tonight, hoosiers are served by provably the most productive government workers anywhere. indiana has the fewest state employees per capita in the country. the fewest we've had since 1975. and yet our parks have never been in better shape. your tax refund comes back twice as quickly as it used to. and the average customer got in and out of a license branch last month in less than 14 minutes. [ applause ] i'm not the only one to notice. in a national survey last summer, 77% of hoosiers described their state government as efficient. far above most states and the second highest rating in the nation. you neekly, in public sector america, indiana now pays state workers on a performance basis. so those doing the best job are properly rewarded for their superior efforts. but i know that the reward they value as much as money is simple recognition from the citizens they serve. and i hope you'll show them right now that you value them and their hard work as much as i do. [ applause ] careful stewardship of the taxpayers' dollar and ceaseless efforts to improve public services are m

the last contract on the hoosier heartland corridor will be started next summer. the last contracts from south bend from kokomo will be let this year and we have accelerated completion of the entire corridor accelerated completion of the entire corridor into 2015. i-69 will be open to traffic from evansville to crane as will the entire port to port highway in northeast indiana. [ applause ] the sherman minton bridge will be rebuilt and reopened by march, and upriver an agreement on a new bridge from utica to louisville will be in place, cementing indiana's place at the forefront of the public/private partnership movement. we will build the state's 3,000th mile of bike and hiking trails and reach our goal of a trail within 15 minutes of every hoosier. unknown to most citizens, the air and water of indiana is now the cleanest in living memory. in 2011, every indiana community met all national air quality standards for the first time in the history of the clean air act. [ applause ] last year we wiped out the last of a 550-case backlog of old and, therefore, less str

van hoosier briefly lived with fine after his parents died.ine has denied any wrongdoing. >>> a 3-year-old georgia girl is home from the hospital tonight thanks to the quick actions of her big brother. this all happened when their mother walked away from boiling soup on the stove. the little girl grabbed a spoon and reached into the gas burner, catching her clothes on fire. that's when her 8-year-old brother started patting out the flames. >> you weren't worried about catching on fire yourself? >> well, i know you care about yourself, but you've got to care about other people, too. >> spoken like a good big brother. the girl spent the night in the hospital and was treated for second-degree burns. it could have been much worse, though. doctors say she will make a full recovery and she's going to love her big brother to death. >>> still ahead here tonight, why one woman's asking strangers to pick a tattoo for her rear laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i k

latest assault on workers in the hoosier state.tay with us. >>> rick santorum is scrambling to spin his way out of trouble over a racial comment he seemed to make during a recent campaign event. santorum was talking about his opposition to programs like medicaid and food stamps. then he said this. >> i don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. >> it sounds like he said i don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. the following day rick santorum, he didn't deny it. >> i've seen that quote. i haven't seen the context in which that was made. and yesterday i talked, for example, about a movie called -- what was it? "waiting for superman." which was about black children. >> so santorum fully acknowledged it was something he could have said. but after his success in the iowa caucuses he rethought his position. last night he gave a new response. >> i'm pretty confident i didn't say black. what i think -- i started to say a word and sort of blu -- sort of

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and, the first big labor fight of 2012, is taking shape in the hoosier state. why right-to-work may be right on target for indiana's economy. >> president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. and the last few days we have seen desperate republicans join forces with him. [audience booing]. >> this is such a mistake for our party and our nation. >> welcome to the journal editorial report. that was mitt romney on tuesday night. fresh off of his decisive victory in new hampshire. the republican front-runner was referring to attacks by newt gingrich and rick perry over his time at the private equity firm bain capital. a group supporting the former house speaker backed a 28 minute video and said they'll spend millions on ads in south carolina, portraying him as the gordon gekko of presidential politics. >> a group of corporate raiders led by mitt romney. the company was bain capital. more ruthless than wall street. >> pulled the rug out from under our plant. >> everybody was fired. they fire people, they cut benefits, they sell assets. >> mitt romney, them gu

i hope a matter of pride to every hoosier everywhere. but the super bowl didn't get here overnight. indy's selection followed decades of constant striving and building and reforms to make our capital the vibrant, livable model city it has now become. no one leader or group of leaders made it happen. the work was passed from hand to hand, administration to administration, generation to generation. and in no era did the people of indianapolis rest or settle or loaf. so it will have to be with the construction of the great indiana we are determined to achieve. i carried here from its place on my desk an atomic clock given to me by a friend who served a sister state as governor with great distinction. it sits directly in front of me each day, counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until i turn over these duties and return to private life. it is there to remind me to use every moment as well as i can to make indiana a place of greater promise and prosperity. silently it challenges me to search each day for the next improvement, the next efficiency, the next breakthrough, the

