mary ann was almost 50.he worry also that janos was too young for her, that maybe his feelings would change? >> but eventually mary ann decides, you know what? this is stressful. i kind of miss my life. i don't have the security that i had. mary ann decides, hey, i want to move back home. >> and archie welcomed her back, forgiving as always. no resentment, no anger? >> he didn't show any. >> none at all? >> that was my dad. >> across town, janos kulscar wasn't so forgiving. he was fuming. >> janos truly loved her, love bordering on obsession. unfortunately, you know, it takes two people to quit the relationship, and janos was just not going to accept it. >> and here in his little apartment, he prepared a secret plan to get her back. >> when we return, an old pair of pants reveals new secrets. >> they were negative for blood, so something is there, but it's not blood. >> when "deadly triangle" continues. weight loss programs can be expensive. so to save some money, i just got the popular girls from the local

patti ann. >> i'm patti ann browne in for martha maccallum it is a big deal. bill: greece promises austerity measures including unpopular cuts. stuart varney, good morning to you. in a word will it work? >> for now, no, long term. they're already talking about a third bailout that will be required. there is a report to that effect as of this morning. you see, bill, all of this money has to be repaid. how do you get blood out of a stone? the greek economy virtually collapsed. 8% shrinking. 20% unemployment. they're being called upon to repay a total of what, $300 billion? it is not going to happen. they will need another bailout at some point in the future. bill: what does it mean for us here in the u.s.? does it mean much, stewart? >> no, financially not. we don't want to be like them. we don't want to have our debt situation gets a bad as greece's situation and end up in that situation. it is a warning to us more than anything else. bill: do you think, i guess your first answer takes care of th

welcome, patti ann. >> thank you, bill patti ann: good morning. winning there could put him over the top. bill: both can states say they are ready for a good night. >> have a good day tomorrow at the polls what do you think? [cheers and applause] >> this sure has been fun these last 10 days or some we started off, what, 15 points down in the polls. now we're leading in the polls. bill: larry sabato, center for politics, university of virginia. good morning to you, sir. first, if mitt romney wins michigan, what does that mean? >> it gives him real momentum again. he has had it several times prior. but this is a critical moment because next tuesday 10 states vote in super tuesday. the biggest delegate pile yet. the biggest day in the primary season yet. and he wants to do well in one state above all and it happens to be your home state, bill, ohio. bill: flip it around. because you're right, it has reached a critical state. what if santorum pulls off the upset in michigan? >> it's probably even bigger for him than romney winning michigan simply beca

anne: be careful. rebecca: anne, i'm going to check on the squash.hmm, check on those green beans, too, o.k.? mom, where are the girls? they're outside playing with kevin. ( kevin grunting ) ( whispering ) ( girls giggling ) ahh... that's a tough league. they used to be able to win. remember those days? rebecca: what's the score? green bay, 21, "da bears," 17. hey, i understand my dad has you working the cow barn already, shoveling cow manure. welcome to the casey farm. he's doing a darn good job. hold out for health benefits. yeah, he never worked the barn. wanted to do computers as soon as possible. ( family oohing and ahhing ) look at the size of that! how big is that bird? peggy: oh... that looks wonderful! the 20s? at least. katie: that's almost heavier than you! ( all laughing ) i would like to say a word of thanks before we enjoy this feast. recently you have taken away one of our family members, patrick. but in return, you have brought us kevin and rebecca. thank you for reuniting our family and for this delicious meal we are about to share w

there you go. >> that's it, ann, go. >> ann, ann.. >> come on. >> you got to have your own dance. >> after this. >> come on, salsa, ann. >> there you go. >> coming up, right after this. what's this? [ male announcer ] quaker oatmeal squares have 46 grams of whole grains... mmmm. ...and a touch of sweetness. you'll be delighted to discover how good they taste. get your free sample of quaker oatmeal squares on facebook. yeah, our low prices are even lower. we need to teach her how to walk. she is taking up valuable cart space. aren't you, honey? [ male announcer ] it's the red balloon clearance event. come in today to find 50% off our already low prices. at walmart. >>> okay, let's face it the super bowl is much more about football, it's also a big party here. >> you don't have to be up on your xs and os to have a good time here in indianapolis. >> that's certainly true. natalie and i decided to hit the town. >> you guys were with us for part of the night. >> somehow we lost you but we disoffered there is plenty to do here. the super b

