emperor penguins are the largest penguins in the world. they're related to the king penguin, but emperor penguins can't be found anywhere else other than antarctica. i guess that's why it's so important to understand their population, because if sea ice starts to be lost more and more around antarctica, there's nowhere else they can go. >>> and that's our tuesday broadcast, thanks for being here with us. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. a drug dilemma in the east bay. tonight medical marijuana advocates are holding their breath wondering who the feds might target next. oakland has led the way in welcoming the controversial cannabis businesses but now its once driving pot businesses may go up in smoke. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us in oakland where a lot of plans were in limbo right now, correct, jodi? >> reporter: that's right, raj. the city of oakland recently issuedmi

each of those black dots is an emperor penguin. there are 46 colonies of penguins in antarctica. we found 595,000 penguins in antarctica. this is approximately double the previous estimate. that's not to say the population doubled, we just know more about the population, and we know there are double what we previously thought. for scientists to be able to make this kind of discovery is awesome. the reason it's important to understand how many emperor penguins there are is, first of all, we're able to see how their populations will change in the future, particularly with sea ice loss, and things like that. emperor penguins are the canary in the coal mine afar as the ecosystem in the southern ocean. i've been lucky enough to interact with emperor penguins on two occasions. they're related to the king penguin, emperor penguins can't be found anywhere else other than ability arctic ka. i guess that's why it's so important to understand their population, because if sea ice starts to be lost more and more around antarctica, there's nowhere else they can go. >>> and that's our tuesday b

penguins themselves. >> looking first at the penguins droppings which led to the penguins themselves. the dark et dots there are the actual penguins. estimated 595,000 penguin, twice as many than was previously thought all living in colonies circling the entire coastline. getting a real count has long been a challenge, because the penguins live in areas that are so difficult to get to. remote, frigid, temperatures 58 degrees below zero. >> it's almost impossible to count them on the ground because of the harsh, remote environment. with a satellite you can take every single colony. >> reporter: emperor penguins, are the largest of the penguins species, average weight 66 pounds, height close to 4 feet. they feed on fish and can dive longer and deeper than any other penguin or bird. they can dive 1800 feet below water, holding their breath for up to 22 minutes. >> 22 minutes. that satellite giving us a brand-new view tonight. still ahead on "world news," your brain on caffeine. and this evening our correspondent getting two mris with very different results. they're dramatic and we ask,

there are 46 colonies of penguins in antarctica. we found 595,000 penguins in antarctica. that's not to say the population doubled, we just know more about the population, and we know there are double what we previous when i thought. for scientists to be able to make this kind of discovery is awesome. the reason it's important to understand how many emperor penguins there are, we're able to see how their populations will change in the future, particularly with sea ice loss. emperor penguins are the canary in the coal mine afar as the ecosystem goes. they're related to the king penguin, emperor penguins can't be found anywhere else other than ability arctic ka. i guess that's why it's so important to understand their population, because if sea ice starts to be lost more and more around antarctica, there's nowhere else they can go. >> that's our tuesday broad cat,

final score in the game, the flyers, 8, the penguins, 4. tonight starting at 7:00, 6:00 central, all new episodes of "dateline "dateline" and celebrity apresent tipps. the stanley cup playoffs continue all week. every game. every night this week on cnbc and the nbc sports network. and that means vancouver/l.a., new jersey/florida later on today. for pierre mcguire, for the penalty timekeeper, doc emerick saying good night from philadelphia. >>> good evening, i'm chris gordon. we begin tonight with breaking news in anne arundel county. at least 900 firefighters have extinguished the brush fires threatening the marina. it's happening on beach drive boulevard in edgewater. >> this is as close as we could get. according to the fire officials, this is where we had to park our live truck. firefighters got the call right around 3:00 this afternoon for a brush fire here in this waterfront community, and those flames quickly spread to four alarms. the flames burned this a swampy area here in the shelby on the bay community. they spread through the h