van hoosier is now in jail. however two, other of fine's accusers are still standing by their claims. >>> penn state's legendary football coach joe paterno has spoken out for the first time since that sex abuse scandal that cost him his job. paterno, who's now also battling lung cancer, told the "washington post" why he did not go to the police. abc's t.j. winick has the details. >> reporter: jerry sandusky is accused of molesting 10 young boys over 15 years. those alleged victims have now heard joe paterno explain for the first time why he went to two members of the penn state administration, not police, when told sandusky was caught in a locker room shower with a young boy back in 2002. >> i called my superiors, and i said, hey, we got a problem i think. would you guys look into it? because i didn't know -- you know, i had never had to deal with something like that. and i didn't feel adequate. >> reporter: after hearing paterno's version of events, the attorney for the young man known as sandusky victim number

floyd van hoosier wrote a letter saying he lied about bernie fine.says he lied because fine didn't hire him a lawyer. he lived in f ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. we'll >>> and chuck is back with the forecast.!!5ñ >>> more than 85,000 people showed up for our annual nbc 4 health and fitness expo at the washington convention center this weekend. there were free medical screenings, cooking screenings, cooking demonstrations, and to learn to be healthy. >> it's free. it's great. a lot of expo.m you have to find by paying money. so this is great. >> a big thank you to all be who came out from all of us here at nbc 4. come out next year for our 20th expo. >>> a live look at the red carpet outside the beverly hilton hotel. one of hollywood's biggest parties is just about to get underway. tonight is the 69th annual golden globe awar

minnesota down to indiana and took it to the eighth ranked hoosiers. allen, a career night. 18 points for the golden gophers. indiana had chances at the end but couldn't knock down the big shots when they needed it the most. minnesota shocked everybody and won it 77-74. that is your early look at sports on "early today." have a ter it rirific weekend, fred roggin. >>> a neck to neck race and your entertainment headlines are up next. >>> 60 years of "today" show. you're watching "early today." >>> cold air move in today. it's cold through the great lakes. we got a lot of snow out there. especially in michigan and western new york. as we go through the week, watching cold temperatures and snow showers in the great lakes but, overall, really not all that bad. >>> if you're watching us on wzit nbc 30 in hartford, connecticut, mystic, explore the features of six jellyfish species at jellies, the ocean in motion at the mystic aquarium. that is your early today event of the today. i like the ones that glow in the front. >> i love those. good morning, connecti

with something left over, they could hire the next hoosier. we are in the top tier of every ranking, number six in the site selectors and number six from the "c.e.o. magazine," but it isn't nearly enough. it was our ironic bad luck to create a great economic climate and where business investments slowed to a crawl. we became the prettiest girl in school the year they called off the proposal. [laughter] >> despite these headwinds our recently strong state revenues shows something positive is happening. in 2010, the most recent data we have, indiana's income grew at eighth fastest in the country. [applause] >> here's another encouraging sign. more people are moving into indiana than moving out. our population is growing at the fastest rate from iowa to maine. maybe best of all, thousands of college graduates moved into our state last year, more than moved out. [applause] >> there is no better indicator of economic promise in today's world in success of attracting top talent and we are. we are not where we want to be, no where close, but with a w

he played for bobby knight at indiana when the hoosiers won the championship.ine years in the league. he has been the head coach of the cavaliers and the timber wolves. his record is 100-207. they will play at home tomorrow night against charlotte. >> i'm not running against romney. why not getting any votes. i'm not looking for votes. i'm looking to get this team going in a positive direction. what am i going to tell the fans? i'm still here today because i believe this team is better than where we are right now. >> that's the new head coach, randy witte men. prince fielder agreed to a deal with the detroit tigers for two under $14 million. the nationals were in the hunt but they agreed to pay him at nine years for an incredibly high rate. th antse nats were not able to go for that long. he had 38 home runs last season. the numbers were almost identical to what they have been the property and income alex ovechkin was suspended three days before the game last night. he does not think it would be right to play in the all-star game while suspended. at the skate a

