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i've been catching snakes for 40-odd years.oilets, people's rest rooms and take them out of churches. they can be found anywhere. anywhere there are rodents where human habitation is. get off my big boy. wherever they find human habitation. you have rodents, wherever the reed ends, of course, you have the cleanup crew that comes along and looks for them. this is where we run into trouble. you come around the corner at 3:00 in the morning and there is a 15 foot snake across the road, the best thing to do is leave it alone. there is always somebody that wants to catch it. we have the results of this gentleman being killed. >> jewels, we know there are some poem not fond of snakes. who fear snakes. >> yeah. >> is there any way to know which ones we should fear? i mean that old wives tale about the colors that touch and don't touch? is that true? >> pretty much. if it's 15 feet long, you should leave it alone. >> oh, yeah, anything that big, yeah. >> i think so. >> there is no real -- in america we got the coral snake which is red

he comes from a long line of snake charmers. his snakes, on the other hand, not so charming.y goodness, there's something -- oh, he's pooped. gross snake. do you know the story of moses, mohamed? >> turn into a snake, this was from god. god made that happen. >> right. so can you turn the snake into a stick? >> he says he doesn't have the special powers. >> you don't have special powers? he can't do it. it only comes from god? moses was a prophet. moses gave his brother aaron the job of impressing the pharaoh. >> he throws down his staff, it becomes a serpent. >> and when the magicians of egypt attempted to do the same thing, but moses's rod had the advantage. he swallowed them all up. >> the magicians effectively laugh at him. they say this is a little piece of trickery. forget about it. >> unimpressed, pharaoh still refused to let the israelites go. it was at this point that god unleashed a series of disasters, known as the ten plagues. >> these are absolutely horrible. as horrible as anything you can imagine. >> and every spring, jews commemorate the exodus story in the pas

he comes from a long line of snake charmers. his snakes, on the other hand, not so charming.s, there's something -- oh, he's pooped. gross snake. do you know the story of moses, mohamed? >> turn into a snake, this was from god. god made that happen. >> right. so can you turn the snake into a stick? >> he says he doesn't have the special powers. >> you don't have special powers? he can't do it. it only comes from god? moses was a prophet. moses gave his brother aaron the job of impressing the pharaoh. >> he throws down his staff, it becomes a serpent. >> and when the magicians of egypt attempted to do the same thing, but moses's rod had the advantage. he swallowed them all up. >> the magicians effectively laugh at him. they say this is a little piece of trickery. forget about it. >> unimpressed, pharaoh still refused to let the israelites go. it was at this point that god unleashed a series of disasters, known as the ten plagues. >> these are absolutely horrible. as horrible as anything you can imagine. >> and every spring, jews commemorate the exodus story in the passover. th

a lot of venomous snakes. what you do, watch out for snakes. ] so we know like what snake bit you." i was like, "i'm pretty sure that's not kind of what you are supposed to do." [ laughter ] like you want me to catch the snake? i never caught a snake in my life and you want me to get bit and get it together and catch a snake for the first time? [ laughter and applause ] i was just telling him like, "it's not gonna go to us, dude. he's going to keep biting me. that's all that's going to happen." he was like, "it doesn't matter. you have already been bit." i was like, "do you even know what a snake is? [ light laughter ] because it completely matters. there is a huge difference between one bite and 30 bites which is what we will be at if i try to catch this snake." [ light laughter ] "who told you this? the snake. is that what he told me to tell me all of this?" [ laughter ] whose side are you on? [ applause ] who do you think? but, you know, i don't -- maybe you are supposed to do that. i don't know. there's a lot of stuff i don't know about. sc

we find two versions of serpent snake watches. the first a stylized where the dial suggests the head of the serpent. the others a more naturally render. the enamel their gold and e immediately and you can see each scale is e in addition, and it's under the hinged head. often the enamel is famines full in color other times it replicates the skin of real snakes. in those are two wonderful examples but in this exhibition we'll see some of the rare bracelet watches. here you see one pictured here is not an enamel it's in coral. so you can imagine how skillful and labor intensive is needs to be produced to have all those the scales individually carved out of coral and it's like a pail pink and it has those beautiful green emerald eyes. another rather exceptional versus is gold and platinum and diamond watch. it's particularly ideal to the one this elizabeth taylor was wearing while filming cleopatra in rome. this is elizabeth taylor. and you'll notice is that the body of this one this one is even grander the one that elizabeth taylor i

