this gibbon took a chunk out of the boy's leg. and the boy is in the hospital in critical condition and they're trying to figure out a way that his leg will not have to be amputated. he also suffered some facial injuries. in the attack. now they're not exactly shoe hour the gibbon escaped. this thing is 33 pounds. but it's got to be really, really strong. now gibbons, which are apes, are apparently very territorial. and i also read that they don't necessarily attack unless they are provoked or feel threatened. and you can imagine the situation like this. that this thing out of its cage probably did feel a little threatened by all the visitors to the zoo. >> i don't think people realize how dangerous this animal is. >> some people aren't high-tailing it out of there as fast as i thought they would. they've already seen the gibbon attack the little girl. the guy is shooting it is a pretty brave dude to continue to record this. >> i would be running with my kids the other way. >> you're absolutely right. apparently a visitor kicked o

but one of the points i wanted to make in "civilization" was gibbon is one of those historians who had encouraged us to think of historical processes as quite gradual and slow acting. he covers about them in history. brohm seems to take his thousand years or so in decline a fall. i've suppose the problem with that approach a circle change is it encourages a certain complacency in us, a sense that while we have problems but they will probably play out over the decades and possibly even centuries. so why worry? what i try to argue in "civilization" is it's not actually quite like gibbon said, to contemporaries the decline and fall was not as obvious as the fall. and the decline is something that we only see really in retrospect. the kind of thing historians find out later after the fact. for us as contemporaries while we have all kinds of information's of problems, i don't think the possibility of a very sudden fall is something we fully internalized and come to terms with. and yet the evidence is all around us that things do collapse then gently collide. this is partly the way we think

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us with the dos and don'ts of holiday regifting and other financial issues we are joined by vera gibbonsent this christmas. in good times it's around 7 cents. why the big difference? >> there's been a big surge in holiday returns, right? for a number of reasons. people are getting the bills. they're feeling cash-strapped. how are they going to pay these bills? they're finding similar items at less expensive prices at some other retailers. retail is continuing to undercut. then some retailers have really changed their return policies to make it too easy to make the returns. after the big buying binge at the beginning of the holiday season, we're taking a lot of stuff back. >> 13%. there was a survey. 13% of retailers will change their return policy forces this year. what are some of the more unusual policies? >> the restocking fee, for example. some retailers have done away with that one which is a good thing for consumers. not so good for retailers because the bulk of the returns that we're seeing happen to be in the electronics category. $17 billion what manufacturers will have to pay t

from cardinal gibbons inside for two of his -- watch him as he goes over the bench.ow about a pat for his coach. i got you covered, coach. 76-63. they've won five in a row. the news is not so good for unbc coach randy monroe and his retrievers down the road to d.c. to take on american u. ryan cook will hit a 3. unbc had 5 point lead in the first half but that lead was gone by the half time buzzer. unbc trailed the rest of the way. ends up 58-59 final. unbc is 0-7 on the season. they've lost 13 straight going back to last year. >> much more on the ravens coming up tomorrow, big game in cleveland coming up. >> thank you, mark, ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> no snow, no problem, extreme fears are hitting the coast accept they are rumbling over stones. seasonably warm weather has made it impossible to make artificial snow. as they wait for mother nature to provide smoother ride. >> yeah. >>> oh, the things you can do with cardboard one says he can furnish your house with it. zach owns chair agamy in connecticut his magical cardboard can be converted into tables, chairs and bookcases.

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and lynched to john gibbons play an accordion on his wooden leg.ou had the sense of people having come over if not in mass by a great number to this other place with a kind of echo of that place being transposed into the world that became my world. so that of my mother's side of the family. my father's side was more mysterious. over time i heard stories of lost aunts and saint john >> new found land which is not where they are from and a deeper echo further back. i had my grandfather's passport from 1918, you could smell the must on it. all of the mysterious presences were there. my father's side was a mystery which we will get to eventually. and the third component is similar to what margaret was talking about. i irish american. i didn't know what a pure american was. none of my friends were pure americans. a lot of my friends were lebanese and from syria. i had yewish and irish american friends. all of our identities were mixed. my sense of being american was being in a mix of things. >> margaret could you also reflect in a prior conversation you

