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. >>> and remembering dandy don. because when he was on, monday nights were mandatory viewing for millions of us. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. it's a fair question. for a while now, americans have been wondering how lawmakers in washington could possibly extend tax breaks for wealthy americans while allowing benefits for jobless americans to be cut off. it's all part of the fight between the parties. the president, the republicans, the fight over what the midterm elections meant. they've been talking tonight at the white house where word arrived late in the day of the makings of a deal, and then the president stepped before the cameras. we have it covered with our chief white house correspondent chuck todd. good evening. >> reporter: it's not quite a done deal, but one is close enough that the president himself has talked about the frame work of the deal. take a listen. >> i have no doubt there are things that not everybody will like, but it's the right th

if anyone ever truly earned his nickname, it was "dandy" don meredith.s high school legend, he went on to be the dallas cowboys' first big star. but he quit playing suddenly at the age of 31. and soon he landed that job that would make him even more famous. >> standby, howard. here we come, frank. >> reporter: part of the original announce team for abc's "monday night football." >> it's good to be back, i've missed you. >> i didn't know you cared. >> reporter: it was a tv revolution, football in prime time. and the men of "monday night" were treated like rock stars. with his texas charm, meredith was the perfect foil to howard cosell, often more entertaining than the game. >> it's texas cornpone, "dandy" don meredith. >> i've never said anything ugly about you, howard. >> reporter: he once said, "i don't know how badly i'd feel if i wasn't remembered at all." well, he is remembered. legions today are singing his trademark song. ♪ the party's over ♪ they say that all good things must end ♪ ♪ call it a night the party's over ♪ ♪ and tomorrow and next year

dandy don merideth passed away yesterday. he died in santa fe new mexico after suffering a brain hemorrhage and lapsing into a coma. he was an original member of abcs monday night football broadcast team. don merideth was 72 years old. >> when held get into it. >> when a game was a blow out. >> turn out the lights the party is over. >>> a sneaky new way some companies have of finding out you are faking sick calls. >>> if you have a consumer problem or question, you can all our consumer watch hotline 8885-helps you. volunteers are there right now ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, private detectives are sniffing ou hese days. >>> savoy cabbage at one time was hard to find but now you can find it just about any where you buy produce. besides being cooked like regular cabbage this is great in so many different soups but you have to select them and store them right otherwise you know what? forget it they will not taste good. these are loaded with nutritional value. cabbage is a super food loaded with nutrition. buy savoy cabbage i like the dar

his banter with howard cosell quickly made dandy don a fan favorite.e was 72. >>> basketball, miami is start to go heat up. they beat the bucs with their fifth straight win. miami was up 11 at the break. a pass from wade in the second half behind the back to chris bosh and bosh did the rest. heat won it, 88-78. >>> from the magic's chris duhon. the ball is going out, duhon reached around the defender, flipped it to his teammate while diving head-first into the crowd, and that is an assist the hard way. duhon was fine. but the magic worked. >>> and a show against the thunder. a circus shot in the third a season high 29 for him. final seconds of the quarter, derek rode from mid court and banked it in. chicago was up, 16. but the shot of the night was from benny the bull with his back to the basket, he heaved it up from half-court, off the backboard and in. benny the bull, a winner as were the bulls, 99-90. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> is a pay cut in shock jock howard stern's future? your early morning entertain

like dandy don would say, turn out the lights, that party is over. >>> the school has offered to sweetenact so he doesn't leave. how sweet is sweet, though? practice today, getting ready for the orange bowl. the big news, though, andrew luck named one of the four heisman finalists. he had to leave practice early today to study for final exams. >>> here we go with the sharks now. they looked amazing tonight and climbed out of last place. when was the last time the sharks were in last place? tonight who did they beat? just the best team in the conference. watch the back and forth between 5-2 theth5-2 the final orwakasu. score. we're back in a moment to wrap things up. stay with us. at bank of america, we live and work here, with thousands of employees, hundreds of branches and hundreds of atms. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion... from supporting the redwood forest foundation and california academy of sciences to funding the green music center at sonoma state university because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more

it was as a broadcaster on monday night football along with howard cosell and frank gifford that dandy don made his name. he died last night after suffering a brain hemorrhage and lapsing into a coma. he was 72. sharks leading detroit 4-2 in the third period. have it for you tonight at 10:00. >> we will see you then. >> you bet. >>> coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >> it's called smishing and it can turn any mobile device into a tee for your personal information. we will have the fbi's latest warning. >> good night. >> good night. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud.

