el pelotero alex rodriguez desistio de su demanda contra las grandes ligas. ♪ ♪ ♪ el astro de los yaquisjugadores de beisbol.de esta manera, rodrigez acepto la suspension por toda la temporada de 2014, considerada la sancion mas larga en la historia del deporte rodriguez ha reiterado su inocencia y habia presentado la demanda en su intento por revocar la suspension por usar sustancias prohibidas. uno de los temas mas espinosos que ha tenido que enfrentar la iglesia catolica es el abuso sexual por parte de sacerdotes!! el tema fue abordado en la encuesta global entre ctolicos que comisiono univision, al tiempo que la iglesia catolica llevaba a cabo su consulta sobre el estado de la familia y el matrimonio!!!hena cuevas nos ptiene un adelanto. los resultados de la encuesta de noticias univision seran revelados en una edicion especial de "aqui y ahora" este domingo a las 7 de la noche, 6 centro", y tambien en univision noticias punto com. la vigesimo-segunda olimpiada de invierno comenzo hoy con la inauguracion oficial de los juegos, considerados los mas caros y los juegos olimpicos de invi

>> scott, as i looked at everything on all the players, then i got to alex rodriguez, you put all the drug things on one side and then all the things that he did to impede our investigation and really do things that i had never seen any other player do, i think 211 games was a very fair penalty. >> pelley: that suspension was later reduced by an arbitration judge to 162 games. still, the yankee third baseman will be out the entire 2014 season. today athletes from 87 nations marched into the olympic stadium during the opening ceremony for the sochi games. it was a celebration that caused one russian t.v. host to exclaim "welcome to the center of the universe." russia certainly hopes that sports will now move the center of attention off of terrorism and gay rights. mark phillips is our man at the games. >> reporter: in sochi and across russia, they gathered to watch an opening ceremony that celebrated what russia wants the world to see: its rediscovered pride and power. the opening took a world t.v. audience through russia's history, its cultural greatness, even a sanitized version of i

the players union also issued a statement saying alex rodriguez has done the right thing by withdrawing his lawsuit. his decision to move forward is in everyone's best interests. now rodriguez is he be suspended for his link to the biogenesis scandal. major league baseball handed out a 211 game suspension. but after arbitration his suspension was reduced to 166 games including the postseason. rodriguez filed a lawsuit against everyone and tonight dropped all lawsuits. ted coreless, alexalities claimed he didn't do anything wrong. >> as a lawyer my favorite part of the lawsuit is the end, which is what we have now. the problem with a-rod continuing with all of these lawsuits is at some point in time he was going to find himself underoath in a deposition and was going to have to say officially whether or not he had used the substances that triggered the suspension. unfortunately there was a mountain of evidence that if he had said that he might very well be subject to perjury saying those things under oath. this was an important time for him to make that decision, because he had to answer

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alex rodriguez forfetes his salary. he'll be 40 when he's eligible to return. >> major league baseball issued this statement, regarting the dismissed suits. alex rodriguez's actions show a desire to return to the field. there is the statement from major league baseball. the players union issued a statement saying: >> the attorney with a legal perspective on the timing. >> the problem with a-rod continuing with all the lawsuits is some point in time he'd find himself understand oath in a deposition. he was going to have to say whether or not he had used the substances that triggered the suspension. there's a mountain of evidence to suggest that if he had said that he may have been subject to perjury for saying those things under oath. this was an important time tore him to make the digs because they had to answer the motion to dismiss, filed by major league baseball in the injunction. >> turning to the n.b.a., indiana sets the pace. the pacers seeking home-court advantage as they look to unseat the heat. last night again

alex rodriguez had a change of hard. a-rod dropped his lawsuits against major league baseball, and everyone. and will accept a suspension for the upcoming season, including play-off games. he will forfeit his $25 million salary that he would have made and will be 40 years young when he's eligible to return in 2015. the league issued this statement: >> now, the players union issued a statement saying: >> earlier tonight i got a chance to speak to a sports attorney. the big question - why did a-rod drop the charges. he claimed he didn't do anything wrong? >> the problem with a-rod continuing with all of these lawsuits is some point in time he would find himself under oath in a deposition and would have to say officially whether he had used substances that triggered the suspension. unfortunately there's a mountain of evidence suggesting that if he had said that he may have been subject to perjury. >> can a-rod's attorneys develop a strategy to get back on the field? >> no. the fact that he filed would be evidence against hi

