possum drop will not feature a live possum following a lawsuit from who else, peta. the town claims it will substitute stewed possum or festive road kill. they will not drop the possum to hit on the ground. they put it in the device to drop it. peta makes argument the critter could be scared after it released in wild could be dropped dead. what do you think? >> how powerful animal rights activity is are people listen. i had possums in my backyard. i think they're pretty tough. i imagine it might hold up in the little came. >> this shows how far ethical treatment of animals in this country when peta is focused on capture myopathy, totally made up ailment. if you have gone through a traumatic experience later you might wobble around and take a long nap. adam: that would be a possum wobbling around. we'll keep this going but later on president obama will ring in 2015 with something he hasn't seen over a year, higher approval ratings but they're not exactly a hole-in-one. >>> plus freezing temperatures won't stop over a million party goers from packing times square to wa

so, that was pretty cool. >> jimmy: are you aware of what peta said today? have the end of their statement. study after study shows that entertainment features that show humans interfering with and handling wild animals are december t debtry mental. how do you respond to that? >> i mean, the whole reason we did this show is because i've worked in the amazon, i've seen it being destroyed. everybody knows the whole rain forest is being destroyed thing. but it's not stopping it from happening. we got millions of people talking about this stuff, going, why on earth would this idiot want to do this, and this is the reason. to try and keep the place where these things live intact. and it's funny, because i feel like peta and everyone else watched the last 20 minutes of the show and totally forgetting everything else about the fact that we're trying to protect the animals. >> jimmy: they really need to just open their throats and accept all of this information, not just -- not just a little part of it. [ cheers and applause ] >> the whole thing. got to go head firs

man, if peta doesn't like the turkey pardon, they're going the hate what's happening today.w what peta calls a turducken? a triple homicide. [ laughter ] this is amazing to me. new projections estimate that the car service app uber, the car service app uber could be worth close to $40 billion, or $120 billion if it's raining. [ laughter ] everything is more expensive. everything is three times more expensive if it's raining. [ applause ] this is just a weird story. an ohio family found their own 400-pound sasquatch statute in a field after it was stolen on saturday. "yes, stolen," said the wife. [ laughter ] "so happy it's back. i'm so happy you found it in a field that who knows who put it there. so glad we have our sky mall sasquatch back that you bought because you took ambien on a flight and then decide we needed a bunch of garbage in our front lawn." [ laughter ] this is amazing to me. 92.1 million americans participated in black friday shopping last year and many of the survivors plan to go again this year. [ laughter ] so it went well. so it went well. [ cheers and ap

peta says the snake should have been allowed to explain.they go weeks and even months eating meals. paul and his crew put this snake through undeniable stress and robbed her of bodily resources. she was forced to constrict and then not allowed to eat. now we go live to our snake correspondent for comment. >> snakes out there this big. >> andrew, you are all laughs now, but i saw you watching that snake video. you look like hillary during the bin laden raid. you were so drawn in. >> i was so drawn in. >> do you agree with peta? >> maybe we are teaching the snake something. he should be grateful for the food he does get that there are starving snakes in africa. >> and i don't think he should be eating things as big as that guy. >> if he can eat them, let him eat them. the problem is white people. why are we so board that we need to be eaten by snakes. can't we just live -- isn't living scary -- move to a big city. it is scary. >> this is how we learn how the world works. >> why did the snake have to eat such a big guy. >> it is not your busin

i think that is what peta said. you tortured the snake. thought it would eat this delicious thing and took the person out of its mouth. take the cheeseburger away from me to see it happens. >> they have a thing called twitter if you want to raise awareness. don't have to put your head in a snake's mouth. melissa: i love the story. charlie doesn't. >> your show, dude. melissa: there you to. we'll have christmas debut after all. sony confirms it is releasing the controversial movie but only in select theaters. dreaming after white christmas? more like a wet and windy one. where stormy weather may make holiday traveling a nightmare and delay last minute packages. more "money" coming up. ♪ she inspires you. no question about that. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go freq

the san mateo county district attorney's office claims the chief and his wife peta ladas got numerous credit cards under fake names. a critical mistake by ladas' wife brought the scheme to light. >> his wife, um, the other -- the co-defendant, was, um, stayed at a hotel in burlingame and when she left the hotel room, she left behind a wallet. the hotel management, they called the police. and it turned out it was the wife's identification inside with fraudulent bank cards. >> she posted bail but then fled the country. there is a warrant out for her arrest. the chief is due back in court in january. >>> a second night of protests following a new york grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man. the video of the demonstration happening in new york tonight. thousands of people blocking the streets. earlier we saw a group marching on the brooklyn bridge stopping traffic there. kpix 5's ken bastida following the nationwide protests over the use of force by police. ken. >> reporter: it's been the focus of an intense debate again today. civil

