president obama looks forward to work with them. kim, this may be a new administration but there are multiple points of contention on multiple fronts and the relationship remains rocky. back to you. it will be interesting to see whether that front relationship will thaw under the new administration. thank you so much. there were mainly spectacular images. bernie sanders keeps warm with his grumpy sheep gloves. stay with us.
riding the subway rather than attending the inauguration. looking warm tweeted dionne warwick. people were smitten for the mittens. i gave those mittens to bernie as a gift just expecting nothing in return and i think it s beautiful that they ve gone so far. reporter: made out of old wool sweaters with fleece from recycled plastic, sadly i have no more mitens for sale after a flood of requests. maybe the look isn t everyone s cup of tea. maybe he ll never be described as absolutely flawless. reporter: but bernie saw no flaws in his inaugural look. coming from vermont. we know something about the cold and we re not so concerned about good fashion. we want to keep warm. he s not just warm, he s hot. oh, my reporter: capable of making pottery and love in mittens. jeanne moos, cnn, new york.
at a local bazaar. i thought i d seen everything. it s called hirudothera py. medicinal leeches are placed on a patient s body to purify the blood. the treatment has been around since ancient egypt and was particularly popular in europe in the early 19th century before it was brought to turkey. argh! chuckles. well, so right before they bite, you can see their nose flatten down. you don t feel anything, do you? because they have anaesthetic a natural anaesthetic. yes, yes. just the visual of it is the most shocking part. oh, there s a little there s a little twinge, a little, like, tickle a little itch. we saw leeches at the market earlier. yes.
media posts parodying thailand s military and rulers. he was the ninth exiled activist to disappear in the past four years. the mutilated bodies of two of them were discovered on the banks of the river mekong. all of them were known critics of the monarchy, driving home the dangers of speaking out on this issue.
smugglers to this car park. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven arrested. stephen inside the car, still alive, a strange and precious victim is rescued. whose animal is this? this is a pangolin, one of the world s most endangered, most trafficked creatures. its thick scales prized in traditional chinese medicine, but on no scientific basis. injured and weak, the elderly male is rushed to a dedicated pangolin clinic in johannesburg. but too late to be saved. he s very dehydrated, and his wounds are terrible. unfortunately, when they ve been in the trades for long their immune system is compromised, so healing takes a lot longer. few survive an ordeal that reassembles a kidnapping, complete with proof of life videos, like this one, sent by the poachers to potential buyers. you know, when we get them out the trade, they re