duke and kansas go down to the wire. what does the nhl and macy's thanksgiving day parade have in common? >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry and here are some top headlines. a tragedy after a small plane carrying three adults and three children crashed into a mountain in arizona. the debris field, about 40 miles east of phoenix, could be seen in the rugged terrain where law enforcement officials say one child has been confirmed dead and there are no signs of survivors. >>> after 33 years of rule and months of bloody demonstrations, yemen's leader ali abdullah saleh has agreed to step down. he's the fourth leader to lose power in the arab spring uprising this year. >>> one scene is the heir-apparent, james murdoch resigned, overseeing his father's english newspapers, his first public resignation since the phone hacking scandal broke. >>> the first couple handed out treats for needy families ahead of this thanksgiving day. >>> u.s. markets are closed for the thanksgiving holiday but he's an

duke's following possession, novak was called for the intentional foul. duke wins it 82-75.faces kansas on thursday. >>> how about the consolation game between memphis and tennessee? under ten seconds to go in regulation. tennessee down two. maven. 32 points, 20 rebounds. that ties the game. we eventually go to overtime. under ten seconds to play. tied at 91-91. unable to get the shot off. adonis thomas at the buzzer. guess what? we're going to a second overtime. memphis by two. three seconds to go. tennessee ball off the inbounds. wesley witherspoon steals it. but he's called for traveling. take another look. witherspoon takes two steps without dribbling. that gives tennessee another chance, with less than a second on the clock. off the inbounds, mabins misses. memphis takes it 99-97, in double-overtime. >>> i'm ducis rodgers. that was your espn news update. >>> now, for that incredible video. preparations for a christmas display in new zealand hit a major snag this morning. >> major to say the least. take a look as a helicopter got tangled in cables at the city's waterfron

duke is a perfect 15-0 in hawaii. they won the tournament 68-61. >>> on tuesday memphis needed double overtime to squeak by tennessee. yesterday not quite as fortunate. georgetown tied it in the final seconds forcing overtime. clark had 17 in the first half and finished with a team high 26. he buried the three-pointer late. georgetown pulled off the upset 91-88 in o.t. >>> football didn't take long for kyle orton to find a job. the chiefs claim him as quarterback replacing matt cassle. >>> hockey, the blues kept sidney crosby under wraps last night. held scoreless and penguins could have used him. peter angelo scored it in overtime. the blues won it 3-2. >>> islanders blew a two-goal lead against the flyers. danielle briel scored and won the game in overtime. flyers rallied to win 4-3. >>> did you see a trend here? caps and jets also needed o.t. chimera on the door step, a slam dunk, his second of the game. caps won it 4-3 in o.t. >>> finally there will be ice in hand hat tan for today's thanksgiving day parade. the n

he's been at duke for 32 of his 37 seasons on the bench. c he has led duke to four national titles.ish the coach congratulations. the last time i'll ever say that. >>> up next, "the pulse." things get heated between rival politicians on television. >> oh. >>> and see if your cat is as smart as this guy named fred. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back, everybody. time to check "the pulse," the stories you have to see today. starting with some politicians gone wild. >> this is remarkable. things got physical, as two lawmakers in lebanon argued about the unrest in neighboring syria. the two politicians trade insults. and then, hurl glasses of water at each other. >> man. one guy then picked up a chair but was restrained by a member of the studio crew. wow. i can't tell you how many times that's happened on this set, as well. >> that's right. that's right. >> of course, those guys in beirut are not alone. politics can get heated. and sometimes your temper can get you on tv.of countries have come to blows in taiwan and russia, italy and indonesia. all of them making -- woo -- congress l

later in the first half, duke trying to keep it close. nathan plumlee catches. duke trails 18-17.u're thinking that's a big problem, right? later, it was even worse. austin rivers, the nice cross-over, gets the lay-in and the foul. duke, down 47-28 at the half. second half, ohio state needing aaron craft. gets the three. ohio state was up 58-34. later in the second, they were in command. craft to evan rob know, who dishes to sillinger for the dunk. ohio state wins, 85-63. >>> elsewhere, jim boeheim, trying to deal with the scandal at syracuse. eastern michigan. lampley with a nice lay-in. first half, syracuse up 23-21. james sutherland gets the pass. syracuse up four. a minute to go in the half. scoop jardine with the alley-oop for the dunk. second half now, syracuse continues to lead. their building, trandon trish, for the one-handed slam and foul. nice move. syracuse wins, 84-48. >>> that's your espn news update. i'm lindsay czarniak. >> a carolina alum, loves to see duke lose in big fashion. >> i know you do. >> love it. >>> the family of an 80-year-old man in illinois is refus

