just ask the currently struggling miami heat.e's knowns's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. ever since lebron james set out his infamous tweet about the cavs last week, the heat have dropped four straight, and lebron missed two of those with a sprained ankle. james is now back, but chris bosh is out with an injury, and the hawks took full advantage of a hobbling heat. pick it up in the fourth. smith with a page out of lebron's playbook. a huge dunk. more on smith in a moment. hawks down two. joe johnson forced it in overtime. at one point lebron scored 15 straight for the heated. the three-pointer tied it. last minute of o.t. smith drove on dwyane wade, and got the go ahead bucket. one last chance for the heat. lebron for the win. brick. the hawks win it in o.t., 93-89. off to chicago, bulls and bobcats. derek rose and the one-man wrecking crew. he had 38 points. nobody else on the team scored more than 12. gerald wallace to the hoop like a run-away freight train. the layup. theç foul

. >> terry stone of compare heating and air-conditioning is performing routine maintenance on a heating unit. >> just make sure is within specks. >> terry hopes to catch minor problems now before they turn into big problems later. he checks the gas pressure. >> gas pressure could overheat the furnace, crack the heat exchanger. >> and that is definitely something you want to avoid because a bad heat exchanger can cost you $1500 to repair. it can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning, he inspects the heat exchange where a miniature camera to make sure there are no cracks. >> hers looks really good. >> and he the burner to keep it running at maximum efficiency. >> if it's dusty, that is when efficiency starts going down. >> you want to clean your filters. that is something you should do yourself every month. a consumer's checkbook, they suggest it be done every few years. >> many will try to encourage you to get an annual maintenance contract. checkbook is not very high on those because many people don't need to have a maintenance visit every year. maybe you can have one two, three or four yea

. >> coming up, the knicks turn down the heat. tiger is back on the links, and the best part of the aussie open is in the tennis. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. he@e are some of your top headlines this morning. texas police say an american missionary was shot in the head and killed in northern mexico wednesday, possibly because drug cartels wanted her pickup truck. the gunmen opened fire after her husband refused to stop at an illegal road block. >>> meanwhile, the police chief and all 38 officers in a town in northern mexico have quit, following a series of gang attacks, including decaptation of two of their leagues. >>> comedian jon stewart has joined a foundation building a 9/11 memorial in new york. the host of "the daily "show" has been a vocal advocate of the first responders health care bill. >>> hoping to end skepticism over president obama's birthplace and raise some money for a state government with a projected budget deficit exceeding $800 million over

the miami heat.. steph curry missed the first meeting against the heat with a sprained ankle... the warriors came out on fire... end of the first quart >>> tonight's test the hottest team in the league. the warriors came out on fire. end of the 1st quarter. beating the buzzer from half court. those are fun to watch. warriors go up by 8. finishing the night with 25 points and seven assists. didn't cool down in the second quarter. wright drilling three of its 30 points. bingo. warriors led by as many as 20. season high 72 in the first half. but the heat seemed to wake up in the third. lebron james with a steal and nobody is going to get in his way. look out. here he comes. throwing it down. and that got miami within 7. then dwyane wade with the block and heat are once again on the run. lebron james leaves it for wade for the two headed can. retakeing the lead for good in the fourth. 25 points for king james. heat win 114-107. too bad wasn't a three quarter game. >>> a story of two halves. warriors scoring 72 points and shooting in the first half but outscored in the second half. a

for calls for europe western parts of russia predicted a heat wave in most of europe of europe. west russia and we also predicted when it was going to end and ended when we said what's in your opinion of course that it was caused by. dramatic changes in solar activity. which caused it to happen and we also predicted very specifically when it would end to two we said to be extra special solar activity on the. ground fourteen for so. that would lead to changes in the jet stream which would get rid of the heat wave in western russia and also in the practice probably for the pakistan floods have also ended when we said and how scientifically of these two events related they're related through the jet stream which is the poor of low pressure is rare in the northern hemisphere if you like pattern shifts and sometimes it sort of gets stuck in a stationary position which it was which is what was hot in russia and one of the super floods in pakistan on the side and on. activity on the. part of the moon caused it to switch to something else which it's now what we have is a tremendous amou

