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Swimming through waters. she's the first person to swim from cuba to florida without a protective cage. take a look at this, that, my friends, say 741-pound alligator. a mississippi man made that record-setting catch over the weekend. >> and with the travel hooks i actually set into him. put five lines on him. tied him up to the side of the boat. we had a good fight on our hands for about an hour. really didn't know how big he was until his whole body was until he pulled us down the river. >> the new record was set in claire born county, mississippi. in case you're wondering the alligator me...

Dead inside his jail cell. we're live with the latest on this breaking story. striking syria. russia's new warning to the u.s. should congress vote to punish syria's government for allegedly using chemical weapons to poison its people? >> about anything you make with chicken you were make with alligator. >> and meet the men who captured the 727-pound alligator. how they made this giant catch. i guarantee you, the alligator's not smiling. we'll tell you how they made this catch their very first time hunting. >> not in that picture, but he looked like he was smiling. welcome back to "early sta...

The hunters clearly thrilled the rash of gator hunter reality show and what they found this time a mammoth creature, two feet longer than the average american gator. at more than 13 feet in length and weighing in at 727 pounds, this gigantic gator caught in mississippi is a state record breaker. that's a little more than nine fifth great boys. not bad for dustin and ryan balkman, imature gator hunters. >> family got home and checking record books and taking measurements of them when we realized we had a fairly large gator. >> reporter: one hour earlier the old record had been broken by a femal...

Lift something 700 pound. three people in a bolt. >> need guys to do that. >> really do. >> one of our chat points. hilarious. it's actually quite true. these things look like dinosaurs. when they're 727 pound. don't want to see one of those in my backyard. no, thank you. >> no doubt about it. scary stuff. >> ooh. >> wrestle it? >> no, i will stay inside and watch. >> with you. coming up -- celebrities glamorizing a dangerous club drug. >> that's the question this morning after overdoses at a music festival. explain why people are getting hooked and why it is so risky. >> hollywood's biggest m...

Players. it doesn't go to a player, just watch. >> trying to beat the brewers in back to back weeks. oh, what a play. that's how you do it with the shorts o. nice. >> a diving catch on a live do i have by the brewers ball by. shorts on no less. the stadium cheered and he high 5 5ed fans. >> what do they it feed allegators in mississippi? that's our question. a 727 beast stretching over 13 feet was captured on the first weekend of allegator hunting. and mississippi's gator hunting season is not over until next monday and so there is still time to catch a bigger allegator