 And now to the western coast. San Diego zoo officials have announced that the two pandas who arrived from China last month will make their public debut on Thursday, August 8th. The pandas are the first to enter the U.S. in over two decades. Very cool. I want a big bear hug from an actual bear. That's on my bucket list. I don't know how possible it is, but maybe these pandas are the answer. Better them than, say, a grizzly or the polar bear type.