dukes.when they went to the supreme court, obviously when you do a class-action lawsuit more publicity and more money for the plaintiffs. >> you mean the lawyers. >> the lawyers. i think it's a disservice because at the end of the day, this could have been handled individually. i mean, you're talking that putting 1.5 million women that work in walmart into this class-action suit wasn't going to work. you're talking 50% of the women of walmart associates have been pretty promoted last year and they had their record like last year they received awards from working mother media, one of the best companies for multicultural women's work. latina style, one of the best places for latinas to work. they are move negligent direction and have been moving in the intersection to have mentoring programs for women. and a lot of these women are quite happy working in walmart. it's unfortunate she has had such a not a similar experience. there is over 3000 stores throughout the country and i think that each

at new york's madison square garden last night, sixth ranked duke beat michigan state 74-49. win was number 903 for krzyzewski. it put him ahead of his own college coach and mentor bob knight who was there to join the celebration. >> knight put me in this position. without him, it's a moment shared and i know he is very proud and i'm very proud to have been somebody who has worked under him and studied him and tried to be like him. >> for duke, it was the third straight win to open the season. >>> in pro basketball, things aren't looking too good. locked out players have filed anti-trust lawsuits against the nba. the players action moves the labor dispute to the courts. lead commissioner david stern says the entire season is now in jeopardy. the league has already canceled games through december 15th. >>> in baseball, detroit right-hander justin verlander was the unanimous choice as the american league cy young winner. verlander was named first on all 28 ballots cast by baseball writers. he had 24 wins including a no-hitter along with a 2.4 e.r.a. and 250 strikeouts on the se

again, this is 395 south as you make your way past duke street. watch out for the right side of the road. if you continue southbound on 395 and make your way onto i-95, not seeing any problems in this area. here's a view of fairfax county parkway. right now you're clear traveling north and south. if your trip is taking you up 270 in both directions, north and southbound, no issues for you as you head onto the spur and connect to the beltway. i'm back in ten minutes with another update on your traffic. joe, back to you. >>> the case of the d.c. nightclub owner heads to the supreme court today that could change the way police departments use gps surveillance nationwide. the case is based on a nightclub owner convicted of selling cocaine. police attached a gps device to his car without his knowledge. the d.c. court of appeals reversed the conviction and sentence saying they violated his fourth amendment rights because it was warrantless search. if the supreme court agrees, they could require a warrant in the future before a gps device is placed on th

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the maui invitational between duke and kansas. down to the wire. elijah johnson knocked down the three to give the j-hawks the lead. duke came right back. tyler thornton from the corner. blue devils jumped on top 63-61. after a kansas turnover, it was thornton again. the shot clock winding down, threw up a prayer, and it was answered. duke is a perfect 15-0 in hawaii. they won the tournament 68-61. memphis needed double overtime to squeak by tennessee. yesterday, not quite as fortunate. jason clark had 17 in the first half and finished with a team high 26. he buried the three pointer late. unranked georgetown pulled off the upset. football, didn't take long for kyle orton to find a job. a day after being waived by the broncos, the chiefs claimed orton and made him their starting quarterback. he replaces matt cassel. the blues kept sidney crosby under wraps last night. sidney crosby was held scoreless last nigh, and the penguins could have used him. blues won it 3-2. islanders blew a lead to the flyers. flyers rallied to win 4-3. do you see a trend

right here, duke street. you can see the police driving away. it was a big jeep on fire with smoke billowing in the air. and all lanes blocked. right now, as you can see, everything has been reopened. southbound on 395 at duke street. it looks great. it never affected the northbound side. you're good to go if you're heading from 395 up to the 14th street bridge. on the northside of town, no problems to report on 270, route 29, the bw parkway, route 50, everything is looking fine. live look at the beltway at university boulevard, all of the cones have been moved aside. right through silver spring, we'll take a live look at university boulevard. route 193. traffic is moving at a good pace both directions on the northside of town. we'll talk about virginia roadways at 4:55. mike and andrea? >> recent studies have found new evidence that links newer birth control pills to a higher risk of serious blood clots. >> randall pinkston has one woman's story. >> reporter: 35-year-old mischa edwards started taking birth control pills five years ago knowing t