turns out the snakes are vulnerable to acetminphene.government has been dropping thousands of dead mice loaded with tylenol into the trees in guam to be poisonous debate for the snakes. the person running the program is a director of supervisory wildlife biology. his name is dan vice. actually, this story is true. >> u.s. department of agriculture assisted state director wildlife biologist dan vice explains the process that is proving successful at controlling the ground tree snake population. >> what we're going to be watching is the aerial delivery of toxins from the helicopter. the helicopter is going to make flights over the forest at relatively slow speeds. there are going to be certified pesticide operators putting baits out. >> the baits, the drugged mice. just when you thought it was safe to trust nothing, the mice from guam restore our faith that sometimes the crazenist things in the news are the true ones. ive weather drop is causing temperatures to drop and there are signs of snow in feet, not inches. >> and around the nation

so can you turn the snake into a stick? >> he says he didn't have the special powers. >> you don't have special powers. you can't do it. it only comes from god? >> he was a prophet. >> oh, moses was a prophet. >> yes. >> reporter: moses gave his brother aaron the job of impressing the pharaoh. >> he throws down his staff, it becomes a serpent. >> and when the magicians of egypt attempted to do the same thing, they succeeded. but moses' rod had the advantage. he swallowed them all up. >> the egyptians effectively laugh at him and the egyptians say this is a little piece of trickery, forget about it. >> reporter: unimpressed, pharaoh still refused to let the israelites go. it was at this point that god unleashed a series of disasters known as the ten plagues. >> these are absolutely horrible. you know, as horrible as anything you can imagine. >> and every spring jews commemorate the exodus story in the passover seder. they remember the ten plagues by placing on each plate a drop of wine for every plague. >> hail, gnats and fl

and it did, in fact, happen to save the native birds from those invasive brown snakes. that story sounded crazy. if you were drinking in a bar and the stranger in the next seat over tried to tell you that story, you would not have believed that dude at the bar and you might have asked for what he was having. you might not believe me, your tv host right now, and i am perfectly sober at the moment, but the dead mice parachuting into guam thing was true. that was last week. and now, here is this week's story that is even less believable, but apparently is also true. and it is a politics story. if political tricks were assembled purely from plot lines rejected from the tv show "the sopranos" for being too unrealistic, too unlikely. all right, on the first day of school this year in ft. lee, new jersey, this happened. the busiest bridge in the whole country, a bridge that carries tens of thousands of cars and trucks and buses every day, stopped working. not the whole bridge, just this one part. this is a section of the george washington bridge, again, busiest bridge in the e

using public toilets scary enough and now penis-biting snakes? >> i don't use them anymore.s, makes and people knocking on the door, i hate that, i just don't go near them. >> that is it. the worst thing is people knocking on the door. >> i can't concentrate. >> still. i always hate it when the door is locked and they jiggle it. >> i know. it's -- how many doors have you had where you can't open? i don't know what people are thinking. >> yeah. do you have any tips on how to prevent an attack? >> well, i would say only go to disgusting bathrooms. snakes abandon new york city bathrooms back in the '70s. they won't go near them. >> really. should we just go 0 the bathroom in the woods? >> you've had no survival training at all because you're heading out of snake country into bear country. that's worse. >> all right. well, okay, next story "consumer reports" say half of all chicken breasts have a bacteria super bug. eating chicken, like a 50/50 chance of death? >> pretty much. we have multiple drug resistant bacteria, extensive resistant bacteria and total drug resistant bacteri

