. >> a girl's got to have her bling, right? mila's journey quickly evolved into something of a pilgrimage. she connected with the community and was encouraged by the many ways the mining company helped it. >> they give them electricity and plumbing. >> gem mining in africa has long been a hotbed of human rights abuses as seen in the 2006 leo dicaprio film "blood diamond." but mila says gem field's stones don't come at a social cost. which is the whole reason she's involved. >> what impact did it make on you? >> it's an incredible experience that i have not stopped talking about. >> if you think mila's emeralds are impressive, listen to this. the world's largest emerald is 858 carats. it's currently in the smithsonian in washington, d.c. >>> still to come here tonight -- >> hello, my friend. what's happening? >> denise richards invites me inside her stunning home. wait until you see her closet. >>> then, watch out. >> joan rivers is taking shots at the oscar stars. >> oh, it's the oscars and i'm an actor. >>> plus, prince michae

as you can see, i like bling. >> reporter: you have the bling going. >> i have the bling going and we sell this here, too, but anyway, this is artisano, they sell it on charles street, and it's actually made in peru. each piece is an art piece. it's made by one person in the andes mountains. >> reporter: let's continue it conversation. we're going to go that way and find wine and vendors and in 20 minutes or so we'll talk about the wine barrel table over there. that's coming up in a little bit. guys. >> mike, that's you, the chair, the whole leather chair, the table, that's uh-huh -- that's you, i think you should pick it up. >>> when somebody tried to rob this guy's store, he took matters into his own hand, where he stores the sword he used to fend off the crook. >>> and why it kid is gunning for your job out there, the weather cast that made this child an instant celebrity. >> future meteorologist in the making, look at him taking over. >> he's got the moves, i'm telling you. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testost

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this is the teething bling.ld of amy kreel who had her ah amount when one of the kids was pulling on the pearl necklace. those are pretty and practical and colorful, bold pendants, something you might wear if you're not with your baby. the teething bling is made of sill cop and non-toxic th -- phalate-free, bpa-free, and they come in several shapes and colors. $19.99, buy them online at teething-bling.com. bye-bye baby has them, target started them again and teething -- teethingmen.com. >> and that is cool, huh? >> i like this and the carrier. >> and we struggle with that. >> yeah. >> the and thank you, laura. >>> and i like the shade. it's great, huh? >> yeah. >> and that is working. >> and we'll do it together. she brought it to us. >> and we're way too interested. is it not on? okay. and my microphone is on. you need to find my microphone. the little green light is on. okay. and i want to make sure everyone knows that. i don't want to get in trouble for my microphone not being on. the accuweather forecast for

these are internet game bling sites. supervisor says the sweepstake internet cafe provide skirt game bling law and are illegal end of story. >> we have an advisory from the state gambling control that says that the facilities are illegal internet game bling and if you look in there everyone is doing on line gambling. very clear that these are gambling sites. >>reporter: there were 3 sweep stake cafe in hayward but only 2 remain. world net business center on vermont street has shut down. i business an net connection are the soul surverifies. hayward city council is considering an emergency moratorium to prohibit the kind of cafe to remain open until the matter is settled but ron says he's not going down without a fight. >> they are acting like bill bully. i don't respond well to big bully. >>reporter: city council will not decide on the issue tonight but several people are expected to speak out. including doyle and his attorney. in hayward, abc 7 news. >>> head of bank of america received a 73 percent pay increase last ye

that's a lot of bling.hanks to many celebrities, there has been a growing trend of engagement rings with colored diamonds. many women find pink diamonds the most attractive. it's no coincidence they're the most expensive. yellow stones are also showing up on more fingers. they are more affordable. and then there's chocolate, as in chocolate diamonds. >> the women of today wants to be different, and color allows a woman to express herself and her individuality. >> reporter: diamonds have always been a girl's best friend, but the appreciation in color diamond prices has wall street interested, too. more and more people are getting to know diamonds so the demand is growing but the supply is staying the same or even getting less. >> lesser known chocolate diamonds may still be >> because for many years people had thought that these are low quality; they have been sold at a discount, at a lower price even though they are thousands of times rarer than the white diamonds. and little by little, people are catching