final score in the game, the flyers, 8, the penguins, 4. tonight starting at 7:00, 6:00 central, all new episodes of "dateline "dateline" and celebrity apresent tipps. the stanley cup playoffs continue all week. every game. every night this week on cnbc and the nbc sports network. and that means vancouver/l.a., new jersey/florida later on today. for pierre mcguire, for the penalty timekeeper, doc emerick saying good night from philadelphia. >> live, local, and late- breaking, this is wbal tv 11 news. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> a loud train. i thought it was a train coming down the track. i looked up, i saw the funnel and i started running through the house screaming, marsha. i was scared. >> tornado alley hit hard this weekend. 100 reports of twisters across the midwest. more could be on the way it. from oklahoma to kansas to nebraska, residents are spending today cleaning up by the dead . five people have died, including three children. j. gr

we stole a penguin. >> three guys on vacation wake up to find this cute little penguin in their hotel room. and they claim they have no idea how it got there? sound familiar? we're calling it the real-life hangover. how did the penguin get from seaworld to their room? fortunately for us, unfortunately for them, they videotaped the whole thing. we're going to show you on this saturday morning. good morning, america. i'm dan harris. >> and i'm sharyn alfonsi. >> that's nothing compared to sharyn's craziness. >> i'm in for bianna golodryga. it's saturday, april 21st. >>> also, is reality tv to blame for the death of this young surface. he was killed by a shark. and the crew allegedly baited the shark to get it to the surface. >>> i can't believe i'm uttering these words again. lindsay lohan is in trouble again. i know. can you believe it? find out what happened when she was out partying with her dad, who as it turns out, is not the best chaperon. >>> we're going to begin with the search for the missing north carolina soldier. it's been a week since anyone's heard or seen from kelli borde

we stole a penguin. >> three guys on vacation wake up to find this cute little penguin in their hotel room. and they claim they have no idea how it got there. sound familiar? we're calling it the real-life "hangover." how did the penguin get from seaworld to their room? fortunately for us, unfortunately for them, they videotaped the whole thing.we'r up here on "good morning america," on this saturday morning. saturday morning. good morning, america. i'm dan harris. >> and i'm sharyn alfonsi. if i had a dollar for every time that happened to me. >> that's nothing compared to sharyn's craziness. >> i'm in for bianna golodryga. it's saturday, april 21st. >>> also, is reality tv to blame for the death of this young surfer. he was killed by a shark. the shark allegedly baited so it would come to the surface so they could get their shot. >>> i can't believe i'm uttering these words again. lindsay lohan is in trouble again. i know. can you believe it? find out what happened when she was out partying with her dad, who as it turns out, is not the best chaperon. >> oh, my. imagine that. >>> we'

it was on april 3rd here at the penguin exhibit when a pair of penguins nudged their little one out of the burrow to hatch. what zoo keepers didn't see was there was a second egg in a precarious position. >> you see that? that's all it would have taken right there. >> reporter: the penguins didn't see it, zoo keepers didn't either, but someone did. a young boy spotted the egg and alerted zoo staff. >> if it hadn't been seen when it did, this guy would not have survived. >> reporter: but in the rush to rescue the egg, no one got the boy's name. we know what the penguin looks like. at the boy, all we know he was at the zoo on the 3rd, 7 or 8, blond, wearing a white t-shirt and was very polite. sound like someone you know? the zoo wants to hear from you. his reward? a behind-the-scenes tour of the zoo and the satisfaction of saving a life. >> oh, i hope they find him. that was nbc's jim foreman reporting. >>> right now we want to check in with anthony on the weather. i have to say spectacular. >> yeah, it was. even in the video that you saw earlier from the boating situation, lots of blue

the darkest dots there, the actual penguins. an estimated 595,000 penguins living in antarctica. twice as many than was originally thought. all living in colonies circling the entire coastline. getting a real count has long been a challenge, because the penguins live in areas that are so difficult to get to. remote, frigid, temperatures 58 degrees below zero. >> it's almost impossible to count them on the ground because of the harsh, remote environment. with a satellite you can take every single colony. in a snapshot of time. you can get the whole population in one go. >> reporter: emperor penguins, are the largest of the penguins species, average weight 66 pounds, height close to 4 feet. they feed on fish and squid which they catch on drives that are longer and deeper than any other penguin or bird. they can dive 1800 feet below water, holding their breath for up to 22 minutes. >> 22 minutes. that satellite giving us a brand-new view tonight. >>> there is still much more ahead here on "world news" this saturday night. your brain on caffeine and this evening, our correspondent ge

