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jacksonville jag sxwars detroit lions. jaguars. guys, maybe next year. everyone knows super bowl sunday is big in america but how big? last year 111 million people watched the game. a 30-second spot during the game is going to go for $3.5 million for the advertisers and that is where the numbers game begins. and regina lou sis joining because closer look at other key super bowl numbers and your pocketbook. good day to you, regina in nice to see. >> did you hi. thanks. >> how much do consumers spend on game day sf where do they put their money? >> men average $86 and women $56. a lot of it in food. it is, alex, the second largest consumption day on the eating side behind thanksgiving. it is one giant snack attack. in fact, during the actual broadcast, the average american will consume 1, 2shgs 00 calories in snacks alone. that does not count lunch, dinner, or what you are

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and what we found crisscrossing the state from jacksonville to tampa and back to orlando -- >> thank you. >> reporter: -- was that in florida size matters. it's a huge state and romney had a huge hoard of cash to spend. heart matters too. >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: in jacksonville, monday morning, only a paltry few gingrich supporters turned out in a hotel conference room. but they love him in a way you rarely see with romney voters. >> did you like coming out here today? yeah, why? >> because i like newt. >> reporter: you like newt. that's justin. his dad is a true blue newt fan. >> he is there for the american people and i don't see any other candidate articulating it with the force and ability he has and the proven track record to do it. >> reporter: show on late night. you knew it was going to happen. herman cain is back. remember for a few weeks before allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior which he denied drove him from the race, it was cain who captured the beating conservative heart soaring past romney in the polls with blunt talk and big

haul that wet stuff keeps it slick on i-95 from miami up to jacksonville.wet morning commute on i-70 from kansas city. icy on i. 80 from billings to omaha. i-40 and 15 around l.a. are soaked as well. >>> arnt delays possible in san fran, l.a., and miami. >>> jourry selection is under way in the trial of a university of virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his exgirlfriend. >> yeardley love was found dead almost two years ago. police accused george hughley of killing her yesterday. we'll have more on the trial later on on "gma." >>> and a key decision in the battle over gay marriage is expected today in california. an appeals court will rule whether a ban on gay marriage violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples. >>> and the los angeles school at the center of a child sex abuse scandal is replacing the entire staff. two teachers were arrested last week accused of fondling children and other lewd acts. many students didn't show up for class yesterday as angry parents protested. >>> made call study released overnight is offering reli

also wet on i-10 from jacksonville to san antonio. from bakersfield and i-80 in the rockies. >>> if you are flying just a couple of airport weather-related delays are possible in minneapolis and salt lake city. >>> a couple of cruise ships are back after a dream vacation turned into a nightmare. >> the passengers were robbed at zbun point it happened in puerta vallarta when a gang of masked robbers stopped their bus and took their money and passports. >> everybody is very quiet, to be honest with you. because he had a gun and a knife. we didn't know exactly if there were other people in there. >> that frightening, though. no one was hurt. but passengers were understandably shaken up. >>> also, a frightening moment at a southwest fligh but it turned out to be a business misunderstanding. passengers thought they heard the pilot say bomb on board but he was actually wishing happy birthday to a mom on board. flight attendants calmed passengers but a couple complained. once they landed but faa is not investigating. >>> douglas kennedy, the

alligator park. - jacksonville?dity. no, i don't care. i'm tired of saving her. - to quote liz lemon "opposite!" you'd be saving yourself. the only way to get my life is to be distracted from your blind ambition and you can't do that without liz lemon in your life. - jack, this guy is just trying to justify his own bad choices. go down there and fire liz. okay. we're obviously all thinking it, so i'm just gonna say it. we're gonna have sex with each other, right? - yeah, yeah. - oh, my! - lemon, don't sign that lease! - why are you here? - just sign it, dummy. it's a receipt for some lez pants you bought or whatever. - no. if you have a problem, i will fight you, dennis. - that wouldn't be very fair. i'm only trained to fight four or more men at a time. - there are three more of me upstairs and i'd be happy to go get them. - i can't. i hurt my wrist. - hey, people. somebody sabotaged the gas line. people could've died or had fights. - what? who would do that? hey, grab that black guy. - it was you. - what are you ma

