john kelly posted on his facebook page sick of reading about it be done blank and whitney houston. mother of a former player saw the comment posted on facebook page on the leak page according to the sun times says john kelly did not realize he used "n" word attic not racist but standing behind his comments critical of whitney houston should not be a role model for children. illinois state super springs into action rescuing the money from smokingmother from smoking car state trooper zachary peters rescued mother of smoke rising from the car driver unresponsive zachary peters after the window and pulled to safety take them taken away serious condition zachary peters did and released the suffering cuts and smoke inhalation. mourning snowfall tonight moving to the area overnight 9 in. of snowfall some of the hardest hit suburbs north and northwest smaller amounts in the city and south suburbs ploughs trucks on expressways and streets out tonight making the morning commute easier for now goodbye to the snow fall but hello cold weather tom skilling what we can expect for the weekend. goi

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm john kelly. >>> and let's say good morning to christina loren who is here to remind us it's close to the weekend but it will be a great day. >> good morning to you. we've got a cold start but we'll see a gorgeous afternoon courtesy of these winds that are knocking our camera around poised over the bay bridge this morning, so make sure to give yourself plenty of time in your high profile vehicle as we head throughout the day today warming into the 70s. we'll tell you where. first we'll check your drive and get you out the front door with mike. >>> the winds are there but not quite as strong as yesterday because the chopper was able to launch. looking at 880 as the headlights and taillights are moving smoothly along the nimitz, and a lot of these heading north towards the bay bridge toll plaza which is operating just fine right now getting you over from the oakland side of the bay bridge over to san francisco without any delays. but this weekend, remember, starting at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night, the bay bridge will be closed as far as the construction goes

. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm john kelly, we check in with christina loren giving us the forecast for the thursday. >> three-day weekend, many of you get to sleep in on monday. of course, we'll be here on presidents' day. temperatures this morning are running on the cool side in some cities. we're in the 30s in conconsidereconcord. the microclimates are kicking in, grab your jacket and leave your umbrella at home. we'll tell you when the rain is on its way. >>> but let's check in with mike. >> we're looking at oakland and 880, the nimitz shows a light volume of traffic northbound with the taillights past high street. continuing up towards market. we still have reports of that disabled vehicle. chp has yet to get on the scene. it sounds like everything is out of the lanes and the smooth drive on the sensors out there. and let's show you what things are like over across the bay. a smooth drive, construction clearing from the north side and no problem with visibility. good stuff, you see the lights. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> we want to take you 35 a b.a.r.t. news confe

. >> i'm john kelly. >>> we start things off with sad, breaking news out of the entertainment world, singer/actor davy jones of the monkees died at 66. jones was most famous for his role in the pop group the monkees, star of the classic 1965 tv show. back in 1968, he was named the top performer of all time. he is survived by four daughters from previous marriages. >>> we are finally getting a serious blast of winter weather. we do have a live look for you at the clouds over the trans america building in san francisco this morning, where we have seen plenty of drizzle, wind and those chilly temperatures. nbc bay area meteorologist christina loren joins wuss a look at what you can expect today and for the rest of the week. >> yeah, guys, it is going to be kind of a super soaker. later on today, gone through the first batch of rain, we are on the way. set this in motion, show you futurecast, you see just in time for the evening commute home, another weak disturbance that will move n and behind this next disturbance is a very, very cold air mass. temperatures will tumble overnight, talki

thank you very much for joining us, i'm john kelly. >> and i'm marla tellez. allow yourself extra time if you're heading into the city for the holiday weekend. if you're coming from the east bay, the westbound upper deck of bay bridge will close tonight and stay closed until tuesday morning for construction. now we do have team coverage for you of the closure this morning. nbc bay area's christie smith is live at the bay bridge with a look at how you can get around. meteorologist christina loren is checking how weather could affect all the construction. first we begin with mike inouye with a look at why the closure is happening in the first place. >>> good morning, folks. the bay bridge is indeed closinç tonight, 8:00 p.m., no access. this is just the westbound upper deck. getting over from oakland into san francisco, this is the sign you've seen all over the bay area. some folks are wondering why that is happening. it's not the final stage of completion but it will help in the long run. let me show you this animation that caltrans has given us. this will give

. >> good morning, i'm john kelly. let's say good morning to meteorologist christina loren here to talk about the fog and the visibility or lack thereof out there. >> yeah, exactly. you're going to need to give yourself plenty of time this morning to reach your destination safely, as we have very dense fog out there, and it's going to get worse before it gets better. in fact, we are continuously dropping off in places like concord. now you have less than a quarter of a mile in portions of concord so you want to take it easy out there. we'll continue to drop off before we hit sunrise. then that fog will start to lift. we'll tell you exactly when in your city, and when we get our next best rain chance. that's in the forecast, as well. first, let's check your drive, see how the visibility or lack thereof is impacting out there. >> the clearest thing i see is on the chp report, a fog advisory on the bay bridge. let's look at the toll plaza and you can see the lower clouds hovering around the shot. you can see across the mi

