alex ovenchin turns and broke his stick. alex is looking for a penalty call. podi challenged by downnie and knuble there locking horns with hedman and downnie will skate away. get smoked by alex ovenchin. craig: downnie at the last minute opinion downnie got the first lick with the left or the right. now pushing and shoving. it has been a frustrating night for the great 8 against tampa bay, defensively. joe: alex ovenchin made a beeline for downnie. knew he would have him cold right in front of the fence and put the hit on and downnie decided he was not going to take it. here comes downnie and alex ovenchin thought that was a broken stick. he will go to the bench and get it. circles right into the play and he has hit site on number nine. sees him at the last minute. there is that quick right upper. we'll see if downie gets the extra minor there as he got the first lick at alex ovenchin. joe: downie is a tough customer. craig: you knew he would take exception to it. joe: the fans giving their opinion. craig they could be happy to take off 8. down by three and t

>> reporter: hi, alex.e's cold snap is the worst in 30 years and we've seen snow closing roads and airports across the continent as icy blizzards from the arctic bring freezing temperatures and misery to millions. in britain, normally mild winters are just a memory, as schools close and millions stay home from work. local councils have used up so much gravel on the icy roads, they've run out of supplies, leaving thousands of secondary roads and sidewalks untreated, turning them into sheets of black ice. eurostar, the train service which links britain to france under the channel, is running on reduced services. in sweden, temperatures dropped 40 degrees below zero, putting a strain on energy supplies. heavy snowfall in the czech republic has prompted the government to ban trucks from its roads. spain reports thick snow in cat leona, and heavy rains in italy have risen concerns over water levels. venice is facing exceptionally heavy tides. meteorologists predicting the cold weather to continue at least throug

i'm alex witt. we have all those stories and much more ahead here on "msnbc saturday," including how scrap aluminum cans may provide the key to a couple's wedding day bliss. we're going to explain that for you. >>> but first, we begin with this week's record-breaking low temperatures. cold weather certainly not uncommon during winter, but extreme temperatures are being recorded from the plains to the south, including single digits for parts of alabama and tennessee. snow and ice were a dangerous combination there in atlanta. yeah, we just can't get enough of this video. look at that. yep, impact. there will be another one coming along in just a moment, and it's right there. can you imagine traveling on a sheet of black ice like that downhill? there's not much you can do to spot. we have good news to say that despite the many slick streets, there were few injuries to report, just grernd benders. dozens of car crashes have been reported. let's get the latest now from nbc's ron mott. cold there still?

alex? >> so, michelle, what do the airlines and tsa and lawmakers, what are they doing to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> they're looking at all the issues, how the video is maintained and kept. we could see congressional hearings out of this. we're also hearing that travelers also need to keep watch as well. >> yeah. okay. always be vigilant. thank you very much, michelle. >>> and two more security incidents involving air travel to tell you about this morning. british police have arrested three people on board a passenger jet at london's heathrow airport for allegedly making verbal threats to staff. a police spokesman says all three were removed from the emirates plane yesterday before takeoff. british authorities searched the jet and said they didn't find anything dangerous. >>> an unruly passenger on board an airtran flight forced that pilot to make an unscheduled stop in colorado. the flight was on its way from atlanta to san francisco when it diverted to colorado springs becaus

alex?, i understand that human abu al balawi's father is selling people that is his son in the video and he's blaming the u.s. for his son's death? >> reporter: absolutely. just hours after the first posthumous video came out, reuters released video of the father, khalil al balawi, lives in the eastern part of iman, confirming the person on the video, the taliban video, though we never see him actually looking at it, was indeed his father. he goes on to say how helpless and how devastated he felt. and, yes, he blames u.s. policy in the middle east for the actions of his son. i quote here, he said, the american oppression against the muslim world and injustice could turn anyone to this sort of thing. just to remind everyone, december 30th attack at the operating base killed seven cia employees and it was considered to be the worst single attack on the cia in decades. >> all right, from kabul, afghanistan, nbc's jim maceda, thank you, jim. >>> new jersey officials say a man accused of causing

>> alex, this is truly a debacle. i hope this individual is fired. it has to send a strong message to tsa and the community to hold people accountable for a terrible lapse like this. you're right. these areas are open normally for passengers to come out. we have to find it better ways to make it more difficult for people to pass-through, perhaps more doors. often glass doors open and close. this area is wide open. one person just walked away from his job. i hope he's fired, has to be held accountable. we have to use technology because always there will be some degree of human error. >> thank you for weighing in as always. >>> for more on the investigation of the christmas day plot plus a report on how some experts say terror watch lists have uses you can head to our website at msnbc.com. >>> president obama is trying to move washington away from the christmas day attempt and back to the economy. a report released friday shows the economy shed ten times more jobs than expected in december. that is not good news. mike is going to join me live to talk a

nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex! good call. >> joe: there's a tackle machine in the house. london fletcher taking tail action on a inside dc. caps on top by one. verd says you make the call on this. >> craig: here comes knuble right there. but very close to breaking the stick. and the nod because of the strength of markov. markov wanted the call. very close close with not protecting that. >> joe: fleischmann as a result his 15th unassisted at 5- 14. washington has the lead on the man advantage. brooks laich play its back to the point. fired with of price. price got the pad in the way. he's so good at protecting the lower part of the cage. spot check. didn't get it out. fleischmann fires and wide. price went to the split. washington outshooting montreal 19-7. cammalleri deals it back. >> craig: this is a carry over from their last game. the kings game had nine 5 on 5 shots the whole game. if the caps can stay under the puck and play this way the rest of the way they will be in good shape. >> joe: l.a. only had a total

although machelle joseph and alex montgomery are sure going to plead their case. it looks like they will win. the call overturned. give the ball to the jackets. >> lachina: offense to defense, that's the key for georgia tech. when brigitte ardossi in, on the offensive end, regins will sub in and out because of pressure on the full court and trying to get turnovers by the yellowjackets. >> be sure to stick around. we'll take you to the sec with arkansas at alabama coming up after this one. britny edwards maybe a little contact issue, trying to get that pressure on the sideline. inside to goodlett, nice to ardossi. sixteen points to ardossi as georgia tech has cut this lead down to seven. >> they have done it with their paint points. getting the ball to ardossi, sasha goodlett contributing. still not falling for tech, they are finding an answer inside. >> jenn: a hand on the ball, walthour there, but it's going out-of-bounds the way of the cavaliers. on the other end great vision by goodlett and great patience. the -- the patientce. what a shot there at the end of t

nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex!d call. >> let's do this in dcment it's the washington capitals and the canadiens. this opening draw by papa john's. the new captain is out there manning his left wing position along with nicklas backstrom and tonight mike knuble and alex ovechkin wears the c on the sweater. linesman cova chick and murray. the two eastern rivals and montreal playing especially well on the road. >> craig: they finished a seven game road trip. this is a team playing well. >> joe: 22 seconds in and the puck leaves the rink. good to see nicklas backstrom back. >> craig: he got hit hard in the boards in los angeles and left the game after 8 minutes. he said playing with a migraine is twice as hard as a regular headache. you can't see and you're blurry and your body gets numb and it's a bad bad feeling. >> joe: at the top of the screen, bruce boudreau has done shuffling to try and shuffle his team. >> craig: the one guy to watch in the lines is tomas fleischmann who's playing center regularly tonight. they a

the weather channel's alex wallace is in atlanta with a check on the weather. alex? >> yeah. absolutely, you mentioned some of that snow moving in across portions of new england and we continue to find that driving on by. generally coming in here from the north here and moving towards the south and the west, moving through parts of new york state, down into massachusetts, including around the boston area here for us, we're dealing with some of that snow. but we do anticipate to find that winding down a bit and picking up a bit for us as we head into portions of the great lakes. this is where we anticipate to see it increasing in the amounts here in terms of the accumulating snow. you can see around erie, 10 to 15 inches of snow going to be possible. less than that as we get towards pittsburgh, sort of in that general 1 to 2 inch range. syracuse for us, we could be measuring over a foot and lesser amounts as we move our way back into new england. looks like portland, maine, to boston, an additional 1 to 2 inches of snow for us. the story is going to be the wind here. starting

. >> alex montgomery playing 20 minutes per game. she's on the bench, not a starter after the knee injury. but i suspect she'll be in quickly. she did not have a good first half but she had lots of company. murphy having trouble. comes to the rescue boston college, the first possession of the second half. both bigs are in. swords playing with two fouls. murphy in the first half, dive it in to score she tries to skip it over to murphy and it's stolen by deja foster. foster down the floor. she'll see sharrena tailor, freshman that gets to start. >> taylor, rookie of the week. she has the ability to put up numbers, be an impact player. goor to bring out the freshman. >> brittanny johnson makes georgia tech pay for it. she has seven points in the ball game. back to 41-26. murphy picks it up. boston college will run given the opportunity, picco in transition a floater with the left hand. nice touch. bc stretches their lead. >> starting out the second half as they did the ball game in terms of switching the ball going to the inside. this z

that's the problem with the alex case. to the state remains -- nobody has been prosecuted or a arrested for this crime. and the people who are believed to be the suspected killers, some of whom have died -- but that is what is the problem. that is what since the message so loudly and clearly to the community. this happened in 1985. we are in 2009. it gives this idea killing is like the cure song. the idea of killing an arab is still something that was done with impunity. and interesting thing about the alex murder is that he sort of killed and reprisal for the mortar -- murder of klinghoffer, who the palestinians hijacked. reagan visits with klinghoffer's widow and there's all of this attention, stories are written about him. we know his favorite foods, the restaurants he liked to go to aid his neighborhood in the west village. and who alex ase has never gotten correct. sometimes the call and a plo activist -- it never says, they never can it get alex's story right and just like klinghoffer's widow, she was widowed and so

