the lion came out playing gobelly. e to change things on the audience, different cultures and countries. >> it's been fun with "the lion king," really fun. for instance in madrid last september we opened the first spanish-speaking "the lion king" in madrid and you get to the point where they are supposed to do the charleston and they do a flamenco dance. and the whole audience is going, [ clapping ] ole! >> as soon as you do that, you make it part of that culture. >> i think the most tight /* exciting part was in south africa, in johannesburg. we cast an african pumba and a black timon. so you had what would be traditionally historically two characters who would never integrate with each other part of apartheid. we actually did something politically moving, socially and politically moving and the audience felt it. it happened just by sheer casting and then the accents and all of the different -- it was very thrilling and they play with each other and many things like that where political and social things have happened

the lion king right now playing globally. you have to change things depending on the audience, different cultures and countries? >> it's been fun with lion king, really fun because for instance, in madrid last september, we opened the first spanish speaking lion king in madrid. and you get to a point where timone and pumba are supposed to do a charleston and they do a flamenco dance and the whole audience is going -- ole. so spectacular. as soon as you do that, you make it part of that culture. i think the most exciting story about this was in south africa in jo han he is burg, we were casting timone and pumba we cast a africana pum ba and you had two characters who would nevint great with each other because of apartide. and the audience felt it. it happened just by sheer casting. and then the accent and all. different -- it was very, very thrilling and they would mock each other and play with each other. there were many things like that where political and social things have happened in the experience of the lion king going

. >> cris: it's been a strange year for the detroit lions. all those games last year that came down to the wire and they won. this year they all came down to the wire, and they lost. just the complete opposite of what they went through a season ago. but the curse of wisconsin continues for this team. >> al: 2002, that's the year they went to this format for realignment of the divisions. 14-50 are the detroit lions. from the 22 and first down. stafford. it is caught but he can't get out of bounds. they don't have a time-out. first down. >> cris: even if you can get it down to field goal range, you can make a shot at making the kick, onside and see what happens. >> al: when you're down by ten. middle of the field up to the 42 yard line. packers will give them all the six, seven yard gains they want. heller making the catch. for eight. second and two. lions on the verge of their fifth consecutive defeat. and that's incomplete, with a flag down, williams. good game all things considered. calvin johnson, look at his numbers, they're good, 1 for 98.

>> the story was so captivating did it matter if it wasn't real? >> it's entirely possible that lionged. but the way the story was created and the way it played out and the way the online portion was distributed, you can only think this is really something different and special. >> if it's fake, i think i might go shoot somebody. how could you be so cruel to make that up? that's what i would say. i'm hoping it's real. let's put it that way. >> well, no need to worry. the video is real. but the true adventure of christian the lion was first told in a documentary that became the source of the viral video footage. the unlikely love story started in swinging london in 1969 when our two heroes, john rendal and ace burke went shopping at harrah's department store and bought a lion. >> so ace and i saw these two lions. a lioness and the cub that we subsequently called christian. and he was totally, totally irresistible. it was really a shock to see these beautiful creatures in such a tiny cage. >> we half wanted to rescue him from this situation, and we half thought it would be an adventure

. >> cris: it's been a strange year for the detroit lions. all those games last year that came down to the wire and they won. this year they all came down to the wire, and they lost. just the complete opposite of what they went through a season ago. but the curse of wisconsin continues for this team. >> al: 2002, that's the year they went to this format for realignment of the divisions. 14-50 are the detroit lions. from the 22 and first down. stafford. it is caught but he can't get out of bounds. they don't have a time-out. first down. >> cris: even if you can get it down to field goal range, you can make a shot at making the kick, onside and see what happens. >> al: when you're down by ten. middle of the field up to the 42 yard line. packers will give them all the six, seven yard gains they want. heller making the catch. for eight. second and two. lions on the verge of their fifth consecutive defeat. and that's incomplete, with a flag down, williams. good game all things considered. calvin johnson, look at his numbers, they're good, 1 for 98.

