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traps would catch others besides pythons.n across a million acres is just about impossible. there might be as many as 100,000 python slithering through the glades. the perception that they're everywhere is nat wrong. >> i don't even know fingerprint to stop there because -- if i want to stop there because i was afraid that there would be instoeks everywhere. >> reporter: it's no mystery how the pythons got there. people buy them as exotic pets. no one would have guessed a decade ago snakes in this river of grass might upset the balance of nature forever. >>> congress actually passed a federal bill banning four types of snakes last month. that is only a portion of the nine snake species that the bill originally planned to ban. >>> tiger woods back at pebble beach for the first time in years >>> and a career night for monta ellis. sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12

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. >>> the florida ever glades are being overrun with pythons. that's just when they thought it couldn't get any worse. >> reporter: here's one of the problems with trying to completely eradicate the python. you probably don't even see it. it's right here, a six footer. >> a look at how these snakes are destroying a delicate hab by tate right after the break. all energy development comes with some risk, but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. delicious gourmet gravy. and she agrees. with fancy feast gravy lovers, your cat can enjoy the delicious, satisfying taste of gourmet gravy every day. fancy feast. the

yeah, no pythons. for many of us, at least across southwestern florida, getting showers by later today. gustyinds later today as well. there's a look at the system. at least o the wide picture, i wanted to note that system. it's kind of in the central portion of u.s., bringing some snow. although, it is starting to wind down through eastern colorado. some of that spreading in through western kansas. some of that may get towards d.c. by late tomorrow afternoon with less than an inch worth of snowfall. here across portions of the west, we're talking about that system that's going to be bringing heavy moisture towards the coast from ewe ree can towards santa barbara. the low itself is going to be dragging down along the coastline. not everything you see on the radar today is going to get into the higher elevations. a little bit of snowfall going on right now, especially south of lake tahoe. we'll see some chances at 6 to 12 inches at some of the highest peaks. there's a look at colorado as some of that sn

>> if i bought a python. >> monty, monty, the python. >> that's why they got that up quickly.he name of that python, monthy. you got to go with monty. in your case it could be the full monty. >>> coming up, we'll break down -- >> why in his case? >> i'm not going to do the full monty. >> we're going to break down the primary results with two representatives who are very familiar with florida politics, congresswoman fredricka wilson and connie mack. so -- tell me again what happened. i was downstairs making coffee, and we heard it. it just came crashing through the roof, out of nowhere. what is it? it's our ira. any idea what coulda caused this? maybe. i just sorta threw a little money here, a little money there. and i loaded up on something my dentist told me was hot. yeah. ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ [ acoustic guitar: pop ] [ woman ] ♪ i just want to be okay ks ] ♪ be okay, be okay ♪ i just want to be okay today - ♪ i just want to know today - [ whistles ] ♪ know today, know today - [ cat meows ] - ♪ know that maybe i will be okay ♪ [ chimes ] travelers can help you protect the things

each one of the fact of the python when to be born. there are about 60 of them in this female snake. catherine shows us what the growth of these pythons has been so devastating. >>reporter: florida's everglades are home to an incredible species took some are disappearing and quickly. >> and raccoons and were a problem but now, we cannot even count them. >>reporter: researchers have compared the number of dead animals they have found in the numbers reported in past decades korea the hot areas inhabited by pythons the moment, the findings were stunning. rabbits and foxes are on, around lewd and often are down 99% and. one, >> if a bobcat is a need for something he even that is no longer available what is a bobcat do now? >>reporter: core of this is a problem that hasn't frustrated and park biologist and a kitchen know for years. her current tour trapped with catch others besides by don scott and visually hunting down and across 1 million plus acres is just about impossible. if there might be as many as 100 have a python is living through