alex ovechkin probably 20 feet at the most in front of him. a rolling puck and it hit hillen apparently in the jaw. almost the lower teeth line. amazingly, the youngster under his own power went to the dressing room, but we have heard reports that he is at hospital now. ovechkin rink wide for green. wraifter that's blocked. moulson floats it down the wing. for trent hunter. wrister deflected by schultz and some 15 rows into the end zone seats. on our toyota league leaderboard, we focus in on alex again. >> craig: look at points per game, 1.63 ahead of sedin. both sedins. henrik and daniel ahead of thornton and crosby. our league leaderboard look at points per game leaders. last year, alex ovechkin 1.39 average over the course of the 79 games. so, he's well above that this year. >> joe: alexander semin on side at the line work brooks laich and tomas fleischmann as streittakes care of things in the new york zone. rick dipietro has come on for dwayne roloson and the caps have already pierced him once in this period. schremp, the lohn lone goal sc

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alex montgomery picked up her third foul on that play. step over and close that gap when it opened up for gerson. she'll head to the bench after a promising start. >> lachina: montgomery got that trying to rotate over to help defense, ardossi with the ball fake and left montgomery at the basket. help outside of the lane. >> jenn: we have a five-point ball game now. free throws from gerson continues to close the gap. ardossi calling for it inside. monica wright comes up on it. kellum loses the handle. bennett got up to that rebound, too. there's wright there under the rim. there's been a lot of play down there at that baseline, but who do you think this type of pace favors so far in this game, lachina? >> lachina: i think it's great for both teams. an uptempo game usually favors georgia tech. i like the way virginia is getting out of transition. usually more aggressive in going to the basket. >> jenn: virginia on 8:01. >> lachina: britny edwards tries a basket that doesn't go. >> jenn: you mentioned they don't get a lot of points out of he

come on, alex, the ref did not call that! i touched, it's their ball. team! alex. alex, good call. (announcer) at pizza hut we've got a deal for you! choose any pizza, any size any crust, and any toppings and pay just $10 bucks. you want a large meat lovers pizza? $10 dollars. maybe you're more of a large pan supreme kind of person. $10 dollars. thinking of a combination of your own? that's $10 dollars too. that's any pizza, any size any crust, and any toppings for just $10 dollars. all your favorites now just 10 bucks. only at pizza hut. >> mike h.: about read ary to start the second half here. before we do let's take a look at our united states marine corps leaders of the game. tracy smith leading all scorers with 14. scott wood hit two threes early but then wasn't heard from much the rest of the half. javier gonzalez with five points. brandon evans leading unc greensboro with eight. kyle randall with six points. sidney lowe talking to his team. trying to find the magic that they had early in the first half because they sure lost it in the last five or six minutes as unc greensbo

maybe some of the audience has, but for those that haven't, the killers of alex, have they ever been apprehended? do we know who they are? >> yeah, that is a great question. no, that is the problem with alex to this day nobody has been prosecuted were arrested for this crime and the people believed to be the killer some of whom have died, but that is what is the problem, that is what since the message loud and clear that this happened in 1985 we're in 2009 it gives this idea killing [inaudible] i don't know which reference to get the idea killing here this still something the was done with impunity and interesting things about the alex murder is he sort of killed and reprisal for the murder on the cruise liner that some palestinian militants hijacked, and reagan visited with his widow. there's all this tension, stories are written about him and we know his favorite foods, restaurants like to go to in his neighborhood in the west village and to alex is is never correct. sometimes the call and a representative or -- it never says, they never kind of get alex's story right, no. like the

alex tanguay, right? >> now i got myself confused. joe: correct. 11 on the year for vince lecavalier. 634 is the time and just his third. >> we were talking about that. it is amazing and that's why the team needs him and one of the keys was there. tampa bay jumps to the lead because of vince lecavalier. i know we are all getting old when we say vince lecavalier is a 12-year-old pro. brooks laich to dump it in. matt walker hustles back for it and now on for stanco. 19-year-old center playing. trickle to michal neuvirth so washing is washed out. tom gate and vince lecavalier on the viers tampa bay goal. one nothing for the capitals. >> the rink wise pass from knuble to backstrom did not hook up. joe: viktor headman will wait. another promises young star in this tampa bay lineup. steckel for the breakup for washington. bradley a step late. brian ponthier booms one in from center. >> the team completing line change as the head man is torn by steckel. brian malone, wing towing for downy. not going far and shaone morrisonn was ready. the ca