>> guest: farby it for me to disagree with edward gibbon probably the greatest historian of all time but one of the points i wanted to get the civilization was the best one of those historians who has encouraged us to think of historical process has quite a gradual and slow. he covers about the millennium of history. rome seems to decline and fall and as opposed to the problem to that historical change it is a certain complacency we've problems and possibly centuries so why worry in the present and will try to argue in civilization is that it is not actually quite like given selwa gibbons says the rise and fall was not as obvious that the fall and the decline is only something that we see in the retrospect. it's the kind of things historians find out later after the fact. for us as contemporaries while we get all kinds of information's of problems i don't think the possibility of a very sudden fall is something that we fully internalize and come to terms with and yet the evidence is all a around us things to collapse rather than a slide and the way we think because we ourselves as in

what i try to argue in "civilization" is that it's not actually quite like gibbons says. to contemporaries, the decline and fall was not as obvious as default and the decline is something that we only see freely in retrospect. is the kind of thing historians find out later after-the-fact. now for us as contemporaries, while we have all kind of all kinds of intimations of problems i don't think the possibility of a very sudden fall is something we fully internalized and came to terms with and get the evidence is all around us that things do collapse rather than gently slide. now remember this is partly the way we think because we ourselves as individual human beings have a certain rise, a peak of power and then a decline and ultimately we fall. >> host: their reading glasses. >> guest: the reading glasses set in and the teeth begin to go. this is how we are but it's not in fact how big cities or empires or states are. these man-made edifices in fact grow in a completely different way from barbaric entities like individual human beings and in fact grow exponentially and the

. >>> i should add ukiah is 51 degrees and the winds is a big story and took at the wind on gibbons drive on fern side last night? is that right, ron? thank you sir. these branches fell in the middle of the street, i noticed wind advisory continues until 6:00 tonight and there are still some areas of the low formed there, that is what kicks up our wind, higher pressure to the north, lower pressure to the south, strong wind today turning more northeasterly decreasing today and our lows will drop off the table especially friday into saturday but the wind advisory you will have a gust of 71 up at mt. deablow. these temperatures will stop fast, if you look to the north, a lot of upper 20s and 00s and that's moving just sparkling visibility, lots of sunshine, 60s and 70s and as long as the wind continues, here does those warm, breezy and busterring, lows will go down fast, saturday morning there will be some mid-20s lower 20s north bay east bay 40s and a breezy windy event sunday and monday : >>> they are worse than expected, 402000 people filed for jobless benefits last week and that's up 6,0

. >>> alameda is affected near gibbons drive last night. these are pictures sent to us by one of our colleagues. the branches fell on to the street and onto a car and it looks like they will have a lot of cleaning to do. now with the after math, we will like to see them as well just e-mail them and you can always post them to the ktvu channel 2 news facebook pages as well. >>> a search is underway for a man who may have tried to kidnap a young girl. it happened near the brewing company about 7:00 last night. they walked up to a group of young girls and grabbed an 11- year-old who screamed and reportedly fought him off. police say he is a white man in his 40s 5-foot 6 inches tall with curly gray hair. he was wearing along brown coat with dark pants. >>> today bart is expected to become the first public transit agency to limit cell phone service black outs in stations. it will only allow them to limit cell phone service during threats. they were criticized back in using aimed at stopping a planned protest against shootings by transit police.

. >>> a new animal swings into illinois' brookville zoo, a one month old white gibbons joins his mother father and brother. the zoological society says 80% of the population has disappeared. >>> johnny the sea turtle is now free. he washed ashore in europe. hundreds showed up to wish it farewell it spent the last three years in rehabilitation in portugal before being sent to a marine laboratory in sarasota. experts believe the turtle likely got caught in the gulf stream and carried to the netherlands. >> federal government comes out with a more simplistic way of understanding what foods to eat. >> one of the deadliest foot bourn illnesses hit it is united states. dr. danny alvarez. >> with plenty of health related news grabbing the headlines this past year, we are going to take a look at a few of the years big stories, here is a case of something new the food mile an hour bid gives way to simple -- food pyramid gives way to a simple food shaped. >>> in phoenix a 27-year-old woman delivers a baby girl who develops outside her uterus, a woman gives birth to a 16-pound healthy baby boy >>