duke kosher pack picked off. virginia beat duke 31-21. navy beat smu 24-17 >>> when we return, mixed martial arts for the first time ever on fox. i hope you didn't blink. you mice have missed it. highlights are coming up next. >>> welcome back to the show. the ultimate fighting championships made their network tv debut right here on fox 5. if you blinked, you might have missed heavyweight history. the ufc and fox getting together for the first time ever. and what a fight we saw. velasquez put his title against junior dos santos. the staredown might have longer than the fight. dos santos catches cane with a shot right there. dos santos goes right to work pummeling velasquez with shot after shot until the referee has to jump in and stop the bout. junior dos santos is the new heavyweight championship of the world. don't punch me. >>> meanwhile, the nba continues to lock themselves out and we are getting locked in for college hoop. georgetown and j. t. iii got the season tipped off against savannah state. clark is now the leader of this group

. >>> there is a vehicle fire on 395 near duke street. just so we can get a sense of how traffic is moving north of the beltway. at edsall road and duke street traffic should be able to get through. in maryland, note reports on traffic on 270. now to news. >>> new this morning. a firefighter and a metro bus passenger will hurt in a crash in southeast. this happened after 1:00 a.m. at valley avenue and we were road. the crash involved a metro bus and a fire engine. at this point we do not know what led to the collision. >>> another big story we are following -- the loss of boxing great joe frazier. >> the 67-year-old athlete died last night after losing his fight with liver cancer. mark mccain looks back of his career in and out of the ring. >> joe frazier made his mark on boxing during the heavyweight heydays. the son of a south carolina at sharecropper, smoking joe rose to the ranks to become one of the most recognized fighters in history. after winning a gold medal at the 1964 olympics in tokyo, he turned professional and quickly began

pulled the trigger. >> clay duke is dead. miraculously, board superintendent bill husfelt emerges from behind his desk unharmed. >> mike, they're not real, i don't think. i think it's -- he had caps, mike. >> but the bullets were very real. somehow, they missed the board members and the superintendent completely. >> when i heard his voice and saw him, to be honest with you it was a miracle. >> the gunman's first shot that appears to hit husfelt actually hits a notebook on the table in front of him. >> the bullet lodged in the notebook, but the notebook hit me and the concussion of the shot going through there threw up a bunch of paper. so i thought i was shot. i went down to the ground. and i'm laying on the ground and i thought, i know i've been shot and i'm pretty sure it's supposed to hurt more than this. that's what he wanted right there. i knew it. >> you okay, bill? >> i'm fine. >> are you okay? >> i'm fine. >> with gun smoke still hanging in the air, mike jones doubles over, physically and emotionally overwhelmed. >> i

the final, ohio state 85, duke 63.e's head coach said, quote, sometimes, you just get your butt kicked. the same tournament. virginia mike sky had 18 points in an upset of 14th ranked michigan. cavaliers surged ahead of the wolverines and virginia won it easily 70-58. >>> in the nfl, detroit's ndamukong suh is apparently appealing a two-game suspension. suh was suspended for stomping on the arm of a green bay lineman during detroit's thanksgiving day loss to the packers. in his career, defensive lineman had been fined three times twice for roughing up quarterbacks and another for unsportsmanlike conduct. >>> finally, take a look at this frisbee throw and catch. >> this right here is the world's fastest receiver! >> american brodie smith threw a frisbee off the bridge in perth, australia. it goes a long way over the water. while that is pretty impressive, check this out. a speedboat zooms in and a guy dives off to grab the frisbee as he hits the water. a different angle shows how amazing this crazy trick is. there is ta

