most people are going to say charles darwin. >> reporter: charles darwin?! "mr. evolution?"yes, claims frank, who met us at the touring darwin exhibit, now at atlanta's fernbank museum of natural history. >> so, if we think about an animal like the rhea here-- how does it get away from predators if it can't fly the way other birds can? well, it's got to outrun them. >> reporter: of course, as darwin and frank both acknowledge, competition is, in fact, one key to progress. >> and so, generation by generation, small mutations contributed a little bit to the extra speed for an individual animal. that animal is less likely to be caught and eaten by predators, and so it left copies of that mutation in the next generation, and then it spread generation by generation until the bird is really quite a racehorse. >> reporter: and that is the survival of the fittest. >> that's the invisible hand story. it's good for the individual bird to be fast, and rheas as a species being fast is good for the species, makes them less vulnerable to predators. >> reporter: same with the keen eyesight

it is great to be here at roth darwin -- i mean darwin. i'm learning to speak.minister said sheç wanted to show me australia at its best and she's right, you are all true blue. so thank you, julia, for bringing us together today, for bringing such a great friend and champion of our alliance and for this visit to australia, which i will remember forever. now, it is good to be here in the top end. i thank the people of darwin for the incredibly warm welcome, and i'm proud to be the first u.s. president ever to visit the northern territory. i want to begin by respectfully acknowledging the traditional owners of this land and their elders past and present. you are one of the world's oldest continuous cultures and i want you to know that your strength, your dignity is an inspiration to me and people all around the world. i'm not going to give a big speech. it's a little hot. i already gave a big speech. what i really want to do is spend a little time shaking some hands. . i'm not sure i'm going to be able to reach all the way back there. as the prime minister i were

he said darwin is a hub of that.ncreased troop presence in the region will be all about the preservation of peace and security. one final note, he did talk about that very unique gift which he had received once he arrived there at the top end, as they call it, in australia, there in darwin. he received crocodile insurance there from the chief minister of the northern territory. if he is killed by a crocodile, which seems very unlikely, mr. obama's wife, michelle, and the two children will receive $50,000. right now the president meeting with the australian troops, shaking a lot of hands. that is what he said he would like to do. did not want to make a long speech. he kept to his word. now a lot of photos being taken, a lot of hands being shaken. and right now that is where we will leave it. we'll take a short break. for our viewers in the united states you will return to programming already in progress. for the more fortunate viewers at cnn international, we'll be right back after this. >> well, it's still hard, alth

naval ships to darwin. the move is intended to counter the growing military presence of china. question, was china's reaction to our announcement of the marine base in darwin, was it too strident a reaction for china, a putative friendly trading partner to have made, pat? >> john, the chinese provoked our reaction by their stupidity and their belligerence. they have said that the american fleet must get out of the south china sea, the east china sea, the straits of taiwan, the yellow sea. they have frightened all these countries in southeast asia p even japan and others who are now deciding maybe we don't want the americans to go home, so obama is marching into this opening and this base in australia as part of it. and what you've got is sort of a low-key cold-war beginning. but i will say this, the ecclesiastes communists are themselves responsible for their stupidity. they're alienating virtually every neighbor they have. >> how far away is china from australia? >> you got three, 4,000 miles. >> how long would that take for one of our long distance bombs -- >> they've got a n

and in times of crisis, from the bali bombings to east timor to relief after a tsunami, darwin has been a hub moving out aid, caring for victims, making sure that we do right by the people of this region. and that's what we're going to keep doing together. going forward, our purpose is the same as it was 60 years ago. the preservation of peace and security. and in a larger sense, you're answering the question once posed by the great banjo patterson of australia, he wrote, hath she the strength for the burden laid upon her, hath she the power to protect and guard her own? well, generations of australians and you, its men and women in uniform, have given your answer, and america has been honored to stand with you as allies with an

they'll be stationed frankly right here in darwin, australia.nd already, the chinese government is not happy about it at all. which tells you while it's only 2500 troops and it's still hundreds of miles away, they, they see it for what they think it is, which is, this attempt by the united states to provide a little bit of a counterweight. >> and chuck, it wasn't just military. earlier in the week, the president talking about the currency manipulation by china. so going after economics and military. what's the strategy here from the white house? >> well look, politically as you know on the campaign trail, we've heard china-bashing is very popular. number one, number two, when you look at all of these emerging economies, all of the growing economy here's in this asian-pacific region, a lot of the smaller countries, indonesia, malaysia, countries like that, they've got some booming economies and they don't want china to be theirç bigges partner. the united states wants it to be the united states. being a player here. and i think the united states