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. >> and if your bling isn't real or if it is and you might get that funky black mark like when your big gold chain moves, this is jewelry -- this is jewelry shield that's great if you're allergic to any alloys and metals. last but not least this is an awesome invention by crystal powder. these are called paw palates. you can have hands-free when you are putting your make-up on. you can blend the perfect concealer. i can just tap the excess. >> a paw palate. my dog will love this. it's inspired by you. i want to point out that one of our viewers sitting in the audience, michelle, gave me -- if you hold your wrist up, this is a really cool way to kind of -- it's an id holder and a bracelet combined. it's a cool cuff. >> oh. >> i am going to put her information on-line too. thank you. >> cool. >> now you're red carpet ready, right? >> thank you, bobbie. we love you, bobbie. >> we're going to pick our most creative sign. let us see your signs. >> don't go away, bobby. >> you're going to help pick. >> okay. >> oh, i love that. >> who do we like? >> i got to say it's slim pickings today.

they are also talking about a little bit of bling. let's continue our coverage of aspirin training now with lawrence scott in scottsdale arizona. looks like the sun is up for you. sizing up the competition and the world series ring fingers to decide which one to put it on. >> they do. they can't take it for granted. having won two rings in three years. today right here they start a the quest for a third ring in four years. we are watching the traveling secretary get sizes for the rings. it's a big celebration and starts as they come into camp to talk about the world series that was and the things they will do moving forward here. sizing the rings was part of the deal. take a look. >> reporter: the spring training after a world series victory brings swagger to the clubhouse for certain. one of the perks of being the champs is getting the rings to let the world know. in the early days of camp offer the opportunity to size up the players' ring fingers. >> takes a captive audience. we need the players to try to get down to the local jewel

bre and from old navy, with a little bit of bling on it. >> what about little mia here?ing. >> her sunglasses. >> so cute those heart-shaped sunglasses from claire's boutique. her tankini is from old navy. i love the ruffles because it accentuates the waist and looks adorable. >> she knows how to model already. she's a pro. thank you, jackie and mia. next, ginger harris, electric blog bloggarella. you like the boho chic. this, we're seeing on model marcella. >> from marona larieux. we paired it with jewelry. we also did a ring. to give it the chic angle we paired it with metallic accessories like the vintage bag as well as the mia suit. >> mom and daughter are matching. >> yes. sienna has on ramona larieux as well. >> the maxi dress is still in? >> it works for all body types. >> thank you, ladies. our last fashion blogger is maria -- nice job, sienna. your category is miami style night life. we know it's all about the night life here, right? >> absolutely. >> tell us what your model is wearing. >> the look here is we love color, we love minimalist cut and love to show s

. >> amy is wearing this bling- bling gown. it's full of lace. we've got in toulle on the bottom.s was originally $1,000 and you can find it at our sale for $800. >> that's such a great deal. run us through the details again. where should people go, when should they go? what's the plan? >> you can come to our sale either this evening for our v.i.p. cocktail party from 6:00 to 9:00 at the sheridan pentagon or all day tomorrow. you can also visit our website to learn more and register. >> ashley ritter and ladies, thanks so much for coming in and telling us about it. >>> time now to answer the washington golf show question of the morning. a record number of super bowl watchers were women last time around last year. out of 111 million plus people who watched the super bowl last week, what do you think the percentage of women who watched were? is it a, 50%, b, 46%, or c, 42%. our facebook friend karla wrote, aim going with 46% b. there are more women hosting super bowl parties and going to related events. she's right, the answer is b. 46% of all the people who watched the super bowl l

. >>> just ahead before you, bling, plus is bruce willis's nine lives about up with the latest installment of the diehard franchise? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this friday, looking at a beautiful weekend forecast in almost all areas of the west, even trying to warm up in the northwest. today sunglasses from utah to california. portland 50, still fighting the clouds in the northwest. want to mention sacramento, you're going to look for very nice conditions, 69 on saturday, sunday right around 66. for everybody else, watch some showers in the northwest on saturday. i guess not ruining your weekend plans. >> if you do go inside we have some movies to watch. >> not good ones, clunkers. >>> the fifth installment in the diehard franchise expected to rake in the most crash despite terrible reviews equaling bad criticism. nicholas sparks "safe haven." and the twilight crowd, no he said to their supporters. maggie smith, one of the stars of downtown abbey has never seen her show. she thinks doing so may make her agonize over the performance. she may someday

