up first, obama's lady hawks. the military strikes against libya represent yet another foreign policy reversal by president obama but this one can be traced to three commanding women. secretary of state hillary clinton, u.n. ambassador susan rice and national security council aide samantha power. until last week the obama administration remind mained on the sidelines as democratic uprising swept the arab world. with news of pro qaddafi forces killing libian citizens the so-called lady hawks drew on lessons from the 1994 rwanda genocide. they determined the u.s. had no choice but to intervene. arguing from a humanitarian point of view, they persuaded the president to take military action. meanwhile, secretary of defense robert gates and other top male advisors urged against intervention saying it was not vital to national security. congresswoman norton was the president right to listen to the so-called lady hawks? >> i'm sure these three smart women would agree you do not make the weighty decision to go to war base

. >>> derrick rose and the bulls, taking on the hawks. first quarter, the florist. mr. rose. he and bogut says, give it to me. bulls with four unanswered to start the game. within three, rose drives. marvin williams, blocks. filthy. under 30 seconds to play. hawks up one. rose, sloppy. turning it over. joe johnson, outlet pass. he finishes with the yam. hawks up three. ten seconds to go. bulls down three. rose, when it's crunch time, most times. no good there. kyle korver misses the three. time runs out. hawks hang on to the win, 83-80. >>> for the latest, check out "the highlight express" right here on espn news. i'm cole wright. back to you in new york. >>> the word bootee is getting booted from a new version of the bible. the u.s. conference on catholic bishops ordered an updated translation, which is due out on ash wednesday, next week.otee me since bootee might cause kids to snicker in sunday school, ing being replaced by the spoils of war. >>> animal lovers are lining up to adore an oklahoma pup who refused to die. this is crazy. >> this 3-month-old pup, can you believe

black hawks take the lead on the power play. less than two minutes later, black hawks win 6-3 and take one of four from the san jose sharks. came off the mound in pain against the indians. he's call ting a forearm tightness. he'll see dr. james tomorrow. mitch richmond's jersey hangs in stan san francisco, but how much longer? he did his best impression. he had 42 points, won by 10. could be the warrior's last game. they may be moving to anaheim. >>> earned their eighth one seed. they will play the 16th seed, uc davis. scoring at home, that will be saturday at maples. taylor, tennessee, yukon, the other number one. this is the first time since 18991 that a bay area men's team has not been. >> 16? >> they are at 16, but they are in. >> absolutely they're in. >> going to the dance. they got a ticket. you'll be there. >> all right, and we'll be back at 11:00. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

al fanático de los hawks no podía ver más del partido. estaba decepcionado.s al frente. el dominicano con jumper con 2 de los 14 puntos trata de mantener en la pelea. a la escuadra de atlanta pero louden. zona pintada en contra de la defensa. el jumper más la falta 27 puntos para él. los bulls navegando con viento en popa. y luego karl colberg y convertía el jumper y los bulls dominaron a los hawks con marcador final de 114 a 81 y se mantienen como el único líder de la conferencias del este de la nba. volvemos al fútbol, los pumas son los super líderes en el clausura y el domingo empataron sin s contra pachuca. en un partido donde vio la roja paco palencia. cuando muchos esperaban sus criticas el delantero salió en defensa del arbitraje mexicano, a pesar de los errores que e se observan en la repetición de la televisión. paco, también habló de colega omar bravo y la polémica que tiene hobby bermúdez que tiene la polémica en la selección mexicana. >>> creo que tiene calidad, pero pero yo no crucifico ray a los árbitros creo que a pesar de los errores que tuvie