alex ovechkin a tough game against the los angeles kings in l.a. they held them very well close to the net. a lot of shots picked up by jonathan. the caps popped up a shorty. that usually doomsday a team and the eventual game-winner. alex ovechkin and the caps lost three straight. >> 2009 did not end up well in relation. 2010 not off to a good start and they try to change that tuesday against montreal. >> we hope so. >>> up next, we'll hear from the head coach of the capitals. >>> maryland trys to rebound from its loss to william & mary. the terps at greensboro at 1:00 right here on comcast sportsnet. we're back. [holiday music] ♪ fa-la-la-la... ♪ la-la-la-la... ♪ they really made him drop. ♪ a perfect gift so sure to lift the hostess right next door. ♪ ♪ oh! give the gift of scratchers... ♪ ♪ give all four and more. give the gift of scratchers...♪ ♪ and watch their spirits soar. holiday scratchers from the virginia lottery. welcome home, man. >>> welcome back the capitals looking to end a losing streak. they get 8 shorthanded goal. what is your ga

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alex the great ovenchin. and why fame and fortune has not changed him. >>> and paying tribute to a man that taught everybody about the game. >> and then a dream comes true for one high school baseball player, a story that will warm your heart holiday season. >> hello and welcome to this special edition of net impact. i'm art fa nel. this is the best of 2009 report where we look back at some of the stories that touched most and kept us talking. like the first report that we called a father's tribute when we went under the lights on the biggest stage in major league baseball where yankee catcher jose molina could not help but reflect on the death of his father. this year was particularly emotional for all of the brothers. we begin the coverage of a truly remarkable story. >> they are the quintessential baseball family, the molinas, ben gypping, jose and yadar, a rare feat three brothers playing ints. the backbone is gone. ben molina santana passed away at at the age of 58. >> it is like somebody take your heart

i'm david chuter in today for alex witt. we'll have all those stories. >>> plus, the big changes coming to your credit card account. >>> first up, this sunday morning we're following breaking news. an active threat by al qaeda has forced a closure of the u.s. embassy in yemen. the suspect in the christmas day plane bombing attempts as he got his marching orders from al qaeda in yemen. an emerging front in the war on terror. all 500 u.s. embassy employees in yemen have been instructed to stay away from their job until further notice and to remain inside their homes as much as possible. >> there are indications that al qaeda's planning to carry out an attack in the capital of yemen. >> we know they're tarpthing our embassy personnel and we want to safeguard our diplomats and others down there. it was the prudent step to take. >> nbc's mike viqueira joins us now live from the white house. mike, fill in some of the gaps about what the administration is saying. >> reporter: david, it was the president himself who yesterday in his

i'm david schuster in for alex witt. welcome to msnbc sunday. it is 11:00 eastern time, 8:00 in the pacific. here's what's happening right now. >>> but first up, al qaeda threatening americans overseas. an active threat has forced the closure of the u.s. embassy in yemen. the british embassy has also been closed. the suspect in the christmas day plane bomb attempt said that he got his marching orders from al qaeda operatives in yemen and today all 500 u.s. embassy employees there have been instructed to stay away until further notice and to remain inside their homes as much as possible. new details were revealed this morning on nbc's "meet the press." >> there are indications that al qaeda's planned to carry out an attack in sana, the capital. yemen. we know they are targeting or embassy personnel and we want to safeguard our diplomats and others down there so it was the prudent step to take. >> nbc's mike viqueira joins us now live from the white house. the administration's trying to portray this as out of an abundance of caution. but anything

and let's get a look at the weather now with alex. now is very much suzanne i give morning to you and a very happy new year. the weather. well it's more the same it's bitterly bitterly cold once more and we have more met office. severe weather warnings in force but snow and ice could be pretty slippery. if you heading out particular course. eastern counties of england and scotland this is the radar showing the shallow as the showers are of snow as well especially across north east england. southeast got an answer to northern scott a more heavy snow falling here. for the west many places. actually dry and sunny but so bitterly cold the snow showers continue to feed in especially for. mari. and aberdeenshire throughout the day after the ten centimeters of snow is possible. could well be covering this morning across the borders. spreading its way as south was that line of snow showers into northeast doing that for the south mainly amateur rain sleet and snow showers across east anglian the southeast but falling on the roads and freezing

>>ehrer: what about the comparison betweenark maguire and the alex rriguez case. thiss of course the story of thstar of the new york yankees. you covered that story and helped break that stor since th there's been manny ramirez of the dgers. both of them will stl be playing baseball come ring, right? >> that's right. ey have chances i mean as you' seen with alex rodriguez this yr, he has a ance to keep hitting homers and peop love you when you do that. the same thing wh manny ramirez. he maye a little less so but he still known as a happy-go-lucky g. you get back to the eld and you perform well. you know, manny was takingp a probmatic drug for sports because it undetectable. th're active. they can rehab rabilitate their images in a way that mark maguire can't do anore. >> lehrer: based on yo reporting d your colleagues at "sports iustrated"'s reportin what is the state of drug use in major srts right now? is there any w to measure that there really isn't. what i actually found while was reportg that alex rodriguestory is that even the players themlves really don'k