we stole a penguin. >> three guys on vacation wake up to find this cute little penguin in their hotel room. and they claim they have no idea how it got there. sound familiar? we're calling it the real-life "hangover." how did the penguin get from seaworld to their room? fortunately for us, unfortunately for them, they videotaped the whole thing. we're going to show you, coming up here on "good morning america," on this saturday morning. saturday morning. good morning, america. i'm dan harris. >> and i'm sharyn alfonsi. if i had a dollar for every time that happened to me. >> that's nothing compared to sharyn's craziness. >> i'm in for bianna golodryga. it's saturday, april 21st. >>> also, is reality tv to blame for the death of this young surfer? he was killed by a shark. the shark allegedly baited to come to the surface so they could get their shot. >>> i can't believe i'm uttering these words again. lindsay lohan is in trouble again. i know. can you believe it? find out what happened when she was out partying with her dad, who as it turns out, is not the best chaperon. >> oh, my. im

staal's second of the game. 6-3, penguins. late second period. penguins up 8-3. two-on-one, staal. rips it. rips it. his fifth goal of the playoffs. 9-3, penguins. third period. same score. chris kunitz, shooting. malkin, rebounding. penguins win, 10-3. pittsburgh tying a franchise record with ten goals. the series is now 3-1, in favor of philadelphia. >>> friday night, espn has an nba doubleheader. rajon rondo, the atlantic division-leading celtics host the hawks at 7:00 eastern. then, at 9:30, a battle of western division leaders as andrew bynum and the lakers visit tony parker and the spurs. >> all right. thanks, guys. >>> we now know who bought that third and final winning ticket in last month's megamillions lottery. merle and pat butler are the lucky winners. the couple has kept the secret to themselves for about three weeks and kept the winning ticket in their safe deposit box at the bank. >> she kind of looked at me funny. then, she started giggling. and she giggled for about four hours, i think. one of the people i know in the bank says, oh, i guess you come over to put you

this is like a real-live version of "the hangover." >> it's a penguin. >> that's right. they're, like, we've got to do something with this penguin. so they released him into the river. but they released him after they took photos and posted them on facebook. >> oh, of course. >> folks at seaworld enlisted the help of everyone, saying, hey, we've got to get this penguin back into his habitat. he was born in captivity seven years in captivity and suddenly he's left in eye river. but the good citizens of australia, they found little dirk, uninjured, but terrified. >> well, he is back in his original habitat at seaworld, along with his mate peaches. police arrested and then released the three men, and they are due to appear in court on choorgs of trespassing, stealing and unlawfully keeping a protected animal. >>> vice president joe biden got some lip service because the guys from bad lip reading are back. >> oh! >> i missed these guys. >> nobody ever gets carmel hands. carmel hands are for terror. they're crazy lunch digits. you better not eat any. you bet i will! now, get

penguins themselves. darkest lots are estimated penguins. estimated 595,000 penguin, twice as many than was previously thought all living in colonies circling the entire coastline. getting a real count has long been challenged because the penguins live in areas so difficult to get to. remote, frigid, temperatures 58 degrees below zero. >> it's difficult to count them on the ground because of the harsh environment. with a satellite you can take every single colony. >> reporter: emperor penguins, close to 4 feet high. they feed on fish and can dive 1800 feet below the water, holding their breath for up to 22 minutes. >> incredible site from antarctica tonight. still ahead on "world news," your brain on caffeine. our correspondent getting two mris with two very different results. they're dramatic and we ask, are they dangerous too? this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank tak

"hangover". >> the story of the penguin that went missing from seaworld. of. >> this may actually be one with of the weirdest stories we've done. >> that's saying a lot. >> see that little guy, that little penguin? his name is dirk. dirk, over the weekend, was kidnapped. according to reports three welsh nationals between the ages of 18 and 21 broke into seaworld in queensland, australia, and swam with the dolphins and then took dirk. >> just for fun? >> well, apparently -- again, according to reports -- there was some alcohol involved, and the next day when these guys woke up, they found a penguin in their apartment, freaked out. this is like a real-live version of "the hangover." >> it's a penguin. >> that's right. they're, like, we've got to do something with this penguin. so they released him into the river. but they released him after they took photos and posted them on facebook. >> oh, of course. >> folks at seaworld enlisted the help of everyone, saying, hey, we've got to get this penguin back into his habitat. he was born in captivity seven years in

