dealt with this morning or books i just missed it by your thoughts on stephen jay gould's concept of punctuated equilibrium as an enhancement to darwin the concept that. evolution really macroevolution specie evolution is not generally this slow gradual process but rather there are periodic disasters that happen the wipe out ninety plus percent of a of an individual or group and the small subset of their group that is most. adapted to the new environment even though they may have been maladapted to the earlier environment are the ones that continue to survive and maybe even that accounts for gaps in the fossil record and i'm curious your thoughts on that whole thing well what you have just outlined is not really punctuated equilibrium although you could be forgiven for thinking that because punctuated equilibrium was expressed in such a confused way that anybody would be forgiven for muddling up at least three different things what you just described is the phenomenon of mass extinction which is indeed very important and every few every twenty or thirty. million years or so you may g

it is my great pleasure and honor to introduce corrina gould. she is a leader and co-founder of the indian people organizing for change and peace walk, and title 7 coordinator at the native american child resource center. she was born and raised in oakland, california. the mother of three children. she currently works as the title seven court nader. -- coordinator. she is assisting and directing an after-school program that includes wraparound services for native students in oakland. she is also the co-founder and a lead organizer for indian people organizing for change, a small native-run organization that works on indigenous people issues, as well as sponsoring an annual peace walk to bring about education and awareness of the desecration of the sacred sites in the greater bay area. in april of this year, corrina, wounded knee decampo, and others, put out a call to warriors to put out a vigil and occupation of vallejo, calif., a secret 15-acre site. the occupation lasted for 109 days and resulted in a cultural easement between the city of vall

bernard reminded by gould disappeared with your. exhibit a motor truck story probably still. is research. on the look that we're going to be comparable from a cursory death in order. to lock that i work together from nine hundred ninety continuously on the same project and we've got to get on the g.m. project as well the only reason that he sells to talk about it that he has been given permission by the holders of common the parliament and the technology and say it's going to be of the british parliament or the others in the group including me and you are talking about twenty people we very forbidden to talk about what has happened to their what sort of experiments did we carry though what was going on at the time at the gag and all gag is for lifetime even the secret service they get people for twenty five years if i happen to leave to my seventh it will be foul over that time and i still will be able to look at both. but on the drama yannick it out it is all going in that on that action now and let's assume that and we have seen a few examples that anymore was sad on the g.

the polls have said that he warned russia does not does not need to address the needs of powerful goulding party which is able to govern russia effectively we can now listen to exactly what he had to say results. but the party has i thought well the party represents almost fifty percent of the population and this is the result of the democratic process the taking into account the militant links make up the parliament will have to form a coalition with other parties of the various issues and this is what power means and democracies all abound and the leaders of other parties said that they're ready for that which in store now we have a clip showing some of the party's agenda as well as a little bit of the criticism that united russia has faced coming into this election which i think we can watch now. as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for a do list seats. swap seats with dmitri medvedev in two thousand and eight and may do so again in twenty twelve after midday to propose putin for the presidency current campaign slogan future is with us priorities moder

>> it's like when jeff gould said i'm going to get in the film space. everybody said, boy, that doesn't make any sense. when i said i'm going to get into the consumer electronics space and even pop up to video camcorders, people said that doesn't make a sense. why would you invest in the consumer electronics space. it's hardware. that doesn't make any sense. restaurants are equally challenging. they are frought with all of the issues that exist for consumer electronics business or -- >> that's actually interesting when you say that. what are some of the parallels? >> if you don't sxhooz the right real estate, you'll be in big problems. we're lucky enough to have ron johnson who started as retailer of jc penney, and hiring a great team of executives to help me on the real estate side. the other thing is really making a great product and having that product be consistent and all natural and eco friendly and, you know, the idea that mcdonald's brought to all of us which is, you know, if i have a hamburger in beijing or in san francisco, it always tastes le

