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disney world is on lockdown today after
a wild mickey was able to escape its
enclosure
inside the amusement park hear what
disney workers are doing to keep park
goers safe
and recapture the rampaging beast and
later there's a new rubik's cube world
record holder today
we'll sit down with the man who was
somehow able to eat the whole thing in
just 5
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mommy mommy look it's mickey oh man
you need to evacuate hi mickey
dennis come with mommy you need to go
now look he's coming over here
run
those are the sounds coming out of a
grim scene in orlando this weekend where
a wild mickey escaped his enclosure at
disney world and has since been going on
a bloodthirsty rampage throughout the
park
opr's rebecca neal has been following
this situation closely and joins us now
from orlando
thanks for being here rebecca of course
leslie so tell me how exactly did this
thing manage to escape
well early sunday morning just as the
mickey's keepers were about to feed him
a live goat for breakfast
disney world suffered a temporary power
outage which deactivated the electric
fence
surrounding his enclosure his trainers
weren't initially worried as the mouse
appeared to be asleep
but we now know that was not the case
when the trainers weren't looking
mickey suddenly scaled the fence out of
his pit mauled them all to death and
took off running
oh god that's terrifying and what's the
scene like now at the park exactly how
much damage has been done
after completely decimating the animal
kingdom the mickey began tearing through
adventureland where he gnawed the face
off of a 63 year old retired insurance
broker from ohio
inside tarzan's treehouse oh no sources
who saw him shortly after reported his
white gloves were completely drenched in
blood
and there were chunks of human flesh on
his oversized yellow shoes
according to the multiple witnesses i
spoke to it was a harrowing spectacle
take a listen oh dear god
he completely destroyed the building
that houses the pirates of the caribbean
ride
my sister is still trapped in there we
saw him trample an entire school field
trip full of kids
look everyone he's climbing up
cinderella's tower
authorities are praying that they can
stop him before he reaches main street
usa or else it will be an even deadlier
bloodbath and what exactly are they
doing to try and stop him
well it's turning out to be quite a
challenging task mickey's are highly
intelligent conniving creatures
and once they've had a taste of blood
they'll stop at nothing to get more
on top of that there's an ongoing debate
about what type of force should be used
in the containment efforts
i spoke to walter mclaren an expert on
wild mickeys who runs his own mickey
sanctuary
he's a big advocate of using non-lethal
tactics here's what he had to say
sure everyone is calling it a rampage
but what this mickey is doing is what
any wild creature in this situation will
be doing
it's mating season he's in heat and he's
looking for a mini
it's his instincts he's not some big
monster
there's nothing unnatural about him
what's unnatural is the way he's being
cooped up
are we really going to kill this
beautiful creature just for being
himself
interesting and has the park been
receptive to these please
well they were at first but once the
mickey started racking up a body count
they quickly abandoned those plans and
went full lethal
according to disney they weren't left
with any other options
93 patrons have already been confirmed
dead my god
and how are those efforts going not good
mickeys are highly agile they have a
hard
shell-like skin and their body mass is
99.6
muscle so pinning him down is proving to
be highly difficult
one neutralization attempt was actually
caught on the park's surveillance system
take a listen easy girl
easy it's me your trainer charlie
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remember
jesus well at this point shouldn't they
just bomb the damn park
just line up the place and put an end to
it local authorities were willing to do
just that and were in the middle of
putting plans in place that is until
just
moments ago when the mickey was spotted
breaking free from the confines of the
amusement park it is now roaming freely
through the streets of orlando oh no
residents are being warned to keep all
children and pets inside their home
until further notice and that if you see
the mickey on your property or out in
the streets do not approach it
wow well let's hope there's at least one
brave gun owner down there in florida
who has what it takes to put a bullet
right between those big oval-shaped eyes
and end this thing once and for all
in the meantime it looks like my stepson
and i will be going to six flags this
weekend
you want to come rebecca derek could
really use a mother figure in his life
right now
what no leslie i have my own kids eh
i'll put you down as a maybe that's
opr's rebecca neil
back in a moment
