saw gabriella's story on the redskins page and it lifted my spirits right back up and i believe in humankind again. >> reporter: in her letter to santa gabriella challenged macy's to go even further. >> what if make a wish gets 1,020,000 letters? where are the extra 20,000 letters going to go? are they going to go to wishes for kids or are they just extras? every 10,000 should be a wish. >> reporter: macy's announced it will donate an extra $25,000 in gabriella's name. >> you might have a bad day today, but there's always a bright star to look forward to tomorrow. look inside. what's your bright star? thank you. happy holidays. [ cheering and applause ] lause >> reporter: at the dulles town center, lauren demarco, fox 5 news. >> she is fabulous, what a girl. >>> changing the page now another top story tonight, school safety. it has been a hot button issue in the wake of deadly connecticut school shooting. it's also setting off a bitter dispute between those who want tougher gun laws and staunch second amendment supporters. today the national rifle soccer reiterating its controversial positio

really worried going into twenty thirteen i mean ultimately the great thing is that humankind will survive we will all remain the same people but the problem we have is first of all america seems to be heading suicidally towards this thing the fiscal cliff the possibility that it may enter another leg or recession or possibly even depression as a result of legislators inability to curb their how bit of spending like footballers' wives and then on the other side of the atlantic we also have this problem the european union is getting to the point where it seems to think it's soldiers problems solving your problems means that twenty five percent of the workforce of several countries are out of work fifty plus percent of the youth of say somewhere like spain are out of work that really frightens me. now let your imagination run wild the animated blockbusters like what i think it was so fantastic creating a new superhero every day of the year from see some more of his creations account the wrong line from us. and this a case of another day another scandal to reporting on but as twelve million e

i'm really worried going into twenty thirteen i mean ultimately the great thing is that humankind will survive we will all remain the same people but the problem we have this first of all america seems to be heading suicidally towards this thing the fiscal cliff the possibility that it may enter another leg or recession or possibly even depression as a result of legislators inability to current their spending like footballers' wives and then on the other side of the atlantic we also have this. the european union is getting to the point where it seems to think its soldiers problems polish solving your problems means that twenty five percent of the workforce of several countries are out of work fifty plus percent of the youth of say somewhere like spain are out of work that really frightens me or so the a use new year will see more of the same old austerity in several countries frustration has turned to violence on a few occasions during twenty twelve citizens became increasingly angry at paying the price for the blunders of their governments and banks there's how artie's news teams reme

i'm really worried going into twenty thirteen i mean ultimately the great thing is that humankind will survive and we will all remain the same people but the problem we have is first of all america seems to be heading suicidally towards this thing the fiscal cliff the possibility that it may enter another leg or recession or possibly even depression as a result of legislators inability to curb their how bit of spending like footballers' wives and then on the other side of the atlantic we also have this problem the european union. gets solved its problems solving your problems means that twenty five percent of the workforce of several countries are out of work fifty plus percent of the youth of say somewhere like spain are out of work that really frightens me. now france is not alone in trying to raise more cash to fend off the economic crisis facing europe now we bring you personal side of the story we've been reporting throughout two thousand and twelve as we look back at events. it came to the point where if you walked into the studio you knew there was going to be a story about euro

well i agree to disagree on there because i really believe no empire on earth in the history of humankind has ever been able to thwart everybody they've never been able to stop the competition from emerging ultimately they might last for one hundred years rome did it for. or hundreds of years they kept anybody from challenging them for hundreds of years america maybe fifty sixty years so far but i think with this this disinter mediation now available from the internet you've least and i don't think it can stop africa is no stranger to exploitation and colonisation they've been ignored and they have developed some interesting products in the telecommunications space in the kenyan phone market is leapfrog over the traditional phone market but again once it's critical mass it's going to be colonized by the foreigners as usual but you know asia the asian financial crisis of one nine hundred ninety eight there was a crisis cooked up on wall street the city of london export it to asia and blew up that economy you know now they're buying dollars to protect themselves against continued marauding

