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ann, vern?ly the game is tomorrow but there was a harbaugh in action today. >> yes, yes. on four legs. >> yes. >> even that. ahead we're going to go live with dennis in seattle. scores -- for the fate of the 49ers' head coach's name sake. harbaugh the horse. running today at the california derby. ,,,, sofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. from the shelf, and to your home. starting at $99. that it's given me time toabout reflect on some of life'seen biggest questions. like, if you could save hundreds on car insurance by making one simple call, why wouldn't you make that call? see, the only thing i can think of is that you can't get any... bars. ah, that's better. it's a beautiful view. i wonder if i can see mt. rushmore from here. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. female announcer: female announcer: during sleep train's huge year end clearance sale, get

>> reporter: vern, i'm tired of the seahawks fans. want the niners to take care of business tomorrow. at least the 49ers won't finish seventh tomorrow. but i have two thoroughbreds i want to dell you about. lynch and gore. that team wins the game, chevre back goes over 100 yards. and for lynch l is more than a superbowl riding on it. >> i don't know if he is the best but he is good. >> reporter: stop lynch and you stop the seahawks. beast mode is more than just his style. the oakland native put a trademark on the term beast mode and pulled in half a million in royalties in 2013. san francisco bay stage doug hendrickson represents him. >> we thought it was a cool moniker. i figure if seattle wins tomorrow, this thing will hit big and be on a national scale. >> reporter: earlier this week, they gave jennifer montana the right to sell beast mode. >> who do you think the montanas are pulling for? >> i think they are pulling for lynch and seattle. we will see. >> reporter: i should say that all the proceeds from lynch, the trademark name b

in oakland, with the supercross, vern glenn, kpix 5. >> vern glenn hanging out with the dirt bike guys night 7:00 is when everything gets rolling out there. if you haven't been to one of those events, it's loud and fun. >> it's what we do when there's no football. >> exactly. >> transitional phase here right now. >> you mentioned pitchers and catchers. >> i'm ready for that. all right. for news throughout the evening, the latest is always on kpix.com. >> your next newscast is on the cw 44/cable 12. and you can see us right back here on kpix 5 at 11. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com and you could save hundreds." call or click today. female announcer: female announcer: it's time to make room for the new mattress models, but sleep train's huge year end clearance sale ends sunday. get beautyrest, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic mattress sets, at low clearance prices. save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory. plus, free same-day delivery, set up and removal of your old set. don't wait! sleep train's year end clearance sale ends sunday.

now, from lambeau, vern? >> all right. there, brian just told me that right now you are standing in 2 degree weather, minus 17 with the windchill and i hate to say it but you are going to have to stand around a little longer. you and i have to do "gameday." [ laughter ] >> yes. these handwarmers don't work, okay. >> oh! >> that was great. that was great. we will see you later, man. [ laughter ] ncos...as a result of what took place in cincinna >> all right. >>> meantime, the afc dance card is set. and the broncos open for business in cincinnati. unbeaten in the regular season. leading the chargers in the 3rd, 10-7. look at this grab by greene. now, getting it from rivers to take the lead. and, andy, he gave up 3 turnovers. bengals unbeaten at home in the regular season. look at that. rice, stepped in front. they eliminated the bengals, 27- 10. they travel to denver next weekend to face the broncos. now, washington, d.c. look at that. that is amazing. like a cartoon character with a shot like that. 4th quarter, thompson, op

and, i can tell you that vern glenn probably knows a little bit about the brew and tell you more aboutrn. >> maybe the three of us on set should go after the newscast and do our own scientific comparison. >> i would do that. >> yeah. >> note to self. yeah. get on that. but first, i have to take care of business. jim harbaugh excited and not just about the game. and the doves picked a bad night to run into one of the league's best on the road. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, seahawks fans happy, but it er ready to buy a >>> that colin kaepernick, he just sold another pair of beats by dre headphones. you guys love that commercial isn't the headphones, the beat, i love it. the song is such a toe tapper. ♪ [ music ] give me sot beats by dre. i am sold. >> hey, no percy harvin for the seahawks. he didn't get the green light because of this concussion. here's foreshadowing. he'll be back next week. uh-huh. new warrior, jordan crawford on the left and brooks at the thunder. he had 8 points. seth currie and the dubs stay close. cut okc's to lead. kevin durant just went off. he had 54 and the thunder win 127-