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anne makovec reports. >> reporter: this cross was installed this morning. if you look at the wall over here, there is work to be done to get rid of evidence of a hate crime. the recovery mission began this morning at saint ann's catholic church. >> that's beyond my -- this is like it touches the whole community when they saw this. >> reporter: another round of stunned parishioners came to look today. >> terrible. >> reporter: a large wooden cross knocked over, satanic symbols. >> that's mama mary and saint joseph, the holy family. >> reporter: "seize the night" was the graffiti in latin. the beatitudes monument knocked over. >> an isolated incident by someone with an axe to grind or trying to get attention or we also examine an organized group behind it. >> reporter: the church wasn't in a hurry to clean it up after it was discovered yesterday morning. they left it here on ash wednesday as a message that there's still work to do to overcome hate. >> i don't know why did they have to do that. >> reporter: the clean-up is a big job led by one parishoner also

you just got to go out there and compete ann do your job."))(("we're pretty confident too.going o show up sunday night and do our best.")) best."))former american idol winner... kelly clarkson will sing the national anthem at tte big game... and madonna will be performing duuing the half-time show. for football fans around here, t's going to ake some doing to make super bowl &psunday a memmrable one, without our ravens in it. but a group in canton says.... "challengeeaccepted". joel d. smith is llve at du-burns arena where a big screen tv, free games and food might do the trick. good 3orning oel d. 3 as the giants get this weekend... they'll have pome old-school rappers... on.when i saa new yyrk you saa giants... when i say super nats under pls!) pps!)these are residents... from a new jersey retirement community... who madd a rrp video in support of their team. it's since gone viral... becominn a big hit on youtube. &p3&phe's a former raven... e played for the patriots. patrrots.coming up... super bowl predictions and cooking for the kickoff with adaliuss thomas. plus... me

it is ann coulter. and he knows issues lining bill knows tissues. he is yaw hue news political reporter chris moody, named after yahoo serious. a lot of peep don't know that. and the janitors keep trying to empty him, bill schulz. and he is the thinking man's grizzly adams, the most rugged thing to come out of scotland. sitting next to me, gavin mcguinness, and his book "how to [bleep] in public comes out march 20th." yes, we will bleep it. we will blur it. and it is no wonder he is going under. good to see you, pinch. >> that's one book be -- we will not be reviewing. >> they shall best the patriots a score of 62.3 to the color as you are. truth be told, sports isn't exactly the paper of records real house. that said, i am excited to introduce the new wheel house section this week. whereupon we will profile several 19th century steering stations that are real jim dandy's. no more sports section for us. >> it is about time. >>> we are a nation torn over library porn. yes, the washington state library district, is there any other, has refused to allo

let's look at ann and mitt through the years. time mitt romney was running for president in 2007. >> what i think of governor romney's candidacy for presidency. i think he's probably our best candidate. >> "probably our best candidate." here is ann coulter at cpac last year when mitt romney was gearing up for his second presidential run. >> i may as well tell you what my prediction is. i think -- well, i'll put it in a nutshell. if we don't run chris christie, romney will be the nominee and we'll lose. >> and just a year after that, here is ann coulter at cpac on friday. >> you can't call him dumb, you can't call him crazy. you can call him square. and that seems to be what a lot of right-wingers don't like about him. keep asking, what is it? well, i don't know, he's kind of a ken doll, he's sort of stiff. i think we've had enough of hip. hip has nearly wrecked the country. let's try square for a while. >> and so the new coulter standard for endorsing a republican candidate for president is, if you can't call him dumb, and you ca

share a video like ann, a photo, a story. you could end up on cnn.nclude your name and the words i am america. >>> half past the hour now. susan hendrix in for don lemon. want to take a look at the headlines. >>> two american officers have been shot dead in the highly secure afghan interior ministry and the gunman is at large. the taliban is claiming responsibility saying the shootings are in response to the burning of qurans at a u.s. base. the military says it was a mistake. >>> a relative of nelson mandela says the former south african p president is in satisfaction condition after undergoing hernia surgery. he was hospitalized today. we are told mandela is comfortable and could be discharged by monday. >>> the compound in pakistan where u.s. special forces killed osama bin laden last may is being demolished. if you look close here you can see heavy machinery knocking down the walls around the compound and the three story building where bin laden had been hiding. they didn't want to turn it into a shrine for would-be followers of bin laden. >>> we