and the heat extend their lead. they win it by 14. dwyane wade would chip in with 31 points. >>> this has been your espn news update. back to you in new york. >>> and tonight's bcs matchup is, of course, in new orleans. the sugar bowl, between arkansas and ohio state. all that action starts at 8:30 eastern on espn. >>> an especially creative pair of smash and grab thieves are on the loose in vancouver, washington, this morning. they pulled off every aspeblgt of their heist using only as a minivan. they drove in a glass door of the bowling alley. use the minivan to dislodge the atv. despite all of the surveillance cameras, police don't have a clue who the burglars may be. >>> coming up next, the megajackpot being drawn today. what would you do with 330 megajackpot being drawn today. what would you do with 330 million bucks? that i quit and i went online to find a way. ♪ what really excited me about chantix -- it's a non-nicotine pill. i didn't want nicotine to give up nicotine. while you're taking the medication, for the first week, yo

and in the third the heat really stepped up defensively should because with the strip on david lee le bron picks it up and says catch me if you can twenty five ten assists in seven and we bounce for l.b.j. on the night some more of the same going to be make the stop and get out and run with brown hands enough to wait again as the warriors fourteen one half time leave this down to just to where he had an almost similar line of twenty five eight and six only in the final frame another golden state passed leading to a quick transition off nancy this time james james he didn't. moneyball and the heat already have a four point advantage and they were able to hold on for the rare occasion here of le bron tonight on the drive but miami retained position i marry a charmer sticks that they're going from behind the arc for an eight point lead miami are now tied with the boston celtics for the best record in the eastern conference. r t. l r t has already entered st jail with the very best goals they called in as a hockey league's third season has had to offer so far but there were also games awa

our body likes, 98.6 degrees. >> so what we have here is the heat exchanger for digester no. 6. these clog up with debris and we're coming in to -- next wet weather season so we always come through here, clean them out, make sure that we get maximum heat exchange during the colder wet weather. sludge season. >> rubber glove. >> right here. >> rubber glove, excellent. all right, guys. >> thank you. >> good luck. >> this is the full on hazmat. . >> residual liquid. we're taking it time to let it drain. we don't want to get sludge on it necessarily. take your time. stand on the side of it. . >> should we let it release for a while? . >> let it release. >> is that the technical term? . >> this is the most important bolt on the whole thing. this is the locking bolt. it locks this thing right in place. so now. >> take your hammer and what we want to do, we get rag build up right in here. the hot water recirculates right in here, the sludge recirculates in here. the sludge sometimes has rags in it. all we want to do is go around the clean the rags. let me show you how. take the slide h

erica edwards, nbc news. >> let's turn to real life heat. christina loren in a forecast. >> if you are suffering from hot flashes the weather's not going to help you out. that's good news, it's going to be warm, we don't have to deal with the bitter cold we see this time of year. temperatures, this time of year normally max out in the upper 50s. we're going to see them in the upper 60s today. right now we don't have fog to prevent that day time heating from happening so that's great news. it's going to be warm across the board. especially in the places that are already starting out warm this morning. we have 50s. 52 in san francisco, 51 in santa rosa, and as we head throughout the day and the sun comes out it's going to be a couple of hours before we start warming up towards the 60s. take a look at where we are expected to end up. 66 degrees in

moneyball and the heat already have a four point advantage and they were able to hold on for the rare occasion here of le bron tonight on the drive but miami retained position and marriott chalmers thinks that they're going from behind the arc for an eight point lead miami are now tied with the boston celtics for the best record in the eastern conference. our team. the artsy has already entered saying jail with the very best goals they cause and as a hockey league's third season has had to offer sell far but there were also games away and netminders managed to steal the show and with that it's the best moments and here they are the kontinental hockey league's top states. kept putting. live. live. live. live.

