the mara river and the amount of water in it. it's just the...ou know, kind of the main artery of the... of the ecosystem, and it's very important. >> pelley: this is that artery that robin reid is talking about, and the best way to see it is from the air. the mara river rises in a place called the mau forest, and it meanders about 250 miles or so down to lake victoria. the masai tell us that there is less water in the river now than at any time they can remember. and if the mara river went away, what impact would it have on all this? >> reid: we're not absolutely sure. but in the dry season, it's the only thing that flows. and so if that water went away, then the wildebeest population would collapse. >> pelley: collapse? >> reid: yes. >> pelley: what do you mean by collapse? >> reid: you know, i don't actually know if there would be very many left, actually. not just the wildebeest-- it would be many of the other species that require water. >> pelley: you would lose hundreds of thousands of these animals? >> reid: oh, yes, absolutely, absolutely

mara liasson of national public radio. kevin madden, a republican strategist.ox news political analyst juan williams. so let's talk about this lame duck session which really has been i think surprisingly -- i don't know if i'll say productive, because you can argue about that. but active and busy and gotten a lot done. let's start with the historic historical repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell," that will allow gays and lesbians to serve in the military. it kept looking like it would die and in the end, there seemed to be too much momentum behind it. >> large democratic majorities and public opinion changed in 17 years. no question about it. i think there are still genuine concerns about integration in the military and a combat forces. that will have to be monitored closely by the defense department and congress over the next year as they try to make it go in a way that doesn't turn our fighting forces -- hurt or fighting forces on the ground. public opinion has changed to "don't ask, don't tell" since 1993. and they react to public opinion. >> they will impl

mara, bill clinton taking over the white house press room as barack obama slips away.e you ever seen anything like this? >> no, i covered bill clinton and i was in the press room when he was president and it was incredible. i loved every single minute. the most important words in that bite was "please go." you know, please go. he held court and he is the master at putting the economic issues in simple, ordinary terms that people can understand. he made a great case for the package. you know, it was interesting. in contract to president obama's press conference earlier in the week where he basically said, although he said good things about the package and gave the correct economic argument, he also said i had to do this, they wouldn't budge, they're hostage-takers and my own guys are purists -- >> chris: and sanctimonious. >> sanctimonious. if obama is re-elected, people who write the book on it will show this week as when things turned around for him. not only the deal itself but the white house got over the clinton-phobia where they used to askew every strategy that c

----la Á mara de representantes ya aproÓ el dream acta la semana pasada y los manifestantes quieren queaga lo mismo... -----el california dream act que le daria ayuda financiera estatal a estudiantes indocumentados, ha sido vetada tres veces por el gobernador schwarznegger, pero los manifestantes confian en que el pÓximo aÑo con el nuevo gobernador brown, la historia cambie. ----cesar mas adelante en este noticiero vamos a entrevistar a uno de los activistas que participa hoy de esta marcha ... ---muy bien, jaime, aqui te estaremos esperando ... ---y seguimos con informacion policial.---autoridades policiacas de san rafael esta ofreciendo una recompensa de 50 mil dolares a quien É pistas que conduzcan a la captura del sospechoso de violar y asesinar a una mujer hace dos aÑos... aÑos...---ashley yamauchi una niÑera del condado de marin aparecio muerta en un estacionamiento luego de haber permanecido en un bar de la calle cuarta en san rafael... ---la victima fue violada y asfixiada...---aun no hay sospechosos pero si una persona de interes que reside en chicago. chicago. ---y regresando