. -- too few to fight -- >> in darwin, australia?ited states is the major player in the world trade . our navy, whwhich has been matched disparage, still has more ships than 13, the next 13 natioions in the world. it is a statement of reality the e united states involvement and engagement in the pacific and it is a trade initiative that charles has saluted and what wch i endorse. >> the bigr military sue hehere is the navyvy. china all of this ship- killing missililes. our navy is vulnerable by chinese technolyy. that is a problem that pentagon has not figured out how to solve. >> nina? >> i really don't have athing toto add to this. >> i do find the comparison between beirut mid-1980's, and darwin australia, is rather stretch. the australians are deeply in ho and all the commercially with china, and our worry is it becomes over-involved in over dependent, is going to lose freedom of action in foreign affairs. this is a way insuring that remains our strongest ally the region and an extremely importanant ally. >> and that have a jumpi

. >> in darwin, australia? >> the fact is the united state as is the major player in the world. our navy, which has been much disparaged, still has more ships than the next 13 nations in the world. he is a statement of reality of the united states' involvement and engagement in the pacific, and it is a trade initiative that charles has saluted and which i endorse. >> the bigger military issue here is the navy. chinese have all of this ship- killing missiles. our navy is a vulnerable by chinese technology. that is a problem that the pentagon has not figured out how to solve. >> nina? >> i really don't have anything to add to this. >> let me step in. i find the comparison between ,eirut, mid-1980's, and darwin australia, which last i heard has not had trouble recently, is rather a stretch. the australians are deeply in hock and also involved commercially in china, and our real is that it becomes over- involved in over dependent and will lose its freedom of action in foreign affairs. this is away at ensuring that it remains our strongest ally in the region and an extremely importan

. >> but in darwin, australia? >> united states is the major player in the world. our defense budget, even with cuts, is 17 times larger than the next 17 countries and the world. our navy, much disparage, still has more ships than the next 13 nations in the world. it is a statement of reality, the united states involvement and engagement in the pacific, and it is a trade initiative, which charles has looted and i endorse -- has saluted and i endorse. >> the bigger military issue is the navy. our navy is a vulnerable. that is a problem that the pentagon has not figured out how to solve. >> nina? >> i really don't have anything to add to this. [laughter] >> i do find a comparison between beirut, mid-1980's, and darwin, australia, which has not had a lot of trouble recently, it is a stretch. the australians are deeply in hock and involved commercially with china, and our worries that it becomes over-involved and over dependent, and is going to lose its freedom of action in foreign affairs. this is a way of ensuring that it remains our strongest ally in the region, and

later today, in darwin, i'll join the prime minister in saluting our brave men and women in uniform. and it will be a reminder that -- from the trenches of the first world war to the mountains of afghanistan -- aussies and americans have stood together, we have fought together, we have given lives together in every single major conflict of the past hundred years. every single one. this solidarity has sustained us through a difficult decade. we will never forget the attacks of 9/11, that took the lives not only of americans, but people from many nations, including australia. in the united states, we will never forget how australia invoked the anzus treaty -- for the first time ever -- showing that our two nations stood as one. and none of us will ever forget those we've lost to al qaeda's terror in the years since, including innocent australians. and that's why, as both the prime minister and the opposition leader indicated, we are determined to succeed in afghanistan. it is why i salute australia -- outside of nato, the largest contributor of troops to this vital mission. and it's wh

he is in the northern city of darwin preparing to head to a series of summits in indonesia this morning. >>> now to a fox 5 exclusive, a straight a student at howard university is banned from campus and possibly facing expulsion. she claims it is all because she fought back when she was bullied and taxed. fox 5's wisdom martin has more -- and attacked. >> fox 5's wisdom martin has mother. >> reporter: this is clear stin jeffries. >> i have a 4.0 currently this semester. i hope to go to medical school. love her dreams came to a screeching halt when jeffries and her roommate got into a fight. the police were called actual cording to the police report, jeffries' roommate was yelling and cursing at her about her tissues. then, allegedly attacked her. >> there was evidence that the complainant was the aggressor and our client only responded in self-defense. >> reporter: the police report says jeffies in self-defense grabbed hot water and threw it on her roommate. >> kerstin is the one being bullied. >> it is our position that it is up fair to bar one student and not the other. >> reporter: a

all right thanks very much for perspective justin study from darwin residents against. syria's leadership is said to face even greater isolation in the coming hours as the arab league needs to formally suspend the country's membership damascus says it will boycott the meeting to decision was made along with other sanctions last saturday in an attempt to force the regime to end its crackdown on anti-government protesters and meanwhile syrian defectors have attacked a military base near the capital damascus using rockets and machine guns november already the bloodiest month on record since the uprising started in march at least one hundred forty people have died in the last three days alone nato nations and now arab gulf states alone basking in the regime neighboring turkey says it will cut electricity supplies and stop joint oil exploration projects if the assad regime doesn't change course you would nuclear watchdog also adding to the pressure on syria for its covert atomic work which online journalist patrick hayes though sees as an extension of the west will in the ar

