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Organizations, but he never publicly voiced those concerns because he thought it would take away from the civil rights fight that was gripping the country. Youre in the cnn news room. Im drew griffin in for don lemon tonight. Gun rights activists on one side, people calling for tighter gun control on the other. This is the week the two sides will butt heads again when the Vice President and his task force send recommendations to the oval office. The head of the nra says he is ready to fight. The likelihood is they are not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this congress. Stay right there. More voices from the gun control debate in a minute. First, police in san diego were forced to shoot a man with a gun who ran inside a movie theater. It happened yesterday. Police responding to a domestic call chased the armed suspect into a crowded theater. Witnesses say moviegoers poured out as police raced inside. An officer shot the suspect, the suspect survived but is in critical condition. A political wound may be reopened in egypt. Former president Hosni Mubarak has won his appeal and is going to get a new trial. An Egyptian Court overturned mubaraks life sentence for his role in the killing of protesters during egypts revolution. Mubarak supporters cheered in court when the decision came down. Mubarak will remain in custody until his new trial starts. His lawyer says the next court date likely in april. Hundreds of thousands of people opposing samesex marriage rallied in the streets of paris today. Frances president is pushing a plan to legalize samesex marriage and adoptions, but its facing strong opposition from the Roman Catholic church and social conservatives. The plan, expected to be voted on by the National Assembly in february or march. New allegations of gang rape sparking outrage again in india. Police say seven men gang raped a woman this weekend. The victim is a 29yearold woman. She says she was riding a bus home friday night when she was attacked. Police arrested six men. They are searching for a seventh suspect. It is a brutal reminder of a similar case last month, a 23yearold woman died from injuries after she was gang raped on a bus. A break for americans hoping to adopt russian children. A ban on american adoptions will not go into effect now until next year. Thats according to a russian news agency. These are hundreds of russians protesting the ban in moscow believing the government passed it as backlash for a new law u. S. Law that targets Human Rights Violations in russia. Well, the decision to delay the ban means that 46 adoptions now in process should go through. A quick update from the nfl. The Atlanta Falcons blew a 20point lead against the Seattle Seahawks today, but did pull out a victory anyway. Atlantas matt briant kikted a lastsecond field goal to give the falcons a win. Atlanta advancing to the conference championship game next weekend against san francisco. The winner goes to the super bowl to take on the afc champion. It is 30 days since the massacre at that Elementary School in connecticut. Two days until the Vice President and his task force make public their ideas to put breaks on gun violence. Listen to some of the voices today from both lawmakers and gun rights lobbyists. Im urging our countrys major gun retailers like walmart and Sports Authority to suspend sales of modern assaultstyle weapons until congress is able to fully consider and vote on legislation to curb gun violence. When a president takes all of the power of his office if hes willing to expend political capital, you dont want to make predictions. You dont want to bet your house on the outcome, but i would say that the likelihood is that they are not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this congress. Cnns Susan Candiotti is in newtown, connecticut, right now. The people of that town marked one month since the massacre at sandy hook Elementary School and discussed the delicate subject of what to do about the school itself. Reporter drew, tonight in newtown there was a public forum with many people trying to decide what to do about the future of sandy hook Elementary School where the shooting occurred. And there were so many different opinions. Do they tear it down forever . Do they rebuild the school . Do they put a memorial there . Hard to get a consensus, but not surprising in this town since its only been a month since the shooting. St. Rose of lima church lost nine of its youngest members at sandy hook. A vigil drew thousands that first night, and then there were the funerals. I was this far away from the families. It was palpable what they were going through. Reporter how well are people healing . Theres still a lot of pain, a lot of grief. When thats going to go away, i dont know. It might not ever go away. Reporter arriving daily to ease that pain, something that astounds deacon rick cinto and fellow parishioners. Its a month later. What are all these boxes doing here . These are the gifts, these are letters, these are prayer cards coming in from all over the country, all over the world. Reporter thousands of pieces of mail carefully sorted for each victim, including the shooters mother and the killer himself. What is this all a sign of . This is the world putting their arm around newtown and saying that were here for you in some way. Reporter like a huge banner that reads we are with you, newtown, filled with signatures hanging from an overpass. Its all the way from tucson, arizona, the site of the Gabby Giffords miss shooting. Down the street from the Elementary School a bouquet marks a spot where a makeshift memorial once