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. >> i'm joined by mara. it's so interesting.'ve had this conversation with so many people that love football and still battle with michael vick. they see him doing well, they kind of want to root for the guy, but then, of course, his past comes right back. >> people are very conflicted as to how to feel about him, especially fans of him on the field. just a quick note. the courts have banned vick from owning any animal. his desire to get a dog is not doeg going to happen, but he says he does love all animals and thinks that owning a dog would help his rehabilitation. since being released from prison, vick has been working on his redemption off the field. for more than a year, he's been volunteering his free time with the humane society, talking about the ills of dogfighting. the humane society sells he approached them and they believe he is genuinely trying to atone for his past. as for his time in jail, vick says it really changed him for the better and the michael vick of today is a much different person than michael vick of 2

que si hay un acuerdo de los impuestos o no, cuando no hay más excusas, vamos a tener un voto de la marao pasó. >> uno de los obstáculos que el republicano dicen que no considerar ninguna medida que no tenga que ver con los impuestos, en todo caso el "dream act" no tenía los 60 votos necesarios para poder avanzar y enfrenta fuerte oposición. >> el dream act es una forme amnistía no hay dos interpretaciones, les da amnistía a dos milloneses de indocumentados. >> el cono gris ta dice que fue uno de los que solicitó que el senado actuara así para seguir buscando partidarios. >> nosotros le pedimos que tomaran la legislación essing escrita y aprobada por la cámara de representantes la semana que viene en el senado. >> los jóvenes activistas perm ne zarán y dicen que aprovecharán el tiempo en seguir su campaña. > no da oportunidad de ir a comenzar a más senadores detener estrategia más un tensa con ellos. vamos a tener, para traer más gente para para la próxima semana. >> la incógnita es ahora sobre cuando se hará esa votos en el senado en el escaso tiempo que le queda al congreso este año, d

. >> hi, i'm mara rivera, a long time listener, supporter at kpfa and i commend the supervisors for theirresolve its dispute over the morning show layoffs and to protect kpfa, an independent radio station, as noted. but this resolution would instead help continue its destructive course of insolvency. the resolution contains many false premises and inaccuracy which i n

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. >> mara, let's start with the policy. underselling its change i guess. >> i think they're being absolutely accurate about it. this is not a review to change the policy. it's to see how it's doing, which of course they do constantly. the president ordered 30,000 more troops to afghanistan, a surge and what we have been told to expect the revue to say is progress is being made to degrade the taliban but challenges remain ahead. the safe havens are still in pakistan, the karzai government is corrupt and/or dysfunctional and the july 201 withdrawal date where some number of troops based on conditions on the ground will be removed is intact. but what has been happening the past couple months is the president and military leaders have been preparing the country for the fact we'll be in afghanistan four years probably at least, even if responsibility is gradually turned over. >> in the middle of this process to lose the special envoy and obviously richard holbrooke had a long storied career in foreign bol for a number of differe

. >> hi, i'm mara rivera, a long time listener, supporter at kpfa and i commend the supervisors for their attempt to help kpfa resolve its dispute over the morning show layoffs and to protect kpfa, an independent radio station, as noted. but this resolution would instead help continue its destructive course of insolvency. the resolution contains many false premises and inaccuracy which i and bob addressed in our letters of today as well as other letters and articles you received in your packets. and i hope you will consider them before voting and vote no today sending the item to committee. the two morning show hosts were laid off by pacifica as was necessary measure to immediately stop a financial disaster and they were chosen because of union seniority rules. there was no choice in this as kpfa did not present a balanced budget. it had spent its million dollar surplus and had to borrow to make the last payroll. its parent foundation then had to step in. the pacifica foundation oversees five radio stations and 160 affiliate stations and holds a broadcast license, pays the corporation for

. >> ted and mara say they have a lot to be thankful for, even though they have lost their home. all that remains on their lot, a shed, and a sliver of their fence. >> and in some ways, it makes me more afraid. because it is sort of like when somebody -- if somebody were to take the child next door, you never think something like that is going to happen to you and this is such a nice neighborhood. and so friendly. how many times have you forgotten to close the garage door at night. and nothing happens. and now, who knows what it is going to be like. >> reporter: the family has a long way to go. they don't even have an architect yet in order to rebuild the house and don't have a time line but despite all of that, and despite the rain out here today, a lot of joy in that household, and very, very nice family for inviting us in. >> you're absolutely right and a good reminder for awful us to be a reminder of what we do have. >>> a special christmas delivery at a bay area hospital today, not from santa claus himself but one of his little helpers. a a-year-old girl who is spreading hol

