we're talking about, of course, the harlem globetrotters. >> got some new ones, rookies. >> look how at the little one, after this. >>> good morning. our latest forecast as we track wintry weather across the country here from our global forecast center, there will be rain across the south. the gulf coast area where we certainly need some rain into the southeast. so it's setting up to be a soggy saturday in many spots. with all of the festivities for mardi gras, this is going to impact plans no matter how you slice it. new orleans, mobile, back into galveston. a few lingering showers from our northern system in the northeast. we'll see what happens on sunday when everything phases together. 56 in d.c. it's going to be mild, leading up to this event, which could bring snow to the d.c./baltimore area. the forecast calls for a couple inches at this point, but we have to watch just how far north this sets up, because we may not see quite as much in d.c. we're going to get it in west virginia, parts of kentucky, down into tennessee expecting accumulating snow and that includes nashville. l

. >>> the harlem globetrotters have never had a teammate like this.all will be the tallest globetrotter ever. fittingly, he was introduced to the public at the top of the empire state building. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,le of

harlem globetrotters would have been proud. this went down to the wire. lakers trailed by two.obe's shot off the mark but pau gasol there to tip it in and tied the ganel forced to overtime. end of o.t. celts down one. pawl pierce for the win, no. ray allen for the win. rejected by gasol and the lakers hung on. >>> nuggets continue to struggle and lost their fifth straight last night. golden state rode the hot hand of stephan curry. warriors win it. >>> hockey, caps and jets keep an eye in the middle of the screen. byfuglien with a shot from center ice and he scores! take another look. a goal from that distance ought to be a three-pointer. jets won in a shoot-out 3-2. >>> finally, pebble beach pro am under yesterday. tiger woods the favorite but ken duke had the shot of the day. par 4 16th, duke's approach from the fairway, up, on line and in the hole for an eagle! look at duke's reaction. that is either dancing or he has something in his pants. get down with your bad self, ken. there is the cabbie patch. luckily, duke's golf game is better than his dancing. >> that is your earl

. >>> and finally, the harlem globetrotters are soaring to new heights.the world's tallest professional basketball player. paul sturgess is 7'8". look at him duck there. the team showed him off yesterday, where else, but the empire state building. his nickname, tiny. how appropriate. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> yeah, that's tough. 7'8". >> everywhere you go, you're like. >> hitting your head every day. happy valentine's day to you. >> you too, bill. >> off to a decent start. a little bit of rain, a little shaking this morning. a couple earthquakes in mexico. actually, in san diego some people were feeling it. yuma, arizona, some people reporting they felt the earthquake too. we woke up to that maybe in a few cases. slight rain showers moving through with this weak storm system. we are getting a little bit of snow in the rim country just north of arizona, just north of phoenix, i should say. it will progressively move east

lakers with fancy ball movement, kobe to pau gasol, harlem globetrotters would have been proud. lakers trailed by two. kobe off the mark, pau gasol forced overtime. fast forward to the end of ot, paul pierce for the win, no, allen to the win, rejected by gausol. lakers held on. >>> the nuggets continue to struggle, lost the fifth straight. golden state rode the hot hand of stephan curry, the warriors won it. >>> jets and caps, dustin bufflin, the shot from the red line took a wild bounce, a goal from that distance ought to be a three pointer. jets won 3-2. >>> peeble beach pro-am, tiger woods the favorite, ken duke had the shot of the day. on the par 4, 16th, up, on line hit the green and in the hole for an eagle! look at duke's reaction. that is either dancing or he's got something in his pants. get down with your bad self, ken! there is a cabbage patch, nice. luckily duke's game is better than his dancing. >>> that is the first look at sports, have a great weekend i'm fred rogan. >> another look at the weather, here is todd santos, has the weather channel forecast. >> fred get

. >> finally, the harlem globetrotters are soaring to new heights. look at that guy. he's going to have to duck. meet the world's tallest professional basketball player. paul sturgess 7'8" tall where else on top the empire state building. his nickname? tiny. >> the dogs have taken over new york at the westminster dog show. a pekinese won for the second year in a row as top toy. he could grab best in show honors later tonight. there are more than 2,000 entries and 185 breeds. martha stewart's entry, g.k., took home best of breed. of course, the stars of the show are being pampered backstage. hairstyling and all. now for a look at the national weather. bill karen has our meteorologist is here. >> they have the best hotels too. >> the four seasons is sold out because of the poodles. >> yes. >> the bar is very interesting that night. good morning everyone. we're talking about a little bit of light snow, slippery drive. heading outside in detroit, you'll have a little bit of snow, maybe half inch to an inch. louisville, kentucky, we've had a burst of snow, northern louisvi

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there was a tournament held in 1939 that had all the best teams come, the harlem globetrotters went thereight now. you can get it at best buy, amazon, bam. it's all over the place. >> you know, keep going, because the message is worth selling. >> every sport, oh, yeah, yeah. >> we would feel cheated if we did not ask you what you thought about kobe bryant being declared by a couple of people the greatest laker of all time. >> well, um, it's hard to argue with that, you know, but basketball is a game of positions. a lot of positions, you can start back with george mikan, somebody may say he was the greatest. there are eras. i guess this is what sports bars are for, for people to argue about these subjects, because we're not going to settle it, you know? >> kareem abdul-jabbar, it's a pleasure to meet you. i love the work you're doing. >> thank you so much. >> the new children's book once against "what color is my world?" it's a great book. >>> up next. >> if they want to find out anything more, go to my website kareem abdul-jabbar.com and they can find out more. >>> i love it. >>> up next