staal's second of the game. 6-3, penguins. late second period. penguins up 8-3. two-on-one, staal. grips it, rips it. his fifth goal of the playoffs. 9-3, penguins. third period. same score. chris kunitz, shooting. malkin, rebounding. penguins win, 10-3. pittsburgh tying a franchise record with ten goals. the series is now 3-1, in favor of philadelphia. >>> friday night, espn has an nba doubleheader. rajon rondo, the atlantic division-leading celtics host the hawks at 7:00 eastern. then, at 9:30, it's a battle of western division leaders as andrew bynum and the lakers visit tony parker and the spurs. >> all right. thanks, guys. >>> well, we now know who bought that third and final winning ticket in last month's giant mega millions lottery. merle and pat butler are the mystery winners from the tiny town of red bud, illinois. the couple has kept the secret to themselves for about three weeks and kept the winning ticket in their safe deposit box at the bank. >> she kind of looked at me funny. then, she started giggling. and she giggled for about four hours, i think. one of the people

louis on friday, newt gingrich was bitten by a penguin. >> to which i have to ask, was penguin okay? >> see i knew you'd have a witty rejoinder. newt gingrich is still in this race. apparently -- >> and looking for votes in a zoo. what could be more sensible. >> doesn't have the penguin vote >> he walked out on an interview after the first question. >> i got an alert he had an interview with a student newspaper in many north carolina and mid-way through the first question, decides to cut it off which is what an aspiring is presidential candidate. >> once you're bitten by a penguin, maybe all bets are off, bill. >> students can be really zany these days. >> i'm moving on to my last thing to talk about, which is that a new pew project internet study finds one in five adults doesn't use the internet at all. that is shocking to me. of those not online, 59% are seniors, 60% adults who didn't complete high school, an 40% are those with incomes under $30,000 and 54% are those are disabilities. >> it just goes to show there's a lot of different folks that you're trying to reach. i would be i

people passing by rescued the penguin. the penguin is doing okay. the same cannot be said for the three dudes. they have been charged with stealing a protected animal. they perhaps might be fortunate that that's all they're charged with. apparently there is not a law in australia about being stupid. but that's another story. >> that penguin looks a lot more harmless than what nay hthey ha the movie. >> the tiger. >> yeah, that's our broadcast for tonight. >> we'll see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman.

>> i want the you to watch the penguin polka. ♪ what the heck? >> i don't know why that guy starts following him, but i love it. >> he doesn't just start following, he starts doing, like -- >> he's doing a step ball change. >> yeah, but the penguin is like, i'm outta here. ♪ >> he's like, can you believe this guy? >> maybe -- if i dance like this, they won't notice that i'm human. >> yeah, right. >> and not human-like them. >> weird video of the day, burping and some weird dude doing the polka. >> penguin polka. >> the cat loves the bearded dragon. ♪ ♪ >>> this is the winner of the nike chosen sessions competition. basically, nike gave three teams the full run of the park to film a video and put it together. this is the winning team, germany's rock on b crew. the funny part about this video, they did sort of this opening intro that includes every single snowboard video cliche that's out there. >> crazy grabs. gnarly bails. friendship. >> they're supposed to look like the three stooges. >> they were definitely going for the comedy effect. th

there are twice as many penguin's in antarctica as previously thought. >> the long march for penguin's. every winter, they journey 100 miles from the ocean in land to their breeding ground. it is the time that conservationists used to monitor their numbers. it is hard to count them. they look the same and inconveniently for researchers, they move around. against the stark white landscape, it is easy to take a picture of all of them from space. the dark areas are colonies of the penguins. there are nearly 600,000 and winds here, twice as many as previous estimates. >> it is almost impossible to count them on the ground because of the harsh, remote environment. with a satellite, you can take a snapshot at a time of the whole operation. >> it is only recently that cameras have become part of enough to track individual animals. on the top left-hand corner, you can see the sea which ice floating on it. on the bottom right, is the land. this is desolate. as you zoom in, you can see these areas of brown. these are pangolin droppings stretching out for miles. this alert scientists that there a

