i also like the fact that i made the clip 20 seconds long. ringling brothers shutting down will cost people jobs, tom, you said you re sad about the end of the circus? are you going on the last day? tom: i am going on the last day, i immediately went on the web site and it started buying tickets, i was trying to buy some tickets and they got sold out, so i bought four of the last tickets. andy: that s amazing. you re not going to the actual last show, though? tom: i m going in the afternoon, i didn t want to deal with the kids at night. i ll just say last day, most people won t call me on it like you just did. andy: jimmy, you brought up the other options possible for these people, they also operate marvel universe live, monster jam, disney on ice and a disney live. they own all of those.
other artists, i didn t hear any of them protesting the drone programs. come no. president obama was the most lethal of all time. without the ability to question him. the hypocrisy. i m a first amendment advocate. last week we spent an entire week talking about a painting that a 7-year-old did that won a contest that was taken down because people were offended by it. i think americans could have a stronger stomach for art as protest. stephen colbert, career on life support, trying to get attention by mocking donald trump. ringling brothers and barnum and bailey is officially shutting down.
essential. really bad kotelevision. this was billed as the greatest show on earth, thev: wringling brothers is coming to a close. it s the end of the road for the greatest show on÷ú earth, i just four months the curtain falls on the one and one only, anht iconic road show that defid the circus experience for generations of children. in the end, ceo kenneth said the cus was simply too expensive to produce.mply too expensive its family has owned the show for the past 50 years. but ticket sells were÷ú declini and the circus s fate was sealed last year when it retired the popular elephant show. it said thenç it was inevitabl you can t fight city hall.
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
of policy you will see a little bit of erosion of the edges, if you will, in the process. but the bulk of what he does, i think, will be reflective of the agenda he got elected on. bill: that is what some conservative cabinet since ronald reagan and some arguing even more? i m not sure that s correct. i haven t identified philosophically any correctness to that statement. they certainly are experienced. they certainly come from the business community but i m not sure they are across the board on social, economic and national security issues the most conservative cabinet. bill: thank you, governor. have a good week, okay? what a week it will be. john sununu from new hampshire today. thanks. shannon: ringling brothers announcing the end of aner yeah saying it will end the greatest