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tonight, the show's host is remembering billy taylor as the heart, soul and brain of jazz.aylor died tuesday of heart failure. he was 89. >>> when we come back here tonight, how do you keep a thousand-pound sea cow warm when the water turns dangerously cold? >>> we're not sure why this video went viral but who can resist a dancing penguin? though the music playing in the background is a laconic version of "auld lang syne," this little guy's happy feet were certainly dancing to his own tune. >>> this harsh winter has brought penguin style temperatures all the way to south florida, presenting a problem for the manatees who live in the normally warm waters. nbc's kerry sanders reports on the effort to help keep these gentle sea creatures safe and warm. >> reporter: beneath the steamy waters here in florida, a migration is under way. herds of endangered manatees in search of warmth. this week, the weather in parts of the state dipped into the teens, turning their watery homes frigid. >> manatees are actually a very temperature sensitive species. they're subtropical. so any wate

billy was a brilliant musician, a gifted teacher, and a wonderful story teller.aylor died yesterday of heart failure in a new york city hospital-- he was 89. how two heroes managed to get a little girl out alive. next. plus, tonight at 11 on cbs 5 >> smith: finally tonight, folks here in the northeast are still seeing red over all that white stuff that blew in this week. but in california, up on mammouth mountain, they see green every time it snows, and as terry mccarthy reports, it's been snowing a lot. >> reporter: if you think new yorkers have it bad, welcome to mammouth lakes, california, 17 feet of snow has fallen in just the past 12 days. >> it's so deep! >> reporter: but no one here is complaining. mammouth is home to one of california's most popular ski resorts. >> it's been amazing. it's absolutely the best you could ever imagine. >> reporter: the snow has beaten all records. more than three times the december average. >> i've been here 32 years. i've never seen this much snow ever in december. we stopped counting when i got snowed into my house on monda

we have a song called shameless and the show that billy joel wrote, and billy joel writes music way abovending. and there's pieces in shameless, where i just tell them, i'm going to drop out at this point, because i don't know how to play it. and when you do, they go there's a fine line between stupid and bravery and this guy seems to walk it. and they allow me that. >> larry: who is the guitarist you wish you could play like? >> steve warner is my buddy. this guy, when he just touches it, he's all over it. but there's lots of guys that -- we were -- we were talking about this last year. we went up to give billy joel a thing called a golden note that it given. and there is a piano out there. billy played at it. there had to be six or seven artists playing at it. and i wish i could rather all of their names, but everybody played that piano, and at the very end, and forgive me if i am miss pronouncing his name, marvin ham litsch. >> larry: i know him very well. you pronounced it perfectly. >> he sits down. when he hits it, it's like, did they bring in a new piano? it's the same piece of equ

departing democrat james oberstar; shutting down ethnic studies classes and remembering jazz legend billy taylor. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the snow plows kept going in new york city today, four days after last weekend's blizzard. officials said crews have plowed every street at least once, and they're trying to get down to the asphalt streets. some blocks were still impassable because of abandoned cars. mayor michael bloomberg today called the city's response to the storm inadequate and unacceptable. he's been heavily criticized, but he promised to get answers, after the cleanup. >> you can get angry or you can focus on number one keep our work force out there and trying to solve problem of today. number one priority and to do it safely. number two, we can then go and have an investigation to learn so that we can do it better. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, new storms in the west dumped heavy rain and snow on arizona,

billy the kid is rumored to have killed 21 men. >>> coming up, news4 at 5:00. a rite of passage for a lot of kids. writing a letter to santa. what some kids are writing for now is not something that you find in a norman rockwe kind of thing. we rewind to 1983. what a game that was. they went to dallas in fatigues. remember that? looking to clinch homefield advantage in the playoffs. that was a game. later tonight on news4 at 6:00. there may so proof that shows that legendary aviator amelia earhart may have been a castaway in a remote island in the south pacific before she died. >>> hello, i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. we're live in alexandria at a beautiful home at a spectacular light displa my job, to create a good forecast you have to crunch a lot of number. i have numbers for you here. wll do a little math. you are responsible for all of this and you are telling me a few numbers. how many lights? >> 265,000. >> reporter: a lot of deer that i see jumping around. how many deer have you made? >> 88 deer. >> reporter: 88 deer. and a lot of power cords that go

