quarterback brett farve and his record streak. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today, we begin with advancing the deal. senate lawmakers rallied a rare show of bipartisan support yesterday with an overwhelming majority agreeing to advance the president's proposed tax cut compromise. the final approval in the senate could come as early as today, but once the measure moves to the house, its fate is much less certain. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. the vote was 83 to 15 in the senate. rarely do you see that type of overwhelming support from both democrats and republicans here in washington. it was a test vote, but it could very well foreshah co shadoshad see when the real vote happens, possibly as early as today. democrats and republicans alike say they held their nose and voted for this compromise, but democrats much more so because they oppose that 35% estate tax that would have been 20% higher wi

brett farve surprised everyone and made the start against the bears. his night was over after another big hit. to minnesota in subzero temperatures, farve looking good in the beginning connecting with percy harvin from 23 yards out. 7-0, vikings, but it doesn't last. second quarter, farve sacked hard remaining down for a couple of minutes. jay cutler finds devin hester in the end zone. bears up, 17-7 at the half. hester was just warming up. takes the punt in the third quarter and returns it 64 yards for the score. it's his 14th return for a touchdown in his career. that's a new nfl record. bears wrap up the nfc north with a 40-14 win. >>> basketball, the last time the heat lost a game was three weeks ago in dallas, and now the mavericks have done it again. dirk nowitzki leading the way. dallas snaps the heat's 12-game winning streak with a 98-96 win. >>> gilbert arenas, just not enough. josh smith to joe johnson counted. hawks win, 91-81. >>> pacers and hornets, indy down one. mike is there to tip in the rebound at the buzzer. pacers win, 94-93. >>> sy

and ask a call for with an a foul and it seems like brett farve could be finally done for good this time the forty one year old returned to action against the bears up to breaking his amazing ira man streak the previous week by the comeback was very short lived has made us both reports now. brett farve against all odds coming back from right shoulder injury to start for the vikings in the game played outdoors at the d.t.'s bank stadium for i was and to understand that he didn't appear to be off early on a quick delivered to percy harvin here was going to make people miss and want twenty three yards to put minnesota on top of the bears responded with a field goal and then on the first and dirty jay cutler decides to views the vice safety and finds it sixty seven yards to johnny knoxville on the sideline he does the rest to give the bears a ten to seven lead. but defense isn't the only sure the vikings have their all fancied line has done a terrible job protecting farm all season long as it is the case you call you wouldn't get through to a brand with these and brings them down hard farm d

brett farve. making a splash russian rajar leaving the joins the ranks of the world's best after being named top false country driver by the international automobile betteridge. now one of the biggest names in the kontinental hockey league has announced he's to quit his club veteran goaltender getting a book off departing scouts in petersburg because of what he calls family circumstances that will call for as one of the league's biggest ever signings his contract worth some six million dollars per year after moving from the san jose sharks in the summer it's worth noting that the thirty five year old is having far from his best year and in fact the to stick to he was drunk by skiles not a first choice cooley yacoob stepanek despite that his former teammate alexei yashin was quoted as saying i'm very surprised nobody expected this. month chest united are not of the team to catch in the english premier league after the reds i've gone previous table toppers arsenal in monday's seoul match up a tight

. >>> brett farve's glorious run is done and so is his season. on the flip side, aubrey teaming up with me next for your sports fix. good morning. >> good morning. >> we're back in a moment. right now, there's a nurse saving a life in baltimore. 20 minutes later, she'll bring one into the world in seattle. later today, she'll help an accident victim in kansas. how can one nurse be in all these places? through the nurses she taught in this place. johnson & johnson knows, behind every nurse who touches a life... there's a nurse educator... who first touched them. ♪ you're a nurse ♪ you make a difference >>> after starting the season looking rather soft, dare i say, yikes, the miami heat are starting to sizzle now with a so-called big three lighting the fuse. they're playing great ball right now. aubrey is joining me from miami. it's good to see you. so the team has won nine straight games by double digits. are people -- are the fans in miami starting to show up at game time? >> well, good morning, tony. it's great to see you. you know, i was at the

