my name's bill weir, and i'm a story-teller. i've reported from all over the world, and i have seen so much change. so i made a list, the most wonderful places to explore right before they change forever. this is "the wonder list." >>> there's a special exhibit in my favorite museum and his name is lonesome george. he is or was the last of his kind. you see, when he died in 2012, the punta tore tus joined the myriad of species large and small that have blinked out in the current mass extinction. there have been five other mass extinctions in history, but this time we can't blame giant asteroids or an ice age. this one is our fault. but, i hear that george home island holds a few ideas on how to stop this trend. and we're 600 miles off the coast of ecuador and we hear the first shots in a war for survival. aerosol shots fired by flight attendants into the overhead bins. i hearby swear under oath that i'm bringing no animals, animal by-products, fruits and plants, fresh, dried or processed, dirt, sand, ash, stone, straw, seeds --

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the wonder list with bill weir starts now. >>> i'm bill weir. i knew we had to start with some of the beautiful islands i'd ever seen. just a few months after my visit to vanuatu, those are in the aftermath of destructive cyclones in recent times. so tonight, we like to take you back to vanuatu before the storm and share ways you can help out. i remember one tribe that lived so simply telling me we have everything we need. well, tonight, they need us more than ever. >>> these are the landlords of paradise. owners of some of the last unspoiled islands on the planet. and when i saw them in this photograph, i just had to go there. had to find out how long they could hold on to life this pure. how long they could hold off the temptation to sell it off and join the modern world. so i said good-bye to my kid. egads, that's hard. and flew back in time. climbed a volcano, hopped a boat, made some friends. i just drank a half a coconut of somebody else's spit. and when i climbed to the exact spot in that photo, i discovered there is a lot more to this pl

bill weir joining me live. a little more about what you were just saying. charging $3 a day. he gets 100 visitors a day. and it's killing the place -- >> that's not what's killing the giant tortoises. it's complicated. it actually goes back to the pirates and the sailors who would come through the galapagos and use these guys as the protein, they would put them in the hold or ship where they could live without food or water for a year. they would leave goats on the island to mix up their diet -- the goats ate every leaf on the island so the tortoises started starving to death. there's just a couple left. and ecuador and the darwin station there brought in snippers and helicopters and they shot over 250,000 goats to save a handful of these last giant tortoises -- >> is that going to work? >> it worked. it's working. it's one example of how conservationists in these places have to play god and decide which creatures have to die in order to save others. >> what is the argument against the tourism? if that's not a problem, that guy is doing exactly what he should be doing? >> tha

in answer to the question of did bill weir catch a tiger? >> by the toe. >> you'll have to watch to find out. >> great to see you, bill. thank you so much. that you all for joining us for a very special hour. before we go, happy almost birthday. >> thank you very much. >>> hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield and we begin this hour with the breaking news the second time in three days, isis is claiming responsibility for a staggering attack. this one outside of iraq and syria. it happened today. that is the turbulent capital of yemen. suicide bombers struck twice, two shiite mosques during friday prayers. the shiite militia that ousted yemen's president in january said 120 people are dead, more than 300 hurt.

. >> that's bill weir. there's the president. he's about to speak on the fifth anniversary of obamacare. let's listen. >> thank you so much everybody. thank you. thank you. [ applause ] everybody have a seat. thank you, doctor for that introduction. i want to thank our outstanding head of health and human services. we've got some wonderful members of congress here today who helped make this happen and i want to offer a heartfelt thanks to all of the top medical professionals who are here today. we've got hospital leaders. we've got healthcare ceos. doctors. patients. advocates. consumer groups. democrats and republicans who have all come together and spent time and effort to make the affordable care act and america's healthcare system work even better. what your efforts have meant is the start of a new phase where professionals like you and organizations like yours come together in one new network with one big goal and that is to continue to improve the cost and quality of healthcare in america. a lot of you have before taken ste

bill weir joins me now. i think the journalist with the best gig in the business. congrats my friend. it is a beautiful searies. >> thank you. >> it starts tonight. i know it was all your idea. where did it come from? >> it just came from a sense that the world is changing so fast. i think all parents look at their kids and wonder what's going to -- what will be left for them and i wondered for this particular episode if there was still some untouched paradises out there? islands, like maybe if you could go back in time like maui or kauai before the europeans set foot on those beaches and we found this amazing place, vanuatu and it's gorgeous and those are sneak peeks of next week and you're getting a glimpse of the galapagos. i'm lucky to work with one of the best filmmakers in the business named philip bloom who brought all of his toys and we captured some amazing images and met some amazing folks. >> you shot some cool little vines for social media. let me play one because this begs for explanation. watch. >> that's going to get back to the tourists. >> what? wh