the collection of organizations that have filed briefs on his behalf include the aclu, peta and conservative rutherford institute. there are a bunch of groups from across the spectrum that agree with him. >> you have the anti-defamation league and other organizations and the older ruling will be if a person riding the stuff -- writing the stuff knows that the person aimed at feels threatened by it, that's the test. >> that's always the argument. when somebody threatens to kill you -- oh i wasn't going to kill you per say. >> i think she had a restraining order. >> the back story. >> i don't think -- >> the funny thing is if mark david chapman sent a letter to john lennon that said i would kill you and he wouldn't have read him and then he wouldn't have killed him. people who kill you don't write letters first. joanne, think about that. stop thinking about that. >> what should be the consequences then? if someone is threatening to kill you, what should the consequences be. >> it is the venting, but you are doing it on a public forum. it is not like a diary or a journal. our world is becoming

my understanding is airbus has replaced all of defective peta tubes so if that's true and that's justt i'm hearing and reading, that shouldn't be a factor. i'm not saying it couldn't be. we never exclude anything this early in the investigation. we've learned from airbus accidents and the tubes are one scenario and, of course, the airbus that crashed in new york right there because the first officer used the rudder petals too vigorously he pulled the rudder vertical stabilizer off the aircraft. they changed the straining scenarios and airbus got the word out to all the airlines around the world i'm told. we learn from these accidents. i don't know if the tubes are a factor here. if airbus has done their due diligence, and mary is a lawyer she can talk to that. that shouldn't be a factor. the same thing in the training program about stay off the rudders. do not use the rudders to correct an upset situation. i'll let mary handle that. >> here's what we do know, that after 447 went down airbus did and the regular latetors demanded they change the tubes in 340 models. i don't believe it a

after recent challenges from peta, they decided to stop this tradition. the possum never got dropped per say. brass down is not really a bunch of monsters. if you planned on going on aless exotic location, it apparently works fine. atlanta georgia will go forward with its beach drop. in in flagstaff, they're still going to drop a six-foot tall pine cone because well, who care, it will be great. some kind of possum is getting dropped in brass down and that alone is worth celebrating. thank you for tien u tuning in this year. happy holidays. ♪ >> the female actor of the year will join me, the 13-year-old monet davis. and i will not attempt to hit her fastball. but first, the latest on the tragedy in the joba sea.

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. >> he's grabbed peta's attention.sounds farfetched but if accurate, the snake was tortured for sake of ratings. it's the latest to push the envelope. we've seen a jetliner crashed on purpose. a man free falls from the edge of space. and nick teetered on the oblivion over and over again. >> they have to keep pushing the envelope because viewers want something new and different to tune into. >> then the rest of the tv genre. the h 1 "dating naked." tlc "buying naked." and other shows trying to stand out in a sea of kardashian's real house wives and honey boo boos. >> while they may be fun, they're culturally toxic. this genre is traffic in deep manipulation. there's nothing real about reality tv. >> while he obviously made it out alive, paul isn't revealing how much of his body ended up inside that snake. to find out, he says, you'll have to tune in. for today, gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >> can i have a moment here? eww. >> i'm gagging. >> people will watch. >> i feel bad for the snake. >> that's not entertainment. me an

he and his wife peta are accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars. she post the bail but then fled the country. there is a warrant out for her arrest right now. the chief is due back in court in january. >>> developing news in san leandro tonight t police track down the suspect who allegedly ran over an officer after intense confrontations. a live report straight ahead. >> we had rain even flooding but still not even close to enough water to end this drought we're in. so what's it going to take to get us back to normal? we'll find out. >> plus a business match made in a barbershop. how a chance encounter led to a million-dollar startup. that officer was seriously r ged to get off >>> just within the past hour police have arrested a woman suspected of running over a san leandro police officer. that officer was seriously hurt. but still managed to get off several shots as that car sped off. kpix 5's da lin is at the scene tonight. how did this thing get started, da? >> reporter: well, ken, it happened right here in this street. police say a woman used