alex rodrÍguez debe cumplir con la sanciÓn de 162 partidos. ahora nos vamos con el toque final.rriente. (risas) >>> todo una polÉmica de los juegos de sochi. >>> pero muy colorido al final del camino termino muy bien. >>> muchas gracias. >>> buenas noches. >>> la familia rivera responde a las acusaciones de una amiga de la familia. ♪ hllnñ >>> gustavo rivera ho hoy respondiÓ las declaracion de la demanda. >>> luego de que ayer laura nos explicÓ por quÉ denuncia a la familia. y gustavo saliÓ en defensa de su hermana. para mi todo este falso, por quÉ los que son dueÑo son los hijos de jenny. hubo muchas personas que son amigas de mi hermana jenny y se voltearon. yo de verdad no conozco muy bien a la persona, he hablado en mi vida como dos veces como ella, no puedo decir nada malo de ella, pero tampoco nada bien, pero amigas no hacen esto. ella esta lastimando a la familia. >>> mi hermana rosi no es perfecta, pero ella solamente sabe lo que pasa el moral que trae. >>> y la pobre jenny no puede descansar tranquila aÚn. >>> si conoce alguien que no tiene sonido, precione el me menu d

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just when you thought alex rodriguez would never back down from his claims of innocence, the yankee slugger has withdrawn his lawsuit against major league face-off. he will serve a season-long suspension. monthscision comes four after an arbitrator upheld the penalty handed down by baseball commissioner budelect -- news.r nears -- troy brouwer is there to do his thing. he responds against the jets. washington will play before the olympic break against the devils. , a nationals signed pitcher 2.9 e.r.a.. >> a-rod still climbing he didn't do it. >> with drawing. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i could and got her a subaru. (girl) piece of cake. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. four hours on the slopes.hours on weights. and two hours doing this stuff. which leaves me approximately two minutes to get my banking done. so i use the citi mobile app to quickly check my accounts and pay my bills. whicleaves me about five seconds to kick back. that was nice. bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. citi, with you

and in sport alex rodriguez end his dispute with major league baseball. andy with that and the rest of the sport in half an hour. >> it has been known as africa's forgotten war. armed groups fighting for control of the country which has vast mineral resources. among the youngest victims children recruited as soldiers. mimi were recruited. some morphed into groups seeking autonomy. 600 homes in the region have been destroyed as rebels raised villages. more than 400,000 people have been displaced. well, there is a remote area that locals call the triangle of death. our correspondent met former child soldiers who returned from there. >> a few months ago the girls were child soldiers in democratic republic of congo. they were rescued when the rebels in their group surrendered to the conk golees army -- congolese army. >> translation: the lorry came the the children went, the adults stayed behind. >> it's not safe for the girls to go home. they get psych logical help and learn a trade. some were forced to join armed groups when villages were looted and burnt.

. >> the yankees alex rodriguez has announced he is dropping his lawsuit filed against major league baseballuspended for 211 games for violating the drug agreement and labor contract. the penalty was cut short to 162 games. today, he says he accepts the extension. it is the longest penalty in the sport's history. >> we turn to a watchdog investigation tonight. because of the brutal winter. our region has endured a dozen winter storms. our road crews that had no choice but to spend millions to repeatedly treat the roads. more than five weeks left before the winter ends, our team investigates whether our local government has enough money left to pay for snow removal and road treatments. >> imagine how things would be around here if the road salt ran out. if there wasn't money to pay the the plows.drive >> it would be a mass. .> it would be a disaster >> maryland is budgeted $46 million to battle winter. they have spent 70 million. the northern virginia district plans to spill $63 million. they have blown through 80 million. >> when we started the winter season, we a capacity for three years 60

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they success -- alex rodriguez dropping his lawsuit against the league. she suspended him for 160 -- they suspended him for 162 games saying this is in the best interest of everybody, alex. just walk away. >>> maryland and georgetown running out of time, the two heavy hitter programs in the area lacked a little punch when it comes to college basketball. combined 19 losses already in the first week of february. maryland is hosting maryland state and georgetown in a must win game. butler pays a visit to the verizon center tomorrow and if you don't know by now, butler shticks, but at 13-9 -- stinks, but at 13-9 georgetown has not played very well either with a five-game losing streak which coach thompson described as? >> we learned that losing stinks and it hurts and, you know, we're in a hole and we still are climbing out of that hole. we're not out of that hole yet. we just realized we have to do a lot of things a lot better. >> perhaps out of time, but a -- ran out of time, but a good story at 11:00 about the redskins doing work in the community. >> now a