and vern, dodgers outfielder matt kemp asked marshawn lynch if he could use the name beast mowed, and he offered lynch $100,000. marshawn lynch said no. and one other thing, there's no way the montanas are pulling for the seattle seahawks. >> i think the heart wants what the heart wants, dan. i think the montanas, i think they bleed scarlet and gold. i don't know. >> we're going to see. we'll see. >> all right, dennis, thanks so much, man. >> we'll bring it back home with a hot streaking san jose sharks. they've been getting it done on the road overcoming a here can you low an effort today --herculean effort today. top shelf, game tied at one. and he wasn't done. second period. >> they score, four goals. >> on the other side four goals, lighting up 4-2. but here came the sharks. kennedy sets up joe. he closes to 4-3. and then off of a rebounding shot, 21 seconds later, little joe again. to tie it up. minute left in the third, it's another one, a career first hattrick for little joe. a perfect road trip 3-06789 they come from behind to win 5- 4. cal looking to go 5-0 in the conference

vern you're here, are you kind of happy? >> it's nice and warm inside this studio huh?t dennis, huh, huh? dennis o'donnell is awaiting in wisconsin and he checks in this eve of 49ers and packers. and a career day today for the chiefs' alex smith. was it enough at andrew luck's colts in indy? ,, bulldog: bulldog: well, pup, it's out with the old and in with the new during mattress discounters' year end clearance sale! puppy: look, i found a red tag! bulldog: that means folks can save up to 40% on clearance mattresses. puppy: oh, here's another. bulldog: that means up to $300 off serta, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic. puppy: i found another red tag! bulldog: what! where? puppy: right here, silly. ha-ha-ha! bulldog: tickles! mattress discounters' year end clearance sale ends soon. ♪ mattress discounters the pa >>> nfl wild card weekend. it rolls on. for kpix 5 team coverage. for 49er football at the packers, we join a cold, frosty dennis o'donnell on the road. >> thank you seven, hello everybody -- vern, hello everyone from wisconsin. the temperature in green bay tonight

vern headed to charlotte! you're headed to charlotte!p 6 a.m. >> you got live reports starting tomorrow, buddy. get some sleep. >>> new video of a harness horse race crash in new jersey. the trotters are moving behind the pace car on a wet track on the fifth race of the day. as the car pulls away it loses traction and skids. several horses run into it. a track spokesman says all the horses are okay. but four drivers were taken to the hospital to be checked out. the rest of the scheduled races were canceled. >>> skiers at heavenly had one heck of an adrenaline rush today thanks to an unexpected visitor on the slopes. which one of these is not like the other?! [ laughter ] >> look closely. bottom right, that is a bear on the slopes. does a bear ski in the woods? i guess he does. he is in the middle of a masters race. the photo was taken by a reporter for the tahoe newspaper. i guess that wasn't enough fresh powder so the bear moved on but the skiers stayed. >> classic, snow there, too. >> they are making it. more bear than snow up there no

. >>> happy birthday to elin, former wife of tiger woods, verne troyer, who played mini me turns 45.eep it here for more news, weather and sports. i'm richard lui along with bill karins. thanks for watching "early . . >>> good morning. i'm peggy bunker. we begin with breaking news in oakland. a sig alert has been issued after a deadly crash near 580 near the on ramp. the chp says the ramp should reopen in 15 minutes. something caused a car to flip over and someone was trapped underneath it. it is unclear if the person trapped was the person that died. we have a crew heading to the scene. we'll bring you the latest as soon as we get it. also, this other top story this morning. the first day of 2014 and our first nonspare the air day. good morning, christina and happy new

