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Who feel that way. but it's not that deep. it's tenuous and tentative and kind of based on what happens. and certainly now based on what happens as this investigation plays out. so there's no sort of cemented love there. and people can turn away frankly if this goes south for christie. >> ken, when you talk to these big republican donors, how sharp are they as political analysts? i mean, are they as sharp about the way they invest in politics compared to the way they've obviously very successfully invested in creating their own wealth? >> i mean, it runs the gamut. a lot of them are sort of ho...

And certainly now based on what happens as this investigation plays out. so there's no sort of cemented love there. and people can turn away frankly if this goes south for christie. >> ken, when you talk to these big republican donors, how sharp are they as political analysts? i mean, are they as sharp about the way they invest in politics compared to the way they've obviously very successfully invested in creating their own wealth? >> i mean, it runs the gamut. a lot of them are sort of hobbyists who go with their gut and they get a feeling about someone and they really want to give to that p...

So this is going to snowball as long as technology outpaces laws and the people feel the government is infringing on their privacy and liberty. >> so when i visited these hobbyists, they were talking about how the faa is going to come up with a rule and basically will have to come, the government, u.s. government, is going to have to determine what to allow the general public to do when it comes to the commercial use of drones. the u.s. government already has drones out there that are used for law enforcement and for what they argue are national security reasons. but we are in a lace in this c...

Have on exhibit in our asia quest region of the zoo. you know, large snakes like this are not common, are not common pets. and we need to -- whoever has an animal like this needs to be very careful. we have very strict protocols ourselves in terms of when we go in and work with an animal of this size because even though it's a pet, if someone owns one, it's a pet, it's still a wild animal and still can be unpredictable. you can't become complacent. >> in addition to the unpredictable animals, the snakes at this man's house, he also had turtles, frozen mice, tarantulas. i have to imagine there ...

Your hobbyists going out with a hand-held controller that looks like a mock cockpit and they fly it around. these are very popular. there are many home-made -- you can go to a hobby store near you and buy one of these things. i would say the odds are that it was likely a remotely controlled aircraft and not really a drone, a military or civilian drone. >>gretchen: this pilot said he saw about a three-foot wing span. are there regulations about how big these can be and how close they can come to incoming aircraft? >> i've seen remotely controlled aircraft be as small as your hand and be as larg...