wipe vo --alex rodríguez ha retirado sus demandas legales contra el béisbol de grandes ligas, el comisionado, el proceso legal le terminaria costando mas de 10 millones de dolares en honorarios... y tomemos en cuenta esta temporada no cobrara su sueldo, que es alrededor de $25 mdd.... wipe vo --los atleticos de oakland volveran a contar con su jardinero y primer bate, coco crisp, pues los atleticos y el jugador llegaron a un acuerdo por dos aÑos mas con opcion a una tercera campaÑa.... en el 2013, crisp bateó para .261 con 22 dobles, tres triples, 22 jonrones, 66 carreras producidas y 21 bases robadas. wipe vo blanca --asi llegamos al final de blanca --asi llegamos al final de nuestro programa. --le esperamos el lunes a las --asi llegamos al final de nuestro programa. --le esperamos el lunes a las 6 y a las once --que descanse, buenas noches., feliz fin de semana! end show (♪). >> es viernes olÍmpico en titulares y mÁs coors light. >> las Águilas de karim siguen volando bien alto. >> y duelo de felinos por telemundo y tenemos la previa. >> y a disfrutar de nuestro musical con renzo, ya estam

. >> en el bÉisbol de grandes ligas finalmente tirÓ la toalla alex rodrÍguez y retirÓ las demandas contraconstrucciÓn el obrero se lastimÓ mientras desmanto lab una grÚa que fue utilizada para instalar el techo del inmueble. >> vamos a la bundesliga. >> ante el bayern leverkusen no debutÓ andrÉs guardado pero se llevÓ la victoria, sumando asÍ 43 unidades a 10 de lÍder. >> y la visita de piojo herrera parece que le vino como anillo al dedo al mexicano hÉctor moreno quien le terminÓ dando la victoria al espaÑol con este golpe de cabeza el equipo jugÓ con un hombre menos desde el minuto 29 vamos a mÉxico porque en pocos minutos estarÁ comenzando la fecha 6 en el torneo mexicano, tijuana en el estadio caliente estarÁ enfrentando a monterrey, maÑana querÉtaro a veracruz. >> tigres, santos, leÓn pumas y atlas morelia. >> con prueba y chivas. >> toluca y chiapas y atlante ante la mÁquina cementera de la cruz azul. >> el comitÉ de apelaciÓn decidiÓ mantener el cago tiing de suspensiÓn para cristiano ronaldo, asÍ que no le hicieron el favor de bajarle la suspensiÓn. >> el cruz azul va puntero. >>

ya tenemos adelante sin alex rodrÍguez que aceptÓ una suspensiÓn, alex rodriguez retirÓ ya dos demandassas. >>> y eso que no me pueden decir. >>> y cuando dice golazo, azo azo azo. >>> vamos a la pausa. y mÁs adelante alejandro fernÁndez mete la pata y revela un video. >>> y atenciÓn california, meche va a buscar talento por estas tierras. >>> y otra exclusiva, hÉctor "el father" confiesa todo desde su iglesia de puerto rico. >>> y este domingo "nuestra belleza latina" comienza. y jomari le revela a amelia algo que nadie sabÍa de Él. >>> volvemos a "despierta amÉrica" la mejor manera de comenzar tus maÑanas. por quÉ paul? >>> porque es martes. >>> ♪ deja deja que te cuente ♪ deja que te enteres del nuevo chisme que estÁ caliente ♪ ♪ deja que te cuente deja que te enteres del nuevo chisme que estÁ caliente ♪ >>> pan pin pan pung! >>> gracias. >>> como tienes el pie asÍ, y tienes un zapato menos te voy a ayudar. >>> ese es un amigo. >>> tengo una congoja, que me duele mucho el pie. >>> fue una semana un poco difÍcil. >>> por lo menos en este momento... >>> un buen amigo. >>> mira, pana. >

