sadly, they had to kill the python to keep his species from spreading north.ts say the snake had a girth of 44 inches after eating the deer and they found it still fully in tact inside mr. python. >> no chewing. >> you know, that's how they do it. >> okay. >>> send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> wednesday morning on 9news now. a 12-year-old girl talks about surviving congenital heart failure. >> and where you can go for free advice on fighting foreclosure and becoming a success in this economic mess. >> it's also cooky monster day. >> we begin at 4:25. >> i like cookie monster day. >>> the loudoun county republican party created the photo to be sent out in a halloween e-mail with the zombie president. craig from king george, virginia says he did not vote for president obama, but he is our president and the supreme leader of our country. to disrespect him is to disrespect his country. the picture of president obama as a zombie was inappropriate, disrespectful, and dangerous. anyone who can s

>> i'm with you on the monty python theory. we keep declaring these guys dead and they're lazarus-like, we have declared newt dead several times, declared cain dead, perry dead. and as not only monty python, you demonstrated the clinton comeback. they can and do come back. david gergen taught me this, it's how you respond to your mistakes and in each case each of these guys in their lazarus moments responded, went back to their strengths. of course he can do it. and any of these guys could come back until mitt romney breaks out and so far he's not doing that, despite his stellar debate performances. >> the question is, we'll get to governor romney, how many times can you fall down? life's not about falling down, it's how you get and up, two, don't believe the smart people in washington. voters decide the elections. if we look the polling, the "usa today" gallup poll, go back to middle of august, rick perry at 29%. he's dropped to 11%. i suspect after last night, he's not going up. does he reach a point at which it's not just he

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this is a burmese python caught near the florida everglades. these are nonnative invasive species, they don't belong there. look at this. look at what was inside this thing. see what that is? that's a deer, isn't it? >> that's a deer, nick. this thing was nearly 16 feet long, had an adult deer in its stomach. >> can you imagine what this snake's mouth looked like going around this thing? how he had to unhinge his jaw? >> did this thing have antlers? i'm thinking if it didn't have antlers, it's absolutely plausible. >> it was a female, so no antlers. let me read you some stats about this snake. the girth of this thing around with the deer inside, 44 inches. the snake mass with the deer inside, 215 pods. without the deer inside, 139 this deer was 76 pounds this thing had in its stomach. >> the deer is as big as my dog. >> yes. >>> i'll show you guys a video and let you decide, is this protocol or police brutality. this is dash cam video from the sioux city police department and there is no audio. the woman in the pink shirt is daniels, she was se

a 15-foot long, 154-pound burmese python. >> see if you can hold her tail. doing great.u shaking. does that feel as bad as you envisioned? >> reporter: yep. >> really? >> you know -- all right, maybe not. >> maybe not. you're smiling. you are overcoming your animal phobia. >> reporter: i'm not going to kiss it. >> you can do it. come on, t.j. look at that. >> reporter: for marvin cruz, his final exposure is climbing inside a cage with two fully grown pit bulls. >> wow. oh, my god. i can't believe this. >> reporter: he's now able to see their behavior for what it is. playful. not a threat. would you have been able to come toll a park like this before you went through the exposure therapy? >> never in a million years. >> reporter: we wanted to see for ourselves just how effective the exposure therapy really was. >> hi, i'm marvin. >> reporter: proving there may be no extreme animal phobia that can't be tamed. for "nightline," this is t.j. winick in new york. >> no snake kisses. "my extreme animal phobia" airs on animal planet on friday. finally tonight, as scandal skwarms

. >>> a burmese python, you got to see this, making his last meal count.r. snake hunters with florida fish and wildlife commission shot and killed it. pythons have been noeb to even alligators, o other large snakes, even some humans. the midsection of this snake expanded 44 inches trying to eat that deer. >> that's amazing. time for the shot and a couple things for this halloween on my daytime show, i dressed up as an homage to an early talk show idol of mine, phil donohue. take a look. he surprised us and came out on the program as well. so me and phil there. i'm not sure you can tell which is which, but i'm the one on the left. i had a costume contest for the staff. the staff got into the spirit. i didn't have a costume, but i feel like i was phil on tv already. isha has the day off. sent us this picture. she's clearly ready for halloween. i read some of her tweets. sounded like she had quite a late night. ended up sunday hanging out on the couch. we had this entry from our producer chuck who was traveling on assignment. take a look ♪ my name is chuck an