. >> a hit for the hoosier state.right to work legislation which means as a condition of employment a worker will not be required to join a union. governor daniels will sign it, making indiana the 23rd right-to-work state. >> first right-to-work state in a decade. so big deal. kim? >> megahit to the awe-inspiring navy s.e.a.l. team that rescued two hostages, one a american and one a dane from somali pirates. we've become used to special forces pulling off these feats. it's an amazing amount of training and courage. >> here here. is there any doubt that andrew cuomo is going to run for president in 2016? >> zero. he's going to have the money to do it and friends to do it. >> i think so. any chance mitch daniels still gets into the republican race? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. because it looks like romney is going to take florida and i don't think he'll be caught after that. >> okay. remember if you have your own hit or miss, send it to us at jer@foxnews.com. that's it for this week's edition of the journal ed

minnesota down to indiana and took it to the eighth ranked hoosiers. allen, a career night. 18 points for the golden gophers. indiana had chances at the end but couldn't knock down the big shots when they needed it the most. minnesota shocked everybody and won it 77-74. that is your early look at sports on "early today." have a terrific weekend, i'm fred roggin. >>> a neck and neck race at the box office. two old action war horses are returning to the big screen. your early morning entertainment headlines are next. and coming up later today, 60 years of "today" show. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." let me take you through your weekend forecast. >>> cold air move in today. it's cold through the great lakes. we got a lot of snow out there. especially in michigan and western new york. saturday and sunday, not a lot of changes. a big warm-up in the middle of the country by the end of the weekend. >>> if you're watching us on wvit nbc 30 in hartford, connecticut, mystic, explore the features of six jellyfish species at jell

floyd van hoosier said he accused the coach after he did not help him fight for a lawyer.he other accusers, though, are standing by their story. >>> some disappointing nfl fans this morning, only four teams remain. let's get the highlight from espn news. >> i'm jorge andress. this is your espn news update. rematch of the 2007 nfc championship between the giants and packers. six seconds in the half, eli manning attempting a hail mary. hakeem nicks coming down with the jump ball for the score. take another look. nicks between two defenders. he had a huge game. seven catch, 165 yards. fourth quarter. brian grant loses the ball. he covers it. and the packers, they turn it over. one of four turnovers in the contest. ensuing giants possession. manning, the wolverine, mario manningham, the giants go on to win. 37-20. >>> the texans takes on the ray lewis and the baltimore ravens. pick it up in the first quarter, ravens trying to field the punt on the bounce. can't control it. jimmy smith recovers for the ravens. 7-3. after an interception, joe flacco for the score. 17-3, ravens.

hoosiers up 17 late. the three is followed hard, wasn't appreciated, turning into pushing and shoving. ugly way for the game to end. indiana wins the game 73-54. >>> well, no matter what happens in the 49ers game, one thing is for certain. we will not have a rematch of the harbaugh bowl in the super bowl. ravens and patriots from foxborough, right to the second quarter, tied at 3-3. ben jarvis ellis takes it in for the score, new england on top. joe flacco rolled out and fired a strike. the tight end, there it, is patriots would get another field goal and they would lead 13-10 at the half. very, very close game out in foxborough. third quarter, pats up 16-10. flacco looking, hits tory smith, broke the tackle and would win the sprint down the sideline. catch him if you can! he just gets in. flacco silenced the critics with 306 yards and 2 touchdowns. baltimore up 20-16. brady kept it himself on 4th and goal, getting new england back on top. brady is very fired up, but that would be his only touchdown again

hoosiers up late in this one.ushing and shoving at the end of the game, ugly way for the game to end. indiana wins 73-54. >>> afc championship game at baltimore at new england. ravens win and we're halfway to a harbaugh super bowl. right to the second quarter, tied at 3-3, they call him the law firm, ben jarvis ellis, 10-3 in favor of the home team. later in the second, joe flacco had all day to flow. he rolled out and fired a strike, hit it right here. the patriots would get another field goal and lead 13-10 at the half. third quarter now, pats now up 16-10. flacco looking and hitting tory smith. he broke the tackle, then breaks it up the sideline. not going to catch him. flacco silenced the critics with 306 yards and 2 touchdowns on the day. fourth quarter, baltimore 20-16. brady decides to keep it himself and dove in to put new england back on top. brady all fired up, but that was his only touchdown against a tough ravens d. final minute now, baltimore down 23-20. flacco looks like he has the game-winning score