and it's mickey and billy and whitey in the dugout at shea stadium in the mid '70s.ooking askance, and i looked at that, i look at the difference between his age chronologically and the way he was aping a kid, aping someone else on a playground. and i said, he's the last boy. and he was the last boy in a generation of boys, larry, i think, who were treated as if, you know, boys got to do what boys got to do and boys will be boys and that's okay. like them anyway for whatever they do, it's okay not to know completely, what we do know, we'll forgive and the rules changed after him. >> larry: yeah, they did. all right in this age of cnns and espns and tabloidism, it's hard for the nonfan or the young person to realize, how big would mickey be now? how much of a press item would he be now? >> they would have to put a plaque out in the new monument park in yankee stadium that would be five times the one they did for steinbrenner. it's hard to imagine now what 536 home runs meant when he retired at the end of 1968. you know, those were -- he had honest muscles and those we

you don't love me anymore do you billy? what?idn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. so i can't have any? if you can deprive me of what can help lower my cholesterol... and live with yourself. right. mmm, i worry about your mother. cry herself to sleep every night over my arteries, but have yourself a bowl. good speech dad. [ whimper ] [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and its whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. >> final look at the seven-day foreeast. we're dealing with bone ccillyy3 -ir. and winds are a factor forra couule of days. 30 tomorrow. it won't feel like it.@ few scattered ssnw showers in@ the morring. taaereddoff with sunshine in the aaternoon. and winds are a factor out of 32 wednesday. with more sunshine. then thursday, we are watching another system that moves through. potentially giving usslight accumulation across tte region. more sunshine through the week with emperatures in the mid to upper 30s. jennifer and jeff? >> thank y

. >>> we got a rare glimpse today of the reverend billy graham, who at age 92, does not make too many public appearances. today, he did, however, at the billy graham library in charlotte where former president george bush and first lady laura bush signed copies of their books. before the signing, the bushes had lunch with reverend graham, whose son franklin escorted his faith tore the signing. >>> still ahead as our broadcast continues on a monday night, does it work? once and for all, the experts say they're going to weigh in on a supplement millions of people swear by when treating the common cold, echinacea. >>> later, how sweet the sound, talented young people making a joyful noise. making a difference in a place that could use it. >>> millions of people take it because they're convinced it works to combat the common cold for which there are, of course, is no cure. there have been various studies over the years, but tonight the results are in from the largest ever study of echinacea, including the big question here, does it work? our report from our chief science correspondent rob

still ahead, what she did that made billy ray so mad he tweeted about it. >> plus, the golden globes nominations announced. why some selections are raising eyebrows. >>> a look at news around the nation tonight starts in ohio. the father of three boys missing since thanksgiving has ended his fight against returning to michigan to face parental kidnapping charges. john skeleton waived extradition at a hearing today in toledo, ohio. authorities wanted skeleton in michigan where he lives and where 9-year-old andrew, 7-year-old alexander and 5-year-old tanner skeleton skeleton were last seen. >>> a missing virginia girl found unharmed and in san francisco is safe at home tonight. officials say brittany smith flew home last night. her father says her return was the happiest day of his life. the girl and the accused abductor who was the mother's boyfriend hadn't been seen since spotted december 3ored outside of a surveillance store in roanoke. her mother found dead last week at their home. police are investigating that death as a homicide. >>> a school bus crashes into the site of a bank i