penguins on a power play. and giroux pumps in the second shorty of the game. flyers took full advantage of some miscues by the penguins. >> it's the perplexing approach the pittsburgh penguins have taken to this thing, they haven't paid attention at all to the defensive side of the game. you see turnovers. you see misreads coming back on the back-check. just terrible defensive stuff. 12 goals in two games is not going to cut the mustard. the scary thing for pittsburgh is this didn't just start with this series. >> that game is coming at you right here at 3:00 p.m. directly before that is detroit and nashville, game three of that series. 60 minutes of regulation not enough. one 20-minute overtime session is not either. doc and pierre have the second overtime after this. on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean,

the philadelphia flyers, 5-1 winners over the pittsburgh penguins. the favorite to come out of the eastern conference. the favorite to win the stanley cup is now going home. philadelphia takes down the series four games to two. these two teams, a lot of talent out there. sidney crosby considered by many the top player in the world. yevgeny malkin the top player of the season. >> top player of the postseason and top player in today's game, claude giroux. you wanted to see a statement by your best player early. that is what claude giroux did off the opening drop. boom. there you go, sidney crosby. have a seat. he makes a big statement to his team. right in front of the pittsburgh penguins' bench. this is what you want from your best player. he answers it 32 seconds into the first period with a ripper past fleury. great start to the game for the philadelphia flares. they never looked back. thanks to claude giroux, they move on. >> have you seen a more impactful first 32 seconds of a game? >> no. probably the first six seconds. when he hits crosby, the t

writes jones one of the penguin poachers apologized saying mess. seawolf and that's all in. well at least mr jones and the rest of his real life paying over crew didn't have to contend with any angry boxers. and it's time for tonight's the good the bad and the very very even more rigorously ugly the good playboy hugh hefner the playboy magazine founder wrote an op ed in the upcoming may issue attacking quote were oppressed conservatives pounding on america's bedroom door in the op ed have to writes quote if the zealots have their way our hard won sexual liberation women's rights reproductive rights and rights to privacy in peril we will let that happen welcome to the new sexual revolution and quote well said if you go i would argue that conservatives like newt gingrich and herman cain are far from sexually repressed. the bad risk of some governor scott walker last week walker told newsmax that his state coach lloyd net increase in jobs this year well he was wrong new data released by the bureau for labor statistics show that wisconsin solve the lar

these are actually penguins, stretching for miles. that alerts scientist to the fact nearby there must be a colony. let's zoom in further and we see them, this area and black. using statistical techniques, computer programs calculate where the individuals are and count them. conservationists believe this kind of satellite tracking could enable them to study how many species across the world are doing. >> the technology is being increasingly used in a number of different applications and conservation biology, and refining those techniques will be crucial to our understanding of how what life is changing in reaction to human pressures. >> although the latest results suggest there are more emperor penguins than previously thought, many other species are endangered, and satellite techniques could enable researchers to track their numbers with greater accuracy than before. >>> it does not get any more dramatic than this. three men had a very lucky escape in new york friday. they were working on the outside of a 17th floor apartment when th

. >>> the kings slay a giant, the flyers eye the penguins and a vicious el whoa that could change the face of the nba playoffs. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "ely today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. the u.s. has agreed to a deal critical to the exit strategy in afghanistan. it ensures that americans will provide military and financial support for afghanistans for at least a decade beyond the withdrawal deadline of 2014. >>> the government accountability office wants the obama administration to cancel an $8 billion medicare bonus program. the gao says most of the money would go to medicare advantage insurance plans that are only rated average and would offset many of the initial cost cuts achieved by the new health care law. >>> the trial of former presidential kaent john edwards starts today. opening arguments are expected in the case accusing edwards of illegal campaign funds in the 2008 campaigns. >> the u.s. supreme court hears arguments on the federal government's challenge to arizona's controversial i

