if you ever get to columbus, kentucky, it's well worth the trip. if you see what they have built there and what's still around them you see these walls that are 20, 30 feet high. they're 30 to 40 feet wide. they're massive constructionses. then you see the little chicken scratchings out here in the water battery in the little fort donelson, you could see where the confederate majority of effort was. where they were concentrating was on the mississippi river. because they knew that's what the federals wanted -- they wanted control of the mississippi. so they built at the fort at the fort at the fort on the mississippi river. for the tennessee river you had fort henry and fort hayman across the river from each other. that's it. that's all they had. fort hyman was incomplete on the kentucky side. fort donelson was stronger, but even then only 14 guns along the river. columbus had dozens on the river. you could just see where they're focusing their effort. it wasn't here on the tennessee or cumberland river, it was on the mississippi. so to get to your

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for now live -- topic in columbus later on. for now live back to you in the studio. >> we'll see you later this evening. the georgetown hoyas play at 3:00 this friday in columbus. that game will be broadcast on true tv. you can go to www.wusa9.com to find out where to tune in. >>> the wizards making headlines. march madness and nfl free agency made up most of the news this week, but the wizards doing a good job trying to steal that spotlight in. a three-game trade the wizards shipped javale mcgee and ronnie tour adjust to the nuggets and nick young is headed to the clippers. in return the wizards get nene. the wizards also got brian cook and a second round draft pick. >>> this is not a good sight. that is alex ovechkin face down on the ice during practice this morning. ovie and mike knuble collide during drills, stayed down about two minutes, sat on the bench with his head down before going back into the locker room. dale hunter said ovechkin is okay and will suit up tomorrow night against winnipeg. >>> also the redskins making

columbus had dozens on the river. you can just see where they're focusing their effort. it wasn't on the tennessee or cumberland river. it was on the mississippi. cut the rail line off. once that's done, whoever is stuck up there in columbus is trapped. >> so there wasn't much of a battle. >> there was zero battle. they just pulled back. thnext battle was on the tennessee line. and that came a quick battle, too. iron clads ran the batteries. the union army got behind the fort. nothing there to stop it. so fort henry and fort deonelso fell because fort henry did. just fell right behind it. yes, sir? i'm sorry? >> the location of fort henry, was it not doomed from the way it was set up? >> it was doomed right off the bat. the location of fort henry was built at kirkland's landing. i don't know why they built it there. a number of gentlemen -- captain taylor is the most colorful man. these people found problems with it. the fort was started the summer of 1861 when the river was low, low water. and the fort did have a great field of fire. for three uninterrupted miles, you p

tracie potts join us from columbus. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. columbus is key. this is where they will eventually certify tonight's primaries from the results of ohio. ohio is a very important state because no republican has ever been elected without winning this state. so today's primary is a key proving ground for november. ♪ >> reporter: both top candidates mitt romney and rick santorum, spent their last full day of campaigning in ohio. >> we have been all over the state from a to z, all right? akron to zanesville. >> i just don't think the republicans have a viable candidate. >> reporter: romney insists he is winning last-minute voters here. >> i keep hearing people tell me they were undecided and now they have decided to join with us. >> reporter: it's gut-check time! who wants it the most? what do you say? >> reporter: rick santorum has a two-point edge in ohio, a virtual tie. last night, he focuses on romney's flip-flop on contraception coverage. >> he will be the weakest candidate we could possibly put forward on the most important issue of today. >> rep

coach jt3. >>> not all georgetown fans could get to columbus, ohio, for the game today. so they gathered around tvs here to watch. fox 5's john henrehan joined some of them at a watering hole in georgetown. >> reporter: the rhino bar and pump house is a few blocks from georgetown' campus and some hoya faithful gathered here for the team's second game in the tournament. >> friday's win was the first georgetown win we've had in an ncaa tournament while we've been at school. so i hope it keeps on going. >> reporter: and as the game ban, the hoyas took an early lead -- began, the hoyas took an early lead. >> i think georgetown's odds are good because they have a strong defense. >> reporter: but nc state had a great run towards the end of 1st half. the wolfpack took a three-point lead into the locker fans at th not lose heart. >> any time can have a slowdown. i think they'll be fine. i've chosen them in my brackets of. >> reporter: we found one fan wearing the loge over the other guys. what do you think of the half? >> we're looking good. i think they're a little tougher. hop