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ann, back to you. >> looks good. of course, a lot of people will be inside watching the super bowl tomorrow. and missing all of the great weather. >> i know. >> maybe you want to move the tvs outside. and records could be set tomorrow. and not only on the field. but on couches and living rooms across the country during the big game. and the national retail federation survey predicts $11 billion will be spent on food and merchandise for super bowl xlvi. that's an all-time high. and among the things americans will chow down on, chicken wings. the national chicken council says fans will eat 1 1/4 billion of them during the big game. and also put down 11 million pounds of potato chips. >>> can't wait to go to the gym. the average fan will consume about 1200-calories in snacks. and veg tants are the number one -- vegetables are the number one snack eaten on super bowl sunday. and americans go through 52 million cases of beer to wash down all of the snacks and about a third of u.s. adults say they're likely to bet on the b

. >>> we have breaking news to report to you out of anne arundel count i. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. let's go to captain mike with more. >> reporter: we're in anne arundel county. on route 3, northbound, about half a mile south of mcnew road. a two-vehicle collision caused two vehicles to part the roadway and go into a ditch. now, fire officials responded to the scene. they have transported at least two people from the scene here that we have seen. although three ambulances were originally called to the scene. we know one adult male has been transported to shock trauma, in critical condition by ground units, by ground ambulance. and as you can see, there's still paramedics and anne arundel county police on the scene. now, initial reports from the police and fire p.r.o., are that this is possibly a road rage incident. we are trying to get information as police continue to conduct their investigation. we'll follow up as we continue to gather more information. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you, captain mike perry, reporting live, in gambrels over

a democrat from anne arundel county made an amendment to make the bill more clear but it was voted down. the galley is packed. there's not an open seat in the house. the media has lined both sides of the chamber and the republican senator from eastern shore is currently explain why he is going to vote against the same-sex marriage bill. mike miller told us earlier today that the votes are there and doesn't believe any of has changed since last year when it passed 25-21. that debate took on an air of a filibuster and we had the anne arundel republican senator launching into a lengthy speech reading from a constituent better along the way. >> it sounds like the senator is winding up his thoughts. the vote is coming up on the house bill. it is expected to be signed by gov. o'malley and supporters hope he will do it right away. i wish we could plug into the audio because the speeches have been interesting both sides have taken as much time is it like. both sides have explained the issue and they are ready to take a vote. they say they're going to be quick, but they're not. the senate has th

>> thank you, anne, for the kind introductions. it was amazing 22 years ago this city in the bay area region experienced the loma prieta earthquake. i was not yet in the fire department. it was about five months before i joined and like anne alluded to, if anyone lived here, they remember where they were. >> i was at a high school when it happened and all of us remember the frightening moments and the aftermath of loma prieta. and it's always fitting when we celebrate an anniversary to take a minute not only to commemorate that but to next on the importance of how the community needs to step up and assist the paid professionals, if you will. the san francisco fire departments, our respective departments are adequately resourced for any given day for emergencies here in san francisco. as you know, though, that all goes out the window for a large-scale disaster be it man made or not. that's why we always talk about preparedness. the more prepared we are, the quicker we'll be able to respond and the more efficient the recovery is. tha

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they said they had 236,000 passengers on bart, the fifth highest in bart history, so thank goodness, ann, they're going to be reopening that bridge. >> good news for berry drivers. thank you very much, linda. don knapp is taking a tour of the bay bridge construction, and he'll show us that at 11:00. >>> gianna franco joins us with a complete look at the traffic area. >> until those lane get reopened on the bay bridge, we're not out of the woods just yet. here's a live look at chopper 5. as linda mentioned a couple of minutes ago, we are really jammed if you're on doil drive and lumbar streets, slow and go, traffic conditions are just crawling along. stays slow past the toll plaza and sluggish toward the tunnel. stay patient if you're working you're way through there this morning. if you're headed away from marrin city, south toledo, the golden gate bridge towards san francisco, slow speeds there as well. this was just jam-packed out of the east bay. so we're seeing green on our censors, showing quite a bit of improvement. westbound 80, slow conditions as you're waking your way towards th

ann? >> thank you.his morning, the entertainment world is mourning the death of "soul train" creator and host, don cornelius. he was found dead in his california home on wednesday, police say he shot himself. nbc's aditi roy is joining us with more. good morning. >> good morning to you, ann. we're standing here at don cornelius's star on the hollywood walk of fame. people are paying tribute to the man who introduced mainstream america to soul. ♪ ♪ >> it was a beloved tv picture of saturday morning. the so-called hippest trip in america. >> for almost 40 years, great music, good feelings and of course, dancing. >> welcome aboard what is guaranteed to be a most magnificent ride on the "soul train." >> it was one man, don cornelius, who had the inspiration to do for soul music what "american bandstand" had long done for pop. >> on television there was just nothing that was targeted for minorities. >> cornelius was the creator and host of "soul train" which made its debut on one chicago tv station in 1970.

