was wrong about favre. i hate the constant off and onning over favre but told man put up mvp-like numbers this season, over 4,000 yards passing. over 30 touchdowns and just seven interceptions. that's the most important numbers, folks, the fewest of his career. and more importantly, his 40 year old body made it through 16 games. the vikings sitting at 12-4 after treating the giants like snack cake this is afternoon. this guy looked better on the field than anybody in a giants uniform. first quarter, favre working the play action to perfection. asante if i seven okay hauling it in and the beginning of a stellar day for favre. in the second quarr, favre looking for his go-to man. sydney rice. and this put them up. and he's from south carolina so you love him. vikings win with a 8-8 record after starting the season with 5-0. they'll miss the postseason for the first time in five years. minnesota waits for the endf the dallas/philly game to find their playoff standing. here are some plays of the day. houston, t

favre throws it up to sidney rise. favre passes for four touchdowns. they crush the giants. 44-7 and secure the second seed in the nfc playoffs and get a buy. >>> the ravens need a win over the raiders to clinch a playoff spot. willis mcgahey tries to shake nudeen. he has just enough gas to take it 77 yards for the touchdown. one of three to go with a career high 167 yards rushing. ravens beat the raiders 21-13 to punch their ticket to the playoffs. they will travel to new england to face the patriots in the wild card game. uno on burgundy and gold trivia question. who olds the redskins record for most sacks in the season, ken hvey, dexter manually or charles mann. we'll be right back. ley or charles mann. we'll be right back.  ( sighs ) ( music throughout ) hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... studies show that people who eat more whole g

brett favre will become the oldest quarterback so ever start a postseason game. great rushing defense, as you know, in minnesota. tremendous beginning of the season and then, cris, they had a little bit -- they stumbled a little bit down the stretch. we saw them against arizona on a sunday night and they were beaten and against carolina on a sunday night and they were beaten and killed the giants in the final game. what is your early take on that one next week? >>. >> cris: just such a great matchup between brett favre and adrian peterson and percy harvin and sidney rice and all of those great offensive weapons going against this dallas defense, because they have been as good as anybody. came into this one, back-to-back shutouts and have been almost that impressive again here tonight. >> al: the dallas cowboys, right now, as hot as you can get and it's starting with that new orleans game, going against the undefeated saints at that point in new orleans. now you've got felix jones very close to a first down. so either fourth and inches or a first down and the cloc

brett favre will become the oldest quarterback so ever start a postseason game. great rushing defense, as you know, in minnesota. tremendous beginning of the season and then, cris, they had a little bit -- they stumbled a little bit down the stretch. we saw them against arizona on a sunday night and they were beaten and against carolina on a sunday night and they were beaten and killed the giants in the final game. what is your early take on that one next week? >>. >> cris: just such a great matchup between brett favre and adrian peterson and percy harvin and sidney rice and all of those great offensive weapons going against this dallas defense, because they have been as good as anybody. came into this one, back-to-back shutouts and have been almost that impressivagain here tonight. >> al: the dallas cowboys, right now, as hot as you can get and it's starting with that new orleans game, going against the undefeated saints at that point in new orleans. now you've got felix jones very close to a first down. so either fourth and inches or a first down and the clock

great day for brett favre. second quarter, favre to his go-to man, his second touchdown catch of the day and puts the vikings up 31-0. favre b, 316 yards, four touchdown passes and vikings win it 44- and the giants miss the postseason for the first time in five years. >>> titans in seattle. this is a list of the single season rushing leaders. titans tail back, chris johnson, the sixth player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season and scores the game-winning touchdown. titans win, 17-14. johnson finishes with 2,006 yards, 2,509 from victim yaj breaking the record. the titans finished at 8-8 after starting the season 0-6. >> thanks. >>> when we come back, some third graders making good on a promise to their teacher 20 years later. >>> a little time travel for the last day of the new year's weekend. 20 years ago, it was 20 years ago when 20 third graders in washington state made a pledge to their teacher. they all promised to meet at high noon on january 1st, 2010. it was a lesson in positive looking into t

favre hooking up with wright. looking good for minnesota. the cowboys lead 24-0.s. after this one they have the only shot. roethlisberger to miller. we'll show it to you again. yeah. good job. a little fred astaire routine. steelers beat the dolphins 30-24. texans also need a win and some help facing the patriots. new england already in. brady, fourth quarter going deep. pollard right there to pick it off. ensuing drive, foster punching it in from three yards out. texans winners, 34-27 over new england. we're going to clear up the entire playoff picture for you later tonight on "the final score" presented by burger king. we're on following clemson and duke. much more basketball to come, including second half between xavier and wake forest. >> ron: welcome back to the acura halftime report where wake forest is trailing xavier 43-41. of course, this is the first skip prosser classic honoring the late coach. with more on that and an american airlines flashback, here is jenn hildreth. >> jenn: this entire night and the skip prosser classic is certainly a tribute to th

