great panel, even though we do have disagreement. that s part of it. don you will be back with much more at 1:00 p.m. eastern on your program, cnn tonight. er you can always follow us on twitter. tweet the @sit room. erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next where is donald trump? nearly all of the republican candidates gathering at this moment on stage together for the first time. noticeably absent, mr. trump. is it payback? and the search for mh370 expanding tonight. investigators about to analyze the debris that is almost certainly from the doomed plane. plus as outrage grows over the killing of cecil the lion another american is accused of illegal hunting in zimbabwe. are americans now being targeted? let s go out front.
david mckenzie is out front from south africa tonight. david, there are now two americans accused of illegally hunting lions. do you get the sense that zimbabwe is targeting americans in any way? i don t think so in the first case because it was after that worldwide outcry about the alleged illegal killing of cecil that the zimbabwe authorities actually started to comment on this one way or the other. in a way, they were following that outcry with their zaimts statements of trying to extradite dr. walt palmer n. this case perhaps they are naming an american saying this happened way back in april of this year. they aren t exactly accusing that doctor of anything specific. but they do sort of list him as if he should be allegedly involved in a crime. so yes, you know the u.s. and zimbabwe are on some pretty tricky situation right now in terms of relations. so they could be trying to score
cheap points here. but it s too early to tell until they actually outline exactly what they say happened. excellent point. may be some politics at play as you point out. at the same time big game hunting happens all the time in africa. why do you think these cases have touched such a nerve? i think it s because cecil was such a well-known lion in zimbabwe. if fact that he was lured out of this park and then killed in such a manner that they stalked him for 40 hours injured, and then shot him you know all of these things came together to really touch a nerve with public opinion. and i think people didn t realize that this kind of hunting necessarily went on. that s why it generated this interest. where it goes on from here one thing to remember poaching the issue of illegally killing animals for trade, is on some level a far bigger issue for wildlife populations than professional or amateur hunting. but certainly, it s put a
sound like they may still be far off from getting the answers they really truly want. richard, thank you. david, thank you. coming up for us out front next as outrage grows over the death of cecil the lion another american is accused of illegally hunting in zimbabwe. my guest, a texas man who paid $350,000 to kill an endangered black rhino. why did he do it. plus breaking news. the suspect in the shooting death of a white police officer has just been arrested. what was the motive? that story is next. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what s up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern.
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