stood, now dismantled, come posted, preserved for a permanent memorial. In this Community People turn to each other for strength. Many with the same question. The main questions of why, why did this happen . How did this happen . Reporter seeking answers no one may ever have. And at this point no perfect answer about the future of sandy hook elementary. Drew . Susan candiotti tonight in newtown, connecticut. Well, a weapon of an entirely different sort turned up in new york city. Thats a revolutionary war canon. It was on public display in central park for more than 100 years. Workers cleaning it on friday realized it was load ed the entire time. There was a cannonball inside and live gun powder. This is an amazing surprise. It was there for so many years and people were sitting on it when it was a loaded canon. The cleaning crew called the bomb squad who disarmed the canon and everybody breathed a sigh of la rafe. A Spokesman Says in theory that canon could have been fired all those years it was on public display. People are hunting pythons in florida today and they can win prizes. Its part of a monthlong contest called the python challenge. Designed to tackle the problem of exploding python population. Our own John Zarrella talked with a python hunter and a state officer about this contest. You can go out there for days and days and days and not see one python. I dont care how much experience you have. It is going to take some luck. If we remove one snake from the ecosystem, weve done a good thing. So imagine if 700 people are out there and they all bring one snake, thats 700 less snakes that we have out in the ecosystem. John zarrella is in the Florida Everglades with the latest on the python hunting contest. John . Reporter im out here and this is a road that goes east west and bisects the Florida Everglades between naples and miami. Weve been out here for a couple hours looking for pythons, but at night the reason were out here is because they like to come up by the road and take the warmth of that road off the pavement and that keeps their bodies warm, their coldblooded creatures. Im joined by justin matthews. Weaver been out here with you. Youre an expert, a wildlife expert trying to find these things, but the reality is we didnt get any, didnt find any, but thats to be expected. Yes, it is. Needle in a haystack. I would be surprised if we would have came out today and got a snake. And thats because its been so warm lately. Its been so warm. Theyve been curled up. Theyve been, you know, hiding in the shade, in the thicket where people cant go, and chances are weve walked right by one today. Reporter didnt even see it. Its an invasive species. Theyre trying to get rid of them here. Theyre a real problem in florida, south florida especially, right . Yes, big problem. Theyre killing our native wildlife. And thats why were here. Weve run a Wildlife Rescue and we want to save native wildlife. Reporter good luck. Theres a month of this hunt to go so you will be back. Definitely. Reporter you will trto get some more. But the reality is, as justin was saying, its like a needle in a haystack out here or anywhere. Theres millions of acres of everglades and maybe theres 100, 150,000 of these snakes that are out here. Thats at the top end. So its really going to be interesting to see how many people over the course of the month catch snakes and how many actually are brought in in total. John zarrella, cnn, reporting from the Florida Everglades. John, thanks. A terrifying new commercial about a synthetic drug aimed at u. S. Sailors. Weve got the details about this jawdropping ad and the even more frightening trend that prompted the u. S. Navy to make it. Cook what you love, and save your money. 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Reporter the navy is increasing efforts to warn sailors. After military doctors started seeing more cases. These bath salts dont have anything to do with therapy or the salts you use at home. What were talking about are potent synthetic drugs that are probably synthesized somewhere overseas, we think possibly china. People act very primal. Primal instincts, animalistic behavior. Reporter he has seen users who think they have superhuman strength and are almost impossible to subdue. Ripping out taser wires, impervious to pain, dont really feel anything. Reporter why are bath salts popular with troops . Theyre sold under catchy names like vanilla sky. A packet only costs 25 to 50. Its cheap, sometimes cheaper than other drugs on the street. You can get it from a head shop, smoke shop. Reporter you can inject it, snort it, smoke it, or swallow and it doesnt pop positive on a normal urinalysis. On 2007 an Army Sergeant killed himself, his wife, and young son while he was high on bath salts. The Naval Academy kicked out 16 midshipman for using another drug spice. The military started random testing for synthetics last year, but its hard to keep up with the science. But all the drug dealers, the chemists have to do is manipulate the molecule ever so slightly, you have a new drug, a new chemical that flies under the radar. Reporter since the u. S. Government banned the two main chemicals use in bath salts, another chemical started showing up, and its ten times as potent as cocaine. Now, bath salts cant not be detected during a normal urinalysis, but just this week the navy started testing sailors and marines specifically for the drug. Chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. Usa today is reporting disgraced cyclist lance arm string will admit doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. His interview will air thursday. It will be his First Television