bears are on the road against the lions. over the middle. the lions are down, up 3.5 minutes to go. cutler scrambles for a first yard. the bears win 26-24, but failed to make the playoffs. with a lot of help from michael 49btree, the san francisco years -- 49ers with another crown. second quarter, up 6-0 trailing. there you go. they take a 7-6 lead. why not repeat it? crabtree had again. 27-francisco goes on to win 13. 14-3 broncos. he has changed that town and the team. thomas makes a great one-handed catch. that is a play of the day. for his first game back since diagnosed with leukemia, was papain a in a map -- it emotional day. he missed the entire season due to illness. the third quarter, look at him go. no one is around him. 101 yards. colts win. >> what a day. what a day. said, your- like i thoughts, prayers. this meant the world to me. game wasdskins exciting. >> we look forward to that. a if you have ever gotten e holidays comeh know they can be tough. >> the redskins have just want will now beey heading to the playoffs. pumpkin and apple pie a see more popular during the ho

packers now have an nfl record 22-game winning streak at home against the lions and can clinch the nfc north next weekend. but that would require a win over chicago. it's hanukkah time. that's what they did in washington sunday. the national hanukkah menorah was illuminated during a ceremony outside the white house. it stands adjacent to the white house christmas tree. as he's done for 20 years, the rabbi presided over that ceremony. 20 years. that is quite a streak. >> very nice. thank you. >>> 49 minutes past the hour. people waking up in minnesota right now have a little work to do, i would say so. there is as much as 17 inches of snow waiting to be shoveled outside. in some parts of the state, it sure looks pretty, doesn't it? alexandra steel is in for rob marciano. let it snow. >> absolutely.

indianapolis silences the lions 35-33. n we come back a salute to some of the most influential names in the arts. this year's city center honorees and we'll take you to last night's ceremony in washington. but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] dayquil doesn't treat that. huh? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus rushes relief to all your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! where roads are giving way r the weight of saturated soi. and who's still without powr this morning. plus: from san jose to oakl. a wild police chase ends inn arrest overnight why officers tried to pull overe driver in the first place. and waiting for word from te u-s supreme court. will they, or won't they rule one sex marriage? join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginng at 4:30. good morning. it's ,, >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. in d.c., morning fog, 66 degrees. mostly sunny in atlanta, 72. s

we have really focused the lion's share of our efforts on reducing violent crime and i think it shows in the numbers. your year-to-date property crimes are up. we have met repeatedly to streamline what is going on. in march and april people start to vacation places in golden gate park and that is where we see the rise come. we work with the assistant district attorney to try to streamline that, and really figure out exactly and pinpoint where the crimes are and how we can impact them the most. some of the things that we're doing to impact that is we also -- our community policing advisory board again rock stars. they started a merchant camera program and about a month ago we held our first meeting where the sacramento merchants' group had a meeting on how to install cameras to prevent crimes and solve ones that did occur and we happen to have our own expert, mike murphy, a sergeant, who was assigned to our crimes unit for many years and also with the effort of morgan st. claire from safe. so they put on a wonderful presentation and early next year we'll roll that out to the geary stre

there's quite a bit at stake on sunday when the bears meet the lions at ford field. playoffs, but perhaps the future of lovie smith as bears coach is on the line. coaches are paid to make the post season. the bears have struggled down the stretch for the last two years. lovie has one year left on his contract after this year. lance briggs summed it all up. >>you want to win it for us. if you have enjoyed your time here in chicago and the way that he has treated a few and us together, if he is not here that goes with him. i've enjoyed every moment. i do not intend on that changing. the bears beat the lions at sodlier field earlier this year, and it was the defense that led the way. the final score was 13-10, with the lions making two key fumbles. kickoff is at noon on sunday. northwestern football players are enjoying the sunshine of jacksonville, florida. the wildcats meet mississippi state in the gator bowl on january first. head coach pat fitzgerald is trying to mix work and pleasure. this is the 5th year in a row that the wildcats are in a bowl game. they have los

it was six hours of agony for bears fans...first the the bears had to beat the lions in detroit to stay alive...for the playoffs..they took a early lead but then had to fend off a detroit rally.... jay cutler as always a bit frustrated....but not on this play....the flip to earl bennet....the lions safeties blow the deep coverage...he gets outside thanks to a block from brandon marshall and he will go 60 yards for the score....bears led 7-3... the bears led 26-17 in the 4th when matt stafford hits brian robiskie for a td...it was 26- 24..the bears trhen got the ball back needinn to make a first down to ice it.. and on a third and five...cutler runs out of the pocket to get it...huge play tne bears wins in 26-24...then taking the flight home while the vikings were playing the packers. a win by adrian peterson and minnesota would eliminate the bears...the game tied at 34-all in the final seconds when peterson gets free and takes the ball well withing field goal range... peterson just 9 yards short of the all time rushing record... he set up blair walsh for the game winner and he drills it