ann? >> al, thank you. coming up, lindsay lohan opens up about her sobriety, her time behind bars and what life is like now. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> just ahead, will attorneys for the man accused of killing his co-worker's husband call the victim's own wife to the stand? we'll have the latest. >> and why some schools aren't testing for a gas >> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. as gov. martin o'malley continues its push for a gas tax proposal, gas station owners are fighting back. hess station owner keith madsen and others are coming together for a petition against the gas tax hike. let's get a check on the morning commute. >> is the one out there. -- busy one out there. a 12 an hour on average towards reisterstown road. we had an earlier accident. that is out of the there. 13 miles per hour on 795. speeds at about nine miles per hour on the j.f.x. disabled vehicles, delays on 95 out of white marsh, and in joppa, watch for an accident of philadelphia

ann? >> all right, al. thank you. now to a surprising development at the trial of a man accused of drowning his own wife during a honeymoon diving trip in australia. the judge abruptly dismissed the case. mark potter has details from birmingham, alabama. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it was increasingly clear the judge was uncomfortable with the prosecution's case. when the case ended he threw it out of court. for nearly two weeks the prosecution struggled to prove that gabe watson plotted in alabama to murder his wife tina, then drowned her on the honeymoon dive trip to australia in order to cash in on her insurance policies. the defense argued the death was a tragic accident. an important piece of evidence was a photo of tina lying on the ocean floor taken by another diver showing a rescue diver headed toward her and a third diver, not gabe, headed up, away from the body. the state's final witness was tina's father tommy thomas who said the last time he saw her alive was at her wedding to gabe in 2003. >>

good morning, anne. >> reporter: that's right. of course there was a similar family court hearing last week when he was asking to see his son. we understand he and his wife have been meeting with mediators independently to come up with some sort of mutually agreeable visitation schedule. this morning the judge could either accept or deny that plan that they are coming up with. this is going to happen in just a few hours here at 9 a.m. this morning's hearing in family court comes after a similar motion was twice denied in criminal court mirkarimi is barred from seeing his wife or son right now. this hearing is about only his son. his wife does support mirkarimi's request to see their son. mirkarimi was arrested on january 13 charged with domestic violence battery, endangering a child and dissuading a witness. he is accused of grabbing and bruising his wife's arm in front of their son and then asking her not to call police. yesterday prosecutors filed a request to allow the testimony of this woman in mirkarimi's trial, christina flo

and so ann had done something we called transmodal association. he associated sound, rhythm, o d auditor auditory combinations. >> we don't think it's a coincidence that revel himself was beginning to have problems with writing and developed the same progressive ephasia like ann's and neither knew about the other. >> rose: let me tie up the idea of the genetic disorder with environmental impact. >> right, so, the well described example of how environment can play a role relates to the most common risk factor for alzheimers disease which is particular perform of a protein called protein e or apo e for short and it comes in three forms and two, three and four, bizarrely not one and the three is the most common form and it's neutral in terms of risk. the apo 4 increases our risk for developing the disease and 2 decreases one's risk for alzheimers disease and what's been observed is if you have head injury with loss of consciousness, if you have an e-4 form theft protein your outcome is much worse than if you have one of the other forms of the protein

. >> you are looking at video in the newsroom from sky team 11 of a house fire in anne arundel county. the flames broke out around 3:30 this afternoon along not road in pasadena. the initial call came that people were trapped inside the home. the crews were able to put the fire out in about 20 minutes. no word on what caused the fire. >> police are investigating an early morning crash that ship, partly for least an hour today. sky team 11 was over the scene this morning. the preliminary investigation reveals two vehicles crashed in the southbound lane shutting them both down. no injuries have been reported. two people are recovering every serious car crash. it happened at twin arches road just before 6:00 this morning it appears 1 indycars crashed the double line striking the other vehicle. both drivers had to be cut from the vehicles and were taken to shock trauma. there. -- their current conditions are not known. >> there were warnings about once danger at the time. one victim was able to survive because of an inflatable air bag system inside her backpack. >> the avalanche in washin