manera se postulaÁ a la presidencia del pÍs.el asesor de la casa blanca, david axelrod dijo que la Á maraia. hoy hicimos un viaje al sureste de mÉxico en busca de respuestas. >> rafael de la parra vive en cancÚn y desde hace varios aÑos trabaja como responsable del proyecto dominÓ que consiste en estudiar al tiburÓn ballena. >> esta regiÓn del caribe mexicanos la que tiene la presencia, la mÁs grande de tiburÓn ballena en todo el mundo. >> el biÓlogo ha nadado horas con ellas. >> dicen que hay un sentimiento de afinidad. yo no lo siento asÍ. >> hace algÚn tiempo conocimos a daniela quien dice poder comunicarse de forma tripartita con los animales domÉsticos. >> no es mi interÉs convencer a nadie, la gente que se acerca es porque tiene una intuiciÓn que esto es verdad, de alguna forma se comunican con sus propios animales, que tienen esta sensibilidad abierta. yo soy una voz mÁs clara y contundente de lo que los animales estÁn diciendo. >> daniela me acompaÑÓ a las costas del caribe mexicano, a la isla donde asumirÍa el reto de comunicarse por vez primera con la fauna silvestre. >> lo que

city of z and if had not exactly the same but perceived to come close and looking for this eminently maras? >> certainly many of these characters are chasing something that is elusive and to me what is interesting about these characters as both their obsession because it makes good storytelling. they are fascinating characters. there is a reason why ahab is one of the greatest characters in literature. but what also intrigues me about many of the stories is what they are upset with. in other words that don't say this person is obsessed, let's do it. it is both a object of their possession to me is often equally fascinating. there was the case of the giant squid, here was this incredible feature -- creature that seemed real and opened up to how i met for this he was then in the case of fawcett who is searching for this ancient civilization in the amazon i've grown up reading all of these books a totally there could not be a complex society in the amazon. it had to be very primitive, poor, pneumatic tribes. it was to inhumane and hostile environment to sustain a civilization. the object of h

---los republicanos esÁn a punto de retomar el control de la Á mara baja del congreso... a ciento de familias. >> y a principio de año en un famoso bar de la ciudad de méxico un disparo en la cabeza puso al borde de la muerte al futbolista cabañas destapando serie de incooing nitas sobre el móvil. >> y aunque logró sobrevivir cabañas no ha regresado a lascano chas y declaró en quiebre y sobre su agresor se supo que es el j j y que parte del crimen organizado, eso moustro que prácticamente a puesto de rodillas al país. >> en el 2010 se caracterizo por ser un año extremadamente violento, un año en dónde se refrendoó que el crimen está organizado que las autoridades están desórganoadas. >> 14 jóvenes varios deportistas fueron masacrados en una fiesta en la colonia en ciudad juárez y aparentemente por una confusión. >> y los asesinos no se sabe nada, poco después dos estudiantes destacados murieron en una universidad de monterrey. >> la percepción de lo que quiso cambiar- el gobierno es la que ha ido en descenso. >> luego llegó el caso que indigo fó al pueblo entero. >> vamos

these mara thons. you emulated your heroes as a boy. >> larry: why do a show that long, frankly?ther model is fred astaire, famous. he worked las vegas, dance and sang, 42 minutes. walked off. they are screening for more. stayed off. >> i have nowhere else to go. that's a part of it. i have nowhere else to go. >> larry: there is an after. >> it makes sense. from where i come from and the guys i looked up to, now, that's our reputation, is these marathon shows and a lot of hits. you know, you keep them out there. as long as there is interaction. granted. they are not sitting there. it is not that kind of a jam band. nobody i is out there --. they are interacting. >> larry: how do you not let a bad day effect you? >> you do but you have to be committed to being better the next day. >> larry: are there nights ---is not really there? you've got to work harder. >> sure. you know that. >> larry: what do you do when that happens? you have got to work harder, right sf. >> you work harder. you know if you are fooling yourself u have to go put your head on the pillow that night. in all hon