: this particular long range global hawk drone flies out of guam. today it is flying aerial surveillance missions to support earthquake and tsunami relief operations in japan. >> a really wise thing to do to say how do you get images without injuring people. >> reporter: the hawk doesn't have anyone inside. it is flown from a control center thousands of mile away. it flies extremely high for as long as 35 hours at a time. but don't plan on seeing any of the highest quality images created for the u.s. military and japanese officials. >> the best images from a global hawk and predator are obviously classified and the u.s. is unlikely to release those. then they're telling everybody, this is what we can get. >> reporter: eric frost runs the center at san diego state university. the school uses its own set of low flying, unmanned aircraft attach to small digital cameras. the school would like to use the inexperienced drones to help with radiation testing in japan. >> using the drone for the radiation is a really good idea. you can throw it away. but you

where the atlanta hawks quizzed in a narrow window the chicago bulls beating them eighty three to eighty the bulls started off well sage and first fourteen points off base and then to being a nineteen point advantage in the second pool to keep being delayed until the final minutes the hawks though cut the deficit by the end of the game marvin williams made it seven song nine percent eight of them.

atlanta hawks secured a playoff spot in the eastern conference by baiting new jersey nets at helm the hawks two controlled with a nineteen zero run early in the game josh smith receives a bounce back from al horford for a two handed dunk which makes it nineteen to harford would finish with twenty three y. and center rebounds for the house and. joe johns. shot from behind the arc and of the first water at thirty two fifteen the hawks increase their advantage to twenty six by help times very slow down a bit after the break bob believe was enough to seal the ninety eight eighty seven victory and join chicago boston miami and orlando in the postseason the offer. finally sambo could become an olympic sport by the year twenty twenty russia's wrestling federation certainly thinks so anyway while i.o.c. officials linger over adding the call back to the olympic family russian athletes continue bringing home gold as the rest of the tournaments world super cup which took place here in moscow at the weekend was no exception more than two hundred fifty athletes from twenty six countries took part

hawks beat the magic 85-82. rivals knicks and nets go to the wire at the garden.nthony hits the baseline jumper to put the knicks up by two. new jersey's darren williams misses the jumper for the tie. and the knicks rally past the nets 120-116. >>> a seasaw battle between the cavs and the bobcats in charlotte. the hook shot ties the game, but anthony parker's last-second shot for the win is blocked. the bobcats squeak by cleveland 98-97. >>> and the nba is investigating rapper jay-z. he went in to kentucky's locker room after they won a trip to the final four in the ncaa tournament on sunday. jay-z is part owner of the new york nets. it is illegal for professional team personnel to meet with players who are not eligible for the draft. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and radiation concerns. some former workers describe the dangers at a california nuclear facility. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got

and to the for ending to the at thirty two fifteen the hawks that increase their advantage to twenty six points by health time they slowed down a bit so right off to bed by the lead was enough to seal the ninety eight eighty seven victory and joined chicago boston miami and orlando in the postseason. and now sambo could finally become an olympic sport by the year twenty twenty russia's wrestling federation certainly thinks so anyway while i.o.c. officials linger over adding the call back to the olympic family russian athletes continue bringing home gold at the rest of the two an immense the world's super cup which took place here in moscow at the weekend was no exception more than two hundred fifty athletes from twenty six countries took part in the annual event most podiums went to the russian wrestlers both in the mass on women's advancement also dominated the combat sambo which is not that popular worldwide however action movie actor. is also a full ultimate fine champion promised to help bring it to new audiences. but somebody is very similar. to me general said to have objected

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edward hawk was also arrested. police say hawk is not facing murder charges. darren says he didn't like it when customers refused to buy his jewelry. >> odd, jewelry character. >> reporter: what types of items did he sell? >> kind of a strange collection of hippy kind of art work and high end jewelries. hand made, silver rings, particularly. definitely a lot of people of that transient nature. >> reporter: police aren't saying if the two suspects and the victim knew each other. reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >>> still ahead on kron 4 news at 11:00. how dog owners and professional dog walkers would be effected by a new dog management plan. we show you the ipad 2 along with a rare public siting of silver medal supreme court and we -- steve jobs and we find out if berry ziti could be on the chopping block. d . >>> new rules are on the way which could leash not just dogs but their owners and professional dog walkers. an open house to discuss a dog leash proposal. it would reduce the number of places dogs could walk off leash. the mill valley event to hear what officia