they were not heating much because they were extremely hot crompton told police. in his own handwriting he described the ordeal that began at mile 15. he seemed to seem dizzy. we had him sit down. after 20 minutes he got worse. he seemed to be choking. i turned him on his side. he vomited. i cleared his mouth. he stopped breathing. an hour and a half after stopping the hike, he placed a call on his cell phone. >> 911, what is the address of your emergency? >> the florida trail. we're hiking in the everglades. got a guy, he's not breathing. >> the guy's not breathing? >> yes sir. >> reporter: crompton had been performing cpr on him for 45 minutes by the time the rescue helicopter reached him. by then he had no pulse. he was air-lifted out but half an hour later, he was declared dead. >> their son dying during a hike on a hot day in the everglades. >> now a mother and father -- >> reporter: this is how the community learned about his death but his parents' account of how they learned is the stuff of nightmares. >> the sheriff knocked on the door and he said michael,

where they miami heat are increasingly looking more like the force everyone had a nation them to beat the brawn wade and co overcoming a twenty point deficit to be the visiting golden state warriors here's the meat that he also with the highlights from the heat winners of four straight coming into the game and dwayne wade has been playing out of his mind but the warriors come out shooting the lights out how about a little new year half court buzzer beater from montane ellis golden state up by eight after quarter and he would carry on to the second former heat guard or will wright feel uncomfortable in his old g.m. splashes the three yet six of them and route to thirty points but late in the second day he start to come alive le bron james grabs the board and then finds his favorite right receiver dwyane wade for the bucket and the foul on the break. and in the third the heat really stepped up defensively should because with the strip on david lee le bron picks it up and says catch me if you can twenty five ten assists in seven and rebounds for l.b.j. on the night some more of the same

i had a heat treatment. the standard treatment for my building is the pesticide. because i have had a health problem, i wanted to give the heat treatment, which cost about $3,000. i offered to pay this. i offered to pay the full deduction, $300. i had to give them a check in advance. they would not let me have this treatment for at least a month. finally, a hi hired a company that was not able to do it. i went to another company. they did the heat treatment and it was not effective. my neighbors have the infestation. i live in a four-unit building. they had the infestation during the summer. they thought the land war had informed me, but the landlord did not inform me. i had the bed bugs in my department for many months. i did discover rashes. a person who was staying in one of my extra rooms saw the bedbugs. there were about 100 live once in a mattress. i've been suffering. i'm suffering at this moment. the company put in a monitor. they said it is very effective. it was not effective. i really appreciate this. hopefully you can do this meeting and i can talk to

in the second half, we want to start to go cold, the heat take advantage. lebron james with the spin, gets the finish. the final, 114-107. well, the shargs were working this new year's day, and san jose wrapped up a three-game road trip in los angeles. san jose looking for a little pay back against the kings. >> sharks goalie, terrific game for him, 29 saves tonight. there was one goal scored in the game, courtesy of the birthday boy, devon setahoochi who turned 24. 1-0 is the final, niemi picking up his ninth shutout. >>> outdoor winter classic seen right here on nbc. pittsburgh and washington. in prime time. third period, eric furor had the goal. capitols go on to win 3-1 the capitals win it. >>> as we reported yesterday, niner vpp personnel officially met with judd york today, he's expected to be hired as the niners general manager. shane vereen announced he will forgo his senior year and enter the 2011 draft. >>> rose bowl in pasadena, number five taking on number three tcu. first quarter andy dalton with the pump fake finds bart johnson for the score.

