gateway cities like west yellowstone bustle. traffic snarls yellowstone roads as if a major city. the park resembles anything but the tranquility sought. animals that make a brief appearance find an adoring crowd. they are the rock stars of the national park world. rocky mountain bighorn sheep walk precarious cliffs oblivious to crowds below. yellowstone's elk are accustomed to traffic. they blend in as if just another tourist themselves. scenic wonders like artist's point are crowded with tourists. natural beauty is an attraction. early leaders of the wilderness movement saw development of the national parks as commercialization. is this conservation or is access simply a part of american democracy? it's an enduring question of the great debate. wilderness wouldn't be wilderness without the animals of the west. controversy continues regarding the endangered species act and specifically grizzly bears and wolves. wolves are the most controversial animals in the wilderness war. wolves were re-introduced to yellowstone national park in 1995. wolves were largely extinct in the lower 4

we now have data on what happens when wolves leave a particular place like yellowstone. over last month, we have lost 11 yellowstone park wolves who spent host of their lives in the ark. they don't understand park boundaries. they are subject to the management jurors action of the of thatth -- management jurisdiction, and millions of visitors have seen 832. she was born in 2006. she was an extra gary wolf and she was particularly beautiful. she was one of the best hunters we had ever seen. she could take down out by herself. she was taken 15 miles out of the park are a hunter. this is a act that is used to seeing thousands of people throughout the year and, but quite naÏve to humans and tolerant of humans being close by. so she was at a disadvantage in a landscape where wolves were being hunted. >> what is happening to yellowstone wolves really highlights what is happening throughout the region. those are the most protected and well-managed wolves in the whole region and they are still getting shot. just imagine what is happening to wolves throughout the rest of the regi

a self-described survivalist shot some video of bison in yellowstone national park.ed them galloping down a road in the park. the narrator suggested, the animals were fleeing, in advance of a small earthquake that rocked yellowstone on sunday... and an underground super volcano at the park may be about to erupt. park officials say, the bison were just being frisky, and enjoying a warm spring day. >> it is the time of the year. >> its first the bison season. never know what's going to happen. >> i would just run as far and fast as i can to get away. been a run in the opposite direction. >> absolutely. it's 40 degrees right now in kankakee. charles o. metra school at 40. visibility is quite low. waukegan only about a third of a mile. same deal in dekalb. 2.5 in rochelle. down in kankakee it's only about half a mile. but has only been around for a little while. we are dry. a high temperature of 47. temperatures will go wrong way. down to 40 degrees tonight. sunshine tomorrow. in this weekend. 56 on sunday. >> accident lakeshore drive just cleared. everything is looking

but yellowstone said wildlife move around to find food at lower elevations.geological experts say the volcano is not expected to erupt in the next 1,000 even 10,000 years. >> answer possible reason outside of camera view that those bison were running down that road? any other reason, they don't know. they're saying--the experts are saying it's because they're looking for food. >> are we going to bet against the bison or go with the claims. appreciate it. >>> no matter what you think of president george w. bush he's getting rave reviews these days for his art work. critics call his art work incredibly good for someone who just picked up the paintbrush a couple of years ago. the exhibit is called "the art of leadership: a president's personal diplomacy." john terrett has been looking at the diplomacy. >> reporter: he only picked up the paintbrush two years ago. his exhibition called "art of leadership," he told his painting teacher that there is a rembrandt trapped in this body. remember that because now the world's leaders, we get to judge for otherwise i ours

. >>> and the real story behind a dramatic charge in yellowstone captured on video and getting a whole lot of attention. >>> this past week millions of people in southern california have been living on shaky ground after the strongest earthquake to hit the l.a. area in six years and then there have been hundreds of much more minor aftershocks since. the folks who live there are all too familiar with the many fault lines that one beneath them, including the very well-known san andreas fault. now they're learning more about something called the puente hills thrust fault which runs right through downtown l.a. and as nbc's miguel almaguer reports for us tonight, it has everyone's attention. >> reporter: every day millions cross it's path. the 25-mile puente hills thrust fault, which slices bel s below neighborhoods, downtown skyscrapers, bridges and freeways. >> southern california is the most likely source of a great earthquake, 7.8 or greater in the united states at this point. >> reporter: seismologist lucy jones prepares for the inevitable. it may be the notorious san andreas fault tha