the black hawks have many uses. there is a great demand for black hawks by the department of defense, by others, by us. they are greatly in demand around the world. >> one other thing. small business, like mr. riggle, come with a small business background. ran my own business, 30 years. real estate broker, a title company in our district in the seventh recently had $400,000 stolen, sent to pakistan through cyber and the secret service has jurisdiction over these crimes i understand, but what they do, they came and emptied their bank account. their holding money for real estate closings. secret service has jurisdiction over these crimes. how does the president's budget help protect our small business from these types of crime where they can empty out bank accounts, the money goes to pakistan. is in anything in the budget to help or give small businesses solace? >> first, number one, i'd have to know more about the facts to say definitively the secret service has jurisdiction, but the president's budget includes a gre

go hawk ayes. matt whittaker. [applause] i wore this tie for you. >> thank you. >> well, i should now lead the group in an on iowa fight song. well i want to thank steve king and the conservative principals pac for inviting me here today to be an emsee and spend time with my friends. i see a lot of friendly faces that i haven't seen in a long time and it's good to see we're motivated and interested in the issues that are affecting our state and country, and it's conservatives like yourself that are going to make the difference this time around and it's going to be incremental but it's going to be important. without further adieu it is my honor to introduce our next panelist as we discuss family values and the culture wars. no they're not over. we're still fighting. next up is connie mackie and she is the president of the frc action ak. she worked in the reagan and bush one administrations and also worked on the presidential campaigns of pat buchanan and gary bower. frc action was founded in 1992 to promote america

edward hawk was also arrested. police say hawk is not facing murder charges. darren says he didn't like it when customers refused to buy his jewelry. >> odd, jewelry character. >> reporter: what types of items did he sell? >> kind of a strange collection of hippy kind of art work and high end jewelries. hand made, silver rings, particularly. definitely a lot of people of that transient nature. >> reporter: police aren't saying if the two suspects and the victim knew each other. reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >>> still ahead on kron 4 news at 11:00. how dog owners and professional dog walkers would be effected by a new dog management plan. we show you the ipad 2 along with a rare public siting of silver medal supreme court [ male announcer ] hey michelle, whatcha doin'? i'm serving delicious athenos hummus to my friends. i've got -- [ male announcer ] that's great. let's see what yiayia thinks! you dress like a prostitute. did she just call me a pros-- [ male announcer ] noooo, yiayia would never do -- prostitute. [ male announcer ] never mind that, michelle. at le

hawks won it, 85-82. >>> finally, a few rarities from the nhl. the blues hung ten goals on the mighty red wings. st. louis put up five in the second period. nine different players scored. blues won by a touchdown, 10-3. >>> in carolina, rutu with a heartless hit on hal gill that shattered the glass. but look closer. the piece that broke divided the bench from the fans and was not the pane that was hit. the hurricanes trainer was shourd with broken glass. thanksfully he was okay. just goes to show you, sometimes when you hit the glass, the glass hits back. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> sports stars crossing over into the world of showbiz. your "early" morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, imagine showing up at your local gym and sharing equipment with these guys. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this thursday. what a warm, beautiful day, what a treat from san francisco, san jose, sacramento right through the central valley down into l.a., san diego. one of the warm

and in sports, it was raining threes as the bulls try to clip the hawks. you're watching the "cbs morning news." [ female announcer ] sometimes you need tomorrow to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there's motrin pm. no other medicine, not even advil pm, is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. motrin pm. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. new york, it's going to be rainy and snowy in some parts. 40 degrees. miami, sunny, 84. chicago, rain, windy there, 40 degrees. dallas, sunny, 83. and l.a., 60. >>> time now for a check of the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows snow clouds in the northern plains, while thunderstorms move through the ohio river valley. later today, severe weather will move from tennessee up through new england. clear, but windy conditions spread through the plains toward the rockies. and the west coast has more rain and snow on the way. >>> in sports, the bulls put on quite a show against atlanta. chicago's derrick rose does a nifty behind-t

well let's continue with guys hawking work a challenge you come as you grow are unable to salvage the maiden season the man from hunting one sees failing to extend their debut past around playoffs losing the best of seven series to metalwork the man from having the fourth and closing mode on the road moving into the second round with a confident four one win away from home meanwhile regular season champions of on guard bellies stayed alive in their race for the good garden called a double via briana from the third period allowing them to survive in the series with a three two win over fifteen francs to him it all pressure is now on the underdogs though as they go back to these this size is game seven. now the n.b.a. has truly gone global as the toronto raptors and new jersey nats were and have to have in london on friday night that's two game one hundred sixteen to how to dance three and seeing their six much losing streak in front of the british crowd at the sold out to quite a few familiar faces in the stands as well including chelsea striker joe barton this is the first ever be reg

