. >>> survival of the fittest may be an understatement at one event in malaysia.artial arts warriors being beaten over and over again with a stick. why would anyone want to do that? the fierce blows didn't seem to faze these warriors. they must be prepared to protect the country should anyone try to destroy it. i think they have it covered. >>> finally, a classic cheap eat is getting a complete makeover, but it is going to cost you. the most expensive hot dog in canada went on sale for a hundred bucks. the gourmet frankfurter includes atlantic lobster, kobe beef, trussle oil and a drizzle of $2,000 cognac. the owner of the dog who is getting lots of attention says he wants to expand his business across the country. good luck with that. >> that beef is really pricey. >> it is. i love the surf and turf thing, but not on a bun with cognac. >> i would do it. i would try it. >> i'm thinking of a $2.50 dog on a stick from a vendor in new york city. >>> time for the early look at the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. attractive but deceptively low tick

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

is of america's fittest cities on any given day. a lot of people are jogging, biking, packing the gyms around here. for busy parents, it's not easy to find the time. we caught up with one mother of three who took a second look at her health and she lost 70 pounds in just a few months. here's her story. >> my name is careen reyes and i'm a stay at home mother of three boys. each pregnancy i gained more weight. >> she was extremely overweight and very unhealthy. we stat down and worked out a work out regimen based on her abilities and strengths. >> monday and tuesday i will do at least 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weight training. some stretching at the end. wednesday, thursday, and friday i take classes. >> not everyone can afford a personal trainer. group fitness is ideal for those who want to work out and get an effective and safe work out and show gain with whatever goal it is. i think what was very important was learning how to weight train and incorporate that into her work out regimen. women need to lift. we need to l

we are not a country that was built on the idea of survival of the fittest, we were built on the idea that we survive as a nation, we thrive when we work together, all of us. >> president also defended health care reform and touted the end of the iraq war and the death of osama bin laden. >>> owning up. next, what a bay area lawmaker is saying about her arrest for shoplifting. >>> first drought, now deluge. huge storm that has texas mopping up this morning. >>> california's newest lotto millionaire. women everywhere are joining the revolution against scrubbing on their hands and knees. they're using resolve easy clean to deep clean their carpets. its upright brush with activating trigger removes three times more dirt than vacuuming alone. it's just three easy steps for beautifully clean carpets. resolve easy clean. don't just vacuum clean. resolve clean. and try resolve triple oxi to remove stains the first time. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night. pillsbury ham and cheese crescents. with just a few ingredients, you have an easy dinner. pillsbury ham and cheese cresc

we are not a country that was built on the idea of survival of the fittest. we were built on the idea that we survive as a nation. we thrive when we work together. all of us. praws applause. >>reporter: the president said that's not a democratic or republican idea. it's an american idea. he also defened health care reform and touted end of iraq war and death of osama bin laden. >> also in today the president accepted his chief of staff resignation. 63-year-old william daly quit after just a year on the job. he will be replaced by budget director jacob lou. >>> group of bay area residents with say they are on a crew said to save the american dream held rally tonight in san jose. representative and city officials and church leaders took part in jobs not cuts event. organized by the group dream menders. purpose to arm people with information and inspire them to make a positive change. >> we need to make sure that the federal government is standing with 99 percent not the 1%. that hadn't always happened. >> issues discussed tonight included public education, job

manchester city tight third place tottenham off second ranches you know is it trouble to last the fittest. further the greens are rushing champions and each will face was back in stands a little bit team in the final of the friendly match world cup and see why after the ten onside russian probably one will it was a winner takes all match in their own soccer by side one american not years and years backs with the past on the books in a stunning pro a shared goal best people as opposed to thirteen minutes in. afghanistan's nastiest had arguably the best chance to level what our stuff just before the break but after some deft but that's the way it the far post however stuff it is syrian opposition to the stand that go back off how the well outside the area understands off right now outnumbered the asian side held back and lackluster the last one in its face years back when they're facing each of the final. asked well now i'm still sprite resting front under a kettle lanka and then i can stitch discuss the transfer massive under those minutes by an impressive fifteen point margin here in mosc