. >>> the kings slay a giant, the flyers eye the penguins and a vicious el whoa that could change the face of the nba playoffs. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. the u.s. has agreed to a deal critical to the exit strategy in afghanistan. it ensures that americans will provide military and financial support for afghanistans for at least a decade beyond the withdrawal deadline of 2014. >>> the government accountability office wants the obama administration to cancel an $8 billion medicare bonus program. the gao says most of the money would go to medicare advantage insurance plans that are only rated average and would offset many of the initial cost cuts achieved by the new health care law. >>> the trial of former presidential kaent john edwards starts today. opening arguments are expected in the case accusing edwards of illegal campaign funds in the 2008 campaigns. >> the u.s. supreme court hears arguments on the federal government's challenge to arizona's controversial

right stones one of the penguin poachers apologized saying mess. this story see will do this all in the last you don't say. well at least mr jones and the rest of his real life hangover crew didn't have to contend with any angry boxers. just so. and it's time for tonight's the good the bad to me very very even more rigid jurists with ugly the good playboy hugh hefner the playboy magazine founder wrote an op ed in the upcoming may issue attacking quote were oppressed conservatives were pounding on america's bedroom door in the op ed have to writes quote if the zealots have their way our hard won sexual liberation women's rights reproductive rights and rights to privacy live peril we will let that happen welcome to the new sexual revolution and quote well said if you go i would argue that conservatives like newt gingrich and herman cain are far from sexually repressed. the bad wisconsin governor scott walker last week walker told newsmax that his state quote saw a net increase in jobs this year well he was wrong new data released by the bureau for la

ç >> a penguin. >> i can't believe how -- i have a penguin in my apartment. man, you stole a penguin. >> that's when they woke up hung over and realized they had a penguin. yeah, by the way, there's more. while they were at sea world, they also videotaped themselves engaging in a little dwi, that would be diving while intoxicated. >> and that's not all they did that night. >> i'm going in there, man. >> still undetected by the sea world security, they swam with the dolphins. >> look at them. penguin, man. [ bleep ] dolphins. >> that's amazing. >> that's right, they swam with the dolphins. might as well. i mean, you're there, right? it's nighttime, you're wasted, why not? the thing is now that the police have the video it's undeniable proof they did this on porpoise. we had to pretape this. dow you know how many times it took me to say on porpoise? they did it on purpose. porpoise. on purpose. they did it on porpoise. porpoise. i can't say it. porpoise. on porpoise. they did it on porpoise. porpoise. i was there. i did have it. porpoise. porpoise. put it back.

the philadelphia flyers, 5-1 winners over the pittsburgh penguins. the favorite to come out of the eastern conference. the favorite to win the stanley cup is now going home. philadelphia takes down the series four games to two. these two teams, a lot of talent out there. sidney crosby considered by many the top player in the world. yevgeny malkin the top player of the season. >> top player of the postseason and top player in today's game, claude giroux. you wanted to see a statement by your best player early. that is what claude giroux did off the opening drop. boom. there you go, sidney crosby. have a seat. he makes a big statement to his team. right in front of the pittsburgh penguins' bench. this is what you want from your best player. he answers it 32 seconds into the first period with a ripper past fleury. great start to the game for the philadelphia flares. they never looked back. thanks to claude giroux, they move on. >> have you seen a more impactful first 32 seconds of a game? >> no. probably the first six seconds. when he hits crosby, the t

man, you stole a penguin. >> that's when they woke up hung over and realized they had a penguin. yeah, by the way, there's more. while they were at sea world, they also videotaped themselves in engaged in a little dwi -- diving while intoxicating. >> and that's not all they did that night. >> i'm going in there, man. >> still undetected by the sea world security, they swam with the dolphins. >> look at them. penguin, man. [ bleep ] dolphins. >> that's amazing. >> that's right, they swam with the dolphins. might as well. i mean, you're there, right? it's nighttime, you're wasted, why not? the thing is now that the police have the video it's undeniable that they did this on porpoise. we had to pretape this. dow you know how many times it took me to say for poise? they did it on purpose. porpoise. on purpose. they did it on porpoise. porpoise. i can't say it. porpoise. on porpoise. they did it on porpoise. porpoise. i was there. i did have it. porpoise. porpoise. put it back. porpoise. on porpoise. porpoise. poor -- not pour, porpoise. on porpoise. sometimes it's not easy doing this