to combat the snake species, 2,000 mice stuffed with painkillers will be parachuted in. why?ainkillers are deadly to the snakes, which won't be able to resist the para trooping rodents. >>> now for a first look at business, cnbc's hampton pearson. hampton, good morning. >> reporter: hi, mara. first of all, cyber monday sales topped $2 billion for the first time ever. adobe, which tracks 2,000 retail websites, says online sales rose 16% with a record 18% coming from smartphones and tablets. as of monday evening, amazon sales were up 44%. walmart.com sold out of xbox one and ps4 consoles by monday afternoon. shifting gears, car sales are expected to rebound after slightly lower numbers in september and october. suv sales could be strong thanks to lower gas prices. >>> and the mystery over those google barges may be solved. the san francisco "chronicle" reports the company plans to use them as floating retail stores for its new google glass wearable device, and that will be in san francisco, los angeles and new york. so, an early look at some business headlines. back to you and

. >>> and these brown tree snakes are becoming a huge problem in guam. at the air force base. to combat the species, 2,000 mice stuffed with pain killers will be parachuted in. pain killers are deadly to the snakes which won't be able to resist the paratrooping rodents. >>> stocks kick off with mixed results. the supreme court will not get involved with state sales taxes. amazon.com and overstock.com have been battling new york state for the past five years over state sales taxes. >>> kentucky police are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the disappearance of 65 cases of 20-year-old pappy van winkle bourbon and nine cases of rye. the missing booze is worth about $26,000. . the famous suit worn by gene kelly in one of the most famous dance scenes in hollywood history goes up for auction on friday. the rain soaked suit is expected to fetch more than $20,000. >>> hot male firefighter calendars have been around forever. in tampa they are giving the female paramedics an opportunity to raise money. for charities, including burn centers that are located in the area.

. >> jimmy: number 97, from the makers of those jingle cats and jingle dogs, it's "jingle snakes." how does that go? okay. very nice. thank you. i think i've heard enough. thank you. coming in at number 98, we have "silent night" by gilbert gottfried. didn't even know he was making music. >> steve: oh, i didn't know that either. >> jimmy: do we have a clip of that song? it sounds nice. could be groban at this point. ♪ silent night >> jimmy: all right. ♪ it's a holy night >> jimmy: all right. ♪ everything is so calm why is everything so bright ♪ >> jimmy: okay, thank you. that's good. thank you, gilbert. and number 99, it's a song called "we hiss you a merry christmas." another snake related christmas song. [ laughter ] >> steve: i didn't know there were so many. >> jimmy: i didn't know there were so many of them. >> steve: they love the holidays. >> jimmy: let's take a listen to this one. [ laughter ] all right, very nice. >> steve: sounded like an asp. >> jimmy: an asp. >> steve: yeah, asp. with a "p." >> jimmy: with a "p" at the end. >> steve: at the end. not in the end. [ laught

he is one thousand three hundred euro zone the tree snake reach for new students. it's good. i don't want. his mysterious chimes attract one point two million visitors a year. the most mysterious of these tunes. received the go and see how ago the narrow valley contains two tents primeval forest. i i i mean machine beeps with whom i call coming from. tens of thousands of years ago i am runs for eight hundred meters along the ridge leading into the ever changing scene. i am whatever she know with certainty me to a memory no turkey for us. this mistake it's green diesel on the ancient silk road. i am i he rode right up to full speed to spray it in the narrow chasm between towering well placed. i do the most wonder goal would stamp the cheapo shrine. do about one thousand eight hundred years ago. it is the hinge point in time. i knew you. cheese cheeks lead to treatments it seems to get legend says that if two people will hand in and around the streets the home between them will cost scholes is sound asleep sometimes echoes around the shrine. she's come. an ancient tradition of

appeared to be instead on by the solidarity between guy that supposition eat this kind of bond that snaked out during the weekend scott says the edited photo who we call for the impeachment of the president for the resignation of the government's criminal proceedings against those who raced back and it's against our innocent children. in the field position the desa speaking to smaller crowds than had been seen in kiev city center twenty four hours peaceful yet to buy into account as saying the three of us together would be up to make a difference but one with ten twenty thirty one hundred thousand to one knee and they the government would be up to do anything. ukraine has been plunged into crisis by president kennedy's decision to fold though a free trade deal with europe and the russian pressure while the pro europe demonstrates his continue their occupation of key of c t cold and allies in parliament to pull for offensive no confidence level what they see is a match back toward saving the world for most can't. while ukraine's crimean a sense that the mass protests of the best in show on