yeah, vern, thanks so much. will cheer our warriors on tonight. >> you haven't moved on. >> i haven't. have a great night. we will see you on kpix5 at 11:00 on next newscast on the cw. good night. announcer: it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey. [captioning made possible by fremantle media] steve: how y'all doing? thank you very much. yeah. i appreciate you. thank you very much, y'all. all right now. welcome to "family feud." i'm your man steve harvey, and we got a good one for you today, folks. returning for their third day with a total of 20,640 bucks, from detroit, michigan, it's the fowlkes family... [cheering and applause] and from bedford, indiana, it's the steele family. [cheering and applause] everybody is here trying to win theirself a lot of cash and a shot at pulling out of here in a brand-new, head-turning ford fusion. give me aaron. give me nichell. all right, guys. here we go, top

warriors and clippers, right, vern. >> reporter: you got it. coming up at 7:30.an, let the fireworks begin with this one. we begin with news about david lee, who is not going to the all-star game as a member of the western conference. dwight howard, lamarcus aldridge and dirk novitzky were named frontcourt reserves earlier this afternoon. tough one for david lee, who is averaging almost a double- double averaging 19 points per game. but of significance is the battle of the night. it is the los angeles clippers and it is a bitter, bitter rivalry. golden state has lost six of nine to fall five games behind the pacific division rivals. >> never know with us. you know, i think we'll be okay. i think it's a national tv game so we'll get up for it. we have to keep our consistency consistency. we're up and down like a yo-yo at the moment and we need to get some steadiness in our game. >> reporter: yeah. these two teams don't like each other as the cliche says. but it is nothing compared to the seahawks and the 49ers. of course, when i mention seahawks, you got to talk a

. >> we also have vern that says please ask mr. brooks if he feels the walking dead approaches their version of the zombie outbreak properly. >> i don't think there is properly. i think it's pretty much what are you trying to get across? you know for me, i would never make the zombie virus airborne. because my feeling i based it on aids. >> the book? >> the book. all my zombie books are based on aids. i want the zombie books easy to defeated. if they win it is not because of their strengths but because of our inherent weakness. i want to examine our weaknesses as individuals, literally as a species level they are vampires, they have not had to struggle or work for anything. >> as long as we are getting your impression, what was your impression about the movie world war z? >> i was so impressed by the title. i think they had the to have a different agenda. >> did you expect that? >> which is why i never would slam the movie. if you have to make a movie with hollywood you have to be open to that risk. sometimes hollywood makes very f

. >>> vern is here with the australian open winner. has people laughing afterwards. >> yeah.cy that. and three times the charm for australian open champion. come on back. we'll join china's li na as she was big in the land down under. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, >>> we're starting with tennis. >> do you play? yoplait. >> no. i mean, no. i just -- >> i'll grab a racquet maybe swat at it. >>> we kick it off this saturday with tennis' first grand slam of the year the australian open. and you had to get up in the wee hours of the morning to catch the ladies final. about 1 a.m., li na last year, when she hurt her ankle and head and lost in the times but she had a clear head for this one after she lost in the finals. runner-up the last two years but against dominika cibulkova li na far court -- would not be denied. again. overcame a 5-4 deficit. won the first set in a tie- breaker and then played cat and mouth playing baseline. moved in for the kill there. the fourth seed got to championship point. cibulkova would hit it long and this was it. oldest australian women's champion at 31. she wins 7-

he'll have complete playoff coverage from lambeau and bring you a playoff edition of vern knopp's view tomorrow night at 11:00. >> one bowl game tonight. vanderbilt and houston in the compass bowl. tied at 24. the commodores score the final 17, vandy wins. >>> a little jekyll and hyde in the sharks. 19 home games, 40 goals allowed. 42 -- patrick hwa likes nat stat. second period, eric johnson, on net. gets past anti neimi. he is done. 14seconds later, welcome to the game,athan mckinnon. sharksome back, three straight goals. couture makes it a one-goal game. joe pavelski, denied. 30 saves. av's win 43- >> men's hoops. usf protectin war memorial against pepperdine. to mark to tolifson. here's pinkens. 19-11. 35 seconds left. theherry pick. cap it off. 76-66. usf now 3-1 to start west coast conference play. >> santa clara hosting ama's loyola lions. 34 for the lions. that jumper would send the game to overtime where the broncos start with the 7-0 run. 86-81, santa clara victorious. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. st. mary's in action >> join me tonight. we'll

