saturday night live" or something else.. did it die? no, it changed, it shifted, it found its audience. movies are supposed to die when cable came in and then vcr's came in and dvd's came in and they haven't died. so, story telling is something we yearn for, we believe, we love, we're entertained by it, we're enriched by it and you know, and those of us who love to tell stories are finding more and more ways to get those stories on screens. maria: once again, content is king it feels like. how tough was it to make that pivot from actor to director? >> well, when i did it, it was very unusual, and particularly to be a kid coming off sit-comes, i directed my first movie when i was 23, as far as everyone was concerned, i was a kid. maria: is that when you worked with bette davis? >> that was later, she was tough. who is this guy from a sit-com. i followed my father's advice, my father is an actor, rand howard, and he's been an actor for decades. he said she's a great actress and artist, in our heart of hearts, any artist of th

it became cirque du soleil for it became "saturday night live" or something else a variety shows on televisions supposed to die when television came in. it changed, should it have found its audience. movies are supposed to die when cable came in and vcrs and dvds. and they haven't died. storytelling is something we love, we are entertained by it, and reached via. and those of us who love to tell stories are finding more and more ways to get those tories on screens. maria: once again, content is king it feels like. how tough was it to make the payday from actor to director? >> well, when i did it, it was very unusual. i directed my first movie when i was 23. as far as everyone was concerned, i was a kid. bette davis was a couple years later. she was tough. she challenged me. who was this guy in sitcoms tried to tell me what to do. but i followed my father's advice in my father is an actor, he still at it, acting for decades. i was nervy about bette davis. he said she's a great actor and an artist. in the heart of heart, and any artist of that caliber knows they need direction. they wanted. make