. >> brett farve out. >> how about that? what do we do without brett farve?sexting with his girlfriend? >> you had to go there. that could potentially get really ugly, no pun intended. so here we go. 297 games, the consecutive game streak ends last night in detroit. brett farve can't play because he's got a busted up arm and shoulder. he's hurt. he's just hurt and he can't play. >> that's what happens when you get old. what is he now? he's 41. >> he goes on the inactive list. essentially, that ends his professional career, 297 games. and what does he do? he is now selling footballs, commerative footballs, memorabilia with the stats, 297 games pep started playing in '92 in the george r.w. bush administration. >> way back when. >> way back when. >> i remember living in wisconsin covering brett farve, brett farve, sterling sharp, reggie white. it was the big day of the packers when they started. next thing you knew, they were in the super bowl. >> and all those great players. >> that was a great time to be on lambeau field, let me tell you. >> how did we do, did

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an injury derailed minnesota quarterback brett farve and his record streak. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with advancing the deal. senate lawmakers rallied a rare show of bipartisan support yesterday with an overwhelming majority agreeing to advance the president's proposed tax cut compromise. final approval in the senate could come as early as today, but once the measure moves to the house, its fate is much less certain. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. good morning, everyone. the vote was 83-15, and overwhelming number supporting the bill in the senate. rarely to you see that number of yes votes particularly with both democrats and republicans. it was a test vote but could foreshadow in a vote we'll see could be as early as today. both sites held their nose voting for this bill speshlgsly democrats really spaking issue with th

brett farve may really be done after tonight.is night and career could have just ended with a concussion on the frozen tundra at the university of minnesota stadium. viking freezing out there. despite bad shoulder wanted to try to play tonight. 23 yard. that may be farve last touch down pass ever. second quarter he gets slammed in the turf by cory. he left the game with a concussion. and would not return. you see his helmet slammed right into that cold surface. the bears would pour it on from there. don't punt to hester. he butt it 64 yard return for touch down and nfl record and bears win the nfc north title. farve says goodbye for perhaps the final time. raiders 7 and 7 after the win with the broncos. still a chance to capture afc west. kansas city to lose and san diego to lose one of the last 2 then the raiders have to beat the colts and chiefs to win the division. complicated at this point but looking back silver and black feel 1 or 2 plays may have cost them a play off spot. >> you do it naturally human nature we all do. wha

. >>> and maybe mother nature is a brett farv fan.he metrodome comes crashing down under the weight of a massive weekend snowstorm that blanketed the midwest and it was a wild one across that area of the country. two deaths reported so far. good morning, i am charlie crowson. >> i am megan pringle. this weekend, not the prettiest weekend burks hopefully we will have an improvement. here's meteorologist justin berk. great to see you. >> thanks very much. good to be back. do you remember friday around lunchtime? a little band of light snow led to widespread accidents with a quick-freezing on the road. that's the issue this morning. aer whether advisory for a dusting up to an inch. most of the road are wet. but as temperatures push near and below freezing north and west, we could have some spots that quickly freeze. all right. this is where the expression less is more comes in very handy. this afternoon, we will be windy and steady and falling temperatures as the cold air works in and there could be more snow on the way. here the winter

brett farv had the record streak of 297 consecutive starts at quarterback end in detroit. the 41-year-old was inactive because of numbness in the throwing shoulder. afterwards he called the streak a great run. the new york giants took advantage of farv's new role aspect tateor and they beat up on the vikings 21-3 in the process. the giants sacked farv replacement jackson four times and moved back into first place with a tie with the eagles atop the nfc east. both teams are at 9-4. >>> we are a little more than a week away before the official beginning of winter. >> but it doesn't feel that way in maryland and doesn't look that way in the other parts of the country. the winter is not over yet. >>> and your kids love cereal and you figure it's because of the sugar. a study says that's not what they are craving in the morning. we will explain. >>> he died last year burks the michael jackson album is going to hit store shelves today and songs that date back to the thriller era. but before we go anywhere, we will look at the latest business news happening right now. >> reporter

