. >> the driver's name was scottie. the truck got 25 feet in the air. and nick, yes.when he landed. had to undergo surgery. now has two titanium rods and eight screws in his back from this jump. >> is did they tighten the one that is in his head when they did it. >> this truck is not a new truck, speeding through the snow, down across the field. it looked like he jumped over a pile of sticks. >> it's like a very crudely-made platform. >> you notice his bumper falls off when he lands. and this video has been around for a while. but it's trending again. >> i'll tell you what, he had some hang time there for sure. >>> now poor scottie has the titanium rod to show for it. >> a legend of scottie and the highest truck jump ever in this guy's back yard live on for years and years. >>> happy new year as they say in sweden -- [ speaking foreign language ] one guy in sweden decided he was going to do something a little crazy, a little fun to celebrate new year by -- jumping into an icy lake. >> i'm going to call him carl. i don't know his name. >> a swedish name. >> karl with a

scotty's album... clear as day...num..just three months after it was released.now.. scotty is up for a big award and he is tweeting about it. ya'll can still vote for the acm awardd at voteacm.com! thanks for all your help. scotty is a semifinalist for "the academy of country vote for him! idol hopefuls tonight and tomorrow at 8 pm here on fox45 3we always want to keep you up to date on the latest news whether its from hollywood or sure to follow usson twitter. just log on to fox baltimore unddr the community features section. coming up... the search continues... for survivors of the italian shipwreck .what new details... we'rr now learning. ahhhhh! that wasn't a countdown!!!! and if you think áthisá is what this guy does for a ear - living. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 3)) okay, that looks great. were you profitable last month? how much money is in your checking account? have the browns paid you for their addition yet? your finances are scattered all over the place. mm-hmm. w

scotty joined others in baltimore's sport casting hall of fame. >> it is a special honor.od will happen. they are some of my idols. >> his sports buddy of or than 20 years, keith mills, talked about the man who has been more than a mentor. cannot thank the ed block $zm5elpçóÑi son matthewxdÑi anr son anz[1qr awarde1pfÑiw3Ñit(Ña cancerous brain tumor. before every ravens game he gets in touch with matthew to see which plate ravens should run. the all-time greatest call was ray rice's touchdown run against the patriots and dr. joe wiley may have cured my son but coach cam cameron made him better. like scott said he wanted to grow up and be like vince bagley, my son wants to grow up and be like coach cam cameron. >>> vacation is over. it's time to head back to work and school. abc2 works for you. how to kick the holiday blues and get back to life has usual. >>> who will take the top spot in the hawkeye state. the votes will be cast. we'll have the latest from the without -- from the iowa caucuses. it's a bit like asking if they want a big hat... ...'scuse me... ...or a big

>> scottie mccreery? >> scotty mccreery's right. here, hold this. >> what do we win? >> nothing.ake you away. >> and there she goes. and so, i'm just hanging out here, with the popcorn. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we've got a good show for you tonight. from "revenge," madeleine stowe is here. comedian dana gould is with us. and we'll be right back with will arnett. so, stick around. [ cheers and applause ] ashlee! ashlee! ashlee! ashlee! what were you looking for when you bought your edge? um, i was definitely looking for fuel economy. that's the whole reason we, we wanted to look at the ecoboost. can you talk a little bit about the style of the edge? um, well, i think it's very hip. i even have several guys were like "whoa, do have twenties on those". like, don't even know what that means, but i guess it's cool. (laugh) so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had i

join me and hall of famer scotty, as we broadcast live from the press box tailgate near the stadium right at mother's --'s will be there too as we get you ready to watch the first game in five years, on the way to indy starts sunday morning at nine. >>> we want to know what you are doing for the game. how your game day is planning out. just tweet us using the hash tag way to indy, just pound sign way to indy. that's pound sign way to indy. all right. we will post them on the website and during the special on sunday morning. >>> let's get to the education front. for the first time hartford has no over crowded schools. leaders announced today they plan to take away more than 100 portable classrooms after building and renovating schools in the tune of about $300 million. hartford executive david craig claims as much construction has the governor is seeking statewide this year it didn't require any new taxes to get it done. >> i don't really necessarily depend on the state to get things done for us. if we ask -- we put our hand out just like everybody else but if they don't help us we will st

scotty mccreery was crowned american idol last may..now the search is on for another budding star.here'slimpse of season 11. 11. it's all smiles from judges jennifer lopez, steven tyler and randy jackson as they get ready to kick off the 11th season of 'american idol'... lopez says: "amazing talent, best talent probably, better "better than last year, and i also think it's different once again. i think last year we even have a more of a variety this year, i mean it's just crazy."with a year under their belts, the two sophomore judges feel their chemistry worked from day one... tyler says: "and still does. i think everybody was surprised, but i, i'm surprised that they were surprised."lopez says: "it was such an amazing experience last year for me, i knew it was first for us and randy's it was such a great feeling, it, i think i was just hoping that it felt the same."and with competition from other singing reality shows and the pressure to mirror the chart topping success of idol alum... the judges say all it takes is finding that one special contestant...lopez says: "i mean that was our