i'm really worried going into twenty thirteen i mean ultimately the great thing is that humankind will survive or we will all remain the same people but the problem we have is first of all america seems to be heading suicidally towards this thing the fiscal cliff the possibility that it may enter another leg or recession or possibly even depression as a result of legislators inability to hurt their habit of spending like footballers' wives and then on the other side of the atlantic we also have this problem the european union is getting to the point where it seems to think it solved its problems solving your problems means that twenty five percent of the workforce of several countries are out of work fifty plus percent of the youth of say somewhere like the spirit of work that really frightens me. mired in recession and with more spending cuts on the horizon the u.k. is struggling to get back on its feet and in england it's the northeast that has been hit hardest with more than ten percent of people there unemployed r.t. sarah firth went to see what has brought the once powerful region

i'm really worried going into twenty thirteen i mean ultimately the great thing is that humankind will survive and we will all remain the same people but the problem we have is first of all america seems to be heading suicidally towards this thing the fiscal cliff the possibility that it may enter another leg or recession or possibly even depression as a result of legislators inability to curb their how but they're spending like footballers' wives and then on the other side of the atlantic we also have this problem the european union is getting to the point where it seems to think it solved the problems solving your problems means that twenty five percent of the workforce of several countries are out of work fifty plus percent of the youth of say somewhere like spain are out of work that really frightens me. but with europe still in the throes of the euro crisis we look at the biggest shocks for the block over twenty twelve. years goldfish is nobel peace prize to the tune of molotov cocktails tear gas and clashes as people took to the streets to protest. measures recall program is just

i'm really worried going into twenty thirteen i mean ultimately the great thing is that humankind will survive we will all remain the same people but the problem we have is first of all america seems to be heading suicidally towards this thing the fiscal cliff and the possibility that it may enter another leg of recession or possibly even depression as a result of legislators inability to curb their how bit of spending like footballers' wives and then on the other side of the atlantic we also have this problem the european union is getting to the point where it seems to think its soldiers problems solving your problems means that twenty five percent of the workforce of several countries are out of work if fifty plus percent of the youth of say somewhere like stay in or out of work that really frightens me when it is spend spend spend as people in the u.k. make the most of seasonal sales but as party boy they find that if they think their hard earned money is going towards britain's economic revival then they are very much stake and. proud to be british brits and terrorists alike often

living under a rock, you might want to stay there actually, because today could be the last day for humankindr 21, a major cycle in the mayan calendar ends. for many, that means the end of the world. that's right, thousands of tourists flocked to the yucatan peninsula near the sites of ancient mayan cities. under mexico's scorching sun they lit a sacred fire and state side some folks reflected on how they would spend their last day. >> i would spend it with my family, my mom, dad, brothers and sisters and just huddle and get, the i love yous out, i'm sorries, i never meant it and that's it and go together. but that's not going to happen. >> i don't know. i was going to spend the day with my friends and family. >> that's a plan, friends and family. that's where you want to be. and other ideas for the end of the world, sky diving and spending time with friends. all good ideas. either get that one thing you've been wanting to do forever out of your system or just be at home with your loved ones and all check out together to that big hotel in the sky. >> apparently, there's one safe place in the

. >> that campaign comes in the form of a youtube video where the mayor taps into humankind's most primal>> if you see a car that will block exit, for example, from your house or office, what usually you think? usually you think i would like maybe to crash this car. >> with this in mind, they hit the streets of vilnius with a used mercedes they purchased for the video and an armored personnel carry borrowed from the local military museum. >> it is a model 60. it was very popular in the soviet union. even now they use this but a more modern version. >> the filmmakers park the mercedes illegally in a bike lane and then have only one chance at getting the perfect shot. >> we have only one shot. but we were prepared very well. we succeeded easily, quite easily. >> as for the owner of the mercedes, he's played by a local actor. >> we tried to find a guy who looks like the real owner of a mercedes. you could see similar like this guy with a mercedes quite often in the city of vilnius. >> with all forgiven, the mayor cleans up after his mess. >> i like how they have this little scene with the ma