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it's a long-standing stigma that may now
have some data to back it up
a new report released by the american
veterinary medical association found
that pitbull owners are 10 times more
likely to bite pedestrians than owners
of other dog breeds we're joined in the
studio now by opr correspondent alan
potts who's going to fill us in on these
disturbing findings
thanks for joining us alan pleasure to
be here leslie so we all know pitbull
owners have a reputation for being
ornery but it seems like this is the
first time this perception has actually
been backed up by statistics
no you're exactly right leslie this
study uses key data points to profile
pit bull owners as
highly aggressive and territorial and
how do these researchers come to this
conclusion
that their violent disposition and
unpredictable temperament isn't just a
myth
well i spoke to kasha lucas the head
researcher on the study and here's what
she had to say about the process
we conducted a retrospective survey of
biting attacks by dog owners in the last
seven years
and a meta-analysis of our results
indicated that a vast majority of them
nearly 70 percent were committed by
those who had pit bulls
in fact pitbull owners are nearly 10
times more likely
to bite pedestrians than rottweiler or
german shepherd owners
wow and just how harmful can these bites
get quite harmful leslie
pitbull owners can cause significant
tissue damage during a biting attack
thanks to their powerful jaw strength
and on top of that they instinctively
know to bite vulnerable anatomic
locations such as the neck or groin
damage from their bites often requires
an emergency room visit or even
reconstructive surgery to be
sufficiently mended huh
well it sounds like if you weren't
scared of them before you should be now
definitely i actually got to speak to a
few people who were concerned by these
new findings
here's what they had to say about their
worries we just had a pitbull owner move
in next door and it's
scary they're constantly clawing at
their fence and barking
i mean my kids play on the lawn a lot
and
frankly i'm afraid they're gonna get bit
they just love to fight i mean that's in
their instincts
every time you hear about someone
getting bit you just know it's going to
be a pit bull owner
i mean i ain't no expert or anything but
those things should be banned if you ask
me
and tell me alan what do pitbull owners
themselves have to say about all this
well i actually managed to speak to one
for this story here is lydia arnold the
owner of a nine-year-old pit bull
that report is totally bogus they are
not giving proper context for those
numbers
in the rare instance that a pit bull
owner bites someone it's not because
we're inherently aggressive
but because we've been mistreated or
abused i mean
you take an owner of any dog breed and
treat them that way and they're gonna
bite people
so you would say that pitbull owners are
not the villains they're made out to be
not at all most people aren't i'm sorry
could you move the microphone it's right
in my face
oh sorry about that as i was saying most
pitbull owners when well socialized and
trained are delightful
insensitive we're lovable and sorry
as i was saying we're lovable and
intelligent
and make loyal companions if anything
we're too
peaceful we need to re-examine
oh my god alan you got bit yep check out
my leg
jesus christ that's disgusting oh
it looks infected it is ah gross
and it turns out lydia was carrying a
rare form of
mutated hepatitis really yep and she
passed it on to me
and it's incurable while it's
concentrated in my leg now the infection
will slowly spread to the rest of my
body and
eventually devour my brain and heart i
only have two months left to live leslie
and that's if i'm lucky wow tough break
man
well time for an ad
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when will there be a vaccine that's been
the question on everyone's mind since
the start of the coronavirus pandemic
and today we may finally have a clearer
picture of the timeline
yesterday president trump vowed to
definitely have something to stick in
your arms soon and has ordered the roll
out of some kind of sharp pointy
medicine thing that will poke you by the
end of october at the latest here's cdc
deputy director ann shookut on the white
house's promise
thanks to our nation's doctors being at
the forefront of medical and scientific
research
and our american ingenuity the u.s will
be the first country to distribute a
stabby pointy pain vial thingy designed
to be jabbed directly into patients
muscle
or skin or something and it will have
some
effect on your body either good or bad
joining us now with more is opr health
correspondent jenna resnick so jenna it
sounds like something that at least
resembles a vaccine could be on the
horizon exactly which phase of the
process
is it in well as of right now leslie we
really don't know very much but what we
do know
is this president trump has guaranteed
that all americans will get stuck with