studied captain told us that is one of them in a sting in afghanistan since november just chillin and snakes notch in bed head. to get off my tongue into my thoughts with my family my girls back home. despite all that was important to me is that when soldiers he'll get through this difficult time well spent. within that we keep that spirit i'll go with the moon can own. they are as the new afghanistan. many soldiers being stationed here is to take you to try at christmastime. this is the discipline to manage difficult situation we have to deal with here that comes with the job. most of the oldest note that this is all for making the best of it together with our comrades trying to get up a christmas the mood. and in this helicopter is a special christmas treat for the soldiers. handled it in bed for him. we christians believe jesus was born and fifty thousand is the top bloggers to be popping those skulls from austria salute to israel and with scandal in bethlehem. it now this light has arrived and was nice to read for all the soldiers here. it's a small miracle fantastic. i owe. it's a good

doctors say the giant snake which may look similar to this one, but this is not it, actually.ces to the victim's family and said the hotel is closed for renovation until 2015. >>> dozens of swimmers in argentina are recovering after being attacked by a swarm of pi piranhas. the associated press reports seven children lost parts of their fingers and toes. and i asked joe parsons, senior director of fishes at chicago's shed aquarium if this kind of attack was unusual. >> we did some work down in argentina and brazil and amazon, and we went looking for piranhas. all the conditions were so right and so rare they all came together in one big thing. and this is an unusual freak occurrence. >> really. so the conditions were so right, meaning what, food supply was down. is it because this time of year? and it just so happened that all of these people in the water just seemed like perfect prey? >> yeah. so we're at the end of the dry season, the beginning of the rainy season. so a lot of the times the water level will be down, the temperature was really warm. so the piranhas go up to t

about 15% of people are afraid of snakes. but there is somethinged the universal human phobia, 98 % of people will be a phobic-level reaction to. there is something that 98% of people have a phobia of. can you guess what it is? >> dying. >> dying's a good answer. dying's close, but it's a good answer. it might be in the top two or three. of yes. >> [inaudible] >> oh, disappointment, very close, very good answer. the unknown? depends -- losing a loved one very close. dying -- when i, all of these answers are very close, but when i explain the answer, it might make more sense. about 98% of people have a phobia of human aggression directed at them. interpersonal human aggression directed at you. lieutenant colonel dave grossman calls in the universal human phobia, and i'm going to explain why this is a bigger fear than death. every year in america hundreds of thousands of people die from the effects of smoking. every day millions of people smoke without a warrior care in the world. tens of thousands of people die in car wrecks,

but as i said you might not sign it and opted to keep snakes keep it. today has addicted to the united states and its allies which want to get going with them for this one a not for the training mission that is to stay on and have done is done up to two thousand fourteen the most footing troops that have been battling the table and said it's been half was down. katie has to be outdone government decided to secure edd its own a dog lead to unsafe display like he was backed by owning up to a foot in the distance the agreement it has been endorsed and we believe it will be not only that he wants an agreement to be signed between france and united states. a good time but our focus right now is on assurances. and that we are seeking when it comes to the two topics i mentioned our peace efforts. and putting a stop to the medicare patients against applicants are the odds of a desolate set is designed to safely cybersecurity not seen fit to do so could jeopardize of gun security and up to eight billion dollars a year in forty eight was saying that the gop house

it's a six-foot long snake. the garlic this. they galloped vertically. the attacker nervous with them and they're going you've got 15 minutes. they keep coming at you until they get you. so this was over my when i was driving one day. you can see the heat waves coming up the dirt road. so i wasn't talking about that. this one guy said i never thought in my life i'd be driving a motorcycle in africa over a snake stone. [laughter] i never predicted that happen in his life. the other book i read about growing up. anybody catholic here in the early 50s catholic? stuart mary. it was like growing up in dublin 200 years ago. the rulers at the edges on them, but will hang. she just died, so i'm almost free. i cannot muster a top web. they all had to be good-looking. the girls i got to class the racers had to be good-looking and the way the nuns made their decisions totally autocratically. black-and-white milkshakes or chocolate. black-and-white mint b. nielsen. to remember this stuff? been in love with regina thomas fro