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if that idea sounds familiar to you, it's because of darwin. >> rose: right.darwin didn't ne. he needed his time in the galapagos looking at finches, but only got there because certain ideas had been re-released into the world, as it were, and were percolating for a long time before he came along. likewise, einstein who wrote a rather elegant introduction, a preface to a german translation of lucretius didn't need lucretius to tell him about atoms, because experimental science and mathematics that lucretius couldn't have known, but again the way the world came about that led to darwin and einstein starts with the flap of the butterfly's wings that happened in january of 1417 when one man took a book off a shelf and decided to copy it and return it to circulation. >> rose: the book is called hes" thank you. a pleasure. >> thank you, charlie. captning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

he will make a stop in darwin and will wrap up his trip in bali, indonesia. back to you. >> doctors in europe are pushing for this and why smokers say it violates their rights. black thursday? stores announced plans to start a black friday sales early. one employee fight back. >> rain continues to move in with the latest storm system. behind that, a drop in the temperatures. we will talk about that in the insta-weather plus. foggy downt >> in this afternoon's medical settlor, we've all heard the five-second rule, but does it really work? a team of reporters put the theory to test, dropping pacifiers on restaurant kitchen floors and other places for exactly five seconds. when they were taken to a lab for testing, they all tested positive for bacteria. doctors say that should make parents think twice before following the old wives' tale. >> bacteria can make you sick. five seconds, one second. it's all the same >> 10 of the objects tested positive for serious strains, like salmonella. there was evidence -- experts say all the germs are enough to make young chil

and just before darwin. that is when there was a religion was challenged, religious beauties were challenged. it is a secular religion. people suffer and we are going to redeem them. not like we're going to redeem one suffering individual. we are going to redeem the whole world. but dostoevsky saw this, action had already developed at you in roman catholicism. and why is that? because catholicism had made a deal with the roman empire became the official religion of the roman empire. and dostoevsky created a parable that is a very famous parable called the grand inquisitor, just about 10 pages in his great novel the brothers. and in this parable, christ who has been, of course it takes place in the 16th century, so christ has been absent for 1500 years or so. the second coming hasn't come, and he has left people in uncertainty it and for dostoevsky this is a great source of the human suffering that we don't really know, we don't know who we are, we don't know why we're here, we don't know where we are going.

. >>> earlier today president obama told service members in darwin, australia, that america is here to stay as a pacific power. the president is visiting a base where up to 2500 marines will be stationed within five years. >>> on a visit to philippines, secretary of state hillary clinton's motorcade came under attack by protesters throwing eggs, rocks and balloons full of red paint. protesters are against a military treaty between the two countries. >>> federal authorities say they've discovered a major drug tunnel on the u.s. border with mexico that linked warehouses in san diego and tijuana. about 17 tons of marijuana were seized. >>> and four americans space pioneers were honored by congress in the capitol rotunda. they were all given the congressional gold medal. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,905 after falling 190 points yesterday. the s&p tumbled 20 points. the nasdaq dropped 46. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei was up 16 points. but in hong kong, the hang seng lost 143. >>> a late date

leader to visit darwin. >> that has a lot of symbolic residents. within a couple of months of pearl harbor, it was bombed by the japanese. they lost many dozens of people in those raids. a moment that will live in infamy as franklin roosevelt called that. the australians have their own japanese attack, they're all on pearl harbor moment. more japanese bombs were dropped than there were on pearl harbor. it was an important moment for australians. a very sensitive moment for the president to go and market that. -- mark it. he has a lot to get through. >> a lot of coverage of that visit here on bbc news. many thanks. let's go back to singapore. >> can the government shake off persistent allegations of war crimes overview -- war crimes? only an international inquiry can address the allegations. the sri lankan government says the issues will be addressed by a report. will this report satisfy the critics of the government? >> how do you reach reconciliation after a terrible war? can truth and accountability be delivered, too? the bourse commission heard