. >> very impressive operation. 1110 toma hawk missiles joined by one british submarine. the notion is create a benign environment so the british and french fighter bombers can get in and establish the no fly zone and the question is will they or will they not operate against the center of gravity tanks, armored artillery or not. >> that begins to sound like a war when you describe it that way. >> is this a de facto attempt of forcing a regime change? >> i hope so. he is a threat to his own people. he is hated by the arab league. enough for them to endorse this action which is highly unusual. the one concern i have is where are the arab neighbors, the egyptians, saudis. more importantly will we take military action that achieves our purpose or not? >> how much military flexibility does this u.n. mandate offer. what can the military do beyond the current mandate? >> i would assume if we turned loose the air power and told them to break up gadhafi's armored forces, it would then change the nature of the struggle in terms of the rebellion. but at the end of the day the quest

to basketball red lantern heading to the playoffs the hawks booking their eastern conference berth after seeing off new jersey on home courts atlanta taking control with a nineteen zero run early in the game that josh methanol for for enjoying each other's company smith the months long as we're here to go would finish with twenty three points twelve points for the hosts on the ballot to johnson effort from the on the on the first quarter thirty two fifteen the hawks judy we stirred something to twenty six points by half time this slowed down a little after the break but the nets never really got to this ninety eight eighty seven how it ended atlanta knowledge on chicago boston miami. in the press. corps for. the highlights of the martial arts here for some bloggers help and over the weekend in moscow the world super cup taking place in the country where the sport came into existence some seventy five years ago more than two hundred fifty athletes from twenty six countries taking to the match in the russian capital the majority of the podium places going to russian practitioners both in t

to basketball where adults are heading to the playoffs the hawks booking their eastern conference berth after seeing off new jersey on home court. taking control with a nineteen zero on early in the game josh smith and horford enjoying each other's company smith the man slamming it home for the wood finish with twenty three points twelve recall ins for the hosts on the back while at two jumps nationals from be on the end of the first quarter thirty two fifteen the hawks to the entrance to advantage to twenty six points by the time they slowed down a little after the break but the nets never really got close ninety eight c. eighty seven how they ended up with a lot to notch on chicago boston miami and orlando six. it's pretty huge the entertaining cricket world cup today three in a row champions are strictly exiting the quarter final stage arlen's shocking and of course on so they are forget being dumped by new zealand the lottery occur and seeing the odd going pro she has coach offer an apology for a science elimination the sunday before you go out over the. well this was great as it wa

hosts on while this joe johnson shelf to be on the end of the first quarter thirty two fifteen the hawks julie increased their advantage to must have twenty six points ahead of time slowed down a little after the break but the nets never really got close ninety eight eighty seven how it ended up of love for knowledge on chicago's boston miami orlando in the postseason. for. the highlight of the martial arts year for some boy lovers happened over the weekend in moscow the world's super cup taking place in the country with the sport first came into existence some seventy five years ago more than two hundred fifty athletes from twenty six countries taking to the mosques in the capital the majority of podium places going to russian practitioners both in and. winds offense despite such notable such futile yankel. being experts in the combat sports the sports poppy are they remain somewhat stunted worldwide however action movie actor on and off who is also a former champion it's a bit promised to help bring. about somebody is very similar to him a general said will have a jacket and i think th

