child. >> and he also mentions that dwight howard is just such a good guy. >> dwight howard come visitoes bye-bye. >> should come visit you? >> yeah. >> call him up on your phone. >> i don't have dwight's number. >> yes, you do. >> he's such a good guy. >> does he have tighty-whiteys on his head? >> i just want one more thing before dwight leaves, i want to give him a big hug. >> you want to give him a big hug? >> it would being an awkward hug, though, because he's so big and i'm not that big. >> they say any kind of drug brings out the real focus of your world. >> he's such a good guy. such a good guy. >>> steven, time for the beth and steven tech holiday gift tutorial. one of the things that people are searching for online right now, gifts for their techie friend. >> we've all got that nerdy, techie friend. >> we've found the top 20 favorite tech gifts, all from techies. we found this at zdnet. i'm going to go through a couple of them. these are ear phones. but look what this does. it basically isolating all the noise from the rest of the world. airplane engines, traffic noise. >> he

paul's a clipper and dwight howard remains a member of the orlando magic. according to the team, he'll be there for a while. they pulled him off the trade market. >>> hockey, the best in the west, blackhawks and wild. looked like chicago would run away it with it. marian hossa and michael frolik, scored 89 seconds apart but minnesota rallied, tying in third. koivu with the equalizer. after a scoreless overtime, patrick kane won it in a shoot time and scored in the empty net. blackhawks won their fifth in a row 4-3. >>> chicago was playing well but no team is playing better than the bruins who kept it going against senators. paille scored a pair. boston atop the eastern conference after a 5-2 win over the senators. >>> finally with the iowa caucus just weeks away a new candidate making a late push for the republican nomination. according to public policy polling, tim tebow has a better net favorability in iowa than any of the republican candidates. we know he can run on the football field but he's not old enough to run for office. tebow for president in 2024

second quarter, dwight howard on cleanup duty. clear out the runway. magic down by 18. the magic would mount a comeback. fourth quarter, daniel orton, knocks down the jumper. the magic win it, 104-100. >>> a reminder, the nba season starts christmas day on abc and espn. espn. i'm ducis rodgers. >>> well, santa's just a couple of days away from his big annual trip. so, what better way to get ready for it than to deliver some treats to some chimps in florida? >> santa has been bringing the goodies to that safari park for the last 27 years. his annual visit is called christmas with the chimps. and if that's what santa does as his final tuneup for christmas, i guess we're all for it. he hit that one chimp in the head, though. >> i know. that's dangerous. >> they could have gone a little wild. >> that's dangerous. >> careful, santa. >>> well, coming up next, why according to twitter, 2011 was a bummer of a year. >>> and was a member of congress caught saying the first lady has a large backside? those stories, coming up next in "the pulse." [ female announcer ] hurry to jcpen

dwight howard and the magic were in oklahoma city. howard got off to a good start.but howard was held to just 11 points. the former cal star got the start for the magic and played well. he lead the team with 25. this game belonged to durant. he scored a game high 30 as the thunder rolled 97-89. the packers have earned the top seed in the nfc and home field advantage throughout the playoffs by beating the will bears. aaron rodgers had no trouble finding the end zone. he has all kinds of time before putting this pass on the money to nelson. the packers lead it 21-10. rogers threw for five scores, two going to james jones. rogers set a record for most passing yards in a season as get can get the number two seed tomorrow night. and that is your toyota sports report. >> it has been fun working with us guys. thanks for coming in on the holiday. >> we will do it again sometime. >> it has been fun. >>> that's it for this edition of abc7 news. our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30. you can also connect 2 2004/7 at -- 24-7. for everyone here, thanks for joining us. ha