. >>> just ahead, seth is showered in bling. >>> plus, is bruce willis' nine lives just about up in the latest installment of the "die hard" franchise? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. let me take you through the weekend forecast. we start today with rainy weather in florida. the big story is the cold air coming down from the north. the latest arctic flash heading down from the northern plains. minnesota and wisconsin. notice highs in wisconsin only 27. as we go through the weekend, a little storm is developing over the north carolina coast. we should see a little period of snow late tonight into tomorrow. new england with a couple inches of snow up. there by sunday that snow is gone we actually start to warm up quickly. the arctic air is only with us two days in the middle of the country. >>> well, there's something for everybody at the box office this weekend. the fifth installment in the "die hard" franchise should rake in the most cash despite terrible reviews. nicholas spark's safe haven will be that. and beautiful creatures with scenes aimed solely at the "twilight

the nominees, the fashion, the bling we have had all covered. you don't want to miss a moment of the action. check it out. it all starts this afternoon. check out your local listings. >> abc7 news the only place to watch the oscars tonight and our live coverage begins at 2:00. you can count down the final hours with our official oscars app. the backstage feature will give you the best access from behind the scenes and the red carpet. you can get the oscars experience by downloading that oscars app available for i-phone, ipad, android and the kindle fire. also abc7 is hosting a virtual oscars party on our facebook page today. all you have to do to get your invitation is like us on facebook. then you can hang out with 95,000 other bay area fans. so rsvp for that right now. our oscars coverage against again at 2:00. it starts with "on the red carpet at the oscars" and you can see the stars arrive with red carpet live and the big show at 5:30. following the oscars we have a recap of the biggest moments and you're pass to the afterparties. jimmy kimm

feet of running, passing and kicking and since it's new orleans, there is music not to mention super bling, and this. >> this is really cool, a lot of people can't do it. it's a good opportunity. >> fans line up to have picture take within the lombardi trophy. >> it's pretty likely, they have had an amazing season, especially the playoffs. they can be a hard team. >> reporter: there is a demonstration of how the footballs are made , the wilson company, flies employees from the factory in ohio to the super bowl every year. >> everything that you see here at the nfl experience is what we do in the factory. the same people made the footballs that are you are going to see on field on sunday during the super bowl. >> reporter: they have to wait until after the afc championship to start making these , the ravens and 4ers names are on each of the super bowl ball. ravens and 49ers have been given 108 of the custom made footballs and extra ones for the kickers. each team chooses half, 54, submitting those on sunday. ravens fans, darryl and felecia, here since tuesday, darryl scored a perfect ten in

. >>> just ahead, seth is showered in bling. >>> plus, is bruce willis' nine lives just about up in the latest installment of the "die hard" franchise? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. here's what you need to know about the upcoming weekend forecast. holiday weekend, by the way. we're watching the rain if florida. then the colder air and a little bit of a clipper system coming through the great lakes with snow showers. that's later this afternoon. later tonight, off the coast, bringing snow to areas, especially in new england, a couple inches. new hampshire and maine. by sunday, we get rid of that and start to warm it up a little bit in the midwest. at least the cold air is not here to stay. >>> well, there's something for everybody at the box office this weekend. the fifth installment in the "die hard" franchise should rake in the most cash despite terrible reviews. yeah. >> i thought it was going to be good. >> well, it wasn't. despite that criticism, nicholas spark's "safe haven" will be that. for female moviegoers. and beautiful creatures with scenes aimed solely at

some celebrities are leaving the expensive bling behind for tomorrow night's oscars. >>> plus, gas is getting expensive, so is what you've heard about making your gas last really true? we're going to debunk some gas mileage myths ahead. >>> but first, if you've called off sick from work lately, you're not alone. how american workers just broke a record. we're goin >>> one of former senator chuck hagel's biggest critics says he will now vote to confirm him as defense secretary. senator john mccain said he and his senate colleagues will support hagel as leader of the pentagon. republicans and others filibustered hagel's confirmation last week. mccain says he expects fahagel be confirmed next week. >>> microsoft deals with a string of problems. the latest involves a worldwide outage for a service that stores data. the service went down yesterday afternoon. the company says it's slowly restoring the program. to add on to the problems, it's the latest company to suffer a hacking attack. it's giving few details about what happened but said it affected a small number of employees' computers.