vera gibbons, good to see you. >> good morning. >> pretty in pink, i'm assuming that's a christmas gift. >> yes and a lot of people bought gifts and wanted to share the love but reality sets in soon. >> you need to put cash back in your pocket. give yourself a raise, specifically i'm talking about change the number of allowances you take on your w-4. three out of four taxpayers got a refund and the average was $3,000 which tells us we're having too much withheld from our paycheck so you can figure this out by using some of the withholding calculators on the web. turbo tax and irs.gov has one. if you're single, got a $1,000 refund, if you claimed two allowances that puts $90 back in your pocket every single month. it's better than to give the government an interest-free loan. >> you headline give yourself a raise. next stop, what some consider a no-brainer, nibbling away the at the mortgage. >> the reason i mention this, we have 12 million credit worthy americans who have yet to refinance and probably should because they're overpaying their mortgages by $436 a month. >> wow! >> collectiv

. -- a white-cheeked gibbon made its debut yesterday. >>> we are not starting out too badly this morningperatures into the low 40s and upper 30s pretty much everywhere. the winds have started to pick up and that will be the story into the course of the day as well so be prepared for that. 44degrees right now at national airport. the same at annapolis. 40 at baltimore. we've got 42 degrees at martinsburg, 41 at winchester. 40degrees at hagerstown and 41 degrees to the south at fredericksburg. here is a look at the satellite- radar composite. we are doing fairly well. we'll see clear skies today. not quite so for the west though. here is where they're seeing a few snow showers. a combination of the cold north early wind that kicked in as well as the moisture flow from the great lakes. they are looking at 2 to 4 inches of snowfall but it is starting to gradually taper off into the course of the morning and it will be just a few flurries before it is all said and done. this is going to expire at 6:00 a.m. it is a winter weather advisory, extreme western allegheny, pendleton, mineral, all und

in a new and important ed addition to a critically endangered species, the baby male white cheeked gibbonautiful it was born last month, though it doesn't have a name yet. we're told cap activity is the best place for it because in the last 45 years, 80% of these critters have disappeared. >>> an nfl linebacker says somebody stole a stash of weapons from his truck while it was parked outside of best buy store. we'll tell i couldn't he says he had them there in the first place. that's coming up on "the fox report". >> a pro football player claiming somebody stole especially $1,700 worth of guns from his pick up truck. carolina panthers linebacker key onwilson reportedly discovering the theft on his way to a firing range after he made a stop at best buy store. wilson says the firearms included a glock 23 and a .12 gauge shotgun. the panthers general manager says the guns were properly registered to wilson for travel. >>> the 1994 smash hit "forrest gump" making it into the world's largest archive of film, tv and sound recordings. the movie will be preserved in the national film registry. ea

vera gibbons is joining me now to give us all the details. you. >> nice to see you. >> so the holiday sales are up, but what are we hearing about gift returns, which could set a new record? >> returns have been out of control. they're at a rate of 15%, which is double the rate you would see when economic times are better. so people are returning stuff left and right and doing so for any number of reasons. they're feeling cash strapped and they're finding similar items that are prices. and some retailers have changed the return policies making it almost too easy to take stuff back, so we're taking advantage of that, bringing everything back from toys to electronics. >> despite all these continued worries about the economy, more americans are going to be traveling over the holidays? >> an astounding number, 92 million americans traveling for the holidays. really high volumes here, mostly by car. 91% by car, even though gas prices are 29 cents higher than they were a year ago. 5.4 million american also be flying. so we're putting other family an

msnbc financial analyst vera gibbons is here with some tips on how to avoid common retail tricks that may get you to spend more money than you want to. good morning to you. before we start, let's just put this in perspective. how many americans are still paying off last christmas' bills? >> the number will astound you. 14 million americans or 6% of us are still paying off last year's credit card debt. i imagine that number will go even high they are year because people are doing a lot of shopping online, using their credit cards. fast and furiously. >> so to avoid overspending you've got some tips. the first one on your list is don't fall for the store credit card deal. but they entice you because they say we'll give you 10% or 20% off your purchase. >> right. and you get the pitch at the counter. very inenticing. these cards are very easy to get. but, the interest rates on these things typically exceed 20% versus about 14% for credit cards. if you carry a balance month to month, the same-day savings is going to be wiped out by the interest and fees you'll have to fee and there could