jacksonville, north carolina. we stayed at camp lejeune until december of 1975, when janey was conceived. july of 1983 janey got leukemia. after the shock of her diagnosis wore off, my reaction was to question it, why. that nagging question of why stayed with me through her illness, through her death, and for 14 1/2 years. it's something that doesn't just go away. it never does. in '97, i found out about the water contamination. i was fixing a plate of food in the kitchen, getting ready for the evening news. the reporter said -- >> it's been linked in scientific literature to birth defects and childhood cancers. >> my first thought was, was this what happened to janey. i dropped my plate, right there. i mean, it was like god was saying to me, here is a dplglim of hope that you will find your answer. >> i knew my son for six weeks. christopher was buried at arlington national cemetery. and i don't think we ever discussed it again. in about 1998, i read that they were looking for partnerships who had lived at camp l

they play jacksonville university in florida.t game will mark the debut for tiger's new coach, sean navin, who is charged with reviving a tired lacrosse program at towson. >> we have a great tradition at towson. 1959, we started playing. ncaa champions. final 4s. and those things are important to towson. they're a must. they're our goals on a year-to- year basis. >> navin takes over the towson program coached by tony seman. finally, golf's pebble beach pro am plows over the course in northern california. one of the amateurs playing with the pros. new england patriots coach bill belichick. fresh off the super bowl. and his putt is wide life. wide left. how is that possible from such a short distance? oh, no. >> no, he didn't. >> wide left is entirely possible and sometimes very painful. [ laughter ] one of them cost more than the other. >> yeah. a lot more. >> but it's better to laugh than it is to cry. >> i agree with you there. thank you, mark. be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> don't miss the cbs primetime lineup tonight at 1

. >>> in jacksonville, in nearby keystone heights, a new four-legged singing sensation. ♪ that is, int, a donkey on the left offering musical accompaniment to a farmer turned violinist. the rancher posted it on youtube and it has been viewed numerous times. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> this is very early morning here in the capital. 48 degrees now. taking a live look outside, good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this wednesday, february 8, 2012. this morning, rick santorum is enjoying a big boost in his bid for the republican presidential nomination. the former pennsylvania senator swept yesterday's three gop races. the colorado and minnesota caucuses, as well as the missouri primary. in colorado, santorum finished 5% points ahead of mitt romney. newt gingrich and ron paul finished a distant third and fourth. in minutes munesota he finished ahead of his opponents. and santorum won the missouri primary by 30 points although no delegates were up for grabs in the primary there

rain soaks i-10 from jacksonville to san antonio. icy on i-25 and 40 from west texas to santa fe and al bekerky. icy spots on i-84. >>> if you're flying, airport delays possible in houston, new orleans, and dallas. >>> a reportedly drunk pilot stopped from boarding his plane after an airport bus driver alerted authorities. >> not a lot of details are being offered. passengers on board the plain described what happened. >> there was four police officerer with the pilot. escorting him away. >> they sort of confirmed without saying so much that the guy was not fit to fly. he was drunk. >> the faa policy nicknamed bot toll throttle is very strict. no flying within eight hours of drinking alcohol. >>> amanda knox has signed a multimillion deal to tell her story. she served four years in prison before being freed by a judge in italy last october. no only say how much she's been paid. one estimate was around $4 million. no shocker her story sold for big money. >>> an important study released overnight giving hope as we try to understand aut

. >>> if you're watching us in jacksonville, florida, in nearby gainesville, learn from the remains ofreatures that are millions of years old at cruisin' the fossil free way at the florida museum of natural history. that's your early event of the day. i don't know where i come up with this stuff. >>> okay, bill. ing that you so much. now here's look at this morning's look at entertainment. there's no doubt their night was darkened by the death of whitney houston but the show definitely did go on saying we had a death in our family. ll cool jay held a prayer later accompanied only by piano jennifer hudson sang houston's trademark hit "i will always love you." she received a standing ovation. >>> foo fighters won five grammys for rock. another singer amy winehouse won for best pop duo with tony bennett. taylor swift took two awards. but this year the night belonged to 23-year-old english soul singer adele, well deserved there. she matched beyonce for most grammy wins by a woman in a single night with six, including album, record, and song of the year. ironically, though, given the succes

baby jacksonville on saturday, but this week, the tigers face johns hopkins and they will square off against the no. 2 blue jays. the coach played at hopkins, so he understands the challenge and the opportunity. >> you respect each probe -- each coach. you respect their programs. they're well done, a very well- organized. it has always been very good competition, the come game day, we want to beat them up. >> stick around. we have the seven-day forecast >> coming up at 11:00, hours after officials ruled it is ok to record police activity in public, a man is ordered to leave as he films officers making an arrest. we will have the latest on the investigation into the death of whitney houston when >> a little snow, perhaps? >> ad lib tel rain and snow mixed. it will not -- a little rain and snow mixed. it will not interrupt any valentine's plans you have. it is a big day for restaurants. maybe a bigger storm coming our way over the weekend. >> valentine's day is on. thank you for joining us, everybody. >> nbc nightly news is next with brian williams.

