and globetrotter steve finish takes us to the city of shiraz in iran. that so far and was once the world's largest and most modern coal mining complex. twelve thousand tons of coal were mines here every day the coal plant was closed down in one nine hundred eighty six. i want to go up on the roof to get there i have to go through the belly of this rusty giant. from up here you can see how she watched this complex is over there was the cooking plant when it shut down in one thousand nine hundred four it was the biggest facility in europe. that so far and coal mine is the landmark of essen and stands for an era now gone forever from the woodville the pit will close in two thousand and eighteen that so far i'm is a place which forms a bridge between the present and the past so if you want to get to grips with this is the location to begin your city walking tour. at one point there were plans to tear all these buildings down or dismantle them and sell them abroad. people are glad that didn't happen. that's all fine is now an industrial historical monument a

trying to get up here you can take a trip to another world totally different and exotic our check in globetrotter us the finish has been to iran and visited the town of here us this is history of a report. the start of the korean historical old town with the but she did not speak and the fear. of. the vacuum mosque was built between seven hundred fifty one and seven hundred seventy three during the zonda period. under the rule of car in khan shiraz became the capital of persia and seven hundred sixty two. more than twelve thousand workers were employed to construct the royal district. so talking about cutting common was constant and should encourage under seventeen hundreds we're now that's the kind of time citadel and east used to be the living quarters of this guy up to that. car in khan invited the best architects and artists of the time to design the citadel which took just a single year to build. just one thing and she writes you should get up really early fall just in the mosque lot of people ask why i will show you. the numbers here almost mosque is also known as the pink mosque because so

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. >> ryan duffy travels to pyongyang in february 2013 with dennis rodman and members of the glo globetrotters. >> it was an exercise in them showing us, everyone here is happy. look at our dolphin show. look at our water park. we were wandering through this village of sets they had created for us. >> the trip ended in an exhibition basketball game in front of a capacity crowd. then without warning, kim jong-un entered the arena. >> it's an experience i will never forget. the entire arena started clapping, clapping. that ovation went on for, i mean, what seemed like hours. >> as kim jong-un took a seat next to dennis rodman, the television crew captured it all on camera. >> sir, thank you. you are a friend for life. >> it seemed like kim jong-un was kind of elated to meet dennis. he carved out time in his schedule, a couple different times during our brief stay, to spend time with dennis. >> the game was followed by a formal palace dinner and photos taken by state media show kim jong-un personally welcoming each of his american guests. >> my immediate impression meeting him was, wow, he is you

the closest thing i can compare it to is when scooby-doo met the harlem globetrotters. even kim jong-un said it seemed like something from science fiction. like an episode of "battle star galactic ka." according to the president it all went very well. trump said he and kim jong-un, after 38 minutes of meeting, developed what he calls a special bond. that's fast. [ laughter ] his dentures take longer to bond than that. [ laughter ] trump and kim hit it off so well, in fact, the president invited him to the white house, which is kaes when you consider he hasn't even invited the wnba champions to the white house. and they've killed a lot fewer people [ laughter ] i mean, in return, kim jong-un invited trump to north korea, to which trump said, yeah, no thanks, i like places that have food, but that's nice. [ laughter ] trump claims he got north korea to commit to destroying a major missile testing site. but, and this is a quote, he said, we didn't put it in the agreement because we didn't have time." usually when trump signs an agreement with a foreigner, it's a prenup. an

we're the harlem globetrotters here. [ laughter ] >> i just don't think that would happen. i don't want to go there. somebody who's listening is going to write something. i'd rather -- i don't know. i'll stay on my side. >> jimmy: you're all right -- you're going to stay. you've already said that. you're planning to stay. >> for sure. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it would be hard to go anywhere else, wouldn't it? >> i love the bay area. >> jimmy: but do you feel like you want more of a challenge at some point? because you guys are so unbelievably good. >> it's a challenge every night. to be that great. >> jimmy: i see. challenges comes from within. >> yeah. >> jimmy: huh. >> we have enough of a challenge. >> jimmy: maybe you guys should go play in the cba and you can have even more of a challenge. you know what i'm saying? >> we could win a championship there too. i feel where you're going with that. >> jimmy: let's look at a clip here. this is the reason i ask this question. i think you scored 43 points in this game. game 3. including that amazing three-pointer.

. >> he lived the life of adventure a globetrotter some might call him. anthony bourdain said his mind and body with deep cultural enrichment, shared it with the world. his journey took him to the most exquisite destinations, he relished in the food scene here in the bay area. welcome to the "four on 2," i'm alyana gomez. >> i'm andre senior. >>> his death came as a shock to many who loved him. laura ingle reports. >>> reporter: anthony bourdain found dead early friday in france where he was working on an upcoming episode of his show. >> i enjoyed his show. he was quite a character, i will say. i want to extend my condolences. >> reporter: bourdain was found inside this hotel by fellow chef eric ripert, the cause of death suicide by hanging. bourdain's girlfriend asia argento speaking out on twitter saying, anthony gave all of himself in everything that he did. his brilliance, fearless spirit, touched and inspired so many. and his generosity knew no bounds. he was my love, my rock, my protector. i am beyond devastated. my thoughts are with his family. i w

>> listen, in my mind i'm a globetrotter. i can't really twirl the ball so i'm just twirling the ball. >> i'm not feeling insecure that my ball is smaller than hers at all. >> it's a morning show, nick. but you did a show with our friend jimmy kimmel. >> yes. >> you had a little wardrobe malfunction and i want to ask about this. let's take a look first of all. wait a minute, nick. >> on defense and i got kyrie. i got kyrie and like, i'm hitting the ground and oh, just fully split my pants. i fully just split my pants. >> that is brilliant. >> yeah. >> that's brilliant. >> thank you. >> you can't write that. >> no. >> that's like a real thing. >> yeah. >> what were you attempting to do? >> i was trying to get low to show how i played defense against kyrie and my pants split wide open. and it was terrible, but i was trying to show, because i had a layup against kyrie, he tried to block it in the movie. he failed and so i was, like, all right. i think i can "d" him up, and just a spoiler alert. he did manage to get past me. >> w