. >>> still ahead on "way too early," hate duke or hate duke. you have to hand it to coach k. last night he won his 903rd career game, that's more than any division 1 coach ever. highlights of the historic night ahead in sports. >>> and jon stewart has been busy, first with the rick perry brain freeze and now with the herman cain freeze. plus a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. >>> in this muslim country t didn't seem to matter that the party they supported was led by the mother of a newborn child. >> we don't care as long as she is helpful to us and making policies for pakistan, which are beneficial for us. ♪ ♪ ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ it's nice to be here ♪ it's nice to see you in my bed ♪ ♪ ♪ there are diamonds in her eyes ♪ [ male announcer ] this is your moment. ♪ and they sparkle in the night ♪ ♪ when the moment comes alive [ male announcer ] this is zales, the diamond store. maou taodt xo yoy it ul ♪ xo ♪ gu yr cge ul ♪ vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. auto insurance is often handed down from generation to

and duke goes on to win this one 68-61.on plumlee, 17 points and 12 boards in the win. >>> elsewhere, jim boeheim and syracuse taking on virginia tech. madison square garden. erick green, long three over the dome. hokies, stretching the lead to seven. end of the first half, in transition. the alley-oop. orange closing the gap. c.j. fair, the uncontested dunk. and the raiders for three. syracuse is going to take this 69-58. >>> for all of your highlights, join us on "the highlight express," on espn news. >>> thanksgiving only comes once a year. but in one southern town, every day is turkey day. davis, north carolina's local celebrity. she wandered into town six months ago and decided to make herself at home. she survived busy highways, dog attacks and hurricane irene. residents make sure tom sina is well-fed. but they have no plans to make her part of today's feast. >> that's the next-luckiest bird roaming around. >> i love her. >>> up next, a special thanksgiving "pulse"pulse." . we're talking why people might be hungover t

the coach at duke? that's not going to happen. >> give him credit. is it 903 wins now? >> let the durham news fawn over him and praise him all morning. >> not going to do it here in washington. >> just like to see not many of those 903 against maryland. >> if gare williams had that talent and he deserves credit, gare would have more than 904, 904 wins. he would have about a thousand. >> let's bring him back. they will need some help up there. thank you, guys. it's the junkies at 106.7 the fan. >>> up next, video going viral. >>> first, take a look at today's my fox half off deal. $29 for nearly $200 worth of services from guild's beauty. to get in on the deal, go to myfoxdc.com and look for my fox half off on the right side of the home page. back after this. >>> time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. it is anita gatling she says her husband and her daughters watch the show every day. if you want to be tomorrow's fap of the day, find us on facebook. no space between fox and the number five. just post a comment under anita's photo. check out this new vir

. >> reporter: by enrolling her at duke kufrts in an intensive five-day program run by dr. nancy skzucker. >> we are not talking about i won't eat my peas. >> reporter: she runs the center for eating disorders at duke where they study food neophobia. >> every kid goes through phases, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches day after day and that's just normal. a picky eater is one whom that variability doesn't work. >> reporter: midway through her week in rehab things are intensifying. a girl that never mixes foods is asked to try different combinations and try pizza sauce. her big wish is eat pizza at sleepover. >> the salty part of your tongue. >> reporter: not yet her first breakthrough is turkey bacon. >> okay, here's the hard part. here's a big piece. and break a little piece off and chew it. just a little piece. oh, look at that. she's chewing bacon. >> reporter: what seems like nothing to most people is huge for a girl who's never eaten meat. >> that went better than i would have expected by far. >> reporter: with dr. zucker's help she's able to alter some of her eating h

the big duke. >> in england, you would be the big duke. >> that's right. >> or the very big duke. >> that's right. >> how does it feel? you're not playing basketball. >> it feels good. i've been playing 19 years, accomplished a lot. would have loved to accomplish more. but there comes a time in life whether you have to do something else. >> did it feel right, the moment to leave? i know it wasn't the perfect scripted ending, but did you feel it was the time to go on? >> it felt right. i left on sort of a sour note. i tore my achilles in half basically, and rehab for that would have been a year and a half. so you know, at the age of 40, trying to come back and play at a high level probably would have been, you know -- i would have had very, very low chances of doing that. i just decided to give it up after 19 great years. >> taking up golf yet? >> no, not at all. >> that's the natural thing i would have thought for you, shaq. >> i live on a golf course, too, but i haven't played in a while. >> i should imagine you could hit it a long way. get a big bertha out and boom. tell me about t