also ahead on our team it's survival of the fittest when it comes to the g.o.p. as primaries heat up ron paul continues to gain steam and many republicans are asking him to call it put the split in the g.o.p. because a major roadblock on the road to the white house well take a look. people calling like you said for free and fair elections. and they're still reporting from the. you can hear behind me loud explosions. please. get it gave the. and what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one who is your view with the global machinery see where we had a state controlled capitalism score sessions when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. how to nearly twenty debates paris sex scandals and more than half of the candidates already dropping out well tomorrow is the primary election in florida and on the sidelines of the mitt versus newt boxing match over morals money and conservative values is another battle those who are concerned about ron paul now you may b

we are not a country that was built on the idea of survival of the fittest.n the idea that we survive as a nation. we thrive when we work together. all of us. praws applause. >>reporter: the president said that's not a democratic or republican idea. it's an american idea. he also defened health care reform and touted end of iraq war and death of osama bin laden. >> also in today the president accepted his chief of staff resignation. 63-year-old william daly quit after just a year on the job. he will be replaced by budget director jacob lou. >>> group of bay area residents with say they are on a crew said to save the american dream held rally tonight in san jose. representative and city officials and church leaders took part in jobs not cuts event. organized by the group dream menders. purpose to arm people with information and inspire them to make a positive change. >> we need to make sure that the federal government is standing with 99 percent not the 1%. that hadn't always happened. >> issues discussed tonight included public education, job creation and eco

. >> 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

squash players are regarded as some of the fastest and fittest. first, a warm-up with adrian grant.u to walk me through kind of a warm-up, because this is new to me. >> now we're doing dynamic stretching so you're kind of ready from the get-go to get ready and go 100 miles an hour, basically. ♪ this is called the spider-man. >> now that i'm stretched out, i'm going to learn the basics from one of the best. nick matthew is ranked number two in the world. where does the name -- like where does squash come from? i only think of it as a vegetable. >> yeah. it's funny, actually. we used to play with a really hardball and the word squash comes from the squashy nature of the ball. >> right now i'm all ready for squash in my squash gear. i've got my hot glasses, a racquet, a squash ball, which is an official term. i'm just waiting for my opponent to get warmed up enough to handle this. >> basically the swing, high, low, high. the yellow at the top is out. it has to go in the box and blue line. do you want to serve? >> are you okay? >> you're supposed to be my fearless teacher not display my

survival of the fittest. >> get him! yeah, he's down! >> they also know the painful price of trying to win. >> it's an inherently dangerous sport. i mean, when football first started, they tried to outlaw it. >> but no one could have imagined what would happen to these champions in 2008. >> to me, that was a perfect storm. you wouldn't know how many times i've thought about me doing something different. >> we can't have you coming outside. >> it was todd lipe's first year as head coach. football was always his dream. >> ever since the third grade, i've always been involved in football. either playing it or coaching it. >> 16-year-old junior jaquon waller was coach lipe's star running back. >> he was very athletic, he was quick. a great smile. good attitude. >> amazing football player. fastest guy on the field. >> zach rogers was a teammate and a friend. he was there when it all began. >> get in! >> and he came through, our middle linebacker hit him straight on. >> did you think, that was a hard hit? >> we all said, oh, that was a good hi

it's survival of the fittest. >> julian. >> gingrich for all his pontificating and talking down to people, he's wrong when he talks about getting rid of the capital tax. the rule is if you earn your income, if you earn $1 million or even more or less from instinct that's known as private equity, your income is treated as capital gains. it's a loophole in the tax law. it's a giant loophole. that's what the president is trying to close. gingrich is taking credit for the incredible jobs record we had in the 1990s and saying he's the one that brought about the economic growth. anybody that experienced it, and i was there up close for each of the three major budget battles, 1993 when not a single republican voted for the budget, 1995 when gingrich tried to close down the government and he lost that fight and then in 1997 when gingrich was talking about having medicare wither on the vine. the three major budget phis in the 1990s that gingrich now tries to take credit for, he actually lost all of those fights. >> julian, how dare you correct the historian. don't do that! >> the news media is not