united states will station about 250 marines at multiple bases, including one in a northern city of darwin. >> we'll enhance our abilities to train, exercise and operate with allies and partners across the region. that in turn will allow us to return to nations with a wide range of challenges. >> obama says deployment is important for maintaining security in the pacific and the south china sea. observers believe the move is part of a re-alignment of troops to counter china's growing influence in the region. >>> meanwhile, china has openly expressed its displeasure over the new cooperation. >> translator: some countries are strengthening their military alliances, but whether or not such moves are appropriate in this day and age and whether or not they are in line with the interests of the international community is open to debate. >> the president of the u.n. general assembly says the security council will decide wednesday on the palestinian bid for full u.n. membership. the council had been considering their application since september. nasser abdul aziz spoke in tokyo wednesday. he said p

marines will begin rotating through darwin for joint training and exercises. our air force will rotate additional aircraft through more air fields in northern australia. and these rotations which are going to be taking place on australian bases will bring our militaries even closer and make them even more effective. we'll enhance our ability to train, exercise and operate with allies and partners across the region. and that in turn will allow us to work with these nations to respond to even faster -- a wide range of challenges, including humanitarian crisis and disaster relief. as well as promoting security cooperation across the region. and this commitment builds upon the best traditions of our alliance. for decades, australians have welcomed our service members as they come here to work, train and exercise together. and i'm looking forward to joining the prime minister in darwin tomorrow to thank our troops, australians and americans for the incredible work that they are doing. finally, as i'll discuss more in my speech to parliament tomorrow, this deepening

i'm looking forward to being at darwin tomorrow to thank our troops, both australians and americans, for the incredible work they are doing. finally, as i'll discuss more in my parliament speech tomorrow, this deepening of our alliance sends a clearer message of our commitment to this region, a commitment that is enduring and unwavering. it's a commitment i'll support in bali and i appreciate the nation that has addresses what affects all of us, like maritime security. again, i'm very pleased i was able to make these important announcements during my visit. madam prime minister, i thank you for being such a strong partner and voice in our alliance. again, i want to thank our people for the kindness they've shown me four years ago and the kindness they showed me during my visit today. it's that friendship and solidarity that makes and keeps our alliance one of the strongest in the world. >> thank you. i will turn to taking some questions. i think we'll take one from the australian media first. it's phil hudson. >> philip hudson from the sun. mr. obama, welcome to aus trail yachlt you

you know it is not an accident this modern radical movement all grew up around the time of darwin. and just before darwin. that is when religion was challenged and religious believes were challenge. it is a secular religion. people suffer and we are going to redeem them and it is not like we are going to redeem one's suffering individual. we are going to redeem the whole world. dostoevsky saw this actually, had already developed in roman catholicism and why is that? because catholicism had made a deal, a pact with the roman empire and it became the official religion of the roman empire. dostoevsky created a parable. it is a very famous parable called the grand inquisitor. it is just about 10 pages in his great novel, the brothers garre mosso. in his parable, christ -- of course it takes place in the 16th century so christ has been absent for 1500 years or so. the second coming, he hasn't, and he has left people in uncertainty. for dostoevsky this is the great source of human suffering that he don't really know, we don't know who we are and we don't know why we are here and we don't

troops stationed right here in darwin, australia where we are right now. the reason being that allies like australia and the philippines have been concerned about some of the chinese military maneuverings in the south china sea. they've been looking for a counterweight to that, so the u.s. stationing troops there is one way to do that. now the united states is saying this isn't fully about whooin china. they note having troops in australia will help respond to natural disasters in the region and as well as deal with some of the al qaeda affiliates that are in the philippines. of course, and pop up in indonesia. but, it is sending a strong signal to china, the same time we've seen in the economic front during this trip with all the various economic partnerships that the united states has been trying to put together with a lot of asian pacific countries not named china. so very much the theme of this trip that aedz will privately concede is taking a tougher tone with china. that is popular domestic politics at home. so chris, i'm off, off to bali, i'll be in

marines will begin rotating through darwin for joint training and exercises. our air force will rotate additional aircraft through more airfields in northern australia. these rotations which are going to be taking place on australian bases will bring our militaries even closer and make them even more effective. it will enhance our ability to train, exercise and operate with allies and partners across the region. and that, in turn, will allow us to work with these nations to respond even faster to a wide range of challenges. including humanitarian crises and disaster relief as well as promoting security cooperation across the region. >> reporter: now, carol, as you pointed out, the looming chinese military presence is one of the big concerns. and a senior administration official saying that that is part of the reason why this agreement was forged. but president obama made it clear that fear -- having any fear of china was not behind this. i should point out, though, that china has been pushing back since that announcement was made, at least according to an afp