interview since he was stripped of his seven Tour De France titles. Some cycling observers say it is about time armstrong confessed. Better late than never. I mean, its bad he did it to start with, but at least hell come clean, to so speak. Now that hes been dropped from the cycling world, i dont think it will hurt him. I think i believe that this will soften up and maybe, you know, his admission of if he does admit, it it will bring him back into the cycling world. Thursdays interview will air at 9 00 p. M. On the Oprah Winfrey network. Well, you cant be king for a day, someone was able to be president. Preparations under way for president obamas second swearing in. Almost a week from tomorrow. Weve got the details on what it takes to arrange and protect a president ial inauguration. Copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, im breathing better. So now i can be in the scene. Advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. 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Over 200,000 people every year are hospitalized with influenza and anywhere from 3 to nearly 50,000 people will day each year. Reporter flu cases are at epidemic proportions in some areas. They may get more complications from this particular strain which may make them ill for a longer period of time. Reporter the active strain is h3n2. It typically surfaces earlier in the season and produces stronger symptoms and it is highly contagious. When someone coughs or sneezes, these tiny droplets are released into the air. You cant even see them in with the human eye. You can breathe them in but they can also live on surfaces. A lot of people dont realize this. They can stay on surfaces or eight hours. Say your coworker is sick, you come over and use their keyboard, you have the germs on your hand and then you touch your nose or mouth. Now youre infected. And the problem escalates if you spend several hours in tight quarters like on an airplane. At highest risk, passengers two rows in front or behind of the infected person. The best way to kill those germs is to wash your hands and do it often, and use real soap and real water. The problem is most people dont actually wash their hands long enough. My best advice is sing the happy birthday song twice while youre washing your hands. That will be long enough. Another key to prevention is getting the flu shot. Getting vaccinated reduces your risk of getting the flu by around 60 . Another benefit to getting your flu shot is if you do get sick, your symptoms arent likely to last as long and wont be as severe compared to those who werent vaccinated. Where do u. S. Religious institutions stand on guns and gun control . Like the topic of religion to do so, sometimes theres no simple answer but we will look at a new poll ahead. But first extreme makeover host ty pennington has joined our Sister Network hln. 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Reporter the poll found white evangelicals are the most likely to own guns. Many live in southern around rural areas. What does the bible say about weapons . Christians are not to take weapons and avenge other people. However theres an affirmation that the government has a divine role to punish evildoers and so theres been tension. Reporter with polls showing increased support for gun laws after newtown, could we see a shift among evangelicals . It may be a Tipping Point where most folks in those communities realize there are things we can do as a society to tamp down this kind of Mass Violence that doesnt require taking away everybodys guns. Reporter pastor darling is calling on members to support limits. The scriptures call us to love our neighbors more than we love our guns. Reporter still, some conservative christians say the focus shouldnt be on gunnings but on the environment giving rise to this violence. Instead of having as the nra proposes a policeman in every school, our policy should be focusing on getting a dad in every home. Reporter Vice President biden said friday hes glad i n evangelical groups have participated in his Gun Policy Task force meetings because in the past they have been, quote, reluctant to engage on the gun issue. Athena jones, cnn, washington. The president is promising action when it comes to curbing gun violence. The Vice President even expected to endorse efforts to reinstate that assault weapons ban, but the opposition says that just isnt going to happen. T spot, not easy to find, but worth it. But with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. So my doctor prescribed symbicort. It helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. With symbicort, today im breathing better. And that means. 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Thats just one option the task force may put on the president s desk in the wake of the connecticut Elementary School shooting a month ago. President obama made clear this weekend that hes ready for a night ov fight over the gun control recommendations. Former president george h. W. Bush may finally get to leave the hospital this week. The 41st president shown here on his last birthday in june has been in the hospital since november 23rd, first for bronchitis and then what was described as a stubborn fever. A family Spokesman Says they are hopeful that he will be discharged but are still taking it a day at a time. His son, meanwhile, former Florida Governor jeb bush, said yesterday that his dad is expected to be released tomorrow. These are hundreds of thousands of people were told opposing samesex marriage rallying in the streets of paris. Frances president is pushing a plan to legalize samesex marriage and adoptions by those couples. Its facing strong opposition from the Roman Catholic church and social conservatives. The plan expected to be voted on by the National Assembly in february or march. Theres a break for hopeful parents of russian children. A ban on americans adopting russian children is not going to go into effect until next year according to a russian news agency. These proper testers in moscow. They are protesting that ban believing that their government passed it as a backlash for a new u. S. Law that works against human rights abusers in russia. The decision to delay the ban means 46 adoptions currently under way should go through. It was a somber day for families marking the oneyear anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruiseliner tragedy. 