the saints roared ahead of the 49ers. a nailbiter to the end. fans emotions in overdrive -- as the game goes back and forth. watch as they bounce between despair and jubalation. screams chaos and fear as a luxury cruise liner, ca the 14-yard touchdown pass by bernard davis was not blocked. the nailbiter advance emotions in overdrive. watch as they bounce between despair and jubilation. quite the contrary, chaos and fear of the luxury crews liner caring for survivors. their stories of escape. let them go.

fans cheer, jump for joy at hog and i went for the 40 niners are men and, to spot in the nfc championship game where they will play the winner of tomorrow's giants packers game. >> is one of the greatest games in 40 niner history and one of the greatest games in nfl playoff history. part of the reason it's so magical is because the beginning of the year that when expected the 40 niners to be in this position. words were blasting and people were out in the streets and it was reminiscent a few years ago when dwight jones made the catch. our block knocking in the pregame jitters out of alex smith. less than two minutes left, dru brees to jamaica rant, 66-yard touchdown and the saints are in front. but smith would get san francisco right back on the field. he had vernon davis for the

game-winning touchdown. they beat the saints 36-32 and move on to the nfc championship game. >> if it wasn't for alex, i wouldn't have made the play. >> he's been through so much here. so many people on his back, and he was able to take us down with the minute left. >> , after there was too big touches the mac tackles. >> again he steps up, and offense and defense, special teams. both sides of the ball. we cap leaving it to him. we have another week of work. >> the fact of the matter is, alex smith outdueled one of the

greatest quarterbacks in football, drew brees. the things are going home and 40 niners are moving on. they will be double play either the packers or the 40 niners tomorrow. >> again wouldn't be anything without the fans and diner's followers have waited all long time to get to the playoffs. joe vazquez on the prayers, tears and unconditional love that filled candlestick park. >> before the game, heroes of 90, 4040 niners past bump bellies and high abode and reflected on the path the mac fact that it's been nine years since they made the playoffs. >> we been waiting and watching. inside candlestick, but deafening crowd focused on the

new hero. he crashes the saints party early, with two quick touchdowns. if you are playing the niners, wouldn't you be sad to? [laughter] >> they were crying that they came right back. so did the niners and went back and forth over and over throughout the game. watch the saints fan. in despair one moment and a few minutes later, the team is back on top. it was the nailbiter, unlit fighter and an eyebrow raiser. and just at the end of the night when they needed it the most, there was pandemonium and in candlestick park. the 4040 niners held on two

victory. >> one of the most exciting games played in the bay area, the male body is through and the 40 niners are on to the next part of the playoffs. >> that was an amazing game. i deleted them. i set out slap his time and he will win his game for us. we are going to win the super bowl. >> the big international story is the captain of the cruise ship capsized off the coast of italy is in jail tonight charged with abandoning ship and manslaughter. but couple found alive more than 24 hours after their cruise ship capsized. they were found after our tour to do research in the non- submerged part of the ship. the ship hitter we've been capsized yesterday near

tuscany. 4200 people were on board including more than 100 americans. three people are known dead, 40 others missing. >> passengers had just sat down to dinner when they heard the big bang. the cruise turned into what some describe as scenes from the movie titanic. with water pouring in, the ship began to list. >> besides, sometimes wrong if it's been like that. we let to the high side, but that was chaotic. people have life jackets on and the power was out. >> at least they were on the side of the ship where they could get off, the only way down was our work latter. >> people were panicking and pushing and yelling. they wanted to get on the first

lifeboat. we were up close, and then they were gone and there we stood. >> some decided their only chance was to jump into the freezing cold sea. >> bishop started moving very fast and we knew we would be underwater quickly. we just started jumping. there were 100 people that jumped and swam to shore. >> was standing on the part that is now underwater. >> we had beacons on her life vests that were blinking, but we just waited. most of the passengers ended up in nearby porto santos do for now. >> the plan to bring him off the ship included lifeboats, helicopters and theories which make regular runs from the mainland to the island where their cruise ship finally ran aground. no time to salvage belongings.