>> yellowstone sheriffs are in hot pursuit of an escapee.his video back in july just being released looking for 42-year-old dean randolph jes. calls have come in saying they know where jes is. here comes the lieutenant now, rounding this corner and coming face to face with this escapee. he has stolen that jeep and you see other officers also on the scene at the same time. weapons are drawn because jes is holding a pistol in his hand. you'll see him waving it around inside this jeep in his right hand. >> [ bleep ]. >> oh, boy. >> highly tense situation. the officers and deputies screaming at jes to drop the weapon. repeatedly. and frequently jes was convicted of rape back in 1992 and additional felony sex offenses in 2005. you see the weapon. lieutenant shane skillen said he was trying to hold out and he felt as soon as he see the barrel of the gunpoint or arc towards him he chose to defend himself. at one points reports say jes was tapping his forehead saying shoot me here. shane skillen is off action. you hear foreshots ring out. they do hi

narrator: one place they looked was yellowstone national park. dr. adney: we were looking for enzymes that could survive at high temperature. so we looked at some of the biomass that's decaying in the hot springs. narrator: what they found was a bacterium that feeds on the organic debris that falls into hot springs. the enzyme they isolated from the bacterium attaches itself to the chain of sugars in cellulose and breaks it apart. dr. adney: this particular enzyme we've done some engineering on and have been able to improve the activity by about 12% to 15%. narrator: while this enzyme breaks the chain it does not release the sugars. that is the job of another enzyme, one that was discovered nearly 50 years ago. dr. adney: in the late '50s, early '60s itas an issue thermy unifor in the tric are. they fouha were deading rapidly. so the army began to investigate why this was occurring. and one of the first things they isolated was a fungus that produced enzymes that broke down the cotton material found in the solders' uniforms. these enzymes are very un

even the western u s was shaken recently when yellowstone national park experienced its biggest quake in more than three decades. southern california was struck with a series of tremors in the past two weeks the most significant of five point one traveler about forty km south east of los angeles followed by more than one hundred fifty aftershocks kicking off what experts say is the most seismic activity southern california has seen in two decades. and there seems to be fluctuation and you know sometimes in an hour we have a lot. the question on many minds is whether all this recent activity is connected. harper so on. i i don't know that we considered physically connected part of the pacific rim but it's not the same. all of which are all psychologists can say with certainty is that much like the weather. earthquakes of this but they can be quite unpredictable. the only way we can look at that point his statistics. and the available statistics of earthquakes the most obvious thing about it. thus the scientologists a lot magnitude six point seven or above the strike southern california

narrator: one place they looked was yellowstone national park. dr. of sugars in cellulose and breaks it apart. dr. adney: this particular enzyme we've done some engineering on and have been able to improve the activity by about 12% to 15%. narrator: while this enzyme breaks the chain, it does not release the sugars. that is the job of another enzyme, one that was discovered nearly 50 years ago. dr. adney: in the late '50s, early '60s, itas an issue wi thermy unif in the tr areas they fou that were deading rapidl so the army began to investigate why this was occurring. and one of the first things they isolated was a fungus that produced enzymes that broke down the cotton material found in the solders' uniforms. these enzymes are very unique. they are termed processive enzymes. so once they attach to a chain, they move processively down, releasing the sugar as they move along. this particular enzyme is probably the single most important enzyme in biomass conversion at this time. yet we don't know how it really works. narrator: by gaining a better under

this is when they migrate in and out and go to the parts. >> the scientist in charge of the yellowstonete this activity-- >> we do not anticipate when it erupted in its own. >> if you want to protect the activity you should check with this person. this is a study of them living on the line shows that they moved out right before the earthquake hit. >> wait a minute, which why were these buffalo's going? >> i know what they're going, it is just a hundred yards away from my house they're born back to the park. they're running into the park, if i stayed here 50 minutes long are probably point the camera out the window and show you where they are. >> talk about a story in a dead end, where ever they are headed. maligned you notice now one of them are texting or talking. >> that is it for today. the show goes on tomorrow morning. >> we will see you later. >> announcer: today on an all-new "dr. phil." she moved in with him. >> from my waterfront condo in florida to a shoe box in new york. >> announcer: are they ready to tie the knot? >> i'm not going there. she almost ran me over taking the bm