i guess we have dinner. >> bill weir joins me live in new york. congratulations. this is a remarkable series. i got to see the first episode, what we just saw a sneak peek of this morning, from. not only did you report this this was your idea. how did you come up with it? >> thank you for your kindness poppy. glad you yao got to see it. it came down to a fit of fatherlies no fatherly nostalgia. i looked at my daughter and realized i'm going to be 50 and started asking questions will there still be tigers in the wild how many glaciers left in the alps? will the dead sea and the jordan river still be in the holy land accessible as these precious bodies of water? those are going away. the grand question for this first one is will there still be pristine untouched sort of sugar sand islands in the south pacific without big hotels or golf courses or strip malls. so we looked all over but found the best possible example of that, this place where every island is different, every tribe different, some anxious to join the modern world, think tourism is their ticket to a be

. >> my name is bill weir, and i'm a storyteller. i have reported from all over the world, and i have seen so much change. so i made a list of the most wonderful places to explore right before they change forever. this is "the wonder list." this is a story about man versus man versus nature. a story about sand and blood, salt and rain, moses, muhammed and jesus. and this is a quest for a owuo - one-of-a-kind dip in the dead sea and the holy river jordan that feeds it are going away. and the earth is swallowing up the footprints of prophets and saints. but this is also a story about redemption and how maybe, just maybe, the path to peace is over water. ♪ what is your favorite water? is there a pond that brings you peace, some river of joy, perhaps, some ocean of wonder? >> i couldn't hold on anymore. >> well, if i had to choose, i would go with this perfect little lake. after a very fun, very dry summer, the waterline got alarmingly low. but we can't imagine that it won't come back. in fact, if our neighbors and mother nature can ke

the wonder list with bill weir starts now. >>> i'm bill weir. i knew we had to start with some of the beautiful islands i'd ever seen. just a few months after my visit to vanuatu, those are in the aftermath of destructive cyclones in recent times. so tonight, we like to take you back to vanuatu before the storm and share ways you can help out. i remember one tribe that lived so simply telling me we have everything we need. well tonight, they need us more

cnn's bill weir spent time in vanuatu filming the first episode of his show, "the wonder list." i know you have been able to see images coming out of vanuatu. you were one of the few people that has traveled to vanuatu that we really know. have you been able to get in touch with all of the folks that you met while there? >> no. it seems like a complete communication black hole right now. i heard that many one cell tower survived those winds. we were surprised by the amazing cell service on some of the outer islands but our calls and e-mails to our new friends over there sadly go unanswered. so when i look at ivan's reporting in the capital there, that's one thing. you have to understand, we stayed in a place on an island where this farmer fisherman decided to go into tourism. he spent everything he had on a couple little bungalows and put in the first bathroom the island had ever seen and asked me, do you know how i can get a toilet paper holder because a consultant told him that's what he needed. he couldn't have it on a nail inside there. this is the level of sort of naivety a

bill weir. it airs sunday at 10:00 p.m. on cnn. thanks so much for the great work you do. >>> that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. i'm about to turn you over to wolf blitzer in a room called "the situation room." that starts right now. >>> happening now, feet from water. terrifying moments as an airliner slides off an icy runway just short of a frigid bay. we have the latest on the investigation as air traffic feels the impact. >>> still stranded. hundreds of people stuck in their cars some for almost 20 hours on a snow-covered interstate. many without food, water or ways to keep warm. >>> ferguson lawsuit. the justice department won't file charges but michael brown's family will file a wrongful death lawsuit. is this their chance for what they see would be justice? >>> american suicide bomber? as the federal government issues a warning about teens trying to join isis did an american blow himself up in