the lions in absolute shock on the sidelines as time expires. luck throws two touchdowns in the final 2 1/2 minutes to get his team the 35-33 win. colt s improve to 8-4. nobody thought that would happen. just the latest letdown for the lions who lose their third straight. they had the lead in all of those games. >>> the jets hosting the cardinals, what a matchup. mark sanchez desperate for a decent performance. first offensive play of the game. sanchez, off the play fake. i think 101, barnicle, is that when you're in trouble, don't throw a high ball over the middle. kerry rhodes coming down with the easy interception. would only get worse for sanchez. he'd throw two more picks before halftime. in the third quarter, rex ryan had finally seen enough. tim tebow not playing, cracked ribs. turned to greg mcelroy. the alabama product comes through, rolls out, just tosses it right to jeff cumberland. and they win a barnburner. 7-6. after the game, rex ryan spoke about his quarterback situation. >> i'll always do what i think's in the best interests of

the animal. they'll eat putrefied meat. most cats like lions won't eat that. they'll bury the carcass -- >> what do you feed them with? >> special diet. you heard the growling. >> i did hear that growling. >> you hear that in the wild, your pants won't be dry. >> my pants aren't dry at the moment. i can tell you that. they are small, but look quite big. >> being here means a lot, the millions of people you reach, you're seeing one of the rarest creatures in the world. you can see the power we're talking about and the beauty of the animal. tragedy to see this animal go into extinction. for example, there's several tiger species that have gone into extinction. that's not what we want to have happen with these cats here. >> it would be a big tragedy, but an even bigger one, would be if one of them eat me on air. we'll move on quite swiftly. nice to meet the tiger cubs. >> they were born at the columbus zoo. >> we're going to bring out -- what is this? >> this cat here is something -- you can even hold this cat. if he bites you, won't hurt bad. >> you know what, yo

falcons beat the lions tonight on saturday night football. inking the top spot in the nfc and homefield advantage. lions receiver calvin johnson broke jerry rice's single season record in receiving yards set in 1995. the record was all detroit fans have to cheer for, the season is over. matt ryan, four touchdowns. watch this catch by julio jones. megatron needed 182 yards to break the record. this 21 yarder left him four yards shy of the record. no worries. got it in the fourth quarter. now the most receiving yards in sage season, 892. dad gets the ball help also set a record with eight straim straight games, 11 catches, 275 yards. falcons win big. >> when you're in the game, you know, it's -- you're still in the moment, still on the play that just happened. i was still focusing, i was in my zone. so i don't think i said anything to my dad when i gave him the ball. >> to college football. san jose state leaves for washington, dc, facing bowling green in the military bowl. been a remarkable area for the spartans. 24th in the bcs with a 1-2 reco

falcons beat the lions tonight on saturday night football. inking the top spot in the nfc and homefield advantage. lions receiver calvin johnson broke jerry rice's single season record in receiving yards set in 1995. the record was all detroit fans have to cheer for, the season is over. matt ryan, four touchdowns. watch this catch by julio jones. megatron needed 182 yards to break the record. this 21 yarder left him four yards shy of the record. no worries. got it in the fourth quarter. now the most receiving yards in sage season, 892. dad gets the ball help also set a record with eight straim straight games, 11 catches, 275 yards. falcons win big. >> when you're in the game, you know, it's -- you're still in the moment, still on the play that just happened. i was still focusing, i was in my zone. so i don't think i said anything to my dad when i gave him the ball. >> to college football. san jose state leaves for washington, dc, facing bowling green in the military bowl. been a remarkable area for the spartans. 24th in the bcs with a 1-2 reco

thanks for scaring the lion away. are you an outlaw? my friend and i are on the side of law.ol of justice. you know these woods can be full of danger. are you here all alone? ah huh. i'm robby talbot, mom and i live just down the valley. i was looking for a christmas tree, that one there. i started to get it when the lion came. isn't there someone who can help you? only mom. i'm the man of the family. i know it's two weeks before christmas, but i thought i would get the tree decorated early. might cheer mom up a little. it's a fine tree. suppose we help you? that plenty big ax for little boy to handle. oh i can handle it alright. but i guess i wouldn't mind if you helped. mom sure gonna like this tree. i just got to make this the best christmas she ever had. it sure looks easy when you do it. come on robby let's head for your ranch. ♪ ♪ let me show you. this is where pop did some of his work. i used to help on the smaller things. my pop's the best saddle maker in the whole west. i'm sure he is robby. maybe you've met him some place, huh? dan talbot? robby, please.