. >>> the sports world is remembering dandy don, the football great who became more famous for his moves off the field than on. don meredith died of a brain hemmage sunday at the age of 82. he was the dallas cowboy's first big star. he teamed up with how ward cosell on "monday night football." he was known for his colorful personality and his trademark line, turn out the lights the party is over. >>> when we return on this tuesday, turning their fame into big pay chex. coming up, the highest-paid reality tv stars. >>> and it's the largest lawsuit of its kind in u.s. history. walmart must defend itself in front of the supreme court. >>> and as she prepares for the end, elizabeth edwards offers a message of hope. a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a

. >>> former cowboys quarterback and monday night football announcer dandy don meredith died last night brain hemorrhage and lapsing into a coma. >> ♪ turn out the lights the party's over ♪ [ laughter ] >> meredith was a star on the field but became a bigger star in the booth as part of a trio that included meredith, howard cosell and frank gifford. near the end of every game, meredith would turn sing, turn out the lights, the party's over. he was 72. >>> if you were busy celebrating a milestone birthday, here's what you missed. [ laughter ] >> huddle! they'll play oregon for the >> there she goes. russell tips... oh, my gosh! adams touchdown! on the "hail mary"! >> okay, auburn blew out south carolina. oh, stop, it's not. they will play oregon for the national title next month. chargers runningback found out why mcclain is nicknamed the mcpain train. helmets collided. no flag. >>> the shot of the weekend nuggets mascot rocky from half court makes me really manslaughter the warriors old mass scott thunder, very him? u.s. open champ graeme mcdowell sinks the putt on the first play-off ho

dandy don died yesterday with his family beside him in new mexico at the age of 72. >>> the raiders now off their most impressive win in years. no kidding. jason campbell led the raiders to a dominating win over the chargers. this is in san diego yesterday. from high above take a look at it. a little bootleg here. 28-13 was the final with t. with the win the raiders are alive and well in the playoff race. next sunday the raiders are in jacksonville. >>> all right, here we go, it's official. stanford quarterback andrew luck is going to new york this weekend. andrew luck, named today one of the four heisman trophy finalists. in true stanford fashion, we love this, he had to leave practice early to concentrate on final exams. here's nbc's lauren scott from campus. >> reporter: the cardinal are taking their talents to south beach. january 3rd in the sunshine state is especially nice for receivers like doug baldwin who hails from pensacola. >> i'm going back home because i'm from florida, so it's exciting for me. i've never been to miami but i heard it was gorgeous. my favorite team is the m

. >>> sad news, former cowboys quarterback dandy don meredith died this morning after suffering a brain hemorrhage. he played for the dallas cowboys from 1960 to 1968. it became an even bigger national celebrity being on monday night football along with howard cosell and frank g iveord -- giveered -- he died this morning. >> yes. very sad news. >>> 90 minutes of -- nine m inutes before 9:00. the changes coming -- that may be coming to bars and restaurant here. >>> we have anian date about a 12-year-old girl who show under at children's hospital after disappearing for a few days. she told police she took a bus to a san leandro home and was sexually assaulted by two adult men. we talked with alameda county sheriff deputies this morning. they are telling ktvu there were a lot of inconsistencies in the young lady's -- youngly day's story. when questioned furthering she finally admitted she made up the story. it looks like she was staying at someone ahouse the whole time. >>> new this morning, the government just reseesed estimates of the 2010 u.s. census count. the estimate shows the popula

rnon, texas, where dandy don meredith was born. his original name was joe donald meredith.t. there he is in the booth, of course. and it was a great night of remembering him. people stood up and told the most wonderful stories. we were all -- it was like we were all reliving it again wh don right in the room just crying the memories. he truly was one of the funniest human beings god ever made. >> there was a funny story when you were pregnant? what did he say? >> i don't know if i can say this. >> is there something i don't know? why wouldn't it? >> it's a true story. when frank called him when he found out that i was pregnant the first time and there's dead silence. don, kathie's going to have a baby. dead silence. don goes, don't you worry, frank. 3 1/2 years later don calls him back, says guess what, kathie's pregnant. dang, got wrong -- we have some pictures. there is a museum there. like at the don meredith museum. that's cody and frank and me standing out front. cody was his god n. cody's there in the middle. he flew allight long from california to be there. it's darl

. >> the great dandy don. >> it is great to have you sitting here at the table. >> it's great to be hereall, intimate gathering at chelsea piers. it was a really fun party, willie. it was catered and they had really interesting photo booth. this is one of those ones where you sit there, you hit the button, the image comes out instantly, it is on a video screen and you can click on it and get it. i think we have some of the wonderful images. that's terrifying and bad. jim bell, our executive producer. that's don nash in the middle, tammy filler, our executive producer and the wonderful sara haines is joining us. that's the gang. it was just a really fun party. what was great was it was one of jeff's final parties and he was -- he got kind of choked up. it was really sweet. >> he spent his entire professional life here. you can understand that. >> one of his favorite performers, james blunt. >> come on. ♪ you're beautiful notes ♪ you're beautiful ♪ you're beautiful it's true >> it's a nice tribute. i don't know if that's the song i would have sung to jeff. >> that is just cruel! >> "you're