cnn's bill weir is of course exploring everything and that too on "the wonder list." how is this possible? what's going on on this island? >> it's interesting. by quirk of sort of geography and geology and the winds, the modern life kind of passed them by. they didn't get their first telephones until the early '80s. they have lived in sort of blissful ignorance of how we live and as a result are living much healthier, much happier lives. >> you asked others on the island if they see younger generations continuing this tradition, this process of living that long. what do they think? >> they say no. that's kind of why we went. this is one of these so-called blue zones where people live to be 90 or 100 at a rate far greater than the rest of us. you understand why. you get there and realize there's a lot of combinations of little things but one of the biggest things is their isolation. now that they have discovered the glory of junk food and binge viewing their favorite tv shows, social media, no need to get off the couch like in the old days they're worried this could be

bill, i remember i was talking to christi, we heard bill weir is coming to cnn. you came here. you interviewed mayor ford in toronto and then we didn't see you for a year. >> i know, what happened. >> you've been at these beautiful locals around the world. tell us about this. >> well, you know, victor, it started with a question, a grand question. i looked at my kid and realized she's going to turn my age in 2050 so i wonder if there will still be tigers in the wild, how many species will still be in the galapagos. will the jordan river and dead sea have dried up completely? they're disappearing at alarming rates. it was an excuse to check off my bucket list and go around. the question for this hour is i wonder if there's still a hawaii without hotels around there? beautiful island paradises on the brink of changes, and for one reason this is such an undiscovered gem is the folks that live under that volcano worship it as a living god. they don't want tourists troubling up there. it's a real interesting study in a place that is so pristine and so pure. they're arguing with them

bill weir joining me live from new york. that really was prophetic, wasn't it that people would express their concern about that and they're not only dealing with high water, but they had to deal with devastating winds, destructive force winds. >> yeah. i was actually speaking with the prime minister, and he was raising what many low-island nation leaders do the extension threats of rising sea levels. but what's so staggering you get so seduced by the beauty of this place, when the sun is shining. you forget this is a very real possibility. it's easy to row majority size the simple life until the wind starts blowing at 100 miles per hour. what worries me about the friends we made there, as well. it's one thing surviving those winds, huddling together in a banyan tree. what now? i mean there is no refrigeration. these are folks who kind of live hand-to-mouth. it's what they can grow the fish they can catch on a given day. add an injury or two to a village, add a swamped-out boat to that equation and suddenly it becomes a matt

my name's bill weir. and i'm a story teller. i reported from all over the world, and i have seen so much change. so i made a list, the most wonderful places to explore right before they change forever. this is "the wonder list." ♪ i got all the time in the world ♪ ♪ don't you want some >> what is your definition of paradise? does it include water slides and a championship golf course? or do you arrive at a tropical resort and wonder what heaven was like before we showed up? ♪ before the locals gave um farming to serve juice to the jet lagged, stopped fishing to dance for the camera phones. well i can't help but wonder if there's still a hawaii without hotels somewhere out there, a bali before burger joints. and this, this is pretty damn close. welcome to vanuatu. 83 perfect little islands in the south pacific where air travel usually involves a plane that is much older than the pilot. >> i'm nick. >> i'm bill. >> you're a pilot. you're our chauffeur. >> that's right. >> you look, i have to say, alarmingly young. >> i get

my name's bill weir, and i'm a story-teller. i've reported from all over the world. and i've seen so much change. so i made a list, the most wonderful places to explore right before they change forever. this is "the wonder list." ♪ india. it is exhilarating, it is exasperating. it is breath-taking color, hopeless romance. it is breath-taking poverty and hopeless bureaucracy. india is a third the size of america with four times as many people. people speaking thousands of different languages and dialects, praying to thousands of different gods, divided into castes, broken by the british. how can a democracy this big, this messy possibly find a balance? how can they feed all these mouths, power all these lives and still preserve what is precious? well, the answer could be found in the fates of two very different treasures. one a man-made token of undying love. the other a wild source of fear and fascination. the taj mahal is at risk, some experts say, crumbling beneath the stress of population and pollution. and they say there are now more tigers living in cages in t

tonight's episode of "the wonder list" with bill weir takes you there with cnn. thanks so much for being here. have a great week. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> judas eescariot, the man who betrays jesus in the most infamous act of treachery ever. >> judas is the embody iment of all wickedness, the most villainous person in human history. >> evil, demonic, the lowest of the low. >> now new evidence rewrites the story of jesus and judas. a lost book of secret knowledge, condemned as heresy 1800 years ago. >> it's just horrific, a terrifying scene. >> can fresh clues help reveal the true meaning of the gospel of judas? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> judas has been one of the greatest villains in human history. >> judas has become the symbol of the ultimate traitor. >> the man who sells out jesus for 30 pieces of silver. >> judas' crime is so easy to understand and at the same time so terrible. he betrayed his friend. >> along comes a bombshell, a newly translated ancient manuscript. >> just 25 tattered sheets of papyrus written in the ancient coptic language. the l