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of wonderful, wonderful venders, everything from gourmet foods to granite countertops and a little blingthe ladies. >> [ laughter ] >> it will be a lot of fun so you're going to have gourmet vendors out there so you can eat. sip of course. and we have wonderful tasting. >> i have been to some wine tastings and those glasses are bigger than any i have seen. >> i had a lot to do with the size. i think it is awful when you go and just get that. with the vip tickets you get come pem rative with the logo. we have vodka tastings. there is a maryland made called sleep betty. we have it and it is going to be served in an ice cold vodka luge. >> i don't have to wear any lipstick or anything. >> no. we have maryland wines. we'll have brew, beer for tastings as well and all kinds of gourmet foods but -- and lots of boutiques and furniture. but talk about a certain vendor you brought with you today. >> use of all the vendors i was trying to find somebody local to get them here quickly and also with a really unique product and you won't believe. look at this. >> welcome nick bruce. tell me about it.

. >>> and bling, if you've got the cash, they've got the jewels. the perfect valentine's day gift if you have deep pockets. jewels, anyone? "on the money" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "on the money." now, maria bartiromo. >> here's what's making news as we head into a new week "on the money." it is the u.s. government versus standard & poor's. the most aggressive move yet by the justice department to hold accountable a financial company at the center of the financial melt down of 2008. the $5 billion civil suit charges s&p intended to defraud investors, aaa ratings they did not deserve. standard & poor's' attorney says not so farst fast. >> the ratings that were issued were believed by the people who issued them and that's what the government has

. >> you'll notice i have about a hundred pounds of bling on here. it came from one of our vendors, they're impulse buys for lay disso we have things you ask plan for like a new kitchen and impulse buys. >> turf f valley luxury home show is tomorrow on turf valley road. >> the weather is bad, you're probably not going out tonight, stay up and watch more tv. tvis always good. here's a look at what jimmy kimmel will have on. >> thanks this week james franco, and kai the hitchhiker with a hatchet. consider it my belated valentine's day gift to you. >> the laughs start in just 13 minutes. we'll be right back. there is no mass-produced human. so we created the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. a collection of innovations designed around a bed that allows you to adjust to the support your body needs. each of your bodies. our sleep professionals will help you find your sleep number setting. exclusively at a sleep number store. sleep number. comfort... individualized. right now, queen mattresses start at just $599. and save 50% on our limi

and baubles and bling. if you have the cash they have the jewels.eep pockets. jewels anyone? >> co oh co always wore two. >> "on the money" begins now. >> announcer: this is america's number one financial news program. "on the money." now, mario bartiromo. >> here's a look at the news as we head into a new week on the money. it is the u.s. government versus standard & poor's. the most aggressive move yet to hold accountable a company at the center of the financial melt down of 2008. the $5 billion civil suit charges s&p intended to defraud investors by giving securities created from subprime loans aaa ratings they didn't deserve. the attorney says not so fast. >> the government has to show in this case not that a lot of people lost money because of the investments. government has to show the s&p literally disbelieved its ratings. >> meanwhile it was a choppy week for the markets. the dow with the worst day of the year monday falling triple digits and getting most of it back on tuesday. market residence bounded later in the week. what's next? >> i th

whoa, check out the bling! or whatever it's called now. aah! [chuckles] oh!od god. >> i got it! oh, god, there's a vent! >> she's very...spirited. like a show horse. you're a lucky man. >> oh, no, no. she's not the bride. this is the one i am marrying. >> oh, my apologies, sir. please follow me to the real showroom. >> yes. >> my finger is caught in the vent. >> hey, where are my sno balls? i was gonna go to the gym later, so i deserve a treat. >> oh, miss lemon, we can't have coconut products out anymore because of staff allergies. >> what? no, allergies are psychosomatic. the only reason i'm allergic to dogs is because one bit me the first time i got my period. >> no, allergies are real. if i have a strawberry, my throat shuts up faster than a girl in math class. >> i didn't know you had allergies. you know if my cousin stephanie eats a walnut, her throat shuts up faster than a filipino at a-- >> guys! come on. not okay. >> oh, i'm sorry, mr. rossitano, no unauthorized food. >> don't worry, no food in here, kenneth.