. >>> vern glenn is headed to charlotte. you can look for his live reports starting tomorrow night and throughout the weekend. >>> and upload your fan photos and to see the players to play our matchups, log on to kpix.com and click sports. >>> there appears to be a bay area firebug on the loose. just minutes ago kpix 5 obtained new surveillance video of one of the crime scenes. >> uv to be very concerned and you have to be praying -- you have to be very concerned and praying for rain. >> how our water woes are forcing grape growers to make serious adjustments. >> and how the target breach just got worse and how it could lay a trap for unsuspecting customers. ,, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that parker. well, did you know auctioneers make bad grocery store clerks? that'll be $23.50. now .75, 23.75, hold 'em. hey now do i hear 23.75? 24! hey 24 dollar, 24 and a quarter, quarter, now half, 24 and a half and .75! 25! now a quarter, hey 26 and a quarter, do you wanna pay

. >> vern glen joins us. that was one big finish. >> yes. that will test your blood pressure. now, 49ers getting it over in green bay. 5 degrees at kick off. the team's leading rusher with 98 yards. this is the play. a minute to go. tied at 20. 3rd in 8. kaepernick, first and down, aaron rodgers never got the ball back in the last five minutes in the game. time ran out, 33 yard field goal to win it in advance of the next round. carolina, a 10:00 a.m. game next sunday, somewhere in green bay is dennis o'donell who i am am sure is thawed out by now and we expect to get a report from him later on. >> did not think we were going to pull it off, did you? >> absolutely. not our first time. >> our receivers were getting grabbed. and all of that. and, took his matters in his own hands. >> just going around so fast. 15, 20 yards, there was a yard it was 20. unbelievable. he was getting the edge. but, i mean, just clutch kaepernick today, we can all agree, great performance. not his first time doing this. >> they lost to carolina 10-9 at candlestick back on november 10th. so, that will

and vern just showed you how the game ended.da state in a big comebacker taking the bcs title with a big winner over auburn last night and your play of the day right there. >>> the niners and packers game set tv ratings' records for the most watched wild card game of all time. more than 47 million people tuned in to watch the game. it was the most watched telecast since last year's super bowl. and we want to see your niner pride. please show your pictures with us just click on the my pics link on the website at kpix.com. >> 11-degrees in charlotte right now. >>> private shuttle buses sparked a techie turf war, how they will have to pay up but there's a catch. >> plus thousands left stranded across the country. we're live at sfo gathering the latest on how the bone chilling cold is impacting bay area air travel. >> and today the senate will vote on unemployment benefits and -- an unemployment benefits extense affecting more than -- education tension affecting more than a -- extension affecting more than a million americans. why t

he'll have complete playoff coverage from lambeau and bring you a playoff edition of vern knopp's view tomorrow night at 11:00. >> one bowl game tonight. vanderbilt and houston in the compass bowl. tied at 24. the commodores score the final 17, vandy wins. >>> a little jekyll and hyde in the sharks. 19 home games, 40 goals allowed. 42 -- patrick hwa likes nat stat. second period, eric johnson, on net. gets past anti neimi. he is done. 14 seconds later, welcome to the game, nathan mckinnon. sharks come back, three straight goals. couture makes it a one-goal game. joe pavelski, denied. 30 saves. av's win 43- >> men's hoops. usf protecting war memorial against pepperdine. to mark to tolifson. here's pinkens. 19-11. 35 seconds left. the cherry pick. cap it off. 76-66. usf now 3-1 to start west coast conference play. >> santa clara hosting ama's loyola lions. 34 for the lions. that jumper would send the game to overtime where the broncos start with the 7-0 run. 86-81, santa clara victorious. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. st. mary's in action those who'd ewelc

