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researchers also use zebra fish, dogs rabbits pigs and monkeys. >> monkeys. alternatives for animal testing is in the same building as john hopkins and funds studies that don't involve living creatures. he says animal research will likely change in the next decade, but he's skeptical the use of animals will be completely abolished in his lifetime. kristin volt abc2 news. >>> that is tonight's hot topic. we want to know how you feel about animal testing and if you think these billboards are effective in getting a message across. log on to abc2news.com/facebook and tell us what you think about this hot topic. >>> obstacles in the road of life are nothing for one local mom. she's overcoming one challenge after another to become a college graduate why not just one but three degrees. a new weight loss trick and all you have to do is place the strip on your tongue. but there's a catch it doesn't dissolve. in fact it has to be season on. >>> 62 degrees at bwi today. not quite our average. normally we're at 70. we granted you 60. we're back with your weekend forecast

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bit, i'm wondering if there may be an opportunity to paint in some crosswalks, you know, paid in the zebra stripes. pedestrian safety is one of the top concerns in south of market, and if this is an opportunity -- well, the streets are a little torn up, to paint crosswalks, so the drivers know that pedestrians are using the streets in addition to their cars, that would be very much appreciated. harrison street -- a lot of residents live along harrison street. there are about 300 children that live between fulsome and the bay bridge. with the use of second street. and in increasing population of elderly folks. people moved into my building in 1991 and are retiring. any help that you can give for pedestrian safety. if there are any funds you are saving from bids that are lower than what was budgeted, if you could help us with painting in the stripes on the crosswalk, that will be great. harrison street is a little bit out of your purview, but the drivers -- once they get through some of the delays in construction traffic, they are shoving the gas pedal down, on their way up to the bay bridge

i have to take a fighter jet, a blimp, a balloon, ride a zebra., once you leave new york, what do you get? >> jimmy: right, exactly. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: completely, yeah. we have all that too. we have rickshaws. we have everything in new york. that's gonna be great. i'm psyched. >> i'm excited to make that transition, you know, from reality show contestant -- i've been doing it for ten years -- to get on the production side of it and work -- give it a shot as a host. >> jimmy: that's awesome, buddy. congratulations. so happy you won. thanks, you guys, for coming by. thank you, howie, for sitting here. my thanks too phillip and natalie and the "sole survivor" and fan favorite, the champ, boston rob, "sole survivor." you guys, randy newman performs next. come on back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: would foghorn leghorn make a really bad book narrator? foghorn (stammering): it was the best of times, it was the wor - i say worst of times. and by worst i'm talkin' as bad,

if i start "the love of the lips so sweet i could not bear", it is like saying, "the pope and a zebra optometrist go into a bar..." ( laughter ) it is a human impulse to amuse, or to say "look, this is beautiful." >> brown: all right, "selected poems" by robert pinsky. it's great to talk with you. >> great to talk with you, jeff. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: president obama and israeli prime minister netanyahu met at the white house, but disagreed on the way to peace in the middle east. and the former head of the international monetary fund, dominique strauss-kahn, was released on bail in new york city. he's facing sexual assault charges. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: you can watch robert pinksy read more of his work on our poetry series page. shields and brooks talk politics and sports on "the doubleheader" on the "rundown" blog. plus, read margaret warner's post from bahrain about her interview with assistant secretary of state jeffrey feltman. he responds to the charge that the u.s. has a double standard abo

they went to go down, for example, monkeys and zebras or something like that.sider animal rights basically a category mistake. animals don't have rights. they couldn't have rights because rights depend upon human beings having to make moral choices free of other people's intervention. now, there's a big argument about, well, how can you then say that infants have rights. they're not making the kind of big decisions that need this kind of protection so i got into that and we have been arguing about it back and forth, and i'm still writing some essays on the issue of animal rights and animal interest and how to tackle all this, although the book is a little bit more comprehensive, it also enters into the issue of wildlife preservation and the whole bunch of things. >> host: what do you think the way americans treat pets. does that fit into your thinking about it? >> guest: well, you know, i have had a bunch of pets myself but i never treated them like my kids. although you don't even -- you treat pets -- most people treat pets as if they were invalids. and i thin

they have to go down on monkeys and zebras and something like that.l rights basically a category mistake. animals don't have rights. they couldn't have rights because right steep and upon human beings having to make moral choices free of other people's intervention. there is a big argument about how can you say infants have rights? they're not making the big decisions that need this protection so i got into that and we have argued about it back and forth and i am writing some essays on the issue of animal rights and animal interests and how to tackle this but the book is a little more comprehensive and enters into the issue of wildlife preservation and a whole bunch of things. >> host: what do you think of our americans treat pets? >> guest: i have had a bunch of pets myself but never treat them like my kids. you treat pets -- most people treat pets as if they were invalids and that is an insult to pets. generally are don't think about everything all the time. this is an area -- >> host: i do remember the viewer's question yesterday. we want to talk a