he's a staff writer there and helped break the alex rodriguez story last year. david epstein, welcome. so it's pretty much already well known and believed that mark maguire used steroids to... when he was hitting his home runs, right? >> that's right. i think when you go in front of congress and you tell them when they ask you if you used performance enhancing drugs you say you're not there to talk about the past it's pretty much the end of that story. it's been a foregone conclusion for a whi. >> lehrer: why did he finally come clean today or yesterday? >> well, going in, you know, he'll be going into the season as the cardinals' hitting coach. if he hadn't, this just would have been a protracted game of media speculation and criticism. i think he kind of opted to have this story burn brightly and briefly rather than just drag out and distract him from what was going on in the field and with the team he'll be working for. >> lehrer: what do you make of maguire's claim to bob costas that there's no connection between his steroid use and the fact that he hit all

alex, all. >> bob: acc college hoops from tallahassee, florida state leads virginia tech 32-25. just ano ended. and then what's happening overall in the conference. from top to bottom, parity is the by-word. you've got virginia getting ready to play miami at home tonight. they're the only team in the league left that's unbeaten in conference play. clemson now 3-1 after their win against nc state today. and then you've got duke and wake forest getting ready to tee it up on sunday night hoops tomorrow. earlier today, georgia tech wept to chapel hill and won. and you've got this one cooking here, after the maryland victory in boston college. we talked to the head coach of the seminoles, leonard hamilton about this year's acc race. >> there's no doubt that the acc is off to a good start. we have been one of the more dominant leagues in the country for many years. but this year, it seems like the team has stepped it up a little bit. i think we're surprising a lot of people with the quality of how well the acc teams are playing. >> bob: leonard hamilton, of florida state. his point gu

it looked way too easy and looks like alex got up and everyone else just, i thought there was a whistle just gave up on that play, so, that should never happen. changes are inevitable and they will happen -- in san diego. jim zorn might be out, jason campbell, they're all free agents. the team could look different. >> reporter: we're here in san diego. does it get better than this one? -- and they known for. for me, it's about anchorman. in the movie, you might remember -- saying times, they are changing. you can't control it. i won't stress myself about it. i will will be here. if not, i won't and that is in this locker room. it won't. all you can do, like i say, get stuff out there. >> a lot of guys have not been talking about it, a lot of guys were trying to be okay and get to san diego and play as hard as we can. sure to get a lot of quick decisions and coming up soon. san diego, i am completely miserable. hard to be miserable in southern california. in san diego, dave ross, fox 5 sports. >> thank you, ross. bring me back sand, please. this is our sunday lineup tomorrow. the redskin

alex tias and macklund and parsons, nores has a lot of size.around the basket. >> whit: outstanding freshman, we talk about the kentucky freshmen. every weekend you have to mention kenny boiykins. >> barry: playing under control and unselfishly, he's rolling for florida, knocking down the three-point shot. gators doing a good job beyond the three-point arc. that seemed to be a question early on. but the gators in conference games shooting 38% from three-point range. really effective outside. so far this year. >> whit: now on the tennessee side, wayne chism, 16 rebounds in a loss to vanderbilt on wednesday. he seems to do whatever the team needs. some nights it s it's on the gl. other nights it other places. >> barry: they need to score on the glass. and wayne chism had injury problems, tailbone problem before christmas and has a sprained knee now that he suffered at the end of the alabama game. but wayne chism struggling with his health, after the georgia game that he had the injury to the knee. the vols really need him to be effective around t

dan warner and alex tyus are the forwards.for the wolf pack, the hub of this team is in the middle. tracy smith, outstanding junior. fourth in the acc in scoring and rebounding. flanked by gonzalez and williams. scott wood, the freshman, and the senior, dennis horner fills the other forward position. when we come back, we've got today's tipoff. these clubs played a great one in gainesville a year ago today, won by florida by two. the rematch, in raleigh is next, on acc sunday night hoops. [ male announcer ] the lexus december to remember sales event. now through january 4th. ♪ special lease offers now available on the 2010 rx 350. ♪ >> bob: welcome back to raleigh, everybody, as we get set for the start of the florida/nc state game. the gators have been introduced and now the wolf pack being introduced to this crowd here at the rbc center. the last time the gators played here was in the 2004 ncaa tournament. a first round loss to manhattan. a gator ball club that opened its s.e.c. conference play in nashville against vanderbil

