>>> she has spent over four decades in captivity, a killer whale named lolita. living in a tank in miami. today, hundreds of people held a rally there calling for her release back into the ocean. we get the story tonight from nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: she's been the star of the miami sea aquarium for almost 45 years. >> we loved it. >> reporter: lolita, the majestic 20-foot killer whale is believed to be the oldest orca in captivity. >> fabulous. >> reporter: but later this month federal regulators are scheduled to decide whether to declare lolita part of an endangered group of whales. that's brought renewed hope to animal rights advocates who rally today in miami. >> we are here to free lolita. >> reporter: the push comes after the documentary "black fish" which questioned the treatment of killer whales at a different park, sea world. howard garrett says lolita's tank is too small, 60 by 80 feet with a platform down the middle. >> the conditions are inevitably mistreatment. they amount to abuse. because she's been this confined. >> reporter: he wants t

now activists want to free the killer whale lolita. more on their push to put her back in the ocean. >>> plus a mastermind behind tesla and spacex has his sights on a new goal. why elon musk wants to bring the internet to the red planet. >>> a storm reaching the west coast but just the outer fringe approaching the bay area. will it have enough left to bring us showers into sunday? ♪ at kaiser permanente everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ >>> the orca named lolita was moved to a 35-foot tank at miami sea aquarium and has lived there ever since. hundreds of people held a rally calling for her release back into the sea saying that her tiny tank and her very capture are illegal. gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: she's been the star of the miami sea conveyor upfor 45 years. >> we loved it. >> reporter: lolita the majestic 20-foot killer whale, believed to be the oldest orca in captivit

lolita has been dubbed "the world's loneliest orca."ek, hundreds marched in miami demanding her release. but the miami seaquarium says it will fight any plan to put lolita back into the wild, arguing that she simply can't survive on her own after 45 years in captivity. robert rose, the curator of the aquarium, notes how hard it is for an animal that's lived in captivity for so long to be returned to the open ocean. >> i mean she's gonna die without question. they are going to take her out there and do exactly the same thing they did to keiko which is to kill him. >> sreenivasan: keiko was the iconic killer whale that starred in the movie “free willy.” keiko was released into the waters off norway in 2002 but died alone a year later of pneumonia. >> and unfortunately this didn't have the hollywood happy ending where free willy jumped over the wall and lived happily ever after. >> sreenivasan: noaa's decision on lolita's status is expected by the end of this month. >> srennivasan: before we leave you tonight, new york city and several nor

. >>> and free lolita?for decades could be released back into the open water this year. but this morning while many are applauding the decision there are some who say lolita should stay right where she is -- inside a seaquarium. we'll get into the debate. [ cheers and applause ] >>> good morning and welcome back to "today." we have come outside to brave the cold. our amazing crowd this morning. if you listen you can hear the sound of teeth. it's a bone-chilling cold. i'm lester holt with sheinelle jones. erica and dylan are enjoying the weekend off. >> i thought it was so cool as a kid when i could go -- >> not fun anymore. >> not so fun. we want to begin with the strong indication that mitt romney is launching a 2016 presidential run. peter alexander is sitting in at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning to you. the two-time republican presidential candidate issued a hint that he's mulling a third bid for the white house. speaking before the republican national committee friday night romney said his

the fight over lolita keeps making waves.gu tee rez, miami. >>> the man behind tesla and spacex wants to take his talent to mars. elon musk wants to build an internet connection that would work in space. he says he hopes to establish a colony on mars. naturally, those people would need their interwebs. it would take about $10 billion and five years to get the process off the ground. his first step is to open an office in seattle and hire about 60 employees. >>> still to come on "today in the bay," the warriors were looking for liftoff in houston as they tried to avoid a liftoff. >>> 7:41. good morning to you. a look outside at oracle arena o.co. >>> the warriors entered last night's game against the rockets with the best record in the league. after losing in oklahoma city op friday, they were looking to get back to their winning ways. let's take you to houston fort third quarter. steph curry working his magic. fouled hard on the fast break. he still manages to make the hoop for the three-point play. he and the cameraman. oh,

fight over lolita has been raging for decades.y hit a milestone this month as gave gutierrez reports. >> she's been the star of the miami seaquarium for almost 45 years. >> we loved it. >> what is the best part about the show? >> lowlitaolita. >> the majestic 20-foot killer whale is believed to be the oldest orca in captivity. >> fabulous. >> but later this month, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration is skeded to decide whether to declare her part of an endangered group of whales. >> free lolita. >> that's brought renewed hope to animal rights advocates fighting to free lolita for decades. >> it's so hard to imagine her between shows. >> howard garret says 7 thousand of pound tank is way too small. 60 x 80 feet with a platform down the middle. >> the conditions are inevitably mistreatment. they amount to abuse because she's in this tiny concrete box with nowhere to go and no one to go with. >> he wants to take her back to her native waters just off washington state where she and six other whales were captured in 197

and took repeated trips to the lolita express owned by jeffrey epstein with an actress in soft core porn the girl claims she was under age this one girl saw bill clinton on this particular island, flies with them on the jets. now, hillary's campaign has gone on, well maybe we'll announce in june now. do you think this could have something to do with it? >> no. but i think they're going to have to respond to this in a big way. but what you can see right away is that there's political dominos falling. if this in fact is true and we don't know. this is not in any legal document. so it's a little different than what we've been hearing about with epstein -- >> well the flight log show he was on epstein's flight. the flight log shows he went to the island where all of this "activity" happened. >> but nobody has defined they were involved with bill clinton or saw bill clinton involved in any sexual activity. >> no. based on his history, paula jones, jennifer flowers run through the list of women. here's the thing, hillary wants to be president. and if something like this breaks in as much as he

