. >>> cirque du soleil has turned circus performance noose an art form and -- has turned art performances into an art form. tonight, the crew started setting up before day break. >> reporter: an army of performers from 15 different countries bring the magic of michael jackson to the first mariner arena in the latest circumstance you due soleil tour -- cirque du soleil tour. the stage must be set. more than 200 crew members rolled in on saturday morning at 4:00 a.m. >> they have it down to a science. it's putting together a piece of the puzzle. >> reporter: spokeswoman says the crew did away with the big tent and this arena-style show may think some audience members to think they're the a concert. >> it's very different. it's a very rock concert meets cirque du soleil. ♪ dancing, dancing >> reporter: the show, michael jackson the immortal tour brings the pop icon song to acrobats, dancers and contortionists. some of his former band members are in the show and the performance of life and ears -- eyes and ears. >> it's a tribute to his life and very exciting. you want to get up and dance. >>

one of the stars of cirque du soleil, viva elvis. he's going to attempt to walk on his hand stilts for 50 meters. today, you're looking to beat 90 seconds. are you ready? >> um, i'm ready. >> here we go, everybody! let's see a world record in five, four, three, two, one, go! and he's off. again, i cannot imagine what skill it takes to do that. 90 seconds. looks like he's making it. right now, we're at 15 seconds. 15 seconds. he's about to make the turn. and he makes the turn, he'll be roughly halfway home. lara, she's waiting down the street. i believe, lara, here he comes. whoa. all right, we'll take another crack at it. couldn't make the turn. meanwhile, let's go -- we'll be back. we'll be back. let's go down, now, lara. start the second strik again. ricardi is going to try again. >> we're going to the second trick. yousef we hope is going to break a record for spinning on your head. are we doing that now, josh? let's go. you need to do how many turns in one minute? >> just keep it going, right? >> just keep going. we're going to c

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. >>> cirque du soleil has turned circus performances into an artform. the the internationally popular show in baltimore this weekend only, and the crew started setting up before daybreak. >> reporter: an army of performers from 15 different countries bring the magic of michael jackson to the first mariner arena in the latest court. before the audience packed in for two shows only this weekend, the stage must be set. more than 200 crewmembers rolled in on saturday morning at 4:00 a.m. >> they have it done for science. >> spokeswoman laura silverman says the crew did away with the big scene. >> this one is definitely different than some of the other arenas. it's very rock concert. >> of the show, michael jackson be in mortal tool or, lends the sound to the moves of acrobats, dancers, and contortionists. some of his former band members are in the show. >> it's really a tribute to his life. because it's very different than some of the other shows, it's exciting. it's fun. you want to get up and dance. >> is the largest touring production in the world today.

the guy who's driving the car, i think, got out, and you can see it turn into cirque du soleil.'s watch that again in slow motion. he did not see the car coming at all. bam, right into the air, onto the ground, and all he got was a broken leg. we hear so much about obesity and how bad it is for everyone, meanwhile, we're bouncing off cars like nobody's business. [ laughter ] so we had a new episode of "dancing with the stars" tonight on abc. but really, who cares now that urkel is gone? what's the point of even being alive? "dancing with the stars" would be a good euphemism for death. kids, grandma isn't with us anymore. she's "dancing with the stars." [ laughter and applause ] grandma's not dead. they instituted what they call a trio challenge in which each couple brings a professional dancer, who got eliminated, to take part in a three-person dance, which is great. now we're adding dancers. it's never going to end. back when chaz bono was on the show, you didn't need another partner to make it a threesome. he had it all. levi got the highest score and melissa gilbert had the l

. >> the inspiration came from the same apparatus that cirque du soleil had. >> the swing is a pendulum that catapults fliers as high as 30 feet in the air. the team has never performed the swing in a show before and they are 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

this is brought to you by cirque du soleil. introducing the michael jackson immortal world tour. for two shows only. may 5th and may 6th. >>> a maryland county is turning heads after it's named one of the wealthiest places to live. forbes magazine ranks howard county at number 5 on one of its wealthiest counties on the list. people living in the area have an average household income of $100,000. howard county also kept it high on the list. loudoun county was named the wealthiest county in america. not suburbang d.c. >> yes. northern virginia. very pricey. >>> still ahead at 4:00. an accused murderer's bunker. the elaborate setup police find in washington state. >>> what a florida couple did with a child's car that nearly killed a 7-year-old girl. >>> and dog food sold in maryland is recalled. grab a pencil and don't miss consumer watch. >>> the chill is gone. sure doesn't feel like the first day of may. meteorologist bernadette woods is updating your first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> most loo sunny in central maryland now. the complete weather forecast is

yesterday, right here, literally, igor, cirque du soleil, the largest duration by his team.en for the longest indoor freefall. indoor freefall, you ask, seems o oxymor oxymoronic. cameron mathison is here. >> reporter: it's a sport they call indoor skydiving. matt freeze from ifly hollywood, has never been skydiving from a plane. but with two years' experience in the tunnel, he's setting a sky-high goal. the guinness world record for the longest time flying in the tunnel. here's how it works, on the top of the tunnel, there's 2 450-horsepower fans, that circulate the wind down, that comes back up through the vents on the floor. more than 170 miles per hour, as strong as category 5 hurricanes. i was ready. when i stepped into the tunnel, i was immediately struck by the sheer force of the wind. i was getting comfortable with the movements. and before long, matt had me flying up and down, like a seasoned pro. an incredible sensation. love that. i was in there for like three minutes. i got tired. you're going to be in for two hours-plus. >> yep. >> it does look like fun. i do be

. >> that's the weirdest showing of cirque du soleil ever!e that mental picture. >> peter: we'll take a quick break. we have lots to talk about including more about the campaign in general. how barack obama plans on beating mitt romney in november. we'll talk about that plus much more. 43 minutes past the hour. peter ogborn meredith shiner, julie mason all in studio on the "full court press." we'll be right back. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." hear until it grabs you and won't let go. we push, we prod until the truth reveals itself. we are fearless, independent trendsetters, problem solvers, and above all, we are politically direct. the young turks with cenk uygur at 7, viewpoint with eliot spitzer at 8, the war room with jennifer granholm at 9, the gavin newsom show fridays at 11. and there's only one place you'll find us: weeknights on current tv. >> we're not through just yet, mr. vice president. >> they're swimming against the tides. >> announcer: on your radio, on tv, the "bi