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>> brett favre i think gets close to the super bowl this year, but he doesn't quite get there.s a result, there is talk about whether he's coming back again for another year. and yes, he will come back to the vikings. the red skins could use him. but no such deal. i think he is back to the vikings. he's the oldest player in the nfl, but he is going to be even older. we'll see how it goes. >> chris: does he retire before he comes back? >> what do you mean? >> chris: does he retires? >> he retires and then he comes back -- it's drama. we wouldn't have tv programming without him. >> chris: economy, brit? >> i think the question is can we have a full-blown recovery of the kind that would begin to pay off the debt and produce jobs and so forth with the current policies in place? my sense is that we cannot. that it will be very difficult. we'll have tremendous focus from the president in terms of his discourse on jobs. but i don't think the policies in place can bring them enough to save his party in the election this year. >> chris: nina? >> the big accounting scandal of this year i

it shows that 59% favor russia best ethnic profiling force -- favre racial-ethnic profiling.uest: whenever we go through this difficult and challenging time, he motions will be high and people may have a knee-jerk reaction to security, legitimate security concerns. again, our nation has learned. you cannot racially profile people and provide a false sense of security. it may satisfy some people but it does not solve the problem. you create bigger problem. you need to contain this problem and break it down and work on a affectively. you cannot make a widespread and involve many innocent people i believe racial profiling is not effective and security experts will tell you and members of the justice department and holland security department, profiling has never worked -- and homeland security departments, profiling has never worked. host: have been spoken to anybody in the administration about the specific list? guest: we have sent a letter to the acting director of tsa, the transportation security administration, and we asked them to clarify the new measures, to make sure that

how you favre believe this to the house if you are not done with your work? i was one of the few democrats that voted know. we came back on september 23rd and finished up the amendment. on october 29th, the combined couple bills, 3200 that became 3962. the vote was held on november 7th. the vote on the house floor was 220-215. i voted for the final bill in the house of representatives not without some controversy. here is my concern with the bill. before, when i was doing these power points the boxes were not checked because we came out of committee. here is where i thought the committee fell short. i said the quality -- i will go back and talk about that a little more. those were my four concerned when it came out of committee. those were all men in the house bill. the goals of health care improving quality, efficiency, controlling costs, affordability, accessibility, but shared investment, and work force. we have a health insurance that will change. you look at all the programs improved -- approved in the pick the option that is best for you and your family

how you favre believe this to the house if you are not done with your work? i was one of the few democrats that voted know. we came back on september 23rd and finished up the amendment. on october 29th, the combined couple bills, 3200 that became 3962. the vote was held on november 7th. the vote on the house floor was 220-215. i voted for the final bill in the house of representatives not without some controversy. here is my concern with the bill. before, when i was doing these power points the boxes were not checked because we came out of committee. here is where i thought the committee fell short. i said the quality -- i will go back and talk about that a little more. those were my four concerned when it came out of committee. those were all men in the house bill. the goals of health care improving quality, efficiency, controlling costs, affordability, accessibility, but shared investment, and work force. we have a health insurance that will change. you look at all the programs improved -- approved in the pick the option that is best for you and your family

guest: the great fire what and the green escort there are two different -- brett favre what is essentialthe great fire wall, they took their portion of the internet, and at that point it leaves their country place controls on the routers so they can screen all traffic inbound and outbound through the country and eliminate speech that they find offensive, block websites and they find offensive, screen for pornography. grenn dam was a program they want it put on every new pcs sold in china, including those made by american companies like dell, h-p and abel and it essentially would have been a center should technology on the desktop. it would have given to chinese control on basically any new desktop shoal -- sold. host: the user would not able to override? guest: user would not able to override. but it turned out a software had a lot of all abilities and it probably would have reduced china's cyber security overall rather than increased. host: robert, good morning, one hour republican line. caller: i would like to make a comment about the chinese. i am 81 years old and i am a korean that r

election or appointment of any person to a position in the city government's to be influenced by fear, favrer affection -- i fear, favor, or affection. in all things pertaining to my said office, i will be governed by the public good and interest of the city. i will observe the provisions of the charter, ordinance, and regulations of the city of atlanta. i further swear that i will support and defend the constitution and the laws of the state of georgia and of the united states of america. i further swear that i am not the holder of in the office of trust under the government of the united states, any other state, or any foreign state which i am prohibited from holding by the laws of the state of georgia, and that i am not the holder of antique and accounted for public money -- any unaccounted for public money for any political subdivision or authority thereof. i further swear that i will uphold and support the ethics code of the city of atlanta. i further swear that i have been a resident of the city of atlanta for the time required by the constitution and laws of this state and the charter

i think i feel better as governor thançó perhaps brett favre feels.de any major mistakes or had people threaten me. he has had all of those things happened to him since last night. we are probably in the worst cpieconomic future that we have ever had. that is not just a child thought, that is for real. Ñito borrow a phrase from will watchers, the economics of america is in a deep hole. will watches said what you do when you find yourself in a deep hole? stop digging. it is not so easy to stop digging. we have to find ways with this task force over the next year, bipartisan working together to find a way to present them to the congress and the american people a budget. it will encompass many years. it will provide us with a way out of this enormous unsustainable death -- debt. some want to start with one of the graphs we have here. i would make this part of our everyday life. i would put it on our forehead. let me show you this one. it is held by the public. it is not as individuals but countries, institutions that bought debt of the net the state or o