the heated rhetoric from each side of the aisle. all of that, in my description, is the scar tissue that's built up over the last 15 or 20 years. and i think that by having a more open process, a more open house that allows members of both parties to participate in the debate, offer amendments, i think over time that will begin to melt the scar tissue that's built up between the two parties. >> and yet respectfully, the first thing you're doing after the reading of the constitution, is bringing so-called obama care, the obama health plan up for a vote. it's been called a stunt, because it can pass the republican house, but it's certain to fail, if not in the democratic senate, but it won't survive a veto. why spend the valuable time of your beloved house of representatives that way? >> you have to understand that in my opinion, obama care is the biggest job killer we have in america today. it's a weight over every employer that we have. there by requiring them to hold back their willingness to hire people. secondly, i believe that o

one is solar pool heating. it pumps the water up there, heats it, runs it through there, the sun heats it and back into the pool. this one is called solar thermal or solar hot water. it heats domestic hot water or d.h.w. that's your hot water that you use four showers and dishwashers. we're going to talk about solar electric. they have the same technology as computer chips. they're similar in structure to that tran cystor-like computer chip technology based on silicon. the best thing about them is there are no moving parts and they last a long time. there are cells, modules, and arrays. a cell is one of these pieces here. it's a small unit wired together in a certain way to produce half a volt. these are hooked together in whatever size to be a module or a panel. those terms are sort of used interchanningbly. you hook as many as you need to for your array. it is very modular and adaptable technology. you can put it whatever size you want. there are two sort of competing or comparable technologies on the market.

there has always been healthy heated political debate in this country.ur mind are things out of control? >> i think in large measure they're not, in the sense that we've always had overwrought speech. politics always talk in militant terms f you go back to see what the founding fathers said about each other, trait ores and immoral. the one area where i think there is cause for concern was captured well by a couple conservatives in 1997 when bill crystal and david brokes-- brooks wrote how can americans love their nation if they hate its government. and what i think ought to be answering-- concerning people is if you describe the government simply as incompetent, corrupt, two big,-- too big, that is one thing. and you will replace them with other leaders, if you describe the government as tyrannical, as equivalent to the nazis or so of yet union, that suggests that almost any means is legitimate to fight it we saw that in the late 60s when some embraced revolutionary rhetoric that suggests bombs and violence were the way to go. you would hate to see that

. >>> coming up, a hands-on approach it beat the heat. a wild karim on the ice and a finish to the sugar bowl. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning -- just a few days after some 5,000 black birds fell from the sky in arkansas, another 500 of them have dropped to their death in louisiana. it's unclear if the two cases are related. >>> state officials speculate power line along the highways the birds were found could be involved. >>> venezuela's eccentric president hugo chavez vows to end a diplomatic standoff by suggesting it name bill clinton, sean penn to its latest ambassador. and a tit for tat rejection of expulsion of a sitting ambassador. >>> philippine police say this chilling photograph helped them capture a gunman accused of killing a local politician. the image, which was taken by the victim himself, shows a man aiming his gun straight at the camera seconds before the assassin pulled the trigger. >>> and two wo

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it is nothing like the heat of june and july when the mercury can hit 50 degrees. and with him saying now he expects the change, one of the eliting men behind the successful bid said he is happy to stage the cup whenever. >> we can have it in june and july, and we are well equipped to handle the heat at that time. if they have another opinion, we shouldn't reject it. but i don't think that quatar will be part of that decision today. >> despite all the question marks about the heat here in the summer, fifa were convinced by their vision to transform a country built in the desert. but any decision now to move the world cup will leave a nasty taste to rival bidders who missed out and lead to major disruption to the rest of football. most buying european clubs like this one who are here taking advantage of the facility, have a winter break. english clubs are not so lucky and are likely to resist anything that impacts on the premier league calendar. >> this is something elsewhere you see fifa suspiciously making it while they go along, or policy on the move. the bid tea

it keeps us employed. >> lakers and heat.christmas day, who do you think is a better team? >> at this stage the miami heat. >> is kobe playing on a knee that is bone on bone? >> i think that almost own own bone. i don't know what almost is. do you almost have a headache or do you have a headache. if he says it's almost bone on bone -- the guy is a warrior. >> very good. lebron james and miami 13 game road winning streak ends tonight. the clippers knocked them off in los angeles. college hoops. number one knocked off the blue devils. that's kyle, gives duke the early lead. but then florida state, stingalten, this is it. 66-61. you figure. >> i have been called worse. [ laughter ] >> long list of people. >> as long as i am in there, as long as he is in it, we have a hatred. >> i hate him, he hates me. >> do you really hate him? >> yeah i do. >> win a game

