government steadily gove is arguably the most eccentric figure in russian business he was russia's first dollar millionaire and founded the first commodity exchange now stella gov lives in a village he calls on his countryman to reject the accomplishments of progress or so this is a freezer. we didn't have one until earlier this year. and it's a dream come true because now we have a no nonsense reason. we can pack it with big lumps of meat an oist when the cold comes around i mean. all year long. stanley gov moved his family into a big timber house that has no freezer. and no internet access. this thing is all spawn there has become a master and soon a bank or two then they'll be complete dependence on it and if you want to escape

neighbors and other area residents called thompson eccentric. last month he was released after more than a year in federal prison on gun charges. six of his animals, including three leopards, have been safely taken to the columbus zoo. scores of others had to be killed to protect the community. >> tragedy for the animal world is what it is. it could have been a bigger tragedy for the human world. that's what we tried to avoid here. >> reporter: tonight most of the exotic animals have been returned to thompson's property and buried there. john yang, nbc news, ohio. >> this is stephanie gosk. an animal control officer shot a monkey on the loose last week in st. cloud, florida. this mountain lion attacked and mauled a 4-year-old in texas earlier this month. both cases of exotic pets on the loose. >> in the united states today, there are thousands of people who keep exotic animals as pets. globally, the market trade of creatures is a $20 billion a year industry. >> reporter: buying an exotic animal can be as easy as a click of the mouse. one site ha

. >> qaddafi is one of the most eccentric death-- in the middle east.leather phrased ukrainian nurse loving lunatic has been in power since 1969. >> people must ask you all the time, what is qaddafi like. >> qaddafi is-- is a strange person. >> i get it myself. what is jon stewart like, and i tell people he's [bleep] crazy. >> you can use the same expression with qaddafi, i guess. >> right, we both work for charismatic, dictatorial figure figures who don't like to leave their roms unless it's to go on tv. they're both a dected to the a doleation of clowns. they both look really weird up close, they both like jewish jokes. probably for different reasons. >> this man with no principleses. you know-- qaddafi said i own you or i kill you. >> s this's jon's basically the same. >> over the years lebbia has become known for the locker bow bombings, sporting murderous dictators and terrorist -- terrorist organizations and of course illegal plutonium doles. for this country to wrote a new chapter it will have to be rebuilt from the ground up. >> we need to rebra

gadhafi is known for his eccentric speeches and behavior. when traveling abroad, he brought along his own tent to sleep in. when he addressed the u.n. general assembly in 2009, he criticized the international body and threw a copy of the u.n. charter on to the floor. in the wake of the fall of egyptian president hosni mubarak, antigovernment demonstrations began in libya in february. the protests gained momentum and were supported by senior military officers who had defected from the government forces. the government then deployed mercenaries to crack down on the protesters. >> reporter: by august, forces led with the traditional council had taken control of the capital. but the leader remained unknown and the troops remained to fight. >>> in other news, debt ridden greece has approved an austerity package. the country's parliament passed the bill and the firing of 30,000 civil servants. set by the european union and the international monetary fund in order for greece to receive additional loans. as parliament voted on new austerity measures

wyatt, you seem thrown off by some of the more eccentric tweaks that mormons has made to the story. >> look who's talking. the guy whose people think it's normal to hang out in someone's living room and watch a guy with a beard cut off a baby's penis while everyone eats pound cake. woo-hoo. >> i have a beard and i wouldn't let me.... >> no. >> jon: in my defense, it's just the tip. and the cake is is incorrode i believey moist. ... is incredibly moist. besides the point. what we want to get to is simply this. what are we dealing with with the mormon thing here? it seems like you guys agree on the basics. >> magic underwear. >> jon: i realize mormons aren't supposed to swear. is that the best you can come up with. >> i'm too exhausted since i can't drink (beep) coffee, okay. >> you swore. >> blow it out your ass you sucking mother.... >> jon: guys, calm down. what i'm trying to say is should being mormon disqualify you from the presidency? i mean, you both believe in jesus, right? >> yes. >> yes. >> jon: as long as a republican candidate believes in the basic tenets, i am the way, the

he was a brutal dictar but also an eccentric one-of-a-kind. syrian government troops are reported to have killed more than 20 people in the city of homs this week. no one can be sure of the amount people killed because the syrian regime has stopped independent witnesses from entering the country. our correspondent smuggled herself into the country. her report contains images of severely injured and deceased individuals. ♪ ♪ >> homs, the so-called capital of the so-called syrian revolution. despite the daily death toll, the protests continue. but the tactics have changed. most demonstrations are being held at night in an effort to minimize casualties. as the only journalist here to view the protests firsthand, i noted another significant difference. back in march, when they began, the protesters called for reform. then they called for the fall of the regime. today, as the name of it each massacre and tragedy it carried out by assad and his regime, the crowd called for the death of the president by hanging. these protests are taking place every