hawks rising regular season champions of unguarded take the last eastern conference semifinals off half in defeating net take you make on home ice. barrow hills rails you can't say you have to guess what continues her peril slalom dominance by winning the whole world cup stage in moscow. let's start with alpine skiing where lindsey vonn had a quiet sign to remember in star visits of the american skier winning her third title in as many days a world cup super g. title the latest addition to her trophy case that's what the six year old already secured a super combined and downhill crown but her hunger to when carried over into the final day of the events she was clocked in at just over one minute and twenty one seconds welcome patrick judy among kusa just missed the chance to improve on that sign once best friends up rival maria reach in the mix as always grabbing the final spot on the podium next to the american self three titles in as many days for the twenty percent downhill and a gold medalist. marielle meanwhile once again proves he's a force to be reckoned with in the men slalom the

soldiers immortalized in the movie black hawk down american forces failed at great cost to stabilize the country they left quickly and haven't returned and the lessons were learned when it came to iraq which remains are the staple even now with only feeble sheets of that much vaunted democracy allied troops are equally bogged down in afghanistan with no convincing timeline for withdrawal and an ever rising death toll should be clear to an idiot that the mess that's been made in afghanistan the terrible disaster that was caused in iraq really shouldn't be voted on any more countries in the middle east it's a model today's troubled african nations won't want to impose on their puppet government which is still ruling. out american military occupation or you. really there it's not because of help. the middle east need and american and european government shouldn't look for backing. up to a million marched in london a for the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three and times have changed this is now austerity britain where starting another war wasn't factored into the budget british tr

he's never seen professional skateboarder tony hawk, but after feeling hawk's face painted a remarkable you got it? >> i got it! >> reporter: has never seen his own wife or his young son. >> looks like his mommy, thank goodness. >> reporter: but it's clear he knows exactly what they look like. bramblitt's art is gaining notice in galleries around the country and you'll often find him in museums or at schools. >> what kind of drawing are you working on? >> i think it's a sun. >> reporter: what color are you going to make it? >> yellow. >> reporter: teaching children his technique and what he's learned about life and color which, for john bramblitt, are the same thing. >> the future is so open and there's so many things i want to do. it's brilliant. it's just the most brilliant colors and i can't wait to see it take form. to see it take shape. >> reporter: an artist's vision as bright as his art. don teague, cbs news, dallas. >> couric: that is amazing. and that's the "cbs evening news." i'm katie couric. thank you for watching, see you grilling. the answers the company did not have, when

now let's take a look at them and be a where the atlanta hawks squeezed in a narrow victory over the chicago bulls beating them eighty three to eighteen the bulls saw that all the first fourteen points of the game and then to gain nineteen points on the second penalty you can believe it to the final minutes the hopes though because the deficit by the end of the game marvin williams made that someone's a nine to seven to eight from long range with one minute fifteen seconds remaining and they finally pulled even one alvord for and made one of two free throws with fifty six seconds left tying historia high with thirty one points and given the plan to the for shelley she got those count four of them missed a turning point read final buzzer manning up plant a one in eighty three to eight. now in town as well number one rafael the doll is preparing to make his fully fledged come back from injury and the top ranked spaniard sounds he's fit for his country's davis cup clash with belgium this week count the ball picked up a mile and a leg injury in the australian open quarterfinals in januar

now let's take a look at danby a where the atlanta hawks squeezed in a narrow victory over the chicago bulls beating them eighty three to eighteen the bulls saw that all the first fourteen points of the game and then to be nineteen points on the edge of the secretary was if you can believe it until the final minutes he walks though covered episode by v. and over again part of williams made it seven times seven to eight from long range with one mid-season seconds remaining and they finally pulled even one l. harper and made one of two free throws with six seconds last time in history a high with thirty one points and even atlanta for shelley she god knows how former of them missed a very pointed final buzzer meeting up lance a one is eighty three to eight. now in tennis world number one rafael a doll is preparing to make his fully fledged come back from injury and the top ranked spaniard sounds use fate for his country's davis cup clash with belgium this week counts but all picked up on a leg injury in the australian open quarterfinals in january and has been on the sidelines ever since

bombing in west berlin and a couple of course lockerbie so there are some people in the neo con war hawk. ranks who would love to really get khadafi but could i feel of course changed his director of intelligence. that has been a socio to the cia in tracking the a.q. khan nuclear proliferation network in participating in the cia's rendition and torture program just like omar saleman was in egypt so he's got he's got good friends. the cia. but we have people who remember the 1980's and would just love to get our free and i want to talk about some of the chatter that's going on from lawmakers that to the mainstream media many people out there seem to be laying the groundwork and making the case for a potential invasion of libya take a look.