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this is that seven-foot python here which appears menacing until you look at this.e stars of "swamp wars" lieutenant scott mullen does that mean people should be afraid especially for children in. >> no, they're not a primary food source for the animals, not something we look at. >> reporter: matt, clearly they're on to something and i don't know, theals are looking pretty safe right now. >> that's crazy. kerry, thank you very much. be careful over there. the new season of "swamp wars" can be seen on animal planet sunday night at 9:00, 8:00 central. >>> tomorrow kerry goes behind "storage wars" about people who battle over abandoned storage units trying to find hidden treasure. >>> up next, another battle, treasure. drinkin'? i'm drinkin' dunkin'. coffee -- black, straight up. extra cream, three sugars. iced coffee french vanilla. for me. iced coffee with a turbo shot. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. drinkin' dunkin'. america runs on dunkin' coffee. woman: day care can be so to save some money, i found one that uses robots instead o

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this is a blood python. perfect for halloween. this is a very dangerous snake.ngerous snake. always pretty testy. you're pushing me away. >> unfortunately, people kill these animals for their skin. it's awful. it's very unfortunate. >> thank you so much. >> we've got to go. >> we've got to go. >> we'll be back. we've got great experiments coming up around the corner. >> actually, i do have to go. >>> hope you had a fun, safe and festive halloween. here's a look at your forecast as we head into the day. there lab chance for some showers in the upper peninsula of michigan into wisconsin, minnesota and throughout parts of the northern rockies. otherwise, plenty of sunshine across much of the country here. temperatures are going to be mild if not warm. as far north as kansas city, 76. even minneapolis you'll see a daytime high of 58 degrees. for people without power getting into the lower to mid 50s will be good news. it's going to be cold at night if you don't have power and no heat. that storm will move across the country. we'll see that snow start to wrap up in d

that didn't stop monty python from making fun of it. >> i'm not dead. >> he says he is not dead. >> yeshe is. >> he isn't? >> he will be soon he is ill. >> i'm getting better. >> no you will be stone death in a moment. >> bill: mocky death. scientists believe bubonic plague was spread how? >> bill: the answer is correct. fleas and rats. there you go. question number two, in 1989 during game three of the world series the candle stick park in san francisco an earthquake struck on live tv. >> man, went like this, man. >> i was just walking in from the parking lot and i saw the car shaking and alarms going off. >> i will tell you what, pretty wild. >> bill: it was. i was out there. it was wild. they cancelled the series if you remember that. >> um-huh. >> bill: who were the opponents of the san francisco giants in the series that year? >> bill: the answer is b oakland athletics. pure dumb luck. >> it was the bay area -- >> bill: had you no clue. >> bill: you got 25% chance of guessing correctly. number 3 the 2004 tsunami devastated an entire region. >> oh my god! oh [bleep] >> bill: what wa

tim hammond and a beautiful python. >> you know, it is not a pet for everybody. you just kind of have to -- if -- >> if you have a small dog around the house, i don't know if that's a good idea. >> you talk about a food chain nightmare. >> how old is this? >> six or seven years old. >> how long? >> 13 or 14 feet. >> you don't let this guy just roam around the house? >> yeah, you can. i mean, they bite. you have to be careful. they can get lost. they can get into heating ducts and things like that. you have to be careful. if you have a snake, you have to be a responsible snake owner. this is not a toy. this is real. >> and at this size, it can be dangerous. >> yeah, it is dangerous. it is getting a little ticked off right now. >> oh, good. >> lisa just said go touch him. >> why didn't -- he said -- >> these strangle their prey, right? >> yes. he is a beautiful animal. you can see how big he s >> like i say, a small dog would be in danger or a cat. lisa? cassandra posted on facebook, how do i get buddy not to -- >> a lot of people have pets and the pets don't get a