and his legendary eccentricity was on full display. the president of the united states, the leaders of britain and other leaders are calling on you to step down, to leave libya, to leave your position of power. will you do that? >> translator: why do i leave my homeland? why do i leave libya? >> reporter: he never did leave. and today, he died at the hands of his own people, aided by a seven-month bomb campaign led by britain and france and the united states. >> the dark shadow of tyranny has been lifted and with this enormous promise, the libyan people now have a great responsibility. >> reporter: just 27 when he first came to power in libya, gadhafi was a dashing figure who quickly created a cult of personality, dressed in flashy outfits that bordered on costume. he surrounded himself with heavily armed women noen as the am zone yan guard. he welcomed visiting dig any tapes in a tent he pitched wherever he went. perhaps his most infamous moment was the bombing of pan am flight 103, which killed 270 people, most of them americans. at

gadhafi is known for his eccentric speeches and behavior. when traveling abroad, he brought his own tent to sleep in. when he addressed the u.n. general assembly in 2009, he criticized the international body and threw a copy of the u.n. charter onto the floor. in the wake of the fall of egyptian president hosni mubarak, anti-government demonstrations began in libya in february. the protesters gained momentum and were supported by senior military officers that had defected from government forces. the government then deployed foreign mercenaries to crackdown on the protesters. >> i am the leader of the revolution, i will fight until death for the revolution. >> by august, forces led by the national transitional council had taken control of the capital, but the leader's whereabouts remained unknown and gadhafi's troops continued to fight. >>> in other news, debt ridden greece approved an austerity package paving the way for another round of international bailout loans. the country's parliament passed the austerity bill thursday, despite some di

. >> while kleasen seemed little more than eccentric to most, he was already moving himself closer tolived within in texas. it wasn't quite big game, but the local duck and wild fowlers eventually allowed him to join them. then the former mental patient and death row inmate applied for a british gun license. >> you have to have a good reason for either refusing or revoking it and eventually you have to show the person is a danger to the public safety or peace. at that particular time for foreign nationals it was not unusual unless it was a good reason to check in the country where they were born, where they lived. >> if any of the police officers did know this around travis county, even the girl in the office would have told them who kleasen was. >> mr. kleasen -- >> kleasen indicated to the immigration authorities when he first arrived that he had no previous convictions. when he put his applications in he indicated likewise. >> he manages to get a permit, not only to possess firearms which is much more difficult in england than the united states but a permit to deal in them. he star

. >> reporter: buzz his eccentricities made him a prime target for bullying.t friend, avery laskey, saw the backlash. >> they would beat up on him. he would go in the restroom for awhile and they would push him into the lockers. >> reporter: they bullied him in every way? >> yes. >> reporter: dawn says she wanted to make larry feel like he had nothing to be ashamed of. so, she secretly gave larry her daughter's green prom gresz. >> i told him to enjoy it. have fun. >> reporter: some might say what is a teacher doing giving a dress to a boy? >> there's a fine line in the classroom. and it's so hard, because as a teacher, you just see things with children that you shouldn't see. >> reporter: what dawn says she saw is something that happens in schools all over america, children tormented for being different. and fremds say there was somebody particularly disgusted by larry flamboyant behavior. 14-year-old brandon mcinerney. >> he would always say, i'll get you later. i'm going to hurt you. >> reporter: two days before valentine's day, 2008, brandon did more than

on "60 minutes" he summed up jobs as driven, eccentric and sometimes cruel.ou can find more information about the legacy of steve jobs go to ktvu.com. >>> a town hall meeting is scheduled tonight in stinson beach for people who want to find out more about a fishing boat stuck in the sand. that boat has been grounded there for two weeks. the owner does not have insurance to get the boat removed. the independent journal now reports marin journey is paying for the salvage effort. donations will help pay for some of the costs. tonight's town hall meeting starts at 6:00 at the stinson beach community center. >>> good afternoon to you. a big cooldown underway. what a difference a day makes. we have partly cloudy skies, even mostly cloudy skies out there at this hour. you can see partly cloudy skies over areas of san rafael. dealing about 67 degrees. 5, 10, even 15 degrees cooler than yesterday at this hour. we have a southerly breeze over san francisco in san jose. westerly wind in fairfield. that onshore breeze and sea breeze will be with us throughout today. we'r

some were somber, or separate a popular and eccentric owner. some say, they will never see the likes of him again. >> he was a great man. one time, would lead to a game, he was coming out of the box, he stopped and said, take you for being he said. i said, barry christmas. he said, let's hope so. >> al davis was like a historian for the nfl. he is one of the great and in raleigh. unhitched i had to come by and pay my respects. craig hemphil >>craig: and alameda, craig skalar, kron4 says. >>vicki: we have more on our web site, www.kron4.com. >> here is a shot from mt. tam ride around sunset. notice, as we looked over the city, there is no fault. this afternoon, there was a little bit of fall early to the golden gate and in towards the marina. that spoiled things for the blue angels. tonight is clear, but later on we will see low clouds developing and building inland. cloudy skies everywhere with light rain. the rain is going to be light. it could cause has is traveling on the road as we stick around until early tuesday morning. the highest amoun