it gould in that direction later. who knows what could happen next year.rs linebacker rolando m mcclain has more than football on his mind. he is accused of firing a gun next to man's ear. >> reporter: for the first place raiders, rolando's trouble could not come at a worst time. the coach says he refuses to let this become a distraction and his team continues to pursue the playoffs. >> i'm not going to let anybody stop this train from where it's going. this team has taken on my personality and i know that, and i believe that. we're not going to get concerned about anybody that's not on the train the right way. there's a right way to do things and there's a wrong way, and obviously there was something that was done wrong. we'll deal with that accordingly to there. >> i'm pretty sure the situation will get worked out and he'll be back with the team as soon as possible. now we have a job to go do. >> i'm not going to comment on anything that i don't know anything about. i don't pay much attention to internet reports. we're not sure what happened. in team is

statively before the arrest takes place you also have to see the headline, you might not know if it's gouldhe story and once the reporter finds out it will be on the front page. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it was october 7, 2005, and the headline read "bodysnatchers of new york" exclusive and that packed a tremendous lob. >> that was the first of many front-page articles on this case. >> it was a monster story. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it sounds like something from a horror film. bodies that were supposed to be prepareded for burial or cremation were cut open. bones were illegally removed from bodies and often replaced with pvc pipe so families wouldn't notice. >> i could go up there and describe exactly what i did and immediately go up there and describe what i did and there would be two different stories ghouls and chopping up bodies and limbs all over the place and they made it sound like we desecrated the loved ones. >> i was upset. the last thing i want is for my family or my friends to -- to think of me in that way. that's not who i am. >> all of the work for the past 20 years in the medical, dental profession and to h

in a statement that gould sent to me they said this, like any of the partner they must honor the airlines distribution decisions with the flight search feature many we only can show airlines in the booking leaks. we are exploring advertising opportunities within the page to showcase other partners. it sounds like google will try to make it more fair for their competitors in the future. this could determine--this could turn into a department of trust issue. i talked with several travelers and other people but the the point people who use travelocity and kayak these kind of sites often been to school to these web sites to the travel shopping they do not find the site to take will search.--through the google search. i am gabe slate with kron4 news. >>justine: here is a live look at the golden gate bridge is almost 30 minutes after 4:00 a.m. and will be back with our live weather and traffic. take it to our traffic maps we have no major delays to speak of in the south bay. north bound 101 is a nice and easy ride as the taking look at the shore freeway and westbound highway 4 is looking good a

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mary belle gould of overland park, kansas, sweet mary belle, a proud american red cross volunteer andenneth poiry from torrance, california, 100 years old today. recently celebrated his 75th anniversary with his lovely wife, connie. and that's all. that's it right now. >> okay, willard, thank you. >>> just ahead, "people" magazine's top stories of the year, but first your local news and weather. >> the time is 8:26 and time to get a check on the morning commute. >> we have problems cropping up. we will start in cockeysville. warren road and york road, closures remain in effect. 55 miles per hour on the north side. entire beltway it looks good. charles street, fire department activity. aberdeen, closures along route 20 to viers hill road. everything as being good in cecil county. live view of traffic. we will see what is going on at 83 and warren road. live view of traffic at 29. 32. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> as you notice on the cameras, the roads are dry, but rain is moving through western maryland. moving in baltimore through the late morning and afternoon. temperat

daley, we have a broad spectrum of talent from rodney atkins, to big time rush, marsha brody,eliot gouldingd for many kermit the frog will be here tonight. in addition to that we have our tony-award winning santa claus and the greatest feature of the show is we have the obama family, the president and the first family will be here to light the tree. reporter: excellent. thank you very much, neil. so if you plan to head on out today, log onto our website, myfoxdc.com. we have a link to theirs where you can find all the information. again, bundle up, it's going to be very, very cold tonight. it's already cold now, and coming up in the next hour we have a very special guest, kermit the frog will be joining us live out here. rehearsal is going on now, they're doing mic checks and just doing a rehearsal, as you can see, so stay with us. back to you, allison and steve. >>> 7:56 right now. coming up next hour, in light of the sex abuse scandal at penn state, advice on how to protect your child from a sexual predator. >>> also coming up after 8:00, steve, tis the season to deliver holiday cheer. >>