friday in columbus. that game will be broadcast on tru tv. you can go to wusa9.com and find out where to tune in. i guess that's today now. >>> a 12 seed has upset a 5 seed in a tournament after last year's cinderella run. the question is can they do it again? does the slipper still fit? the rams taking on wichita state in one of the most talked about matchups in the tournament. bcu down 2. burgess wide open. with 20 seconds left, sayas floats a ball over. gets the generous bounce and that is all bcu needed. they do it again shocking the shockers 62-59 for the first upset of the tournament. >> even after wichita state took the lead, we didn't put our heads down. we kept fighting. and then these guys really made some huge plays down the stretch, which turned out to be the difference in the game. >> john stockton rooting on his alma mater. the mountaineers seemed lethargic all game and they took advantage sending them home early 77-64. they play the winner of this game taking on ohio state. but the greyhounds dancing ends early. the wizards mak

i don't think so. >> or for columbus. i mean, he wasn't spanish. ok.ng tonight in san diego thanks for your time tonight sir. >> thank you keith. >> that's "countdown," congratulations on getting through another day of

columbus, ohio. if this was an actual product test, there would be no cameras allowed but wendy's agreed to show us the process. white coated food technicians do the cooking and send the samples to volunteer tasters who grade it on things like onion flavor and messiness. mmmm. so this is the last step before it goes out to the test market. senior vice president lori estrada has high hopes. >> we're still waiting on our consumer scores but i'm anticipating based on what we know going into this that they're going to be great. >> reporter: you really do sound like a proud parent. i'm sorry. the test burger then goes to a real wendy's. spokesman denny lynch. you're really fine tuning even when it's here on the menu. >> absolutely. no question. we're fine tuning all the way to the time we say we're ready to pull the trigger and it will go national. >> the black label. >> reporter: it looked like the test audience was already biting. what do you think now that you know it's a test market and you are kind o

i don't think so. >> or for columbus. i mean, he wasn't spanish. ok.ht in san diego thanks for your time tonight sir. >> thank you keith

tracie potts for us in columbus. thanks. a reminder. we'll have super tuesday coverage for you here on this nbc station. >>> elsewhere, president obama and israel's prime minister have different views on the standoff over iran's nuclear program. mr. obama told israel's benjamin netanyahu yesterday that before using any military options, he wants to give sanctions more time to work. netanyahu speaking at the apac conference said israel can't afford to wait much longer, emphasizing israel's right to attack iran to prevent that nation from developing a nuclear weapon. >>> on the floor yesterday, john mccain called for u.s. air strikes against government troops in syria. mccain argued the u.s. has a moral and strategic obligation to force out syrian president bashar and end his brutal crackdown on the opposition that has killed more than 7500 of his own people. mccain says the united states should have an effort to stop them from air strikes on assad's forces. >>> here is a look at some of the other stories making news early today in americ

dave owens will be live from columbus starting tomorrow. >>> ncaa a action tonight. cardinals taking on vermont. ford mcglen was on fire. hits the three pointer he had 18 points off the bench of as vermont advances to play north carolina. >>> the redskins wasted no time in free agency adding to the the receiving core they signed garrison and josh morgan. they haven't begin up on getting eddie royal. they have turned their attention to defense they have serious holes to fill in the secondary after releasing a taking way on monday and won't resign la ron landry. they hosted chicago bears safety brandon merry weather and expected to host cornerback ryan ross from the new york giants on friday. he finished last season with 4 interceptions and 60 tackles. time to turn our attention to high school game of the week about. we have o'connell. langley versus o'connell battlefield taking on west field girls lacrosse and girls soft bowl. >>> down in kiss me stephen extrasberg getting the start three runs already given up jason heyward takes another. that's the braves second home

we're here in columbus, ohio, as the georgetown hoyas are getting ready for the belmont bruins. and they don't want another one and done scenario. a preview is coming up. brian. back to you. >>> if you have a story idea, call the fox 5 tipline, 202-895- 3000 or send us an e-mail at www.newstips@king5.comcom. m.   -- www.wtfg.com tips.  >> a new documentary called bully is go catching quite the buzz. take a look. >> and they say they're worthless. >> and it's getting attention because of the r rating. a high school junior started the campaign to urge the mpaa to reconsider. the teens who need to see the movie the most won't be able to. she joinsous fox 5 news this morning. >>> no, i didn't. i didn't have anything when i was in the middle school. i felt so alone and it was horrible. i think a lot of kids feel that way in this movie and that can change that. >>> the movement earned the support of more than 20 members of cling congress and celebrities. katie's petition received more than 300,000 signatures. >>> technology changes. the wall street journal supp