i asked myself what did it mean to us, to humankind this we have now left this planet and called anotherome. not just my steps and my three days but what did it mean that we did this? what does it mean to future generations, what does it mean 50 or 100 years from now? i can only imagine people dreamed of the stars and going there some day. we did. >> hipty hoppe and over the hill. >> flat broke, deep in debt, the argument is even if we want to get back in space, we don't have the money. >> it's not so much how much money we have, it's how we spend it. i have an issue to a degree with where and how we're spending some of our money. it costs you and me as taxpayers in this country one half of one penny to support the entire space program. how many mouths is that going to feed? that money is spent on earth, produces jobs, creates technology that leads to other jobs. creates national prestige, international prestige. if you put a little box on the income tax return saying would you give 10 cents to america's space program, i think you would be astounded with how many boxes would get x'd. i g

that's our cradle, the cradle of humankind. what do we do with cradles, by the way, even if they're comfortable? - we outgrow. - we outgrow them, that's right. and we see that starting to happen now, don't we? the spaceship's going out. we're talking about space platforms, okay? anyway, this is our cradle right here and here comes our rocket ship, same one, streaming by. and we're gonna say at this point, boom. both times are 12:00 noon. 12:00 on the ship, 12:00 on the earth and the ship continues. now, what the ship is gonna do? it's gonna take a one-hour trip out and it's gonna turn around very quickly. so quickly that the time is negligible in comparison to the hour trip. so ship is going out, turn around and come back. it's gonna take one hour going out and one hour coming back with negligible turnaround time. and we're gonna see how time compares for people on the ship who are moving relative to the earth and how time compares on earth relative to the ship. now, 100 years ago, the answer would be "ss" same-same, but we fin

the left's discovery of global warming, the sinfulness o man causingeas to rise and so destroy humankind may also be found in genesis 6. [laughter] and consider the taking of snapshots. before the shutters click, the photographer says, one, two, three. why? well, here's why i think in the first days of portrait photography an exposure could last up to three minutes, so the sitters' heads were mobilized by a brace because they couldn't move, or the shot would be foggy. as the three minutes started to end, the photographer would reassure them: almost done, one, two, three, now we're done. contemporary cameras can take a snapshot in one-thousandth of a second, but still the photographer says one, two, three. why? because photographers have always said one, two, three. but now the phrase is uttered before the shot, the photographer might say to allow the subject to compose himself. this makes every amateur portrait the lifeless same. the subject's face having adopted that selfsame i am now getting my picture taken. [laughter] in the original photos, the sitters look till and stern and have t

that nasa should be the one that is pushing the envelope on what space-based assets will benefit humankind in the future. one thing that is sure, if we are to have space-based assets, we have got to have environment in space that is capable to use. today, that is under threat. if there is anything i can see that nasa and irresponsibility for along with a global partnership and lead the way -- responsibility for all along with a global partnership and lead the way, it is that we debris from space. we have not really focused on that. maybe that is one of those challenges the young people and everyone else can understand. the other challenge, i do not know if anybody noticed -- i do not know if i have the actual number -- did anyone notice, 2012xe54? that happened to of been an asteroid that was discovered sunday, and yesterday flow between the earth and moon. -- flew between the erath and arth and moon. that had the same destructive power as the asteroid that destroyed hundreds of miles of siberia about 100 years ago. yet we did not discover it until sunday. those are huge challenges that we

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and how long a time period that is compared to, say, humankind having mastery of fire, humankind having engaged in agriculture, humankind even existing, as homosapience. it's longer than all of those things. but that's just measuring in the hundreds of thousands of years. we are talking about a rate of increased carbon concentration and ocean acidity climbing faster than at any time in the past 50 million years. what does that mean? well, a paper published in the judgjournal "science" earlier ts year concluded that the current rate of carbon dioxide emission could drive chemical changes in our oceans that are unparalleled in at least the last 300 million years. we're back into geologic time now, since we saw that kind of an effect. the authors warned that we may be -- quote -- "entering an unknown territory of marine ecosystem change." well, when your range of view is in the hundreds of millions of years and the authors are talking about entering unknown territory, that's really saying something. and here's what dr. peter brewer, the senior scientist at the monterey bay aquarium institu

