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This one's a talker. some circus elephants are about to lose their jobs forever. ringling brothers circus just announced it's fazing out all of its elephant acts within the next three years. this will mark an end of an era. there's nothing quite like seeing those elephants perform a synchronized dance routine. their treatment of elephant bs has come under scrutiny in the last few years. i spoke with the communications director at the miami metro zoo for his reaction to ringling brothers' big decision. >> i applaud the decision. i think they're doing something smart. i think they're realizing t...

Walmart. a multibillion dollar corporation finally seeing the light. what about the families who have been suffering under the pressure of the working poor are among us in this country and we need to do something about it. we have the power and the capacity, both parties have been complicit in this. >> the obama recovery has been very weak compared to other recoveries, particularly the reagan recovery. they came into office and pretty similar circumstances. so republicans are making the point we need 4.5% growth. that makes a huge difference. >> it's not like republicans have been out of power...

Thing between shiia and sunnis that americans couldn't tell you which is which is misleading. the real problem is this is al qaeda and al qaeda-affiliated groups. some of them are worse than al qaeda. they have already made it clear their intent to attack the u.s. and europe. they have been recruiting fighters to do that in the u.s. and europe, and we have got to beat them. >> but mr. wolfowitz -- >> we've got to look for allies everywhere. >> you're right, but you have to start with alice in your own government, and it is irresponsible to allow the fingerpointing to go on because it's frustra...

Being on the american national team. >> it was a big dream to come to this team. it's an honor to wear this jerseyy. >> it was a win for the usa that was remarkably hard fought. >> the commitment, the determination, the fight, the mentality. those things carried us through. >> reporter: well, you can hear there john brooks. he kind of has a slight accent. that's because he's actually german-born and has an american father. has really uteak tattoos on his arm, a big tattoo of germany on his right elbow and big tattoo of illinois which is where his father is from on his left elbow so he consider...

Those troops are motivated by the sectarian conflict, sunni versus shiia. baghdad is shiia stronghold and the guys coming down towards them is sunni. instead of being a national sovereign army and that's another problem we've created in iraq. it then becomes what do we do, you like the idea of the drones, special-ops on the ground that provide guidance but not fight. >> the afghan model. special forces in there with the northern alliance calling in air support and providing the target designation for the aircraft above. it was very effective. we can do that again, but once again you've got to ...