minnesota down to indiana and took it to the eighth rank hoosiers. 18 points for the golden gophers.t the end but they couldn't knock down the big shots when they needed it the most. minnesota shocked everybody and won it 77-74. that's your first look at sports. have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> and now for another quick look at the weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. everybody's talking about what little snow we have out there. >> yes. it hasn't been that snowy. it hasn't been that cold. but that has changed in many areas. good morning. if you're just joining us, this isn't a misprint. right now, its 42 in new york wind chill. very mild. feels great. don't get used to it. right now the wind chill in pittsburgh is 4. the cold air is rushing into the big cities of the east. so although you don't need the heavy gear, winter gear as you go out this morning, when you return this afternoon, it will feel much, much colder and very windy, too. so there is a little bit of rain out there. you may want the um brel yachlt showers are rolling

i also love the fact that the woman that's doing this, steve, is a hoosier. i'm a hoosier.sier means? no, you don't. we don't know what it means. we have a collective nickname called hoosiers. it could be an indian word that said mule with head stuck in log. we don't care. you know why? it's our tradition and we honor it. the national anthem is a tradition that should be honored. there was a canadian woman that did that. she sang our national anthem on some ice and she messed it up. she went and got the words, came back and slipped on the ice and landed on her butt. ok. that's what happened. we laughed hysterically when she fell down. that's the key. if you mess it up, the least you can do is fall over so we can forget the fact that you don't know the words to the song for your own nation. i think that might be a good solution. >> but what about the suggestion that now there would be a new rule or new law that if you don't sing it appropriately, you should be fined. for instance, not too many years ago, christina aguilera at the super bowl completely loused up the words. sh

we begin in the hoosier state forest the company celebrated its 70 fifth anniversary of high-poweredway. >> powerful engines and sleek chrome lines and unique artistic flair. all the makings of accustomed bike tour on orange county choppers. they were commissioned to mark the 70 fifth anniversary of the indiana state company. >> my husband would love it if we did, and so with my three is. >> not everyday you see mechanical high-powered pieces of art like fees. >>> orange county chopper was made famous by the popular discovery channel tv shows. we watched the show on lott and see a lot of the things they do but the trike is unbelievable. >> an eye-catching display no doubt, if the salute to american agriculture with the flair to hollywood. from the custom painted body to the cornhusker head. >> the use of old planter played as the design for the rams. >> talk about precision ag, this is precision. >> when we talk about building the bike like that, it's about precision. so that really stands out to me as the unique feature that sounds pretty cool. >> there are actually two bikes. there

but floyd van hoosier, who was raised by fine after his parents died now says he accused the coach only because he was angry that fine did not help him fight a criminal conviction. van hoosier is now serving time for burglary. >>> police in montana are asking ranchers to search their grounds as they try to find the body of a popular high school teacher. two men have been arrested, but authorities are still not saying how they believe the teacher died. abc's yunji de nies has more on this baffling investigation. >> reporter: authorities have charged two men with aggravated kidnapping in connection with sherry arnold's disappearance. the 43-year-old math teacher went missing last saturday after leaving home for an early morning jog. after days of searching on foot, going house to house in the small town of sidney, montana, an anonymous call to a tip line gave investigators the break they needed. there is still so much mystery. did they target her? was this a hit and run? or something else? >> the scary thing is it may just be random. it may be that she was hit by accident or that she was

he was found shot in the 4000 block of hoosier road and he was taken to the hospital where he died. >> a woman wanted in a stabbing is facing drug charges. they found a large amount of heroin, cocaine and marijuana there. she was tad to have stabbed a map in an argument. >> a generator running in a house in baltimore has led to a case of carbon nie knocks ide. the levels inside were said to be 600 parts per million, that is about 20 times in healthy level. >>> a grass root effort to stop the hike on clean is getting under wait. they say that forces the drivings to pay tiff five to 15- cents per gallon is just not fair. >> it is a double tax. once it is pumped and you have something that depends on transportation, that price will be passed onto you. >> the governor is supporting the hike. he said it would help pay for needed infrastructure improvement. stay with us this morning. the next dover fer coverage for the run for president and what the run for president and what surge ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

