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even gets dwight howard. dwight's reaction is awesome. kicks him right in the stomach. he's been doing this for years. he comes up with some of greatest pranks you'll ever see. >> i always loved inflatables. thank you so much. great to see you this morning. go patriots. >> the top headlines and everything you need to know, after the break. en to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and grows more businesses... we're open to it. start a tax-free business at startup-ny.com. >>>broken and humiliated. chris christie apologizing after his employees are tied to a traffic scandal. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. great to see you this morning. a lot of news. we are watching this morning the new evidence that will be coming out today on what many people are calling bridgegate. this is the political scandal surrou

dwight howard, lamarcus aldridge and dirk novitzky were named frontcourt reserves earlier this afternoonh one for david lee, who is averaging almost a double- double averaging 19 points per game. but of significance is the battle of the night. it is the los angeles clippers and it is a bitter, bitter rivalry. golden state has lost six of nine to fall five games behind the pacific division rivals. >> never know with us. you know, i think we'll be okay. i think it's a national tv game so we'll get up for it. we have to keep our consistency consistency. we're up and down like a yo-yo at the moment and we need to get some steadiness in our game. >> reporter: yeah. these two teams don't like each other as the cliche says. but it is nothing compared to the seahawks and the 49ers. of course, when i mention seahawks, you got to talk about richard sherman. and sherman, you know about that post-game rant after the nfc championship game. he had a little more -- he added a little more fuel to the fire today. colin kaepernick had words of his own for sherman in the biglele and the seahawks. >> to me

check out dwight howard losing his mind. as we slow it down, got the coaches, too. ♪[ music ] >> it's priceless. great stuff. and as you might imagine, it is trending right now. [ laughter ] >> good time with that. >> lots of laughs on youtube, too. like candid camera. >>> good morning, everybody. with the new nhl realignment, the red wings only make one visit to the shark tank during the season and it was last night. joe pavelski had the hot hand once again. he beat his team usa team made red wings goaltender jimmy howard twice. joe for the first goal of the game and in the second period he kicks the puck through his skates for the second of the night. pavelski with 21 goals to lead the team. 3-1, danny boyle caps off the night with his 8th goal of the year. sharks beat the former conference rivals, the red wings, by a final of 4-1. >>> cal and oregon running the break justin cobb with a nice finish, matthews, three, three- pointers, and cal wins 96-83. >>> one gruden will be in the nfl next year, john's brother jay, the ne

if you're dwight howard you pick the smallest fan "courtside" to play one on one.me good handles. howard says not in my house. >> come on. >> fans were booing him. >> were they? >> yeah. he's a great guy. having fun with the kids. that kid had a blast. he got a bucket there. >> he'll be telling that story for years. >> forever. >> nice. >> andy, thanks so much. >>> director michael bay, he's known for these over the top productions with big stars and lots of action and big explosions. >> he does great work. the big time hollywood filmmaker created his own drama, and a of online buzz because he froze up and walked off a stage at an event promoting samsung's new tv. here it is. >> i tried to take people on an emotional ride and, um -- the curve how do you think it will impact people experience your movies. >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> ladies and gentlemen, let's thank michael bay for joining us. >> since then michael bay, he's trying to put the moment in perspective. anybody can relate to this if you've been in front of people before. he wrote this blog post saying wo

maybe the best reaction came from dwight howard. tossed his phone in the air. that's a good scare. >> kicked him right in the honeycomb. >> that's good stuff. >> wow. he did go right there, didn't he? al, little good news/bad news with the weather. it's warming up but that brings problems. >> absolutely. we've got an amazing live shot right now. take a look at this video, i should say. this is the niagara river. you can see there's a rainbow there right outside the niagara falls, niagara river now freezing up. and there's -- there are flood watches in effect in and around the buffalo area. all right. let's show you what else we've got going on. down south, look at this, last 24 hours near boynton beach. up to 12 inches of rain. it is still raining a bit. i-95 closed southbound. it is a mess. you come to the north, we've got freezing rain advisories and flood watches from the virginias all the way into new england. look at all this starting to make its way into the area. it's going to be an icy mess for the morning commute. baltimore, washington, on into philade

he even gets dwight howard. his cell phone goes flying.ight in the stomach. >> is there anyone inside? >> yeah, clutch the bear. i was a houston rockets ball boy for five years. me and clutch the bear are good friends. very funny, great guy. >> i don't even know how to respond to that. thank you, andy shoals. >> have a good one. >> next hour, "newsroom," starts now. >>> good morning. thank you so much for joining me. i'm carol costello. this just in to cnn. the white house now responding to those dismal numbers from the labor department. only 74,000 jobs added to our economy this month. the unemployment rate did drop three notches because so many people have stopped looking for work. it is down to 6.7%. jim acosta live at the white house with reaction from the white house. good morning, jim. >> reporter: that's right, carol. this should have been a moment for the white house to tout the recovery touting that it dropped below 7.4. it hant been there since president obama was elected president obama in 2008. because of that dismal number, 74

dwight howard is seven foot. that's an inequality. it ignores the fact both men are tall.d we do to a large extent where most people in this country are rich but unequal. inequality is a worthless metric. the only metric that is worthwhile is poverty. >> the reason we use inequality is not because we want everybody to have the same thing but we point out we have mass poverty because we have mass wealth. >> there's a core difference in our philosophies. the reason we have mass poverty because we have mass wealth. that presumes economics, economics is a zero sum game. wealth and economics does not work that way. >> so let's go down the road. unchecked, if you were to check it what would happen. how do we change it for the better? >> responsible tax policy. >> they pay over half the taxes now. >> they make 85% of the money. >> should they pay 85%. >> it's not a fixed sum of money. you have this idea that money is a fixed concept. >> i agree. the reason you have to pay more taxes for those people because of the things we know that are engines to social prosperity, education, h

>> dwight howard went to st. mary's. >> if that happened to indra petersons here's her reaction. her finger nail. never show fear. >> viking power. >> just want to add to my list. we have some snow out in the northeast. we even have a little bit of icing in philly and d.c. not looking for a lot because this is going transition very quickly. we'll start to see warm air move in and it all transitions to rain. you can see the reason why. here's the high pressure that brought us that cold air. that's making its way offshore. we're dealing with that warm front and warm air coming in from the south. that will transition it. cold air moves in. we're talking about some rain. there you go. you can see the next system making its way in midwest. all the way through tonight you're looking for light showers. same system makes its way into the northeast for saturday and by sunday quickly makes its way offshore. keep in mind with heavy snow in the northeast this means a flood watch superas all that snow can melt. the other thing we're talking about as far as how much rain one three inches in th

the prevailing winds about nba in the eyes of many there's dwight howard and then who?ports, the who might just play for the detroit pistons. >> andre drummond is 20 that years old, but his potential in the nba is as big as his wing span, which is why the detroit pistons made the then 19-year-old the ninth overall draft pick in 2012. >> he gets better every game. he gets better. he's like a sponge. when you get a guy like that, for his size, and his ability and agility, the way he's capable of playing, he's a joy to coach. >> drummond born in new york growing up in connecticut was one of the top mayors in the country, but didn't quite produce the numbers one would expect of a kid who had taken the gold in under 17 championships. still, he bolted for the nba, and now in just his second year in the league, the 20-year-old is one of the best centers in the eastern conference. >> why do you think you've been so dominant more so in the pros than you were in college? >> you know, it's my job now. you know, i have to work on my craft every single day. i don't have to worry abo