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badgers. >> charles: when i talked with the offensive coordinator and asked him about jeff duckworth. he said i never call plays specifically for him but i never mind people throwing the football to him. how about him fighting off the defensive. >> fourth and sixth. the hand-off. touchdown, wisconsin! montee ball, 7-yards and the badgers retake the lead! >> charles: now, they are going to go for two again. want to at least have a field goal difference if possible. that hole is wide open on the running play. now, don't be surprised here, gus, if they use wilson's legs, move him a little bit in this situation rather than just receiving him in the pocket. maybe get him to the edge with the run/pass option. >> gus: oust shotgun. wilson. in trouble. reverses. wilson back of the endzone. they got it! pedersen! what it play by russell wilson! he has been a magician. and wisconsin takes a three-point lead with 3:45 to play in the big ten championship. >> charles: i called for a run pass option to get

badgers. >> charles: when i talked with the offensive coordinator and asked him about jeff duckworth. he said i never call plays specifically for him but i never mind people throwing the football to him. how about him fighting off the defensive. >> fourth and sixth. the hand-off. touchdown, wisconsin! montee ball, 7-yards and the badgers retake the lead! >>harles: now, they are going to go for two again. want to at least have a field goal difference if possible. that hole is wide open on the running play. now, don't be surprised here, gus, if they use wilson's legs, move him a little bit in this situation rather than just receiving him in the pocket. maybe get him to the edge with the run/pass option. >> gus: oust shotgun. wilson. in trouble. reverses. wilson back of the endzone. they got it! pedersen! what it play by russell wilson! he has been a magician. and wisconsin takes a three-point lead with 3:45 to play in the big ten championship. >> charles: i called for a run pass option to get hi

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to have been caused by hot fireplace ash and embers, which had been discarded. >> reporter: lily badger was 10, twins sarah and grace 7. their grandparents were also killed. johnson, dressed here as santa, didn't just wear the suit for family. this year he worked as st. nick at saks 5th avenue. his body was found on a part of the roof just outside of the window. >> he obviously found one of the young children, because he guided her to the window he went through. we found a little girl just inside that structure, just inside that window that he was outside of. >> reporter: officials say it's not clear if the home had working smoke detectors, but because of renovations, the badger family should not have been living there. madonna badger and her friend mike borcina are the only survivors. >> you are never prepared for anything like this. it's heartbreaking. our job is to rescue people when they're in danger. you feel like, when you don't make that rescue, that you failed. >> reporter: bulldozers demolished the charred shell of what was once the badger family home. just feet away, a makeshi

badger lost her three children and her two parents. when we made the initial contact with mrs.mind to talk to her about was whether or not her building permit was valid or her smoke detectors were working. >> reporter: it appears madonna badger's smoke detectors were not working and with renovations inspectors think the building wasn't fit. fire fighters devastated they couldn't save the badger's three girls, or parents, who took the family picture as he worked as a department store santa. they described the grandfather's heroic rescue attempt, putting a granddaughter on a stack of granddaughter on a stack of books while he tried to get her out of a window. >> the grandfather made it to the back of the house. he obviously found one of the young children. because he guided her to the window that he went through. when he stepped through that window, his life ended. >> fire fighters describing madonna badger and her male companion wrapping gifts until 3:00 christmas morning and taking fireplace ash putting it near the mud room at the back of the home. where the fire began. madonna

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until christmas morning, this was the badger family home. monday, bulldozers reduced the charred shell to rubble. a few feet away neighbors turned thiard into a makeshift memorial. >> any time it's bad but on christmas day when you have family visiting, it's -- i don't know, i don't know what to say. >> reporter: investigators say they now have a good idea what caused the christmas morning fire that left three little girls and their grandparents dead. city officials says it looks like embers from a starter log triggered the fire. when flames started shooting from the five-bedroom house, 47-year-old madonna badger rushed to the roof and desperately tried to save her family. fire officials had to drag her away. >> all's i could say is that she was instructing where she thought the children would be, and the firefighters made an attempt and were pushed back by heavy flames. >> reporter: badger's three daughters were trapped on the third floor and died. lily was 10. twins sarah and grace were 7. madonna badger escaped with her friend, mike burse

