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that cemented whatever legend ely is forcing with the giants. the drive, adam and i were talking about this today, it was like a fire drill. he's throwing wild right. he gets the luckiest catchn the history of organized sports in america. and they're hanging on by their fingernails andy finally throws the pass. one of the things that's been awamazing up to this game is, people act like ely and the giants kick the patriots bust in the game four years awe -- butts in the game four years ago in november and they won because their quarterback had the ball last. do you know what charlie i actually think on sunday whichever team has the ball last is going to win the super bowl. >> charlie: go ahead. >> too back to that super bow charily, the amazing part of that pass that mike is talking about which is to me the greatest play in sure bowl history is one play of four. ely manning rolls out, throws a pass along the sideline that t patriots cornerback goes up to catch. samuel had picked off 16 passes. the interception goes into his hands and out of his h

eli manning is the game's most valuable player. he chestrated yet another spectacular game-winning fourth quarter drive. an improbable catch by wide receiver mario manningham was the defining moment. that catch put the giants in prime position to close out the game. a touchdown was not enough time for tom brady lead his famous comeback drive. the win ves w york the second title in four years. fresh off the plane from indianapolis is adam schefter. he is espn's n.f.l. inside everand i'm pleased to have him here that the table for the first time and for a second appearance on our show. welcome. >> thank you for having me here, charlie. an honor to step off the plane and come into your studios for the first time. >> rose: define this one for me. >> i think it was not a great game. i think there were so many mistakes made along the way. dropped balls, coaching errors, mistakes, that it prevented it from being a game from the ages but it had a dramatic ending with a real interesting, intriguing w that it ended with the failed hai mary a

it they force the punt and gives eli manning one more shot. eli starts from his own 12.credible throw and catch. 38 yards. first down giants and maybe one of the best catches in super bowl history. >> the o line had good pass protection. as soon as the ball hit my fingertips i froze my feet. i knew i had a little room to work with. thank god we won. we're world champs, world champs. >> giants come marching down the field. patriots have stwo timeouts. he says let them score so we can get the ball back. bradshaw can't make up his mind. why isn't anybody tackling me. he stumbles into the end zone. but there is still a minute on the lock. clock. >> eli says to get down there. i tried. the mow momentum took me into the end zone. i just hoped they couldn't score. >> ball is inside the 10-yard line. >> tom brady has a little time, but needs a touchdown for the super bowl win. it comes down to the hail mary with no time and tipped and it is incomplete. gronkowski was this close to making the patriots champions, but they will hang on to win it 21-17. they are super bowl champions

then the moment, eli manning for 38 yards.mario manningham, the meat of the sandwich of two defenders. bill belichick would challenge the call but the feet were down. the giants' drive continues. now, giants inside the patriots' 10. the patriots' defense split. the memo, don't score the touchdown. he went in. would he be the go for that? no, he wouldn't. five seconds remaining. brady in the pocket releases a massive ball which is tipped down, almost caught, almost by rob gronkowski. the giants, just as they did in super bowl xlii beat the patriots and they do it in dramatic fashion. the mvp, eli manning, winning that award for the second time. and the battle for super bowl xlvii in new orleans has begun. >>> all right, more from the game coming up next. including which commercials are getting the buzz. >> and once more from madonna. the reaction from the halftime show. ♪ i'd never ride without one now. and since my doctor prescribed lipitor, i won't go without it for my high cholesterol. why kid myself? diet and exercise weren

eli was in disney world as customary for the most valuable player.ost ago people would have they would have laughed at you if you suggested that eli was the best quarterback in the manning family. or come on better than brady in the fourth quarter of superbowl. eli provd he's elite but second superbowl for the giants yesterday beat brady second time in the superbowl and did it in his brother house in indy. >> this isn't about bragging rights. this is a lot bigger. this is about a team, an organization being named world champion and that was the ultimate goal. the only thing i cared about and payton and i both know that's what the goal is every year. not about anything else. >>reporter: get ready to start tweeting now. all kind of reaction after brady wife giselle was caught on camera post game in a moment of frustration. she's right ther there. people are ripping her today but giselle what you didn't see was she was being heckled by a giants fan and minutes after the game. she reacted emotionally. patriots they dropped a bunch of passes and brady was

so they began -- so we began protesting. >> stephen: what business is it of yours, elie? i did some research and it turns out those 600,000 jews are now mormon. besides, the mormons have stopped baptizing holocaust victims. other than last week when they baptized ann frank, which they've done nine times. but that's it nobody else. >> and then this week a researcher found elie wiesel's name on a list of people to be baptized after their death. >> stephen: now i don't get why elie wiesel is so up set about his name being on a list. but unfortunately for mitt, this controversy just seems like it will not die. and if it did, the mormons with would posthumously baptize it. so let me explain the ritual, okay. what happens is a mormon elder reads a list of dead people's names while living mormon proxy is submerged in water. off then a large bap 'tis mall font on the back of 12 oxen representing the 12 tribes of israel. the mormons use it to travel back to baptize people in the past. its-- it's like it's some kind of -- >> hot tub time machine. >> stephen: that's it. (cheers and

