>> i live in hoboken. >> jimmy: hoboken. okay, very good.l by the accent. [ light laughter ] where are you from? >> dominican republic. >> jimmy: dominican republic? oh man, oh man. now you are over in hoboken. that's good. [ light laughter ] look, tonight was the ncaa championship game between kansas and kentucky. who are you rooting for? >> kentucky. >> jimmy: really? [ scattered applause ] >> good answer. >> jimmy: kentucky. any reason why? >> i think that they're going to win, and i put money on the game. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, did you? elvi has a gambling problem. that's why this whole thing is an intervention. yeah. well, i hope you make some bucks on that. hey, roots, we got our pal elvi here. okay, he's from hoboken, new jersey. also from the dominican republic. yeah. and tonight was the ncaa championship. my man was going for kentucky because he's got some dough riding on the game. and he wants to win big. you guys, can you do this first song in like a '60s lounge type of thing? like "mad men" like. that zooby zooby zoo song? [

. >>> this comes to us from hoboken, new jersey, in the battle of sleep the alarm clock has won out. if that sound drives you crazy, that is the point. it's rigged so you can't turn it off until you get out of the bed, head to the bathroom and type in a code. that code changes daily you have to stop and think about it every time but not foolproof, it might not survive if you smash it. >> he shouldn't survive. >> it's self-inflicted.

. >>> this comes to us from hoboken, new jersey, in the battle of sleep the alarm clock has won out.that sound drives you crazy, that is the point. it's rigged so you can't turn it off until you get out of the bed, head to the bathroom and type in a code. that code changes daily you have to stop and think about it every time but not foolproof, it might not survive if you smash it. >> he shouldn't survive. >> it's self-inflicted. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today" the first stop of the day, today on nur nbc station. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com test, test, test. . . . . . test, test. . >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet but chilly start on this wednesday morning. we have the possibility for some rain showers this afternoon. down to 34 in frederick. 39 at the airport. 44 degrees in the city. sunshine to start. 30% chance for rain shower. high temperature in the mid 50's. we will come back and check the forecast going into the weekend. >> 39 degrees on tv hill. >> who owns the winning ticket in the mega million

. >>> this comes to us from hoboken, new jersey, in the battle of sleep the alarm clock has won out. if that sound drives you crazy, that is the point. it's rigged so you can't turn it off until you get out of the bed, head to the bathroom and type in a code. that code changes daily you have to stop and think about it every time but not foolproof, it might not survive if you smash it. >> he shouldn't survive. >> it's self-inflicted. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today" the first stop of the day, today on nur nbc station. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good wednesday morning. don't make the same mistake i made today. you will need a coated when you walk outside this morning. >> you left your coat at home? >> sure did. didn't even bring it in the car. >> didn't you pay attention? tom said it's going to cool down. >> good thing you're paying attention. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" on this wednesday, april 11, 2012. >>> an investigation at an unoccupied building where a fire broke out on bladensburg road. police had to

this from hoboken, new jersey, where the battle of sleep, the alarm clock finally wins out. all right. that sound drives you nuts, that's the point. the alarm clark is rigged so you can't turn it off until you get out of bed, head to the bathroom and type in a code. if that's not bad enough the code actually changes every day so you're going to have to stop and think about it every single time. it is not foolproof, though. if you change your mind about wanting it, the inventor said it might not survive it if you smash it. there's a solution for you. i'm lynn berry, this is "early today" just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> one added note from a north pole race we reported on yesterday. moments after the icy finish, the participant took part in a cold proposal. the cold couldn't keep these two apart. she looks excited. eventually catching her breath from exhaustion and excitement she happily accepted. >>> one man in china enlisted serious horsepower to bring home his new bride. decorated with colorful balloons, r

. >> reporter: it's called the ramos alarm clock, he's a young engineer who lives in hoboken, new jersey. after moving out on his own, he found he had a hard time waking up and getting to work on time. as documented in this video he made. >> so, i wanted to make something that would essentially force me to get out of bed when i wanted to get out of bed the night before, and i was thinking of ways to do it and i thought about in high school, hi the perfect solution to this, my mother and show would also -- if it was time for me to wake up. she would force me out of bed. >> reporter: after inventing the clock in his spare time, he posted his video on kickstarter.com. that is a website where the general public can invest money and creative idea pitches. >> we raised over $150,000 over a month 1/2, and we currently have over 400 orders for this product. >> reporter: samut put the alarm clock into mass production and hopes to start delivering them to customers in august. he admits there is one possible way to turn off the clock without leaving the bed. >> you could smash it. yes. that is one