the cardinals won their first 4 this year..then lost 9 in a row before beating the lions last week.. s are favored but it means nothing in the nfl...there are few cakewalks. the bears have lost 5 of their last 6.....if they lose one more its curtains for the playoffs. we have to get to nine win s... he is not good enoug >> i have never been to the playoffs... i understand what losing and winning is... this is a winning organization. we are close. >> more good luck for boise state in the las vegas bowl...they tossed the dice on a trick play....the double pass..and it paid off...wide receiver chris potter goes deep to holden huff... 34 yards for the score....boise state beats washington....28- 26... lafayette wins >> wolves... in ot... they lose 2-1 >> finally...country singer martina mcbride had brian urlacher help her out last night in a christmas show at the chicago theatre...the bears linebacker reading the role of the grinch.... but he got blasted by those nasty critics.... >> proof to keep his day job... >> he doesn't read well.. but we don't tackle well... >> that is the news for

the book is "the last lion." with his co-author, william manchester. thank you very much. >> thank you, sir. >> for a dvd copy of this program, call the number on your screen. for free transcripts, or to give your comments about the program, visit us at q-and-a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012]>> coming up here on c-span, british prime minister david cameron, followed by a look at improving government services with the e-government act. then a look at multi-employer pension plans. >> there are about a dozen buildings around the world that are the most important places on the internet. they are the places where more networks of the internet connect to each other than anywhere else. they are mostly in places you'd expect. york, london, frankfurt, tokyo -- with a couple of interesting outliers. places like ashburn, virginia. dulles airport. if you ask network engineers, what are the capitals of the internet? they would s

drawn by the high prices of gold they claim the lion's share of the country's legendary gold bearing deposits. they are made up of the multinationals and the government the guerrillas the former paramilitaries and the drug cartels. the hunt for gold in colombia along with cocaine fuels the country's civil war which has been raging for over forty years. my motto is a gold mining town. it resembles a building site choked with noise and dust. lorries motorcycles and donkeys loaded with people and metal oars jostle each other in the narrow streets. buckets fly over the residence bringing down the precious earth from the minds of the mountain. mills work around the clock. grey waterfalls rushed down its slopes with water polluted by cyanide the waste product of processing poisoning the reverse. my motto is a rich yet filthy place hundreds of generations have dug up the ground here the first being the indigenous peoples of the pre-columbian period the spanish and slave them and put them to work in dark passages my motto is one of the oldest gold mining sites in south america. was the four

beau just keeps barking and then lays back down where he was. >> beau figured out the length of the lion'ss right on the edge. >> he knows how far he has to be. >> it's all about confidence. you know the saying. i've said it before. it's not the size of the dog and the bite but the -- something about the bark. that's what i meant to say. >> that's it for us here at "right this minute." we'll leave you with pit bull's new music video that's blowing up the charts. it's called "don't stop the party." enjoy. we'll see you next time. [ singing christmas carols in background ] aunt sally's singing again. it's a tradition, honey. [ singing christmas carols ]

the lion will. >> can a lion kill anything basically. >> the king of beast can kill just about anythingant would be tough but they can do that if they get up on it. the cheetah is a cat that is solitaire. endangered throughout africa. >> they prefer to be alone. >> yes. she has cubs. if you catch them they will keep the cubs three to four years. the egyptians also, the egyptians, i say do midwesty indicated. it is drawn on the inside of the pyramids exist nowhere in northern africa. in southern africa, zambia is where you find the cheetah. >> how can your folks be so relaxed. >> on her first birth of cubs she will eat or destroy them or let them no gochl they were born four weeks early. this is one of four. we saved two of them. right now we breed ten, 12 cheetah births a year. we have 10,000 acres next to the columbus zoo in ohio. it is magnificent. a beautiful creature. hear that noise, that is purring. >> over 100 meters if this cheetah against usain bolt who would win. >> you or me? >> no, the cheetah against the jamaican sprinter. >> this thing here. he wouldn't go ten feet without

>> that's not a very common thing, but they will do that. >> can the lion kill anything? ll just about anything, there's a solitary cat, again. cheetah is solitary, very, very endangered throughout africa. by the way, egyptians -- >> they prefer to be alone? >> yes, oh, yea. unless they have cubs. only cat in the world to keep cubs three to four years. egyptians also, another cat egyptians actually domestica domesticated -- tried to domesticate, but now the cheetah exists nowhere in northern africa. right there there in southern africa is where you start finding the cheetah. >> how can your trainers be so relaxed? >> these folks -- cheetah on the first birth of cubs she'll eat them or destroy them or let them go. they were born four weeks early. this is one of four, we've saved two of them and breed ten and 12 cheetah births a year, 10,000 acres we have in southeastern ohio. it's magnificent, beautiful creature. hear that noise there? hear that? that's purring. >> over 100 meters, if it was this cheetah against usain bolt, who'd win? >> you and me? >> cheetah against usain