points, you know, in iowa, but the truth of the matter is a part of capitalism is survival of the fittest's not built on the question of compassion. that's why guys like me are around. that's why the church is around. that's why other people are around. and that's what biblically they're saying. that's what jesus was about. the same groups, evangelists and i talk to them every day are now the ones that are attacking the very same principles that most everybody that believes in any superior being would say that's the necessity of a person, a community and a country. >> so as an experienced long-term member of the congress, how do you think mr. romney's charge is going to serve him against the president in 2012, assuming that mr. romney wins the nomination? >> his charge of what? >> his approach, his approach accusing the president of spinning the line that it's the politics of envy. >> i have so much confidence in the american people, i refuse to believe that in this country, that with the exception of jon huntsman, that those people who get up there and talk in terms of hurting people and

guest: again, he is the fittest guy i know.down to our little town in august when it is about 100 degrees and go on a 20-mile bike ride with ron. line, goodrats' morning. good morning. let's move on to a republican caller in texas. caller: i am a newfound republican. i used to be a democrat. i used to be a democrat but i have been watching ron paul. is there any way -- can you guys get any less shameless -- any more shameless, say, about hedging against ron paul? him.y angle is against the he must be doing really phenomenal in the online polls. just like in 2008, you would not even be reading his name if he was not getting 95% in the real polls. if it is not clear to you, perhaps someone should go in the other trailer and take a clear, objective look at how you come across. guest: well, i think you raised a valid point. i do not think the mainstream media understands what is going on. i do not think the understand the depth of ron paul's support. i do not entirely blame them. i don't think we have seen anything like this before

he was openly tribalistic and he basically was fittest. he wanted joe jr.to be his avatar, his person to get over the line past the catholic issue, passed his problems and become president. he was killed in the war trying to prove himself to the old man and prove himself to the country and jack moved up to the position. what i discovered in the book it isn't as simple as he was drugged and into service because he wanted to be a scholar for some kind of journalists, some ethereal man. think about jack kennedy. do you think it was going to sit in class with 30 kids at princeton? no commerce it away writing book somewhere along? no. going back to high school, he read churchill's history of world war i in its entirety when he was 14 at canterbury school. he read "the new york times" according to his fellow students every day. he got a copy mailed to him and try to figure out each issue in each article and then distill out of its meaning. he ran for student council, his second year of harvard and intended to go to law school. when he was in the navy it was only

he is the fittest man i've ever been around.. he's young, sharp and most importantly his ideas are young. he's young enough to be president. he'd be a great president. he'd also bring the wisdom and experience to be steady, to guide us through these really tough challenges we're going to face in this country, that we are facing in this country. president paul will have to deal with a lot of problems and he will have the courage of conviction and the wisdom behind him from his years to be able to stay on course. >> jesse benton, ron paul's national campaign chairman, thank you very much. stakes obviously very high. remember our live coverage of the iowa caucuses starts in full force tomorrow night, cnn election center 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> in other news today, the latest on the hunt for the man responsibility for killing a pooshg ranger inside this park in washington state. patrick ottman is standing by on the phone. he'll bring you details after this quick break. i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] improve the he

guest: again, he is the fittest guy i know.nyone concerned about is h, come down to our town in texas when it is 100 degrees and the humidity is 100 percent and go on a 20 mile bike ride around town. they will see if they can keep up. host: syracuse, new york. chris on the democrat line. chris, you are on the program. and move on to china. republican calller in texas. caller: i am a newfound republican. i to be a democrat. i have been watching ron paul, and i basically changed parties because of him here did in the nicest way i would like to ask is there any way that not just c-span, but all the journalists on at least five stations with you get any more shameless about hedging against ron paul? every angle you cover is so angled against him. he must doing really phenomenal polls.in in the online you would not breathing -- you would not read his name unless he was getting 95% in the real polls. perhaps someone should go to the other taylor -- trailer and take a clear look at how you come across. guest: well, i think he raised a