that didn't stop monty python from making fun of it. >> i'm not dead. >> he says he is not dead. >> yess. >> he isn't? >> he will be soon he is ill. >> i'm getting better. >> no you will be stone death in a moment. >> bill: mocky death. scientists believe bubonic plague was spread how? >> bill: the answer is correct. fleas and rats. there you go. question number two, in 1989 during game three of the world series the candle stick park in san francisco an earthquake struck on live tv. >> man, went like this, man. >> i was just walking in from the parking lot and i saw the car shaking and alarms going off. >> i will tell you what, pretty wild. >> bill: it was. i was out there. it was wild. they cancelled the series if you remember that. >> um-huh. >> bill: who were the opponents of the san francisco giants in the series that year? >> bill: the answer is b oakland athletics. pure dumb luck. >> it was the bay area -- >> bill: had you no clue. >> bill: you got 25% chance of guessing correctly. number 3 the 2004 tsunami devastated an entire region. >> oh my god! oh [bleep] >> bill: what was na

not just make this up i started watching things like the muppets and saturday night live and monty pythonnd i became obsessed with come ditch the part of the notion of the muppets is they are a real ragtag group. -- i became obsessed with comedy. they are better together than they are apart. you find your group and let that friendship be what guides you. >> to find your tribe. >> you have this passion. i've they haved you before and you brought up this whole muppet thing. is that you? is walter you? >> i wrote walter's part as sort of an analog for how i feel about the muppets, just the big wide-eyed muppet fans who wants nothing but to meet the muppets and finds out that he has an opportunity to help bring the muppets back to how he viewed them this their tbloary and the muppets that meant so much to him. so yeah, i wrote walter quite a bit like how i felt about the muppets. >> and i portrayed walter in quite the way that i felt about the muppets honestly. >> i like that. >> i felt air force really -- i was thrilled, of course, to audition with jason and -- for jace op and get the job. i

the most notorious is the burmese python. no matter what kind of animal is turned in, the goal is to find each of them a new owner. >> the animals will go through a veterinary examination. then at the end of the day, preapproved adopters can adopt the animals. you know the animals will go to a good home. >> sea world says it gets dozens of calls every year, wanting to donate their exotic pets. they can only take small number of them. >> am i a terrible person? how is a snake, big snake, like a comfortable pet to have? why are you crying over losing a snake? why do you have a snake? >> a lot of animal lovers. >> you're going to hate me. i don't get the snake thing. >> that makes two of us. we will be back with more right after this. stay with us. >> that makes two of us. we will be back with more right after this. stay with us.d >>> now to what some are calling the newest clue in the guessing game. >> the newlyweds moving into a new home in london. are they doing it so they'll have more room for a family? here's more. >> repor

that's a 6-foot burmese python swallowing an adult deer. enjoy breakfast. have grown after folks who bought them as pets release them into the wild. they brought them into their homes and they grow and grow and then honey, what do we do with this thing, ty everglads in south florida and say go find yourself a deer. look at the size of that creature! >> i don't even -- oh my gosh. that's what it looks like when a deer is in your belly, i guess. bill: who knew. martha: now we do and aren't you glad you do so you can have that image in your mind for the rest of the day? thank you to our producers for that! >>> he was advising the president on federal loans for green energy companies all while heading up a green energy company that got billions of dollars from those loans, so you can imagine why that would cause some people to raise a few eyebrows. maybe there's a conflict of interest is the thought there. we're going to talk to one senator who is looking for answers to this. bill: also a major drug bust on the u.s.-mexican border leading to the discovery of tw

it leads to "snl," and it leads to, like, "monty python" and all that kind of stuff. >> jimmy: oh, id to be, not only as an actor, but as a man. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: very interesting. what do you mean? >> well, he's -- when you're a kid, he's tom hanks. [ laughter ] or he's jimmy stewart. >> jimmy: yeah, i guess he is. yeah. >> you know? like, he's sort of the everyman, and -- >> jimmy: he is great, yeah. >> it just kind of seemed unjust that kids, like, from 0 to 12 -- the last movie was 12 years ago. that they don't -- >> jimmy: is that right? >> they don't have a muppet movie in their lives. >> jimmy: i remember loving "the muppet movie" growing up. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and then the older i got, i watched it again, and some sad moments in there. >> yeah, well -- >> jimmy: i'm going to go back there one -- someday. >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: crying my eyes out. >> "rainbow connection" alone. like, i started weeping. >> jimmy: that makes me cry, too. >> i'm a grown man. >> jimmy: yeah, we're both weepers. >> the first -- >> jimmy: we're the weepies. >> dude, i cried so hard. the first t

