reporter: if you re driving by, it s hard to resist and even harder to resist taking a picture of. a giant rubber duck floating in the san pedro are bar. very exciting. never seen a duck quite so large. this lady right here, my wife, jennifer, brought me down here. never would have been here without it, without her, so, yeah, she s excited. i wanted to come to california. reporter: why, what is the big deal? he is so darn cute. reporter: did you take a picture with it? yes, i did. reporter: at 61 feet tall, close to 11 tons, it is the largest rubber duck in the world. and this bright yellow bird will be in port, all part of the tall ship festival. while you can t miss the duck, organizers are hoping folks will notice the tall ships. it is after all a tall ship festival. it is great. people see the duck. they re interested. they come down. they learn that they like boats too. a little bit of a different era. you feel like it is maybe more the lifestyle that our par
unknown to the security system. people like many of the 9/11 hijackers. terrorists like that could go legitimately through those biometric systems and not register a blip. so robots may not replace human screeners in the future. they may simply change how they do their jobs. brian todd, cnn at dulles international airport. some folks in taiwan starting off the in you year a little bit deflated. that is because, yes, this giant rubber duck, in their harbor burst. it is now just a shell of its former self. this is the duck in happier times. 60 feet tall. the dutch artist created it. it has been taking versions of it to different countries. one witness said she saw an eagle sinking its talons into the duck. it s not clear if that s why it deflated. but it s a deflated duck. hopefully they will get it back up. happy new year. cnn newsroom starts right now.
the case of ricin sent to the president of the united states. a wrongly accused elvis impersonator, another person arrested, and yes, it has gotten stranger. there are more charges tonight. and tonight s shout-out, a giant rubber duck. we wanted to show this to you for scale. that s hong kong harbor. this boat i m sorry, bird is a 54 foot tall bright yellow inflatable duck. it appeared today with those adorable children in victoria harbor. now, it s an oversized bath toy, but it arrived in hong kong as part of a free public art exhibit that ends on june 9th. the duck sure beats the other inflatable art exhibit in hong kong. that art no, at least the rubber duck is headed to the united states soon to a location to be determined. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals:
stranger. there are more charges tonight. and tonight s shout-out, a giant rubber duck. we wanted to show this to you for scale. that s hong kong harbor. this boat i m sorry, bird is a 54 foot tall bright yellow inflatable duck. it appeared today with those adorable children in victoria harbor. now, it s an oversized bath toy, but it arrived in hong kong as part of a free public art exhibit that ends on june 9th. the duck sure beats the other inflatable art exhibit in hong kong. that art no, at least the rubber duck is headed to the united states soon to a location to be determined.