one topic of discussion, eli's 38 yard passes to mario manningham, the play of the game, actually setp the game winning touchdown. dave asked eli about that play. >> when you throw something like that, is it supposed to be that precise, or are you just within a 20 yard window? just look for it. >> i think you're always trying to throw that perfect ball. sometimes it doesn't have to be that close. he was not the primary receiver. that's not really the spot i was probably supposed to go. the play i was supposed to throw the ball. but sometimes you just have to improv. you know about that. you just have to go off the flow, go offed card. do whatever you want. >> eli also answered questions about his brother, peyton manning, quarterback for the colts. peyton was was sidelined all year with a neck injury. there's been speculation that he won't return to the colts. letterman is a big colts fan. and he prodded eli on whether or not peyton would return to the colts. >> and you know that you are my favorite manning. i mean, i told you this before. >> many times. i get a christmas gift from you

listen to eli. >> a lot of those throws were muscle memory. to be clutch in my next job interview, what's the best pregame preparation? >> record yourself rehearsing a mock interview. play back the tape. be a really harsh critic. tweak your responses so that you can go in and really nail it. >> reporter: if your brain is ready for the game, every day can be your super bowl. john berman, abc news, new york. >> and with the title comes all the press. he was at disney world, eli. letterman. he was making the rounds. and apparently he had a hot date as well. >> that was not me. >> looks like it. >> i would be with tom brady. well, not be with. but i'd have a picture with tom brady. >> really? >> my hair's getting long, too. >> a lot of women have that whole tom versus eli debate. >> here's the thing. it's eli's lineage. look at the whole family. >> peyton, archie. exactly. >> i think a lot of it you're born with it or you're not. >> so you're disputing that whole story, huh? >> i'm not disputing it, but i mean the lineage -- >> it's in the blood.

no one more than the come from behind quarterback eli manning. so we wanted to know, can everyone train themselves to set aside fear as he did and win when it counts? here's abc's john berman. >> reporter: with 58,000 people screaming, with 1 million-plus people watching, and with 11 large men hunting -- for his head -- eli manning threw that perfect pinpoint 38 yard -- how did that ball get there -- pass to mario manningham. super bowl glory -- again. last second heroics -- again. leading to the question, what does eli manning have and how can i get it? what is the key to clutch? >> when you can shine when those stakes really high, you're clutch. >> reporter: nailing that real-life job interview is every bit as nerve-racking as hitting that last-second pass -- and the science, the same. to be clutch like eli, you don't need his million-dollar arm but his million-dollar pre-frontal cortex. that's the part of the brain that reasons through problems. but there is limited space. it's also the part of the brain hit by anxiety, which literally crowds

you can rely on eli. they are planing on manning. you can't spell elite without eli. eli manning beat tom brady for the second time? manning delivering in the clutch. burris says if manning wins on sunday he deserves to go to the hall of fame and they are happy to rely on eli. >> we have had our backs to the wall. players performed well under that circumstance. our leader, our quarterback has been a very cool customer, and they have done very well late in the fourth quarters of many games this year and they put us in a position where we might win. >> with football season almost over baseball is about to begin. the giants met the media today. they will meet everybody at fanfest at at&t park. lynn succumb dpre gring to a -- agreeing to a contract. but there is speculation whether he wants to stay long-term. but he is open to a deal that would make him a giant for life. >> i will be a giant the next two years regardless. there is just finding common ground with the arbitration coming up, whether a two-year deal or multi-year deal will work out. there was just no more thi

what is it about eli and these four quarters that you love so much?e. we're like, you know, this is for us. this is the predicament we wanted to be in. the lord put us in the right position at the right time. we wanted to finish our game. and so we did. that's our theme for the year. to finish. and we did. >> so you finished it. giants fans, mario, traveling en masse last night, for you guys back in the meadowlands what does it mean playing in the super bowl in indianapolis, you walk out and you see all that blue? >> oh, man, it's just a feeling you can't describe. i mean, we appreciate our giants, man, traveling over here rooting us on. and just believing in us. and us putting on the show for them. >> the defense that you guys both face every day in practice, do you want to at least give a nod to the 11 on the other side of the ball that slowed down the patriots and what people thought maybe couldn't be stopped. when you see that, what do you think? >> you know what, we have one of the best defenses in the league. they fight and they fight. and they

eli manning led his team to their second super bowl ring in four years.g washington at 5:00 a.m. begins right now >>. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> it's monday morning, february 6. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. meteorologist adam caskey. >> a cold start to the dead. there will be frost on the windshield this morning. you need to scrape that. 24 in leesburg, 26 in frederick, 30 in 10 states, 26 la plata. strasbourg's virginilow to mid 50's for the high temperature this afternoon with sunshine. southwesterly wind at 5-10. above-average today and even warmer tomorrow. well into the 50's and may be near 60 is south of the metro by tomorrow afternoon with sunshine. precipitation possible