good morning, mara. >> good morning.itics are already saying it could be an oscar contender. it is about the world of ballet, a captivating art form with a side few ever see. ballet, elegant, graceful, mesmerizing, but the new film "black swan" portrays the dark side of that beautiful world. >> attack it! attack it! >> reporter: on the surface, a movie about classical dance, the film is a deep psychological thriller about the anguish of a prima ballerina. >> our new swan queen, nina sayers. >> reporter: natalie portman plays the innocent and naive nina who reaches her lifelong dream when tapped for the lead in "swan lake" but the dream becomes a nightmare as she faces a tough director, a complex rival and her own inner demons. >> what you think will be a film about dancing, driving ends up being a gruesome horror film. >> reporter: it's a raw depiction of the mental and physical suffering beneath the beautiful costumes and choreography. it's already being hailed as a potential oscar contender, not without reason. "black

are you saying that everything will look for was perhaps a maras? >> now, some of the deregulation was good. economic regulation of airlines were by and large good. deregulation of tracking anything by him much good. [inaudible] >> no, that was bad. i think the repealing of the classical act was a mistake. that was under the clinton administration certainly and congress at that time. i think that also a failure by alan greenspan -- larry summers and bob rubin to heed berkeley born conference at the commodity future trading commission about derivatives, their failure to basically agree with her, see her, the dangers that she thought into it is getting out of control. but also contributed to the problem. >> the complete redelegation is i think part of the very damaging legacy would live with thereafter. >> deregulation and lower taxes from 1980 onward is widely credited with unleashing much greater entrepreneurs of energies into the u.s. economy. >> certainly a threat, undoubtedly. i mean, one of the great strengths of the u.s. economy is not only ent

>> mara, thank you. >>> and a day he will never forget. 20-year-old chinese man became the world memory champ on sunday by memorizing a deck of 52 cards in only 24 seconds. not bad at all. it is 8:05. now to al with the weather. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to you by office depot. give more, spend less, gift smarter this holiday season at office depot. >> we got some nice folks here. now, you're supposed to be in the caribbean? >> we sure are. we're stranded here, but we're happy to be here. >> how come you're stranded? >> our ship is actually dry docked somewhere. >> they didn't know you guys were going on a cruise? >> not until we got here. >> we did, but the ship didn't. >> that's always a bad thing. what's the cruise line? >> norwegian. >> take care of these folks. get them on a boat. do something, come on. we're glad to see you. >> glad to be here. >> maybe you can spend a little christmas with us. let's check your weather. where's the boat? oakland, california, nbc 11, got a few showers. 61 degrees. we got some flurries t

mendoza--ayer el acta de los suenos fue aprobada en la Á mara de representantes con 216 votos a favoros a traer mucha alegría a su mesa... con el compromiso de darle miles de precios bajos nuevos todos los días. y especiales de la tarjeta club. como una comida completa con jamón, por alrededor de $7 por persona. para que su mesa esté llena de sonrisas... lleve lo que quiere, cuando lo necesite, al precio que le conviene. esa es nuestra promesa. así le damos ingredientes para su vida, safeway. >> para lo que hacen falta 60 de los 100 votos. esto sucede despuÉs de ayer en que la cÁmara baja dio luz verde. tenemos a gabi pacheco en washington d c activista y lÍder a favor dream act. cÓmo te sientes despuÉs de la aprobaciÓn del dream act en la cÁmara de representantes de washington d c. >> como si me hubieran sacado las baterÍas que se me cansaron un poco y me han dado energÍa para seguir luchando porque esto es lo que el congreso se ha dado cuenta que es bueno para esta naciÓn y estamos esperando que el senado vote por el dream act. >> quÉ han hecho para presionar a los senadores y que v