. >> you were ready to be beamed up, scotty. a little too much time on your hands. it ends up on national tv. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> some bet vets in nick rarag are giving cats a second chance. these cats were rescued from traps set by local farmers. conservationists moved in to rescue them from near death. they will be hand fed until they're strong enough to be released into the wild. >>> a colorful celebration took place in india in preparation of spring season. 40 days before the hindu spring festival of holy, people gathered a temple to mark the beginning of the jubilation. priests dusted worshippers with plumes of colored powder. holy encourages brotherhood in society and people of all faiths to join in celebration. >>> and finally, in thailand competitors hit the sheets, but definitely did not rest. hundreds turned out to see the fourth annual bed race on sunday. participants from all over the world turned their beds into decorative floats and raced them down the main street. th

join me and scottie as we broadcast live from the press box tailgate near m and t bank stadium and mothers in federal hill. that will be a zoo as we get ready to watch the first home playoff game in five-years. it starts sunday morning at nine. >> coming up we will look at some of the dangers of public transportation. >> some were caught on tape, coming up after the break the issue some run into while behind the wheel. >> plus a controversial pictures, what some say is really happening in the picture. >> and later a prepaid debit card that's supposed to help boost your credit score. the pit fall that could come along with it. . >>> all caught on tape. we have really amazing pieces of video both shot on the road. >> we will start with shots from the dc metro. apparently some bus drivers down there have a hard time seeing what's in front of them. one video you see a pedestrian walk across the street and the driver doesn't stop. he hits him. the good news the guy wasn't hurt to bad. the bad news, other drivers have within caught on tape running into parked cars. metro bus officers say the dri

after that, he met privately with scotty who was a diplomatic correspondent for the "new york times." they met in a dark room so no one else would know they were meeting. and he said -- this has been the toughest thing in my life. i've never met a man like that. how can i deal with him? one reporter said that kennedy had turned green at the end of the meeting. he was obviously very, very badly beaten up. he had not been prepared for this kind of meeting. he went to ireland and he told macmillan to he told macmillan it had been a terrible experience and macmillan said, you'll have to yield, which was macmillan's view. but he felt wonderful. he said, i really laid the law down to this guy. and he said, kennedy is a boy in short pants. he could not get over the fact that kennedy was so young. nobody in the soviet hierarchy got to any position of responsibility until they were senile and here was an american president who was young. and who obviously in his mind, didn't know what was going on. so he decide that he could continue to beat on kennedy. and we at the u.s. mission in berlin, i

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. >> scott scott scotty, thanks for that breakdown. >>> we got a 9 news now update. police released a statement regarding the search for an abandoned baby that died left on a doorstep. police still need your help and encourage you to come forward with any information about this case. the baby died early monday at the hospital not long after a neighbor discovered that little body on a doorstep in northeast. the baby was covered just with a towel and the temperature at the time was about 28 degrees. >>> 55-year-old james jimmy garvin pleaded guilty to a single felony this morning in d.c. federal court in connection with that embezzlement scheme involving harry thomas, jr. the prosecution says garvin helped thomas embezzle more than $300,000 that should have gone to youth programs. garvin faces up to three years in prison. they have yet to face the sentencing day. is he free on his own recognizance. garvin is a general manager at the lincoln golf course in northwest d.c. we'll have much more at 6:00. >>> meantime today dozens of people protested the deportation of a 59-

reporter: this 15-year-old wants to follow in the footsteps of last year's winner and runner-up scotty> i am the american idol, i believe. i've been doing this since i was a little, little child. reporter: hoping his naval background gives him an edge, johnroe moore is looking for his next career move. >> singing on the crowds and not be sleeping on the ship at 4 a.m. in the morning would be awesome, not that i don't love being in t

find what he's looking for in american iitol he wants to see more talent like last year's winner scottynk he knew what he had. he was perfect to be an idol, to be ready for a producer. to tell them what to do. to massage his career. he was perfect. he was a small seed from a big tree. >> the two-hour season premier kicks off at 8:00 tomorrow night and a one-hour idol on thursday. >> i'm excited to see idol again. >> me, too. >>> and we're in the web center with today's hot topics. have you heard? glee is back with a brand-new episode. >>> and also, have you heard about the new trend of scheduling to see your friends' babies on facebook? it's happening. >>> and move over, a brand-new way people are social networks. hot 99 sarah frazier joins me now. let's talk about glee. >> yeah. >> a lot of folks are talking about this one s. it beegee night? >> that is coming. coming. >> okay. >> oh, my gosh, this spring, oh, the episodes are unable tonight is the yes or no episode. nene leakes, that will be interesting to see. >> she's on tonight and should be excellent. they back and they made a hug