and if he's a verns experienced, no big deal. >> the pilot turned the engine off on purpose. he's demonstrating how you complete a dead-stick landing. notice the propeller is not moving. the copilot is the one who is shooting the video, he said it's a "wet your pants" kind of moment. the pilot does 360s and he demonstrates and talks about what's going on and this is when you consult the fuel and 30 seconds later the engine is off and it's a picture perfect landing. the pilot cool as a cucumber. look at him. >> i would hope so because you don't want a pilot to freak out. you need the guy to be level-headed. >> they eventually do land safely and the copilot is really relieved. i think the look on his face says it all. >>> well, here we are again. another day and the dumbly train keeps trundling down the tracks. more dash cam video. a truck up ahead. a car has already passed on the left so the car with the dash cam believes it can do the same, but as soon as it does his car starts to spin out and just catch the front end of that truck off into the snow it goes as the truck conti

. >> reporter: thank you vern. hello everybody from wisconsin. the temperature tonight in green bay is 25 degrees. but tomorrow, the windchill factor is expected to make it one of the coldest games in nfl playoff history. >> winter is coming. it's here. it's here in green bay. so -- that's -- that's definitely going to have an effect on the game. >> ramps up. you know the hot blood. races to the arteries. you know, to the vessels. to the capillaries. and they're distributed to the fingers and the toes. >> reporter: assuming that dr. harbaugh's medical synopsis takes effect the game will come down to the cold hard facts. the 49ers beat the packers in week one 34-28. but much has changed according to aaron rodgers. >> everybody's record right now is the same you know we're in the tournament. there's 12 teams with a chance to win the championship right now that's the way we're looking at it. >> reporter: the packers' quarterback is sure to test an injured 49ers' secondary that has given up back-to-back monster games to quarterbacks matt ryan and car

. >> thank you vern. tom brady didn't do much with his arm. a total of six touchdowns.e reached the end zone four times. this it is a 76-yard run. new england outgained indianapolis on the ground. andrew luck threw a career high four interceptions. jamie collins was a monster. seven turnovers for luck in the post season. so it all comes to an end for andrew luck and the colts as new england head to their third straight afc championship. 43-22. >> i can't turn the ball over against good teams. you know, i just would have learned my lesson against the chiefs. didn't. the finality of losing the playoff game is very real. >> you will be back. plenty of time. >>> still ahead, arod gets a break for major league baseball and a first for the san jose sharks. ly tell you about that next. ,,,,,,,, before you settle for another ordinary mattress, isn't it time you discovered the sleep number bed? the only bed clinically proven to relieve back pain and improve sleep quality. and right now, it's our lowest prices of the season. save $300 to $800 on our newest innovations. plus, 18-m

. >> vern glen joins us. that was one big finish. >> yes. that will test your blood pressure.tting it over in green bay. 5 degrees at kick off. the team's leading rusher with 98 yards. this is pl

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we ask vern to tell us about the breakthrough. >> the birds fly in vs for a number of reasons. there is a lot of efficiency for the birds. the reason they do that is that the lead bird uses the most energy, but other birds on either side of the v have huge energy savings, as much as 71% rising on the upwash caused by the wing of the bird in front of them. if they are migrating from the northern hemisphere, north canada. some make incredible journeys, you would go with the energy efficiency. it's a good way to travel long distances. we don't know how they switch off the leader bird, whether it's an older bird or a bird that had navigated the route many times before. flying in vs and groups is not only a survival technique, but there's a huge social aspect to it. there's a great deal of advantage to travelling in a v. we have a lot to learn from birds and the lift provided by the wings and how they are able to travel the distances. all the while they are biological organisms, they have to eat, sleep, drink. they are not jet aircraft but they perform magnificent violations. >> fin