. >>> and bling, if you've got the cash, they've got the jewels. the perfect valentine's day gift if you have deep pockets. jewels, anyone? "on the money" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "on the money." now, maria bartiromo. >> here's what's making news as we head into a new week "on the money." it is the u.s. government versus standard & poor's. the most aggressive move yet by the justice department to hold accountable a financial company at the center of the financial melt down of 2008. the $5 billion civil suit charges s&p intended to defraud investors, aaa ratings they did not deserve. standard & poor's' attorney says not so farst fast. >> the ratings that were issued were believed by the people who issued them and that's what the government has got to disprove, that -- the government's got to show in this case not that a lot of people lost money because of their investments. the government has to show that standard & poor's literally disbelieved the tradings. >> meanwhile, choppy week for the markets.

. >>> and bling, if you've got the cash, they've got the jewels. valentine's day gift if you have deep pockets. jewels, anyone? "on the money" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "on the money." now, maria bartiromo. >> here's what's making news as we head into a new week "on the money." it is the u.s. government versus standard & poor's. the most aggressive move yet by the justice department to hold accountable a financial company at the center of the financial melt down of 2008. the $5 billion civil suit charges s&p intended to defraud investors, aaa ratings they did not deserve. standard & poor's' attorney says not so farst fast. >> the ratings that were issued were believed by the people who issued them and that's what the government has

i love it when it bling. >> i know. it's so cool. >> like hello there. >> majestic. so it just got stuck in the grill. >> i love it when he blinks. >> he just winged at you just winked at you, lawrence! >> never been winked at by an owl! >>> we have more patchy fog around the bay area today so a sign of a little sea breeze kinging in. temperatures coming down a couple of degrees but not by much. out there right now looking at patchy fog even in the valleys. still chilly temperatures down there and numbers into the 30s inland, 40s elsewhere. i think this afternoon, we'll see highs running in the 50s near the coastline to mostly sunny but a couple of patches of fog there, 60s inside the bay and a lot of 60s maybe mid- 60s showing up in some of the valleys. high pressure is going to very main in place and that ridge really a strong system sending the jet stream well to the north will continuing to do so today and actually strengthening toward the latter part of the week so staying dry some very, very mild days ahead warmer as we get toward the weekend. some of the tempe

joining us is laurie ovechkin, founder of book blings. ail fred and brad hair soch is the founder and ceo of bhe with a venture capital fund to support early stage companies. good to see you guys. >> good to be here. >> laurie, you heard about these women. >> yes. >> and had an idea and followed their same process, right? >> i did. i did. we had a concept, and then we had to develop a business strategy from there. >> you did the bester er. . you found somebody who did thor er. for you. >> i sure did. >> you said, i have in idea, i know people are going to buy it, what are we going to do now? >> i think lori's idea is the best thing, find a plan that's worked. look at where they have success and trouble and replicate and improve upon the processes. as soon as you have a good market you should have a lot of success. >> a great product is not a business and so many people get stuck. they're in love with this great product. even el tel everybody tells them it's great product but scaling it up to wholesalers and retailers, that's a whole diffe

he sings about marijuana, guns violence and bling.way from. they approved $4,000 to pay for the school song the principal said it would be a morale booster what most members to know at the time and what brad field and didn't tell them is that the principle is engaged to j.o. and they have two children together that go to beasley. last night he faxed me this notarized letter saying that he did not take any money for the song the letter is dated three days ago he told me over the phone he just wanted to do something positive for the kids in 2005 he won the golden apple award as a reading teacher it was not until i actually saw the video that he was affiliated with that i was outraged laura thompson is a former teacher at beasley who was not hired after her probationary period. she is concerned about the students being exposed to this kind of art. the $14,000 for the song came out of the internal account it is the school safety net it had $100,000 in a one principal brad field got theirbraffbradfield got there. the academic center was on