. >>> the flyers ice the penguins and a vicious elbow that could change the face of the nba playoffs. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. the u.s. has agreed to a deal critical to the exit strategy in afghanistan. it ensures that americans will provide military and financial support for afghanistan for at least a decade beyond the withdrawal deadline of 2014. >>> the government accountability office wants the obama administration to cancel an $8 billion medicare bonus program. the gao says most of the money would go to medicare advantage insurance plans that are only rated average and would offset many of the initial cost cuts achieved by the new health care law. >>> the trial of former presidential candidate john edwards starts today. opening arguments are expected in the case, accusing edwards of illegal use of campaign funds to hide an affair during the 2008 campaign. >>> the u.s. supreme court today hears arguments on the federal government's challenge to arizona's

to philly where the flyers make quick work of the penguins grabbing the early need. claude giroux scores just 32 seconds into the game. flyers up 2-0 after one. they win 5-1 and eliminate the penguins in six games. >>> capitals also had a chance to move on. but the defending champs weren't having it. tyler sagan scores a game winner early in over time. bruins live to play another day. they win 4-3 in over time, a decisive game seven is wednesday night. >>> nba carmelo anthony had 39 points against the hawks and knicks needed every single one of them. new york down one in the final minutes. melo for the lead gets it. knicks win 113-112. a half game lead on philly. >>> lakers and thunder, a dunk, slams james hardin, elbows him in the pace. mwp says he was celebrating. if that's a celebration, i'd hate to see him mad. harden left the game with a concussion. hardin wasn't the only one who hit the deck. kobe bryant takes out an entire row of seats. everyone was okay. this one goes to double over time where kobe goes from knocking down fans to knocking down shots, 8 of his

flyers took full advantage of some miscues by the penguins. >> it's the perplexing approach penguins have taken to this thing, they haven't paid attention at all to the defensive side of the game. you see turnovers. you see misreads coming back on the back-check. just terrible defensive stuff. 12 goals in two games is not going to cut the mustard. the scary thing for pittsburgh is this didn't just start with this series. >> that game is coming at you right here at 3:00 p.m. directly before that is detroit and nashville, game three of that series. 60 minutes of regulation not enough. one 20-minute overtime session is not either. doc and pierre have the second overtime after this. on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. coors light

i got bit by a penguin. i went to the st. louis zoo. and got bit which a penguin. i found a tiger named cally. so i got to go see callista. it's a big tiger by the way. >> there were two funny parts by that. i hope it wasn't a radioactive penguin. >> friends and foes i want to give you my solemn word that there will be no mud slinging in this campaign unless of course my opponent slings it. >> oh my god he turned into the penguin! any way now we go to a second animal story with the republicans. in this case it is mitt romney and ann romney. remember they tied their dog seamus to the top of the roof and went on a 12-hour drive, and the poor dog after 12 hours went all over the roof. >> would you do it again? >> certainly not with the attention it received. >> the dog loved it. >> but the dog got sick. >> once and we traveled all the time. he ate the turkey on the counter and had the runs. >> he loved it. when we strapped his ass on the roof and drove around the country. yeah it was a bad turkey. by the way i thought newt was the penguin what was with that laugh? [ l

realized they had a penguin. while they were at sea world, they also videotaped themselves in engages in a little dwi -- diving while intoxicating. >> and there's not all they did that night. >> diving in there, man. >> still undetected by the sea world security, they swam with the dolphins. >> look at them. [ bleep ] dolphins. >> that's right, they swam with the dolphins. might as well. i mean, you're there, right? it's nighttime, you're wasted, why not? now that the police have the video it's undeniable that they did this on porpoise. we had to do this on tape delay because you know how many times i had to do it to get it right. on porpoise, on porpoise. they did it on purpose. porpoise. on purpose. they did it on porpoise. porpoise. i was there. i did have it. porpoise. porpoise. put it back. porpoise. on porpoise. porpoise. poor -- not pour, porpoise. on porpoise. sometimes it's not even doing this job. look, i don't want to encourage this kind of behavior but you have to admit just from a stand point of epic

