fittest. if you have a table go under the table. look above you, what's going to fall. what's going to hit your head. most of the chairs decent. if you are in a movie theatre or stadium what do you do? the same thing. these chairs are not heavy dutiy but covering your head is most important. if it's an empty room go against the wall and cover your head. a lot of cut in disaster heads and arms will get cut. those you can control the bleeding where as the head injury is harder. cover your head, the most important thing to do. we cover, beaware. 15 seconds. in the marina people said it felt like a minute. if you are covering yourself under the table and it's shaking what will happen in 30 seconds? you look up, where's the table. hold on to the table. if you are inside, stay in don't go from the known to the unknown. if you are downtown in an office building or shopping at macy's, do you run in the middle of the street? no. you stay where you are. how much time do you have? seconds. you have to make a decision within seconds. if you run to the street what will happen? >> ge

reporter: he says it's a common misconsthaepgs charles darwin came up with the idea of survival of the fittestat darwin actually said was sympathy was the strongest human emotion. >> i think the new science says it's really the survival of the kindest. >> the big question is what makes people happy. >> reporter: uc berkeley sociologist kristine carter says teaching gratitude is key to raising happy children. >> gratitude is so closely associated with happiness it's practically the same thing. >> reporter: as we pause to give thanks today, we can be thankful for the kindness that is in our dna, just waiting to be used. george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >>> and that is our broadcast for this thanksgiving. thank you for being with us. i'm carl quintanilla. brian williams will be back here tomorrow evening. >>> as we leave you, more of the sights and sounds of the 84th macy's thanksgiving day parade here in new york city. good night. ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> another freeze alert this holiday weekend and rain on the way too. good evening, i'm vicky nguyen. happy thanksgiving.

will answer only to pelosi and in the words of one senior aide, it may be darwinian survival of the fittest to see who prevails in the leadership structure. >> bret: carl, where does the ban on earmarks stand tonight? >> reporter: there will be a meeting tomorrow for republicans behind closed doors where they take informal vote on support for the two-year moratorium. after that, open question. late this afternoon, oklahoma senator inhof took to the floor of the senate for a warning for republican as making the case depending how the earmarks are defined and how it plays out, it's possible that the republicans could see obama type budget pass and not have the old type of legislative tools to hold them under control. they could be stuck with it without the ability to throw in the earmarks. >> bret: much more on this with the panel. thank you. one issue both sides agree must be addressed, expiring tax cuts. basically, a giant tax increase. the first of the new year. but white house correspondent mike emanuel reports there is a big gap between the parties on what should be done. >> reporter: ab

. >> he said it's a common misconception that charles dear win came up with, survivorful fittest. he said sympathy is the strongest human emotion. >> they said it's survivor of the kindest. >> what are makes people happy? >> uc berkeley sociologist said teaching gratitude is key to raising happy children. >> it is so closely related to happiness it's practically the same thing. >> we can be thankful for the kindness in our dna, just waiting to be use. george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >> thank you, george. more coming up after this. >> are a live look down to the bay bridge. let's show you the temperatures below the hill top locations. 34 degrees and a cold start to the morning in san jose. patchy frost around the santa clara valley. oakland 37 degrees and wins are light there. you just saw from san bruno mountain, winds down around san francisco southeast at 7. 44 degrees and a chilly start to the morning. good enough for patchy frost or patches of ice. highs in the 40s and 50s and increasing clouds that may keep the temperatures down and plan on rain for saturday. dry, but co

. >> larry: survival of the fittest. next is the fin irk fox, the red fox, the arctic fox. >> the fox is the smallest fox in the world. from the sierra desert. deharrah desert, northern africa. it can go its entire lifetime without ever drinking water. water comes from like the big black scorpions, for example. the animal comes out at nighttime. the ears are very important. like an elephant has big ears to keep it cool. a lot of blood vessels in there, like a lot of them in there. it's not just for hearing. it's for keeping the animal fox. >> larry: the gray fox. >> the gray fox larry is kind of like the red fox. has an odor. this is a gray fox. the fox, larry, people don't understand foxes. they're adapting to our sbirn environment just like the coyote has. these animals are very social. people don't understand, the wolf is a very social creature as well. when they make a kill, they can feed the sick, the old, the young first. then they regurgitate that food to them. then they eat, themselves, last. you heard cunning as

[ laughter ] well, this is the fittest audience i've ever performed for. and applause ] i'm not quite there with you. i currently have the core strength of fdr in the shallow end at warm springs. [ laughter ] i haven't been taking care of myself over the years, heretofore the extent of my workout regimen has been something i call "lubriderm pilates." [ laughter ] it's where i get out of the shower, i leave my feet wet, i slather 'em with some lubriderm, sit on the edge of the bed and try to pull a pair of tube socks up over 'em. [ laughter ] gives me that competitive rip you're looking at. [ laughter ] i guess the -- i guess the first big worrisome sign for a man as he grows older is the onslaught of the man breast and, granted, i -- i got my own set of man breasts. they are pert man breasts, but man breasts nonetheless. [ laughter ] pert man breasts, huh? no. god, i remember when i wrote that joke, i thought, "pert man breasts? i'm like tumblr click away from being full-bore, fireman calendar on the fridge gay myself. [ laughter ] you know when it really

. >>> it is survival of the fittest in journalism.ool institutions forced to evolve to survive. we're talking about "newsweek" magazine, around for 77 years, just announced here it is merging with what popular blog? it's the daily beast. tina brown, the beast's chief will now be the new editor in chief for the new entity. it will be called the "news week daily beast company soes soes. >>> nissan is recalling cars saying corrosion could cause the steering column to crack on frontiers and xterras and 2010 sentras have a bad battery cable. >>> it's the season to buy video games. 40 of video games are purchased in november and december, and according to one video game maker the november and december period is already breaking records. alison kosic on the floor of the new york stock exchange with details. good morning. >> good morning to you. what a lucrative industry this video game industry is. think about it, the hottest new game called call of duty black opposite took in $360 million in the first 24 hours of being on sale. more than 5

. >> so, you know, it's survival of the fittest, but this guy is going to go for the easiest low-hangingit, which may be the most injured bird. >> the oil spill has left the news to some extent, but sea world has pledged their expertise, their people and everything to be there for the long haul. >> fascinating. ali? >> can i see sheep? >> you want sheep? we'll bring some sheep in for you right now, ali. >> i'm fascinated by sheep. >> this is the black-faced sheep of the family. look at this guy. we bring him in with food. >> these are blase-fack-faced s. these are not full-grown yet. they'll get about twice the size. chad, reach in there and feel deep down into their coat. >> and they've already been sheered once, ali. >> wow. >> these are adapted for cold weather. you can feel the temperature difference when you reach down deep into their fur. their coat, they'll use that more for carpet, also for home insulation, things like that. it is so very dense. >> we have some comedians here at cnn. they come in every once in a while. pete is one of them. you'll see him on the weekend. he rename