most arrived with what they have been wearing when the ship went down. nine -year-old isabel and six -year-old lucas were still in their pajamas. >> i was the scariest part. >> as many as 40 of the more than 4000 passengers and crew remained unaccounted for. divers will start searching the submerged whole again in the morning and the captain has been detained. >> new official cause of the crash is unknown but human error will be investigated. the ship was off of its usual route. we spoke to american time law expert to find out what they will be looking for. >> they will be looking for several things up front. whether the rate or sandbar was located on the nautical chart that the vessel had in whether the bible have proper charts to begin with. they will look to see who was

on the grinch, especially when the vessel was so close to the shoreline and whether those persons with impaired in any way either by alcohol, drugs were not having proper rest. they will look to see if there were any mechanical failures that prevented the vessel from responding to orders and courses. >> authorities will also look at why the ship did not send out any day call. contaminated tissue holders are being pulled from store shelves and if you bought one, you are asked to bring it back. health officials say that 2- inch metal tissue boxes contained low levels of radioactive material. they were sold at bed bath and beyond stores around the country. the delivery truck carrying the holders set off radiation alarms. now to the presidential race. rick santorum is expected to emerge as the conservative alternative and boost from the group of evangelicals who voted to back

his candidacy. how they could shake up the tight race. >> the news from texas couldn't have come at better time from rick santorum. winning the blessing of evangelical leaders could be the boost they need. >> we've been looking at what we could publish during this primary season but the track record of someone who has been the strong consistent voice across the board on all the conservative issues. >> santorum who almost toppled that romney in iowa fell to fit better in the picture but since then he's been struggling to remain in serious contender even here in south carolina where more than half of gop voters call themselves evangelical leaders. they are now pinning their hopes and prayers on the devout catholic santorum. >> if you hold all the votes

for the conservative candidates, between santorum, gingrich and terry, that would put the candidate at the top. >> the good news for santorum is bad for newt gingrich who has been courting the same conservative christian voters. but it could be even more damaging to mitt romney. voters tell cbs news that it's important that the presidential candidates share their views. that romney's mormon faith is the problem for some undecided california voters. brad atkins is president of the southern baptist convention with 600,000 at hearing, they are the largest christian denomination. he said he could have embraced romney as the fellow man but not the mormons. >> on the campaign trail round

is asked to explain, explain his faith. >> still for many south carolina voters the issue of romney's religion is an nonissue. >> but that person does on sunday doesn't have an effect on what they do the other five or six days of the week. >> the evangelical leaders had met in texas say it's not romney's conservativeness, it's rick santorum that upholds their core belief. >> parents who feel they can't take their kids outside to play because of the senseless shootings in oakland where children are caught in crossfire is. the message behind today's bloc party. >> if i could go back to my voice, i would. i miss them. >> today for young bay area

soldiers received the purple heart. >> and still ahead, ladies and gentlemen, tonight we begin with wendy and cooler. but as the week goes ahead, i will tell you the forecast but it involves 84 letter word. if we get comments, we will be back after the break.

woman held a rally today- hopeful someone might have some information about her disappearance. 31 year old yasmeen vaughan the family '-end-single- quote woman held the rally today hopeful that someone might have information about her disappearance. the 31 -year-old hasn't been seen since november. family members say when they visited her apartment last month they founded and disarray. they are as saying she suffers

from psychological and emotional problems that may be related to her disappeared. the violence in oakland must stop as they honor the lives of three young children lost two straight gunfire. >> i'm very concerned about my kids and everyone else's kids. >> so is everyone else at this bloc party called save our babies meant to galvanize the community in honor of three children killed buy stray bullets in the past few months. >> it means that i can't bring my son out here and feel safe because of the violence. >> i'm not just going to take my kids anywhere these days. it's a lot of tragedy. >> per -year-old carlos knoblauch was shot and killed in august. his mother was fishing him in the stroller on international boulevard. i read lawrence was taken off of life-support in september after being shot in west oakland as he was held in his