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he used to produce monty python specials. oh, and he hates mimes. lorne hates mimes. the bulls up a chair and give him this poem with 1100 jokes in it. he opens it. he reads the first joke. egos, u -- he goes, uh-huh, good. then he closes the book. i wrote 1100 jobs over two days, and he reads one joke. i wrote a jokes and the post office was about to issue a stamp commemorating prostitution in the united states. 10 cents, but if you want to lick it, it is a quarter. [laughter] he said, good. good. he said, tell me, how much money do you need to live on? i said, well, i am making $2.75 an hour at the deli. match it. [laughter] he said, well, tell me a little bit more about yourself. acted it to mean before he committed this kind of cash, he wanted to see what he was buying. i said, with the allen is my idol. i love monty python. but if there is one mime on the show, i am out of here, and he gave me a job. [laughter] that was my great. ultimately, hear i am, having written a novel with my childhood hero dave barry. [applause] >> dave barry and alan zweibel, they're not

quote, newt equals the black knight in monty python. python had his legs and arms chopped off in battle. still wanted to fight. here is how the black knight fights on even when he has been dealt enough blows to have lost all his limbs. >> i'm invincible. >> you're a looney. >> all right. we'll call it a draw. >> i see. running away, hey? come back here and take what's coming to you. i'll bite your legs off! >> that's cruel. just like in that duel newt shouldn't count on team romney to back off no matter how much damage they've done. they could just keep on whacking him as you saw there. next up, first lady michelle obama appeared on the tonight show last night. how did she think the rivalry stacks up between president obama and mitt romney? i mean about the two men's ability to carry a tune that is? let's hear the two contenders and the first lady's review. ♪ i am so in love with you ♪ for purple mountains majesty above the fruited plain ♪ >> did he say to you, honey, i'm going to sing? >> no. >> was that spontaneous? >> that was comple

eaten by a burmese python.exotic snake has been released and eating all sorts of different wildlife. >> is he full grown? >> he's almost full grown. bobcats have a reputation for being very pugnatious. you continue want to get too close to him. they have that bobbed tail. that beautiful coat helps keep them camouflaged out in the environment. >> let's move on. you will love this one. >> he's pugnacious. >> at that veiled chameleon. >> that's freaky. >> they are native to parts of the middle east. they can change colors. a lot of people think it's just for camouflage. really it's about mood. so when they are agitated or pugnacious or ready to mate they will turn different colors. >> this is a male. when it gets to mating season, he'll turn to bright red. >> how can you tell it's mating season with them. >> you can see what they're doing. pretty calm right now. check out his hands. pretty amazing. he has three toes and two on the other. adapted for life in trees and shrubs. those eyes can look independently from

according to the new study, the burmese python has nearly wiped out several species.ythons have eaten nearly all raccoons, possums, rabbits. this is in a national park. the problem, they tell cnn, is there is no real answer to the problem. biologists estimate as many as 100,000 pythons are in the glades, mostly pets that were actually tossed away. >>> and up to a million football fans packed the streets of new york city today to welcome their superbowl champs, the giants. the ticker tape parade began this morning and winding its way through the city's canyon of heroes. the giants players and mvp quarterback eli manning road on top of the float with the lombardi trophy, of course. and if you were wondering, mayor michael bloomberg said the parade cost the city $38 million. but bloomberg said the costs will be offset by all the corporate sponsors. >>> it's a three-state battle among presidential hopefuls today, but one of the candidates may not be paying that much attention to the results. your political update is coming up next. we're america's natural gas and here's w

python's wreaking havoc in the florida everglades.t-out disappearing from the national park as the python population grows out of control. john zorella will bring you the story from from. >>> and did we mention tuesday is an election day? really? another one? colorado, missouri and minnesota casting their votes in those three states primaries and caucuses. live coverage here. >>> and brooke is back with a shocking statistic about child abuse in this country. the government has put a figure on the cost to the nation, $124 billion, the lifetime cost of one year's worth of cases. we can do better tomorrow. she's going to have a look at how we can work out to wipe out the mistreatment of kids. >>> confusion and frustration surrounding a mystery illness in leroy, new york, boiled over at a town hall meeting officials telling parents their children's school is safe despite several students developing those involuntary kwichs and gestures. you probably saw the story, doctors diagnosed most of the children as suffering from conversion disorde

