. >> in the survival of the fittest environment the weight yard is one of the few places where inmates can find encouragement. >> let's get another one. push it. push it. push it. >> that right there is 215 pounds. >> that's a lot of weight. >> yeah. i only weigh 170. about double my weight. a lot of these guys have motivation to lift that kind of weights. get off the bar. get off the bar.

there really is survival of the fittest view of the world. humans are nothing special. we are simply the continuation of the great destructive capacity of the planet. within a few generations we will have a great extinction and life will go on without us. as this suggests, i have quite a different view of that. i think that if we look at not just evolution mechanisms, but its legacy we've seen reason for hope and the interrelated this of life as a whole. we see that a species in pecs the power of coevolution, the power of the division of labor leading to help for collaboration and a very different relationship with life on earth, and i just want to explore that a liability. been people often cite that we are not making any progress on environmental issues. it is all going to hell in a handbasket and that we should just despair. i hate the way people just go from ignorance to despair so quickly. it is the lazy man's option. it really is. i don't have to do anything because it is all ruined anyway. the fact is we do need to make efforts commanded is tied to make changed.

food stamps they will be out of luck it sounds to me very much later like this is survival of the fittest so you know make the case for me that you're not saying that we're going to toss all the poor people the hungry people the disabled to fend for themselves. well remember one of the reasons that there are so many more people is so many young unemployed people is because of the government because of all the resources the government is draining out of the private sector so the government actually stop spending all this money we have a stronger more productive economy and so we would not as many or people would have as many unemployed people but who's talking about starving the government is still collecting over two trillion dollars a year in taxes that's funny money because that's all the government was spending around ten or twelve years ago so let's talk about starving the government i just figured i mean there are totally way overweight they need to come down to just a reasonable diet and i think the tax revenues that they already correct is plenty in fact if we can cut enough out of

it's not a survey about the fittest world. instead, the court amoral mechanism of extraordinary integrates the interconnectedness and cooperation. i just want to run through a few examples of that cooperation. despite she shows mitochondria, the small organelles that exist in all of ourselves. it's been released in the last 30 years or so that the mitochondria have nothing to do with us in terms of origin. they the originator has been living back. a billion years ago in an ancient ocean and came to cohabit cells of our bodies much the way ecology cohabit with the coral reef. at over 30 years they have become so closely tied in with the symbiosis that is so intricate that the day can exist for a millisecond up in the south our body and our bodily cells cannot survive without them. and that's the beginning of the complexity. they look amazed income i have hundreds of species of the curio, very simple and yellow for me. we are all like that. we're all ecosystems of complexity. if you talk the cells to me and i mitochondria away,

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

. >> it's survival of the fittest and we're really seeing that right now in all species. >> reporter: texas is at the epicenter of a savage drought that was already bad back in february. and in the months since has grown and worsened. now affecting some 15 states. burning crops worth millions of dollars. baking cities. >> he's emaciated. >> reporter: and taking a toll on wildlife. dry river beds and cracked earth are sending hawks and other predators into neighborhoods in search of food. it's even more dire for livestock. sale barns are overwhelmed as ranchers rush to sell their starving livestock, if they can get there. with barren pasture, thousands are dying right in the field. >> it's a vicious cycle. the heat is terrible and it's making the drought worse and the worse the drought gets the worse our heat wave is getting. >> reporter: even some reservoirs are drying up. along some stretches of lake travis here in austin, there is no lake. waterfront property is now high and dry, and boat docks like this one are landlocked. mike hutchins and dottie wagner can't believe it's the same

the five fittest states now according to web md.mended amount of exercise. similar stats in number four, utah. vermont, number three. finishing big at number two montana and the fittest state of all? alaska. about 6 in 10 folks are physically active. >>> still ahead the latest sex scandal on capitol hill. we'll tell you about the allegations now against a long-time congressman and the call being made by a leader from his own party. [ female announcer ] experience dual-action power, with listerine® whitening plus restoring rinse. it's the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual-action listerine® whitening rinse. building whiter, stronger teeth. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medica

in the region country club civility sure isn't fun it's peace of the fittest or at least well sure convince the swiss your children let me hold you to let me know it's come golden egg which a coach. called him back here's a recap of the top stories on our t.v. russia gets out of france's weapons of fives and they get the rebels saying of violates the un office of the argo meanwhile the international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the gadhafi family and then an explosive interview with guards knew the libyan leader's son claims the court is biased. research problem and agrees on how to put into effect a new us terribly packaging something balance in the streets in protest or that the government is ready to sell agrees assets to the lenders to say stay afloat but many feel it's the people themselves that are put on sale. three men are jail for twenty five years each for taking part in an f.b.i. sting for the fake paucity of synagogues and the like the cross for us all raised about us tactics for fighting homegrown terror. that's peter lavelle and his cross talk guests debate wh