showers along the gulf coast from new orleans to jacksonville. >>> a wet 47 in seattle. 57 in sacramento. 30s in fargo and the twin cities. 72 in dallas. miami climbs to 84. atlanta, 66. 47 here in new york. 45 in boston. >>> and still ahead after the break, a new recall involving birth control pills. what to look out for. >>> first water, then fire. a fuel struck delays the daytona 500. it didn't end until early this morning. >>> and where to find free pancakes today. this is an angus steak and egg sandwich. it's a tremendous morning. angus, man! angus! dunkin's new angus steak and egg sandwich makes any morning special. try one today. >>> welcome back, everybody. oil prices are falling as weak demand offsets fears that iran might disrupt the global supply. crude was trading below $108 a barrel. gasoline averages $3.72 a gallon, the highest it's ever been in february. >>> but the falling oil prices were good news for the markets overnight. tokyo's nikkei average rose 89 point today. hong kong's hang seng was up 351 points. in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow hit 13

showers from atlanta to jacksonville. spreading to wichita, houston, and shreveport. heavy downpours from seattle to northern california. >>> mostly 30s from fargo to indianapolis. milder in the northeast. climbing near 50 in new york and boston. miami hitting 78, and new orleans, 70. >> it's carnival season down there. 70s perfect parade weather. >>> business news coming up after the break. how you can buy a piece of the empire state building. >>> and a developing story from california. hundreds of human bones found buried in fields. the work of a serial killer. >>> and feel guilty about leaving your dog at home during the day? guess what? there's now a cable channel for that. tv for dogs. we'll be right back. >>> well, this is not good. get ready for record-high gas prices. they're already rising with a national average right now of more than $3.50 a gallon. the annual spring runup is coming sooner than normal. gas may be five bucks a gallon in some areas by june. >>> apple's stock closed yesterday about 500 bucks share. they have a high market value, some $468 bill

. >>> in jacksonville, in nearby keystone heights, a new four-legged singing sensation. ♪ that's a donkeythe left. it offers musical accompaniment to a farmer. the rancher posted the video on youtube. it's been watched more than 100,000 times online. you can bet that number is going to go up. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> it turned out to be a much bigger day for some expecting parents in china. weighing in at 15.5 pounds, baby boy chung chung arrived in the country's heaviest baby on record! look at that guy! mom sensed he would be larger based on her belly, but never expected this big of a surprise. the mother and her large son are both in good condition. >>> this next story may have you saying simply ouch. a piercing festival in malaysia had devotees attaching religious offerings to their bodies. some pierced cheeks with spear-like needles. others have dozens of hooks latched on to their back. even worse, look at that guy. he pulled a float by the hooks. ouch may be an understatement there. >>> finally, in london, one m

. >>> in jacksonville, in nearby keystone heights, a new four-legged singing sensation. ♪ that is, inact, a donkey on the left offering musical accompaniment to a farmer turned violinist. the rancher posted it on youtube and it has been viewed numerous times. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're starting out nice and quiet on this wednesday morning. right now it is mostly cloudy with temperatures in the upper 20's and low 30's. we should be able to sneak above freezing this afternoon. temperatures will range from the 30's to the 40's. we expect some snow and some rain this afternoon. there could be some accumulations. >> thank you. chilly on tv hill. in public.nned i >> the catholic church is outraged by a new mandate. >> a three state sweep for rick santorum. can he not be front-runner off his stride? >> we're checking the area roads. so far so good before the storm. an update -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize i

we've got a batch of rain, area of low pressure off the coast moving into florida, jacks jacksonvil jacksonvilleorlando, tampa, south florida dry. what will happen to daytona? this is the prognostication for the day ahead into tomorrow. here's the time on it. 8:00 this morning here's daytona. you can see 1:00 to 3:00 where the rain is, it's right there. it certainly looks as though rain is likely today. keep an eye on that as we look. as we head toward tomorrow more rain in the forecast as well. if it does get postponed or delayed tomorrow tomorrow doesn't look better. rain in the southeast. sunny and cool in the northeast. winds continue and snow in the upper midwest where it belongs. >> alexandra steele thanks so much. by the way, would they cancel it or delay in. >> yes. >> do they delay it? >> absolutely they could move it. we have a lot of rain especially later on in the day. that's the balance of the rain. oscar forecast, sunny, 60 on the red carpet. no issues there as well. >> thank god. i was worried for myself. i'm not walking. alexandra steele, thanks so much. >>> just ahead, one-on-on