. >>> suspended new york yankee alex rodriguez dropped his lawsuit friday. he was suspended from baseball for the 2014 season including the playoffs in connection with the biogenesis investigation that linked players to performance enhancing drugs. he will turn 39 in july and has every intention of returning to the field in 2015. let's go to the weather. heavy rain made for a treacherous evening commute. in portland, oregon, wintry weather had cars spinning their wheels. power crews in pennsylvania are working to restore power to residents left in the dark after the ice storm. temperatures today should be in the low to mid-50s. colder in the mountains where the store we have mountain snow out west and much needed rain in california. a closer look from the snow to chicago and nashville. it's light, we are not looking to see accumulation from the system. by the time it moves eastward, a dusting in new york city and parts of new england. this is the bigger story, california has been so dry they need the rain and they are finally getting into the pattern called

alex rodriguez dropping his lawsuit against the players association. and major league baseball. giving up his fight and agreeing to go along with that historic 162-game sentence for drug use violations. the suspension keeping a-rod off the field until 2015. much more ahead on world news this saturday night. the chemical in the sandwich bread. tonight after subway agreed to take the chemical out, what we have learned about where else it is. who is serving it up, too, and why many are looking at their dinner menu. at the end of world war ii set ing out to take something back from the nazis. their daring mission back in two minutes. wow...look at you. i've always tried to give it my best shot. these days i'm living with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. at first, i took warfarin, but i wondered, "could i up my game?" my doctor told me about eliquis. and three important reasons to take eliquis instead. one, in a clinical trial, eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. two, eliquis had

. >> alex rodriguez has wrapped his -- dropped his lawsuit. d abusive tactics in their investigation. this will keep alex playing until 2015. exxon's marketng value. top spotll holds the at $465 billion. the value of bitcoin taking a hit. dropping more than 8% after the tokyo based exchange was withdrawn. they will function with a temporary pause and has amassed an update. not reopening on monday. let's turn our attention to pakistan. fornew government sat down formal peace talks. now that negotiations are aimed at fixing a bloody conflict between islamic militants and the country's army. it has raged for the past decade. those headlines do not necessarily war and the same attention with another struggle. separate struggle that has raised almost as long. the countries largest province has a book written about it. philipp marx.by where is it? >> it is the largest province to the west of pakistan on the border with iran and also with afghanistan. it is a difficult art of the world. >> it sounds as if you had to pick a place in the world geographi

. ♪ yankee star alex rodriguez and major league baseball has taken another unexpected turn. >> uh-huhended slugger may have accepted his fate. joe carter is here with more. does that surprise anybody? >> i think it's a huge surprise. it basically looks like a-rod and his legal team have pretty much given up a total surrender. they've dropped their suit against major league baseball and bud selig. he said he was going to come hard to that game and suspension he was facing this season. for his connection and use of peds which he, of course, has denied throughout the entire thing. his camp for months had declared over and over he would not accept a single ending of punishment. now as i said, they're totally surrendering which comes as a very big surprise. all parties involved were asked to comment. nobody had a comment as to the reason why. some believe it's because, 1, a-rod wants to save cash. and the lawsuit could cost up to $10 million this coming year. plus if he loses lot suit he loses $20 million in salary next year. that's a big chunk of change. and have some said he wants to rec

says that it provided human growth hormone and other banned supplements to people, players like alex rodriguezird baseman, superstar of the new york yankees. biogenesis provided human growth hormone and others, other injectibles, banned injectibles to a number of players it said, including, including alex rodriguez. major league baseball sued. they have now dropped that lawsuit. we'll have more information through, for you throughout the day as "happening now" rolls on. jenna: a smash-and-grab caught on camera and all for, beer. this happened in houston. a car backs up, smashing into the store's front doors. two men get out, climb over the broken glass and seen leaving seconds later with a 18-pack of bud light and that's it. the damage estimated to be $5,000, a lot it would seem for a couple of beers. jon: they wanted light beer too. okay. >>> right now hollywood is taking on obamacare. the writers guild of america east, holding a forum for members only on portraying the affordable care act in movies. what is to come for obamacare in the entertainment world? kate rogers of foxbusiness.com has

it takes a leap to think coney island and baseball -- may be few spent time with alex rodriguez. that would be a long time in the future. bob brooks compared the united states to, quote, a primeval monster that was relentlessly concentrating the appetite of the moment, nothing of its own body encrusted with parasites, in distinguishable from the slime in which it moves, half in distinguishable from the slime in which it moves. this is not a positive picture. these writers wrote the chronicles of the generation, united in one crusading army by their revolt against the american tradition as being understood. in the exciting years 1919-1920 they seized power in the literary world almost like the bolsheviks in russia. they seized power in the literary world almost like the bolsheviks in russia and that is exactly right. let's go back for just a minute if we can to woodrow wilson, the seizure of power. wilson seems to understand the attempt to impose uniformity in the midst of war, anti german mania, banning sauerkraut, you know all the specifics of this, could be avoided. he empowers