it is not time for survival of the fittest, this is whatfitt this society really is. a national community the sort interdependent. >> with roosevelt referring to himself you can imagine roosevelt haters binding at laughable that he would find himself of some mobile but that is more fodder for those critics by a agree with susan and one thing that she said thatwi hardened one way it is to the wreck it is almost fixed and it is written so politically like goes back and forth usingu some very interesting devices but in the treatment of the first 100 days he says something like if fdr had never stopped toer w consider whether qualities that allowed him to be so effective this is the list and then goes on to see but roosevelt was too busy and not his to do that anyway but he never forgot that he. was probably the bestprob example and in retrospect of how we can look better president using it to draw larger lessons. on to say something about the second excerpt? >> that was about the buildup to the war and roosevelt's caution and his wavering and here he goes into a stringen

. >> in the survival of the fittest environment the weight yard is one of the few places where inmates can find encouragement. >> let's get another one. push it. push it. push it. >> that right there is 215 pounds. >> that's a lot of weight. >> yeah. i only weigh 170. about double my weight. a lot of these guys have motivation to lift that kind of weights. get off the bar. get off the bar. come over here and come mess with the big dogs. >> yeah, man. get that money. >> we've met other inmates whose disciplinary problems keep them off the yard, but even confined to their cells they're still determined to work out. >> the inmates that succeed generally are the ones that don't let their bodies completely deteriorate on them. >> i just focus on the street and where i'm going to be at one day. that's how i get by every day. >> they are constantly coming up with interesting ways to exercise. most of it is calisthenics. >> one, two, three, four. >> a lot of the inmates will fill bags full of water for weightlifting. >> and that kind of creativity is important because some prisons have permane

for them, it's all about survival of the fittest. >> using your vibes and looking at the motions and the actions to people from a distance. something is not right. something is not right. so, we've got to watch this here. >> the northern hispanics are our main gang here at san quentin. it's because they're better organized. if you look at the yard, it looks like the blacks control more of the yard. but the blacks are all fragmented into different gang groups. when the northerners, no matter what gang they're in on the street, when they get here, they're one group, and they all stick together. then the border brothers run this area over by the laundry that has the volleyball court. border brothers being anybody that was born south of the border. they usually are the ones getting the advantage taken of them because they're not organized at all. they've taken that little area there because nobody else wants it because it has an open bathroom. it stinks. it smells. the white guys over here on the parallel bars and on the picnic table. the white guys are pretty relaxed even though in real

. >> a new generation and new technology have changed rules when it comes to survival of the fittest the book battle is on. >> if you want the copy that looks like the one your grandmother read to you, you're not going to get that by down loading it. >> borders closes in september. and bells is marking 76 years and open for business. >> and there is a 7 on your side investigation. a san francisco woman says the city broker water pipe and made her bay pai to fix them. >> from washington tonight a breakdown in the debt talks. the speaker ends negotiations and bay area democrats are happy, either. >> and this is what you call the marine layer. it's rolling into n.from the coast. i'll show you how in just moments. >> and later tonight rarely-seen footage from archives of the bart system marking a new milestone. ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc

. >> a new generation and new technology have changed the rules when it comes to survivalful the fittest>> if you want the copy that looked like the one your grandmother read two, you are not going to get it by downloading it. >> borders is closing stores in september. bells is open 36 years and is still open for business. abc7 news. >> shops and restaurants in concord are trying something new to keep their customers from going out of town. they are enticing them with deep discounts with savings up to 90% for those who shop and eat close to home. abc7s laura anthony has more. >> the city of concord has cooked up a new way to bring local customers in the door. it's a website called try it local. the idea, deep discounts to customer who buy prevailed vouchers online for everything to the meal. and merchandise from area retail stores. >> these are offers for certain length of time. try it local offers are for 48 hours and after that thyme then everyone who buys the deal will get an e-mail with a coupon. >> that's where the future is now. >> the owner of this store, his offering, $30 of food