scotty. >> of course we do have a template for how this bag tax runs. it's across the line in washington, d.c., but not to be out done, montgomery county has expanded its bag tax and as you reported, a lot of people are watching because there is momentum to make this tax statewide. >> some people could not bring themselves to pay the new 5- cent per bag tax filling the car with unbagged groceries. >> i think it's a hoax. something else to get our money. >> i had no choice. i had too much to carry on my own. >> enter the number of bags used. >> it's the new bag tax. 5 cents per bag, expecting a million to be raised. with bags considered the bad boy of the litter world, plastic fluttering in trees and waterways, bag taxes are seen as a way to reduce the damage. washington's bag tax on food and liquor taxes reduced use from 22 million a month to about 3 million a month. but montgomery ups the anti by taxing all retailers and paper bags, too. >> i'm from india. we are carrying these in india. i'm used to this. >> at the new safeway in bethesda, customers go

that temperamental less -- fair regional president like scott, scotty tried to temper jobs and didn't work too well and they bring in john scully who is a very polite gentleman to try to handle steve. with steve you got the whole package. temperamental was a part of it and it showed in how he cared. i told a story in the book with steve walking me by his house he grew up in when he was very young and his dad, build a fence and showed me the fence and my dad taught me to make the back of the fence as beautiful as the front. i ask why? no one will ever know. my dad said but you will know. and that is why even on the apple ii he wants a circuit board to be beautiful. when they get to the macintosh the next one over, even though you cannot open at he holds it up for a while because the chips on the circuit board are not neatly aligned. nobody can open it. nobody will know. he says you will know. the other thing that is interesting talking about steve wozniak and steve jobs and those things is steve jobs had the passion of an artist to have end to end control. hardware, integrated with sof

good, that's great for you. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: pro -- judges are hoping to find the next scottyto ensure this happens, they've asked clay aiken to have sex with alfred e. newman. [ audience oohs ] [ laughter ] that should work. >> steve: it works. >> jimmy: should work. >> steve: yeah. that's a long way to go for a -- i mean, i guess. >> jimmy: and finally -- pro -- a lot of the contestants credit god for getting them to hollywood. con -- so i guess that's what he was busy doing during tim tebow's last game. [ audience oohs ] and those are your "pros and cons." [ cheers and applause ] thank you, guys. great. hey, guys, as you might have heard, we're taking our show on the road for the first time ever. we're going to indianapolis for the super bowl, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] very excited. so, i had this fun idea. i had this idea. it was a weird idea. so, we teamed up with subway, and this idea is called "subs across america." now, all you have to do is record yourself in front of some iconic landmark in your area catching a subway ot-long from your right side and then, pa

and if they can find several more "scotty mccreery-ttpe" singers this go arounn -- season 11 should bes: "heewas so young had, he was pprfect to be on - iddllto be ready for a producer to tell him what to &d was a small ssed from big tree." you can see the premiere of american idol tonight and tomorrow at 8-pm heee oo fox45. i wantttoohear what you think of the auditions. chat with me on facebook during thh show. just become a fan of foxbaltimore and join the conversation.it all starts tonight t 8-pm. maryllnd becomes tte first state to get a taste of burger king's new delivery service. how long it tooke foo the food to arrive... when we ordered morning. ews.. all locaa.. all - i just had it with cable. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times, the picture would break up. for the amount of money that i am paying, my cable company should take care of me. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. move up to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years. first time we saw tv on fios was amazing! i wa

. >> scotty, there you go. >>> sam, give us some weather. >> you neglected to say i'm in ft.george, well, okay, we're kind of in ft. lauderdale. amy and derek are hanging out with us. we had to get in the display. it's about 70 degrees in ft. lauderdale. about 80 degrees. there's beach and sand in times square. hi, we're on the beach. how are you doing, yeah, uh huh. let's get to the boards. one or two things to talk about. here's where the rain settles in today. this is good news for northern texas. dallas, san antonio, it's good. very welcome rain. it's nice and dry in the southea southeast. an >> just playing on the beach in sunny ft. lauderdale, robin, george, lara? >> all right, thank you, sam. >>> here's what's coming up. halle berry's battle with her daughter's father. are things about to get uglier? >>> and the single bridezillas. they're saying yes to the dress without the guy or the proposal. >>> and we go behind the scenes on "the bachelor." chris harrison reveals the new "bachelorette. i take a multivitamin, but i wanted more support for my heart. i found centrum