bigger than a python? >> they are heavier.he -- >> the bulk. >> how much does that weigh, dave? >> this probably weighs about 50 pounds. they can get up to 500 pounds. >> is he heading on his tail? >> there is a little shedding going on. the thing about these guys is they're semiaquatic. the eyes and nose are at the top of the head. they can be submerged. >> but still be a predator. >> do they have a predator? >> jaguars, things like alligators can eat them when they're smaller but when they get bigger, they're the boss. let's get him off the table here. our next animal is a lot smaller. >> how do you get that animal here? does it go first class? >> yeah. they're in a car. they don't come from too far away. would you like to hold the scorpion? >> sure, she can. >> i'm going to put it on your hand like this. >> it hasn't been defanged. >> it hasn't. >> this is an emperor scorpion, one of the world's largest scorpions. it does have a venomous stinger and you're being very brave. i'm proud of you. but see these giant claws? never

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and we find out how to fight a python invasion. that's on "nightline." >> closed captioning brought to >>> facebook is changing its status from private to public. after months of rumors the company filed plans for an initial public offering today. the filing revealed the company earned $3.7 billion last year and made a profit of $1 billion. more than 82% of that comes from advertising aimed at facebook's 845 million users. facebook hopes to make more than $5 billion which would be the largest ipo ever for an internet company. >> based upon preliminary numbers, this company could trade between 18 and 25 times sales, and basically almost at 50 to 100 times profit which is really a rich evaluation. >> and the ipo will make mark zuckerberg a rich man. he will take ohm $1 in i am as steve jobs did. he owns 21% of the company that means if they raise the expected $100 billion, zuckerberg will earn $28 billion. but money isn't everything to zuckerberg. in today's filing he wrote, "we don't build services to make money. we make money to bu

wild life workers have being trained in python catching classes. instructors show them how to do so without harming the reptiles and the program will include first responders. >>> now we turn to todd santos with your weather channel forecast. good morning. hopefully you don't have any flights booked to florida. >> i just got back seriously. so i'm glad we just found out about this now. want to take you to a few areas where we might see some travel issues on the roadways, some snowfall right now. kind of watching this system, it's not a big time snow producer across the central u.s., but it will be enough to scatter some snow showers outside the front range in california and back in through kansas, portions of southwest nebraska, tomorrow that disturbance will actually be pushing towards west virginia and southwest pennsylvania with chances for snow in there, as well. so there's a look at the set up. radar again, notice some of the showers moving in to the west coast. that's one of the heavy areas again as far as the bay area of california, a better

the man walk inside on tuesday and that the man walked out with the baby bumblebee python in his pocket. that snake is worth $500. it is the most expensive thing in the store. the owner says the couple first picked the lock when no one was lookingism the state of maryland is another step closer tonight to legalizing same sex marriage. they nearly passed a bill to allow for gay marriage. the governor of maryland is expected to approve the measure. now it is a different story in new jersey where the governor vetoed that state's new law legalizing same sex marriage. they just passed the bill yesterday. in the vetoed message the governor renewed the call for a ballot measure to allow the voters to decide the issue. he supports civil unions, he proposed creating a person to overlook the law. critics say it is gnawed. >>> a suspected terror suspect was arrested today as he walked away with what he thought were suicide vests and an automatic weapon. the 29-year-old khalifi was taken into custody today by agents posing as al-qaida optives. the justice department says that he was charged hours l

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monty python's life of brian fringy film, catholics protested and it grossed $15 million largely becausethe protest. why doesn't anybody learn that if you leaf it alone, it might go away? >> i feel if you protest more, that film is going to be a hit now. people are going to end up watching h.b.o. more than they should. really in the end, if you would let it silent, it would go away. her as a person for me in the media is the best thing to see. i would watch a thousand shows just with her. an interview with her and katie couric on a loop would be the best thing i've ever seen. >> if they had just left this alone, wouldn't it have died of its own weight? >> i didn't read the book, i'm so busy just reading the kardashian book, can't wait for another one. i believe these are two journalist and made a story out of it. they had an opportunity to correct facts, but it is one of those films. i'm pretty sure jack didn't fall in love with rose in the titanic, but we're going to see that unthreads, why not. >> there's no way to check what happened on the titanic. >> very valid point. >> thanks for