touchdown detroit again! >> means a whole lot to this city >> reporter: a city that was bankrupt ten years ago, covered in blight. >> streetlights were not on. ambulances didn't show up for an hour we had 45,000 abandoned houses in this city and it seemed kind of hopeless >> thank you, detroit. >>e bankruptcy filing mike duggan became mayor he says now -- >> it's a whole different feeling of hope. >> reporter: instead of fleeing he says people are flocking to detroit, along with new jobs you can see it in the growing skyline. new restaurants and bars like cafe sous terre are popping up too. >> could you have done this ten years ago? >> i wouldn't have done this ten years ago. >> reporter: reimer priester says back then the midtown neighborhood was practically a ghost town today he's proud to be part of detroit's revival. >> so to just be my own little piece of it, yeah, i mean, it feels like a mission it feels like something i'm supposed to be doing >> reporter: but the city is still a work in progress three

♪ >>> tonight, the celebrations in detroit.ne step closer to the super bowl as the city itself stages its own comeback the wild scene at ford field as the lions defeat the tampa bay buccaneers now on the verge of their first super bowl appearance ever the city known for tough times hoping to march toward victory we are live in motor city as fans celebrate this historic win. >>> the bombshell in the race for president. ron desantis suspending his campaign and endorsing donald trump two days before the primary in new hampshire it's now a two-person race nikki haley going after former president donald trump's mental fitness again today as he leads in the polls >>> new details on the american base in iraq attacked. multiple service members injured. how the u.s. is responding nbc news exclusive, the man who survived six days trapped in his wrecked truck, how he says he managed to stay alive. >>> i was just yelling, you know, please somebody help me. call 911. >>> the future of football, live sports pushing into new frontiers. how so

on the flight coming from detroit. the flight attendant said she wasn't going to serve us, because we had the nerve to fly into detroit. >> i hope they watched her pour the drink. the flight attendant was kidding, they are actually not from the bay area but he became a niners fan when he was a kid watching the greats, no shortage of them obviously. and matt lively has a big update from the niners final practice today, this is it, we have arrived. >> good news, deebo samuel is off the injury report. he will play on sunday. samuel is a full participant, quite a turnaround from last saturday when he was injured versus green bay, he missed almost the entire game and he feared he fractured his shoulder for the second time this season. >> and a big game like that, i had millions of emotions on the sideline, trying to hold it together for my team, just to see them get the w, i was relieved as well. it was painful at the time, but like i said, them doing a good job, getting all of my strength back, i feel like they did an outs

it's detroit versus everybody.es an underdog story and we are an underdog story and i think the big thing is i'm just going to say it. we are the new america's team. i really feel like detroit is america's team. detroit reflects this hard working honest energy that you can see across our nation and people have really, really caught onto it. >> have you run that by dallas yet, america's team? >> i've not run it by dallas, but i got a feeling we can give them a run for their money. >> if it happens, keegan, you saw jason kelce last week at the game where he just went shirtless in freezing temperatures. there he is. >> freezing temperatures, right. >> would you do something like that? >> i don't know. i don't know. i'd have to think about it. >> you'd have to think about it? >> i'm going to go to the game in san francisco. it might not be as cold. maybe i'll think about doing it. i can't do what jason did. that's too much for me. >> so you're going to be hosting the nfl honors in vegas. >> yes. >> can you imagine if y

with us now, author and sport writer, you're a detroit legend. you live in detroit.a column with the detroit free press for years. i mean, i'm a washington football fan so redskins, commanders, you know, i've never really had any kind of personal affinity or affection for detroit over the years. it's not because i don't like detroit or the lions. they've just been a nonfactor for so long. and here they are, they're just having such an incredible run this year. what does this moment mean for the city of detroit? >> well, it's a huge deal here. i've always said that detroit is a football town that has been asleep for three decades. it was 30 years or more since we had a playoff win until last week. and the city went insane. now we don't know what to do with ourselves. we have a good football team. we're so used to not having a good football team. it's very joyous around here. >> and you don't have taylor swift in the stands. you have m & m. in some folks' books, that's actually cooler. i know i'm risking a lot of negative emails flooding my inbox, or social media posts

detroit versus everybody.utes, everybody loves an underdog story, and we are an underdog story. i think the big thing is, i'm going to state, i will just say, it we are the new americas -- i really feel like detroit is america's team. detroit reflects this hardworking, honest, energy that you can see across our nation. people really caught on to it. >> have you run that by dallas yet, america's team? >> i'm not run it by dallas, but i got a feeling we could give them a run for their money. >> so if it happens, keegan, you saw jason kelce last week at the, game where he just went shirtless. and, what was, it freezing temperatures? >> freezing, temperatures right. >> would you do something like that? >> i don't know. i don't know. i would have to think about it. >> you have to think about it? >> it might not be as cold, maybe a will think about doing it. i can do adjacent, it that is too much. that is too much for me. >> so you are going to be hosting the nfl honors in vegas, >> yes. >> can you imagine if you ar

