derek jones jr., internet sensation for daily dunks. jumped over four people like evil dmooefl. and it's jones and robinson and oh, my it's over. son of big dog, his hid is in the rim. it's the slam dunk champion. >> i know i'm not letting go of that, of her right there. she's following me everywhere i go. it's mardi gras, going to have a good time. >>> sharks trying to increase lead in the pacific division. even though in last place, arizona not lost to the sharks this season, 3-0-1. san jose is trying to change that. brent burns, extra energy and rins for his 26th of the year. leads all defenseman. what a year he's having. haley to carlson, past two coyotes. carson to haley for the one timer. his first goal of the season. third, 3-1, power play. burns from way out. another two goal game. sharks win 4-1, host boston tomorrow. >>> more from the all-star game at 11:00 p.m. on abc7. at 11:00 p.m. on abc7. >>> next on abc7 news at 9:00, [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! the price you see is the price you pay, unlike ca

preliminary round was dominated by the suns derek jones junior diving over four people here.re's more where that came from. >> taking this one off the side of the backboard and that is a nice between the legs dunk but he was upset in the finals but glenn robin san and the reverse that earned him a perfect score of 50 and the slam dunk title. that's sport. we'll be right back. >>> final check on the forecast and what a lovely day today. more to tomorrow. >> i think we're going to get spoiled. this is definitely great weather. we saw 68 degrees. everybody get on outside and enjoy the day. we cool down by tuesday a chance of rain tuesday into wednesday but we need it and maybe some rain next saturday but look at this. we climb right back up into the 60s. >> i can't believe nearly 70 degrees tomorrow. >> isn't this wild? >> that could be record breaking or record matching. we could hit 69 degrees a record high is 68 degrees so of course we'll track that for you very closely. >> today we just missed it by one degree. >> that's it. >> thank you so much. and thanks for joining us. f

this was last year's championship.cham derek jones jr., he's only playing two games this year.r winner was glenn robinson, third.thir the third always beats the junior. > we're still in the middle of february, but as -- watch it again. it's really good.y we're still in the middle ofle o february, but as far asacol edge basketball is concerned, globald teams are thinking about march.. they have maryland is a sixth. uva is a four, on the outside looking in, a the look of help needed to make the field. let's look at some college basketball scores from around the area.a. virginia tech almost got the signature win that they needed to win the tournament. they lose to lieu illville. navy fell just short. virginia, this one went final. they got throttle by unc. the nats look a lot different ons on fence than the team that broke last week. this winter they added adam eaton to add even more fire power to the to. really what this team needs is for this man, bryce harp tore return to his to 2015mvp form. harper had a nice year lastar season but took a step back from his 2015 pace. there's

glenn robinson, the third of the end yoon indiana pacers and derek jones of the suns battled it out andh the coveted trophy. >> we can, of course, wasn't it supposed to be in charlotte, north carolina, moved to new orleans, because of the controversial state law. p we have the report. >> reporter: in charlotte, the streets aren't exactly bare this weekend but the plan was for uptown to be booming, which is exactly how to describe the scene in new orleans right now. thousands of nba fans and celebrities reveling in the 2017 all-star weekend. >> the dunk contest, three-point contest, stuff like that. >> reporter: the one that was supposed to be in charlotte until the nba yanked it after state lawmakers passed the so-called bathroom bill or h b-2. >> i was really looking forward to the all-star game being here z in the words of north carolina's governor, this could have been a different weekend. >> it would have been awesome to have been in that atmosphere. >> they estimated that the all-star game would have brought in approximately $100 billion but because of hb-2 which requires all peopl

derek jones, a journalist who broke the story of the holodomor .nterviewed a soviet foreign minister in that interview, the minister took a line that we've heard from many foreign ministers since. he said, flat out, there is no famine, which is a blatant lie, but then he tailored and amended his statement. he said you must take a longer view. the present hunger is temporary. in writing books, you must have a longer view. it would be difficult to describe it as hunger. notice the sentence construction. there are no active firms -- verbs.- hunger and famine occur over the world all the time, in india like orwell sell, and he was trying to say that the famine in ukraine just occurred without cause or effect, necessarily. orilarly, with the past week so, officials have been asking ukraine to reconsider its economic sanctions on donbas and stop the attack on donbas, as if the conflict simply occurred in a vacuum. the russian regime and many people who do not know better talk about the holodomor as one famine amongst many in a year that killed millions o

i want to share a quote from another journalist, a good guy this time, derek jones, a journalist whoke the story of the holodomor. he interviewed a soviet foreign minister in 1933, and in that interview, the minister took a line that we've heard from many foreign ministers since. he said, flat-out, there is no famine, which of course is a blatant lie. but then he tailored and amended his statement a little bit. he said, you must take a longer view. the present hunger is temporary. in writing books, you must have a longer view. it would be difficult to describe it as hunger. notice the sentence construction. there are no active verbs. my college english professor would be appalled. he always used to ask me, who is doing what to whom? hunger and famine occur over the world all the time, in india like orwell said, and he was trying to say that the famine in ukraine, which he said was really not a famine, just occurred without cause or effect, necessarily. similarly, with the past week or so, officials have been asking ukraine to reconsider its economic sanctions on donbas and "stop the