. >> it's survival of fittest and we're seeing it in all species. >> the situation is so dire for every animal they take in dozens more may die in the wild. >>> captain america conquering boy wizard at the box office. the superhero film raked in $65.5 million, beating out "harry potter and the deathly hallows 2" for the number one spot. the final film in the series came in second with $48.9 million, then in third place with $18.7 million the comedy "friends with benefits." >>> justen timberlake is one of the co-stars of "friends with benefits" but acting is not the only thing on his resume. the pop star is promoting himself as an entrepreneur in social media, thanks to his recent investment in myspace. "newsweek" and daily beast writer is here to talk about the business moves. are his business moves as good as his dancing moves? >> i think so. myspace values at $580 million in 2005. he invest in it and they paid only $35 million. so this could be a huge deal, you know, if they can get this to turn around. it can be a really smart move. >> you think it's a smart move for him. this someth

just named the fittest man in country music. we all love kenny chesney.brief marriage to renee zellweger. this is my favorite song. "summertime." ♪ >> i have no idea. >> yoo-hoo, yoo-hoo, rolling on the floorboard. okay. he's very fit and he's hot. and the next story. jackie. remember jackie? on friday? >> jackie on friday, she was here dancing away because she was so excited she was on her way to the beyonce concert which was part of "gma." well, evidently jackie was actually very close to beyonce. >> look at this, there she is. >> beyonce maybe even was singing just to jackie, let's be honest. >> just to her, yeah. >> jackie actually shot her own video of the performance. you can see it here. she's actually pretty close. these flip cams don't have a zoom so she had to be pretty close. >> she was very close. she said by the way beyonce was just fierce and incredible and so fit. she also said extremely thin. like a tiny skinny mini. >> and so fierce and amazing she is having this encore performance on "gma." apparently she recorded a couple of other songs

. >> it's survival of the fittest an we're really seeing that right now in all species. >> reporter: texas is at the epicenter of a savage drought that was already bad back in february. and in the months since has grown and worsened, now affecting some 15 states. burning crops worth millions of dollars. baking cities. >> she's emaciated. >> reporter: and taking a large toll on wildlife. dry river beds and cracked earth are sending hawks and other rural predators into neighborhoods in search of food. it's even more dire for livestock. sale barns are overwhelmed, was are therers rush to sell their starving cattle at auction, if they can get them there. with barren pastures, thousands are dying in the field. >> really it's a vicious cycle. the heat is terrible and it's making the drought worse. the worse the drought gets, the worse our heat wave is getting. >> reporter: even some reservoirs are drying up. along some stretches at lake travis here in austin, there is no lake. waterfront property is now high and dry, and boat docks like this one are landlocked. mike hutchins and dottie wag

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he was not a survival of the fittest-type guy. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman's time has expired. mr. johnson: and with that, mr. speaker -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. johnson: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> mr. speaker, i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized for five minutes. mr. nadler: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this country is in the middle of a great crisis. entirely an artificial crisis created by an attempt by one political party to blackmail the entire country into adopting its program of destroying medicare and social security and food stamps and unemployment and all the things that many of our people depend on. why do i say it's an artificial crisis? because the debt ceiling increase is something we normally do. seven times during president bush's administration. some people think to raise the debt ceiling is to say we are going to borrow and spend more. no, we're not. you ra

kenny chesney, according to men's health magazine, they named him the fittest man in country music.ess any's trainer says he does a lot of pushups to keep in shape. >> my next guest is from nashville he and might have him beat. i'm want going to decide on the air, though, he was an attorney with the beautiful wife and two young children but at the age of 37, david french turned his family's entire world upside down. he enrolled in the army and was deployed to iraq. of course, it wasn't easy but david and his family got through it. and now they're sharing their story in the book "home and away, a story of a family in a time of war." we're joined by david and nancy this morning, the co-authors of this book. do you have kenny chesney beat, best body in nashville? we'll ask nancy. at 37 years old, and you say 25 pounds overweight, not in my words, why did you decide to join the military? >> well, i was reading an article about an officer, a guy about my age who was wounded and he called on a satellite phone and his wife and two kids back home to tell them he was hurt and he was ok. i wa

that's how many cities men's health magazine rated as the fittest., is considered the least active. seattle, washington, the most. >> brian? >> more and more americans are putting off their retirement. you have a new survey that says 22% of middle income earners between the ages of 25 and 70 plan to work well into their 70's. that's 14% up from -- up 14% from just a year ago. so many of our viewers want to know what can we do? let's ask personal finance guy dave ramsey, the best in the business. what we can do. that's certainly a concern for people that don't want to too it. for others that do want to do it, they say work is great. can i give you some e-mails, dave, to get you started. >> absolutely. >> let's go from peter who is in california. he says i'm 70. my wife is 56. we received a combined $9,500 in pensions. we have no debt except a mortgage of $82,000. we have $540,000 in investments. should we use one of the ira's to pay off the mortgage? >> don't you love this guy? this is a guy who has saved money, put himself in a position to where his