the detroit mayor started a program to do just that.demolished. masalmani was convicted of first degree murder, kidnapping, and carjacking. and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. taylor was convicted with murder, and he too is serving a life sentence without parole. both have appealed their sentences. >> it took one second, literally one second. to end matthews life. and that one second, has literally turned our family upside down. >> matt's funeral service as that day program explained, was to remember the joy. the laughter. the smiles. and no one would forget on that sad day, that matt was also a rocker. >> matthew was a drummer. but he had an acoustic guitar. he would always start stairway to heaven. and it seemed like through time, you get through a little bit more. and he would learn a little bit more of it. i love to listen to him doing that. and we asked the priest, father i know this is unusual, i said, but if you have anyone that can play stairway to heaven that would be beautiful. and he says, let me see what i ca

is stopping in detroit.e have even said that crime statistics statistics have gone down. this city is in sane for lions. this lions football team and we're hoping one more win for quarters from the super bowl. it continues. >> you know we love your story. unless you're playing us and we and we have a soft spot for jared goff who is from the bay area as well. and we've also delivered weather for you guys. how do you think this is going to play in i mean we know that about 20% of levi's today will be detroit fans. yeah there's no doubt about it. >> if you see the airlines coming in the bars last night in the bay area, it is a lot. there are a lot of lions fans here. and you know last week i'm glad the weather is what it is today because in a game like this, the four best teams in football are playing today. weather might be a factor in baltimore weather won't be a factor here. so the best team is going to win this game and uh, you know, we think in detroit that the lions absolutely have a chance today and back

lions battling it out for a ticket to the super bowl. >> i think detroit is going to put up a fight. faithful are ready to tame the liens. >> and deebo samuel injury update, will the niners have their star wide receiver? and the search in the north bay for a woman accused of taking off in a chp car. plus, protest across the bay area demanding a cease-fire in gaza, small business owners say they are caught in the middle of a war of words. >> and we first broke the news about the plan to raise the ferry building to stand up to sea level, now how san francisco will transform the entire waterfront. >> and we can all feel confident that we did something. to impact future generations. >>> this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. >> hello, i am sara donchey, it is friday night ahead of a big weekend in the bay area to say the least, the 49ers are facing the detroit lions in the nfc championship sunday, a win would take them to the super bowl for the first time since 2020. kickoff is 3:30 on sunday, our chopper got a look at the field at levi's stadium, a beautiful site for fans and

just saying detroit. we celebrate the success and all the teachers and all the people in her family also who got her there. we wish all great things. congratulations. >> very inspiring there. >>> time now 6:55. before we head to break, taking a live look from sfo. the airport showing their support for the niners lit >>> elliott, how do you get from kpix to pix+? >> well, you see the signal comes from the station here and exits our master control. enters the retroencabulator. and side pummeling occurs that creates a sinusoidal wobbling and then ends up going through fiberoptic cable up to sutro tower where it goes into our transmitter and modulated and sent over the air. >> elliott, what i'm asking you is, how do we change the channel to pix+? >> oh! you hit 44--1 for over the air or 1--2 for cable, for 12. >> so in case you are just tuning in now, make sure that you go over to 44 cable 12. because we're trash talking with the detroit anchors you know, i don't even engage with people i see like down here.

for the detroit lions tomorrow, but perhaps that is because they are historically underdogs. their record since 1930 is 600 wins and 720 losses. detroit lions fans are starting to arrive in the bay area, we caught up with some of them at sfo on friday, they weren't that hard to spot, in their blue and silver. they told us they are excited to be here and they've got a lot of confidence in their team. >> this is a real big one, it is super exciting and i think they can do it. >> the spirit of detroit is next to none, i have a great feeling about it. i'm hoping and expecting to see a lot of blue in the stadium. >> bay area fans on the other hand are delighted that the lions will have deebo samuel to contend with, the star wide receiver is officially a go for sunday. we will have more on that in just a few minutes. but no matter what happens on sunday, the good news for brock purdy, the niners and all the fans, they will not have to deal with all the weather we had last weekend. let's get over to chief meteorologist paul heggen with a look at the forecast. >> we had plenty of clo

it is on that is detroit.and they should be the lions are on the brink of the team's first ever super bowl with only the 49ers standing in their way. >> okay. they have so many new fans, though, the lions do let's check in with nbc's stephanie gosk. >> hey, guys i think a lot of people's heart wills be in detroit this weekend because loving a sports team that always loses or even mostly loses is a very special kind of pain detroit lions fans know it all too well but this year, the team is good, and they are making a run at the super bowl the team, the city, the fans are on fire. >> it's 60 minutes of football 30 years in the making the detroit lions and their legions on loyal fans. they hope their cinderella playoff run doesn't end sunday against the 49ers. the lions franchise that came in with only one playoff win in the last 65 years gave their fans back-to-back do or die victories. >> this whole city was just waiting, waiting for a moment like this and a season like this that we've had we've had phenomenal