--el aÑo nuevo llegara con un cambio en el control de la Á mara baja y estara dominada por los republicanoson perfectos era cuando debÍa ser y ahora pues lo estamos celebrando de verdad para mÍ son como que los sueÑos se realizan. >> poncho! cÓmo estÁs, mi amor! >> yo quiero saber cÓmo fue que tÚ recibiste la noticia? >> tenÍa varias semanas de estar haciendo mira quiÉn baila y de verdad en univisiÓn me han hecho sentir como en casa desde el primer momento. me dieron la noticia... m m m m... me llamaron para ver si me gustaba la idea. [risas] >> y la verdad que la idea no solo me gustÓ sino que me emocionÉ mucho y no podÍa creer lo que me estaban proponiendo porque fue cambiar de paÍs y este aÑo tuve una bebÉ y tuve la fortuna de ser mamÁ y la verdad que estoy acostumbrada a madrugar y tengo 6 meses sin dormir! lo mejor y lo que mÁs me alegre es saber que voy a estar todas las maÑanas allÍ para formar parte de despierta amÉrica. y levantar con buen pie a amÉrica. >> quÉ suerte que me tocÓ estar aquÍ hoy en despierta amÉrica para darte esta gran bienvenida no solamente como parte de la famil

. >>> he sat down for an interview and explained to mara he thinks a dog would help his rehab. >> oh,ome on. i would love to have another dog in the future. i think it would be a big step for me in rehabilitation process. i miss having a dog right now. i wish i could. my daughters, they miss having one. and that's the hardest thing is telling them we can't have one because of my actions. >> michael, let me just say that fido does not miss you. no dogs. >> one more note we should mention, one of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game of baseball died yesterday, bob feller known as rapid robert for his near 100-mile-an-hour fastball joined the indians at the age of 16 for $1.00. he went on to win 266 games in 18 seasons despite the fact that he lost four years serving in the navy during world war ii. feller was the first major league player to enlist in the armed forces after the bombing of pearl har bon. an eight-time al star, inducted into the hall of fame in 1962 in his first year of eligibility. he went, enlisted in the army the day after pearl harbor, december 8, 1941. >> quit

i call in the industry to support him in congress, the increase in resources, all mara so badly needs to become confident. oil is a strategic resource and is important to the security and the economy of the united states. my own experience with the industry leaves no doubt about the industry's technological savvy and its ability to manage risk and to feel the economy. we are not dealing here with basic or failing or unsuccessful industry, but with a complacent one. the industry created great while containment corporation is an important industry commitment that addresses shortfalls in containment. we need more such initiatives. and so, we will now hear presentations about the shape that some of these initiatives make take on the recommendations that the commission will consider. >> good morning, cochairs, commissioners and colleagues. over the next two days, you'll receive many staff recommendations for improvements the government can make in its oversight of safety and environmental protection of the resources affected by oil and gas activities. within its first panel, we're going to

hi, mara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt, officials say each member of the group soldifferent drugs and that they referred customers to each other. in a search of the students' apartments after their arrest, officials say they seized bottles of lsd, ecstasy pills, marijuana and more than $6,000 in cash. wearing sweatshirts emblazoned with their fraternities at a prestigious school were escorted to court. >> they were arrested for the sale of cocaine, marijuana, lsd and ecstasy, at the three fraternitity houses. >> they were pulled out of bed at dawn at their fraternity house where police say they were selling drugs. according to the indictment, they also sold drugs to an undercover officer posing as a college aged drug middle man. in what the nypd is calling operation ivy league, officials say they're under cover agent alone bought drugs from the group 31 times since july, including marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, adderral like candy. >> it appeared that there was no awareness of the fact that this was illegal and that there were consequences for it. >> though charged wit

extraditado a roanoke, virginia, tras rresto en califov la menor a lifornia, donde fueron captados por marasimputaran los cargos formales ante una corte manana por la tarde.. la camde representantes continua debatiendo el prto de ley para extender los ficios del desempleo y el recorte de impuestos... fernando pizarro nos dice cuando podria la camara de representantes debatia el plan de recortes de impuestos y de extension de beneficios de desempleo que este miercoles aprobo el senado. pero el sector mas liberal del partido democrata como este congresista no estaba de acuerdo con que los recortes de impuestos fueran extendidos tambien para los mas ricos. "es necesario no subirles, aumentarles los impuestos a la clase media en enero primero. pero creo que en si es 1 jugada muy fea de ciertos senadores o del senado en general de decir que la unica forma que se puede ayudar a la clase media es dandole 1 regalo de navidad extraordinario a los supermillonario"por el congresistas republicanos indican que es 1 acuerdo que el presidente obama hizo con su partido y que