the project on columbus and the completion of the lighting of washington square park. i would like to read a letter from wells whitney and ann halstead. dear commissioners, my husband and i are long-term residents, 42 years of a 24 years of telegraph hill. we both of participated in many community organizations and in community improvement projects. we are swimmers and tennis players to belong to the club affected by the project. unfortunately we will be out of town for your meeting. we're familiar with the project. we have written letters in support and testified previously on its behalf. we have studied the plans in detail and that over the past few years with the developers and other neighborhood people and groups. we ask the support this project. we know there are concerns about the project, but we believe that the height and height progressions are consistent with the years of planning efforts in the waterfront land use plan and any embarcadero study. we believe the benefits to the city and neighborhood will vastly outweigh any losses perceived now in the immediat

if you know columbus, ohio, you know easton town center.you like to shop or eat, you will probably find it here. columbus is the state capital and the largest city in ohio. it's a growing area. neap the suburbs. you have ohio state university and financial sector. a conservative bloc of voters but most people, most republicans will tell you they are moderate suburbanites. in franklin county, part of the four county metro area, this is the largest cache of votes for john mccain's victory in 2008. this is a swing area for the general election, which is why since he has been president, president obama has had ten events in columbus, ohio. we'll be right back after thi this. their claim service is so good, noit's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can trust 'em. unlike rdy. dolr for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. immerse yourself in all over relief with alka seltzer plus. it's specially formulated to speed relief to every inch of you. liquidate your flu symptoms with alka seltzer plus. is now within your grasp with the all-new e-trade 360

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so is columbus, ohio.e the hoyas and bruins will be playing. >> the hoyas, they have their dance partner. the belmont bruins out of the atlantic sun conference. georgetown earned the number 3 seed in the midwest region. it will play number 14 seed belmont in columbus, ohio. for reaction we're on the hilltop. i love it. kids celebrating. good times. on the hilltop. georgetown met belmont in the first round of the ncaa tournament in 2007. the hoyas beat the bruins then by 25 points en route to the final four. coming up on prfl sprfl, reaction from coach john thompson iii and the hoyas. at verizon center the caps playing the second of back-to-back games take on the mip'll leafs. first period no, score. toronto on the power play. brooks laich steals it. scored a power-play goal yesterday. today how about a short-handed goal? beats jonas gustafsson. 14th goal of the season. caps up front 1-0. more than enough for neuvirth. seventh career shutout. caps win 2-0. they remain one point hingd the panthers for the di

. >>> i want to show you this in columbus. one right after the other. slammed into signs, into the guardrail, the glass. fortunately, no one hurt. unbelievable. this is a classic case of roads freezing up overnight. ryan will tell us if anything like that is headed our way. kelly? >> we know about the extreme weather in the west, jamie, with the deadly tornadoes now. a little girl died yesterday after being found in a field buried with her family who all died in the storm. >> my family didn't get a video or something. >> it was slow motion, like a big machine. >> school still out. in d.c., lawmakers with the storms starting to push for federal assistance. >>> big day tomorrow to take on president obama with super tuesday. heading to the polls with more than 400 delegates. ohio is the biggest with romney and rick santorum. karen traverse tells us more. >> reporter: mitt romney and rick santorum have their eyes on the same prize. >> we're going to have a good day tomorrow in ohio. what do you think? >> we're in a great campaign. i need your help. >> repor

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this is franklin county, capitol city, columbus located here.ttle more than half the vote in. this is where mitt romney really wanted to run up the score. he has a 5-point edge and there is a lot of vote in franklin county. so that's part of the reason why we have this mix together to try to figure out whether or not we could make a call, because have you returns in franklin county and it's really growing in delaware, north of columbus, this is just a bit more than a fraction of the vote being right now. and romney, has a 3-point lead there. that's one reason y. you are missing a big vote in the central part of the state in columbus. you are missing a big part of the vote in cuyahoga county. this is cleveland, romney has a 16-point lead, but the vote margin is not safe enough to make a call. if you compare the vote from cuyahoga 4 years ago in 2008, here's mccain, beating huckabee, 46, 56, about 60,000 votes. where are we right now? you are 20,033, a little less than 40,000. so you have 20,000 to in in in cahoge a. for rick santorum, he is doing

