it is a cross between dancing, gymnastics and acrobatics, cirque du soleil. unique shows to hit the stage. >> a group of performers trying to land a job with the troupe, and kabc discovered what it takes. >> reporter: samuel ortiz is one of many that auditioned for the upcoming cirque du soleil productions. >> they must be able to evoke an emotion and put across their artistic feelings. >> some artists like simone have been doing this for years. others came to the circus in a round-about way. >> i wanted to take gymnastics when i was a little girl. and i had swimming lessons instead. so, i grew up and ran away with the circus pretty much. >> reporter: all agree that this is the opportunity of a lifetime. >> it's like the best you can do in your career. it's the top. so, could be amazing. >> reporter: in order to be at this particular audition they had to ask you to be here. for the upcoming auditions they're looking for new moves. >> these general auditions, we are not looking for anything, we are hoping to find something. >> reporter: all who auditioned toda

is greg kennedy from cirque du soleil and national harbor.morning, washington. >> good morning, washington. 6:10 is the time. you can explore the ocean floor without getting wet. google has unveiled the underwater equivalent of its map.t view virtual snapshots of the great barrier reef. images havesands of been stitched together to create dive. you can click a map and then dive beneath the surface. if you would like to in.p >> now to jacqui jeras. springs are quieting down after some strong thunderstorms in northern maryland early this morning. that is pretty much out of here now. we will see a big break throughout most of the rest of the day. today looks a lot like yesterday. the big weather story is the warm temperatures lingering. p.a. degrees at reagan 64 at dulles, 61 in winchester and 68 at bwi. 80's by this afternoon. f showers and thunderstorms will return. on and offs with sunshine. the seven-day forecast is improved, coming up. now, traffic with angela. >> the accident on northbound 95 is offinia at quantico shoulderay on the still.

that's cirque du soleil, the rain came down and washed all of the makeup off the blue man group.r entertainment in las vegas they would be fine. >>> the tanning mom is back in the news. are you familiar with the creature. her name is patricia krentcil. earlier this year she was accused of taking her daughter in a tanning booth. but she said she has not tanned in six months. if she's not the tanning mom what do we call her? the bad mom? patricia said she how silly tanning was. she said someone mistook her as a slim jim. she discussed among other things an embarrassing fall at a night club event. >> you had a head injury when you were younger that affects your speech. was that the reason you fell over on the red carpet at the manhattan club? >> i fall everywhere. >> there were people that accuse you of buying druggen appearance at a drag show. >> they're funny. number, amount, no, and "b," yes, from the place in my head, someone who hurt me is why my equilibrium is low because i don't eat meat and stuff like that. i go to bed at 8:30 and the show didn't start until 10:00. that was

. >> this is greg kennedy from cirque du soleil at national harbor. good morning, washington. >> good morning, washington. high honors for va's capital city. richmond was voted the best round ever. a magazine called it a surprise winner in the national competition. it was chosen for river recreation and environmental protections. it beat out asheville, north carolina and ithaca, new york, among other accounts. >> the nation's capital has been named one of the friendliest city for pedestrians and bicyclists. d.c. officials announced the pedestrian and bicycle information center is a walk- friendly city. . we are closing in on platinum. >> 6:11 is the time. check in with adam caskey. >> we have a lot of trails around here, so that should put us at the platinum level. 67 at dulles airport this morning, 72 in reagan national, 66 in gaithersburg. in the '60s to low 70's for the most part. a little patchy fog. partly cloudy today. we will have a few highs in the low 90s today especially south of washington. there is cooler air to our northwest. in rapid cit

that's cirque du soleil. the rain watched off the makeup off the blue man group. disaster.f only there was indoor entertainment in las vegas they would be fine. but -- the tanning mom is back in the news. are you familiar with the creature known as -- her name is patricia krentcil. earlier this year, she was accused of taking her 6-year-old daughter into a tanning booth. she denied it and now she said she hasn't tanned in six months. which -- that's going to be a problem for me. if she isn't the tanning mom, what do we call her? the bad mom, i guess? she said she realizes how silly tanning is now and she decided to quit. she decided to quit when someone at a 7-eleven mistook her for a slim jim. this morning, she was on a british talk show called "the morning." they're not that creative over there. she discussed, among other things, an embarrassing fall on the red carpet event. >> you had a head injury when you were younger that affects your speech. was that the reason you fell over on the red carpet at the manhattan club? >> i fall everywhere. >> there were people that accu

he didn't leap to the chandelier to perform like a monkey or an actor as cirque du soleil. he would have been hanging on for dear life. the chandelier swings and down he comes. so you have an anatomical variation of injuries and contusions. i find nothing inexplicable about that at all. i'm hearing inconsistencies. i'm not saying this to be insulting. but i've experienceinconsistencies between what was sent to me and what i'm hearing today. it could have been accidental, but there was someone else involved. this is not the way she clearly finishes her report. she talks about homicide. so i think that this is an accidental case, but having said that and having expressed my opinions previously about expressing great doubts regarding rebecca zahau's death, i join with mrs. schacknai and i join with rebecca's sister and brother-in-law and attorney ann bremner and strongly pleading, begging the san diego medical examiner's office and the sheriff's office to open up both of these cases. they're adamant refusal to do so -- [applause] -- shows insensitive and is i don't all underst

imprint like journalism, academia, a music industry and the fastest growing band of entertainers cirque du soleil. how did these such a big impact? i am in excellent position where watching liberals closely over 30 years like jane goodall steadies her champs. [laughter] in the national habitat without judgment. and in silence because we barely speak the same language. i have broke bread comedies, imitated, prodded them and even love to some of them. some are members of my own family. some even question my a lope -- mental-health. i saw the vagina monologues. i listen to npr whenever i got the chance. eight even learned about the tse tse fly by two new into all things considered. [laughter] and i can even watch my car been footprint. [applause] what did i learn? liberals not love many things they endlessly try to correct, affix and mend every aspect of the day the life. they think about america's faults, its bills and how to cure them. they love to hate to what most americans love and endlessly tried to take those away from us. because they love us. thus was born the book "50 things liberals love

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cirque du soleil ak acrobats. who call are the people who call themselves liberal. how do they leave a huge impact? what motivates them? i've been watching liberals closely for over thirty years. i have studied liberals like jane studies her chimps in the natural has been habitats a and without judgment in silence mostly. we barely speak the language. i lived with liberals, i teased them, i intimidated them and even loved some of them. some of my best friends are liberals some are mebsz of my own family. my commitment to understanding liberals sometimes worried my good deer conservative friends. some questioned the mental health. i read the new yorker magazine. i went to see the have a define that monologues. i listened to npr. i learned everything one could by tuning in to all things considered. [laughter] and i even washed my carbon footprint who owns suv and cools his home in dallas. what did i learn from my three decades of tireless research? they don't love many things about the world. they are troying to correct, fix, and mend every aspect of other people's da

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