come on, alex, the ref did not call that! i touched, it's their ball. team! alex. alex, good call.t with great speed and then the stop here. now, watch al-farouq aminu. he will make the pass to smith and then he will go down to the baseline where he's going to be in position. there's the fake by smith, and so aminu doesn't stand and watch. he gets the rebound and gets down the court and makes the pass. >> ron: when you look at skofing for xavier, they have to get more production from some of their shooters. >> dan: we talked about their backcourt. combine lyons, holloway, and redford, they are only 5 for 22 with a total of 18 points among them. > >>> it's a new year's present as number 21 clemson comes to cameron to take on number seven duke. can the tigers quiet the crazies and get their first win here in years. or will the sharp shooting lead the devils to another home win? it's january. we're back to playing our neighbors. rite here on "acc sunday night hoops." caption funding provided by fox sports net >>> this was the scene just moments ago outside venerable cameron indoor sta

nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex!ing "best damn's top 50 outrageous moments." >> he hurt himself leaping up and down. >> leonlet no! ♪ >> there he goes off into space. whoa, what happened here? >> i've never seen this in a ballpark in my life. >> he's on the bottom of the pile. >> here go again. >> the band is out on the field! >> so there are the first 48. that means we have reached the top two, you guys. ready for number two? not much to say about it. he bit his ear. watch. >> number two, an earful. >> that's the jab mike had in the first fight. >> what happened here? >> he got bit, i think. >> evander holyfield. look out! he clipped his ear! >> he got bit on the ear. >> oh, my goodness. bloody right ear. holyfield bit by mike tyson. >> for tyson, that vicious exhibition. >> he bit his ear. can you go on? >> yes. >> okay. >> do you believe this? this is getting stranger and stranger. we're getting to see strange things happen in boxing. >> major controversy here in round three. >> a very angry evander holyfield now.

i'm david shooster in for alex witt. we'll have all of that plus is gold the way to go in the coming year? we're going to begin first with some new fallout from the failed bomb attack in a detroit-bound aircraft. the american and british embassies in yemen have now been closed down today. the united states government cites an active al qaeda threat. the suspect in the christmas day plane bomb attempt says he got his marching orders from al qaeda in yemen, an emerging front in the war on terror. we've learned general david petraeus paid a surprise visit to yemen meeting with yemeni officials and meeting with u.s. military commanders. petraeus says the united states will double counterterrorism aid to yemen this year. >>> president obama set to return to washington tomorrow ahead of a tuesday meeting with top national security officials on the series of failures that allowed the bomb suspect to board a plane, armed with explosives. joining us now live richard wolf, an msnbc political analyst. richard, the developments in g

alex? what is our situation with time? >> [inaudible] >> one more question and then we will do a book signing. >> good evening. i'm a second semester seniors at brandeis which means i'll graduate this may. for the past four years of been taking courses on justice and liberty and in doing case studies on developing nations being taken advantage of by multinational corporations and writing papers about the dominating power of money interest in this and that and now it's time to graduate and get a job. [laughter] if those things are all well and good from behind my desk in my room, but when i look at my job options for next year realistically a lot of the things i'm looking at our consulting firms or jobs in the financial world and i have a lot of friends also wore more politically liberal who are taking jobs and investment banking and fields like this, not necessarily firms that have a dirty records, human rights wise but send a part of what you're talking about. someone like me who was more on the fence, a stock in an ethic

come on, alex, the ref did not call that! i touched, it's their ball. team! alex. alex, good call. of their lives. >> one story inspired all of us to do better. what started out as a humanitarian mission to africa for two nfl play earths from the chicago bears ended up in a life saving mission. from sports net chicago, here is dan higgins with the story we called gridiron guardian. >> i think god has put people in the right time and place for things like this situation like this. we didn't pass the buck. >> two defensive line men and two teammates united in a goal to establish nfl supremacy. away from football there's another purpose that unites them. in a place a world away from soldier feel. >> during the off season the two bears were joined by teammate tommy harris on a special trip to nigeria for willie and who say born in to royalty, the africa journey was a home coming. >> this trip was two fold, we wanted for have a football camp where we were teaching nfl style football to youth and have a mel clinic where we were servicing world cities in -- outside of laos and the capital

alex!ling us they're familiar not only with each other but their system. they said there will be no secrets tonight. it's like a conference game. i think it's also no secret if you're wake forest right now, number one, tough rebound the ball better, and you better start hitting your free throws. >> dan: i thought xavier did a really nice job. they got their big guys in trouble, but nonetheless, they outrebounded wake forest and got aminu in foul trouble. >> ron: jenn hildreth caught up with head coach chris mack. >> jenn: tremendous effort by your team on the boards but what are some things you think you need to do better in the second half? >> i think, number one, we have to keep them off the foul line. they shot way too many free throws and it was our fault. they got to the bonus very early. i think seven minutes in. you can't play like that. you don't play as aggressive. you have to limit those guys getting to the foul line in the second half. >> jenn: thanks, coach. good luck. >> ron: l