32 passengers and crew who died were remembered during a mass today on the small italian island where the liner ran aground. The priest also recognized the bravery of those who came to help during the tragedy. All the rescue workers who were so courageous and tenacious who inl mersed themselves in the tragedy that was happening, they shared everything and risked everything, giving the best of themselves. The ship is still partially submerged in the harbor. Its captain still could face charg charges. He denies wrongdoing. People are going all out to prepare for the president s inauguration. Its a week from tomorrow. Hundreds of band members, military personnel, media, and Law Enforcement took part in i guess a dress rehearsal today. They used standins for the weress and first lady. The military is getting ready to make sure everyone stays safe. On the morning of the inaugurati inauguration, the Biggest Movement you will see is in the pentagon south parking lo the where they will screen all of the buses and parade participants. Washington expecting more than 500,000 people attending the inauguration, 2 million attended president obamas first inauguration. Cnn is your home for complete coverage of the inaugurati inauguration. It starts next sunday morning and will lead up to the official swearing in of the president on monday for his second term all the way through those official inaugural balls monday night. Vice president bidens proposals on reducing gun violence expected to address things like movies, video games, as well as mental health, but a potential new effort to reinstate the assault weapons ban is what has washington talking. Lets bring in cnn contributors lz granderson and anna navarro. Lz, lets assume the white house goes for this new assault weapons ban. The nra president told Candy Crowley this morning he doesnt think it will get through congress. You know, some studies show the last ban didnt work. Is it really worth all the effort . Absolutely. I mean, the studies also tell you why the last ban didnt work, because of all the look like hopes and the way the gun manufacturers were able to get around the restrictions that were put in place during the clinton administration. The thing about what Vice President biden is going to unveil on tuesday is really interesting because there are three different conversations in my opinion thats happening in regards to guns. The first conversation is about Mass Shootings and what are we going to do about that. The second conversation is about the shootings that happen every other day in our streets, particularly like in chicago. And then theres a conversation about the culture of guns and thats where the movie violence and the video games comes in from. Im really curious to see what Vice President biden is going to unveil because those are three different conversations and you cant clean it all up with one fell swoop. Anna, i want to ask you about the strategy here because the president , if he goes for an assault weapons ban, will have to stus a lot of political muscle to do that and if you just look at the fbi statistics, although we have horrific events that occur with these guns sometimes, mostly it is pistols and handguns that are involved statistically in the crimes. If you are going to attack the murders in this country, you would attack those other guns. Im wondering why you think it is that theyd like to go after the assault weapons at this time. I think lz was exactly right. There is three different conversations going on and i think they have to turn it into one big comprehensive approach. If its only framed as an assault weapons ban, it will have a very difficult time going through congress. But, yes, you know, the president is going to have to spend the capital. He has it and hes going to have to spend it. Im sure Vice President biden, who is now pregnant with this, this is his baby, and in case we havent noticed, hes already running for president , is going to want something done. And the problem, drew, is the issue is not going away. As cnn was covering the meetings of the Vice President on the issue, they had to break away because there was yet another School Shooting going on at the same time. So every time there is a shooting and the sad reality is that these things will continue happening in all likelihood, the American People are going to ask what has been done since newt n newtown . That will become the new question. You see, this issue had been under the rug for the last four years. It had been awfully quiet despite all the different episodes weve had of shootings, but now the pandora box is open, and the expectation of the American People that something moves is much greater than its been in the last four years. Yeah. And i think his only way of doing it is a comprehensive approach. Anna, to your point, senator chris murphy of connecticut says this assault weapons ban could pass this