. >> scotty, there you go. >>> sam, give us some weather. >> you neglected to say i'm in ft. okay, we're kind of in ft. lauderdale. amy and derek are hanging out with us. we had to get in the display. it's about 70 degrees in ft. lauderdale. about 80 degrees. there's beach and sand in times square. hi, we're on the beach. how are you doing, yeah, uh huh. let's get to the boards. one or two things to talk about. here's where the rain settles in today. this is good news for northern texas. dallas, san antonio, it's good. very welcome rain. it's nice and dry in the southea southeast. an not that sunny right now and some sun breaking out fairfax where it is 41 degrees. we have a dense fog advisories ridge up to the 95 corridor. not include the district. that is until 10:00 and break throughill the fog and have a lot of today.e degrees, on their way to the mid-50's and cooler tomorrow but still pleasa >> just playing on the beach in sunny ft. lauderdale, robin, george, lara? >> all right, thank you, sam. >>> here's what's coming up. halle berry's battle with her daughter's father.

and scotty, auntester is going to come stay with you. >> sid's going to come. >> what's going on thiso be with many. i'll be a lot more civil with him around. >> what can i say? >> sid nailed it. >> we all of us, even in the most -- especially in the most solemn areas of our lives, have some jerk who -- mars the sol n solemnity. at every funeral, somebody shows up overdressed and gushing. makes it all about him or her. there's always some lunkhead around. >> shailene woodley said you had everybody come to hawaii for a couple of weeks to hang out. what was that like? >> fun. it's a specific place. none of the leads are from there. i wanted them very much to soak it up as much as they could before we started shooting. >> and just get that whole culture. >> you can't get the whole thing, but some sense of it. it involved rehearsing on locations, giving them tours, introducing them to local people. get them involved. >> george clooney says he still hasn't forgiven you for not casting him in "sideways." >> he still brings that up? the role was the most washed up, tv actor. to have the most

and even scotty, our floor manager said the same thing.howing that piece, you were not watching. >> no, i won't watch it. >> why is that? >> because i'm still her. unfortunately, i'm still her. that lady next to me is still me. every day i look in the mirror, i see the 673-pound lady. i don't recognize the body i have. but the face is still mine. >> even though you look and how hard you have worked -- how you're hepling others, for everyone there is always that final straw. that final, hmm. what was that moment? >> my mom was sick with cancer. we went to ohio where she's from to be with her. the doctors said, okay, we got as much out as we can. but it did spread. so i was in my scooter. i went to go into her hospital room. i couldn't get in there. to my mom's bed. then i'm like, okay, everybody in my family is in my mom's room but me. we went home, my mom was in her chair, she still had her bandages from her surgery. she looked at me and said,ky i g -- can i get up and make you something to eat? my mom could die and she's worried about whe

what he is looking for in a contestant now he says he hopes season 11 of idol uncovers a couple more scottyto be an idol, ready for a producer, toll him what to do, to massage his career. he was perfect. he was a small seed, from a big tree. >>> two hour season premier kicks off 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night there will also be a 1 hour idol thursday at 8. are you excited? >> i am so excited. >> i love it. >> with will be watching at our house. >> let's say good morning to facebook fan of the day, she is the fox 5 facebook fan of the day and says she refused to give up in her attempt to get picked we thank you for that and thank you for watching too. have a great day. >>> to be tomorrow's fan of the day search facebook fox 5 morning news. >>> i have not been on facebook in like two weeks. >> it has been awhile for me i hope no one is trying to get a hold of me. >> i just you know call me. >> tony will be back to join alison. >> stick around fox 5 morning news will be back after the break  whatcha lookin' for hon? ah, these new jeans i want. i've been looking everywhere.

welcome to the program -- in fort lauderdale where scotty is calling in. caller: yes. host: go right ahead. caller: i am a sincere christian, very active in the tea party here in fort lauderdale. i have studied everything everybody else has. and it is obvious to me that newt gingrich is the only one who can literally out-the date of barack obama -- with his experience and no ha -- know how. he is the only one. because i am a republican, this restore our future sent me three very extensive cards slamming newt gingrich and trying to get mitt romney. i am so mad at all of this propaganda, that all of these people and the news media and these organizations, that is just propaganda. fair and simple. i am going to be out here in my street corner in fort lauderdale advertising newt gingrich for president. of course, anything but obama when it comes down to the two, but for right now, i am voting everything on newt gingrich. i do -- think he is the only one who candidate barack obama. host: we will see an ad in a couple of minutes coming out from the campaign. but more on the