philadelphia residents alex and nica went through ramped up measures on their flight from belgium sunday but weren't impressed. >> they looked through my bag and they missed one bag, so sort of felt very artificial. >> reporter: the new guide lines come more than a week after a man allegedly tried to blow up a u.s.-bound plane on christmas day. airports around the world have been on alert ever since. another security breach just last night forced one. country's busiest airports to come to a complete stand still. >> we were simply told to vacate the area and to move upstairs. >> reporter: flights were grounded for areas at new york's jersey airport after a man slipped past security by entering through a check point exit. thousands of passengers had to be rescreened, including sergio who had just boarded his flight when he was told to get off. >> they fwhouns that had we had to go through security, so we went back to the gate and then we ended up here. >> despite a six hour lockdown, travelers were tired, but some didn't mind the delay. >> security doesn't worry me. the more the better. >>

nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex! good call. >> mike: 14-point northeastern lead second half at matthews arena in boston, massachusetts. let's take a look at northeastern, schedule coming up here. they're trying to win their sixth in a row which we thought would be the longest streak under head coach bill coen in his four years. what do you think with theupcoming schedule? >> mark: they have very winnable games coming up and it's a possibility they can continue this winning streak. >> mike: they certainly do. coach coen saw his team shoot the lights out from the three- point line here tonight. 8-14 and they need to keep it up for another 12:00 and then they'll hand george mason their first conference loss of the season. >> mark: i'm sure coach coen would love to get a bottle of this and bottle it up and take it to every game the way they're shooting tonight. >> mike: good team basketball. they moved the ball around very well. unselfish. it hasn't been all three-point shooting. we've seen other great plays inside and n

thank you alex. and thank you however you are who applauded. [laughter] if you did not applaud, thanks anyway. alex is from back pages books, right here on monday street, and they are responsible for this and i want to thank them. i hope it doesn't mind my saying this, but they are a struggling little bookstore and they need support like all struggling little bookstores, and i think that we need to direct people more to bookstores into libraries away from television, away from the newspapers. i say away from television even though i know there is a television camera focused on us right now. the question is, will they turned us off as a result of this? this is different. this is special. [laughter] and so yeah, this book, "a power governments cannot suppress," a man named gregory decided on his book. i didn't really write the book. i wrote the stuff that is in it. and he put it together. that is, it is a bunch of essays that i've done over the last three or four years many of them for the progressive magazine, some of them here and there. i did

alex, i want to start with the headline.bama promises to help democrats sell a final health care bill. what did he say yesterday? guest: he told them that he wants to get the bill done, for starters. that he appreciates all of their work. and after they pass this final bill in the next few weeks, he is going to go across the country, coast to coast, trying to sell it to the american people. host: there is also a headline that there was a deal struck yesterday between the white house and labor unions. what are the details? calguest: they agreed to modify an excise tax that is a big piece of the financing. it would fall on health insurance plans that have high premiums starting at about $85,000 for individuals or $23,000 for families. they raised the threshold to about 24,004 families. but in a bigger compromise with unions they agreed to exempt collectively bargained health plans from this tax entirely until 2018. host: there is also a lot of discussion between the white house and house democrats and senate democrats about ex

alex ander semin has been sizzling of late. who else will step up?>>> winning games lately hasn't been a surprise, russ, but a goal last night from johner skin was a welcome surprise. >> actually a goal and assist pretty impressive for number 4 for the caps. everybody chipped in against the new york -- landers are. great play low allowing morrison to get the nice tip in, and then he scored one himself. it was 109 games since he scored a goal, and there he gets one of seven in his career, a great night for number four. >> mike green is in the best when it comes to points from defenders. >> the rest of the team has a combined 60 points total, three guys other than green with 10 or more points. >> living life in the western conference, the anaheim dicks done visit here very often. it's the fest time they've been here since december of '06, but the caps get a dose of western flavor tonight. >> and the ducks are a couple of games below 500, but you look at the western conference and their success, 7-4-1, only buffalo a better record, allowing about one fe

. >> that was alex montgomery with the pass. she continues out there.players in the acc. a knee injury knocked her out of the starting heinup. have that knee all summer long, into the fall. limited to 20 minutes a game. brown, that one nestles out and foul by picco on the reach. >> much better boxout by georgia tech exemplified by the ball hitting the floor. everybody froze. a little shot clock going off a little rebound boxout. georgia tech having to address the rebounding issue is more focused on how to box out. >> georgia tech number 21 in the country. a lot of expectations after three consecutive ncaa trips. they are a relatively young team three sophomores including sasha goodlett who puts in her third bucket of the ballgame. she's got six and it's a nine-point lead. thoman a nice job of running. with the ball boston college. picco is a three-point threat. that a little strong and turnover for boston college. but a good start so far for sylvia crawley and the eagles. pdy? t it imater, re i d n not tionamag ff ynt ad [gr >>> sylvia crawley and bos