the top seeded 40 niners have the home field advantage against detroit. the winner of tonight's game will take on the kansas city chiefs in the super bowl in las vegas on february 11th. the niners fans were fired up for today's matchup well before kickoff. red and gold just filled the parking lot at levi's stadium hours before the gates opened, with temperatures in the 70s, 40 niners faithful have been tailgating all afternoon. we came across some dance parties in the parking lot. as you can see, no surprise here. niners fans we talked with are all predicting a big victory. we stack offense and defense. >> we all the way stacked. >> i'll tell you, there's i sense and i feel some confidence here. >> there's always confidence like we're the niners. we're in the championships. we're in the playoffs year. and year in and year out. >> is there anything that worries you about today? >> not there's no rain so we're good. >> it's 70 degrees in california . i'm not worried. >> there'll be a lot of confidence in this parking lot. i don't know if it's liquid confide

as the niners take on the detroit lions team. fits this crowd feeling confident. >> we're going all the way, man. we're going all the way. yeah we're going to win this. >> lions have a chance today. >> if it was a different team possibly. >> this is my niner game right here amanda dela merced and her crew ready for a win i mean i'm nervous, but i'm not nervous. >> you know what i mean? i got faith in the niners. the lions? like, they finally made it. >> so i don't think it's that big of a deal. go, niners number one niner fans representing at finnegan's bar and grill in novato. >> do you have any, like, rituals that you do before a game day? >> irish coffee and a beer. >> marcus anderson is here to watch at a bar where 40 niners, potato skins and a jared goff burger are on the same menu. the lions quarterback grew up in nevada, played football at marin catholic and at cal. >> all my friends got to play football with him. i just got to hear all the cool stories. >> but that doesn't mean any allegiance to detroit. >> absolutely not

and our own jesse kirsch has more on the history-defying season for detroit. >> reporter: in detroit,he lions are roaring. >> for the second time, the lions are one win from making the super bowl. >> they deserve it. they deserve this. >> they deserve to enjoy this. >> reporter: motor city moving on to the nfc championship after host asking defeating the tampa bay buccaneers. plays like this helping seal the victory. >> touchdown, detroit. >> reporter: with lions fans loving it. >> the atmosphere is crazy. everybody is going wild. >> detroit's win a letdown for tampa bay. the lion favored and followed through. just the latest example of the city meeting the moment. >> it's a little different in detroit than other places. it is a run of joy right now. >> detroit leading dallas 38-6. >> reporter: since detroit's last big playoff run ended in early 1992, the city has filed for bankruptcy and started fighting back. mayor mike duggan leading the rejuvenation. >> the lions have not won a championship in my lifetime. it means everything to us. gener generations of fans are waiting for this.

el equipo de detroit. y por último, contener el juego terrestre.mes we've been in the super bowl. we fall in short. so um, now we get a shot at it again. so to play at home and then the championship. it's going to be be sweet got to put everything on a line because we've been here for the last five years and, uh, three years we feel short and then one year we feel short as super bowl. >> it's kind of like. what is it going to take you know and i feel like we got all all the things that we need in this building from from haight, john to call to all the players. so feel like it's all hands on deck and we know what's at stake. >> otros que también quieren que sea la tercera, la vencida son los fanáticos del béisbol. está esperando un gran partido mañana y que los niños para acceder al super bowl. hoy pudimos convivir con ellos en el plex en el rally que hizo el equipo. y aquí está lo que ellos piensan del partido de mañana. >> creo que nos gusta el ambiente en la fiesta de que se que se brindan los juegos en familia porque siempre es una convivencia,

a variety of sanders candy, which is based in detroit. now, if the lions win, representative pelosi will send engel's office a variety of see's candies and ghirardelli chocolates. today, nancy pelosi released a statement saying, quote, this season, our 49ers have played dazzling, dynamic, determined and dominant football. there's no question that tomorrow, after we take down the lions, san francisco will once again claim our rightful place in the super bowl . and when we hoist the lombardi trophy, lighting up las vegas in red and gold, victory will taste even sweeter as i enjoy detroit's finest dark chocolates. courtesy of congresswoman dingell. well, if you're not heading to the game in person, ktvu is the place to be for all of the action. our james torres will be outside levi stadium starting tomorrow morning. on mornings on two at 2:00. we have a special look at the niners quest for their sixth super bowl. it airs exclusive only on fox local, so if you haven't already, download the fox socal app on your smart tv or tv streaming device

los drones escribieron frases como detroit versus san francisco, detroit versus todos. y gracias. se enfrenten mañana a los detroit lions en levi stadium. pero cuáles son las claves para el equipo para poder sellar la victoria? vamos a revisar las primero a la ofensiva. la principal es utilizar a la hora que está sano, que sabemos que va a poder jugar tanto en el juego terrestre como en el juego aéreo. es una pieza importantísima y tiene que saberlo usar. después, atacar a la secundaria, el equipo está ranqueado como la 16a secundaria de toda la liga y entonces deja muchos huecos que tiene que aprovechar con sus receptores cuando estén abiertos y después con tener 1 de los mejores defensivos de la liga en hutchinson, que puede traer muchísima presión tras la línea ofensiva. tiene que estar muy, muy atenta. vamos a pasar ahora a la defensiva porque ahí lo más importante va a ser poner presión en jared gough. gough tiene espacio, va a poder encontrar sus piezas como la pura a brown. entonces tiene que haber muchísima presión para que puedan venir esos errores. después limpiar los er