maybe if you spend time with alex rodriguez, but that would be a long time in the future. brooks compared the united states to a, quote, prime evil monster concentrating on the appetite of the moment, knowing nothing of its own vast body, encrusted with pair sites, half indistinguishable from the slime in which it moves. half indistinguishable from the slime of which it moves. it's not a positive picture. [laughter] these writers wrote the chronicle, and united in one crew saiding army by the revolt as they understood it, and in the exciting years, 1919 and 1920, they seize power in the literary world like russia. they seize power. that's exactly right. let's go back if we can to woodrow wilson, the seizure of power. wilson understands an attempt to impose uniformity in the midst of war, the antigerman hostility, you know, banning sauerkraut, you know all the specifics of this. this could be avoided, and empowers people to impose just that, a frightening uniformity on the country. if there's anything good about liberalism, and i think there is. i don't want to push it too

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alex rodriguez is dropping his lawsuit and accepting the longest penalty related to performance-enhancing drugs. he will he was originally going to sue the mlb and player association to overturn the suspension. major league baseball said the decision are prudent. >>> it was 50 years ago today 3,000 screaming fans greeted the beatles as they arrived in new york city. the music world has never been the same. we have more now from new york. >> reporter: the beatles first stepped foot on american soil in new york on february 7, 1964. but beatle mania had already arrived. drummer ringo starr tells al jazeera the band was as excited as it's fans. >> new york was jumping, and we were jumping. we had landed in new york, that we were in america. there is nothing more far out than that. all the music we loved. >> reporter: as famous for their mop-top hair cuts as their music, the four lads from liverpool were greeted by screaming girls wherever they went, including plaza hotel. irene was 13 when she became a beatles fan and still considers herself one today. >> we had fall no one love. my girlfrien

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. >>> alex rodriguez ending his league fight with major league baseball and accepting his season-longuspension. it's the longest penalty in sports history related to performance-enhancing drugs. >>> and finally, the first olympic medals are being awarded in sochi. the u.s. taking the gold in the new event of snowboarding slopestyle. and congratulations to the winners, of course. that's a quick look at the top stories making news right now. >>> turning now to concerns over iran. iran is now helping al qaeda terrorists based in the islamist republic. this news coming from the white house which now suggests iranian officials are backing both sides in civil war. joining us, oliver north, a regular contributor here on fox news. welcome. >> great to be here. it's a total misread on the part of the obama administration of what's going on. sunnis and shia have long held the philosophy that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. even though hamas is a sunni supported and sunni organization it receives support through the international guard corps and in qods force. and third, they are both commit

. >> and yankee star alex rodriguez pulling a complete 180 and accepting his record- setting suspensionhancing drugs. the 3rd base men dropped his lawsuit against major league baseball and sit out the 2014 season. longest penalty in history in baseball related to ped's. and he continues to deny taking the drugs. he will be 39 years old and still have three years left on a contract with the yankees. wow. >> and before we wrap up the show. pennsylvania officials will review the response to the ice storm. roughly 150,000 are waiting for the lights and heat to come back on. iran claiming that naval war ships are on the way to the atlantic. and the senior u.s. official telling fox news that so far there was only an announcement and not a deployment. they had made similar claims. and the west minister dog show posting the first ever agility trial. it will break new ground in the first of its coined event. run doggy run. >> i love the dog. that is fox report on saturday february 8th. thanks for watching. in nine second ises or so huckabee starts. >> tonight on huckabee. citizens just like me a

surprise from alex rodriguez, dropping his legal fight against major league baseball.ded for violating the drug agreement. his connection with biogenesis, believed he didn't want to spend the $10 million in legal fees on top of the $25 million he's going to lose for sitting out this season. >> all right, larry, thanks. >> join me tonight at 9:00 on coffee tv 20. new details on the attack on a pg&e substation in san jose. the urgent call for new security at all u.s. power plants. >> at 11:00, we'll track the storm. here's a look live at doppler 7 hd right now, and rain is falling throughout the bay area. even more is expected this weekend. we'll have live team coverage for you on the effects of the storm. >> well, finally tonight, a few thoughts about whaumet really matters. as we welcomed the rain, we're reminded it's not nearly enough to elouvalleviate the drought. we can't control the weather, but in some respects this is a self-inflicted wound. it should not be reserved for crisis. it should be how we liver our lives. i have never forgotten an image from my teenage