and we have our bling to go along with it. parks, and orders for that one? >> currently 5. we are hoping for five yesses. >> thank you very much. we will have more from sprinkles coming up in the show. let's talk about the weather first. you'll have to scrape your windshield a little. widespread 30's. around the freezing mark right now. this afternoon we will warm up well above freezing, high temperature in the 40's later on today. warming up nicely with a good amount of sunshine. friday evening and friday night we could have another lights hit of snow, rain changing over to a snow. this weekend looks a lot colder, so prepare. that's all from sprinkles. we will have more yummy cupcakes coming up. now to jamee with traffic. >> i have a sweet tooth. good morning, everyone. as we get going a good time on 66 virginia. problems. interstate 95 between stanford and the beltway, lanes are open. be careful on elevated portion of the road. you might find slick spots. marilyn 95, earlier crash north near route 1 hundred, that should be on the shoulder. 270 collins open. still watching

. >> you blinged, you missed it. >>> first up today, get ready for a big chill. the mercury is about to do a nose-dive. >> veronica has our first word on the weather this afternoon. veronica? >> hey there, guys. we had temperatures in the 50s, even 60s throughout portion of our area. the story through the weekend is the dra many tick change. that, of course, means very low windchill readings that we're going to have to deal with. first, though, a bit of rain and even a bit of snow that we're going to see with two foust-moving systems. on the thrice and radar, you can see how the clouds have been increasing throughout our area. that is moisture you're seeing off to the west. having a bit of a tough time saturating the air right now, but there are a few showers falling not too far away. we will turn wet for the evening. you can see there's much more of that back to the south and west coming through. in the form of snow. as i said, the temperatures, we're at 59 degrees, 64 degrees in culpepper, and just an hour away up in winchester, 43 the temperature, so big chang

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. >> reporter: whether it's flowers, bling or gifts for your sweetheart's sweet tooth, baltimore's singlelovebirds know love is in the air. >> i was remind bide my girlfriend a few times. >> reporter: they rated baltimore the best place -- second best place for singles. single men are expected to spend twice as much as those who are married. >> these are for my wife. and my 5-year-old daughter, whose favorite color is yellow. >> i come here to the store every year at valentine's day. >> reporter: at o'donnell florist, it's been nonstop. >> we see a lovely lovely increased demand. >> reporter: while love birds, especially those flying solo, businesses are cashing in. >> it's the largest money-making day of the year. >> it's about 15 to 20% of the yearly sales. >> reporter: this year, the holiday will generate around $18.6 billion. the national retail federation says the average person will spend about $131. that's up from 2010 during the recession. >> flowers, chocolates, even a night out are all common valentine's day presents. the most popular is a card. >> nothing crazy. >> james is kee

. >> whether it's flowers, bling or gifts, baltimore's single lovebirds know love is in the air. >> i was arounded by my -- reminded by my girlfriend. a few times. >> reporter: single men are expected to dig deeper into their wallets to please the apple of their eye, spending twice as much as those who are married. >> these are for my wife. >> uh-huh. >> and my 5-year-old daughter, whose favorite color is yellow. >> i do come the store every year at valentine's day. >> reporter: at o'donnell fluorest-- florist, it's been nonstop. >> we see a lovely, increased demand. >> reporter: while love birds, especially those flying solo, are cashing out, businesses are cashing in. >> it's the largest, money- making day of the year. >> it's about 15 to 20% of the yearly sales. >> reporter: this year, the holiday will generate around $18.6 billion. the national retail federation says the average person will spend about $131. that's up from 2010. >> chocolates, even a night out are common valentine's present. the most popular is a card. >> nothing crazy. >> reporter: he is keeping his role simple.