. >> just before 5:00 christmas morning, neighbors heard screams and saw flames shooting from the badger house on shiphand lane. >> there's a fire at the house next door to us. the whole house is on fire, a major major fire, with people in the house. >> we have people on the way, ma'am. >> please, please come. >> madonna badger desperately trying to direct them to the rooms where her family members were trapped. firemen had to drag her away. officials revealed what caused the deadly fire. >> the fire appears to have been caused by hot fireplace ash and embers which had been discarded. >> reporter: lily was 10, sarah and grace 7. their grandparents were also killed. johnson dressed here as san tarks didn't just wear the suit for family. this year he worked as st. nick at saks 5th avenue. his family was found in a part of the roof just outse the window. >> he found one of the young children, he guided her to the window he went through. we found the little girl just inside that structure, just inside that window that he was just outsite of. >> officials say it's not clear if the home had wo

but madonna badger's three daughters, a 10-year-old and twin 7-year-olds and her parents couldn't get out. >> there probably has not been a worse christmas day in the city of stanford. >> badger's father died in the fire after working as santa claus at saks fifth avenue in new york city. the home is so badly damaged, it could be days before investigators can gather enough evidence to figure out what sparked the deadly fire. manuel gallegus, cbs news. >>> madonna badger owned her own advertising firm in new york city and she purchased that connecticut home last year. >>> at least 39 people are dead after several terrorist attacks in nigeria on christmas day. the explosion targeted worshippers who had just celebrated christmas mass. a radical muslim sect claimed responsibility for a serious of coordinated attacks in the country. terrorist bombs three churches and the government security building. but this attack near the nation's capital was the deadliest. almost three dozen people were killed and more than 50 others injured. >>> you can see so many families gone. households, the househ

badger's parents, who also died, were staying with them for the holidays. her father, lomer johnson, worked at saks fifth avenue as a santa claus, a job he said he enjoyed more than any other. this is the peak season for house fires which killed more than 2,500 people last year. >> you have to have a working smoke detector or some type of alarm system so that you're going to get that early warning so that you can get out. >> reporter: fire officials warned you only have three minutes to get out of a burning house, so they say every family must have a plan of escape and practice it. stay on your hands and knees if there's smoke but not on your belly since some toxic smoke hugs the floors. have rope ladders for homes with a second floor and be sure to have a designated meeting place. the cause of the fire is expected to be released tomorrow. fire officials have not said if badger had operational smoke detectors inside her house. diane? >> oh, just unimaginable, linsey. thank you so much. >>> and now we turn overseas to rome where today pope benedict condemned

lily badger was 10. twins sarah and grace 7. their grandparents, lomer and paula johnson, were visiting for the holidays. the day before he died, lomer played st. nick at saks fifth avenue. firefighters found him just outside an upstairs window, trying to help his granddaughter escape. >> there were a pile of books. looks like she was placed on the books so he could get out the window and then reach in and grab her, but when he went out the window, that's when he succumbed. >> reporter: tuesday officials said no one should have been living in the victorian house because of ongoing renovations. they are not sure if the home had working smoke detectors or fire alarms. they'll know for certain when they talk to madonna badger again. right now, they're letting her grieve. >> that poor woman lost her entire family in one foul swoop. i couldn't imagine how she feels. >> reporter: michael boracina last check was in fair condition at a nearby hospital. at this point we have not heard about funeral arrangements for the three small childr

badger's father died in the fire after working as santa claus at saks fifth avenue in new york city. the home is so badly damaged, it could be days before evidence can be gathered to figure out what sparked the deadly fire. >>> police in texas say that the gunman who killed search people, including himself, in a christmas day shooting, was dressed as santa claus. it happened in an apartment near the dallas/forth worth airport. and police say the shooter showed up at a relative's house in a santa outfit. when the family was opening presents and they say sometime later, he shot four women, and two men, inside the home. before killing himself. all the victims were related. >>> in santa clara county alone, 243 people arrested for dui. officers made the arrests during a nine-day period from december 16-24. christmas eve. during the same period last year, the number was higher. at 286. there were no deaths this year linked to duis. drivers throughout the bay area should expect heightened dui patrols and checkpoints through new years eve. >>> coming up, trapped in one of the coldest places