surprise from alex rodriguez, dropping his legal fight against major league baseball.ug agreement. his connection with biogenesis, believed he didn't want to spend the $10 million in legal fees on top of the $25 million he's going to lose for sitting out this season. >> all right, larry, thanks. >> join me tonight at 9:00 on coffee tv 20. new details on the attack on a pg&e substation in san jose. the urgent call for new security at all u.s. power plants. >> at 11:00, we'll track the storm. here's a look live at doppler 7 hd right now, and rain is falling throughout the bay area. even more is expected this weekend. we'll have live team coverage for you on the effects of the storm. >> well, finally tonight, a few thoughts about whaumet really matters. as we welcomed the rain, we're reminded it's not nearly enough to elouvalleviate the drought. we can't control the weather, but in some respects this is a self-inflicted wound. it should not be reserved for crisis. it should be how we liver our lives. i have never forgotten an image from my teenage years. my father hosted

allergies for kids and adults, after the break a new treatment to >>> upon further review, a rod alex rodriguez has decided to drop his lawsuit against major league baseball and the players union. the move would seem to signal rodriguez prepared to accept his year long suspension for reportedly using performance enhancing drugs. >>> now a travel alert, westbound lee highway between north buchanan street and north columbus street is shut down during the evening rush because of that water main break in the high view park area of arlington and a detour is in place now. >>> 15 people out of their homes after a fire at a garden style apartment this afternoon on little patuxent parkway in columbia. firefighters rescued several people trapped inside. one person was treated for smoke inhalation. >>> sentencing day for a d.c. man who killed his girl friend's 4-year-old son, investigators say peter hendy admitted to punching kamari zavon taylor multiple times in the stomach after the child disobeyed him in august last year. today a judge sentenced hendy to 20 years in prison for second degree murder. >>>

. >>> after months of defiance new york yankee star alex rodriguez is dropping his lawsuit over his suspension and agreed to sit out the upcoming baseball season. a-rod will no longer pursue legal action. the lawsuits were considered unlikely to succeed and rodriguez was initially suspended for 211 games for usiuse ing performance-enhancing drugs. it was reduced to 162 games, a full season. >>> explosive end in a drag racing competition, a driver walks off unscathed after his race car bursts into flames and is shredded into pieces. this is something you have to see to believe. abc's michelle franzen has this story. >> reporter: in a split second barreling down the track and topping 300 miles per hour, a funny car drag racer explodes. the car's fiberglass shell shearing off in every direction at the national hot rod association's winternationals in pomona, california. in slow motion, the force of the blast so powerful it's hard to believe anyone could make it out alive. but watch again, this time from a camera mounted inside the car. the driver survives the blast still in his seat as the totale

accused of providing players with performance-enhancing drugs, including the one-time yankee star, alex rodriguezsis founder anthony bosh claimed that a-rod paid him $12,000 a month in cash for the drugs and that he even personally injected a-rod on occasion, once in a bathroom at a club, because the star is scared of needles. the espn has reported that the league would drop the suit if bosh cooperates with its investigators. >>> and a tractor trailer hit some powerlines, crashed into a home and knocked out power to more than 1300 people in southern illinois, happened this morning to a few miles out-of-side of st. louis. one person inside the home got hurt not life threatening. >> no word on what caused the crash in the first place but police say another vehicle was involved. >>> a 10-year-old girl went missing yesterday in missouri, today, police may have found her body. what we have learned about the elementary school worker under arrest. that's coming up. [bell rings] this...is jane. her long day on set starts with shoulder pain... ...and a choice take 6 tylenol in a day which is 2 aleve for..

i mean, maybe if you spend time with alex rodriguez, but -- [laughter] that would be a long time in the future. brooks compared the united states to a, quote, a primeval monster that was relentlessly concentrating the appetite of the moment, that knew nothing of its own vast, nerveless body, encrusted with parasites, half indistinguishen from the slime in which it moves, half indistinguishable from the slime in which it moves. this is not a very positive picture. [laughter] these writers wrote the chronicle of this generation. we're united in one crusading army by the revolt against the american tradition as they understood it. in the exciting years 1919 and 1920, wrote cally, they seized power in the literary world almost like the bolsheviks in russia. they seized power in the literary world almost like the bolsheviks in russia. that's exactly right. let's go back, just if we can, to woodrow wilson, the seizure of power. wilson seems to understand that an attempt to impose uniformity in the midst of war, the anti-german hostility mania, you know, banning sauer caught, you know all the