. >> eli manning is now an elite quarterback. tom brady told the media he would rather trail in the fourth quarter knowing how dangerous eli manning can be in closing games. how prophetic those words turned out to be. third quarter. finds aaron hernandez for the td. in the fourth quarter, the giants are down to the bureau, bradshaw tried to stop himself from going in. trying to run out the clock and gives the giants a 21-17 lead. can brady do anything? he's scrambling. no good. giants win 21-17. 2 super bowl rings and your winter. >> these games go to the absolute water and they are just incredible football games between two teams that are very talented, play hard against each other and the outcome is always one that the fans have to be very excited about. >> we have more coming up in sports about the catch that changed the game. >> exciting game. it was exciting just as a tv viewer. you saw those commercials also generating a lot of buzz, especially this one featuring david beckum. [music playing] >> ok. advertisers shelduck $3.

you can rely on eli. they are planing on manning. you can't spell elite without eli. can eli manning beat tom brady for the second time? manning delivering in the clutch. burris says if manning wins on sunday he deserves to go to the hall of fame and they are happy to rely on eli. >> we have had our backs to the wall. players performed well under that circumstance. our leader, our quarterback has been a very cool customer, and they have done very well late in the fourth quarters of many games this year and they put us in a position where we might win. >> with football season almost over baseball is about to begin. the giants met the media today. they will meet everybody at fanfest at at&t park. lynn succumb dpre gring to a -- agreeing to a contract. but there is speculation whether he wants to stay long-term. but he is open to a deal that would make him a giant for life. >> i will be a giant the next two years regardless. there is just finding common ground with the arbitration coming up, whether a two-year deal or multi-year deal will work out. there was just no more

you've got to say eli's elite now.wn time and time again. >> winner, winner, chicken dinner. it was unbelievable. >> i really was. on pins and needles. it was a good game. >> reporter: and fans from the tri-state area that came to the big game and spent all that money to be inside here for the giants beating the patriots say that they will be at the parade, regardless of if they have to drive two or three hours, they say. they refuse to be anywhere else in the world. rob and tanya. >> thank you, carolina. i have a sneaking suspicion a few of those folks may have had some cocktails at the game. i'm just saying. i'm just guessing. >> i don't know. there's a little controversy over this parade, though, because the governor of new jersey, chris christie, says hey, they play here in new jersey. >> that's true. >> this ticker tape parade should be in new jersey, not new york. and mayor bloomberg is saying back down. >> that's right. the parade is set for here in new york city tuesday morning 11:00 a.m. of course local media

. >> eli manning.a catch. >> a great pass from eli manning to mario collected the giants' touchdown. the patriots allowed the score. but tom brady's a hail mary pass fell incomplete. they did not get to do what they wanted. the giants won last night 21- 17. there is the game-changing cast. -- catch. >> i froze my feet when the ball hit my fingertips. i had a little bit of room to work with. world champions. >> the giants live to the lombardi trophy. frustrating for redskins fans. the redskins actually beat the giants twice this season. >> how does that happen? >> frustrating. >> there was some solace for sports fans. >> hockey fans. 35 saves for batman. the capitals lost, 4-1. will tour rebound tomorrow night against the florida panthers in town. >> fingers crossed. 28 degrees in woodbrige. 5:26. the news continues after 5:30. >> still ahead, learning more about an army general from fairfax county who died in afghanistan. what the military says about the cause adapts. >>-- is cause of death. greg ander

earlier tonight, elie wieseleid holocaust survivor and the founder of the elie wieseleid foundation foranity told me of how he learned about the mormon practice. >> it began much before, a few queers ago. two friends of mine, one of them a holocaust who survivor who was together with me in auschwitz, we learned about a procedure in the mormon church. i think 600,000, 650,000 dead jews with converted posthumously. so we began to protest. it took years and they stopped it. >> this week, a researcher found elie wieseleid's name on a list of people to be baptized after their death. >> in my first interview, i said, look, he is a mormon and i respect all religions. how come he hasn't spoken up? i'm sure he is not involved in that. but nevertheless, the moment he heard about this, he should have spoken up because he's running for the presidency of the united states, which means it's too serious an issue for him to not speak up. >> the romney campaign has referred all questions on this to the mormon church. over the years mormons baptized an untold number of dead people including anne frank, a

eli manning the super bowl mvp just like four years ago. manning led six comeback victories during the season and set an nfl record with 15 4th quarter touchdown passes. here's your two time mvp. >> it's been a wild game. it's been a wild season, but we had a great tough bunch of guys who never quit, have great faith in each other and this pride of our team the way we dealt with everything else and came out strong. >> i'm very thankful and grateful for the opportunity i've had as a head coach of the new york giants, the wonderful players i've had to work with, the coaches surrounding us and the support from ownership is what this is all about. >> coming up the caps in a matinee against the defending stanley cup champs.  >>> welcome pack to the washington area nissan -- back to the washington area nissan dealers sports xtra. >> last time the bruins were in d.c. was two weeks ago. the team went to the white house and was greeted by the president who honored the reigning stanley cup champions. goaltender tim thomas didn't go writing