that and, boom, realtime all it is is a flash and here it is slowed down, that ribbon of fire just snaking way up the christmas tree shape until it hit the top where it gets into the car. he does a couple of different speeds down. >> merry christmas in swahili. french. >> felice navida. >> we are going to learn to say merry christmas in 24 languages. >> good yule. >> lithuanian is really hard. >> we should all know hawaiian, too, because of national lampoon. ♪ >> merry christmas! >> ooh. >> it's 24 different languages. merry christmas. >> i just wanted to say good yule. right? good yule. >> you guys ready for a little holiday destruction, spillage and all that good stuff in. >> sure. >> it extra special when you have a phantom x camera. >> what we have here is a city smile and get this. >> oh, the egg nothing! >> look at the bowling ball. >> got to have fun with it. they probably got that for christmas. >> look at that, champagne! >> great video to put on during your holiday party. [ bells tolling ] >> that's it for our rtm holiday special. thanks for joining us and we'll see you next time

we'll check in with storm >>> whether it's snakes or spiders or anything else, your phobias might be more than just a bad childhood memory. your ancestors might have pass ed down their phobia to you through their dna. the process is called epigenetics and says experiences by previous generations can impact offspring the same way eye color can be passed down. further research in mice. >> a snake that big and a bear like that, i don't know it's a phobia, i think it's a normal fear. >>> news for your health this morning, it mate be time to rethink how you're drinking water. bpa in water bottles could be causing severe migraines. the chemical has been linked to a number of other health issues. experts say if it's true the study could be a milestone in headache research. many countries have band it from being used in plastics. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here now telling us what we can expect today. no sunshine here today, chuck? >> already very thick cloud cover overhead. temperatures in the mid to upper 30s so your out the door planner, plan on mid to upper 30s early this

tv critics tend to use and to discuss ay ay ay snakes. according to the hoax. it is arm. he sits at the foot. unfortunately it's raining and sustained climb. sleeps soo peaceful means. in the oval. they're just the one who even knew his father. announcing the ranks. this is to reach to the summit. on the sustained. she takes the train ticket real nice to begin hiking up to the tasty respect. on the second day. the great courses. stephen kelly stands to the container with him thankfully the snow in the sky that it's time to rest. everybody let's go the expedition to the summit at the moment. monique has become. i did. she's cool these keep screaming up to my kid to sleep. each carries a twenty nine to ten kilos start. the reason it couldn't she makes student progress the team. the ears of cleaning. it is increased little behind schedule finally they can relax for a meal. and the chinese guy gets some advice. i seek your facts are little too heavy you can't carry them all the way to the summit. you should reduce the load the speed is important to me now. our crew decides to

that ribbon of fire just snaking its way up the christmas tree shape till it hits the top and gets upthe star. he does a couple of passes and slow motion. each time very cool. don't drink and drive. >> it is tech time for those who are interested in things they didn't know they needed. you know what one of those things is? a catch box. >> conventional microphone designed to amplify the person who is holding the microphone. >> and inconvenient if you're at a question-and-answer seminar. >> that's why we came up with the catch box, the world's first soft thermal microphone to officers. >> it's a catch box that you throw to people and they talk. you throw it and they catch it. >> and you hold the box and speak into the box. this thing on? >> to tell us more about the catch box and other items we didn't know we needed, our technical guru. we can toss him i think. >> three, two, one. we got him! >> hey, zach. tell us about catch box. >> it's a way to kind of incorporate the audience more and get them more engaged and have their voices be heard more easily in conferences, educational settin