our success has never just been about survival of the fittest. it's about building a nation where we're all better off. we pull together, we pitch in, we do our part. we believe that hard work will pay off, that responsibility will be rewarred and that our children will -- rewarded and that our children will inherit a nation where those values live on. [applause] and it is that belief that rallied thousands of americans to osawatomie. [applause] maybe even some of your ancestors. on a rain-soaked day, more than a century ago, by train, by wagon, on buggy, bicycle, on foot, they came to hear the vision of a man who loved this country and was determined to perfect it. we are all americans, teddy roosevelt told them that day. our common interests are as broad as the continent. in the final years of his life, roosevelt took that same message all across this country, from tiny os watt mee, to the heart of -- os watt mi, to the heart of -- from tiny os watt mee to the heart of new york city, to make cauntry where everybody would get a fair chance. well

it's sort of darwinisn; the fittest out there," and, "they're right; it's the quickest way to do it." and then he went on to say, but you have to be compassionate; you can't just kick people out on the street. he made a delineation from what he thinks republicans have said -- in fairness. however, he did say that you've got to let it hit bottom. isn't that what mitt romney is saying? >> ed, can i just say first, you read me portions of an interview i haven't even heard yet. i think based on what you've read, he's giving an assessment of what one of the republican candidates said and sort of explaining it more fully, and then also explaining, broadly, the approach we take, which is that there are a lot of americans out there who have underwater mortgages whom we have tried to offer relief in a responsible way. and that's the approach we think is necessary because we need -- we're in this boat together. we need to grow the economy in a way that helps as many people as possible. that's the approach we take. >> in one of the new yorker stories today about the internal memos, a couple of q

we are not a country that was built on the idea of survival of the fittest.were built on the idea that we survive as a nation. we thrive when we work together, all of us. [applause] , every race every creed. a stake inwe've got each other's success. if we attract outstanding teachers and a profession and give her the pay she deserves, she will taste the next steve jobs and we will end up benefiting, all of us. if we provide faster internet into some rural community, that owner will be selling goods around the world and will be able to hire more workers now will be good for all of us. we build that new bridge and that will save the shipping companies time and money, workers and customers all over the country will do better. that is our idea. that idea has never been democratic republican. that is an american idea. abraham lincoln was a republican president and lost the transcontinental railroad, the academy of science, the first land grant -- a republican, teddy roosevelt called for a progressive income tax. republican dwight eisenhower built the highway syste

. >> after hearing that, has survival of the fittest replaced chivalry? peter johnson jr. from the sea but if the allegations are true, there's a special seat in a special circle of hell for him. and people, you know, don't like to say damn someone to hell but if that's true, what we saw is that he apparently abandoned everyone! on that ship! not only men, but women and children as well. and the reports that men were fighting with each other and rushing ahead of pregnant women and children is astounding and disturbing. we have a cultural phenomenon in our society and we heard it in that titanic clip. women and children first. and i've said god, is this animalistic behavior? not to do that? so i said -- i started looking through the -- these books about lions and tigers and i said, animals protect women and children. animals understand that women are a generational protection. the future of a society, whether it's an animal society or human society, so something went terribly, terribly wrong here. >> and you could tell, i've heard reports that apparently people on board wer

we are not the country that was built on the idea of survival of the fittest. we were built on the idea that we survive as a nation. we thrive when we worked the other, all of us. -- work together, all of us. every race, every creed. we believe we have a stake in each other's success. if we attract outstanding teachers into our profession, give her the pain she deserves, the support she deserves -- she is going to teach the next steve jobs, and we will all benefit. it would provide a faster internet out in some rural community, that owner is would be selling goods around the world, going to be able to hire more workers. that is good for all of us. we build a new bridge that saves shipping companies time and money. workers and customers all over the country will do better. that is our idea. and that idea has never been democratic or republican. that is an american idea. the republican president, abraham lincoln, launched the transcontinental railroad, academy of sciences, first land grant colleges. republican teddy roosevelt called for a progressive income tax.