representative in the women's or the men's ncaa tournament and the sharks gets blitz in chicago by the block hawk. gary is next, he has all the sports. >>> all right. good evening, everybody. since the all star break the sharks have been flying high. they love to have one of those banners. joey thorton, 17th goal. sharks have a 2-1 lead. and then the 2nd period. did you see the 2nd period? blew them away. chicago stored 5 goals. blackhawks go on for a 6-3 win. sharks travel to dallas tomorrow to take on the stars. nice 1st period. 2nd period blow out. chicago a winner tonight. here is why the warriors aren't go. they go to sacramento. marcus gets off. a career high 42 points tonight. samuel had career high 27. and keith smart, i don't think it's any question, she coaching for his job this final month. and they couldn't stop thorton. sacramento led by 25. the warriors made it respectable. but thorton was unstoppable. warriors beat up by a bad team. the bay area men are shut out of the ncaa tournament. tar, a number one seed on the women's side. uconn is a number 1 seed, baylor, tennessee. by being

jay hawks jump out quickly. marcus morris with the steal, jam for two of his 20. kansas with an early three- point lead, but the rams' can see with a 3, and the rams have their first lead. rams build an 18-point lead, and were up by 14 at halftime, but the jay hawks win on a 12-0 run early in the second. morningstar will come up with the steal. coach shaka smart gets the first technical of the season. could be unraveling, looked like momentum had changed, but then the rams kicked up. the momentum again. with the shot clock running down, rodriguez makes a beauty of a pass to burgess. an 8-point lead with less than two minutes to go. go ahead and check off that big 12 as another conference that guys down to the very unlikely virginia commonwealth rams, who had to win the so-called play- in game just to get to that field of 64, and the match-up nobody picked, it will be the rams against butler in one end of up the final four next weekend in houston. connecticut playing today a-- kentucky playing today against north carolina. you knew the tar heel run would come. the

the black hawks have many uses. for black hawks by the department of defense, by others, by us. they are greatly in demand around the world. >> one other thing. small business, like mr. riggle, come with a small business background. ran my own business, 30 years. real estate broker, a title company in our district in the seveh recently had $400,000 stolen, sent to pakistan through cyber and the secret service has jurisdiction over these crimes i understand, but what they do, they came and emptied their bank account. their holding money for real estate closings. secret service has jurisdiction over these crimes. how does the president's budget help protect our small business from these types of crime where they can empty out bank accounts, e money goes to pakistan. is in anything in the budget to help or give small businesses solace? >> first, numbe one, i'd have to know more about the facts to say definitively the secret service has jurisdiction, but the present's budget includes a great increase for cybersecurity o

jay hawks bigger and better inside robinson again, kansas on to the elite eight. 77-357.htcap in san antonio, cinderellas, virginia commonwealth and florida state. seminoles, the block. game tied. does not get the shot off in time. didn't go anyway. they go to overtime at 65. tied at 65, seven seconds left, vcu inbounds brilliantly. and then the time expires. he had a layup and passed on it. and the rams move on to the elite eight. virginia commonwealth, 72-71. santa clara makes the finals of the college insider.com tournament. kevin foster big night. the broncos will face iona or east tennessee state for the title. stanford women's basketball team has made the final for three years in a row. if they win this weekend's spokane regional they'll be going back for another shot at the national championship. standing in the way in the sweet 16, the women of north carolina. the cardinals won 25 straight games. much of their success comes from balance. pac 10 player of the year as well as kayla peterson. stanford, the consummate team. >> i just think that for us, we have very ba

illinois advances over, they get the j hawks next. upsetting georgetown.hey will now face off purr tie. 57-0. they will take on notre dame. >> don't forget, more exiting action there the men's ncaa tournament right here on cbs. it all gets available here, followed by florida and ucla. at 5:00, it will be morehead state and 13 seed richmond. how many of you had that in your broke et? yeah, me too. this is a chance to see one of the country's leading things. i'm otis livingston. we'll see you back here tomorrow night as we'll have our first eight of the sweet 16. we'll see you then.