my name's bill weir, and i'm a storyteller. i've reported from all over the world, and i have seen so much change. so i made a list of the most wonderful places to explore right before they change forever. this is the wonder list. >>> welcome to the cradle of democracy. the greeks have given us much over the ages. they invented comedy and tragedy, philosophy and salad. but maybe the most brilliantly radical idea birthed here is the concept of individual freedom. freedom to examine your own life, choose your own leaders, and of course freedom to party. and when i say greek party, chances are you picture mikolos. my search for a fountain of youth begins in this ancient playground for the young, beautiful, the rich and carefree. the kind of place where you randomly wander into people like this. this is zeta. >> duck face. >> duck face. >> she introduces herself by casually mentioning that she was ms. february 2009 in the greek edition of playboy. >> what do you think the secret is to a long and happy life? >> exercise, laugh, good

., "the wonder list with bill weir." the galapagos islands tonight. i'm poppy harlow. thanks so much for being with me. have a great week. >>> jesus christ. he changed the course of world history. yet, the most famous man ever to live left no physical trace. or did he? more than 1,000 years pass, and the cloth appears in europe. on its surface, the image of a man showing the same traumas jesus endured during his crucifixion. the shroud of turin. >> is this the real burial shroud of jesus, or fake? >> it could be likened to a detective story. a scientific detective story. >> the possibility that a piece of archaeology could prove to us that jesus christ was crucified, buried and raised from the dead. this is the most significant moment in human history. ♪ >> turin, northern italy. in a specially built chapel in the city's cathedral lies the most famous religious relic in the world, the shroud of turin. the cloth that many believe wrapped the body of jesus of nazareth nearly 2,000 years ago. protected by bulletproof glass, the 14-foot rectangular cloth is so precious a

bill weir's "wonder list," sunday night, 10:00 p.m. right here on cnn. thanks for being with us. bill and i have to go because wolf is coming up right now. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 6:00 p.m. in london. 8:00 p.m. in jerusalem. 9:30 p.m. in tehran. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. up first, from present day atrocities to attacks on the past isis militants are destroying more cultural treasures. this time the target is the ancient assyrian sid of anymorenimrod. isis has actually bulldozed virtually the entire site. last week isis released a video showing militants destroying artifacts at the ancient mosul museum. they used sledgehammers to smash some of the sculptures. barbara starr is monitoring the situation. what do we know about the extent of the damage to this ancient city that's been bulldozed with all these historic artifacts? >> reporter: i have to tell you, the information very sketchy coming out of the iraqi government. they are saying that isis went there and did bulldoze nimrod in nort

bill weir catch a tiger? >> by the toe. >> you'll have to watch to find out. >> great to see you, bill. thank you so much. that you all for joining us for a very special hour. before we go, happy almost birthday. >> thank you very much. >>> hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield and we begin this hour with the breaking news the second time in three days, isis is claiming responsibility for a staggering attack. this one outside of iraq and syria. it happened today. that is the turbulent capital of yemen. suicide bombers struck twice, two shiite mosques during friday prayers. the shiite militia that ousted yemen's president in january said 120 people are dead, more than 300 hurt. cnn's nic walsh is following the developments from beirut. these seem very orchestrated as though it was planned and even in separate locations, extraordinarily similar. what else do we know? >> reporter: well, we know that the death toll is now well over 100, rising, in fact doubling it seemed hours ago in one hour by itself. hundreds

>> chad myers and bill weir tied in seventh and wolfe blitzer and carol costello in ninth. there is victor at number 11! yesterday you had all of this talk about, "i'm ahead of you." >> great rollout, everybody. where is victor? >> where are you? >> i lost -- >> right! that is where he is! we all had time. there is time to climb again. >> there is always time. there is always time. coy, thank you so much for being here. we always appreciate it. >>> listen. we need to get serious here. because this is a tough story. university of virginia in the news for all of the wrong reasons. new information about both the bloody off-campus arrest there last week, and a criminal investigation into alleged sexual assault. >>> we are hearing the first public comments from president obama since the israeli elections on tuesday showing skepticism about the israeli prime minister. we will show you some of that. stay with us. how are ya? good. aleve. proven better on pain. hey there, i just got my bill and i see that it includes my fico® credit score. yup, you have our discover it card so you