. >>> chris paul a clipper and dwight howard staying put in orlando, nets owner mikhail prokhorov is trying to acquire something much bigger. russian presidency. yep. he's owned the nets for a year. now he wants to take over russia. the savvy billionaire sets out to beat vladimir putin in the next election. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a terrific weekend. i'm fred roggin. >> interesting pair. >>> coming up, a big boost for the box office. and a silent film makes lots of golden global noise. >>> plus, remember this story next time you find something on the street as we'll tell you about a holiday season act of honesty that makes all the difference for a needy family. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." time for your weekend forecast. today, light rain moving through the southeast. that will move off the coastline by saturday. also windy and showers today up in new england. now, as we go through the weekend, some colder air is going to move through, especially in the great lakes into new england. it's not bit early cold but m

with all eyes on chris paul and dwight howard, the nuggets pulled off a deal for the top free agent on the market. according to sources they re-signed to a five heef year, $67 million deal. hockey is without sidney crosby but malkin gets it rolling, the penguins should be okay. unfortunately, he was the only one who showed up for pittsburgh. red wings scored four unanswered. cleary had two. they beat the pens 4-1. >>> flyers without leading score giroux, went on to win it 5-1. now to new york, rangers and stars, richard bockman came out of his net and paid the price. taken out by carl hag land. bockman's helmet went flying but he was all right. played the best game of his career. 34 saves in backman and dallas needed every one. trevor daley scored late in the third. stars won 1-0. >>> kings fire terry murray on monday because of the team's lack of offense. perhaps murray wasn't the problem. l.a. shut out by boston. the bruins' marchand had more goals last night than kings had in the past two years scoring a pair. kings lost five straight boston winning 3-0. >>> sabers and senators need

dwight howard sends it into the third row. he grabbed 24 rebounds.r three, edmondton goes for the if i can. bad idea. over the board and on to the bench. and number two, notre dame to michael floyd and not only does he bobble it four times, he takes a hit, but florida state wins the champ sports bowl. and at number one, even rises and i happen drills the fire above to cast off his 30 way night. they are now 0-3. what happened to the mauves? i thought they were going to get bracelets, a big

el jugador que esta dando mucho de que hablar es el poste de los magic de orlando dwight howard quienproximos dias y los equipo que estan muy cerca de contratarlo son los nets de nueva york los dallas maverick o los lakers de los angeles... ---al que se le siguen frustado las cosas es a chris paul de lo hornes de charlote ya que su segundo intento por cambiar de equipo se vino a bajo ya que los clipper daria tres jugadores y un futura ronda en el draft misma que se le hizo cara a los clippers... ---llego el momento de irnos a comerciales, pero primero nancy leal con un avance de acceso total... sot nancy leal dice: "mas adelante en acceso total les cuento a quien le escribe cartas tito el bambino en estas navidades ademas les cuento que esta haciendo jlo con los regalos que le dio marc anthony...qued ense con nosotros..." topvo ---la red social por internet "facebook" quizas ha facilitado que algunas personas expresen sus deseos de suicidarse. ---un programa que es aplicado a partir de hoy, detecta a los usuarios que hagan ese tipo de comentarios y los conecta directamente con un cons

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. >>> lakers were hoping to make a big splash by trading chris paul or dwight howard. instead, they will have to settle for former warrior troy murphy to a one-year deal. >>> celtics forward jeff green will miss the entire season after doctors detected an acor particular annuerism. 25-year-old green will undergo heart surgery next month. as a result of the failed physical, boston voided his one-year $9 million contract. >>> women's basketball. berkeley, 14th ranked ohio state beat cal 77-75 to snap the bears' five-game winning streak. >>> finally, florida knocked down a bunch of threes today, but none worth as much as this one. the gator fan hits from half court to win $25,000, and of course how else would he celebrate besides tebowing? tim tebow fever. you can't go 5 minutes without talking about him. >> thank you, kim. >>> pressure from federal prosecutors forcing the close sure of a bay area pot club. what the dispensary is doing for customers on this day. and hollywood is taking action to the cell phone. a movie made entirely on a cell phone. the quality is astound