he will have two free throws, the senior from hoboken, new jersey. >> steve: eight for 13 in the n.c.a.ant but the senior, you mentioned it, jim, the experience. i think he is the one you want on the line if you are bill self, and ohio state, make or miss, push the ball. time and score. >> jim: two shots for the third team all-american. >> clark: now, if he makes this one and it's a 3-point lead, 8.3 seconds. still too much time to foul. i am a big proponent of fouling 6 seconds or less with a 3-point lead. behind that, put pressure on the inbounder and try to force a tough shot. >> jim: and, again, ohio state, no time-outs. they have to react immediately. >> steve: i would foul as they cross half court before they get into the shooting area. i think you foul. >> clark: but that would be probably within -- under five or six seconds. >> jim: yeah. kevin young in for kansas. stolen by taylor! stole the inbounds pass but throws it away! and bill self can't believe it. >> clark: wow. >> jim: stole it. the game was almost over. >> clark: all you do is take care of the ball. he thought he had

today we're going to hoboken, new jersey, to meet with matthew delorenzo, an eighth grader from alisian charter school. hi, matthew. >> hello. >> your video was on capital punishment and the eighth amendment. why did you choose to focus on this issue? >> we were dealt with this project a little bit at the beginning of the year, and we were -- they gave us the whole constitution, and we had to look through the amendments and choose which ones we would like to focus on, and joey and i were reading through the amendments, and we were trying to see which ones stuck out to us and we read the eighth amendment which was the death penalty so we chose to do this because we both disagreed upon, it so we thought it would be a good issue to discuss. >> you opened your video with a clip from a republican presidential primary debate. why did you choose to open with this clip? >> well, we mainly chose to focus -- to open with that video to basically start off showing how cool people can be about the death people and execution and show that how much a man with power that does agree with it can influenc

he will have two free throws, the senior from hoboken, new jersey. >> steve: eight for 13 in the n.c.a.ant but the senior, you mentioned it, jim, the experience. i think he is the one you want on the line if you are bill self, and ohio state, make or miss, push the ball. time and score. >> jim: two shots for the third team all-american. >> clark: now, if he makes this one and it's a 3-point lead, 8.3 seconds. still too much time to foul. i am a big proponent of fouling 6 seconds or less with a 3-point lead. behind that, put pressure on the inbounder and try to force a tough shot. >> jim: and, again, ohio state, no time-outs. they have to react immediately. >> steve: i would foul as they cross half court before they get into the shooting area. i think you foul. >> clark: but that would be probably within -- under five or six seconds. >> jim: yeah. kevin young in for kansas. stolen by taylor! stole the inbounds pass but throws it away! and bill self can't believe it. >> clark: wow. >> jim: stole it. the game was almost over. >> clark: all you do is take care of the ball. he thought he had

he lives in hoboken. how pretty is that? thank you so much for both of those photos. you can find me at facebook.com/gingerzee. >> she gets so excited about the weather, she was telling me it was going to rain and she was smiling. i resent it. >> it's going to help the drought. >> good enough. thank you. >>> now, to the story of a billionaire boys club with a big, big dream. these are some of the richest guys on planet earth. and they're now starting a company in space. abc's yunji de nies is all over the story. >> reporter: they are some of the most influential and wealthiest men on the planet. google's larry page and eric schmidt. james come ron. and billionaire, ross perot jr. these power players, along with a number of incredible minds, plan to take on outer space. >> if you put two google billionaires with a microsoft billionaire, and some astronauts together, you can't go wrong. >> reporter: just what they're up to is still a mystery. they've announced they're forming a new space exploration company to expand earth's resource base. creating a new industry and ne

. >>> picking hoboken new jersey for his bachelor pad.e will have a two-bedroom condominium there. >> he is number 2 on the forbes most influential athletes. jimmy johnson was number one. >> the colts confirming what everybody is predicting. they will take andrew lutz in the topic of tomorrow's graft. the redskins expected to take heisman winner robert griffin. brian kilmeade will have this. he will have on new york giant's player og fox and friends. then he will talk to top draft prospect. >> sounds like a good time. 42 mints after the hour. a driver pushes his porsche to top speed. here's the problem. the car can't stop. we will tell you how he man amminged to survive. >> stick around we have major news on the housing market. we will be right back. >> it's 46 after the hour. we are spanning the globe to see what stories are making headlines overseas. we begin in columbia where devastating mud slides and flooding leave dozens of people dead and thousands more injured and homeless. several roads also washed out. now to australia. a race c

dubbed "snoozegate" by a website was quickly splashed across newspaper headlines from cape may to hoboken and beyond. fair or not, christie joins now famous alleged narcoleptics -- vice president joe biden who was caught resting his eyelids during a speech by president obama. former vice president dick cheney, who seemed to be slumbering during a cabinet meeting. and pope benedict, who once caught a few winks during a sunday mass on malta. it's especially uncool to nod off during a high-decibel rock concert and this is bruce springsteen after all. not the opera. >> i have never fallen asleep during a bruce springsteen show. i will never fall asleep during a bruce springsteen show. >> well, it only got worse for christie, when he started to reciting all of the names of the people who were there. to try to prove he was conscious. he said his wife was not there. turns out she was there. prompting chris saying it was dark, what did i know, i was tired. >> oh, no. >> that seems to be self-incriminating. >> he also said nobody was taking my picture when i was fist pumping. >> was he body surfin