you don't love me anymore do you billy? what? i didn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. so i can't have any? if you can deprive me of what can help lower my cholesterol... and live with yourself. right. mmm, i worry about your mother. cry herself to sleep every night over my arteries, but have yourself a bowl. good speech dad. [ whimper ] [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and its whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. >> mike: championship weekend in college football. we kick off with oregon and oregon state, the civil war, enough said. the 114th meeting. second quarter, james, the nation's leading rusher, he's in. 16-7 ducks at the half. in fourth, it's barner. he fines the hole and is gone. rushed for 133-yard, and the ducks are headed to the national championship game for the first time in school history with the victory. >>> now auburn and south carolina in the sec title game. tigers looking to punch their ticket to glendale. end of the half

and billy's, of course, egging him on and laughing. whitey's looking askance.nd he was the last boy in a generation of boys, larry, who i think were treated as if, you know, boys got to do what boys got to do. and boys will be boys. and that's okay. we'll like them anyway for whatever they do. it's okay not to know completely. what we do know, we'll forget. the rules changed after him. >> larry: yeah, they did. in this age, of cnns and espns and tabloidism, it's hard for the young person to realize, how big would mickey be now? how much of a press item would he be now? >> well, they'd have to put, you know, a plaque out in the new monument park at yankee stadium that would be five times the one they did for steinbrenner. it's hard to imagine now what 536 home runs meant when he retired at the end of 1968. you know, those were -- he had honest muscles. and those were honest home runs. he was an unprecedented alloy of speed and power. i was in texas the other day, and dr. bobby brown, of course, who played with him, and later became president of the american leag

i've always looked up to billy. i think he's the greatest living comedian today. everyone, i cannot endorse putting your pee pee in a salad. good night, everybody. [cheers and applause] [ female announcer ] this is a strawberry pop tart... and this is a warm, fresh baked strawberry toaster strudel. we asked kids what they want... and we got a clear answer. the one kids want to eat. [ kids ] oooooooooooooh. toaster strudel. layers of brownie and caramel, dipped in chocolate ready to eat sweet moments new from pillsbury. in the refrigerated section >>> 9 news now at 11:00 p.m. brought to you in hd by verizon fios. >> this is 9 news now. "this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> let's get right to it. will it snow or not? let's go straight to our meteorologist for the storm alert. >> it is cold outside. the cold air is in place. we have everything we need for a little bit of snow. a storm is going to develop. let me show you this graphic. it does the job in explaining this. a storm will move off the coast of georgia. it will develop. this is the first po

i've always looked up to billy. i think he's the greatest living comedian today. everyone, i cannot endorse putting your pee pee in a salad. good night, everybody. [cheers and applause] [ female announcer ] safeway talks gift ideas. music makes a great gift. i like rock, hip-hop, country... and you are telling me this, why? i...uh...thought you might be my secret santa? no. i'm giving for skunk. uh, i can hear you. no. not you. the other skunk. [ female announcer ] safeway is the place to stock up on itunes gift cards. right now, save $6 on a $40 4-pack. keep 'em on hand. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> you're watching cbs5 eyewitness news. >>> the bay area bracing for a series of storms. how much rain is expected to fall. "this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> here in the south bay, a plan for an inflatable dam in the case of severe flooding. >> the toxicologist i have been talking to gave me a list of problems that can come from chromium exposure. >> the water problems are back and so is the woman played by julia roberts. >>> two frien

referenda billy a man with a mission to break the american addiction to shopping. true. you should. stop. her. but styles and new must have items of the fashion world changes fast as the seasons but one thing that never goes out of style in the us is shopping america is the birthplace of modern consumerism nowhere else in the world do people buy more than here with officially more shopping malls in the us than high schools if i didn't spend enough money on sunglasses i could probably save for college and things like bad very few actually admit to an addiction is a dora does exactly what. the province waited twenty five things we do daily need for a new dose of jackets sweaters and skirts she considers herself a shopaholic how many pairs of shoes do you have. so hundreds the urge to possess has taken over men to statistics see men and women compulsively shop equally in the us nowadays i'm actually excited about spencer runs during the last couple of years i've spent i think a one hundred thousand dollars on clothes while these numbers are simply unimaginable for millions of americans