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dwight howard. magic. oklahoma city. kevin durant. the thunder. first quarter.on richardson. throws the to russell westbrook. watch this here. bounce pass. durant. monster dunk. nice play by the youngster. and durant. oh, yeah. he its pumped. second quarter. 13. durant. storms the bucket. 14 points first half. thunder up. third quarter. more from the suitland native. helped defense from the magic. well no help at all. durant the hoop and the harm. finished with game high 30 points. how awhat a kiss for his mother, wanda. oklahoma city. defeats orlando. tin texas. rematch of the nba final. the mavericks unveiling their championship banner. american airlines center. lebron james and the heat. playing role of the grinch. pick it up second quarter. miami up. dirk nowitzki. and dwayne wade to help. this is helpful. comes up with the block. chris bosh for the dunk. big three. coming up big. wade, heat turning defense into offense. miami 62-41 at the break. third quarter now. heft up by 28. lebron. backing down the defender. top of your screen. hits the fadeaway jumper

the lakers were hoping to make a big splash by trading for chris paul or dwight howard. they will have to settle to signing troy murphy to a one- year deal. >>> celtics forward jeff green will miss the season after he had an aortic aneurysm. the 25-year-old will undergo heart surgery next month as a result of the failed physical. boston voided his one year $9 million contract. that's cold. >>> women's hoop, stanford beat princeton 85-66. over in berkeley, 14th ranked ohio state beat cal 77-75 to snap the bear's five-game winning streak. >>> finally, florida knocks down 11 threes today but none were worth as much as this one of the the gators fan hits from half court to win $25,000. and, of course, he celebrates by tebowing. we all know two students just got suspended in new york for tebowing during school and they organized 40 children to tebow, as well. so it's becoming quite the trend. >> didn't he tell students to behave? >> he said. he admired the fact that they were going outside the box but they needed as to respect their elders. >> all right. thank you. >>> well,

basketball news orlando magic ceo has resigned after reportedly drunk dialing superstar center dwight howarding. bob vandeweghe walled him to try to convince him not to leave orlando when he becomes a free agent. vander weide denies being intoxicated saying i was playing paddle with friends and had a couple of glasses of wine. maybe dwight thought it was inappropriate. maybe i should have waited till the morning. the outgoing ceo had been with the magic merely 20 years and now allegedly leaving because of an alleged drunk dial. >>> a more fair society and rips republican economic theory. the we'll break it down at the top of the hour. >>> when we come back here we'll huddle around the water cooler to get the view on donald trump's debate from stephen colbert's seat. i don't know. not for nothing, stephen sounds a little jealous. [ male announc] take the fixodent 12 hour hold challenge. apply fixodent once, and it holds all day. ♪ take the fixodent 12 hour hold challenge. guaranteed, or your money back. ♪ when you pour chunky beef with country vegetables soup over it... you can do dinner. fou

. >>> dwight howard staying p up in orlando.ets' owner is trying to acquire something much bigger. the russian presidency. yep. he's owned the nets for about a year. now he wants to take over russia. the savvy billionaire has set his sights on beating vladimir putin in the russian election. no word if fellow nets owner and rapper jay-z will be his running mate. that's your first look at sports. have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> now for another look at the weather. let's check back in with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> first things first, enjoy the nice warm air while it lasts in new england. colder as the day moves on. 59 in d.c. back in pittsburgh, it's 35. when you have temperatures that are that close together, distantwise, but that far apart temperaturewise, it's windy. wind gusts of 40 miles per hour now in philadelphia, 40 in albany. very gusty-type winds for this type of morning. it will get your attention. as the day goes on, it will continue to be windy in new england. these temperatures dropping. will end

. >>> the orlando magic suddenly decided not to trade dwight howard.n reports they are not happy with any offers they received. the team believes it can win with howard at center, despite claims he'll be a free agent at the end of the season. >>> in college ball, ohio state stomped south carolina upstate. the number two buckeyes took home court to a whole new level jamming, slamming, dunking all over the place! they go way past the spartans. 82-58. this was ohio state's 31st straight victory at home. >>> and baylor's own robert griffin iii, rg-3 as we call him, trotted out the heisman trophy last night at waco. baylor trounced bethune-cookman. baylor now winners of its first eight games under coach scott drew. >>> the nfl has its first minority owner. pakistani born businessman shahid khan is about to own the jacksonville jaguars. team owners unanimously approved the sale yesterday. the 61-year-old khan owns bumper works. the company makes bumpers for trucks and suvs. sales last year topped $3 billion. he reportedly bought the jaguars for $760 million.