including lolita brown. his supervisor at the noah house. >> we need him to be back at work, working and doing his groups. >> mr. jones, it states you violated condition 7 by failing to obey all laws, ordinances or statutory conditions of conditional release. and at this time we're going to take testimony from officer fricks. >> i was on the west side of the railroad tracks. i saw the defendant ride his bike towards the tracks. he entered through a hole in a six-foot chain link fence that was put up to keep people off the property. and he was stopped on the west side. >> when you came in contact with him, was he cooperative with you? >> yes. >> after a few more questions, the parole examiner asked jones' probation officer to weigh in. >> given that this charge is dismissed i would recommend reinstatement. and being convicted of the charge, i would have recommended return to prison. >> mr. jones, is there anything you want to add. >> god know they need me back there working. i really want to be there to help

el aÑo pasado lolita, pÉrez, stefan.epresenta a las hispanas. >> dicen que el traje no es como el de una princesa en sÍ. entonces, bueno, encantarÍa escuchar las opiniones. vamos a estar con borja para que nos lea lo que piensa usted. con mucho cariÑo compartimos los mensajes. >> estreno de pelÍcula para los que gusten el fin de semana. vamos a ver los estrenos. adelante daniela, buenas tardes. >> hola, quÉ tal? muchas gracias. esta semana estrena... cinta de ciencia ficciÓn. tambiÉn en estrelo versiÓn estadounidense de la cinta de suspenso belga cinta acerca de uno de los temas mÁs controversiales y os, las diferencias raciales. ♪ ♪ ♪ pelÍcula en que un viudo se hace cargo de su nieta afroamericana tras fallecer su hija en el parto. la abuela paterna reclama la custodia y empezarÁ una batalla legal que serÁ un asunto racial. ♪ ♪ ♪ micro >> un grupo de amigos construirÁ una mÁquina del tiempo que serÁ un dispositivo con potencial ilimitado. ellos lo mantendrÁn en secreto y viajarÁn al pasado, experimentando cambioso que

. >> host: azar nafisi, how did reading lolita change your life? >> guest: you know it changed my life in the sense i rather always doubt and question my slow. i never thought that was successful. and honest to god you should listen to my editors. i used to do, this book is not going to sow more than 9000 copies. but the whole point about the success of that book, it made me understand that readers, you should not underestimate them and that they want to know and the only thing that gave me, gave me the opportunity to connect to people i wanted to be connected to. and that is the most important thing and that his readers. you know so that is my take on reading lucky the. >> host: booktv on c-span c-span to a we've been talking with author azar nafisi, "the republic of imagination" is her most recent book. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. >> look for these titles in bookstores this coming week, and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. >> i had an experience about five years ago that i think really cap

. >> lolita. >> lolita, first monday of the year. people have bills. all from the holiday.fe. >> for me, it is my family making sure that they have a good mother. making sure that i can help guide them on the the right way. dot things i need to do. >> that is a beautiful thing. people are out here. there is a the lot of people that didn't want to talk to me. we saw a guy walking his daughter to school. would i like to talk to this guy. he looks mean. how are you doing, are you okay? is what your name. >> its positivity day. >> everyone is thinking about positivity today, is what positive things in your life. >> right now,. >> unaudible. >> that is good. that is good. i'm out here. i'm stopping people. i'm stopping everybody at 69th street. come on upper darby, i know you guys, i know it is blue monday. i know you have other thing to say to me other than four letter word. i will stop people all morning long. >> yes. >> that four letter word. >> love, love love. >> good job, quincy. good day it is monday, january 5th, we are making it a blue monday at all the opposite right.

new court papers reveal explicit details about epstein's so called lolita express, a private plane inh he allegedly forced young women to have sex with his friends. the court documents are part of a civil case brought by a young woman who says she was forced to have stex at age 16 with prince andrew and with alan dershowitz the prince denies the allegations, so does dershowitz who has vowed to seek disbarment of the accuser's attorneys. alan dershowitz joins me. professor, i think context is important in this case. am i right in saying that this is a lawsuit in which you are not a named party, but nevertheless you were named as having had sex with an underage woman. >> yes. i'm not a party, and it was like a drive-by shooting. they said oh, by the way, prince andrew and alan dershowitz had sex with this woman, i don't know koymt have been in the places she said i was at the time for example she said i was in jeffrey epstein's ranch. i was there once with my wife and daughter and friends. his private island i was there once for a day, and four members of his family. so it's impossible

lolita. >> si tuvieras que contratar a una persona que tiene que ser rÍgida, inflexible, muy disciplinadacribir hacia arriba. >> me parece sumamente interesante. tÚ comentabas algo de los nÚmeros dentro de la firma. stephanie tiene un 3. >> la b de bautista. debe estar mucho mÁs visible ese 3. tiene que haber un 2 mÁs marcado, mÁs evidente. los nÚmeros significan dinero. los hombres y mujeres mÁs ricos del mundo tienen un nÚmero escondido dentro de la firma. >> karen gutiÉrrez. >> es creativa, serÍa excelente diseÑadora, es artÍstica, le gusta que la vean. por eso escribe tan grande. y lo que se proponga este aÑo, lo va a terminar, porque pone un punto al final. >> ¿es una carita feliz? >> porque es una persona que ve la cara bonita de la vida. >> flor. >> escogiÓ el color rojo para escribir, es intensa. estÁ buscando pasiÓn, y el amor es lo que le interesa. ademÁs escribe como todo, es muy prÁctica. si algo funciona, lo sigue haciendo. >> vamos con una mÁs. >> aquÍ estÁ el $. tambiÉn puede ser un 8. eso es dinero, estÁ escondido. esta es una persona que va a tener mucho dinero. el apelli