. >> apprehended, 41-year-old john allen muhammad, a gulf war war vern, and 17-year-old john lee malvo muhammad's ex-wife was stunned when she saw his face on television. >> i walked over to the screen and put my hand on it and said, what happened to you? >>> two individuals were taken into custody. >> we can only hope this is the end of it. we don't know that yet. >> local, state, and federal prosecutors are meeting to discuss charges and some jurisdictional issues. >> for the residents of washington, d.c. and the beltway, three weeks of living on edge in constant fear is over. >> everyone was so glad it was over and this mayhem had stopped. but there was also a lot of like confusion about who these two guys were. they weren't what people were expecting. >> the confusion is compounded by disbelief as other disturbing revelations emerge about john muhammad and lee malvo. the two snipers are eventually connected to dozens of shootings and robberies in at least five different states. >> they killed people in washington, worked their way i think through texas, down into louisiana and alab

fans a crazy but the beer is great back here on the home turf's just about wheels up for the 49ers..vern in san clara.. = " " while he'll be busy with preparations all the w >>> we are three days away from kickoff. the fans are crazy. the beer is great. we have the report from santa clara. >> reporter: dennis, take a good look. amad was back after missing yesterday with an illness. carlos hamstring has him on the field. one field over was backup full back trying to come back from a knee injury. everybody else it is go time. as they continue to perfect and refine its game plan for the seahawks sunday. >> i think you have to stay focused and motivate. we have a lot on the line now. it is either win or go home. i don't know nothing about the best corner back in the league. i know teams. we are playing seattle seahawks. hopefully we'll come with a win. >> any emphasis to score first? >> that would be great. that's the objective going into this game. we must score. >> reporter: vernon davis isn't kidding. in the last 17 road games as you sea jim and frank head to practice 49ers are 0-2 with e

. >> apprehended, 41-year-old john allen muhammad, a gulf war war vern, and 17-year-old john lee malvo she saw his face on television. >> i walked over to the screen and put my hand on it and said, what happened to you? . good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. legs, for crossing. feet...splashing. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. if you're trying to manage your ra, now may be the time to ask about xeljanz. xeljanz (tofacitinib) is a small pill, not an injection or infusion, for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers have happened in patients taking xeljanz. don't start xeljanz if you have any infection, unless ok with your doctor. tears in the stomach or intestines, low blood cell counts and higher liver tests and cholesterol l

vern glenn has that and a 49er's playoff preview in your morning sports. >> good morning, everybody.ard weekend, two games today, but the big one is on tomorrow. 49ers, packers, then o'donnell in green bay, ready to bring it to you strong where the headliner has been the cold, the cold and the cold and it's effect on the players. jim harbaugh yesterday weighed in on it. >> the heart rate ramps up, you know, the hot blood races to the arteries, the age and the health of these guys, that hot blood will be racing around. >> dubs playing like cartoon characters, roll miami and then in atlanta, atlanta up 15 in the 4th, but golden state came back. off the turnover, ahead to curry. warriors get the lead, but the warriors were down two, needed a player with three seconds left. >> open at the rim. iguodala three. he got it. he got it! and the warriors win! >> oregon women's head coach paul wester, remember him? yeah. oregon no defense for stanford's wimekay. off the inbounds, forget about it. 13 points, 14 rebounds and stanford wins their opener last night 99-66. getting back to the warriors

he will have another edition of verne.'sviews sunday night with tight end vernon davis. shoe played for the niners. follow him on twitter at mike shumann. >> bring the niners team some good luck. >> you bet. >> no document. >> seattle's fans will bring them good luck home. >> they don't have any -- >> don't have any rings. mike? >> wow so it begins. >> yes, it does. >> always fun, as long as it's just fun. all right. we have mid to upper 30s on the peninsula, menlo park, 36. west side, good morning. 37. redwood city foster city, you're sharing 39. san mateo, 43. san bruno, 47. warm spot, like it has been, 45 there in belmont. we have 45 in san carlos. 52, san francisco. freezing cold in santa rosa. 28, 32. close in san ramon and concord. here is the way it looks from sutro tower, see the clean air over the bay, once again, great news, into the a spare the air day. record temperatures without the air quality. spread much smaller than yesterday, when it was about 30 degrees from santa rosa to half moon bay. low to middle 60s at noon. enjoy the evening, star-filled sky, rel

. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ wins... ...they ran into the >>> vern is heres. big basketball game going on. >> the warriors, crank them up! my gosh. the heat, they just don't know what hit them. nba up top. the warriors business six straight wins and they ran into the gold standard of the league tonight. miami lebron and the heat at home. iguodala between the legs and it teardrops in. 35 points and still going. the warriors have not relinquished the lead -- look at lee. got 32 points. 118-107. the w about to get it done on the road against the nba's elite, the miami heat. nfl wild card weekend. this is what's waiting for the 49ers. the old green bay lambeau field arctic-like settling. the old frozen tundra, going to live up to its nickname. the 49ers claim the weather won't be a factor. but they are taking a few precautions. >> think it's safe to say you'll see something on my arms. i gave up on the don't wear sleeves to look tough thing a long time ago. >> you're not going to have the advantage by having no sleeves. you will scare the opponent. he may call i

. >> well done, vern. in just two days and the 49ers begin their march to the super bowl in a very frigid green bay against the packers. and to show how confident we are, we decided to put a little something on the line against our green bay affiliate, wfrv. take a look. >> get ready, the 49ers are about to boot you folks right out into the deep freeze. >> you better love freezing because that's what you're going to do. here's your bet and it all starts with this. >> i'm the "great karnow"! >> that would be the "great karnow," the best meteorologist in all the land. i'm the "great karnow"! >> see? that's him. so that's what you have to do. here's the deal. when 9ers win, you have to go out into the cold with your best california gear, right, what is that? shorts, red and gold. we want you in flip-flops, we want you in a t-shirt and maybe some short pants. >> i think some shorts. >> yeah. >> absolutely. >> good california weather. go out there, say i'm -- no, we love the "great karnow"! >> and we love the 4

. >>> hey there, i'm vern veronica de la cruz.ted states is condemning a deadly taliban attack in afghanistan that killed at least 21 people including three american citizens. the u.s. is urging the taliban to lay down its arms. >>> a new allegation against governor chris christie's administration. hoboken, new jersey mayor don zimmer says senior members of governor christie's staff warned her that her city would be staefshd of hurricane sandy relief money unless she approved a redevelopment plan favored by the governor. chris christie's office claims partisan politics are behind the allegation pointing out that zimmer has tweeted supportive things about the governor in the past and saying hoboken has been approved for $70 million in aid. >>> and dennis rodman has checked into awn disclosed rehabilitation center to treat a struggle with alcoholism. rodman recently returned from a controversial trip to north korea where he was forced to apologize for comments he made about a detained american missionary, saying he had been drinking

okay vern thanks. >>> back to the bcs championship for the play of the day.we bern gets a field goal and feeling good. say hello to whitfield. he is gone he's going to go to the 10, the 20, and untouched. 100 yards for the touchdown. florida state the big comebacker taking the bcs title and your play of the day. >>> the 49ers are looking ahead to sunday. that's when the niners take on the carolina panthers in the second round of the playoffs. the team for now is back in santa clara and coach jim harbaugh called his plane ride home a happy flight. >> got the video of the game. and i'm just -- just sitting there you know just me. and all i needed now is a cup of coffee and i just happy as i could possibly be. >> just a cup of coffee huh? harbaugh says sunday's win against the packers meant a lot to the players and he's happy for them. now the team is getting ready to head to charlotte. kickoff is at 10:05 sunday morning. the niners and packers game set tv ratings' records for the most watched wild card game of all time. more than 47 million people tuned in to w

. >>> thank you vern. play of the day we're going to take you back to the hardwood. j.j.d l. a. clippers, lobbing the alley open to teammate de-- alley-oop to teammate jordan. right there boom. very nice. clippers went on the beat the pistons 112-104. your play of the day. >>> 5:24 right now. worried about the groom getting cold feet at the wedding? coming up there's an insurance policy for that. >> and a shiny moment perhaps tarnished. governor chris christie gets sworn in for a second term urn a cloud of -- under a cloud of scandal in new jersey. >> private shuttle buss and muni are sitting down at the table today to hammer out the differences, i'm mark kelly. coming up the plan on the table. tis the one you want to be thee cleanest. but using bleach leaves some stains behind. as this dye reveals. lysol toilet bowl cleaner does more. it removes the tough stains that bleach doesn't and it also disinfects. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now