this is one of the world's rarest birds. >> bill weir joins me here. i love this episode. i love that your clothes had been tore quarantined. >> amazing. they're so airful. even anner rant seed or one fly or mosquito if it sneaks in on a plane, it can throw the hole eco system out of whack. we were the first human beings to set foot there in a couple years. we had to take all the clothes, give them to the ecuadorian government, and we didn't get them back. >> and this is the story how charles darwin got there, after divinity school. >> the captain of "the beagle" was sort of a manic-depressive and his family wanted him to have a traveling companion. the captain was a devout christian, and gives a ship to sail and he said this is my chance to prove the book of genesis. little did he know that who he was bringing look would change the views. >> i've not been the the ga lap goss. this is lava purposes create very different islands. >> that's the seed of darwin's theory on this island which has high mountains, that means clouds stop more rain grass, so there's tortoises that c

. >>> in cnn's new series "the wonder list" bill weir travels the world to experience people and places that are disappearing. this week bill meets an endangered bird with quite the back story. >> i am headed to a deserted island with a cold blooded killer. >> this is cool. >> people don't get to step on this. >> not many people get to come here. champion island. >> his name is carl campbell. big heart the in his love for animals but cold blooded in what he's willing to do to save them. i hear the chirp. >> there's one just up here. we go a little bit further. >> he's right here. he brought me to this tiny haven to look for the one creature that inspired darwin's ideas more than any other. what's up buddy? we came a long way to see you. my goodness. he doesn't even seem to mind that we're here. >> when darwin came here he collected these guys on a stick. >> just whacked them with a stick. >> that's how naive they are. >> they didn't know for fear man yet. >> didn't know how to fear anything. they don't have predators out here. >> there's maybe 90 left in the world? >> in the world total

bill weir, thank god for you. looking forward to it. have a great weekend, everybody. wolf blitzer starts right now. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 5:00 p.m. in london. 7:00 p.m. in jerusalem. 8:00 p.m. in moscow. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. up first, a manhunt for suspects and prayers for two police officers wounded in an ambush. here are the latest developments on the shootings in ferguson, missouri. police say they've identified two people they want to question and one of them may be the shooter. but they haven't released the names of any possible suspects. st. louis county and missouri state police have taken over the security detail for protest marches in ferguson. last night's demonstration was much smaller n

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bill weir, thank god for you. looking forward to it. have a great weekend, everybody. wolf blitzer starts right now. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 5:00 p.m. in london. 7:00 p.m. in jerusalem. 8:00 p.m. in moscow. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. up first, a manhunt for suspects and prayers for two police officers wounded in an ambush. here are the latest developments on the shootings in ferguson, missouri. police say they've identified two people they want to question and one of them may be the shooter. but they haven't released the names of any possible suspects. st. louis county and missouri state police have taken over the security detail for protest marches in ferguson. last night's demonstration was much smaller and no arrests were made. clergy members and others called for calm at the vigil for the wounded officers. they offered prayers for the officers their families and every victim of violence on the streets of ferguson. police say finding the person who shot those two officers i

and in his new series bill weir will take us are from the taj ma mahal to the ga lopolous. >> oh, that is the volcano there. >> and now, you are sitting there and with the new gig, and how are you liking that? >> oh, this is the best time. this is the best time. this is fun, this is fun, but there are limitations of the time and space when you have to be live everyday. and like to get off of the planes in new countries and talking to all kinds of people. >> where to this time? we watched you last week spearfish with finding the volcano and this week exotic animals in the galapgos. >> well, if we put it in our age terms, well shgs, if we pretend that the earth is h my age, 46 and human beings showed up four months ago, and the industrial revolution was 60 seconds ago a and in that time, we have cut down the for est, and dammed most of the rivers and so a lot of the species are going away, but in the galapagos they are trying to stop it. >> so in darwin's old stomping grounds, you are going to try to go face to face with speecies that very few humans ever see up close. i think that you a

the wonder list with bill weir starts now. ♪ ♪ >>> congratulations, in a vast universe of lonely planets, you somehow came to exist on the one

