He was wellconnected. All right. A lot going on there. And some in congress pushing for more, more investigations and so on. Coming up, the life of a lion tamer. A rare look inside the big tent. And his secrets to his survival. Youre watching world news now. . World news now continues . Im gonna be iron like a lion in zion . Iron like a lion. Its one of the things people who train lions for sur circuses, they try to embrace that. But no shortage of risk in a job like that. What is life like for them . For one of the worlds greatest lion and tiger trainers, who is traveling with the ringling brothers and Barnum Bailey circus. Up all nightline. . Abcs nick watt. Reporter early in the morning in denver, colorado. Are you done . Youre done. Good boy. Thats how we takes his vitamins. We have to give him the other leg, mom. Reporter thats alexs mom. Youll understand why shes here in a minute. They can eat up to 16 pounds of meat every day. Reporter that must cost you a lot of money. Our meat bill is 5,000 a week. Reporter the lions and tigers and lionesses. Eating or cleaning. On the move, they must be caged for everyone but alexs safety. Dont stick your fingers in. There you go. Hello my little girl. Good girl. Reporter armed with a patch of steak, he is in. Parents owned a zoo, started training the animals. And then, joined the circus. Controlling a 700pound animal. That could easily kill you. Exactly. This is the secret. He doesnt realize he can kill me. We dont declaw any of the cats. We dont take their teeth out. Reporter do they enjoy it . They definitely do. If youre going to keep any animal in a captive environment, you cant expect them to live in a beautiful enclosure for the rest of their lives and do nothing. Hey. Reporter thats alexs wife, she and her sister were acrobats. Now kate trains what they call the fuzzys. Ive been working with animals about a year. Reporter most of the circus around 300 people, travel the country and live on this train. Alex and kate have a pickup, a motorcycle, and a doublewide. They live next door to their animals. Everyone knows everyone. Even if you havent worked together. But youve heard of that person or their family. Reporter there are people who believe such captivity is fundamentally cruel. You think they are content . Definitely. As long as you provide them with an environment where they can eat, sleep and reproduce, in comfort, then theyre content. Reporter alex says they aid in conservation efforts. People dont believe things unless they see it with their own eyes. Thats the great part of what we do. Reporter all right. . An opening number, some acrobats. Alex lacy is here. Reporter his 12 minutes of fame every day. Pays the bills, allows him to spend all day every day, with his beloved wild animals. That most of us would run from, screaming like babies. Im nick watt for nightline, at the circus. Alex and kate, apparently, they have a home in spain. But theyre rarely there because theyre on the road with the show. And usually the act, his particular, features 28 lions and tigers. Currently, the biggest in the world. You may recall that ringling decided to get rid of all of the elephants from the shows. But these animals are an active part of it, clearly. Coming up, from the circus, to the box office. Two of hollywoods leading men are opening movies this weekend. But the critics are panning both. Our insomniac theater is now. . Now. Itll take care of your cough. Fine ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night ah david, please, listen. Still not coughing. Not fair you guys waffles are my favorite ah some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Start the relief. Today you can do everything in just one click, even keep your toilet clean and fresh. Introducing lysol click gel. Click it in to enjoy clean freshness with every flush. Lysol. 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And you can enjoy them both, we hope, even though the critics, not so much. We start with tom cruises return to jack reacher never go back. . The 2012 action thriller, with reacher forced to go on the run from the low, to uncover the truth behind a government conspiracy involving the death of u. S. Soldiers. Maybe i rip your arm off. Two things are going to happen in next 90 seconds. Excuse me . First, that phone over there is going to ring. Second, youre going to be wearing these cuffs on your way to prison. That is one magnificent prophecy, mr. Reacher. [ phone ringing ] its just going to keep on the critics say, we should never have gone back to jack reacher, giving it a 38 splat on rotten tomatoes. Brian truitt calls it a major step backward with an alist actor. Chris says, sequel no one asked for to the movie no one quite remembers. Yeah. I didnt remember there was a first one to that one. Next, continuing with the International Intrigue motif, you might say. Don draper goes rogue in his first major role since mad men. . Jon hamm stars in keeping up with the joneses as a secret agent posing as a travel writer. Of course. After he and his wife move into suburban atlanta culdesac, their cover is threatened by their nosey neighbors. I said, get in the car. Guys, now. Were going to run, okay . One, two jeff . I said three. Jeff, please, would you just get in the car . On your wife . Actually might be theatergoers who want a head start to another movie. Critics giving it 16 of rotten tomatoes. Earth to movie executives, this is not what jon hamm should be doing. And allen salkin saying, im sure im supposed to laugh at some point. The clip was funny. Theres 15 seconds that was funny. Now. Thats the news for this half hour. A fireworks accident is speaking out youll hear from her only on 13 action news. Police make a shocking discovery about what a man is hiding in his house it landed him behind bars this morning. President ial hopefuls back on the stage together. This time Hillary Clinton and donald trump actually shook hands. But the attacks didnt stop. And im xxx. The time now is. Lets get started with 13 first alert meteorologist greg bennett. adlib breaking overnight
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