that's how much that sparkly bling is worth. another person that looked nice is beyonce in a pantsuit, which is unusual. she usually comes down done to the t in a long gown or something. so it was quite different, but black and white is the new spring color for 2013. i think you'll see a lot of it. >> and you know, her thing with ellen degeneres, i loved that moment. we need to know from you, what happened backstage? >> well, there was a lot of things that you find out backstage and on the red carpet that people talk about. you'll be seeing them tonight on entertainment tonight. one of my favorite moments is, part of the grammys, the collaboration. you saw last night, alicia keys collaborating with maroon 5. it was one of the big performances. i was also talking to alicia and at the grammys, she bumped into miranda lambert and she was a huge fan and wanted to do something with her. so they are based on having to bumped into each other and talking about it. so that was a big moment that happened backstage and you'll see that play

they say smugglers bling in cars and trucks to pay for drugs. last month, chile jailed three bolivian soldiers who had reportedly chased car thieves across the border. mexico. transforming deadly weapons into musical instruments. part of a program against gun trafficking and drug cartel violence that's killed 70,000 people the past six years. a sculpture takes firearms authorities have seized and turns gun barrels, magazines and pistol parts into percussion instruments. taiwan. more than 100 couples released heart shaped lanterns into the sky to celebrate valentine's day. the floating lights are a century's old that dismghts some men use the occasion to propose to their girlfriends. and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> shepard: floating burning lanterns news from the future. officials in chicago warning of a brand new public enemy number one. he has never even set foot in chicago. coming up, we will tell you who is so big and so bad, they are digging up the term once reserved for al capone. plus, there is another

rather than heading out for a ritzy dinner or to buy some new bling, are the couple took the bag downto the police station and turned it in. >> we stayed there like two hours -- two hours. we were hungry. we hadn't had dinner or lunch or anything and then we got traffic. >> reporter: police traced the bag to a visiting tourist from china using credit cards. >> an officer gave me everything and he said, happy valentine's day. >> reporter: mark, who didn't want his full name used, said he was carrying the cash for several vacationing families and forgot the bag on the bridge. >> i think someone who turned it in is someone very, very kind in the heart. >> reporter: mark and his family drove to thank them personally. he put a reward check in the mail. and though their valentine's day was no bouquet of roses, they are happy how things turned out. >> the people got their, you know, their money and their bag. >> reporter: joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. >>> a big pairing in san francisco. the giants along with mayor ed lee announced this morning the first tenant and the anchor of a $1.6 b

. >> reporter: on this texas gun range, prada and bling meet bullets and pistol grips. >> shoot!> reporter: it's time for the good old boys to move over and make room for the newest sharpshooters in town, like renee blaine. >> when i tell people i'm a firearms instructor, i said don't let the hair and nails fool you. we will break down drawing from the holster. >> reporter: she specializes in training women how to handle and shoot firearms. she runs a school called austin hot shots. >> it is huge. it is huge. the movement towards women and guns is something unlike i've ever seen before. >> shoot! >> reporter: surveys suggest the number of female gun owners was stable in the 20 years leading up to 2010 but in the last few years, gun retailers report a surge in female customers. >> get as high up as you can on the gun. >> reporter: cindy greenwood is a new shooter. she won this handgun in a charity raffle. >> it's exhilarating. it's empowering for a woman. i like it. makes you feel good. >> i'm going to be aggressive, reach out and shoot that thing. >> reporter: learning gun safety

picking up two feet of snow and in through hartford and an inch to a foot, foot and a half and that is bling and that is giving them the criteria to meet in terms of the blizzard and that has nothing to do with how much snow is falling and you don't have to have snow falling and if there is enough snow around and there might be some spot an philly that can get up as much as one or two inches of snow and this weekend, tomorrow not bad and 40 degrees and once the winds die down, okay, blustery all morning long, though and from that supported to 48 degrees. gusts in town and around 40 and that is at times with 15 to 25, approaching 30 miles per hour and windy early and at noon and that will make things nicer and that if the part of the day is going to be blustery and cold. 52 on monday with some showers. 53 on tuesday and with some sunshine. let's watch wednesday close. 44, snow showers and a snowflake. too early to tell and that is looks like the storm system is coming up. it's looking like we're going to get snow on that wednesday and into early thursday. >> okay. >> okay. thank you, gary. >>