the high-energy efficiency means they produce less heat, so less heat has to be discharged.an build a completely closed lamp with a large surface that transports the heat away, and then i have a powerful source of light in a completely closed form. >> tobias grau used the spherical form in his model "falling in love" as well. these little lamps don't get very hot, so they can be placed on any surface and even be held in one's hands. the diodes also produce light in any desired color. tobias grau is exhibiting his led lamps at cologne's interior design fair, imm. the intensity of the light is easy to alter by hand. light-emitting diodes are an important trend with other exhibitors in the trade fair. led's are often integrated directly into the furnishings as with these pieces of lounge furniture. or here in the bathroom. a real plus point are the various light moods and colors that led's make possible and that can be altered or dimmed at the touch of a button. the same principle holds with the led lamps made by the fill yips electronics company. here, too, color and brightnes

this is really -- >> this is a heated -- >> it's a heated mouse. >> it's a heated mouse. >> this is wildoning on even in the wintertime. so this would be nice for my coworkers who don't want to be cold. >> chris wragge likes the studio like a meat locker. >> it is a little chilly in here. i wasn't going to say anything. >> marysol and i need this warm. >> this is good if you have problems with your hands, because it keeps you warm. >> if you have poor circulation. and this would be lovely at my desk, too. >> a usb blanket. come on. >> who doesn't need a usb blanket. >> you plug it into the computer. >> steal some power from your employer. >> i'm going to do that. also this is for people who are cold in their office. a lot of times your office won't let you have a heater. >> that is true. a vornado. they're cool to the touch. these are on, and i can get hands on with it. >> i can feel the warm air. >> i was going to say, the higher-end one has a remote which is now on the floor. the other nice thing about these is if they tip over they shut off. that's also a good safety feature. >> so it

. >> he said that there's been an increase in heated arguments but he promises business as usual. >>>n update on giffords recovery, what she did today that surprised doctors and why they are keeping her in intensive care, that is coming up at 10:30. >>> new ways to stop a rise in gang violence. >>> what may have kept a surfer from dieing today. >>> forget about book worms, a book hawk has moved into the library of congress and now they are trying get it out. channel 2 news continues in a moment. at this hour we have developing news where police say a person was shot by a dalyty police officer the shooting happened in san francisco around 7:10 this evening. the scene is filled with law enforcement from different agencies. it's a woman who is in the hospital with life threatening injuries, the officer was on duty when the shooting happened and it seems that the officer was hurt but not shot. >>> well we told you about a young man that was shot to death while riding his bicycle. heavies shot with a handgun on story road. police believe the shooter has ties to a local gang. that death is

so the sports center is using what to heat their pool? the heat from the neighboring crematorium. crematorium is lost into the atmosphere. they're like, wait, let's not waste that heat. the sports center wants to set up something to that lost heat now heats the swimming pool next door at this sports center, saving almost 15,000 pound a year in heating costs. a guy said, i don't know how people feel about being in the pool heated by the death of a loved one. if you're in that sports center -- >> >> at least it's environmentally friendly, for that. >> good energy, right. >>> if you live in new york then you certainly know who liz cho is. rob knows who she is. let us show you a quick picture. she's undoubtedly a beauty. she used to anchor this show. rob, when we asked him who is one of his sexiest news anchor, he mentioned liz cho. turns out there's actually a study about sexy news anchors. the sexier the female, more likely men are to watch. the less likely they are to remember what the woman is actually saying. >> i'm shocked. >> they basically took a sexy woman and sort of a dowdy