. >> it is called the ramos alarm clock and was invented by a young engineer in hoboken, join.d he had a very hard time waking up and getting to work on time as documented in this video he made. >> i wanted to make something that would centrally force me to get out of bed when i wanted to get out of bed the night before. i was thinking about ways of doing it. and i thought about how in high school i had the perfect solution to this which was my mother and how she would -- if it was time for me to wake up, she would force me out of bed. >> reporter: he posted his video on kick starter.com. this is a web site where the general public can invest money in creative idea pitchs. >> we raised over $150,000 over a month and a half. we currently have over 400 orders for this product. >> reporter: he has now put the alarm clock into mass production and hopes to start delivering them to customers in august. he admits there is one possible way to turn off the clock without leaving the bed. >> you could smash it, yes. that is one of the only ways. you could smash it. >> reporter: with a $3

: the incident dubbed snoozegate was quickly splashed across newspaper headlines from cape may to hoboken christie joins such alleged narcoleptic luminaries such as joe biden caught resting his eyelids during a speech by president obama. former vice president dick cheney who seemed to be slumbering during a cabinet meeting. and pope benedict who once caught a few winks during a sunday mass on malta. but somehow it's especially uncool to appear to nod off during a highly decibel rock concert. this is bruce springsteen, after all, not the opera. >> i have never fallen asleep during a bruce springsteen show. i will never fall asleep during a bruce springsteen show. >> ron claiborne, abc news. >>> and if he did fall explain, does our politician have to explain why he fell asleep? they listed all the folks he was with. my wife wasn't with me. she was there, yes, hubby, i was with you there. >> but look at this, though. i know you never miss a concert. >> look at me. i'm looking good up there. e street band. i'm the newest member. >> are you doing the polka? >> i'm doing the polka. i didn't las

whose only link is citizens or residents come you need to have a rule which is worth as well end hoboken as it does in your city. and the private property rules of forbearance, they scale up very nicely, no matter what the size of the society have come you can keep exactly the same kinds of rules in place. so that's the second kind of virtue you have. the third virtue that you have with this rule is that it is remarkably stable with respect to the way in which it deals with changes amongst members of society but if you're getting with a system of positive rights, which we have today, and the society, all of a sudden everyone will worry about how much are to cut back medicare benefits, but it's been cut back and why, then you create an immense about of political discourse in bad times and in good because what it is expanding or whether it is contracted, nobody isn't out of anything that remotely looks like a definite slice of that particular by. everything is as we say, put into political solution. with a system of private property rights none of that happens. because it turns out that th

today we are going hoboken, new jersey to meet with and a elysian charterlet school. your video was on capital punishment and the eighth amendment. >> we dealt with this towards the beginning of the year. we had to look through the amendments and choose which one we like to focus on. we read through the amendment and were trying to see which ones stuck out to us. we read the eighth amendment, which is the death penalty, so we chose to do this because we both disagreed with it, so we thought it would be a good issue to discuss. >> you opened your video with a clip from a republican presidential primary debate. why did you choose to open with this clip? >> we mainly chose to open with that video to start off showing how cool people can be about the death penalty and execution and so how much a man with a power that does agree with it can influence people in places amount. so we thought it would be good to show how people felt about it and we wanted to show how people reacted to the video. >> you debated three questions on the. death the why did you focus on these three

today we're going to hoboken, new jersey, to meet with matthewty loren sow, an eighth grader from allegiant charter school. hi, matthew. >> hello. >> your video was on capital punishment and the eighth amendment. why did you choose to focus on this issue? >> we dealt with this project a little bit started at the beginning of the year, and we were -- they gave us the whole constitution, and we had to look through the amendments and choose which one we would like to focus on. and joey and i were reading through the amendments, and we were trying to see which one stuck out to us, and we read the eighth amendment which is the death penalty. so we chose to do this because we both disagreed upon it, so we thought it'd be a good issue to discuss. >> you opened your video with a clip from a republican presidential primary debate. why did you choose to open with this clip? >> well, we mainly chose to open with that video to, basically, start off showing how cruel people can be about the death penalty and execution and show how much a man with power that does agree with it can influence people and ci