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. >> reporter: the only two survivors, madonna badger, a former ad executive, and her friend, michael borcina. badger says they were wrapping gifts by the fireplace until some time after 3:00 in the morning when borcina collected the embers, put them in a bag and then in an outside trash enclosure. a spark apparently reached the home, which fire officials said didn't seem to have working smoke detectors, like one-third of american homes. they say the fire may have been burning more than an hour before anyone was made aware. the first frantic 911 calls came in just before 5:00 a.m. >> there's a huge fire at the house next door to us. the whole house is on fire. >> reporter: when firefighters arrived, they had to restrain badger who was frantically trying to get back in the burning house. firefighters climbed into the daughters' third floor bedrooms, but they weren't there. the girls, 10 years old and 7-year-old twins, had way tried escape through the intense heat. one girl found just inches from her dead grandfather, who was outside on a roof apparently trying to reach her. >> that's w

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honey badger running wild again. so sticky sweet. look at him dance. lsc once 42-10.for the national championship. tiger woods at the chevron chant -- challenge. he would have had the lead by a stroke but said johnson had himself a good 18th hole. his approach to the final hole -- it was better than most. charge for the eagle. see if he can catch it tomorrow at 11. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call baltimore home. from funding to help a local business expand their operations... to financing for an organization which provides affordable housing for artists... and partnering with a local hospital to help expand patient care. because the more we do in baltimore, the more we help make opportunity possible. >> to have been entertaining us all evening. >> it is grid ion. pigiron is from the chicago bears. >> thank you. >> tomorrow looks good to watch the game on your couch. it will be running in cleveland. the system i showed you will move in monday night and into tuesday. our best chance of rain is tuesday and into wedne

pieces of the burned out home today or early christmas day neighbors heard the screams of madonna badger and the woman who lived in the house with her three children. she and a contractor friend escaped the flames are parents 10 year old daughter and a seven year old twins all died. younker older the most difficult thing you can do parents are not supposed to bury their children is not meant to be down but i have seen major fires before but nothing where they take the place down like this madonna badger all know that new york hybridizing executive out of the hospital tonight contractor still hospitalized because of the fire under investigation now about a boy shot this morning critical condition police search it for the government bullets and burbage trade in garey india after midnight on sunday during a holiday party leonard cobb iii seven year old shot in the head to play a game in the living room 36 year-old man inside kitchen also shot in stable condition. police have very little information to work with the investigation. attempt at ivÁn theft ended with the attacker hiding from his

that didn't phase the badgers in the first half. the steal and the bucket, wisconsin down one at break. they hung around until five minutes left when barnes took over, scored 10 of 20 down the stretch. north carolina won 60-57. they have kentucky on saturday. >>> scary moment during the michigan state/florida state game. spartan cheerleader taylor young fell on the back of her head and neck. she was on the court for about ten minutes, wheeled off on a stretcher but gave the crowd a smile and a thumbs up on her way out of the arena. thankfully she'll be okay. >>> hockey. bruins have had a november to remember. they beat the maple leafs to finish 12-0-1. lucic scored a pair of goals. bruins won 6-3. >>> red wings have got a little streak going as well winning six in a row. holmstrom scored the game winner in the third. howard great in the final period, robbed lightning gilroy in the breakaway. detroit won it 4-2. >>> we played frisbee before but i don't think any of us have played it quite like this. australian frisbee champ brody smi