wet on i-95 from jacksonville to new york. and icy into new england. slick ride of i-80 from new york to chicago. snow on i-94 and 35 in the upper midwest. icy on i-94 in the cascades and rockies. >>> if you're flying today, airport delays possible in minneapolis, detroit, boston to atlanta and out in san francisco. >>> a crippled cruise liner is being towed to safer water this morning carrying more than 1,000 passengers and crew. the ship got stuck off the coast of somalia after a fire on board. >> jeffrey kofman is in the seychelles islands. >>> some greem vacation. they're adrift on a cruise ship with no power. >> it's not easy for them to stay so long on the ship without all of the essential energy. they've let them use the water, the facilities and everything. >> reporter: that means no toilets, no air conditioning, no hot food. that is why you can see the passengers crowded on the dex. a french fishing ship began toeing the ship to the main island of the seychelles. it's not been a good year for costa cruise lines and its owner, carnival. just a

this was a brother from jacksonville. he's a brother from florida. he spoke spanish and french.s an envoy to haiti and nake rag wa. -- nicaragua. you didn't know that, did you? he also wa the first black man to pass the bar in the state of florida in 1913. can you imagine a brother passing the bar in 1913? and his brother was as bad as he was. that's who james wheldon johnson was. you ever heard of jenny slew? 1719, her smom white. her zad black. you know, even back then a good man was hard to find, you follow me? so we understand this. this thing has been going on for a very, very long time, ok? jenny slew, 46 years later she sues for her freedom and back pay. and guess what? wins because in the state of massachusetts a person of color could sue back in those days. you know what the superior court said? well, we can't let this happen because you were married to an enslaved person. let me say this right now. we don't use the word "slave." i want everybody to say "enslaved." say it louder. and you know why? because if you start practicing that you will change how you look at our

wet on i-10 from new orleans to jacksonville.lick on i-70 and 90 in the ohio valley. >>> if you're flying, flight delays possibly in new orleans and atlanta. my folks are flying bah back to michigan. we wish shem safe travels. >>> you may be among the millions of americans that think heart attacks are a problem for us guys. you would be wrong. >> a new study finds that heart attacks are a leading cause of death among women. but those women and their doctors do not recognize the symptoms. that's prompted the american heart association to issue this new public service message. >> oh. >> mom! i think you're having a heart attack. >> honey, do i look like the type of person who has a heart attack? >> rather than chest pains, a woman's symptoms include jaw pain, shortness of breath, weakness, fatigue. heavy sweating, nausea. signs mistaken as indigestion, flu. ladies, be in tune with your body. know when to call the doctor. >>> fans of the country duo sugarland are outraged over the response to a civil lawsuit afte after last summer's

. >> paul: that was rick santorum at last week's debate in jacksonville. drawing parallel to mitt romney's health care reform and president obama's overhaul. mr. romney for his part denied the similarities and says he'll repeal obamacare if he's elected in november. just how alike are the two plans and can he run against president obama in the fall? grace marie turner is the president of the galen institute. and joins me from washington. great to have you here. paul, thank you. >> okay. so, just how similar are the two programs. mitt romney says they're not. what are they? >> you know, senator santorum was quoting a steady from the liberal families usa. but lists 16, actually, not 15. and key components that are almost identity between obamacare and romney care, everything from health plans providing expansion of medicaid coverage, the exchanges in individual mandates, to a level of benefits that both plans have to offer and insists it's just not credible, paul. when romney says that, i'm going to repeal obamacare, i hate this plan and yet, i want to tell

temperature, it is going to feel like the teens and single dijs its for many from new orleans over to jacksonville. that's what we find the freeze watches and warnings. windchill advisories as far south as. >> friend: meyers and west palm beach florida. >> we can handle this if it only lasts a couple of days. when this is out of here? >> reporter: the case all winter, just can't sick, nothing to block it in the atlantic. same case here. show you the mild air that will move in. i don't want to say warm, it's not above average by this point but closer to average for cities like atlanta, chicago and new york. by the time we reach the first part of the workweek. >> we'll be watching the latest forecast first thing tomorrow on "gma." >>> tonight, the heartbreaking day in tacoma, washington, a funeral for charlie and braden powell, almost a week after their lives were taken by their own father. the crowd of mourners filled the church and spilled outside to support the family suffering shatering grief. ab abby boudreau is in tacoma. >> reporter: more than 1,000 people gathered in this church, to mourn th