time because americans attitudes on this have shifted since newtown. Since that one School Shooting. Here is what he told Candy Crowley. I get it. The nra is going to use all their resources to try to stop this thing, but ultimately the people of this country have been transformed, and these assault weapons and they know it, these are not used by sportsmen. You dont need an assault weapon to kill a deer. You dont need an assault weapon to do target practice. Sportsmen are not going to have their rights abridged or their ability to enjoy their sport changed by having these dangerous militarystyle assault weapons taken off the streets. Anna, let me ask you because its a republican sort of issue, did newtown really change the minds of republicans in the senate and the house on assault weapons . I think it has greatly affected the perception of the American People, and i believe it is the American People who are going to demand and get action on gun control, but if we frame it as only a ban on assault weapons, it just really is doomed to failure. Now, the nra, drew, theyre not stupid. Theyve been around for a long time. They are savvy political operators. If they see that its going to pass, theyre going to have to, you know, put in some other things. I think the way to frame this is that gun control and gun rights are not mutually exclusive. We can do both things. Its just going to require some crafty deal making and thats what joe biden and thats what leadership should be there about. But the American People are going to stay on this. The issue is not going away, sadly. Guys, lets turn the table here. I want to ask you about Something Else which is kind of exposed in a couple pictures this week if you watch closely on capitol hill today. The second term obama cabinet, his picks through john kerry, jack lew, chuck hagel. Theyre all white guys. Is the nations first black president going to find some women or some minorities to join him . You know, when this conversation first started to percolate, i thought it was from the onion because it just didnt seem serious to me that were really questioning whether or not president obama is an advocate of diversity. But i see now that its not the onion, that its actually real and were actually having this conversation. I personally just think its ridiculous. Especially when you consider what i think is the most important appointments appointment a president can make and thats to the Supreme Court because long after this administration is gone, those Supreme Court justices are going to be there shaping the laws of this country. And who did president obama pick . Not one but two women. Long after hes gone out of the white house those two women, those two appointees will be there. So this conversation about the president not being in support of diversity, the same person who pushed forward the overturning of dont ask, dont tell which affected, by the way, more women than men and more black women than white women, its just to me its just a silly conversation to be having. Lz, anna, we have to leave it there. Thanks for joining us. Here is something that may prompt you to take a deeper breath. Look at this. How do you even function with this kind of pollution . Were going to tell you where that is next. This week get a bonus 15 itunes gift card with any qualifying 75 ink purchase. Find thousands of big deals now. At officemax. Ive got two tickets to paradise l set . Pack your bags, well leave tonight. Black women than white women, this kind of pollution . No four. Remember . Whoooa whooaa whooo you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. And how happy are they jimmy . Happier than eddie money running a travel agency. 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You have over 700 flights that were canceled this week and drivers cant even drive without seeing whats in front of them. And if you want to go outside, dont leave without your gas mask. Not your gas mask, but your face mask i should say. Really . Its barely breathable conditions. Speaking of gas masks, a chinese dissident posed his own protest on facebook by posting this picture of himself wearing a gas mask. The tiny air pollution particles in diameter can measure a fraction of a hair, they get in your lungs and bloodstream and it can cause anything from respiratory disease to lung cancer to heart disease. The implications are really dire. And not to mention that the World Bank Says that out of the worlds 20 most polluted cities, china has 16 of those cities. I know they tried to clean it up during the olympics but what is the cause . Whats causing this . They absolutely did. Thats a really good point because that was really a temporary fix. It was like putting a bandaid on this bigger problem. You have this expanding rapidly growing population coupled with the fact theyre primarily dependent on coal for their Energy Source and theyre the worlds biggest car market. You put all that in a pot, what do you get . You get a mess. Thats what were seeing right now. In terms of what the government is doing . Theyve acknowledged that. Whether or not this is going to be a longterm solution, you cant tell people to stay indoors all the time. There has to be a more permanent solution. In fact, we can see the smog carry into wednesday until winds come in and clear it out. Incredible. Thanks for coming by. How should president obama deal with the gridlock in washington is the nations business can get done . Perhaps he should take a look to the past for guidance. At other times when washington was an angry mess. Cnns farid eed zakaria asked former statesmen and women what they would advise the president about