and let's finish with basketball and our latest holiday special feature and be a star dwight howard paid a visit to the russian capital in the summer and our own robin concert caught up with the orlando magic center who spoke about who's the best in the league and how hard it is to make it there. very special guests for you here today and that sell orlando magic said white howard white thank you very much for speaking with us today your first time in washington you've seen a bunch of people playing basketball here at luzhniki stadiums and say you know you're a first you know emotions when we you know when you saw some people playing bass well you know you know russia was i was very you know i know russia is not their big basketball or soccer or football and down the street will see that you know enough there to be the loose unbelievable experience for me i've always wanted to come it was really one of my dreams is to be here rush you know small found here you know so i would be you know one of the once they had a lockout in the n.h.l. and the bunch of players here they came to play in ru

and let's finish with some basketball and the latest special holiday feature and be a star dwight howard paid a visit to the russian capital in the summer and our own curiously close voyage from on closer as caught up with the orlando magic center. a very special guest for you here today and that's the magic said white howard white thank you very much for speaking with us today your first time in russia you've seen a bunch of people playing basketball here at luzhniki stadium today you are a first you know emotions when we you know when you saw some people bring back what you know you know russia was very you know i know russia is not very big basketball or soccer or football game down it was just great to see you go down there to be the least unbelievable experience to leave i've always wanted to tell me what it's really one of my dreams is to be here and russia knows all found here you know and so i would be you know one of the ones they had to look out in the n.h.l. a bunch of players here they came to play in russia because russia may get the second promise of the n.h.l. told what if

and let's finish with some basketball and the latest special holiday feature and be a star dwight howard paid a visit to the russian capital in the summer and our own curiously clove oil drum on course or i've caught up with the orlando magic center. a very special guest for you here today and that's the magic said white howard white thank you very much for speaking with us today your first time in russia you've seen a bunch of people playing basketball here at luzhniki fame today you are a first you know emotions what we get when you saw some people going that's going to be in russia was i was very you know i know russia is not a big basketball league soccer or football came down it was just great to see that and i'm glad to be that this unbelievable experience for me i've always wanted to come but it's not really one of my dreams is to be here in russia that's not found here you know so i've been you know one of the ones they had to look out in the n.h.l. and a bunch of players here came to play in russia because russia may get the second from the from the n.h.l. so what if it's a hypo

he they held dwight howard to just 11.er rolled 97-89. >>> finally, what's a sunday without football? packers and bears. aaron rodgers spreading christmas cheer all over the field. threw five touchdowns. you can hand him the mvp award right now. packers improve to 14-1 with a 35-21 win. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> three new films suffer from silent nights at the box office. plus, it's mission accomplished for tom cruise this holiday weekend. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look." people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm veronica de la cruz. >>> one man in the south has been making a difference for more than 20 years by granting christmas wishes. nbc's thanh truong takes us to a town where hundreds of kids can ride in to christmas with mor

and let's finish with some basketball and the latest special holiday feature and be a star dwight howard paid a visit to the russian capital in the summer and our own curiously close voyage from on closer i've caught up with the orlando magic center. very special guests for you here today and that's the magic said white howard white thank you very much for speaking with us today your first time in russia you've seen a bunch of people play basketball here is that if they say you are a first you know emotions what we've you know when you saw some people playing bats going on in russia i was very you know i know russia is not a big basketball soccer or football game down it was just great to see you get down there to be losing the ability to experience believe i've always will determine which one of my dreams is to be here russia does not found here you know so i've been you know one to once they had a look out in the n.h.l. a bunch of players here came to play in russia because russia because of the second from the from the n.h.l. told what if it's a hypothetical situation there's a lot in