as i said at that debate in jacksonville on thursday night.public does not want to see two or three candidates get into a mud wrestling match where everybody walks away dirty and not in a position to be able to represent our party proudly. we're going to have differences on the issues. we need to talk about those differences on the issues. but what we saw in the last few weeks in the state of florida is not something that's going to help us win this election. i said it and i'll say it again, governor romney, you have every right to go out into the private sector and use the gifts god has given you and the opportunities you have and made for yourself and hard work and make all the money you can and do it in a way that helps our economy and certainly helps you and your family. i'm not going to criticize you for doing that. that's how capitalism works and i'm all for it. [ applause ] speaker gingrich, you went out and you took the talents that you have, and they're considerable and took the effort and hard work and knowledge and experience you go

as i said at that debate in jacksonville on thursday night.public does not want to see two or three candidates get into a mud wrestling match where everybody walks away dirty and not in a position to be able to represent our party proudly. we're going to have differences on the issues. we need to talk about those differences on the issues. but what we saw in the last few weeks in the state of florida is not something that's going to help us win this election. i said it and i'll say it again, governor romney, you have every right to go out into the private sector and use the gifts god has given you and the opportunities you have and made for yourself and hard work and make all the money you can and do it in a way that helps our economy and certainly helps you and your family. i'm not going to criticize you for doing that. that's how capitalism works and i'm all for it. [ applause ] speaker gingrich, you went out and you took the talents that you have, and they're considerable and took the effort and hard work and knowledge and experience you go

freeze watches in place from new orleans to jacksonville, by early sunday morning. >> a huge shift inhe jet stream, ginger. what does that mean for snow totals? >> reporter: we have not. especially in the northeast. here's what's going to happen, that cold front is going to sandwich with the moisture that hugs a low pressure system up the east coast. that's going to start snow overnight into early tomorrow. slick spots, one to two inches for new york city. three to five inches for places like boston. and of course, you have the lake-effect snow pockets in parts of michigan, near cleveland and pittsburgh, with the two to four. i'll leave you with one last thought tonight, david. anything that does fall, precipitation-wise, is going to stay frozen. and black ice is likely going to be a problem for so many by sunday. >> be aware of that. we'll all be watching ginger tracking the storm first thing tomorrow morning on "good morning america." >>> in the meantime, tonight, for a crisis threatening the lives of thousands of american children, facing a deadly cancer. a cancer that can be cured

get this, we are seeing freeze watches and warnings from new orleans to jacksonville, orlando in there, too and a windchill advisory extends south to ft. meyers and west palm beach. >> wev been let off the hook this winter so fashgs we can handle this if it lasts a couple of days. >> as we've seen all winter, will get out as fast as it came. watch as mierld air, call it mild, not warm, don't want to give you excitement here, we go close to average, not above average like we have been. >> ginger zee, we'll watch the forecast first thing in the morning in "gma." >>> we move on to the heartbreaking day in tacoma, washington, a funeral forecharlie and braden powell, almost a week after their lives were taken by their own father. the crowd of mourners filled the church and spilled outside to support the family suffering shattering grief. abbie boudreau is in tacoma. >> reporter: more than 1,000 people gathered in this church, to mourn the loss of two innocent boys, brothers, 7-year-old charlie and 5-year-old braden, two brothers sharing a single casket. six days after their father josh powe

some light rain from atlanta to jacksonville. some showers in louisiana and the southern plains.o a foot of mountain snow in the rockies. some heavy downpours in the pacific northwest. >> you've got to work on your pacino impression. >> hello to my little friend. >> 55 sacramento. 30s across the midwest. 46 in boston. near 50 in baltimore. and 78 in miami. >>> it's that time of year again when the nation's top dogs get his or her due. the annual westminster kennel club dog show is under way at new york's madison square garden. this year 2,600 canines. and their very normal owners are competing in 179 breed categories. >> stop. the number of breeds is going up and could reach 240 in a few years, but only purebreds could compete. so no designer dogs like puggles, labradoodles, or -- and then there's the best in show which could be any breed that lucky dog will be named tonight. and martha stewart, she's got a chow chow. genghis won best in breed at westminster today. >> oh, good for martha. >> yes. that's a good thing, right? >> we'll be back right after this. ♪ you can have your d