at 6:00, less than 24 hours until kickoff in the bay area is primed for the 49ers to take on the detroit lions and we are hearing from the niners faithful gearing up for the match and checking in with the senator who took over for dianne feinstein and how she is making the most of her short time in office. we are learning more about the deadly police shooting at a tahoe ski resort in the new details about the suspects and what led to the gunfire. >>> the news starts right now and thank you for joining us and the countdown to kickoff is on and tomorrow afternoon the niners face-off against the detroit lions and at stake is a trip to the super bowl and the faithful across the bay area are ready and detroit fans are flying in the chair on their team and if you don't have tickets, there are places where you can still watch the game. we report from one of those locations. >> reporter: fans will be decked out in red and gold tomorrow and the excitement is building and not just here but around the bay. >> we are one of the official watch parties here for the san francisco 49ers here in the bay

that was the quarterback for detroit, that it was all his fault. he created that disaster and it was the last game of the season, and it was the first season that i was becoming fully aware of football. it's, uh, uh, you know, you know, positive aspects, you know, the fun part of it to watch. and he just ruined it for me. yeah >> that loss to this day is still considered one of the biggest comebacks in nfl history. the lions would go on to take it all that year. the 40 niners would eventually get their revenge in 1983. they would win a playoff game against the detroit lions at candlestick park, winning by just one point. after a detroit lions kicker missed his chance to win the game with just a few seconds left to go. now that brings us to this year. the playoff now comes to a tie breaker. this will be the third time they ever face off, of course. kickoff at levi's stadium tomorrow afternoon. and if history has taught us anything, frank and claudine, it's that we can expect a very entertaining game a lot this morning in san francisco. i'm james tor

. >>> wild card weekend ends with history made in detroit. the lionn their first nfl play-off game in 32 years. we break down the biggest plays of the weekend. >>> and we look back on the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. hear how the younger generations are honoring that dream, standing in mlk jr.'s footsteps. it's january 15th. "early today" starts right now. thanks for starting your week with us. i'm frances rivera. we begin the morning with an arctic blast, sending much of the country into a dangerous deep freeze. at least four people have been killed due to the winter storms. tens of millions are under windchill and winter weather advisories, and there could be as many as 40 record lows in the next three days. and today's high temperatures will range from 20 to 45 degrees below zero. more than 15,000 flights were delayed over the weekend, and nearly 5,000 were canceled. and there has already been over 2,000 canceled so far today. on sunday, near blinding conditions causing the buffalo bills play-off game against the steelers

you are going to detroit. detroit is famous for a couple things.imes but it's always been the pontiac silverdome. it's a great big plays in detroit. wrestlemania 3 broke all kinds of records there. it's a great place. it is indoors. i hate people who use um. you ask a question. but if you must ask a dumb question, make it short to where you can confuse the guy. you said indoors. i'm stupid. i'm sorry. i've wasted your time. i will be outside asking the question on why i wanted to become a journalist. you had no idea what you were doing. here's the part. this individual will be promoted to be editor. she was only a bad reporter because he made her feel bad by his sarcastic answer. notice the arrogant racist smirk in his mouth as he told her we will only be outside for 20 seconds. he is denying the claimant also, ladies and gentlemen. >> kat, i have a theory that an assistant provided her with that question to make her look stupid. i bet it was a guy who said i bet she doesn't even know it is a dome and she won't even check. >> i love detroit. i am b

you see the a lot of people are making the trip from detroit because it's been so long. >> detroit hasyoff win in 66 years prior to this year, one win in 66 years with jared goff. they've had two playoff wins in an eight day time period. so he has won the big game. and i think beating his former team in the rams on a huge stage in the playoffs. with the weight of the detroit lions history on his shoulders against the coach and the quarterback, that essentially tossed him aside and said, you weren't good enough to win here. well he was good enough for detroit. that's what head coach dan campbell said about him. jared, you're good enough for the detroit lions. and two playoff wins later. and look, now that the lions are in the nfc championship game this is a game that jared goff has won before. he won it with the rams kenny now go home and win it against the 40 niners. time will tell. but nobody is counting out jared goff anymore. all right. >> so listen you and i also have something else in common. uh i used to go to the games at candlestick with my dad. you've gone to games with your d