number six duke beat michigan state and with that coach mike krzyzewski became the winningest coach. picking up win 903 to beat bobby knight. the two shared a special moment embracing on the sideline. memorable night at madison square garden as coach k. picked up 903 and counting. >>> kentucky showed everyone why they're ranked second in the country giving number 11 kansas more than they could handle. tied at half and wildcats jumped all over the jayhawks. 17-point lead and didn't look back. they cruise 75-65. >>> another great match-up, number three, ohio state, eighth ranked florida. gators have never beaten a top three team on the road. william buford scored game high 21. jarod oliver with 16. buckeyes won it 81-74. >>> baseball as expected justin verlander unanimous winner of the a.l. cy young award leading the majors in strikeouts and wins with 24-5. >>> hockey bragging rights in new york. sean avery a pest around the net, got a rebound and scored a second goal. to the third, islanders turned it over and brad richards made them pay for their mistake. unleashed a rocket. rangers

the duke and duchess of cambridge decided to try and do something about that.americans at prince william and catherine, the couple arrived at uniseven's massive emergency supply warehouse in copenhagen, trailed by hundreds of members of the world press. >> people have lost track of the terrible situation, so i think this hopefully will put the light back on this crisis. >> reporter: they shook hands, they packed boxes. but mostly they got this underreported crisis some much-needed attention. >> it's been going on for at least 100 days now and it's not getting any better. >> reporter: in copenhagen, 50 tons of unicef supplies were loaded on this 747. the flight was donated by british airways. and every member of the flight crew was a volunteer. unicef allowed us to accompany them. we were on our way to an extreme little remote, extreme limb poor area in the northwestern corner of kenya called turkana. when we arrive at a tiny health center, we are stunned by the enthusiasm in the welcome, despite having so little. people here celebrate what they do have. we're a

the final there was duke big.off of last night's win against phoenix, the capitals are feeling pretty good about themselves. even the superstars better listen. remember a couple of weeks ago? last night, he made alex 7 inactive. >> at some point you have to be accountable for your heirs. -- for your errors. i do not like doing that with people that are that talented. but everybody is accountable. that was a tough decision. but it was a decision that i thought would be the best for the group. >> the best nfl game of the week has to be the 49ers vs. raiders. we have all been driving them crazy with questions about the history of it all. >> you probably want to peel back the onion and get into my soul but this week it is my brother's we are trying to beat. >> what it really will be about is a bunch of football warriors going out there. >> mr. and mrs. tarballs will be in a stadium, too. >> -- mr. and mrs. harbaugh will be in that stadium, too. denver has settled on tim tebow and alison starling loves it. we have anot

the mourner's role was preordained in premedevial france. >> they are praying for the duke and untilime. >> at the time they are flush against the surface. but here we can walk around them and they will be on display in san francisco throughout the end of the year. >> still ahead, a local teenager is becoming a world class activist and we salute his tireless effort to raise tens of thousands of dollars for victims for the past three years, a local teenager was committed to helping the people of africa. maria melendez introduce us us. >> it was through pictureses that the world found out about the genocide in sudan. it changed his young life. >> i heard about what is happening in darfur. and i read about it on the internet and i was disgusted. gabe approached his rabbi for advice on how to help children in africa. hlearned about jewish world watch and the backpack project. the organization donated backpacks full of provisions for kids in chad. he raised 16,000 enough to buy 450 backpacks and inside shoes and sandals and things for kids to go to school. >> paper and notebooks. pencils.

duke beat michigan state. andre dawson. here is the step back. duke wins. check out the mob scene over by bobby knight. coach k passes bobby knight. bobby knight was broadcasting the game for espn. they have a special moment after the game was over. ravens fans may still be having nightmares over sunday's loss to the seahawks. the players have moved on. the bengals swept the ravens two years ago. a repeat of sunday's slow start was not get it done. the ravens are 5-0 when they score first this year. john harbaugh is well aware that the bengals are young and could be a major challenge. >> we played good in this game, we'll have a chance to win. we're playing a football team that we are tied with. young, aggressive, confident football team. we have our hands full. >> marvin lewis, one of the candidates for coach of the year. >> he knew what he was doing with carson palmer. >> 6:27. 56 degrees on tv hill. a state preview of long standing holiday tradition. >> the occupy baltimore movement heats up. >> a former raven great shows a softer side for a good cause.