the hoyas may tomorrow, dave feldman with more from columbus, ohio. >> reporter: greetings from columbusdy, where tomorrow at nationwide a reason at no. 3 georgetown hoyas take on the 14 seed belmont bruins, georgetown a big favorite but not so fast, my friend. the last two years they've gone to the ncaa tournament they've been won and done. this is the georgetown hoyas' 28th appearance in the ncament, head coach john thompson, iii, the hoyas a three seed and favorite over the 14th seed belmont. the theory jt3 isn't buying. >> you realize everyone is good once you get here and the numbers next to the name mean nothing, nothing. we've learned that the last couple years and if you don't come out ready to play and sharp, all 64, 65 teams can win. >> reporter: former georgetown coach john thompson would agree, a man who won a national title with the hoyas in the '80s and now watches georgetown as the proud papa of its coach. >> this team surprised me an awful lot because in no way did i expect them to be where they are right now, no way did i expect them to do as well as they did and particu

some storms in columbus, ohio at 75. and pueblo, colorado, plenty of sunshine. afternoon highs at 82. into the weekend, we are looking for this above average trend to continue. so some fabulous weather ahead. >> good news. all right, ryan, thanks so much. >>> coming up, the day of the ipad, more good news on the job front, and i'll take green ketchup with those fries, please. we'll explain. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead >> plus, it's not the 21 jump street you may remember, but it is expected to take the top spot this weekend at the box office. >>> coming up, the rich el deal in nfl history, a shoe of nba trades, and, yeah, march madness. you're watching "early today". >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> north korea says today it will launch a long-range rocket mounted with a satellite. the provocative move comes only weeks after it agreed to nuclear concessions including a moratorium on long-range missile tests. >>> united nations secretary general

nbc's tracie potts joins us from the state capital, columbus. good morning to you. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. take ago look at the numbers you just showed us, it's pretty clear that mitt romney is beginning to solidify his lead among his republican challengers. he has now got three times as many delegates it appears as his closest competitor and, like he did a week ago in michigan, he has proven he can win a tight race. it appears mitt romney eked out a very narrow victory over rick santorum in ohio, as little as one percentage point. >> i'm not going to let you down. i'm going to get this nom yain n nomination. >> reporter: romney realizes it's about delegates and it's names game and he schwinning. >> we are counting your the delegates for the election a that is good and counting down the days until november and that looks each better. >> reporter: romney won massachusetts, virginia, idaho, and four delegates in wyoming. santorum scored victims in tennessee, oklahoma and north dakota. >> we have won in the west, the midwest, and the south

patrick's day parade which kicked off at columbus and balboa at noon today it was rahm emanuel firstayor and the prime minister of ireland and kenny i accompanied the mayor down columbus instead of winter jackets and hats many pri goers were in shorts and t-shirts. this was not the only first for the city this year, sean lewis is here with more. it was a meeting of chicago's political elite along the green chicago river i wish everyone a wonderful st. patrick's day celebration. former mayor richard daley and his brothers, hosting the celebration in record-setting temperatures. his late wife maggie who died in november still very much on his mind we had sleeves know, ray wind and everything so this is a great time for chicago among the guests gov pat quinn and tony preckwinkle and ireland's ambassador to the united states as well as the irish prime minister who told me he was impressed not only with the weather but with the spirit of chicagos irish roots. >> it's a very strong reminder that the irish actually built this city. >> and is still to come more of today's parade why the trad

they were captured and jacobs was caught sometime after in columbus by the columbus s.w.a.t. team. the one officer they did attack made it home and was released from the hospital with no major injuries. it's unclear what they were originally in the facility for. they are currently being held for parole violations and jacobs has a warrant out for his arrest for a burglary. they are expected to be charged with felonious assault, escape and aggravated rioting. get this, three other women were arrested for aiding the juveniles' escape and they have now been charged with felony obstruction of justice. >> were these women related to these kids at all? >> at least one of them was one of the boy's girlfriend. >> they were trying to get out and go to prom. now they assured themselves they will be spending a lot more time behind bars. >>> our number nine video, you get to play along. it's multiple choice. >> got a video of a snowmobiler tearing up the side of the hill here. before you get to the top and catch some air, what do you think is on the other side. >> more mountain. >> a traffic li