father's arms. and five -year-old gabriel martinez junior was killed next to his family's taco truck on december 30th. another unintended victim. >> at the sad thing to see across life taken that to see our baby, there are no words. >> the people here say the only way they know how to stop the violence is to hold more events like this. >> i don't want to wait until the next tragedy and then get together. let's get together before that. >> but until those strategies and in peaceful streets, parents are desperate to keep their kids safe. >> but i'm concerned about my child we have what we call anointing oil and we put it on the child and we ask god to watch over them from head to feet. >> soldiers injured in afghanistan we're honored with the purple heart today in palo

alto. ♪[music] >> army private jeffrey prieto and another are undergoing treatment at the palo alto health care system. 20 -year-old prebeta was injured and of landmines. they received by their family, friends and veterans. >> i'm glad to be here with my family and other military personnel. >> my whole family is here and it's good to feel part of the family. i'm very happy. supporters like the blue star moms and the patriot guard riders also honor the heroes. and we go from heroes to four letter words.

or maybe just one. >> i'm nice to finally be on the newscast with you. >> my pleasure. let me how to look at pinpoint weather as we look at the pointy head of the transamerica pyramid out towards the golden gate bridge in the murky distance. disabilities were lousy today but will improve over the next couple of days because the winds will begin to pick up over the next few hours. in santa rosa, 39 at app. 46degrees and sent a today. 50degrees and temperatures will continue to drop like is that of car keys until they get below freezing in fairfield, and if you look at the reports around the bay area, the winds are flat, dead and calm. so, we are friendly and we're of cool change as we think of a lot of her handset

back in the 1980's. that's probably good thing because it's showing us that many things will be changing this week. this is the first time i've done the weathercast from the studio in the lab with this computer. i have to look at my buttons. this is slowly moving his way up and as you see tomorrow we will get off to partly cloudy start and the numbers will come down to little bit from today, the wins will come out. this is pathetic. look at the percentage of normal. 30% here, about the same and san jose just about all little over an inch and half of green and san jose is san jose is reported to have inches of rain in january. but finally, things are going to change. it's the little pressure off of san diego. this moves north, the talk coming out of british columbia. the two collide and as we get

towards the end of the week finally, the high high will weaken, the low moves down from the northwest and it looks like by late wednesday, thursday and friday, things will get wet. pinpoint forecast tomorrow, temperatures mostly in the 50's, 54 in walnut creek, 57 in napa, and up in north bay numbers will be in the 50's which is 10 degrees back from where they were today. as we look ahead, we are looking for temperatures to be in the 50's again. some, wendy and cooler. no rain as we look ahead but finally the storm door opens sometime thursday. rain could get heavy at times, it looks like more on the way on sunday and i got here just in time for the rain. >> that's right. they do. today oprah winfrey says she feels like she is able to get back. the complement she cited some

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swimming pool on third street in san francisco. everyone was treate are. large today in honor of martin luther king jr. kicked off at the bayview opera house and at the martin luther king swimming pool and third street in san francisco. everyone was treated to at graceland and the pool will also be open and free to all on martin luther king day on monday. oprah winfrey may not have any children that she was the proud mom today. 72 students graduated from her leadership academy for girls in johannesburg. the former talkshow host opened the facility in 2007 to help educate girls living in

poverty. the graduates will go to college mostly in south africa but some will come to the us to continue their education. after losing one of their own, six young bison are hanging out with the big kids tonight. they have all been in quarantine since arriving from the ranch. last week one of them died after being chased buy dog. >> tim tebow needed a lot more than the prayer tonight in new england. i'd dennis o'donnel, and if he had any doubters previous to this game, he doesn't anymore. that's coming up next.

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that was more than enough time for drew brees. he threw it up for grabs onto the branch came down with it. the 40 niners can't get him and all of a sudden they are down 111 to go. he drove them down and vernon davis hung on. 36-32 going to the nfc championship. six touchdown passes and if single game. no tim tebow time tonight. the nba brokers walking off with the victory and warriors lose again. and rebound that gives the shark at two-one victory. it was all about the san francisco 49ers. one game away from the super bowl. >> at about two minutes ago, i wasn't sure who i wanted to

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