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honey badger don't care. tyrann mathieu, punt return for lsu, and they cut the lead to 10-7. tigers didn't have a first down until the second half but they cut the lead to three. mathieu, who is named the game's mvp, just the third defensive player to get that honor. another fantastic return. look at the moves as he takes it down to the georgia 17. this led to another score. lsu wins 42-10. they will play in the allstate bcs national championship game in new orleans january 9. michigan state and wisconsin. first big ten championship game. exciting moments here. a rematch from a game earlier this season. that game was played in east lansing. this one in indianapolis. heads up play here by keith nichol who caught the hail mary pass in the win against wisconsin in the first game. the lateral to b.j. cunningham. then they go for two. and they get it. michigan state right now in the fourth quarter is leading 40-39. acc championship game tajh boyd four touchdowns, in this rematch, between the two. clemson, blew out virginia tech in october. more of the same tonight in charlotte. bo

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we're standing in front of all that's left of the badger family home. officials demolished it yesterday for safety reasons. madonna badger lost her three children and two parents in that christmas morning fire. this morning we're learning more about them and what may have sparked the deadly blaze. until christmas morning, this was the badger family home, monday bulldozers reduced the charred shell to rubble. a few feet away neighbors turned the yard into a makeshift memorial. >> any day it's bad but christmas day, family visiting, i don't know, i don't know what to say. >> reporter: investigators now have a good idea what caused the christmas morning fire that left three little girls and their grandparents dead. city official says it looks like embers from a log triggered the fire. when flames started shooting from the house the 45-year-old mother rushed and tried to save her family. fire officials had to drag her away. >> all i can say she was instructing where she thought the children would be and the firefighters made an attempt, were pushed back by

. >> it's a tough one for me, too, but you've got to give it to the honey badger.ll day and he's got a nose for the end zone. you can't tell if he's on offense or defense half of the time. >> well, i've got to go with trent. beast. >> robert? >> i'm going to go with montee. not very many times can you have a guy break barry sanders' record. he's got a chance. >> my desession has been with rg3 mainly because throughout the season he showed the heisman moments. >> familiarity does breed contempt. i think the fact that rg3 got to play late and was very impressive with texas really helps him. while trent richardson had a great year, i think maybe the honey badger's performance in that s.e.c. championship takes some votes away from him, although i had trent number two and mathieu number three. >> it's why i think rg3 is the guy that deserves the win this. i was impressed with him today, the way he approaches the game. throws the prettiest deep ball with accuracy and touch. >> i think they all are deserving to win this. but to be able to beat oklahoma and texas, and the

but badgers' two daughters and parents did not survive. >> it's so terribly sad. you would hope that everybody would have gotten out at least so they would be alive to enjoy another christmas. >> reporter: monday neighbors dropped off flowers for the victims while investigators work to figure out what sparked the deadly fire. in new york, manuel gallegus. >>> officials believe embers from a yule log may have sparked the fire. >>> a pickup truck slammed head on into that car on cold spring lane near green spring avenue. firefighters cut the driver of the car out and rushed her to the hospital. >>> caught in the act, anne arundel county police are looking for johnson. he tried to cut catalytic converters from vehicles. another suspect has not been found. >> reporter: baltimore's grand prix may get a second chance. the next schedule lists the streets of baltimore lists the sites of a race november 2nd. but mayor blake has said she will pull the plug behind unpaid bills. >> they need to pay their debt. so we can move forward. >> reporter: last month the state the plac

. >> it's a tough one for me, too, but you've got to give it to the honey badger.ll day and he's got a nose for the end zone. you can't tell if he's on offense or defense half of the time. >> well, i've got to go with trent. beast. >> robert? >> i'm going to go with montee. not very many times can you have a guy break barry sanders' record. he's got a chance. >> my desession has been with rg3 mainly because throughout the season he showed the heisman moments. >> familiarity does breed contempt. i think the fact that rg3 got to play late and was very impressive with texas really helps him. while trent richardson had a great year, i think maybe the honey badger's performance in that s.e.c. championship takes some votes away from him, although i had trent number two and mathieu number three. >> it's why i think rg3 is the guy that deserves the win this. i was impressed with him today, the way he approaches the game. throws the prettiest deep ball with accuracy and touch. >> i think they all are deserving to win this. but to be able to beat oklahoma and texas, and the