more like rice ogordy. >> we enjoy real food like detroit style pizza and coknee dogs. >> detroit is>> so how's that mortgage payment working out for you? at least, we can afford to live here in metro detroit. >> your team can't afford to play in frisco. santa clara, how do you claim it's your team? we know the lions play in the heart of detroit. >> your team is a joke and we predict a full on choke. >> just like the post office, the niners won't deliver on sunday. go lions! >> our team is a joke? did i hear that right? >> let me get this straight. they're applauding that they're not environment tally environmentally friendly? here's the opposite. >> you are a part of the cbs family so we'll forgive you all but here's the bottom line. come for the team. don't come for the people. that video sort of makes me mad and i think that you could have come for the team and talked all things sports but don't talk about the things that make us san francisco. that connect our communities et cetera. et cetera. i just better shut up from here. >> if we're going to throw down i'm going to take my e

all those people from detroit, just as a detroit detroit. was. yet detroit, if you alright motor city. let's take a look at some of the cheapest tickets on the market right now. >> forty-niners rep says fans will have to rely on a reputable third-party seller because all tickets sold directly are sold out the cheapest tickets available are currently running around $600 each and then you've got to factor in the fees. of course, a good rule of thumb always expect to pay between 15 and 30% more. then the listed resale price for couches, real cheap. and that's even makes being that. you're >> you and your e is now asking the city of san francisco to pay a million bucks? >> pg and e is asking the city of san francisco for a million dollars for materials and labor costs due to the september sinkhole. opened up in the cow hollow neighborhood of the city. the sinkhole appeared on september 11th of 2023 after a water main broke in the area of fillmore and green street. it took pg and e weeks to repair it pg. and e says that they filed this claim to, quote

. >> get ready to go down to the game and cheer on the 49ers as they take on the detroit lions. you will want to arrive early, kick off at 3:30 and a couple hours before the game, the parking lot will be full for tailgating so make sure you get there early. 2037, 101 and 880 will be busy freeways. that i will get to buy levi's stadium. now, if you want to skip the roadways and use public transit to you can have a lot of fun, you can tase -- take us or light rail which takes you to the stadium. bart, milpitas, caltrain, transfer at mountain view and you have ace rail and capital corridor. have a good time and go niners. >>> all eyes on santa clara and levi's stadium. great news, looking at the numbers, lower 70s. forget the notion of rain like last week. how nice can it get? we will be near records. this is across the bay area. as we focus on the forecast for the 49ers, let's take a moment and put some numbers on the map, specific to sunday. it will be 71 in santa clara, 76 downtown in san jose. we will see records falling and when you look across the bay there are a lot of low t

detroit lions could have taken over the game.cow hit shanahan team doesn't usually play well from behind. so. >> you know, they have the chiefs. can they afford to do what they did today and let the game get where they let it get to the point that they let it get to today i >> every reason to think that you can put up a performance like that in the super bowl again. so the niners definitely have some things to work on their run. defense still needs to be shored up. they still have some issues in the secondary and for a pretty like you mentioned was not his usual surgical self. his decision making in that 1st half, especially was not forty-niners fan to become used to seeing. so they're definitely some areas for improvement. however, they have 2 weeks to work on it. and it's this team plays at its best level at its best with uk is going to be a long 2 weeks. but i think you did amazing tonight come back safely. obviously, i know that traffic is not easy to get crews. still to come, we have the highlights of chiefs and the ravens g

the 9ers facing the detroit lions with a spot in the super bowl on the line, the hometown connection that may have some bay area fans switching sides sunday. >> i am like a born and raised 49er fan, but on sunday i'm a detroit lions fan because i'm a jared goff fan. >> interesting. >>> plus a bay area neighborhood on the verge of losing its grocery store gets a lifeline. >>> and a double whammy for high school seniors applying to college, the changes adding new hurdles for students this year. >> literally everything that could go wrong is going wrong. >>> this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. >> good evening. >>> we are getting a much needed chance just to dry out tonight after days of back-to-back storms. parts of the bay area are still dealing with the aftermath. the heavy rain caused flooding, downed trees, power outages and a few mudslides. our chopper caught one of the leftover showers this afternoon in the east bay, but the bulk of the rain has now moved on for now. let's get a live look across the bay area, looks pretty. let's get to chief meteorologist paul heggen

detroit's way down here. well, i'm from the upper peninsula, way the heck up here across the mackinac bridge. it's bigger than the golden gate. i'm from iron mountain, 200 miles from the mackinac bridge. these are upper peninsula. i'm a uper. these are lower peninsula. >> why is this game so special, not only just for detroit but for the state of michigan? >> oh, geez, how long has it been, you know? i remember when they had their good teams in the early '90s with barry sanders. i was coaching for the packers at the time. in fact, their last playoff game at home in pontiac stadium in 1993, i was there with the packers and played them. so it's been three decades. come on. so half the attendance over there, when they have 68,000 people in ford field, like 50% or 60% of them never saw this team win a playoff game. so they've been starving for some success, and the city is just bonkers right now. the state is too. they deserve it. it's been a long wait. >> niners just squeaked by the packers as you know. i don't