anne makovec in daly city where people have already lined up. we can see them behind you, anne. good morning. >> reporter: it's called the american dream tour and the first guy in line here at the cow palace behind me has been here since 9:00 last night. everybody looking for mortgage loan modification help. they are expected to help thousands of people this weekend at the cow palace. this is being put on by the nonprofit naca, which stands for the neighborhood assistance corporation of america. they say they have legally binding contracts with every major lender in the country on site including freddie mac and fannie mae in some cases lenders offering no closing costs for down payments with fixed rates as low as 2% offering hope for thousands. >> when i first started with this house, i was not paying very much and i was also working full time. but now i'm on a fixed income and they are treating me like i'm still working. so my payments at this point would be something like $2,500 a month for my mortgage. and i can't afford that. >> reporter: they are expecting to help about 2,0

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ann? >> we begin with highlights from the 84th academy awards. it was a fabulous night in hollywood. in fact it feels like it hasn't quite ended. ♪ >> an evening to celebrate cinema full of bright color and moving acceptance speeches but the biggest winner of the night, a small black and white picture with no talking at all. >> "the artist." >> thank you from the bottom of my heart. to you members of the academy. >> the french film's homage to hollywood's silent era took home best picture, best director and best actor for star jean dujardin. >> i rolove your country. >> i love you! >> the other award went to a familiar face. >> i knew i was gay though. at the weddings i would be staring at husbands and not the wives. >> christopher plummer won his first oscar, best supporting actor in "the beginners". >> you're only two years older than i am, where have you been all my life? >> i hope i can do it for another ten years. >> reporter: billy crystal got laughs but his performance received mixe

anne: you weren't kidding-- this place is really old.yeah, the union oyster house is one of the oldest restaurants in the united states. it dates back to 1826. rebecca: look, there's a portrait of george washington. and there's abraham lincoln. kevin: and there's betsy ross and the first american flag. hi. how many? four of us, please. four? four right over here. i'll take your coats. thank you. thank you. you're welcome. so, is everyone going to have oysters? are you? waitress: would you like an appetizer? yes, please. oysters-- a dozen. why don't you order another dozen for the table? okay, sure. by the way, this is my treat. oh, get out of here! this is our treat. i've never had oysters. i don't know if i'll like them. you'll love them. but they're raw. don't worry, they slide right down. sorry, folks. these are not for me. ( laughter ) thanks, anyway. it's an acquired taste. mm-hmm. we have some good news. it turns out dad had an insurance policy, and kevin and i are the beneficiaries. it's worth $50,000. i just called the insurance

i'm ann notarangelo. the sight and smell of smoke. that's what some north bay residents woke up to this morning. the source, a fast-moving five-alarm fire on merit island. anne makovec, with why the fire spread so quickly. >> reporter: you could see the smoke from as far away as the bay bridge after a warehouse caught fire around 9:30 a.m. at mare island. >> these buildings have a lot of gaps, windows broken out, so when they got on scene, they saw a fast-moving fire. >> reporter: so fast, firefighters from three counties concentrated on protecting the area around the vacant warehouse, since it was slated for eventual demolition anyway. but embers fell around the north side of the island and smaller fires popped up. the city of vallejo was told to shelter in place. >> smoke went up and it went kind of over our heads, which goes into marshland, so we didn't have it going into the city, so we were very lucky there. >> reporter: but the smoke attracted dozens to watch. [ no audio ] [ no audio ] . >> reporter: -- they admit an investigati

back to matt, ann and al. lots of traffic today. >> downtown, no question. >> do you think the plane was doing this making its way to new york? >> let's get a check on the weather from mr. roker. >> a little turbulence. first of all, it's been really dry throughout much of central and southern california. almost three inches below normal for rain in l.a. they are getting a lot of rain today from san francisco to san diego. rainfall amounts half an inch to an inch of rain. it's still much needed. in florida, heavier rain from key west to daytona beach. >> good morning. it will ba nice day today. things will change tomorrow. a mixture of sun and clouds. >>> and that's your latest weather, matt? >> it's a busy day in the gop presidential race. contests today in colorado, minnesota and missouri. nbc's peter alexander is on the campaign trail in colorado. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. mitt romney hopes to continue his march uninterrupted today while rick santorum hopes for his bigges