his second term. Robert reuben was secretary of the treasury during another partisan time. How did you deal with republicans on the hill for mething like the 97 budget agreement while they were trying to impeach president clinton . The partisan divide was bad in that period. I think its worse today. In order to have a political system thats effective, i think we have to do exactly what president obama said right after the election. I want to be clear, im not wedded to every detail of my plan. Im open to compromise. Im open to new ideas. Im committed to solving our fiscal challenges. But i refuse to accept any approach that isnt balanced. In a democracy you can only move forward if both sides albeit having very different philosophical views are willing to come together and govern and thats what weve been lacking. Without it, i think were going to be in terrible trouble. Much more advice to the president on farid za caras special memmemo to the presid this past week a surprise move in baseball. This year there will be no new faces at the hall of fame. Weve got a hall of fame voter to run all that down for you. Well, Baseball Hall of fame voters pitched a shutout this week electing no one to join the elite in cooperstown. First time since 1996. A lot of new names on the ballot from the socalled steroids era. Like barry bonds, mark maguire who broke some of the leagues greatest records and linked to performanceenhancing drugs. Terrance moore is here to talk about, a hall of fame voter. Yes, sir. So are you glad people like bonds, sosa didnt get in . Im elated. I didnt vote for of these knuckleheads that used steroids. Drew, on the hall of fame ballot it says you must consider integrity and character. Thats integrity and character, doing that, and the one thing that makes my head want to explode which is would be an ugly sight, what about the bad guys in the hall of fame . First of all, i wasnt voting back then and second of all with that sort of logic you wouldnt have a third of u. S. President s in the history books with the slavery things and some of the bad things hearing about lately. Did that ballot always have the clause . Since 1936. The first hall of fame ballot, it was there. Bell, lets talk about pete rose. Hes got a lifetime ban from baseball for gambling. Hes also one of the greatest hitters of all time. Heres what don lemon, he asked him about the recent hall of fame vote. Heres what he said. I dont know if i ll get in trouble for this. I have to defend Roger Clemens in this because until this day, he says he didnt take steroids and hes never flunked a drug test and he went in front of two different courts and they both ruled in favor of him. So, who am i to sit here and say he took steroids because he won some games after being 40 years . Bonds admitted he put the stert oids on him. Sosa flunked the test. Palmiero flunked the test. Well, true confessions. Okay . I personally have known pete rose for 35 years. He was my alltime favorite player growing up as a youth and pains me to say this but pete is absolutely wrong about this. Okay . Roger clemens best friend at the time Andy Pettitte said that he said he used steroids and backed out at the last minute talking to the feds and pete said numbers matter more so in baseball than any other sport. Baseball professionally since 1869. You have steroid users against mays and aarons in the history books not fair to those guys of the past when you lump these knuckleheads in with them. You know, steroid era lasted a while. It did. Could we see a repeat next year and the year after that . An era of these people not getting in. Were here in atlanta, georgia. Two former Atlanta Braves heroes, theyre going to right the ship. They will be first ballot hall of famers. No steroids there. So, this will become a moot point. All right. Thanks a lot for coming in. Thank you. I know how youre voting now next year. Yes, sir. Terrific. Want to hear more from what pete rose said . We have that for you tonight. He thinks about some of the biggest names in sports history being excluded from the hall. The comments at 10 00 eastern. In virginia, there were fears of baby lion on the loose. Listen to this, terrance. It wasnt a lion. What it really was, thats kind of odd, too. Stick around. Hi dad. Many years from now, when the subaru is theirs. Hey. You missed a spot. Ill look back on this day and laugh. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Trying to find a better job can likbe frustrating. Gs, so at university of phoenix were working with a growing list of almost two thousand Corporate Partners Companies Like microsoft, American Red Cross and adobe to create options for you. Not only that, were using what we learn from these partners to shape our curriculum, so that when you find the job you want youll be a perfect fit. Lets get to work. 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Heres the story that only jeanne moos can tell. Reporter we have seen a dog at a pet show in china made to look like a panda and a horse made to resemble a poodle. But this is the tale of a dog with such a convincing hair cut that people thought he was a lion and called 911. And there was a lion that ran across the street, a baby lion. Oh. Okay. Where . What kind of animal. A lion. It had the mange and everything. It was about size of a labrador retriever. Reporter actually, he is a labradoodle named charlie says his owner. But i tell people hes a labalion. Reporter shaved like this to play the part of a mascot for old dominion university. People called the virginia zoo to confirm both of the lions were secured and accounted for. Thats the zoos director posing with charlie. Th