he and his wife peta are accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars in a credit card scam. she posted bail but then fled the country. there is now a warrant out for her arrest. the chief is due back in court in january. >>> a $4 million budget shortfall is forcing the state senate to cut jobs. 39 employees out of 1,000 staff members will all be laid off. the senate president pro tem's office telling the "sacramento bee" that the deficit is due to the slow budget growth during the recession, higher healthcare costs and having just too many employees. >>> time now is 5:08. it began with an abandoned box found along railroad tracks. still to come how the contents of the box turned out to be more important than they seemed. >> and how about those golden state warriors? the latest on the run for a little franchise history. big night last night. >> oh, dub nation! good morning, everybody. rain for the evening commute. we'll tell you just how much to expect straight ahead. >> and if you are heading to the richmond/san rafael bridge toll plaza here's a live look at what it looks li

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people at peta say this is basically harming the snake. how do you respond to that?ecosystem. what's cool about peta, 35,000 people in a week came out to support a snake and usually snakes are the villains. i thought it was really cool that so many people spoke up in support of a snake. >> let's talk about the whole situation. so, you set out to find the anaconda. >> that's the hardest part. >> one of sufficient size. >> yeah. >> how big was the -- >> we ended up catching one that was 20 feet, which is not easy to do. >> how do you go about getting yourself in position to be eaten? >> that was a long process. that, we had to design a suit that could withstand the crush. anaconda latch on with their bite and crush. i had to be able to survive the crush part. we had a carbon fiber suit designed and make sure i would be able to breathe in case i made it inside the anaconda and put pig's blood on the outside of the suit to make me as appealing as possible. >> how does an anaconda go about swauling a human of your side? >> head first. feet first you would be -- head first

this year is being canceled because peta complained that the possums might not like the bright lightss point, it's just too late. did you see the possum's little face there? >> how did they know they don't like it? that's their momen >> they like bright lights. >> moment to shine. you can always see their light. >> now their party is crushed. >> let's check in with our possum expert. she's outside. good morning. >> good morning. those possums are really going to need to bundle up because it is getting cold. currently in new york city, 30 degrees. we have a great crowd here behind us. everybody is enjoying the weather. not bad, especially for this time of year across parts of the northeast. it is going to be getting a lot colder out there. take a look at some of the areas farther west. across parts of the plains, parts of the rockies. that's what we have some of the arctic air that's going to continue to spread eastward and southward over the next several days. right now current temperature in minneapolis, 6 degrees below zero. 9 below zero in rapid city. you factor in a little bit of

. >> peta says this, making the snake use up energy by swallowing this fool and then possibly regurgitatinghave you seen ath that show called "naked and afraid". it is about survivalists who try to make it in the woods for 2 is d -- 21 days without any clothes on. leave it to seth rogan and james franco, they did their own take on "naked and afraid." take a look. >> oh, man. >> you're supposed to be hot australian-like survivalist. >> do you know anything about surviving out here? >> okay, okay. >> honestly, i was a little surprised. >> i was hoping to be teamed up with a woman but franco is the next best thing. he's hairless. take his glasses off, he's pretty much a woman. >> use a leaf. >> no. i have a sensitive butt. i'm not using a leaf. what did you bring? >> sunglasses. >> that's what i was going to do. >> i look good. >> that was weird. >> quite the bro manse going on. >> he looks like pit bull a little, i thought. >> yeah. >> okay. it is time for our favorite thing my mom got me this. my mom is going to be cooking on the show during the christmas holidays. she told me about this nai

peta said that would exhaust the snake, the swallowing and regurgitating.> not really. i think they missed the point of the whole show then. >> the show was called eaten alive in fairness. don't you think to make this fair you should be eaten by another animal. maybe we can find an alligator that is willing. >> i think i owe it to the people of planet earth to get eaten by something. >> you're right. >> get eaten by something. he seems kind of funny. he was here and i saw him downstairs doing push-ups. he said he wanted to pump up before his segment. >> okay. interesting. >> that's what he said. >> there is a picture of blake lively in the papers today running errands in new york city. look at her. running errands. i don't believe it. it looked look a burberry commercial or ad. >> beautiful outfit. >> the perfect bag. >> the perfect bag, the great -- the bike positioned perfectly behind her. everything is perfect. >> yeah. >> so in texas, this is kind of -- we're going to give a shoutout to the police department called pantego. every holiday they issue -- t