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a seven time all star for the lions. the giants resigned santiago garcia to a three year deal.had 25 saves if the giants last year. he was the winning pitcher in the clenching game of the world series against detroit. prohockey, san francisco bulls took the rice tonight facing stockton. same period, couldn't keep the lead. garrett hunt got him. final of six to four. time now for the monday night top five. number five, some raider players including mcfadden signed autographs that brought toys for tots in hayward. someone brought a twinkey owned by david price. jeremy lin scores 22 for houston to beat the knicks 109, 96. monday night football, tennessee's chris johnson running and sending the jets out of a play off picture. titans beat the jets 14 to 10. and number one, that's devonte reynolds getting the shot for georgia high school. that's the big shot tonight in high school basketball. >> i read the score board. you have castilla signed. romo signed. brian wilson. he looks small all of a sudden. he looks small all of a sudden. nobodies ,,,,,,,,

the chowing lions. and look at them go. >> are you kidding me? four or five lions can get that trunk by a crocodile? >> this lion is furious. no, he didn't come into our territory and take my lunch. >> ballsy crocodile. >>> where no man -- check that -- where this man has gone before. jeff mackly is an adventurer and this is a lava lake, it's a chain of volcanic islands in the south pacific. he is standing at the end. it's 2,100 degrees farenheit. he's wearing a heat-resistant suit. he's also wearing breathing apparatus to be there. took them an entire expedition, about 35 days, to achieve this. they had to run a string of ropes down into the crater of this volcano, withstand crummy weather. if you flip and fall, you're toast. >> looks like he's standing on the surface of the sun. >> to explain what it feels like to stare into mother earth is jeff himself. >> it's truly hot, we did a bit of a test, went on the edge without the breathing apparatus and the suit. you could stand the heat roughly six second

and so we did our plan to get closer to the sea lion and shake its flipper failed. one animal whose par you definitely wouldn't want to shake here is the brown bear you can literally spot a grizzly here by every small weaver for the bears are they have a very well for food i will have to keep an aisle when there are anger before them . so we won't go to shell but people are quite. right. and quiet we went but the wind was not on our side and the bear got away they're usually the first to avoid contact with humans but during spawning time when both people and bears go fishing people often shoot at them to scare them away and every year here in the region you hear about someone being killed by the predators but at the mugger down nature reserve where we are no one disturbs the bears peanuts another local resident who hates his peace being disturbed here is the calories sea eagle in has a wingspan of two and a half meters it ness only here in russia far east because of the bundles of salmon and seagulls which feed the giant bird in his studies if gainey focuses on birds

. >> this week on "q&a," a 90- minute discussion with paul reid, co-author of "the last lion: winston spencer churchill, defender of the realm, 1940- 1965." >> paul reid, co-author of "the last lion," the third of a trilogy. if you could have dinner with winston churchill and ask him a serious question, what would it be? >> well, he did not like strangers. he did not like the press. i would ask him about his religious beliefs, or lack thereof. i found that fascinating. he was a victorian man. he made himself into a classical man. he had -- he lived his life in accordance with a precursor to the christian ethic that you find in plato and greek philosophers. this godless ethic. i found that fascinating. i would enjoy talking with him about that. and then -- let's see. the second front. i would like to have a final word, because we americans have set him up with -- at one point, almost cowardly in his aversion to the second front. >> what does that mean "second front?" >> the push from general marshall to go to normandy. 1942, the sooner the better. franklin roosevelt, general marshall.

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they went on to beat the lions 27-20. eli manning of the giants threw for four touchdowns. david wilson ran for three. big blue pounded new orleans 53-27. >>> in other action, washington quarterback robert griffin iii sprained his knee. the redskins beat baltimore on the overtime field goal, 31-28. in minneapolis, the vikings' adrian peterson had a touchdown and 154 yards rushing as he gets closer to 2,000 yards for the season in a 21-14 win over chicago. >>> and louisville basketball coach rick pitino found out how hard it is to resist answering a cell phone, especially someone else's during a post-game news conference. [ ringing ] >> hold on one second. [ laughter ] >> hello? i'm doing great. how about yourself? [ laughter ] >> i'm just doing a press conference. [ laughter ] >> where would you like to meet for a drink? >> beautiful. that phone belonged to a sportscaster who was recording the event until obviously it was interrupted by the ringing phone. well handled. >>> the iconic piano used in the "cass branka" is for sale. would you buy it? and what were the most searc