a relative of the toad has spread to madagascar. for the unique ecosystem which was isolated for years until humans arrived. let's talk to rebecca. why is this so dangerous? >> you wouldn't think a toad would cause that many problems. these guys have been spotted in march. there have been lots since. the main issue, they're a relative of the cane toad. it comes from the americas, from south and central america but introduced to australia in the 1930s. initially to control pests. numbers have spiralled. there are now millions of them. they cause a huge amount of problems for local wild life in australia. the idea is it could cause a similar set of problems for the wild life in madagascar. they've got a unique set of animals there. bird, plants, mammals, things you don't find anywhere else. if these guys that are slightly venomous or toxic, animals try to eat them and drop dead. they spread disease. >> you talk about the journey, but how did this critter glet there? >> they think it might have hitchhiked on a shipping container. these

why should americans care about lemurs and madagascar?lemurs are some of our most ancient cousins. >> reporter: lemurs like ryan have been around for 60 million years but 90% are threatened, endangered or critically the environmental super star is the winner of the prize for conservation. >> she's a peyton manning, michael jordan. she is someone who others look at and say, we're not just vainly striving to make a difference, here is someone whose actually saved species. >> preserving these man ls of the past and giving them a future. ann thompson, nbc news, stoney brooke, new york. >> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow night. >>> sunday, are questions about hillary clinton's health? >>> it's one of san francisco's most famous events. people are getting ready for bay to breakers. we will show you the change coming for this year's run. >>> the latest on the fires as more people head back home. >>> out of jail but not out

for that kind of money, you could buy your own copy of "madagascar" on d.v.d.ation, the kochs' victory against the columbus zoo tax shows they're willing to play hardball even when they play small ball. as the ohio director of americans for prosperity said, there is nothing we won't do, nothing! there is no children's field trip too small for these two men to ruin. ( laughter ) their next campaign is banning sharp straws to protect our precious juice box reserves. but we're not done fighting this, "folks because the columbus zoo promises to try this again as soon as november. we at the the "colbert report" are not waiting until november. we are creating our own issues add we are willing to sell the koch brothers for a billion dollars. jim. >> the columbus zoo wants more of your money, but where does that money go? to free housing for foreigners who spend all day high on eucalyptus. to sex feendz getting freaky in front of your children. and government-subsidized o-llama care. they don't share our genes. and they don't share our values. it's time to lock them up

these are live hissing cockroaches from madagascar. there's a whole family of them. edible. >> [ laughs ] >> [ chuckles ] >> oh, my gosh! >> and you can see, you're completely surrounded by these -- these lovable, delicious, and friendly characters that we call our pets. >> i'm out of here! [ chuckles ] no, really, it was a little creepy. >> well, if you thought that was creepy, i actually got one out earlier. >> [ chuckles ] >> so you can hold it. and i appreciate the fact that you tucked yourself into the corner, because... >> i just... >> here you go. >> no, i really don't want to hold it. >> are you sure? do you want to just pet him? >> i really don't want to. >> hmm? would you mind just petting it, making it feel friendly? >> [ chuckles nervously ] >> go for it. they don't bite. all you've got to worry about is it running up your hand and up your sleeve. >> i'm just feeling like -- >> go ahead. just like this. see? >> okay, i think we're ready for your top favorite exhibit out of all of the exhibits. >> we are. and have you ever heard of mad scientists? >> yes.

from madagascar to durbin. and then around the cape of good hope.hen shoot across the atlantic and start climbing up the eastern seaboard and visiting new york. come back again, and then both canoes will travel along the eastern seaboard down through the panama canal. through the panama canal to the ga longus islands. and it is there we're hoping the younger crews will be able to take command and full responsibility for the canoe and bring it home to hawaii. for us it's utilizing ancestral knowledge that is important to us. it is part of who we are. it's our understanding of our past. they -- my ancestors got here to this island without use of instruments and things. and we need to understand what they went through, and -- and how they got here, so we relearned that -- traditional knowledge. and also to understand that you are a survivor of your ancestors. >> [ inaudible ] richards is currently onboard the hokalaa. coming up, exposing the truth, the condition construction crews are working to build the campus in abu dhabi. what one student saw when

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you can see the result of cutting down all the trees on an island nation like madagascar, which fortunately has started planting trees in that last quarter century, and therefore the result of that tree cutting in -- both in this hemisphere as tbhel the island nation of -- as well in the island nation of haiti, when the rains come, there are no trees to hold the topsoil and it flows out the rivers and the mouths of the rivers and you can see it from space in the discoloration of the water that is for miles and miles out into the brilliant blues of the ocean. and if we don't do what people like senators boxer and whitehouse are saying and wake up to the reality of climate change and try to get ahead of it by changing policies that will stop the greenhouse effect or at least slow it down, then what we are going to have for future space fliers are going to look back at a planet and the coastline of those states that senator whitehouse visited, all being in the southeastern united states, that coastline is not going to look the same. it's not going to be as distinct coastline with a white beach

around the world, in 45 countries and major developing countries, mongolia, guinea, mozambique, madagascar have nation-building projects that we're very focused on and infrastructure is a key element. >> do you think the private sector can now play a key role in nation-building, especially in some of these frontier markets if you want to call it that that has real trouble with stable governments. >> i think it can. in the world as it develops, it needs the commodities that we supply. importantly, however, there are things that need to change that would encourage this, and the b-20 and g-20 meetings in australia are an important part of this. setting frameworks and eliminating corruption. schemes to improve and encourage investment. these are important elements to help us work in developing countries. >> certainly, and at the same time one of the biggest things that matters. your company is the price of iron ore which has a lot to do with global growth prospect and seems to be a very bearish forecast lately as people the bubble boom, super cycle, many theme that's over. what price do you ne

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