concerts and performances. also, a lot of what you heard from bill cosby about sort of what some people view as lecturing the black community about the importance of education and the importance of good parenting and so forth in my view a lot of that in his mind is an effort to give some meaning to this awful tragedy of losing his son. mark whitaker, pleasure to have you on. great to see you, fareed. up next, according to a new report the global wildlife population decreased by half in just 40 years. an amazing statistic. what do you think harms the greatest number of species in the world? when we come back. s holly. her long day of outdoor adventure starts with knee pain. and a choice. take 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. onward! easy like monday morning. s sundays are the warrior s day to unplug and recharge.
88-80 lebron, though, scored 31 points in the loss. lebron took a lot of heat for signing with miami. and his made for tv decision. coming up at 8:20 eastern, we re going to take a look at his new nike ad. will it give his image that boost? our own christine romans will be here to talk about it. the manufacturers claim they re safe, and the research backs them up. why are smartphones coming with warnings to keep the device away from your body? the woman who was attacked is now speaking out. the question this morning, was the assault premeditated? also, some fairy tale animals and really, really scary ones on the list of more than 1,000 new species found in the amazon. pink dolphins, amazing. nine minutes past the hour. n california. my son was asleep. i really didn t see it coming. i didn t realize i was drifting into the other lane.
so many different ways that people get their news and information and talk radio, frankly, is a huge part of that. no doubt about it. chris, i m the first to tell you that i think in some aspects talk radio has had a destructive influence because it tends to play to the extremes. i think that a lot of individuals who are seeking elective office these days are taking their cue either from cable television or talk radio and then they go down and they emulate a split screen once they re in washington and that s the way they treat their political opponents and everybody is afraid to reach across the aisle. i, for one, am very, very concerned that we re headed towards gridlock and that s a subject i want to explore with the president. among the men and women we elect in congress. that s what s making people so mad as they head towards these midterms. an exclusive interview live just minutes from now and we ll be simulcasting it here on msnbc. thank you, chris. amazing news on the en
itch like a son of a twitch as he says. some you might see in your dreams, the world wildlife has put out new species discovered in the amazon since 1999. they include frogs with fiery-looking heads, pink dolphins, how about that one for you? i want to see that. and the blue-fanged tarantula, which defends itself by flinging stinging hairs at you. i see that one. where that s a beautiful frog. gorgeous. that looks like a lord of a sith. where is the pink dolphin? i m waiting. i want to see it. is that the pink dolphin? it s it. but it was a kind of bleached out shot. knock, knock, who s there? alligator. a guy heard a knock on his door monday night, found out it was a 7-foot gator on his doorstep. so the wife called 911.
dolphin and aid bald-headed parrot. the report warns 17% of the amazon has been destroyed by humans in just the past 50 years. we ve put all the photos of the new species on our website nightly.msnbc.com. and we mourn a loss tonight of a man who really did make life better by making us laugh. leo cullum drew this for the new yorker. the first cartoon published after 9/11. woman says to man i thought i d never laugh again and then i saw your jacket. tsa officer to airline passenger, will need to declaw the cat. cullum was a prolific cartoonist for the the new yorker and he drew over 800 of them. before that, a veteran of 200 come bat missions as a pilot over vietnam. he later flew for twa for 30 years. he died of cancer and he was 68 years old. when we come back here tonight, the emotional moment here in california earlier today