we go behind the scenes not just of any circus but the famed cirque du soleil. >> reporter: effortlessil excite and amazing in every performance in every city. the same precision to execute these moves and daredevil routines is applied to when they travel. making sure it's a seamless transition from country to country. on the road for 300 days a year, they're in constant motion. the cycle for travel, train and perform is a balancing act to create a home away from home. >> when i get to a new city, i really try to cherish it. there's no place i'd rather be, and madrid, that's it. there's no place i'd rather be. we do our best to make the our home for that time that we're there. >> reporter: the cast and crew have been staying here in london bridge in 85 apartments. >> we always start with the housing first because we start out a few months in advance. like right now we're working on about three cities at the same time. for london it's really nice that we have everyone in the same place here. but for example in madrid we're in 24 different places. >> more stuff in this one. >> reporter:

. >> and it looks like cirque du soleil. when you're watching it, you don't know what's happening. people are jumping through hoops, there's fire. >> cirque du soleil and siegfried and roy. >>> my traffic last night, my friend is one of the many producers of a show that opened last night. "a chat with sue mengers." bette midler's return to the stage called "i'll eat you last." hollywood is a cannibal and it eats everybody. she was on the stage by herself for almost 90 minutes. bette, i only met sue mengers, i didn't know her very well. i know bette a little bit more. so much of bette comes through sue. it is hysterically funny. it's profane. it is so funny. you better go to the potty first before you -- >> really? >> yeah. >> was it a star-studded event? >> it was, it was. one of those -- and the most embarrassing thing. i sit, talk about embarrassing. jeffrey was my -- the producer for my show, "scandalous." he said you be my date. after running all of those blocks, he said get there at 6:30 because they're closing the doors. i get out of the car and run. i get there in time for --

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and the world famous cirque du soleil. and carson kressley takes a seat at the co-host desk.t on the emmy ward-winning "live." now, here are kelly ripa and carson kressley! [cheers and applause] ♪ michael: there you go. fantastic.s and applause] [cheers and applause] hi, everybody! ery excited crowd. kelly: i'm so happy to see you here. you bring such joys and smiles to all of our faces. michael: it's been a tough week. kelly: very tough week around here, especially if you're living on the planet earth and if you're trying to host a talk show that doesn't necessarily cover the news. we find ourselves in a position every day this week where we've been talking about very serious news mich r items. michael: right. kelly: and it's been a crazy, crazy morning. and evening in boston. we're going to check in with our news correspondent, jim dolan. good morning, jim, what can you tell us? >> let me give you the latest this morning. there are a lot of people affected by this. schools are closed. businesses are closed. shops are closed. and people are being instructed to stay in their

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we have cirque du soleil.pany that hedge fund managers are fighting over, herbal life, suspended in trading. it is not a local company but an exciting fight. there you go. eight people on the nasdaq. i'm not sure what that means for the market. >> nasdaq knows how to party. 6:55. the same climate change is about to crush california's wine industry. >> all the water being used to grow grapes is about to dry up. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in livermore with what this could mean for the bay area. good morning. >> good morning. not exactly the kind of i'll drink to that kind of news. we are talking about seeing disappearance of these type of vineyards like here in livermore, napa or sonoma. we are talking about a tremendous impact in wine-growing regions throughout the state. researchers and a new study are predicting a drop of 50% to 70% statewide. the number of acres suitable for growing grapes over the next 40 years. this is assuming nothing is done to avert global warming. there will be less rain a

nasdaq yesterday with cirque du soleil with dancing monkeys. dow set its all-time high yesterday.d vibrations all the way around on the new york stock exchange. today is wednesday, april 10th. and this is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >>> it is 6:30. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. >>> streets near the white house shut down earlier today as the secret service investigates a suspicious vehicle. the secret service says the vehicle was found park ed near the white house, but so far it's unclear exactly why the vehicle is considered suspicious. streets near the white house have now been reopened. >>> meantime, washington, d.c. getting all ready for a huge immigration rally this morning. groups from all around the country coming together today to push for comprehensive immigration reform. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live where today's rally is being held. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this afternoon, we are expecting thousands of people here. ta

america celebrating the first anniversary as a public company and we'll speak to the ceo, and cirque du soleil's totem currently performing and we'll keep an eye on herbalife. and it turns out jc penney may not be -- >> city field, while the cirque du soleil's performing there. the mets are performing at citizens field. two wins for the mets. >> sorry phillies fans. >> carl, one of the things, to go back to the fact that the market is great. people were worried about portugal. >> you came in and last night, china, inflation data and suddenly we are back in the trade of the materials again and like i said with david, the materials can't lead us. it's got to be the financials and that's what i focused on and alcoa did say great things about autos and that's fantastic. they said terrific things about cans and bottling and -- commercial real estate, they see the beginning of a turn. that again is regional banking. kreshl real estate -- that's what we need to say. >> nomura is out saying unless aluminum prices go up their free cash flow degrades and they'll be a debt downgrade target. >> that's the w