we found fans all over sfo as flights from detroit touched down. one fan has a connection to the lions quarterback and bay area native, jared goff. >> actually, my cousin lives in the bay area and his daughter went to college with jared goff's sister . so why not. i think he is feeling the support. >> the goff connection is one thing that many people from detroit are buzzing about. we will have more on the 6:00 news broadcast. >>> now, 49ers fans are showing their spirit even if it meant waking up really early today. this was the crazy seen this morning at the lot at city center bishop ranch in san ramon. 150 or more 49ers fans showed up early morning for a pep rally on the today show this morning. there were lines fans back in detroit at the turnout there did not come close to the one in the bay. some fans and cheerleaders are not surprised. >> obviously, the faithful brought it a lot harder than detroit did. it was 5:00 a.m. here and 8:00 a.m. there. the sun was not even appear yet . >> the niners are going to need the same energy on sunday to be

detroit led by 17 at halftime. the game changed when instead of kicking a field goal, the lines failed to convert on fourth and 2 for the niners 28. two later, brock purdy tears it out for brandon aiyuk in the often defenders of a smack and goes into the arms of brandon aiyuk for a 51 yard gain , down to the four yard line. a few place later brock purdy hits brandon aiyuk for a touchdown. from that moment on they had the momentum. after a lie and some other next possession, krista mccaffrey scores on the short touchdown run. that tied the game at 24. with the niners up 3, the lines coach, dan campbell makes another questionable call. instead of kicking a field goal from the 49ers 30 yard line to tie the score, he goes for it on fourth down and defense holds. the 49ers answer with an elijah mitchell touchdown run to open a 10 point lead. the lines score late to cut it down to three but the niners run out the clock. the 49ers rallied to be the lions 34-31. the niners are headed back to the super bowl for the second t

justin rogers of the detroit i pull this thing off. justin i rogers of the detroit news there.om our website. app or from our website. tuesdayis app orfrom our website. tuesday is day 10 of the australian open. head to our website for the latest on that. from me and the team, thanks for watching. see you soon. hello. storm jocelyn is the latest named storm to come our way, through tuesday and into tuesday night. the storm system has been fired up by the same process which we saw with storm isha. cold arctic air recently across the eastern portion of the united states and in canada, big temperature contrast down towards florida, and that has really fired up an active and potent jet stream. and it's jet streams which have developed this low pressure system. this is jocelyn, not as potent as isha, but will still cross the country and have impacts. now, storm jocelyn is almost like a two stage storm. the winds will strengthen throughout tuesday, but by day it's the heavy rain which could have its greatest impact across parts of scotland, north—west england, north—west wales. and th

the niners trailed the detroit lions halfway through today's nfc championship game. but then the reading gold flipped the game on its head. kron. 4 sports director jason dumas. much do moss catching up with a few motivational speech, but it worked. the niners responded because they came out in the 2nd half and they scored 17 unanswered points. 2. tie this game in 8 minutes flat. they went on to score 27 unanswered points in completely flipped the momentum of this game. >> they became the first team to erase a 17 point deficit in a conference championship. >> at half time in nfl history. >> purdy, he was brilliant in the 2nd for 48 yards may play with his lay the defense. they got that turnover to show gets he said god was with them when he smacked that ball out. told me that. and now this team finds itself heading to vegas to take on the same team that beat them in the super bowl 4 years ago in the read in the vaunted kansas city chiefs. >> it's just liked. feels right, really after the game i talk to 9 is linebacker dre greenlaw. >> he was walking off the field when

workforce. >>> still ahead, 49ers fans are feeling pretty good about sunday, but you can meet one detroit lions fan who is wearing a lot of confidence on his arm right there. >> it feels like destiny, it is our turn. >> and this oakland native, she taught some of the top college students in the world, how she credits her hometown education for her success. >> i'm truly and genuinely you may know adam schiff's work to protect the rule of law, or to build affordable housing, or write california's patients bill of rights. but i know adam through the big brother program. we've been brothers since i was seven. he stood by my side as i graduated from yale, and i stood by his side when he married eve, the love of his life. i'm a little biased, but take it from adam's little brother. he'll make us all proud as california senator. i'm adam schiff and i approve this message. >>> a new statue at san jose airport is honoring its namesake, the late former mayor and u.s. transportation secretary, norman minetta, it will stay in the baggage claim area of terminal b point local leaders spoke about his pr

looking ahead to next week coming up in the full forecast. >>> the detroit lions fans are starting to arrive in the bay, they are not hard to spot, of course they had their gear on, we asked what has made this season so exciting both home and away. >> just the energy coming from the players and the team, it is surreal and the fans have been traveling a lot as well. everywhere you go. >> i have a great feeling about it, i'm expecting to see a lot of blue in the stadium. >> the 49ers fans were decked out in red and gold, even down to their footwear. >> we were definitely outnumbered on the flight coming from detroit. >> was it intimidating? >> no, never. >> how about this sunday? >> we are going to las vegas. >> bernard said he became a niners fan when he was a kid, watching the greats, jerry rice, steve young and of course joe montana. >>> local activists suing the biden administration over the war in gaza, details in today's hearing in the east you may know adam schiff's work to protect the rule of law, or to build affordable housing, or write california's patients bill of rights. but