needs of our world and to do it by making new commitments followed by faithful service to you and humankindmake us strong in your strength, and lead us into a future fuelled by faith, focus, and fortitude. we pray in your sovereign name, amen. >> please be seated. >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain at your seats for the departure of the official party. >> c-span spoke with to read -- retiring lawmakers. mr. burton and kent conrad served congress had chaired the house oversight committee. senator conrad has been in office for 20 years and shares the senate budget committee. our interview with congressman burton is at 8:00 wednesday night with senator conrad after that. the senate returns for legislative business on thursday and the house has the session scheduled that day. the work on two bills. the first would extend provisions of the foreign intelligence surveillance act, the other is a relief package for areas affected by hurricane sandy. you can follow live coverage. house members are on standby as negotiations continue over the fiscal cliff. host: our series on the fiscal cliff cont

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the electors are solid in all and is on every show known to humankind.ey've often competed for the most quotations in any given year than all of our media. norm is a resident scholar at the representative for public policy research. the election analyst for cbs and has written for every publication on the face of the earth dirty and tom both have been on the news hour with jim lehrer, "nightline," charlie rose. he has another heartland are, ba university of minnesota phd from the university of michigan, which is where you guys met. i just have to say that one of the reasons why i think that tom and norm for so much attention is because they have been spending their entire lives being so moderate and reasonable that when they get mad, they really must be something wrong. so why don't i go to norm and tom and then i will introduce susan and mickey edwards. it's a great honor to be your colleague. >> thank you so much. susan and mickey, i really appreciate your coming and all of you for participating in this event. norm and i have been friends and colleague

if you believe as i do that humankind's destiny lies in the stars, if you believe as i do that nasa should be an instrument in the fulfilment of that destiny, the work of preparing nasa for the daunting challenges of strategy, budget and relevance in the 21st century is truly the work of shaping the future. the recently released report by the national research council does a detailed job of documenting the challenges that nasa faces. lack of adequate resources, lack of a agreed upon direction, aging infrastructure, emergence of other space capable nations, collapse of some international partnerships, increasing the relevance of the aeronautical research program. n.r.c. provided four options for addressing an uncertain future. i choose option two. engage in and commit for the long term to more cost sharing partnerships with other u.s. government agencies, private sector industries, an international partners. within that option, i will emphasize the public-private partnerships. i believe them to be the best way to obtain the resources so vitally needed to make nasa's mission is achievable. i

a positive -- in engineer, we would say it's a positive feedback, but a negative consequence for humankindy small hurricane as hurricanes go, it caused tremendous damage because there is so much economic activity right this where the hurricane landed. >> let's talk about the politics of all of this. former president al gore chided president obama this week for failing to make climate change a priority. gore saying in new york on thursday, quote, i am grateful for the steps that he has taken. speaking of the president, but we cannot have four more years of mentioning this occasionally and saying it's too bad that the congress can't act. do you think that president obama is doing enough? >> well, he is doing i believe all he can. and -- >> what about the kyoto protocol? >> this is msnbc, for crying out loud. we have to get past the fiscal cliff. we had to achieve closure on this last election. and now the president, in my understanding, my belief is now he can make his case that we can't continue to ignore this problem. and thanks to people like you, really, and the internet, the anti-scienc

the creator and maker of humankind.d to the earth we shall return. you are dust, and to dust you will return. all of us go down to the dust, and even at the grave, we make our solong hallalujah. give rest, oh christ, to your servant with your saints. where sorrow and pain are no more. a sign of life everlasting. we commend your servant daniel, we humbly beseech you, a land of your own flock, center of your and redeeming. receive him into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious co. of the saints and the like. may the lord bless you and keep you. the lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. the lord lift up his countenance on you and give you peace. let us go forth in the name of christ. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> you can see the memorial service again at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span to. >> president obama begins a second term in of