. >> 6'5", were you supposed to be the next alex rodriguez?st shortstops in the game that -- i mean i think i was. all right. [ laughter ] >> don't ask my coaches. all right? >> all right. >> yeah. giants fanfest is tomorrow at at&t park. >>> interesting that this super bowl is a matchup of the two states that have legalized marijuana. washington and colorado. certainly a topic of discussion today on how it affects the nfl. thoughts from the players association head smith. >> we have had certainly preliminary discussions but i'll be extremely blunt, the basis or framework of our relationship -- [ laughter ] >> -- thank you. and we have a winner !! [ laughter ] >> you know, if i could only take credit for planning that. >> yup. that's dubai. golf round 2 of this one and fred couples seattle seahawks fan, because he sank that putt can't use his super bowl ticket. he made the cut. he will play the weekend! tiger woods, well, what's up with mr. woods? well, he and his butler had a failure to communicate. bogeys, eight strokes back tied for 44th. w

. >>> yank yes third baseman alex rodriguez has given up his fight against major league baseball. dropped his lawsuits against mlb, the commissioner bud selig, and the players union. he wanted a federal court to throw out his 162 game doping suspension. >>> another milestone for arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she drove a car for the fifth since she was shot three years ago. she posted the video on her facebook page saying 2014 will be a year of many wins for me. moments when i do something i thought i might never be able to do again. >>> finally, a good-bye but really a so long and eventually a hello and then a welcome back. you got all of that, right? after five years in the host chair last night, jimmy fallon said farewell to late night, but on february 17th he will be back taking over for jay leno on "the tonight show" at a new time slot. >> this is the last episode of "late night" and i'm going to really miss being on the tv at 12:37. especially in this battle for late night ratings and my rival ferguson and the vej yes chopper infomercial. >> i dvred it one time wh

. >> woodruff: baseball star alex rodriguez is ending his legal fight to overturn a record-setting suspension for doping. his federal lawsuits against major league baseball, the commissioner and the players union were withdrawn today. the new york yankees third baseman went to court after an arbitrator ruled he'll have to sit out the entire 2014 season >> woodruff: archaeologists in britain have found the earliest tracks of human ancestors outside africa, literally. they announced today the discovery of footprints left in ancient mud between 800,000 and one million years ago. they were preserved in layers of silt and sand before the tide exposed them last year, at happisburgh, in eastern england. >> these people were walking along the side of the river, it was actually the river thames, probably foraging for food. and it's a mixed group of people, adults and children, and as well as the stone tools we already had this gives us a physical direct connection with a group of people who were there really at the beginning of the occupation of britain. >> woodruff: the creatures who left the footpri

alex rodriguez suspended this year for using performance enhancing drugs. with me as someone who knows a lot about baseball tom a leo hindery. also joining us now, a former pro baseball player who served as the manager of the texas rangers. bobby valentine, currently the athletic director. starting with you. the yankees do after derek jeter? derek jeter has been one of the best products. you mentioned apple coming out with a new iphone. derek jeter has basically been the iphone product for the .ankees he has never disappointed. anyone who has invested time and energy in derek jeter has had a great experience. he will definitely be missed. >> that is exactly right, which is why losing him will be such a blow. what do the yankees do? >> bobby valentine am a one of my heroes as well. derek jeter is the most graceful .layer of this generation he is respectful of the fans, respectful of teammates. he has never been in the news for adverse behavior. man is such aoung role model. , and bobbyted player valentine knows that better than i do by far the mud but a grac

is another component, which is for the last month and a half, the only story in baseball was alex rodriguezis a good inc. for the sport because you're talking about a guy who laid clean, has done everything the right way on and off the field, which is hard to do in new york. now you are going to celebrate one of the great players of the generation. i know you tease it's good for the mets -- >> everybody complains on wall street about these massive bonuses. we complain about it quite a bit and then you look at some of the numbers athletes are making. nobody seems to have a problem with that. >> some fans have a problem because they blame the prices on the ballpark -- they think they are commensurate with what the ballplayers make. but if you can hit the ball out of the ballpark 60 times a year, there is money coming in. there's tv revenue, concession revenue -- they make money. the system works. rex so spread the wealth around, it is market driven. >> players are played with they are worth initially. the problem i have is the length of time. rex that is unusual for sports. >> and hl does the