our news directors here and in detroit had an idea for the evening meteorologist to trade trash talk.layed sports for a long time and i said, yes, i could do that. >> okay. >> well, we don't really know the meteorologist in detroit to be fair. >> no. he went first, eastern time zone, he got to it first. >> okay. let's see how he did. >> yeah, let's see. >> hey, all of you in san francisco, the city by the day, we are looking forward to the lions taking on the bay. i will see your bay and give you great lakes, a $1 does not go as far as it used to but you get 4 solid quarters out of the dollar than a 49ers i am a father to a 1-year-old so she went and had a blowout and i will have to take care of that just like the lionsville to take care of that blowout for the 49ers >> we added the music. >> sara was not impressed. >> lame? >> it not the thrilling >> he did not come in hot. >> no fcc violation. >> it was not a smack down. >> no, we wanted to give paul a chance to respond and even though we find him masterful at trash talk in our private lives, we thought maybe we should kick it up a

is almost game time and the whole season has been building up to tomorrow as the 49ers take on the detroit lions in the nfc title game. let's get straight over to matt lively. >> brock purdy is gearing up for one of the most important games of his career on sunday, after playing a season that either gets praised or pummeled by the general public and national media, he gave the critics plenty to talk about in the divisional round, for 3 1/2 quarters, he stumbled and he struggled to grasp the ball, which was clearly an issue. the niners found themselves trailing the packers and opening up the door. but, mr. relevant showed why he ditched that nickname , the final drive was the difference maker and just as they have all season, his teammates came to his defense, to downplay any attempts at his slander. >> i think brock purdy is going to be dialed in, the way he has been all season, people can say what they want to see. >> we are here because of him, obviously. i love playing football with him, he is the reason why am sitting here today feeling like i have the opportunity this weekend. >> it s

sobre todo el equipo de rosen de detroit estaba impecable.ugar de los hechos, vamos a disfrutar del color, del sabor de los latinos que disfrutaron del tailgate con la esperanza de una victoria que está muy cerca de concretarse. vamos a escucharlo. let's go now now con todos los juegos. vinimos a meternos al estadio y a gritar, a salir sin voz casi cada partido desde que nací. >> soy fanática desde que nací. vegas, baby vegas. >> venimos a ganar. ustedes saben quién manda aquí? >> los nenes. oh >> pues parece el que va a jugar la selección mexicana. hay más bandas que nada. bueno, lo bonito eshoo. me da gusto que mucha gente hispana estemos apoyando el futbol americano. yo me hice los que nací desde que nací. yo soy puro niners, mira raza, ahorita les voy a decir lo que va a hacer el juego. 34 10 los 49ers les van a dar en su buen partido, pero se van a ir triste para ti. soy hora. >> bueno, los de cibeles están a todo dar. como les decía en la primera mitad, con el juego terrestre de gaps de montgomery de williams hizo mucho daño. detroit al

detroit in the super bowl. the lions dismissing the bucs 31 to 23 to advance to the nfc title game, elated fans celebrating in the streets go lions, who the last time the lions won a championship? >> i was nine years old and i've been a loyal fan since 1950. i mean, i've been waiting for this for a long, long time. >> sorry. back in buffalo. >> player on the chiefs claim the team's hot water was shot off in the locker room, but we couldn't confirm that overnight. so some shenanigans going on there. >> uh, snowballs being thrown at patrick mahomes a little bit of shenanigans. all right, coming up, why are tennis balls yellow? if you ever wondered that. well, i'll tell you what. we never knew. >> that's right. >> plus the new warning to parents about burnout in youth sports. >> but first, the alleged kidnaping victim who wrote a note begging for help. you're watching world news now is the e walking out. a up to life in prison after pleading guilty to kidnaping a 13 year old girl last summer, prosecutors say he al

a decade ago detroit was bankrupt. and while there are debates about whether or not investments are going to the right places, helping the right communities, there are signs of progress here. and that makes the lions heating up in the playoffs really just the latest reminder of something that's becoming familiar here. detroit making a comeback. this morning motor city is revving up. the detroit lions hours away from kickoff against the tampa bay buccaneers. tickets to the nfc ticket to the championship on the line. detroit under the national spotlight with signs of progress across town ten years after the city went bankrupt. >> it means a whole lot to the city. >> reporter: the lions led by quarterback jared goff who was cast aside by the l.a. rams, the team he beat last weekend. >> for the first time in 32 years, your lions have won a playoff game! >> reporter: lions' head coach dan campbell fired up. >> how electric was it out there? i'm telling you what, it doesn't get any better. >> reporter: on the other side of t