it's natural, it's none formulaic and it's completely consistent with herman cain's absolutely eccentricign. and authentic and eccentric i would say. >> woodruff: the cigarette smoking-- -- you don't see that very often. >> people smoke cigarettes. they do. we can deny it, i guess, in public buildings but people do. >> woodruff: and you mentioned mitt romney in ohio. herman cane is campaigning all over the country. >> he is leading in the latest ohio poll, too. >> woodruff: so maybe it's good to stay away from iowa and new hampshire. >> i wouldn't advise that as a strategy. >> woodruff: well, we don't want the two of you to syta away. mark shields, david brooks, thank you both. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: world stock markets deflated some as jubilation over europe's debt deal subsided. but overall, wall street had its best month in decades. soldiers and buddhist monks piled sandbags in bangkok, thailand, trying to keep a weekend flood tide from inundating the city. and activists in syria said security forces killed at least 30 people after friday protests against

all of them were released by an eccentric criminal who then killed himself.n update tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: in less than a day terry thompson's sprawling private zoo was all but wiped out. these are the survivors -- three cheetahs, two monkeys and a bear -- brought to the columbus zoo where harry peachy takes care of the big cats. >> this is not an animal you can just bring to the vet. >> reporter: thompson had 18 tigers and 17 lions in zanesville. this zoo, one of the largest in the country has three tigers and four lions. each one costs about $17,000 a year to care for. this is an example of the kind of care big cats get at the zoo. it's a cold, rainy day in ohio and these two have the right idea. they are relaxing comfortably in a heated cave. but ohio has some of the weakest regulations for privately owned exotic pets in the country. and since 2003 the humane society has documented 22 incidents involving these animals. everything from pet escapes to attacks on humans. >> ohio has an enormous number of incidents relative to states t

get them instead of the govt is arguably the most eccentric figure in russian business he was russia's first dollar millionaire and founded the first commodity exchange now still lives in a village he calls on his countrymen to reject the accomplishments of progress. so this is a freezer. we didn't have one until earlier this year. and it's a dream come true because now we have a no nonsense reason. we can pack it with big lumps of meta noice when the cold comes around you i mean. all year long. stanley gov moved his family into a big timber house that has no freezer. and no internet access. this thing is a spy that has become a monster and soon no bank. will be complete dependence on it and if you want to escape there's only one way out. nevertheless still a gov has to remain in tune with the times a couple of years ago he launched a new business project he needs to make daily trips to moscow where he spends ten hours in his skyscraper office. go feels it's too late for him to worry about his information prissie too much information is already on the internet but he doesn't allow his

is back its eccentric founder served time for his dodgy accounting but savers in ukraine are queuing up to hand over their hard earned money. he explains why. the twenty eleven russian hit movie the pyramid depicts a robin hood of the nine hundred ninety s. a businessman who promises well for ordinary people and confronts the oligarchs. the real story behind the split was a sad episode in russia supposed soviet history the financial pyramid called attracted millions vowing to multiply their investment many times in the end it went bust up to fifteen million people lost their life savings hope i don't feel like i'm a sinner what about m.m.m. ninety four it was undermined by the government so i knew m.m.m. emerged with virtually unlimited resources absolutely m control so the situation was not acceptable and everything was done to eliminate it sort of game over already the driving force behind the m.m. movement spent five years in prison for fraud but now the man often called the russian bernie madoff is back seventeen years since his financial pyramid had walked. back with another fin

one of the most eccentric and talked about, controversial figures in all of sports, most just here. . we will see you then. thank you. >> as mark just said that does it for us. up next the american league championship series live from detroit.

neighbors and others called him eccentric. he was released after a year in prison on gun charges. six of his animals have been safely taken to the columbus zoo but scores of other has to be killed to protect a community. >> tragedy for the animal world is what it is. it could have been a bigger tragedy for the human world. >> reporter: most of the animals have been returned to terry thompson's property and buried there. >> that was john yang reporting from zanesville, ohio. among the animals killed, 18 bengal tigers. that's even more tragic considering there are own 1400 estimated to be left in all the world. according to the humane society, state laws vary concerning the ownership of exotic animals. 12 states ban the private possession of exotic pets. 12 states have almost no rules, ohio is one of those states and you can bet they'll take a close look at that now going forward. >>> now to 2012 politics. president obama's recent push to sympathize with the occupy wall street protesters has yet to impact his relationship with the banking sector. today "the washington post" with a s