honey badger avoids red shirts for the touchdown. lsu only down 3 at the half, despite not getting a 1st down. second half, much different story. how about freshman hilliard. lsu and saints great with a pair of touchdowns. number 1 lsu wins the sec championship and punched its ticket to the title game. they cruise 42-10. >>> houston cougars hosting southern mississippi in the conference usa championship game. southern miss -- golden eagles pulled off the upset in the second half. austin davis to tracy laughly, down the sideline, 61 yards for the touchdown, 42-21 southern miss. houston suffered their first loss of the season, 49-28. they are out of the bcs picture. >>> uconn needed to beat cincinnati to become bowl eligible. none better than this one. huskers quarterback mack, ball stolen by stewart. i'll take that, thank you very much! great play, cincinnati wins 35-27 to share the big east title. crazy, crazy play. >>> first place raiders have taken their talent to south beach this weekend. the silver and black are hoping to make it

honey badger avoids red shirts and took it 62 yards for the touchdown. lsu down 3 at the half, despite getting no 1st downs. second half, much different story. freshman kenny hilliard, nephew of lsu and saints grade dalton hilliard with a pair of touchdowns. lsu wins the championship, punched its ticket to the title game. they cruised 42-10. >>> houston cougars hosting southern miss for the conference usa championship game. southern miss up 14-7 in the second quarter when johnson takes it down to the goal line, couldn't get it in. tied at 14-14. upset in the second half, davis to lambly to the 61-yard touchdown. 42-21, southern miss. houston suffered their first loss of the season, 49-28, your final. they are out of the bcs picture. >>> how about uconn needing to beat cincinnati to become bowl eligible. didn't happen. huskies quarterback johnny mcactee in the end zone, ball stolen by cincinnati. look at this again! stewart came in and flat out took it from him! crazy! great play. they actually called that a fumble recovery. cincinnati wins 35-27 to share

that didn't phase the badgers in the first half.ng around until five minutes left when harrison barnes took over, scored ten of his 20 down the stretch. north carolina won it 60-57. scary moment during the michigan state-florida state game. spartan cheerleader taylor young, took a terrible fall. the cheerleader next to young lost her balance and triggered a chain reaction. young fell on the back of her head and neck. she was wheeled off on a stretcher. but gave the crowd a smile and a thumb's up on her way out of the arena. thankfully she'll be okay. >>> hockey the boston bruins have had a november to remember, they beat the maple leafs to finish 12-0-1. first time since ' 69. milan lucic scared a pair of goals, the bruins won it 6-3 in toronto. the red wings have won six in a row. tomas holmstrom scored the game winner in the third. jimmy howard great in the final period, robbed the lightning in the break-away, detroit won it 4-. we've all played frisbee before, but not quite like this. australian frisbee champ, brody smith, appare

. >>> badger pass in yosemite national park is celebrating its 77th anniversary.to buy a season pass in person will get it free. badger pass opens december 16th, weather permitting. >>> if you're not into snow, how about a little bit of wine. some of my favorite sonoma wineries offer free wine tasting, jacuzzi and kline are two of the larger establishments with free wine tasting and homewood is one of the smaller ones. i have more, follow me on twitter @dianedwyernbc for details. >>> in san francisco, santa came to town. lots and lots of santas, actually. it's called santa-con or santa convention. it's a collection of people dressed as santa or helpers on a massive pub crawl. >> santa-con! ho ho ho and merry christmas! >> this is santa-con. santas take over the whole city for a day. drinking, caroling, making a little bit of misfortune but not maybe too much. >> there are rules to all of this. it's all outlined in a long list of dos and don'ts on the santa-con website. for example, santas are advised not to make children cry. parents and tourists are a different m