maybe if you spend time with alex rodriguez, but that would be a long time in the future.brooks compared the united states to a, quote, prime evil monster concentrating on the appetite of the moment, knowing nothing of its own vast body, encrusted with pair sites, half indistinguishable from the slime in which it moves. half indistinguishable from the slime of which it moves. it's not a positive picture. [laughter] these writers wrote the chronicle, and united in one crew saiding army by the revolt as they understood it, and in the exciting years, 1919 and 1920, they seize power in the literary world like russia. they seize power. that's exactly right. let's go back if we can to woodrow wilson, the seizure of power. wilson understands an attempt to impose uniformity in the midst of war, the antigerman hostility, you know, banning sauerkraut, you know all the specifics of this. this could be avoided, and empowers people to impose just that, a frightening uniformity on the country. if there's anything good about liberalism, and i think there is. i don't want to push it too h

. >>> "usa today" says alex rodriguez will sit out for the entire season.he's withdrawing his lawsuit. he was suspended for using performance-enhangs drug, something he has long denied. >>> and the "new york daily news" says new york city police officers are trying on google glass. the glasses which are attached to a wearable con pumer would allow police instant access to mug shots and databases while out on patrol. >> it seems like an expensive solution but getting information quickly. >> it could be a real advantage. >> absolutely. >> it's 7:21 after the hour. now here's a look at the weather for your weekend. >>> coming up it is sweet music to a concert violinist in milwaukee. the $5 million stradivarius taken by thieves is now safe and sound. how police were able to track it down. >>> and later, is that all-american institution the shopping mall on its way to extinction? one big mall operator says so. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." >>> they famously said they just wanted to hold your hand. instead the beatles changed pop music forever, and

. >>> alex rodriguez surrendered.withdrew his lawsuits against mlb to overturn his season-long suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs. by dropping it he will be forced to sit out all 162 games next year. ainsley? >> tucker, 24-year-old reality show contestant rachel frederickson stunned critics and fans when she revealed she had dropped 155 pounds. that is a 60% drop from her initial weight before the show. >> so is that safe at all and what happens to someone when they slim down too much too fast? let's talk to nutrition and fitness expert lisa lynn. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> 155 pounds she dropped in 7 months. you see her. if she walked in here and wasn't on "the biggest loser," she looks pretty good to me. too fast? >> it's way too fast and this is not my opinion, this is clinically speaking that your heart is a muscle and it gets affected so what we're looking at on tv is anorexia, muscle wasting and anorexia doesn't mean i'm starving, it's a behavior pattern that takes you that far an

." >> by early december of 2003, i think the sense within the industry was that alex rodriguez to thexas's end was to vote this player's contract. if it didn't work out in the short term they had to repackage this and get out from under it. certainly in boston hoping they wouldn't get him but we watched it play out. >> maybe we could have something to talk about with the rangers if they could take manny, we would take alex and then some party, other than the rangers or alex, would make up the difference in the contract. >> we knew the players we wanted. jon lester. we ended up talking about a manny ramirez. >> we get to the winter meetings and now we continue the deal trading no more for magglio ordonez and also getting a young pitching prospect in that deal brandon mccarthy. we are trading manny and lester and nomar for a-rod, magglio and brandon mccarthy. >> you know what is so fascinating about this documentary? a-rod made the decision in 2004. he said, i want to be part of that rivalry. the rivalry that he saw in 2003 between the yankees and the red sox. he wanted to be in the mid

york yankee slugger alex rod dreeg eriguez gives us his withdrawing this lawsuit against major league baseball, the commissioner and the union. the 162-game suspension will cost rodriguezslli $25 salary. we haven't heard back from his speakers. >>> and passengers on bieber's plane interfered with the crew last week. he and his father verbally abused a flight attendant after she asked them to stop smoking pot. the pilots had to put on oxygen masks to avoid inhaling the marijuana smoke. the 19-year-old faces assault charges in toronto. dui in florida and could be charged with felony vandalism in los angeles. >>> and a golfer is singing the praises are clint eastwood. steve john who runs the pebble choking on food.rnament started- next thing you know, the famous actor was performing the heimlich maneuver. the 83-year-old star lifted the 202 pound man in the air three times. >> i was eating about tizers and actually drinking water, and threw a piece of cheese in that wasn't going to work down the same pipe add the water, and it, i just choked. was choking, and clint could see i was choking and he just grabbed my arm, turned me around and performed heimlich on me and saved m