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you stole a penguin. >> reporter: all the pictures you just saw shot by these three guys. they released a cell phone video to channel 7 to show they didn't do it viciously. >> we're sorry for the time lost searching for dirk. >> why can't we remember a thing from last night? >> reporter: it kund of sounds familiar, right? remember the movie, "the hangover." a bunch of guys who get together, drink, and make bad decisions. >> there's a tiger in 2 bathroom! >> reporter: okay, he's no tiger. he had a frightening ordeal. one of the suspects panicked and let him go in waterway known to have sharks. witnesses who found dirk say something chased him out of the water. on land, he was chased by a dog before rescued. he never spent a night out of captivity but was exhausted and otherwise okay. he's back with his mates at sea world. these mates, they'll be back in court next month. in "the hangover" everything works out. what happens in vegas stays in vegas. what happened down under didn't stay down under. now dirk is famous, these guys are infamous. john muller, abc news, new york. >

dirk the penguin and reportedly bragging about it on facebook. >> i can't believe i have a penguin in my apartment. >> reporter: all the pictures shot by these three guys who now face a bunch of charges. they released the cell phone video to australia's channel 7 to show they were not doing it maliciously. >> all three of us sorry to seaworld and the time lost searching for dirk. >> why can't we remember a thing from last night? >> reporter: it kind of sounds familiar, right? remember the movie "hangover"? a bunch of generally good hearted guys get together, party up and make a bunch of bad decisions they regret in the morning like not remembering how this tiger got in their hotel room. okay. he's no tiger but dirk the penguin had a frightening ordeal. after wang with the penguin, one of the suspects panicked and let him go in a waterway known to have sharks. something chased him out of the water. once he got on land he was chased by a dog before being rescued. >> he was quite distressed. quite disheveled. >> reporter: dirk who never spent a night out of captivity was exhausted but ot

he's no tiger but dirk the penguin had a frightening ordeal. police say after waking up with the penguin, one of the suspects panicked and let him go in a waterway known to have sharks. something chased him out of the water. once he got on land he was chased by a dog before being rescued. >> he was quite distressed. quite disheveled. >> reporter: dirk who never spent a night out of captivity was exhausted but otherwise okay. he's back with his mates at seaworld. and these mates, they'll be back in court next month. in "the hangover," everything works out and what happens in vegas stays in vegas. but what happened down under didn't stay down under. now dirk is famous, and these guys are infamous. john muller, abc news, new york. >> poor baby. >> dirk had a rough one, man. got chased by a dog, by sharks. actually, that was the first theft in the 40-year history of that park. these drunk guys apparently, you know, were trail blazers in the worst kind of way. >> dirk has been reunited with his girlfriend peaches. >> they had some catching up to do.

this is a nu ewly -- newly hatched king penguin. this is from the aquarium of moody gardens in texas. these penguins are different. they're born with a thin covering making them look naked. aren't all penguins naked? we don't know if it's a baby boy or girl yet. i don't think he or she knows either. blood test will determine that. >> got to give him a tux. >> how about that? >> king penguin. let's take a look at the radar. a few showers out there in northeastern maryland but clearing out. maybe patches of fog overnight. 62 with sun tomorrow. a look at your weekend forecast, chances for showers saturday but sunday looking generally dry and a little bit warmer than saturday. plan accordingly. >> i want my kitchen to look like that. >> sparkling. >> good stuff . ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at southwest airlines, we're always looking for new ways to make you happy. and we know what really makes you happy are new places to fly. now you can fly southwest airlines' new nonstop service from bwi airport to atlanta. book all of our destination

you stole a penguin. >> reporter: all the pictures you just saw shot by these three guys. they released a cell phone video to channel 7 to show they didn't do it viciously. >> we're sorry for the time lost searching for dirk. >> why can't we remember a thing from last night? >> reporter: it kund of sounds familiar, right? remember the movie, "the hangover." a bunch of guys who get together, drink, and make bad decisions. >> there's a tiger in 2 bathroom! >> reporter: okay, he's no tiger. he had a frightening ordeal. one of the suspects panicked and let him go in waterway known to have sharks. witnesses who found dirk say something chased him out of the water. on land, he was chased by a dog before rescued. he never spent a night out of captivity but was exhausted and otherwise okay. he's back with his mates at sea world. these mates, they'll be back in court next month. in "the hangover" everything works out. what happens in vegas stays in vegas. what happened down under didn't stay down under. now dirk is famous, these guys are infamous.