show of earth in may after 146 years. circus owners holding a news conference about their decision to cancel the world famous touring show after this season. live in miami with more. steve, what is ending the circus? the short answer is money. basically ticket sales for ringling brothers have been declining over the past 10 years. ownership has said the problems is to compete with video games, internet, movies but the real killer may have been having to take elephants out of the show just one year ago. those elephants were moved to a sanctuary in florida after years of protests by animals rights activists when ticket sales started to plummet. it is clear people don t want to go to a circus without elephants, shannon. shannon: it seems for a lot of people it feels like part of american history is going away. they have had a tremendous run, 146 years. u.s. grant was president when the show started. when you talk to people there does seem to be a mixed emotion