and let's finish with some basketball and the latest special holiday feature and be a star dwight howard paid a visit to the russian capital in the summer and our own curiously clove oil drum on kozyrev caught up with the orlando magic center. very special guests for you here today and that's the magic said white howard white thank you very much for speaking with us today your first time in russia you've seen a bunch of people playing basketball you're listening if they say you are a first you know emotions what would you know when you saw. some people playing bass well you know you know russia was i was very you know i know russia is not very big basketball or soccer or football and down the street will see that you know unfair to be the loose unbelievable experience for me i've always wanted to come it was really one of my dreams is to be here rush you know small found here you know so i would be you know one once they had a look out in the n.h.l. and bunch of players here they came to play in russia because russia because the second time with the n.h.l. stalls what if it's a hypotheti

the latest jaw dropping rumor, the lakers trying to trade for dwight howard and chris paul. heat west. >> i'm thinking new orleans and what's ease name? >> and giving up the team to get ricky williams. they are giving up everybody except kobe. it ain't going to happen. >> that would be fun to see. >>> and we talked about maryland earlier. six straight games at home for the guys. they beat notre dame over the weekend. they are scrappy. they are undermanned but >>> mammograms help doctors identify breast cancer at the earliest stages. the next step is determining whether women have to undergo radiation or just surgery alone. now a new test is giving doctors and patients a better answer. >> just relax that shoulder. >> it wasn't until women had routine mammograms that doctors could spot it. ductal carcinoma in situ. >> it is a precancer or the last step before invasive cancer develops. >> reporter: patients undergo a lumpectomy and doctors depend on the tumor size and ore factors to determine if she needs any radiation. but a new test goes deeper giving doctors information abou

i also called dwight howard drunk one night. but i'm not in any trouble.im. >> we understand. that's the sports. now back to the news. a major bug in facebook's privacy program lets you see anybody's private pictures and founder mark zuckerberg found out the hard way. hey, are those from inside his house? >> yes. >> how embarrassing! >> nice refrigerator. and polls show voters think newt gingrich is simply irresistable. why are some of the conservatives his colleagues there ready to support him? up next, dick morris will be here and he says it's because they're stuck in time. and time to wake up, baby. why settle for a one-note cereal? ♪ more, more, more... get more with honey bunches of oats 4 nutritious grains come together for more taste, more healthy satisfaction. get more with honey bunches of oats. yeah, i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank

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entire roster except for kobe bryant to land what would be the ultimate combo of chris paul and dwight howard l new version of it in la lakers give up everybody and howard really the key because if he goes to los angeles then paul would be eager to join him in la. to football. former frainer quarterback garcia about to get back in the nfl it seems. he's expected to sign with the texans. texans first place team 9 and 3 but they have lost the starting quarterback if shaw and back up to injuries so starting a rookie in yates. 41-year-old garcia is a vetera veteran. joining his sixth nfl team 1 time san jose state star would come in as third string quarterback rae unit with old offensive coordinator naacp. in the nfl third string today and you could be starting couple snap later the way things have gone. especially with texans and garcia. 41. kind of old but now days. you can play and he is always in shape. >> these true. >> he's a work out maniac. >> he's last few years he's really come on. >> he's productive. he's productive wherever he goes? all right that's a good guy. seems do well. >> that'

the best player now is probably lebron, dwight howard, dwyane wade, those are the best players. >> allht. we aren't done here with charles. many of you all know -- and may not know -- chuck has been one of my best friends since i've come to cnn. he's given me some guidance in this decision i made to be leaving cnn. we might get into that in a second. we'll leave basketball here for a moment. after the break we'll continue on a bunch of things, including weight watchers, also some political commentary. i'm going to get you to take back something you said last week. this is what i'm talking about. look at this. >> as a democrat who loves the president, i am downright giddy! there ain't no way we can lose to them idiots! i am so glad to get rid of it. just to be able to wake up in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplishment to me. i don't know how much money i need. but i know that whatever i have that's what i'm going to live within. ♪ ♪ it's good. honey, i love you... oh my gosh, oh my gosh.. look at these big pieces of potato. ♪ what's that? big piece of potato. [ male announc