we start with a report from gary gibbon of independent television news. >> reporter: after months of rising government debt crisis, and the threat of others, there was a meeting in paris for the outline of a deal they now want the rest of europe to adopt. chancellor merckel and president sar cozy agreed that the debt limit should be enforced by pretty much automatic fines if the rules are broken. the fines could come to billions of euros. euro-zone countries would also have to write balanced budget rules into their own national laws. all that to be locked down in a treaty change. all 27 members of the e.u. may sign up for it, but the leaders of france and germany said the 17 euro-zone countries would do it all on their own if the others get difficult. >> did somebody doesn't want to go with us and can't keep up with us, we say the euro is so important to us that we'll go as 17 member states. >> we will see at a round table whether it is going to be agreed by 27 or 17. our wish is to reestablish confidence in the euro and the euro-zone. >> reporter: both ruled out pooling debt with eu

we have a report from gary gibbon of "independent television news" reporting from brussels. >> reporter: another e.u. summit starts with apocalyptic language and market tremors-- "they can't go on like this." that's the message of the eurozone leaders all 17 signed up in principle to imposing tighter rules on themselves so they don't run up chronic debts. david cameron arrives under pressure from his own backbenchers to claw back something big in return for letting the eurozone countires draw closer. >> we need to get that stability in the eurozone that is good for european country, good for britain as well, but also we need to protect britain's interests. >> he maent in marseille, president sarkozy warned that europe desperately needed success at this summit. >> europe is face >> ( translated ): europe is faced with an extremely dangerous situation. if we want to find an agreement, and this is an absolute need, then we must come up with a relevant diagnosis. >> reporter: he said the euro needed new rules and if europe couldn't agree on that, it might never agree on anything. chancellor

what i try to argue is that it's not actually quite like gibbon says. to contemporaries, the decline and fall was not as obvious as the fall, and the decline is something we only see really in retrospect and the things historians find out later after the fact. now, for us as contemporaries, while we have all kinds of insummations of problems, i don't think the possibility of a very sudden fall is something we fully internalized an come to terms with, and yet, the evidence is all around us that things do collapse rather than gently slide. remember, this is partly the way we think as human beings that have a certain rise, a peek of the power, and a decline and ultimately we fall and pass on and the reading glasses set in and things begin to go. this is how we are, but it's not how civilizations are or cities or states are. in fact, they are grown in a different wave than from individual human beings. they grow exponentially, and they reach a peak, and at that peak, they are surprisingly vulnerable, and then they can fall suddenly and steeply rather than g

we have a report from gary gibbon of independent television news. >> reporter: on the march, tens of thousands of public sector workers. >> the biggest demonstration of determination and defiance this country has witnessed for almost a century. it looks like something of a damp squid. >> reporter: it didn't bring the country to a standstill, but around 60% of state schools in england were shut. in scotland, nearly all schools closed. labour members of the scottish parliament came out to support the strike. in cardiff, bus services were canceled. most schools closed. libraries and rubbish collection were affected. in birmingham, thousands of public sector workers marched. ambulance services were cut back to emergency only. the government claimed less than a third of civil servants went on strike but some of them were quite senior and included david cameron's number ten press offices, the one who normally answers questions about strikes. the travelers around the board is faster moving than normal thanks in part to a mass callup of volunteers to stand in for striking immigration officer

vera gibbons is joining us.owest point at 2 1/2 years. but 300,000 people stopped looking. so -- >> right. >> should we be smiling? >> the white house is smiling. it's definitely a psychological boost that they are feeling more confident. they are adding to the head count there. even with the gains, we are recovering the millions of jobs that we have lost since the recession started. you still have 13 million people out of work. so while it's a psychological boost and it's nice to see the unemployment rate drop to 6.8%, we have 315,000 people who stopped looking for work all together. so once you look under the hood, you see job growth still sluggish but it's nice to see that companies are feeling better about the economy and adding more employees. >> and you and i were talking about black friday and the boost of numbers. are people more confident or are people tired of being so frugal? >> i think people are tired of being frugal. i think people are going over their budgets. 43% spent more than they expected to

let's go to vera gibbons. >> how are these going to affect us?ce lost over $5 billion and they are trying to stave off bankruptcy. next year, as a result, as part of the plan, proposal, they are going to close 252 processing plants and in the process eliminate 28,000 postal jobs. no more overnight first-class delivery. there is talk about eliminating saturday delivery. if ever there was a time to consider paying your bills online, now may be the time to consider doing so. >> you make a good point. what about amazon, peak speaking of paying online, they are going to pay their shoppers? >> they are trying to sell their comparison app. you use the app when you go into the stores, you scan the bar codes and when you share the price information with amazon, you are entitled to up to $5 off, three products per person. they are not making a lot of friends with this promotion because they are just saying looking to squash small businesses, it's predatory practice and it does remind us that these physical retailers are really in a tough position because p

