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[ drum roll ] >> seven days into the reagan presidency, a welcome home ceremony on the white house lawn for 52 american hostages from the u.s. embassy in iran, freed after 444 days in captivity. it is a celebration that might never had taken place had would-be assassin john hinckley jr. succeeded the first time he had ronald reagan in his sights. tuesday, january 20th, 1981, inauguration day, president-elect reagan heads for morning church services across a

>> seven days into the reagan presidency, a welcome home ceremony on the white house lawn for 52 american hostages from the u.s. embassy in iran, freed after 444 days in captivity. it is a celebration that might never have taken place had would-be assassin john hinckley jr. succeeded the first time he had ronald reagan in his sight. tuesday, january 20th, 1981, inauguration day. president-elect reagan heads for morning church services across a square from the white house.

Vest here. tell us about this. >> well, this is one of the faux furs that weve had made for us by a local place called fabulous furs here in cincinnati to help simulate the way a gorilla feels for gladys. >> you eventually want to get a gorilla mother to adopt her. how does this work? i mean, will she ever be released into the wild or is this just a mother in captivity? >> no. gorillas in zoos stay in zoos and gorillas in the wild stay in the wild these days, so our goal is not to put her in the...

At ly at sea world this morning. meet gladys. >> hey, gladys. >> shes 2 months owed, moved from texas to cincinnati, ohio. theyre dressing up as gorillas and caring for her as surrogate mothers. >> one of her caretakers the leader, ron evans. good to have you. i see you wearing a snazzy vest here. tell us about this. >> well, this is one of the faux furs weve had made for us by a local place called fabulous furs here in scincinnati to simulate the way a gorilla feels for gladys. >> you want to...

The white house. >> he is a hero to all of us. im sure i speak for other leaders here. and, you know, we will be keeping him in our thoughts and prayers and his entire family. >> reporter: south africa is a young country and most people here have no memory of mandelas years in captivity. the so-called born-free generation but he remains an icon iconic towering figure. >> 27 years in jail for an idea of quality of freedom. >> absolutely. >> incredible. >> ts an amazing thing. its almost 20 years ...

The deer itself. and a deer. >> and do deer things. in a deer world. >> i have deer by me where i live. i have seen them jump, my 7-foot hedge like it is nothing. i dont know how. i mean, in a years time, it will take care of itself. >> i will tell you this. apparently the deer was found the umbilical cord attached. this deer for all intents and purposes has lived in captivity its entire life. maybe it wont know how to get out or get by when it is out there. >> let the deer go. she will come bac...

>> i dont know. >> it is wild, not to be fair to the deer itself. and a deer. >> and do deer things. in a deer world. >> i have deer by me where i live. i have seen them jump, my 7-foot hedge like it is nothing. i dont know how. i mean, in a years time, it will take care of itself. >> i will tell you this. apparently the deer was found the umbilical cord attached. this deer for all intents and purposes has lived in captivity its entire life. maybe it wont know how to get out or get by when it is...

Do, but mostly just sit there so sound and strong and pretty. >> reporter: now adoption is a slow process, and, jon, only covers a fraction of the problem. if congress doesnt step in and right now there doesnt appear to be a plan to do so it would continue to cost taxpayers $50 million a year to feed the horses that are currently in captivity. jon. jon: they are beautiful animals. what a controversy. alicia acuna, thank you. jenna: harnessing the power of social media on the internet, how you wo...

Jon: too many horses and too little land even in the wide open spaces of the west right now. the federal government saying the is running out of room for wild horses to room and finding its hands pretty much tied when it comes to reducing their numbers. alicia acuna is keeping an eye on that live from denver. >> reporter: whats more not only is there shrinking space in the wild range areas there is no more room left in captivity either, so says the bureau of land management. its a gigantic math ...

And helped to protect the nation at that time. at theened of his time as king he did some pretty foolish things that set up the nation to collapse after that. isaiah comes and confronts him, it will cost captivity of the nation and downfall, some of your own children go into slavery and his response was, what you said is good, it wont happen in my generation. to me its a chilling effect in washington. were trying to do everything we can to overspend and stabilize the economy without concern over...