. >> billy, he doesn't dine out on guys like us. dines out on guys where he can walk into that sally quinn christmas party and everybody can go you must be wiser than us >> bill: all right. war on christmas, a little muted. my column going to come out tomorrow. we won this last few years there has been causeness in tennessee with the aclu. not so bad this year. >> we rope a doped a little. i know it's better because i erected a manger scene on my front yard this year and i replaced the jack asses with three aclu members. no one in the neighborhood has even protested. they get it. it just reached the tipping point where people were thinking enough of the majority being the agreed minority. it just got crazy. they overplayed their hand. you know something? you could sell a tv show right now about a super team of warriors who air drop into sumaria and mote down capricious lawsuits. we have got guys on our side saying enough of these goofballs out there taking over christmas from us. listen, if you don't like christmas, stay home. drink

reverend billy says a credit card exorcism on the entire nation is what can she work america fifteen million americans are addicted to shopping but many more americans fifteen million shop too much stuff showed me his me life mission is to cheese so with. this shopping devil by putting on an act in churches and shopping malls around the country the credit crunch the purpose of the exaggerations is to make americans see their flaws. this plastic you spend too much money. a consumer. it's a church but controls us it's a fundamentalist church like the roman catholic church in the fourteen hundreds these desperate times normally except my credit card limit. could be calling for desperate measures like spells and exorcisms the things that glitter in the windows will that appeal to you since more often than not in the us legally the majority of people have too much money at the end of the money the average american is said to generate over fifty tons of garbage by the time they are a senior with millions buzzing around new york stores this holiday season and it's hard to tell who is doing

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so we will send all of you to "billy elliot." the play that melts your eyes, you bring your kids there and show the talent, and if you apply yourself, what you are capable of doing, it is unbelievable. i want to show you this is a gift that my daughter gave me and it is not christmas. i was having a tough time and she called me up one day and she said, dad, how are you and i said i am having a tough week, and she said, well, can i come home with you this weekend and i said "sure." so i picked her up and she gave me a c.d. and she said, dad, it's songs i not you should hear and they are words that make me think of you or make me think there are words you need to hear and it was one of the kindest things anyone has done because i knew she took the time to do it. she didn't go to a store and buy it. a friend of mine told me, i told him that story and he said you know what i god one -- got one year my daughters got together and made a c.d. and each them said and they recorded it before the song, dad, i picked this song because it rem

you don't love me anymore do you billy? what? didn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. so i can't have any? if you can deprive me of what can help lower my cholesterol... and live with yourself. right. mmm, i worry about your mother. cry herself to sleep every night over my arteries, but have yourself a bowl. good speech dad. [ whimper ] [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and its whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. >>> san francisco's controversial ordinance banning sitting or lying on streets is in effect this weekend but it won't be enforced in february until police are trained. it was approved by voters last month making to it sit or lie on public sidewalks. there are several exceptions and that is why there is training for police. >> barnes & noble is closing their store in fisherman's wharf. they closed two other bay area stores earlier this year, one in richmond and oakland's jack london square. we got reports of power outages on the peni

neighbors just recently bought a bunch of native plants for a billy goat trail improvement in dominated those to the department. in my opinion, the urban gardening and sustainable landscape movement is the future of this department. we are really pleased to be in a place to be a leader in this city for both residences and public agencies partners. not a similar to where hank was 30 years ago in the recycling movement where it was really starting to catch on and we needed the infrastructure to support it. all throughout the city, it is being replaced with a native plant gardens and habitat and gardens. just out in front of us, the conservatory -- in front of the arboretum, they are converting someone there recently. like i said, the golden gate park community garden in the expanded native plant opportunities there will really put it at the forefront of this movement. for the department as well as the program that provides opportunities for more collaboration, and provides opportunities for expanded operational programming. finally, something that has been talked about over the years amon