but yellowstone said that wildlife often moves around to find different locations, and geologist expertsthat the volcano is not expected to erupt for a thousand years. >> animals are the first to know, i would have believed. >> yes. >> aerial photos of the damage those tornadoes left behind. dave warren who has been tracking the system. >> meteorologist: the last few days this has produced severe weather. this is a tornadoic storm that formed into a line that continued to push east. not only do we have wind and hail reports but tornado reports. these are the damage reports that came in yesterday. 165 wind damage reports and 85 hail reports. this is all in the huge area of severe weather. it is continuing to push east but now the severe weather is mostly to the southeast with a wind gust. nothing like what we had yesterday: by tomorrow this is pushing off the coast, so it is done. the temperatures may try to warm up before the front moves through, a huge area of high pressure with no rain or snow expected. calmer weather but cooler. the severe weather will move out, the temperatures will

first date agreed to a second date next week, and roomates filled up before their final leg to yellowstone table in one day at one chili's. more life happens here. >>> always one to take on a daring and potentially deadly assignment, but this guy to my left wound up at what could be the most dangerous place on earth. >> they call it snake island. it's off the coast of brazil. and it's crawling with venomous pit vipers that are now at the center of a mystery. there it is. looming into view. snake island. normally, it's illegal to visit. but we found one guy who has a permit. rogerio is a man on a mission. so, even though we don't see snakes right now, you're saying there are snakes here? >> oh, yeah. we have to find them. >> reporter: scientists estimate that almost anywhere you step foot, a gruesome death is lurking no more than three feet away. they are a formidable beast of prey, whose fast-acting venom will literally burn through your flesh and cause you to bleed to death. one of the riskier on-camera things i've done. if one of these things bit us, we have six hours to get off the isla

the longtime resident grew up in this town known as the gateway to yellowstone national park.past ten days, dozens of residents have been forced to leave their homes. >> they said we had a couple of hours to get out of the house. so, we grabbed some clothes and we took off. >> reporter: the ground has been shifting for weeks, but in the past few days, officials say the slide has doubled in speed and force. take a look at the parking lot of this walgreens, now closed and right in the slide's path. >> there is a possibility that this big cliff face could suddenly collapse. >> reporter: crews are braving the crumbling and fractured slope to put up barriers and help guard the town's water main and sewage lines. meanwhile, residents including budge's daughter remain on edge. >> really stressful and really sad. kind of makes you feel like your whole life is up in the air. >> reporter: experts are looking at a number of possible causes for this slide, including including man-made. but the main focus now, stabilizing all that dirt, clay and rock before it moves any further. >> a stres

the resentsing will be heard by a different judge in yellowstone county. the supreme court took the judge -- the case away from the judge. the 72-year-old is retiring the end of this month and has not been available for comment. >> thank you. >>> now in the deep south powerful storms have dumped close to 2 feet of rain and triggered deadly flooding in parts of alabama and the florida panhandle. roads there are flowing like rivers and some people climbing up into the attics to wait for help. the national weather service reports more rain fell in pensacola in one hour last night than the entire total amount of rainfall during hurricane ivan 10 years ago. weather officials saying some 22 inches of rain have fallen in parts of florida roughly a third of what that region will get in an entire year. the wet weather even collapsed part of a highway. check out the picture here of the wall washing away concrete and soil and so many of these images came in to us throughout the day, not far from where some of those homes stand as well. two cars plunging 40 feet into

very first summer jobs was working at yellowstone. some of the best memories of my life. my brother was a park ranger for many years at glacier national park. so here we have a bill that not only commemorates the anniversary of our park service but also make sure we have dedicated funds that will have no taxpayer cost, no taxpayer impact in promoting these resources. mr. speaker, there's no doubt that our national parks are truly one of our greatest natural resources and crown jewels and they deserve being celebrated and preserved so that future generations can enjoy that beauty and history in our country. so passing this bill is just one important step to help us honor our country's very important heritage. i thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership. i yield back the balance of my ime. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves. he gentleman from florida. >> if the gentleman has no further speakers, i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. murphy: i would like to thank the gentleman for his work