>>reporter: brett farve streak 2 97 consecutive games played ended tonight.he giants game moved to detroit because of the metrodome roof collapse. jackson colliding with peterso peterson. farve can barely watch. manning. kevin. big boss man. jints roll 21-3. in the regularly scheduled monday night game ravens texas the answer opening kick off second half. baltimore david is he down is he down? he's still going and breaks another tackle. the rookie out of utah is gone. 103 yards. ravens crucial up 28-7. game over. right. no. 28-20 under 30 seconds left. matt back of the end zone. to johnson both pet down. 2 point play ties it up to over time where the major runs out right about now. picked off by wilson. good night game over. drive home safely. ravens survive a scare in overtime 34-28. looks like cliff lee will sign not with the yankees and not pwaping back with the rangers but the philadelphia phillies. >> happen tomorrow huge coupe for the phillies tomorrow. >> all right thanks larry. >> all right that is making news. >> "nightline"up next. >> for all of us

and of course, our producer, rachel, says this is god's way of trying to preserve brett farve's regular season running. [laughter] jenna: everyone has a theory, j.d. it looks like pretty my snow there. >> reporter: we're thankful for one was hurt. -- no one of the hurs. they are feeling lake effect snow so it goes on and on and just a tease, guys, we're watching one of the computer models, that kind of forecasts what's to come. we could have a major winter storm hitting the northeast this time next monday. so we're going to keep an eye on that. there's the relate naves of the storm, certainly not the snow total that is we saw over the weekend, and i want to point out that storm across the northwest, bringing flooding concerns. so we've got snow as far south as kentucky and tennessee, atlanta hartsfield, we had snow reported overnight, as well as yesterday, and the cold air is going to be the story, once the storm exits. just want to point out, a bit too warm across the coastal areas of the northeast, with the snow, with you once -- but once the cold air moves eastward, things are going

sis brett farve has an extra day of rest, is he going to start tonight? >> -- tonight?s the giants are going down, right? arthel: i don't think so, because eli manning is head of the giants. don't get me started, this girl from new orleans! >> i got to tell you, we've got a hall of fame quarterback and he's still got a few miles in that arm yet. arthel: yeah we'll see! good luck to you sir. >> good luck! arthel: seriously, good luck with repairing the roof and let's hope to get this fixed once and for -- once and for all. bill: this was a plot for farve! the giants were diverted to kansas city or st. louis, the game was postponed, then the roof caved in on sunday, now they're off to detroit. these guys have been on a three-day road trip with nothing to do! arthel: at least this is indoors, right? bill: indoors, kickoff, 7:20. did you see what happens in -- what happened in the white house press room? former president clinton, fielding questions for president obama. was this a good idea? former white house press secretary ari fleischer has been at that podium for years.

running the ball being more dynamic and mog brett show with a four to eight yards wrong than the final score and that's wayne swan's with three giants victory farve later stated he has no regrets despite anding his an official record draw and possibly his korea. will not. one bit. because of that and. today it's something. like about goal. dream which so far exceeded although. i never dream of playing three hundred plus straight games by just doing the play and i feel chilled. it's been pretty emotional. elsewhere bosma grounded a spirit attacks on israel in the scheduled monday night game david dreams with a stunning touchdown from the key current town making the twenty eight seventy the said quote some of the ravens the loop completely in control off to that efforts bob the texans weren't finished. match showed running away from the from the sticks down the play and find andrew johnson again tied the twenty eight's to that houston's locker an outing the extra session though with chavez pass intercepted and the time for a touchdown by josh wilson so thirty more twenty two the ravens and houston. meanwhile the customary white house celebrations f