. >>> thank you vern. play of the day nba j.j. redick and l. a.lippers, going to be the alley of this ooper and jordan. and here it goes. ball goes up and there's the dunk. clippers went on to beat the pistons in detroit 112-104 and a quick score, novak djokovic out in the australian open. lost in five sets. >>> well some new details about richard sherman's rant after sunday's nfc championship game. he's apologized. sherman is the sea hawk knowhow docked un-- who knocked down a pass in the end zone at the end of the game and then went on tv to brag about it and slammed san francisco's michael crabtree. >> the final play? >> well i'm the best corner in the game. when you try me with a star receiver like crabtree. that's the result you going to get. >> how can you forget that right? sherman told espn he apologizes for attacking an individual and taking the attention away from the fantastic game by his teammates. >>> one party got so heated it ended in gunfire. police say a 49er' fan shot and wounded two seahawks' fans in fresno on sunday. after the

it started with a gravel spill from the connecting ramp 580 to 68 and 680 south bound to vern l..--bkurnellburnell 6. in the southbound solidly backed up. if a slow traffic getting into livermore and along the floor of the valley that's backed up all the way down to 680 south bound at of personnel. staff smoke that's fan blowing across the roadway had no impact on the traffic. but as you can see that's changed. thankfully it's only a little sluggish. mostly on the southbound side heading to redwood city. >>erica: those offshore went really starting to die down we are looking at the possibility of breaking some records today. a full look at afternoon highs coming up in just a couple of minutes. >>darya: 637 and the 49ers getting in their last practices all week long and today, this afternoon that will be heading to seattle for the big game. there were up early because the jacki cecil is live at levi stadium in santa clara. you saw lights on. what time was that? >>:, the big question is our year gold a boot on right now. >>darya: i have to talk to gary because i don't know if these

a colleague, vern smith, a longtime medicaid director in michigan, early on after the supreme court decision said something to me that i just thought was crazy. he said, you know, this -- the court taking away the expansion from being mandatory and making it a state choice is going to end up being positive, because states that do the expansion are going to go through a process and embrace it as opposed to just doing it because they have to. and i thought that was kind of crazy. but over time i'm starting to see the wisdom of his reflection. which is that every state that moves forward now has a deeper understanding of the program, it's harder to fall back on the rhetoric of it's welfare or it's people who aren't working or it's a big public program when the reality is it's serving working families that the business community is supportive, that it's already largely delivered through private plans. and so don't get me wrong, i have a lot of concern about the pace of discussion, but the fact is we are having state-specific discussions about what fits substantively and politically in a way that

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caller: hello, i used to be a republican, i'm a desert storm vern.erbecame a socialist the capital system utterly failed me. to talk about a thing the gentleman just said about corporations how they pay for policy. in virginia and the poor condition of the tanks, i think that happened because that to have those inspections, you know, the and iy of them lowered, don't think the people living in the area would want those condition.such bad money to didn't spend improve them. guest: if someone was bribed, a againstofficial, that's the law and that can be prosecuted. that should not be confused with giving individuals and associations, corporations, nonprofits, the ability to speak freely. that's what this country is speech., is free host: we're talking with hands spakovsky, served on the federal election commission from to 2008. we'll go to karen next from chester, pennsylvania, caller.ic caller: thank you, good morning, i have two quick questions and answers. the first one is, you mentioned that if there's so much money to disclose,quired what is that

. >> we were behind the taxpayer cost for divorce and -- i'm verned about the cost that our governmenting. i agree with many of the points linda is making. i just don't think a we can mandate this, although i do think we should find ways to incentivize it. on the other end of the spectrum, i know there are people working on divorce prevention education that when people go into the divorce courts, at least one third of those marriages have the potential to be rescued. that's huge. those are huge numbers. we're finding if people can work through their hurdles and get through the tough times, five years later they're happy they stayed together. it may be we could require people to watch a video or take an on-line course about the high cost of what they're entering into during the divorce process. >> we want to thank you for the great debate on the big relationship talk of marriage. thanks for being with us. >>> coming up, the governor of new york telling conservatives there is no place for them in his state. new york sean hannity he's packing his bags and he's out of here. plus, does he h