cirque du soleil makes its premipr premiere next month at the wells fargo center. rque du soleil productions are known throughout the world. >> it is based on "avatar". so to create the world of pandora, we have these projectors which project the whole landscape on our set. we have puppets, the creatures that inhabit pandora. >> we'll talk about the navi people in a second. you work the life-size puppets. tell me about that. >> this is the first time circumstancirque du soleil has employed a puppet team. there's over 16 puppets that we use that are life-size puppets. some creatures you have seen from the movie like viper wolves and some new creatures that were approved by james cameron himself. >> those who are familiar with the movie remember the navi people have their own dialogue. you guys speak this dialogue? >> we learned navi as part of our training. you say "i see you" with that motion for the hand. it's like a handshake in navi. >> we have to show your tail as we come back live to the studio. stand up and show how it works. >> everyone on stage wears a tail.

she looked like a cirque du soleil for a bit. she played piano.cing and light hoshow incredible. this is one of the best halftime after fo performanc performances. >>> thanks, andy. after months of criticizing the jobs report, the trump administration seems to be accepting it and championing it. does this mean the president will finally accept the numbers? we will get a check on cnn money next. >>> the kremlin demanding an apology from fox news after bill o'reilly claimed vladimir putin was a killer. cnn is live in moscow with more. good morning, clare sebastian. >> reporter: good morning. we heard from the kremlin calling for an apology from fox news and calling the comments unacceptable. as for the response from president trump, the kremlin preferred not to comment. yes, the trump administration is leaving the door open for better relations and so is the kremlin. there are divisions that are starting to appear. on that briefing with the kremlin, they talked about iran. kremlin saying it fundamentally disagrees with the classification of iran as

we are getting started in a few minutes, cirque du soleil will be opening up the parade. there are dancers and singers, we looking at some of the floats that you will see on the ra preyed route. this is year of the rooster, you see this beautiful display here. you are going to see tons of colored floats. the come tombs are incredible. one float is an interactive route. you can use your smart phone fo change the colors on the float. -- to change the colors on the float. we are seeing two to 300 volunteers here, they are needed to make the parade possible. rose, who is important in san francisco chinese politics, passed away last year, so it's a little different but there are tons of people. it's going to be getting started in a couple of minutes, it's going up market street and then the main parade is on kearney. we are having live coverage on 6:00 on ktvu. >>> i do not remember a chinese new years parade where the weather was some ssh -- so beautiful. are the crowds huge. >> reporter: yes, i have been bumping into people. tons of people are out here. it's always a huge dr

the crucible described as burning man meets cirque du soleil with new york fashion week. do you agree with that? >> i have never heard of those other things? >> that is a great description we are the industrial arts center we do workshop for kids and adults, 5000 students every year this is an opportunity to show up. stretch our legs a little bit. >> oakland itself was coming up, now you have seen the interest in oakland. has that brower -- brought more interest to you? >> it was a different world when we started, there wasn't this conductivity that you have now in the bay area certainly people have been flocking to oakland for a long time. it is exciting and it keeps building. >> so, from 1999 when it started until 2017, how do you go from then until now? >> producing great classes with people having access to the industrial arts. a whole movement of the maker movement where people are tapping into their own creativity and ability to make things and then shows like this where people get inspired by creating with fire. >> michael, let me ask you, i am a little intimidated

the cirque du soleil, the dancers with the scarfs, see the hint of her belly there but not that much. >> if you watch, almost on aid visual albumn came out hbo, i think on my birthday, did this part underwater, too. >> this is blue ivy. look at the bell. >> i that's a cute picture. >> that is cute. i also think this is interesting. when she had blue ivy so many people didn't believe she was actually pregnant. remember those rumors? never saw any photos. never really told us about it, all the sudden oh, here is a baby and i'm holding it, so it seems this time look folks i'm doing the work, i'm caring this baby. you doubted me before. boom, here are twins. >> i have a question. >> yes? >> it is fairly easy, oh, that's cute, too. >> it is fairly easy to get pregnant. i mean, for some people, right? >> some. >> for some people. >> for some people. i did it twice. >> what's the big deal? >> maybe well, you will go there. so if you're going to go there, i did mention, i don't know -- but it has been five years since she's had blue ivy, so maybe now that she is having twins this day and age,

. >>> visitors at the franklin institute witnessed the transformation of a cirque du soleil performerlydia harper morphed herself into an avatar character. she's part of the new production, the first flight. it comes to the wells fargo center on march 8th. >>> college basketball fans will pack the palestra tonight to celebrate 90 years of the storied philadelphia arena. >> an amazing place to watch a game. penn hosts at the pa rest ra. it first opened in 1927. not much changes. $19.27 in honor of 1927, the building opened that year. but students will pay 55 cents. >> wow. >> because that's how much a ticket costs for the first game played at the arena. that's changed big-time. my goodness. >> what a bargain. >> it's february 7th and we're seeing temperatures in the 60s in some parts of the area. >> let's take a look at the schuylkill river boardwalk. normally you might want to avoid a walk by the river at this time of the year. but temperatures are still climbing tonight. you see people out there right now, they won't be tomorrow. krystal klei will have more on the snow coming your wa

cirque du soleil using and really in the parking lot. fleet week. concerts readily at at&t park and then they have large events at pier 48, 27, and 35. that includes concerts, corporate events, very visible. facebook, google, dream force, everything happens over at the port. these are just some of the pictures of past events in the last couple of years. concerts america's cup and fireworks. currently, for last five years as a been there but work on quite a few developments. i've always say nothing very moves very fast at the port. it takes a long time. many outside agencies statement commission, bcdc, corps of engineering, anytime you want to do anything with the 100 feet of the shoreline, it requires a lot of permission, let different groups. one of the workouts of the five years i've been around was actually believe started four years before that was giants parking lot-eight. pictured left is what it looks like on right now and hopefully they're hoping for the first quarter of 2018 to go-ahead and further sure for shovel in the ground is a root, 1

cirque du soleil using and really in the parking lot. fleet week. concerts readily at at&t park and then they have large events at pier 48, 27, and 35. that includes concerts, corporate events, very visible. facebook, google, dream force, everything happens over at the port. these are just some of the pictures of past events in the last couple of years. concerts america's cup and fireworks. currently, for last five years as a been there but work on quite a few developments. i've always say nothing very moves very fast at the port. it takes a long time. many outside agencies statement commission, bcdc, corps of engineering, anytime you want to do anything with the 100 feet of the shoreline, it requires a lot of permission, let different groups. one of the workouts of the five years i've been around was actually believe started four years before that was giants parking lot-eight. pictured left is what it looks like on right now and hopefully they're hoping for the first quarter of 2018 to go-ahead and further sure for shovel in the ground is a root, 1