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>> physicist stephen hawking passed away last night, the visionary despite enormous physical challenges. in addition to his remarkable legacy, he left us a dire warning about the fate of humanity, writing "we must leave earth the next hundred years or phase extension." hocking believed climate change, asteroids, artificial intelligence, human aggression, overpopulation and even an alien invasion of the cause and of life on earth. hocking had a perception for surviving pretty thought the only hop...

Shes very food-oriented. shes like, yes. yep. and again, its not something that puts her as being unadoptable. she is an adoptable dog. >> how hard is it for you just in this little bit of time to be able to tell the dogs personality? >> its very difficult. its not like its a blanket assessment. like youve got to really work with them in order to find out what you need to find out about them. >> next up for evaluation is the large gray pit who was showing signs of aggression. >> when im handling...

Hello. >> im especially looking for aggressi aggression. whether it be human aggression, dog aggression, resource, guarding type of things. im also just kind of keeping an eye on his general body condition. >> like those wears on his arms? >> the wears on his arms. looks more like a scar. >> yeah. >> i see pressure sores back here. so that tells me hes probably been crated a lot. it tells me in general this dog has not been well cared for. >> mm-hmm. >> good boy. good boy. do you see how when i ...

Hi, big guy. hello. >> im especially looking for aggression, human aggression, dog aggression, resource, guarding type of things. im also just kind of keeping an eye on his general body condition. that looks more like a scar. i see pressure sores back here. that tells me hes probably been crated a lot. this dog has not been well cared for. >> good boy, good boy. do you see how when i touch him, he starts to lick his lips. hes uncomfortable. thats their calming techniques. i wouldnt be surprised ...

The wake of the mass shootings like the one last week in newtown, connecticut. as dr. richard friedman of the cornell physicians wrote this week in the "new york times" all the focus on the small number of people with mental illness who are violent serve to make us feel safer by displacing and limiting the threat of violence to a small well-defined group. but the sad and frightening truth is that the vast majority of homicides are carried out by outwardly normal people in the grip of all too ord...

Discuss. >> reporter: dawn brancheau just minutes before her death. a tourist camera recording her playful moment ws the killer whale. moments before the whale attacked, the witness stopped recording. witnesses say the whale spun around and grabbed her long ponytail. >> i screamed and she screamed and i yelled to the other trainer. >> reporter: tilikum has a long history of human aggression. they killed a trainer and the aquarium closed after that. a former trainer says it was not his understand...

Seaworld was hesitant to discuss. >> reporter: veteran orca trainer dawn branch yoe minutes before her death. a tourist camera recording her playful moments with the killer whale. minutes before the orca attack, the tourist stopped recording. witnesses say the whale swung around and snagged the trainers long ponytail pulling her underwater. >> xwrabdz her by the head in a very hard thrust she went down. she screamed and i screamed. then i yelled to the other trainer because he wasnt looking. i s...

These still managed to repulse us, but what if they didnt? dana, after these things happened, they go over the hate crime classifications. it doesnt qualify, does it not? it is like, why? why not just focus on the damn crime? >> i have been interested in kimberlys take. as a prosecutor, there are reasons you might want to have a hate crime designation. in this case, i think that the potential for human aggression and depravity is astonishing, and it is moments like this where it doesnt matter to...