this is that seven-foot python here which appears menacing until you look at this.swamp wars" lieutenant scott mullen does that mean people should be afraid especially for children >> no, they're not a primary food source for the animals, not something we look at. >> reporter: matt, clearly they're on to something and i don't know, the alps are looking pretty safe right now. >> that's crazy. kerry, thank you very much. be careful over there. the new season of "swamp wars" can be seen on animal planet sunday night at 9:00, 8:00 central. >>> tomorrow kerry goes behind the scenes of the hit "storage wars" about people who battle over abandoned storage units trying to find hidden treasure. >>> up next, another battle, trying to raise a teenager. we'll have advice for parents. first this is "today" on nbc. b trying to raise a teenager. [ female announcer ] this is not a prescription. this is norma. who is inundated with all the information concerning the medicare part d changes this year. so she scheduled an appointment with her walgreens pharmacist... who prepared a fre

the most notorious is the burmese python. what kind of animal is turned in, the goal ties find each of them a new owner. >> the animals will go through a veterinary examination. then end of the day preapproved adopters can adopt the animals. you know the animals will go to a good home. >> sea world says it gets dozens of calls every year, wanting to donate their exotic pets. they can only take small number of them. >> am i terrible person. how is a snake, big snake, like a comfortable pet to have? why are you crying over losing a snake? why do you have a snake? >> a lot of animal lovers. >> you're going to hate me. i don't get the snake thing. >> that makes two of us. we will be back with more right after this. stay with us. state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that

i'm glad one of the funniest comparisons chase makes between liberal activism and the sort of monte python brian in which every group of liberal protests involves 1,000 people yelling at each other in this decent, and i'm reading it and saying i'm glad that's what liberal activism is like and sort of thought, maybe it is not so good strategically. it is not that bad. look at the social movements in the past 100 years right with descent. the gay rights movement, look at the achievements of the presidents he listed from roosevelt through obama and what's been done during them. i don't think a culture of descent and questioning is bad for democratic politicians or activism. >> on the issue that i know best, which has national security, that president obama largely weighed a war on terrorism with the same authorities bush and cheney waged. and i think there's two kinds of response, a glenn response which says this guy is just as bad as cheney as a war criminal, but there are liberals who forgot that critique, that kind of came up under the bush years. and in that respect i think it says someth

crocodiles and pythons in the everglades but not black bears. you know what you do see in a black bear in the woods. make yourself very big as you can and yell as black bear. grizzly you freeze or play dead. bill: you go try that. martha: i know these things. bill: you go try that. martha: makes a big as you can and really really loud. bill: let us know how it works out that will be a story. taxpayers already bailed out fannie and freddie with more than $170 billion. now new details on a million dollar bonus executives, executives were getting bonuses rather at those two firms and what they took home. details on that. also? martha: this is a story everyone is talking about in this country, the fallout from the penn state child sex scandal. congress now and the department of education say they need to get involved in this situation. many are asking what price should the nitany lions pay in all this? should the season be canceled. >> our hearts go out to the victims of the tragedy that happened here at penn state but second of all, we love our tea

this is a python. a 16 footer caught in the everglades.uy is the girth of the stomach. 44 inches in diameter. >> oh, my gosh. >> this snake -- >> where is this? florida? no! >> this doesn't belong in florida. remember i did a story about invasive species. this does not belong in florida. they cut open the stomach, we won't show it. >> what was in it? >> a deer. >> that thing ate a deer! i do not like snakes. >> look at the size of that thing. this was probably a pet that got out or during the hurricane. there's a lot floating around and eating things they shouldn't be eating. >> that's insane. thanks for sharing that this morning, rob. >>> coming up, occupy san francisco wanted to get a better sense of who is making up this movement. we set up an open mic night to find out. >>> in missouri, a police officer rescues a woman and her baby from an oncoming train with only minutes to spare. the pictures are next. it's 39 minutes past the hour. i. hey, aren't you... shhh. i'm researching a role. today's special... the capital one venture card. y