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david gould. linda susan gordon. nicola hall. anthony hawkins. dora henry. maurice henry. pamela herbert. rober hilbert. afred hill. catherine hollistern. josephine hudson. >> john flynn. melinda hudson. sophie hudson. roger hurst. paul jeffriece. rachel jeffries. patricia cline. [speaking names] lancaster. >> karen hunt. ronald lariviere. wendy lincoln. lloyd ludlow. william macalester. william mack. [speaking names] noel martin. >> beth johnson. daniel mccarthy. robert maccaulem. bernard mclaughlin. john morell. joseph miller. jewel mitchhell. [speaking names] gerald dane murphy. -- geraldine were free. -- geraldine brian cohen. gwyneth a win. -- owen. laura owens. robert owens. sarah rebecca owens. peter per se. -- pierce. james andrew campbell pit. >> julianne francis kelly. david plaque. walter leonard porter. pamela lynn posen. william pugh. [speaking names] any tallinn reeves. reeves.ta lynn suzanne roller. saul rosen. alexander lowenstein. andrea victoria resenthal. daniel peter rosenthal. david rubin. elise jean sarasini. scott saunders. theresa elisabeth james sa

mary belle gould of overland park, kansas, sweet mary belle, a proud american red cross volunteer and poiry from torrance, california, 100 years old today. recently celebrated his 75th anniversary with his lovely wife, connie. and that's all. that's it right now. >> okay, willard, thank you. >>> just ahead, "people" magazine's top stories of the year, but first your local news and weather. >>> 8:26 is your time now on this tuesday december 27th, 2011. good morning to you. i am eun yang. let's check in with veronica johnson. clouds over head now, veronica? >> yes. we are waiting for the rain. just to the west of us already seeing showers. and it's going to turn moderate and heavy today after lunchtime, and heavier rain will amount to rainfall totals of about half to an inch. i think the bulk of it will be between two and six going up to a high of 50. >>> good news. northbound accident on 395, most of the vehicles are gone and the delays dissipated. between november circle and white oak vista, ♪ jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bell rock ♪ ♪ jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring ♪

mary belle gould of overland park, kansas.t to longevity is her joy and happiness in jesus. we have kenneth poiry from torrence, california. 100 years old today. recently celebrated his 75th wedding anniversary with his lovely wife, connie, and that's all. that's it right now. >> okay, willard. thank you. just ahead, "people magazine"'s top stories of the year, but, out,ficar y heatwehe >>> good morning, everyone. the time now is 8:26. i'm jon kelley. in a few day, san francisco will become the first big city in the country with a minimum wage topping 10 bucks an hour. on january 1st, the city's minimum wage will be $10.24 an hour. right now, minimum wage workers make $9.92 per hour. san francisco, one of the few big cities that sets its very own minimum wage. back in 2003, voters approve aid law that called for automatic yearly wage increases. by the way, this year the federal minimum wage will not change. it stays right where it is at $7.25 per hour. >>> time now to check your local weather. actually, let's check traffic out

some called him jay gould's handyman or busboy or something to that effect, that he was so tight withhe railroad industry. it was unlikely that he was innocent. >> they continue to dog him. in the 1884 campaign, someone published what was believed to be a version of the mulligan letters in a pamphlet. he never quite resolved that. >> we will involve some of our viewers in the discussion. our first caller is from atlanta. roger, you are on the air. caller: hello, how are you tonight? >> great, thank you. caller: i just finished reading the biography of speaker reed. for two people who are powerful in the republican party, they seem in the same place. they seem really distant. is that true? is that just a feature of the biography? >> no, i think you are correct. you are mentioning thomas reed who was born in portland, maine in 1839, just a little bit younger than blaine. he spent his entire public life as a congressman. he rose to be speaker, like blaine was also speaker. reed served in the late 1880's and into the 1890's. the corruption was never a question in relation to reed. reed wa