they beat the hawks in atlanta and are now 9-2 since the trade.hey won it 102-87. >>> finally, there are some positives from the nfl lockout. the work stoppage has given ochocinco a chance to try his childhood dream. he has a four-day tryout with a major league soccer team sporting kc. he played soccer in high school when he gave it up to play football in high school. he made a living using his hands, but kicked a field goal back in a 2009 preseason game. despite the lockout, chad is determined to play some form of football this year. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> the dramatic public trial charlie sheen was hoping for may be off, for good. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the new space station crew member who can match wits and muscle with any of the best and the brightest. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this st. patrick's day. update on your forecast, more rain showers today in areas of portland, down the oregon coastline into medford. this is ju

the hawks found out. virtually he's unstoppable. final seconds of the half.ose stopped and pops at the buzzer. that's missing from his game and while he'll be the mvp this year. the rout on, bulls up 29 at the brake. kept their foot on the game the entire time. bulls climb back into first place with a win. >>> to los angeles, the suns and lakers so close, it made the coach sweat. kobe bryant put the lakers on top for good. he had 42. then off the turnover, ron artest flexed his muscle, the dunk and the pose. after blowing a 21-point lead, lakers need triple overtime to beat the suns 139-137. >>> wizards have the worst record in the league, but they beat the trailblazers. wait, that didn't happen. portland put a hurt on them. portland is now 1-32 on the road. out with a week with a sprained ankle. an injury happened monday nice against the warriors for tim duncan. duncan came down monday night in the game and did not return. thankfully for the spurs no structural damage but will miss at least the next three games. >>> hockey's capitals are without their stars.

military facilities in japan, relief efforts are underway. 1,500 pounds of rice and bread loaded onto sea hawk helicopters. the desperately needed food air lifted to cities crippled by the quake. at sea, the uss blue ridge is on the way. loaded with supplies the carrier left singapore friday. >> we are here to help the japanese people. >> reporter: with japan in a state of emergency, more help is coming from around the world. search and rescue teams from 45 countries are ready to respond. south korea, australia and the united kingdom have all deployed search teams and time is working against them. >> we know there are miracles survivors days after an incident like this. but we know the longer time goes on, the less likely it is that we will find survivors. >> in fairfax, virginia, teams loaded supplies. tomorrow they'll join a feel from los angeles in japan. it was that same crew that pulled a woman in haiti from the rubble of port-au-prince six days after the devastating earthquake there. her story inspired a country. the team will be looking for another miracle this time in japan, where some

we saw a lot of hawks disconcerned. but for now, this sidelined them, and they said we'll talk about it, but we're going to vote unanimously. >> susie: we just have about 30 seconds left, mike. certainly this is a bad situation from the human tragedy, as well as the economic tragedy. any good going to come out of this? >> yeah. i think it is possible -- history is a guide to countries be how they react to things. japan's history is a very positive one when it comes to a national agenda to do something. i think in this case, rebuilding will be something a couple of years from now. it may have turned out to be -- after the awful human toll, a very salutary economic event. >> susie: we'll leave it on that note for now. thank you so much, mike and diane. glad to have you on the program tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> susie: and we've been speaking to diane swonk, and mike holland of holland and company. >> susie: fears of an escalating nuclear crisis in japan pushed stocks into the "red zone" today. all of the dow c

lightning and black hawks needed a shoot-out and ended with a little flair, spin-o-rama, that's pretty, tampa won 4-3. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> early today sports brought to you by ice blue aqua velva, men get it. >>> lindsay lohan is not the only actor heading to court this week and a big casting announcement. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. how far will man go to help save his best friend? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." a look at the northwest shows us rain showers for our thursday forecast from boise down to san francisco. temperatures all in the 50s under that big cloud. but lots of sunshine and 70s for phoenix, actually 87, so close to 90 going into the weekend. what a way to kick off the weekend as many of us dry out from boise at 48 to salt lake city 51, albuquerque by friday will see 71 with sunshine, san francisco drying out and getting less cloud cover as well. watching us on wget in bakersfield, california, learn about the discovery of oil and its role in developi