some people think they were here before columbus, some people think at least one of them came with columbus. but major -- amine in the 1870's. >> why? >> mostly lebanon and people are looking for work in of lebanon engaged there was a blight in the mulberry trees died and so they couldn't raise anything but the other thing that happened is the japanese silk began to compete so the industry fell apart. estimate quote was the reaction when the arabs and muslims started coming to the u.s.? trade industry that they began to sort of poll little trinkets to farmers. we have documents that showed they went into connecticut and springfield and there was this woman who ran away from lebanon to avoid being married to an 80 year old man, so she opened a store and they knew no arabic they would have her name and address and they could slip them on the train from new york and the wood and in springfield and they would go out. sears roebuck began to deliver to the rural area and came to an end so they started opening stores and began to settle. >> with a strong muslims at that time or more of a secular?

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nbc's tracie potts joins us from the state capital, columbus.racie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. taking a look at those numbers you just showed us, it's pretty clear that mitt romney is beginning to solidify his lead among his republican challengers. he's now got three times as many delegates as his closest competitor. he's proven he can win a tight race. >> we need mitt! >> reporter: it appears mitt romney ekes out a narrow victory over rick santorum in ohio, as little as one percentage point. >> i'm not going to let you down. i'm going to get this nomination. >> reporter: romney realizes it's all about delegates, and he's now got more than 300. it's a numbers game, and he's winning. >> tonight we're doing some counting. we're counting up the delegates for the convention. it looks good. we're counting down the days until november. that looks even better. >> reporter: romney also won his home state, massachusetts, vermont, virginia, idaho, alaska, and four delegates in wyoming. santorum scored victories in tennessee, oklahoma,

we are live in columbus, dave owens, 9 sports now. guys and ladies, back to you in the studio. >> that's it for us. >> that's right. stay tuned for the cbs evening news that is next. >> we'll be back after march madness probably around midnight. have a great weekend.

dave owens will be live from columbus starting tomorrow. >>>iness the nfl window opens the -- once the nfl window opened the redskins wasted no time snagging a couple receivers. they went out and got two young wide receivers that can grow and develop alongside robert griffin, iii, their anticipated draft pick. first they locked up pierre garcon from indianapolis and snagged 25-year-old d.c. native josh morgan from san francisco. they're still reportly trying to sign eddie royal after other teams entered the picture yesterday. on defense chicago safety brandon meriweather visited with team officials today and the redskins will host giants cornerback aaron ross friday. >>> here's a sight we haven't seen in a while, nicklas backstrom who has been sidelined with a concussion since january 7th was back on the ice today at kettler. he was skating around for about 20 minutes, said he felt pretty good afterwards. bryce harper entering spring training with hopes of making the nationals opening day roster. his campaign took a detour because of a stra

this holiday feel mayor rahm emanuel maybe this honoring them by ending the holiday tree before columbus day within its eps. >> children can identify with their heritage and be proud of it. >> the pulaski day holiday is the other holiday mayor emanuel wants to skip and both polish people and many italians are wondering why the mayor seems to be picking on them. >> it's the only thing we have and we should have it. we should have our day. cbs officials have released the following statement: the italian people in the city sometimes get a bad report from the past but that has nothing to do with what we are today. i am italian and i am proud of my heritage. emails spokesperson has said mayor emanuel honors the contribution that the thais have made to the history of the city and that schools will plan to devote less time on that day to the history of christopher columbus. >> visits to the cook county jail were limited to a few today, that's in an effort to slow the spread of the influence of like illnesses so they restricted the movement of inmates in division one and banned all visitors, det

some people think there were here before columbus. some people think that at least one of them came with columbus. but major -- of the concentrated group started coming in the 1870's. >> why? >> well, mostly from lebanon because the famine. the young people were looking for work. there were in lebanon engaged in raising silkworms for the soap industry. and there was obliged. the mulberry trees died. and so they could not raise any more, but the other thing that happened this that japanese soap began to compete. the industry fell apart. so this started to come here. >> what was the reaction in 1870's when arabs and muslims first started coming to the u.s.? >> well, became a specialist. they weren't really part of the sort of maine trade and the industry. but they began to sort of battle little trinkets to farmers. for example, connecticut in springfield. there was this woman who ran away from love and not, married to an 18 year-old man. she opened the store. they would come. there would have for name. there would be pinned on her jacke