. >> it's a bad cirque du soleil. >> for chipmunks?ay committed to this one, josh? >> i'm on the fence. there's one thing to tell you, because it's the day before april 2nd, if you know what i'm saying. >> so animalia, not so mucha. >> but stick around for animalia. >> almost feels superfluous today, but it's not. never. >> thank you, george. let's get to some real news, shall we, people? >>> and we begin with ralph, the robust rabbit. the world's most buxom bunny. weighing in at 50 pounds. and this is not a joke. the apple does not fall far from the tree. ralph's mother, amy, and his father, roberto, were both world recordholders as the biggest rabbits. his daily diet consists of -- cabbage, broccoli, corn. carrots. bacon. watercress. >> is this real? >> it is. it costs about $100 to feed him. he is now the world's most buxom bunny. we congratulate you, ralph. that is real. >>> so is this story. a bad bunny, busted in san diego on his way to a charity event on saturday. this is real, i am not lying. chips you see on the scene. the cha

. >> and it looks like cirque du soleil. when you're watching it, you don't know what's happening. it eats everybody. she was on the stage by herself for almost 90 minutes. bette, i only met sue mengers, i didn't know her very well. i know bette a little bit more. so much of bette comes through sue. it is his carically funny. it's profane. it is so funny. you better go to the potty first before you -- >> really? >> yeah. >> was it a star-studded event? >> it was, it was. one of those -- and the most embarrassing thing. i sit, talk about embarrassing. i jeffrey was my the producer for my show, "scandalous." he said you be my date. after running all of those blocks, he said get there at 6:30 because they're closing the doors. i get out of the car and run. i get there in time for -- never mind. the guy takes me down to my seat. it's right down in the second row and i'm thinking gee this is better seat than i had for my own opening night. guess what? it was too good to be true. because it wasn't my seat. so i was sitting there and everybody is looking there, her? great seat. and i'm goi

we all came to know you on "america's got talent" and did cirque du soleil and sung for the president i'm going now i'm really loving -- i think that i'd love to be an actor or actress, actress/singer when i'm older. >> what's your dream role? >> i don't know. but it would be awesome to be someone like catniss or bella. >> the movie was fantastic. great to have you back here. "the company you keep" in theaters tomorrow. >>> coming up here, find out which knows our motown music best? ♪ i need you oh how i need you ♪ baby love >> well, we're celebrating motown music this morning. so great to have the cast of "motown: the musical" here. cannot wait. the show does open on april 14th but first we want to put our motown knowledge to the test with a little game called "name that motown tune." contestants, george, lara, robin. you be the first to buzz in and correctly identify the song and get the points. >> play the song through or -- >> away we go. >> you know the song, you buzz. i just want when you know the song, lara spencer, you buzz. and away we go. are you ready, contestants. are you

, se prepara para audicionar para el cirque du soleil, y le da, quÉ flexibilidad casi como odaray, quÉ) >>> venga, venga. >>> se atorÓ, se atasco, se atascÓ, pasale, pasale. >>> jall jalale, jalale. >>> cÓmo vamos por aquÍ? >>> bien. >>> quÉ te falta por sacar? como vamos por aquÍ? quÉ pasa caballero? >>> tiene que salir la bandera roja. >>> sÍ, el paÑuelo rojo. >>> vamos bien, vamos bien. >>> van bien muchachos, creo que este equipo va ganando. quedan dos. les quedan dos. pasale! >>> oye, vamos, vamos, vamos! >>> a ver, pasale. queda uno, queda uno, queda uno. aquÍ pasalo sale. >>> jalalo. >>> cuidado, cuidado, cuidado. mira. pasalo, pasalo. cuidado. cuidado, cuidado, cuidado. cuitdado, cuidado. >>> (gritos) venga, venga, venga, venga, venga, venga. es nuestro equipo ganador! quÉ les pasÓ. >>> somos mÁs nosotros. >>> quÉ les pasÓ? silencio en la sala que el burro va a hablar, el primero que hable bien burro serÁ. >>> mÁs burro. quÉ pasÓ? >>> somos mÁs nosotros, ellos son 6. >>> no, no, se atoraron, dÓnde se atascÓ? >>> al final. >>> aquÍ. >>> se le atasca con frecuencia. >>> de vez en

chelsea, they go all cirque du soleil on this one.chester city goes to the final against wiggin. >> the wiggin game was marred by just ugly, ugly hooliganism from milwall. that's a rough, rough town. they are such a rough town and such a rough group of fans that fights broke out. but it was between their supporters. >> they beat each other up in the stadium. it was a perfect way to honor mrs. thatcher by bringing back the 1980s hooligan days. it was an ugly weekend for behavior. newcastle sunderland there was a riot after the game where a man tried to fight a horse. it was ugly. >> there's a lot of drinking going on. whoo! >> newcastle -- >> this is not a nazi. >> he's a self-confessed fascist. the fans rejected him. deeply socialist. but against newcastle, their arch rival, he led their team to three points. this man has a mussolini tattoo on his arm. the fans hated him. but three points makes you love anyone. >> three points is three points. >> three points is three points. >> you know who did not get three points this weekend? live