hawks soared past the bucs. 110-85. >>> now to chicago.was ironic the bulls wore green jerseys when they leapfrogged past the celtics. it doesn't matter what color you wear against the wizards. bulls win easily 98-79. the queen of soul, aretha franklin, ready to dance. chicago getting plenty of respect in the east. they now have the best record in the conference. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> narrator: early today sports is brought to you by touch of gray. get rid of some gray, never all. >>> it is whether it is an actual show or just a rant, charlie sheen's tour sells out. early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, a dancer makes his hometown proud. your early morning entertainment li adarhes ranest ae ht.igad heyou're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. >>> active weather once been. thunderstorms, on and off rain. we're talking anywhere from central california north ward. if you are many the mountains, have you a chance of snow. especiallity highest elevations. we're dry

log on to nbcbayarea.com and just type in hawk if you know the secret word. then you can be entered into the contest. we'll announce the winners next week. that's what we'll be doing all week. we'll start with the good and transition to the bad, which is the relentless rain that continues over the bay area. it is not all that bad in the north bay this morning, which got hit the hardest on friday. that's the good news this morning. they are getting a little brief opportunity to dry out, but we have a lot more moisture pushing in. that little system of low pressure staying stationary kind of driving this wrap-around moisture through the bay area is starting to slide to the south, but very slowly. and as it continues to move slowly we'll see the sun come up. opportunities for our atmosphere to get very warm. we do have kind of an explosive atmosphere out there. that means that we could see strong storms develop. we are not going to see widespread thunderstorm activity but we could see a few isolated very strong cells just like we did on friday. so this is someth

and european coalition have fired at least 162 tall hawk cruise missiles at a cost of $1 million each. >>> this morning we are hearing more from the four new york times journalists recently released by libyan soldiers. the paper says the soldiers physically abused the journalists and threatened to kill them during the six days they were held. the times says they were tied up with wire and electrical cord, a scarf and shoe laces. they were captured after mistakenly driving into a check point guarded by libyan forces. their driver is still being held. >>> well, the cape continues to grow. in a story you will only see here on ktvu channel 2, what police in three different cities are now saying about a local string of robberies. and why our viewers are calling us about the case. >>> and the new plan by the governor that almost guarantees a special election. but why it may backfire when it comes to finding a solution for the budget in time. >>> good morning. traffic on highway 24 looks good coming up to the tunnel. tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. >>> good morning. t

former republican congressman vin weber says some budget hawks are pleased with the results of that strategy. >> so the people that are arguing for the one-slice-at-a- time strategy have something to say. "hey, we cut a few billion here and a few billion there and if we keep on doing this, we will have made some significant reductions in the budget." >> reporter: the problem, weber says, is that the easy slices are now gone, leaving more politically difficult cuts that may face a presidential veto. and many republicans are refusing to extend government funding unless the package comes with special legislation called riders that strip funding for the implementation of health care, for e.p.a. regulations and for abortion. the center for american progress' michael linden says democrats should push back, forcing republicans to focus on the real fight. >> on the one hand, let's keep it to the budget, let's keep the policy for another debate and let's expand the debate to the whole budget, not just one sliver. >> reporter: the debate over the whole budget may pick up as soon as next week. house re

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los angeles over the hawks 101-87.yant passed moses malone and is now the sixth person on the career scoring list. >>> in college basketball, butler, last year's runner-up back in the ncaa tournament, matt howard of the bugdogs had 18 points against wisconsin-milwaukee. the victory is butler's third verizon league title in four years. >>> in college football ohio state football coach jim tressel has been suspended for two games. he was also fined $250,000 for violating ncaa rules. he failed to notify the school about his players' questionable activities involving memorabilia. >>> former nfl running back tiki barber wants to make a comeback. barber retired four years ago, and is 35 years old. the new york giants say they're not interested. reportedly barber is broke, and can't pay his divorce settlement. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and marine mystery. what killed millions of sardines off the southern california coast? hold up. why are we stopping? just need to refill my walgreens pres