here's the difference, badgers headed to pasadena and the rose bowl. an upset in the championship. good news for stanford. virginia tech got taken down by the tigers of clemson. boyd throws three touchdowns in their 38-so victory. the tigers are headed to the orange bowl for the first time in 30 years. >> so many quitters out there. all these people that quit on us, they don't deserve this. this is for the players and the coaches and for all those people that are all in all the time. >> yeah, that's what i'm talking about. uconn needed to beat cincinnati. didn't happen. their defense scored two touchdowns. gets the ball stolen away by cincinnati. he just reaches it, grabs if. a crazy play. he plays to share the big east title. the sharks took the ice tonight against a much improved florida team. the panthers are on top and tonight they showed why. sharks pumped up over their 4-3 shootout win. first period, logan returns, fires, and returns. bad night for the sharks defense. turnover here taken by former shark. he beats tomas. game tied up at 2. later, another sharks turnover. he sc

firefighters tried to save badger's three children who apparently tried to escape themselves. firefighters were forced to stop their efforts when the flames became too intense. >> bear in mind these firefighters are dressed in totally encapsulated gear. the best on the market. the flame and heat pushed them out. imagine what those kids went through. >> we're also told that badger's father attempted to save his granddaughter but died while trying. >> he was in between a roof rafters. there was debris on top of him. we found him just outside of the window just inside the window we found one of the little girls. >> they would have celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary the day after christmas. >> once again, a news conference just a few moments ago, officials said the house had no working smoke detectors. the fire was so horrendous that even some of the firefighters involved are seeking counseling. >>> baby sitter in indiana beat a little girl to death with a brick. today 39-year-old michael plumadore admitted to killing alanna lemmon on december 22nd and stuffed her body in t

the woman who owns the house madonna badger well-known in the new york city advertising world. she was behind the mike walberg advertising calvin klein ads. >>> police say a man dressed in a santa suit shot six relatives and himself on christmas. the family appeared to be opening christmas presents when the shooting happened. records show the couple who owns the apartment had financial problems. >>> the day after christmas a surgeon from a mayo clinic in florida was killed in a helicopter crash trying to retrieve a heart for a transplant. heart cannot be used now because of the time sensitivity and the patient who was scheduled for surgery is still waiting for a new organ. weather may have played a role in this crash. >>> buck henry, buck williams, buck woans, but who invited -- owens, but who invited this buck? it started with a clash and when they looked down the steps, they knew this wasn't rudolph. you're going to hear from the couple who was trapped in their snow-smothered car for 40 hours wondering how in the world are they going to make it out alive? >>> if you brought c

the children's mother, madonna badger was taken to a hospital and released.er father had just finished his dream job of playing santa claus at saks fifth avenue's flagship store in manhattan. joining us with this story is staff writer for the local stamford paper "the hour." chase, thanks very much for joining us. tell us what you know about this fire. it seemed to be -- it seemed to get out of control. >> yeah. that's what it appears to be. we don't really know too much as to the cause of the fire at this point. we do know is that a fire broke out at about 4:52 a.m. is when the first calls were reported and as you said, when the firefighters arrived on the scene there was nothing really they could do to rescue those inside. miss badger and her acquaintance were already outside and the firefighters did what they could, but there was not much they could do at that point. >> she's been released from the hospital right now. they've already excavated the house. why have they done that so soon? is there something they're looking for? >> well, fire marshals have al

the children's mother, madonna badger was taken to a hospital and released.ad just finished his dream job of playing santa claus at saks fifth avenue's flagship store in manhattan. joining us with this story is staff writer for the local stamford paper "the hour." chase, thanks very much for joining us. tell us what you know about this fire. it seemed to be -- it seemed to get out of control. >> yeah. that's what it appears to be. we don't really know too much as to the cause of the fire at this point. we do know is that a fire broke out at about 4:52 a.m. is when the first calls were reported and as you said, when the firefighters arrived on the scene there was nothing really they could do to rescue those inside. miss badger and her acquaintance were already outside and the firefighters did what they could, but there was not much they could do at that point. >> she's been released from the hospital right now. they've already excavated the house. why have they done that so soon? is there something they're looking for? >> well, fire marshals have already condu