i think i feel better as governor than perhaps brett favre feels. i haven't made any big mistakes, and i haven't had anybody come up and threaten me. he had all of those things happen to him last night. i guess the worst of all is he lost. we are not in this to lose. we are in this because america has probably the worst economic future that we have ever had. that is not just child's talk. that is for real. the united states of america, to borough a -- borrow a phrase from will rodgers, the economics of america is in a deep hole. will rodgers says what do you do when you find yourself in a deep hole? you stop digging. well, it is not so easy to stop digging, but we have to find ways, this task force, over the next year, bipartisan, consensual, working together. we have to find a way to present to the congress, the president and the american people a budget, multi-year, many years -- it will encompass many years, and it will provide us a way out of this enormous, unsustainableable -- unsustainable debt. if i could tie a graph into a proposal, i would

how you favre believe this to the house if you are not done with your work? on october 29th, the combined couple bills, 3200 that became 3962. the vote was held on november 7th. the vote on the house floor was 220-215. i voted for the final bill in the house of representatives not without some controversy. here is my concern with the bill. before, when i was doing these power points the boxes were not checked because we came out of committee. here is where i thought the committee fell short. i said the quality -- i will go back and talk about that a little more. those were my four concerned when it came out of committee. those were all men in the house bill. the goals of health care improving quality, efficiency, controlling costs, affordability, accessibility, but shared investment, and work force. we have a health insurance that will change. you look at all the programs improved -- approved in the pick the option that is best for you and your family. what meets your individual needs? the government will not choose the policy for you. we have a marketplace f

i think i feel better as governor than perhaps brett favre feels.aven't made any big mistakes and i haven't had anybody come up and threaten me. he's had all of those things happen to him last night. i guess the worst of all is he lost. we are not in this to lose. we are in this because america has probably the worst economic future that we've ever had. now, that's not just child's talk. that's for real. the united states of america to borrow a phrase from will rogers, the economics of america is in a deep hole. and will rogers says, what do you do when you find yourself in a deep hole? you stop digging. well, it's not so easy to stop digging. but essentially we have to find ways, this task force, over the next year, bipartisan, consensual, working together, we have to find a way to present to the congress and the president and the american people a budget. multiyear, many years, it will encompass many years. and it will provide to us a way out of this enormous, unsustainable debt. now, i want to start with one of the graphs we have up here. and if

i think i feel better as governor then perhaps brett fared feels -- brett favre feels.ughter] have not made any big mistakes, and i guess worst of all, he lost. we are not in this this -- we are not in this to lose. we're dealing with the greatest economic future we've ever had. that is not child stock. to borrow a phrase from will rogers -- "the economics of america is in a deep hole. what you do when you find yourself in a deep hole? he stopped dating." -- you stop digging." it is not so easy to stop digging. and we have established a task force. we have to find a way to present to congress and the president and the american people a budget. multi-year, many years, to encompass many years. it will provide us with a way out of this enormous, unsustainable debt. i want to start with one of the grants we have up here, and if i were someone you could tie autograph -- a graph into a proposal, i would make it part of our everyday life. i would put it on our forehead. let me put this stand here and show you this one. this shows debt held by the public. the word public is not

protecting myself from a charity is harder when one's life depends on staying in a man's a good favre, reaching favor, and all the prenatal care in the world will not save them from a violent home. this means improving the quality of their lives on many levels and reaching out to men and boys to encourage them to become advocates and allies. we have our work cut out for us, but we had an excellent road map from the cairo program of action and they were the target from the millennium development goals no. 5. we are going to need your help. in everything we are doing in the department and at usaid, we are injecting the needs and rolls of women and girls. we are asking how they can play more and a role in their societies, be involved in peacemaking, assist in mitigating against and preventing climate change, it is across the board. we are making it clear that there has to be special attention paid to the needs of women and girls. it is in america's national security interests to do so. i want to close with a story of one woman whose life was transformed by the work that the people in thi

skancke that if brett favre is playing for the vikings next year, there will be a lot more people who will want to get from sioux falls to minneapolis and preferably quickly and without having to drive through a blizzard. if i might direct a question -- this will be for mr. szabo and ms. fleming, the thing i take away is reliable projections and costs. proponents are going to overestimate ridership and underestimate cost and if the federal government makes investment decisions based upon faulty forecasts, we're going to fund projects that won't be successful. so i guess the question -- and maybe i direct this first to mr. szabo is how are you going to evaluate such projections for proposed projects? and are you going to use your on projections or rely on the project sponsor for those? >> well, first off, one of the key components that we will be ranking the applications on will be their proposed management plan and their management of risk, which includes covering all of the operating costs and any cost overruns. those responsibilities belong to the applicant, not the federal governme