something in their arm by election day
now so far pfizer moderna and
astrazeneca have all been able to
develop some very promising poking
methods that are extremely
sharp long and wet take a listen after
10
long months we know americans are ready
and excited to get stabbed
soon people just like you and me will be
able to go to a pharmacy
sit down pay money and get stabbed
through the skin with a vial of goo
in a very painful way well i gotta say
that can't come soon enough but i have
to admit jenna i
really wasn't expecting to get stabbed
by our government until 2021 at the
earliest
that's right some were even estimating
2024 as a more realistic time frame for
having a stranger in scrubs inject
healing juices into your veins but
according to the cdc
even with the accelerated schedule early
trials are going well
so far the devices have been very
effective at going into and out of arms
as well as shooting the liquid which has
been amply moist
they are however still trying to work
out some of the quote pesky and deadly
side effects
but that's not going to stop them from
rolling this thing out in walgreens and
cvs pharmacies across the country
as soon as possible oh walgreens that's
where i buy my little bottles of orange
juice and large fish oil pills every
morning so you can count me in
but jenna i have to assume people are
going to be pretty excited to have their
skin punctured once it's available and
personally i'd rather endanger everyone
around me or even die myself rather than
wait in line longer than 15 seconds how
does the government plan to roll this
out in a way that meets the high demand
well it's certainly going to be
difficult but the plan as of now is to
prioritize suburban patients who are
also undecided voters the white house
also wants to focus on high-risk
patients like the elderly particularly
in blue states and is planning to stab
them all in the neck
presumably so the serum can get to their
brain faster interesting tactic and how
much is it going to cost
well while there had certainly been talk
of it being no cost to patients
the price has actually yet to be set
according to the cdc
so far they've estimated it could cost
either 10
500 or even 100 000
depending on how desperate we get a
small price to pay for a vaccine that
may or may not work
thanks jenna when it comes out i'll be
first in line otherwise i'm not getting
it i'm a busy man
anyway that's opr's jenna resnick back
in a moment
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you know even with a vaccine i'm still
not sure if i'll ever feel quite
comfortable enough to go back to a
restaurant again
and hide in the big garbage can in the
kitchen so that when the wait staff
clears off the food left behind on
people's plates it lands right into my
open mouth
allowing me to eat a free meal with the
people working at the restaurant being
none the wiser but who knows
maybe one day we'll be able to get back
to some sense of normalcy
anyway here's what else you need to know
today the far-right conspiracy theory
dubbed q anon has gained an alarming
amount of traction in the lead-up to
this year's presidential election and
today we may have more of an
understanding as to why
a new psychological study published this
morning has found that the appeal of q
anon can be attributed largely to it
being 100
true top psychiatric researchers have
concluded that when a certain type of
person is presented with theories that
our government is secretly run by a
cabal of satan worshiping pedophiles
they will have a tendency to believe
these claims due to the fact that
they're totally real and absolutely can
be backed up with hard undeniable
evidence if you just read between the
lines
interesting i may have to dive into my
facebook feed and do a little research
on this for myself
and big news for bird lovers today as
ornithologists from the university of
rhode island have been awarded a 10
million dollar grant to research whether
that big bird up there is a hawk
researchers are hopeful that this newly
secured funding will help them ascertain
whether the bird in question is indeed a
hawk and not some kind of eagle or
possibly even a falcon
and will allow them to expand their
investigation by passing around the
binoculars so they can all get a better
look at that thing
and finally as we near the end of the
month los angeles mayor eric garcetti
has unveiled his plan to combat the
city's growing homeless population
brought on by the mass evictions
plaguing his city
mayor garcetti announced today his
administration stands committed to
ensuring every los angelino has a roof
over their head
and that he would personally be sending
around some pretty reasonable zillow
listings to those in need
sounds like a great plan and if any
homeless la residents are listening
take my advice if you see something you
like on one of those listings hop on it
quick
anything under a million usually gets
scooped up pretty fast
and that's the topical for today i'm
leslie price
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