it was the heat's fifth loss in their last six games. >>> in dallas, j.j. of the mavericks had 19 points against houston and dallas won on to beat the rockets. the mavericks have won four of their last five games. >>> in college basketball, more upsets for top teams. pritchard of indiana scored on a tip-in with just under 45 seconds left to take the lead against number 20 illinois. and the hoosiers hung on for a 52-49 victory. illinois has lost four of its last five games. >>> and stu douglas of michigan made a three-point shot with 20 seconds left in the game to upset number 25 michigan state. the wolverines over the spartans 61-57. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and new drama for actor charlie sheen, who's landed in the hospital. >> man: getting across town to a job interview is stressful enough without being late. i want guidance that takes me where i need to be, without any problems along the way. i feel the same way when i do taxes. turbotax has a unique gps feature that guides me step-by-step. and calculations are

and they function on a heat principle and you get additional heat if you sit.and if you sit x number of minutes it can drive up the body temperature. >> you need to drive it well beyond body temperature to cause the death of the sell. >> you don't have to get to a boiling level, do you? >> well, you can do that. that may not be necessary. >> well, that sounds like a dream therapy 'cause you can go in and do it on monday and two weeks later you go back and there's no side effects and the heat will do it? >> that's right. there are clinical trials ongoing right now in chile and the data looks very interesting. >> so this is brand new. >> brand new. >> is there anything else that's brand new by way of treatment? >> well, there are a variety of people that are looking at vaccines and different types of intervention from the medical tan point. >> what's the relationship between sexual activity and a healthy prostate? >> i think if you have an unhealthy prostate such that you have an infection or something that will affect your desire. >> how about the other way? nam

the miami heat win 108-103. that does it for your sports update. don't forget to join us on the highlight express on espn news. back to you in new york. >>> "the king's speech" continues to reign at the awards show. the movie took the top at the screen actors guild in los angeles. the fighter and "black swan" also picked up awards. on the small screen, betty white for tv comedy actress for "hot in cleveland." white said she's still lucky to be working at 89. >> they had to get the old broad up those stairs, and that's not easy to have this happen on top of -- ooh. ah. >> another veteran actor was also honored last night, ernest borgnine who is 94 was given a lifetime achievement award for his sixth decade career. he had some very humble things to say. included in that, they said, millions of people would like to be in our shoes. >> with gratitude. very cool. you got to love betty. >>> coming up next, we will update the morning's top story. egypt in crisis as the u.s. begins evacuating americans from the country. >>> plus, a big announcement today f

but that doesn't mean skyrocketing heating costs.e lives of kids halfway around the world. it's the latest of the inspiring stories from our series, "be the change, save a life." rich besser went to bangladesh. and this is an incredible story of kids with privileges. and thinking of kids who are without. >> that's right. they're making a big difference over there. >>> first, we want to talk to john henson. "winter wipe-out" a perfect day to have you here. >> we control the weather. >> we thought we were trying out for "winter wipe-out" trying to get to work this morning. >> yes. if you want people falling down, this is the environment, right? >> let's show a clip of what some of the people are doing. >> yeah. that's good times right there. >> how do you convince people to do this? it looks dangerous and difficult. >> and we're turning people down in droves. i don't know why. people just -- >> 50 grand house, right? >> exactly. >> you say it takes a borderline personality. >> yeah. it does. a slight mental instability is certainly fav

. >>> well, first we had record heat. tonight the weather story in the bay area is the near-record cold, but that's not the only thing going on. it's going to be a wet weekend, too, as rain makes its way back to the bay area. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri joins us. >> yeah, weather whiplash from four days of record-setting heat this week to temperatures that were below average and actually near record lows for daytime highs like in concord. we went from 65 on tuesday to 46 today. oakland also from that record on tuesday. 70 to 52 today. now, we have plenty of cold air in place. we'll be dropping into the 30s tonight. that is still producing some dense fog in the north bay withl visibilities at three quarters of a mile or less. but this weekend it will not be the fog that is the big story. it will be a storm that's going to move right across california. 15 days. and no rain. that's going to be coming to an end. now, it's not a big storm, but it is going to produce once again, you know, some accumulations here. we'll hav