nativity scene, the florida state capitol has a festivus pole, a menorah and a monument to the aztec snake goode governor rick scott. surely, surely-- (applause) >> stephen: surely i am not the only one, i am not the only one who is so outraged by this. >> i am so outraged by this. why do i have to drive around with my kids to look for nativity scenes and be like oh, yeah, kids, look, there's baby jesus behind thefestivus pole made out of beer cans. it's nuts. and i'm allergic. >> you should not have to look the a pile of bother cans when you're just trying to show your kids positive images like leaving a baby outside in the middle of the winter. but that wane even the most outrageous part of gretchen's hour of outrage. >> wait a minute, christianity stole the season from the solstice. >> that a new headline for me, that somehow christians stole christmas from the -- >> that is ridiculous. what is next, you're going to tell me that jesus was jewish, come on. (laughter) folks, i am so-- i was so-- (applause) i understand, that is how you keep jesus alive, you keep clapping. i was so enraged

the kids that k y most of you know in guadalupe common i was one of the kids catching undergoes and snakes and lizards and such. it's like right now as the districts we're heading in my grandkids can't watch that. i have to cut my little speak short i i was asked by you i'm going to chop up a ladies name. she asked me to read this. the program in the office of the public defender supports the bay institute and proposal. b magic has had a 10 year history of serving children through our collaborative network and community - last thing we've supported my program fetters at the her responses head park for bayview providers and other events. given the except the program efforts we believe they will be in the best positional to expand on the existing program at herself iron head park and working with local youth dproupdz and a schools. b magic is making efforts - looking forward to support and participating open the advisors committee and utilizes our expertise to connect with the cfos. and outreach for the community and we're both in support of the bay institute city college program >> (calling

plus, there are snakes and malaria to contend with. >> [speaking german] >> the camp is part of an e.un third armies from 22 european countries are represented. germany sent 100 personnel. the rail mission starts in three weeks. malians will be deployed to the north or the german commander says that europeans use high-tech weaponry and acquitted. he adds the malian army has everything it needs for the mission but some material is much more basic than what the europeans work with. it poses a challenge for the trainers. if this were a real life combat situation, there would likely be casualties. in this case, the malian commander simply interrupts the exercise. reflexes crucial to their survivor. he says everyone is afraid. but you have to face your fear and conquer it. as for the honor and liberty of the country. that is why he volunteered to go to the north, to help save the nation. this general was in charge of troops in the north when heavily armed rebels launched an offensive, executing entire garrisons. he watched helplessly as his soldiers deserted, one after another. quite a bit

wind chill warnings are in effect for the pacific north waste, even the treasure valley and snake valley of idaho. >> here is the centre of low pressure. it will dive across texas, oklahoma and head to the north-east. what happens is you have the polar cold air up to the north creating the snow. chicago will get a couple of inches of snow. then you head to the south of the system. you have a mix of ice and rain from the overnight hours from kentucky to the virginias and pennsylvania. we'll watch the storm closely for 48 hours. the ice storm warning will impact northern louisiana, and into parts of mississippi. see the hot pink area, indicating the most likely spot of ice accumulation. it's not just there. it heads through the morning, late into the day, into north carolina even. ice accumulations. roadways are going to be downright dangerous for a period of time to sunday. we'll head to the north carolina. a rain-snow mix. winter storm advisories are out for the amount of snow coming through. the most likely spot to get icy accumulations are highlighted, impacting through peninsula. we'l

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me how the world functions then you have to understand one thing plain and simple the head of the snake the system of power is headed by the financial system the bankers rule the earth through the private control of the issuance of money debt based money which we're all supposed to pay alternately with all of these things that they call of austerity and whatnot the bankers basically through the control of the issuance of money which allows them to provide themselves with an infinite supply of money means they can buy anything and anyone that can be bought so when we look at the vast majority of governments around the world they're nothing more than puppets who are carrying out an agenda for the bankers and the bankers at the top of this pyramid are and as i've said plain and simple psychopaths they're drunk on their own power they're used to getting everything they want they can buy anything and anyone that can be bought in this explains the corruption of virtually every government we can look at and the policies do not reflect the interest of the people they reflect pure and simple the