work legislation to make the union membership and dues optionable for the private sector jobs in the hoosiermocrats propose a referendum. but they found the referendum conflicted with indiana's constitution now. democrats say they won't return until reworded compromise is ready. >> if they agree it's constitutional and the vote is up or down for whether the people can decide the issue, or not. >> the house speaker calls it mobocricy. labor union praise the democrats walk out. >> they were elected to represent the con stitch wents and help indiana enact laws that are appropriate for people of indiana. the right they are exercising. labor unions threatening toing may the presence known at the sacred of events. >> occupy super bowl. >> to move that you are special interest forward. a huge mistake. i don't think people would think it's fright do in the state. >> judge blocked a $1,000 a day fine slapped on the house democrats by the republican counterparts so it's not clear what will compel them now in the chambers and how the labor standoff in indiana will end. in indianapolis, mike tobin, fox

coming out in loud opposition to what the indiana republicans are doing to strip union rights in the hoosiere. mitch daniels now is the time to go ahead with the big anti-union rights push. they are trying to get it down before the super bowl to avoid the attention, democrats are doing their damndest to slow them down. this is what mitch daniels has on his hands as a result. >>> with mitt romney running away with the presidential nomination, you don't envy the non-romney republicans in the race right now. kind of a topic if you would rather be an also-ran, not qualifying for the ballot in virginia, or whether you would rather be mitch daniels, having picked this fight with his own state and looking forward to this being sound of the super bowl. >>> the pressure from the republican establishment that newt gingrich and rick perry should not go after mitt romney's business record. they should leave it alone, a good sign for democrat, if mitt romney is the nominee even republicans know his time in corporate finance may be more of a liability an asset. what if that republican establishment pressu

bill: folks in the hoosier state want that to happen. you have a little ways to go too. something we're keeping an eye on whether indiana could be restored. >> we're proud of mitch daniels. we've been practicing fiscal discipline and reform. that is what the president should have focused on last night. bill: mike pence in washington today. >> thank you, bill. martha: there are serious accusations of conflict of interest. did the obama administration put politics over safety with the chevy volt. a new inquiry is it now underway on this on capitol hill. we'll tell you about that. bill: the mascot is supposed to ad spirit to the school. martha: yes, they are. >> what happens when they actually get attacked? we'll tell you about a school where kids are ducking for cover. look out here. ♪ . i'm just a bit of residue left behind by some mop. why you... nobody's taken a shine to me in a long time. phooey. i don't need anybody...but you! ♪ i believe in miracles [ male announcer ] swiffer attracts dirt. used mops can push muddy water around. swiffer wetjet's new, upgraded solutio

have the backs of any republican who votes against mitch daniels on stripping union rights in the hoosier state. the super bowl is in indiana in a couple of weeks, indianapolis. and the the nfl players' association has been saying very loudly and repeatedly that they are on the side of the democrats and the lunch pail republicans. they are against mitch daniels' union-stripping bill. the pro-union rights protesters at the statehouse have now started chanting "occupy super bowl," the indiana afl-cio says it's not an idle threat. they said today that the super bowl is an opportunity to highlight how inhospitable indiana is becoming for working men and women. but before the country turns its eyes to indianapolis and the super bowl, and its protests against the republican governor there, supported by the nfl players' association, before the country turns its eyes to the super bowl, first the country will turn our eyes to the state of the union address, and immediately thereafter to that indiana governor who is dragging his state into this huge, embarrassing, and very unpopular fight. and he's

coming out in loud opposition to what the indiana republicans are doing to strip union rights in the hoosier state. mitch daniels now is the time to go ahead with the big anti-union rights push. they are trying to get it down before the super bowl to avoid the attention, democrats are doing their damdest to slow them down. this is what mitch daniels has on his hands as a result. >>> with mitt romney running away with the presidential nomination, you don't envy the non-romney republicans in the race right now. kind of a topic if you would rather be an also-ran, not qualifying for the ballot in virginia, or whether you would rather be mitch daniels, having picked this fight with his own state and looking forward to this being sound of the super bowl. [ female announcer ] that's the all-natural sugar she puts on her grapefruit. but is she eating sugar this week? maybe she wants the all natural, zero calorie stuff. but if you're wrong, you're insinuating she's fat. save yourself. it's only natural. [ male announcer ] a simple gesture can spark romance anytime. and when it does, men with erectile