>> do you. >> vera gibbons, merry christmas. >> you, too. >> listen to this.n. 6% more than last year. >>> jacksonville, florida, pet store surveillance shows a puppy with special medical needs. thankfully it's been returned by somebody who bought it. the man who returned it may be getting reward if his story checks out. i'd race down that hill without a helmet. i took some steep risks in my teens. i'd never ride without one now. and since my doctor prescribed lipitor, i won't go without it for my high cholesterol and my risk of heart attack. why kid myself? diet and exercise weren't lowering my cholesterol enough. now i'm eating healthier, exercising more, taking lipitor. numbers don't lie. my cholesterol's stayed down. lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. it's backed by over 19 years of research. [ female announcer ] lipitor is not for everyone, including people with liver problems and women who are nursing, pregnant or may become pregnant. you need simple

. >> next move back to james gibbons. he is a trustee for the securities investor protection act the quotation of mf global. he is also the co-chair of bankruptcy and corporate opposition group. welcome to you as well. and, finally, went mr. terrence duffy. mr. duffy is the executive chairman for the cme group based out of chicago, illinois. he has been a member of the board since 1995. is president of tba trading from 1981-2000 has been a member of cme since 1981. so welcome to all of you. and for giving her testimony i would ask you to rise and raise your right hand. [witnesses were sworn in] >> thank you. miss summers, would ask you to start her testimony. >> good afternoon, chairman stab in, banking -- ranking member robert ament of the committee. thank you for inviting here today to discuss mf global bankruptcy. i understand the severe hardship this bankruptcy has cost for customers of mf global. these customers correctly understood the risks associated with trading futures and options, but never anticipated that the

just go back to chairman gibbons where -- gensler. you testified at many hearings crafting statutory language. you even said during the agriculture committee markup, staff members in the early morning hours during the conference, the passage of dodd-frank, you testified numerous times against changes to dodd-frank and have been to europe many times to regulate. according to your written testimony you will be meeting with foreign regulators thursday. chairman gensler, in all candor, don't you think if you spend less time protecting your political and regulatory turf and more time protecting customers and overseeing firms like mf global is less likely that mf global would be where they are today and customers's money would not be missing? >> i think is about protecting the american public. it is what cftc does every day prior to dodd-frank and after dodd-frank. it is about ensuring users and customers get the benefit of these markets to market a price and do what they do well. we are an agency that relies heavily on self-regulatory orga

. >> the tattoo is finally -- >> he's gotten past that robin gibbons interview. >> "the hangover." >> it was good for him. >> he's coming back. you know, he's a good kid. good kid, good heart. not really. okay. donny's here too. [ baby coughing ] [ coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] more pollution from power plants means more childhood asthma attacks. [ labored breathing ] there's technology that makes the air cleaner, but too many plants don't use it. we can't wait. epa must update power plant standards to protect our kids. [ baby coughing ] but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. >>> 44 past the hour. the next day, you've just got to for

nbc's financial analyst vera gibbons has your tax checklist to put more money in your pocket hopefullying but the reality is we have to focus on our taxes. >> yes. there are some things you can do now to lower your taxes. >> it doesn't have to hurt. time to put together your tax saving list to save on 2011. where do we start? >> well, start by making some charitable contributions. charities will be happy to accept cash, checks, appreciated securities, even your used items providing they are in good or better condition. you just have to itemize, get receipts for donations $250 or more and you have just a few more days to make those donations. >> how do you estimate the value if you're not giving a cash contribution and maybe donating a sofa to an organization? >> there is a tool called it's deductible to help you figure out the fair market value, what it would sell for at a thrift store. >> you recommend selling losing investments in taxable accounts. >> you might have to live within your portfolio. now is the time to unload them. deduct up to $3,000 of losses. >> up to 3,000? >> that i