it works really well and then we have the yellowstone fire which is an unbearable, and pleasant, high-costsituation. we should have a system we can cope with rather than one that never breaks. we have this ideal that will happen. any other questions? >> patrick kennedy. one of the themes from the earlier part of the book is that federalism is not always a check and balance the way we think of it and prevent bad policies but enables other types of bad policies. my question is do you think that is unique to finance or as the country is debating national government versus state's rights types of the issues and health care and everything else, you need to finance or you think this is of more generalized issued? >> it is a great question. i think that it is not unique to finance but it may be somewhat related, the issues in a particular area. it is interesting to meet that one thing we also discovered was monetary policy in canada has also been better than the united states. in terms of the inflation of the 1916s and 70s, and its volatility, canada managed to have a better experience. in trade

video has been played more than hatch alf a million times on youtube showing bison galloping out of yellowstoneis time of year as they search for food. >> we're a complex species able to solve complex problems, and plan for the future. and we're curious. for instance nearly everyone has wond werd a dog our bier or dolphin might be thinking. nova the science series tried to answer. >> the wolf will be focussing on the test and soing the problem. the dogs was needing by looking at someone else's test. the dogs news it whereas the wolf are perfectly capable on their own. >> the good morning to both of you. julia, let me start with you. what exactly did the series try to get at? >> well the series looks at very one simple question: what are animals thinking? and it's something every pet owner thinks about. but scientists think ant it too. so we look at all this different research and in three ways. problem-solving with birds senses with dogs and then intelligence. and we explore this question does living a really complicated social life actually contribute to having a big brain and higher intellige

prevent crisis or disdress, and as a result, it works well until we do not, and then we have the yellowstonefire, which is unbearable, unpleasant, high cost situation, and i think that's our question, said the right way, have a system that, when it breaks, we cope with it rather than one that never breaks. never breaks can't happen, but we have an idea it's not going to happen, and that's a mistake. any other questions? yeah. >> patrick kennedy. so, one of the themes, i take it, from the earlier part of the book is that federalism is not always functioning as a check and balance the way we think of it in preventing bad policies, but sometimes enables just other types of bad policies, and my question is, do you think that's unique to finance or as the country's debating continually national government against states' rights types of issues and health care and everything else, is that unique to finance, or do you think this is a, you know, more generalized political issue? >> it's a great question. i think that it's not unique to finance. i think -- it may be somewhat related to how complex th

she is 101-years-old, loves to fish on the yellowstone, lynn wood and josephine paul and they are haveo bowl and they love to travel. hey, here's rena from floral park, new york. we wish her a happy 100th birthday, love as good as joke and being the center of attention, i mean, that's what i call one happy person. robert simon, reston, virginia, 100-years-old. he loves reston, i remember the day it opened up. ruby robinson from alton, illinois. i love illinois. 100-years-old today and she loves to study the bible. herself a handsome man edward atcousin, he is from freedom, new hampshire. 100-years-old today. watches hockey teams on tv with his cat toby. that's it for now. happy birthday to you, if it's your birthday, now, back to new york. >> all right, willard, thank you so much. now to the story of a remarkable teenager who survived a rare cancer, the fight that led her into the lab and a discovery that could one day lead to a cure. here's nbc's anne curry. >> reporter: little allah na simon was 12 sen he was diagnosed with a rare cancer. >> they were able to diamondback knows me. >>

tourists at yellowstone had a very close encounter with the bear opening the door.n seen since. >> do not feed the bears. >> welcome back. >>> we have stories making headlines on this sunday morning. two teenagers arrested in the brutal beating of a detroit man. the 16-year-old and 17-year-old were part of a group who attacked steve utash after he accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy who ran out of his pickup truck. when utash got out to help the boy, the group attacked. now utash is fighting for his life. police do expect to make other arrests. >>> and caught on camera, the moment a store clerk in california yanks a gun away from a man trying to rob him. you can see the would-be robber come up to the register brandishing the handgun and waving it around there. the quick-thinking clerk chases him out of the store. he says adrenaline kicked in and he just reacted. >> some people say brave, some people say stupid, i don't know if it was the right thing, but i got a gun off the street. >> police are still looking for the suspect. >>> a patient at a hospital in london par