cnn's bill weir recently visited the pristine coast line for "the wonder list" and captured these prestorm breathtaking images. now sadly, that paradise is barely recognizable. 11 people have been confirmed dead thousands are now homeless and displaced as the urgent humanitarian effort continues. cnn senior international correspondent ivan watson is in vanuatu. he got an up close look at the incredible devastation. >> reporter: it takes a view like this to give you a sense of the sheer power of the wind of cyclone pam when she ripped through here on friday night. tearing trees in half and damaging nearly every building in this area. some houses were quite simply flattened. fortunately, residents tell me nobody in this neighborhood was hurt in this terrible storm and that's due in large part to training and preparation. where was everybody on the night of the storm? >> everybody was inside the recreation center. >> reporter: this church right here. >> this church. >> reporter: that was part of the plan? >> of course. that was part of the plan. the church is the main evacuation center due to

bill weir seen it up close. he will join us next to discuss this tragedy. nds craig wilson a ready for you alert the second his room is ready, ya know what he becomes? great proposal! let'stalk more over golf. great. how about over tennis? even better. a game changer! the ready for you alert, only at laquinta.com. >>> the reports of devastation are severe in vanuatu after cyclone pam roared through the island chain northeast of australia. an estimated 90% of housing has been damaged in the capital city of port vila. 60,000 children are in need of help. at least 11 people have died many more are feared lost. joining us via skype, is bill weir he traveled to vanuatu recently for the first episode of his series "the wonder list." we saw even from your visit there is the remote nature of the area of this world. logistically it's going to be a gigantic challenge to get help to those hard-hit islands. >> exactly right michaela. we're seeing picture of the capital, which is a little deceiving. that's a town of maybe 5

bill weir. it airs sunday at 10:00 p.m. on cnn. thanks so much for the great work you do. >>> that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. i'm about to turn you over to wolf blitzer in a room called "the situation room." that starts right now. >>> happening now, feet from water. terrifying moments as an airliner slides off an icy runway just short of a frigid bay. we have the latest on the investigation as air traffic feels the impact. >>> still stranded. hundreds of people stuck in their cars some for almost 20 hours on a snow-covered interstate. many without food, water or ways to keep warm. >>> ferguson lawsuit. the justice department won't file charges but michael brown's family will file a wrongful death lawsuit. is this their chance for what they see would be justice? >>> american suicide bomber? as the federal government issues a warning about teens trying to join isis did an american blow himself up in iraq? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get right to the breaking news. a massive and dangerous sto

bill weir joins me now. you went in search of what a lot of people think is an incredibly dangerous animal the tiger >> yes. >> but what many there are trying to convince people we need to save. so let's roll the clip and then talk about it. >> okay. sounds good. >> punum and harsh have another idea convincing farmers to quit farming. let their land go wild and live off the eco-tourists who they hope will come in droves. >> and so is your vision that this whole area would be forest instead of farms? >> yes. and happier people with better returns, people who look at the tiger as their own. and the next time the poacher comes here and he's going to say, can i lay a trap i'll give you 500 the guy is going to say no. your 500 is useless to me. this tiger is mine. and don't you dear come here. so you know looking at a situation today that's probably the only solution we have. that the local people, they benefit and they take care. >> reporter: to prove their concept, they bought seven barren acres between two tig

tonight's episode of "the wonder list" with bill weir takes you there with cnn. thanks so much for being here. have a great week. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> judas eescariot, the man who betrays jesus in the most infamous act of treachery ever. >> judas is the embody iment of all wickedness the most villainous person in human history. >> evil demonic, the lowest of the low.

bill weir takes us there tonight at 10:00 on the wonder list. >> like many of the greek isles it is a lush rugged rock perched above the azure aegean sea, but unlike the rest of greece the rest of europe heck without the rest of the world, they live really long and really well. true story, a 140-year-old woman walked into a bank looking for a loan and the banker explained that financing is only available to those under the age of 103. so how do they manage to thumb their nose at the grim reaper this way? as the ferry gets closer to this intriguing island the first vital hint comes into view. >> you will notice that the shoreline of ikaria is not exactly the most hospitable when it comes to docking a boat. very rocky, very craggy no real natural ports and then there are the winds around this part of the aegean that are squirrely. sailors have been complaining about these winds going back to the iliad. so that combination of factors made this island a lonely place for a long time. >> you don't want to miss this. the wonder list tonight at 10:00 eastern on cnn. up next "finding jesus," c