and billy white, jerry picken, mike montgomery, montgomery was livid. 77-57. bears are 5-3.ate off to a 9-0 start. you can't come closer than the sharks did tonight. this was unbelievable. the sharks rallied from a 4-1 devset. now overtime. pam, even you would be interested. here is mike richard. watch the replay. you got -- show the replay. anyway, oh, my gosh. sharks win 5-4. i will show you the replay again. sometimes we have access. the puck was -- jackie describe it. >> half over the goal line and it was just at the goal line. before the clock expires. >> you think they lost but because the puck was not all the way over the line they won in a shoot out. here it is again. okay. let me see. maybe -- >> you can see it in slow motion. >> here it is pam. see it in slow motion. >> i could see the puck there. >> anyway. one of those stories. jayson werth, $126 million, peanuts. carl crawford, 7 years, $142 million to play for the red sox. real good player. 142 -- >> great player. >> again. they got money. it is a story made for the big street. san francisco university high sch

as far as her famous dad, billy ray cyrus. he took to twitter.ray said this, sorry, guys. i had no idea. just saw this stuff for the first time myself. i'm sad. there's much beyond my control right now. i think that sentence says it all. he feels like it's out of control. >> he's in the middle of a divorce now, with his life. >> it's a mess. >> i have never heard of this drug. in case you're wondering, i had to look it up. it is a hallucinogenic drug. they did attempt to get it outlawed for three years but there is not a ban against it. but it is a hallucinogen. but it's legal. >> it looks bad. right? hannah montana, smoking the bong. i mean, come on. >> it's not good. >> come on, man. >> nice espn reference there. >>> let's move on to kathy griffin, who is defending what she said about bristol palin. even if you haven't heard about the controversy, you'll understand. take a look. on "chelsea lately." >> what did you say about bristol? that she's a white precious? >> that's right. and i think it's ironic, that someone would call me a bully. there

you don't love me anymore do you billy? what? i didn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. so i can't have any? if you can deprive me of what can help lower my cholesterol... and live with yourself. right. mmm, i worry about your mother. cry herself to sleep every night over my arteries, but have yourself a bowl. good speech dad. [ whimper ] [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and its whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. >>> in today's wjz health watch report, there's evidence that pomegranate juice could fight cancer. some components of the drink can stop prostate cancer to go to the bone. the treated cells showed less of a tendency to break away. >> better tools will help prevent women from dying from ovarian cancer. the screenings reduce deaths by 11%. it's rare and it grows and spreads without causing symptoms outside. >>> be sure you check in today at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. the son of bernie madoff was found dead. could this have any impact on

. >>> bill richardson has until friday to decide if he's going to pardon billy the kid. the outlaw was convicted of killing a sheriff back in the 1870s are but apparently a territorial governor promised the kid amnesty in return for testimony in another murder case. he broke that promise. now richardson must decide if that's reason enough for a pardon. >>> a woman is dead at a popular safari park in the north bay. that's after a tree came crashing down in the storm on her tent. we're going to have a live report from santa rosa. plus there are encouraging new signs that the salmon is making a comeback. what that means for fishermen and fresh salmon in the market. >>> that's going to do it for us at noon. have a great day. w t ileororr li irore

i feel bad for billy ray cyrus.ant to be a good dad and teach your daughter a lesson but you also don't want to lose your allowance so it's a real -- the good news is snoop dogg had already begun adoption proceedings. [ applause ] that was a very good clip. whether it was one of the best clips of the year, i don't know. the internet gives us so many wonderful things. television gives us wonderful things too. throughout the year, we bring you the funniest and most interesting clips we can find. and as the year 2010 comes to a close, it's time to look back and honor the best of the best. for the next few nights, we're going to show you nominees for this year's best video. on thursday, we'll crown a winner. without further ado, here are your three nominees for 2010 clip of the year. antoine doddson. >> well, obviously, we have a rapist in lincoln park. he's climbing in your windows. he's snatching your people up. trying to rape 'em. so ya'll need to hide your kids. hide your wife. and hide your husband because they rap