it showed lions fans back in detroit. they did not have to get up early but the turnout there was not quite as close to the one here in the bay area. fans and cheerleaders are not surprised. >> obviously the faithful brought it a lot harder than detroit did. it was 5:00 a.m. here and 8:00 a.m. there. >> they plan to bring the same energy to beat the lions. nick smith is going to perform pregame and luis fonzie will be singing the national anthem. journey will be performing at halftime. anthony florez will be there for entertainment. now you were in philadelphia last year and it was cold and eagles fans were feisty. we did not like the outcome of that. >> i remember doing the live shot outside i looked at her and said, you are a grandmother, come on! a much better reception for the 49ers this year at levi's stadium. >> home field advantage for sure. now deebo samuel had an injured shoulder. how is he looking? >> he practice for the second day in a row and he has no restrictions. when the injury first happened against the p

today is 13 and detroit. any special plans to acclimate the team to not only endure but perform in those comforturem temperatures? >> should you face them in detroit? you know, we pla itry indooroitd right near the domooe. i don't know about the plan indoors and we only have to be outside for 20 seconds getting off the bus. >> so we'll be okay. >> ie to testingt nfl reporters for head injuries . katie, he was such a class act. yesu class as. well, you know, watching his face as she as shee on and on aw on about this question like the thought bubble would have tolas d idiot.>> he >> yes.co anything about that? he could have ripped. >> he could haveem.an. he was such a jam. >> he did.e he just did it softly. yeah. listendi he just, journalism, unfortunately, is dead. h. her vi and this is another virtue hire who didn't even knowrtn know yo. >> literally. there' theres only four teams lt the nfc, and that's what you're covering. >> you need to cover yng the afc with the other. you get confused and you're goinafc

it was the detroit lions who came out running in detroit, up 24 seven at halftime, but then it was san francisco's time to shine. the niners put up a quick ten points and they were not done as christian mccaffrey. their scores from one yard out. and it's a tie ball game at 24. >> and here's brock purdy fantastic in the second half. not just throwing but running here a couple of big scrambles to get to some first downs. he ran for 48 yards on the day elijah mitchell also ran one in from three yards out. of course purdy's parents are celebrating okay, here's the next play 3424 niners. this one right there would be the game winner. the 40 niners beat the detroit lions 3431. of course, niners faithful fired up following tonight's comeback win at levi's stadium. ktvu zac sos was there as fans poured out of levi's, taking a victory lap in red and gold. >> let's go niners! whoa hey, nurse, this is unreal to be here for this win. >> niners nation and full blown celebration mode and finally able to talk vegas revenge from the year 2020. >> we got this. we got this. mahomes going down locking in

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this is where it is going to go down, levi's idiom, the 49ers and the detroit lions, a lot of the linenner hits to the super bowl. the bay area is buzzing as the team gears up for sunday's game, crews are getting ready in the stadium is getting ready, bars and restaurants getting ready for a rush of and did not score tickets to the game. joslin begins the coverage from levi's stadium, a lot of people did not get the tickets because they're not cheap and they're not easy to come by either.>> reporter: they are not cheap at all, if you're planning on going to the game, be ready to pay anywhere from 200 to a few thousand dollars depending on where you want to sit, some fans say you can't find that atmosphere anywhere but inside levi's stadium, other fans saying they will be happy watching bar rest run is there with other fans. >> my whole life ever since i was born, i've been in the niners.>> reporter: he's been a 49ers fan ever since he can remember, being raised a fan by his dad, they landed at san jose international airport from dallas to this is our first playoff game, we are pretty e

we have snow on the ground in detroit. this is nothing compared to what some people are waking up to as americans are dealing with the aftermath of the brutal week unfortunately, this stretch is deadly from coast to coast. 59 deaths related to the weather since january 12th. tennessee has seen 19 deaths. the death toll is climbing as this scene played on the virginia roadway on friday. the small single engine plane landed on the roadway. there were no reports of injuries. further north, philadelphia was under a snow emergency yesterday. 5 inches of snow falling on the city of brotherly love. that is nothing on buffalo, new york. 9 inches falling yesterday with snow trickling in there this morning. that area seeing 31 inches of snow. hopefully they have enough time to dig out the bills stadium this week before the next playoff game. fans last week were going to the stadium and kicked off that game with snow on the ground. thankfully for lions fans in detroit, that stadium is indoors. something we can be thankful for. >> jes

>>> the detroit lions have been talking to. acting tough, all year, that and a surprise, followed by another surprise. in the nba coaching carousel. >>> ♪ ♪ >> the house music will make you move. nfl up top and the bay area. mostly rooting for the 49ers in sunday's nfc championship game, the rest of the country, pulling for the underdog, sunday's nfc championship game has the detroit lions coach who came in in 2021, making headlines and rising his team to the doorstep of a super bowl. >> we will get up and on the way up we will bite the knee cap off and we will stand up and it's going to take two more shots to knock us down. and on the way up we will take your other kneecap and we will get up and it will take three shots to get is down and then we will take another honk out of you. >> that was then, now the knee biters in their first conference championship game in two years. and the blue-collar playing style has been a perfect fit for a city like detroit. >> when you want something the city to be proud of, you can look at thos