alex the great ovenchin. fortune has not changed him. >>> and paying tribute to a man that taught everybody about the game. >> and then a dream comes true for one high school baseball player a story that will warm your heart holiday season. >> hello and welcome to this special edition of net impact. i'm art fa nel. this is the best of 2009 report where we look back at some of the stories that touched most and kept us talking. like the first report that we called a father's tribute when we went under the lights on the biggest stage in major league baseball where yankee catcher jose molina could not help but reflect on the death of his father. this year was particularly emotional for all of the brothers. we begin the coverage of a truly remarkable story. >> they are the quintessential baseball family, the molinas ben gypping jose and yadar, a rare feat three brothers playing ints. the backbone is gone. ben molina santana passed away at at the age of 58. >> it is like somebody take your heart and threw it in the

alex ovechkin going to fire and score. that's his 28th of the yore. washington within one an 4-3.ater in the third. puff on net. and nicklas backstrom for the redirect. all tied at 4. o.t. florida with a chance. nathan horton. jose theodore making a huge save. shootout. that's right. >> first career shutout goal. caps tomorrow all the way back to win it 5-4. >> 5-4 your final. alex ovechkin with his league leading 28 goal of the season. >> we will have bruce boudreau coming up later at 11:00 p.m. dc united goaltender troy perkins is returning to the black and red but he will not come without a price. united is sending fred its first round pick in tomorrow's super draft so the team can switch places in the allocation order. that will allow united to acquire him. he was named the league's goal keeper of the year with united in 2006. >>> american footballs. concussions in the forefront in the nfl. hitting close to home a couple months ago when clinton portis suffered what amounted to a season ending concussion. jill sorenson joins us with more on this ever growing issue. >> as we sho

is just reflective of the office iraq conflicted culture we are in korea i think this is smart for alexeflective of the off the rack conflicted culture we are in. i think eventually he will get into the hall because he did not completely lie about it like mark mcgwire or take the fifth like mark mcgwire. >> my lawyer has advised me that i cannot answer these questions without jeopardizing my friends, my family, and myself. bill: do you think the fans to immortalize him? i do. >> if you have made that kind of money, there is not a whole lot. living hell takes on a whole different -- when you are in sub-saharan africa, that is a living hell. he will have some reporters in his face. bill: the werber is you are going to be on dancing with the stars shortly -- the rumor is that. is that true? >> i heard you are going to be on next year with barney frank. bill: i am not dancing with barney frank. if i am on that show, and margaret is going to be on with me. >> you are walking around doing a poor what -- doing a turn. bill: listen, i used to be a wicked disco guy. but you are big on this "danc

her father alex, her younger brother henry, her younger sister alexandra, are all missing in haiti.oseph felix, he is her uncle. his father is his brother. he's trying to help her locate the missing family member. louis champaign is the brother and his father, louis, is missing. also joining us with tea leoni. the famed actress and unicef ambassador. tatiana, what have you heard from your family, if anything? >> i haven't heard anything at all. i've been calling since last night. no answer. my father's cell phone just goes to voice mail. i've been calling some friends and they heard from one or two family members. i'm asking if they can -- their family members can go somewhere and try to see if they could find my dad and my little sister and my little brother. but due to no communication, it's very difficult. there is no answer. i've been -- i mean, any efforts i've been trying has just failed. >> larry: joseph, the same with you? >> yes. actually, i started just before i came over, i started sending text messages over to haiti, because i found out that people from haiti are sending

>> i find everything interesting, just like alex was saying. i lover learning about everything and and politics is interesting to me. but i could never consider a career in it because it's such a dirty game, like it's -- >> what makes you think it's a dirty game? >> there's so much lying involved and so much he said-skhebs it's just -- >> can you give me an example of somebody in politics who has lied? [laughter] >> there's not enough time. >> there's not enough time. >> you know, you're -- not answering the question. >> i'm learning. that's what i'm learning. >> you're learning, huh. do you actually think people in politics lie? >> i do. i honestly feel that they will do anything to get what they want and it's just -- they will step on each other'stous. i don't -- not literally, i mean, figuratively. >> you don't think they'd literally step on somebody's toes? >> they might, you never know. >> where do you expect to be in 10 years? >> wow. i'd either be in the entertainment industry. i'd want to be an actress. i've been in the entertainment in

. >>> good morning, i'm chris jansing, in for alex witt. we'll have all of that and new laws in effect for this year. >>> but we begin this hour with the latest on the potentially huge winter storm. it's expected to hit northern new england states today. in portland, maine, a significant amount of snow is expected there and across the state. nbc meteorologist bill karins joins me now. bill, good morning. looks nasty out there. >> it depends where you're traveling. these are area that's get snow but this is a real busy time. a lot of people are trying to return from the holidays and the roads are horrendous. hearing about accidents on i-95 through connecticut, portions of rhode island and even up to massachusetts and maine. we had light snow overnight and it's kind of a fine, fluffy snow. so it's very slippery out there on the roads. that's probably the worst of it. this is going to be like this for the next two days. for that matter, feel it anywhere in the lower united states, lower 48 that is, the weather pattern stopped. what have you to