john carroll to rodney kelly jr. his father was a standout. justin jennifer. john carroll wins. i remember him plank and that was fun --i remember him playing and that was fun. >> to maryland prisoners have access to your social security information? >> the government will give his state of the state address. we will have a preview. >> you might think twice about working for a bus company. that story is coming up. >> we're previewing artwork from >> we're previewing artwork from harford county this >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. what happened to winter? i'm not complaining. >> yes, you are. >> old man winter is in the bahamas. he may come back this weekend. 65 is what we are expecting today. today we have some rain showers to contend with. light rain this morning. upper 40's and low 50's right now. i think there will be a break around lunchtime. we will check the forecast for super bowl weekend in just a few m

kelly made a pact. when police asked them questions neither one of them would talk. >> nicole refused to give a statement. the only thing she asked if she could get johnkelly immediately did start talking to the police. >> it wasn't until after her interview with us that nicole finally reckoned with what kelly had done and did not feel quite as loyal to her as she once did. reena was still missing. there was no body. but by then the police had learned one important fact. >> three people went across the bridge. two people came back. >> now police knew where to look. and saturday morning a dive team inched along through the black water at the bottom of the gorge, pushing aside the slimy eel grass catching momentarily on the rocks, skirting the discarded junk lying on the bottom. >> we put police up in a helicopter and early afternoon we located the body of reena virk. >> i wanted to die with her. i wanted to be dead, too. >> the whole city, much of the country, went into something like shock over the murder of reena virk. how could this happen in such a peaceful town? what would make ordinary kids, little girls, really, do such a thing? >> reena's immed

john. we'll explain in "kelly's court." >> there was an email which was commit ridiculous.atching a couple developing stories including one in west virginia. federal prosecutors are charge the former superintendent of the upper big branch mine with fraud in connection with the deadly blast that killed 29 men. honda recalling 46,000 of its popular odyssey minivans. faulty parts can cause the rear door to fall on people. they offered to replace the parts free of charge. today marks the 15 straight days of gas price increases across the country. consumers are starting to ask who or what is to blame. in knoxville, tennessee, gas is 50 cents more than the same time last year. in lawrence, kansas, at $3.46, nearly a half dollar gain. in tulsa, oklahoma, it's 30 cents higher than the price last year there. the average price nationwide is almost $3.58. 40 cents higher than this time last year. now folks are wondering why. matt mccall is president of the penn financial group. and the form communications director for jon corzine. here we are february, setting records we don't want to

. >> kelly: john roberts with the santorum campaign in las vegas and steve harrigan with the gingrich campaign but we begin with karl cameron following the romney campaign. >> reporter: mitt romney's victory is substantial and historic. no republican has ever, excuse me all republicans who have won florida have gone on to win the nomination. newt gingrich is the first republican to win south carolina and lose florida in the modern history of races in the country. in addition, romney did particularly well tonight with late deciders. in the last week, they have gotten particularly toxic with the attacks in the ads. latest, 30% changed their minds in the last couple of days. romney carried them, as well. it's going to be a good night. biggest state to vote foe soe far and likely to be over quickly. romney campaign is making preparations for an early victory speech. gingrich eager to get out of dodge and head to nevada so his likely will be quite fast. he will paint sweeping national message to go to all the subsequent states. romney clearly going to address some of the attacks that took

and fred, "showbiz tonight" just confirmed more names, beyonce, jay-z, elton john and r. kelly-bye to whitney tomorrow. >> and among those who are actually performing? >> we know that aretha, alicia keys and stevie wonder are expected to sing at the funeral 12 noon to the wine nans family is very involved, the houstons and its wine nans are practically family. marvin wine nan is giving the eulogy as we know, last night, he said he and his brother and sister will be singing at the funeral with members of their family and he said, and i think this is very important, he said the service will be about whitney houston that they all knew and not the whitney houston the superstar that we all knew. watch what he told me about that. >> and she is going to be surrounded by people who absolutely involved and adored her for who she was and for the heart that she shared. and so it will be those people. so, we will cry, we will laugh, with he will do all those things because that's who she was. >> and according to bebe, she was a very funny person, hearing from friends this week. despite her

. >> tim: kelly is a good three point shooter but it is very difficult to sweep the three over john henson. only 1 for 6. that is some wing span. finally tyler thornton gets the triple. first bucket of the night for thornton we go back to the three ball concept. >> dan: we most of the threes remain in the first 12 or 13 minutes of the half. duke shot the ball very poorly. they continued that in the second half. a lot of credit has to go to the north carolina defense. they have the size inside that they can do that with. henson and zeller controlling the middle it is hard to give a pump fake and drive by and get all the way to the basket. >> tim: just under 2:00 remaining. the way the game is played out the last five minutes of the first half. do you think north carolina would be up 15 by now. curry steps in three. yes and just like that 82-78. the dukes won't go away. 10-3 this run over the last 3 and change. >> dan: now you have to find barnes or zeller if you are north carolina. >> tim: barnes on the way to the rack. offensive foul. it will go the other way. >> dan: this is a play where

he will be honored during a dinner at the john glenn school of public affairs and the college of engineering at the ohio state university. mark kelly will speak at tonight's events. it is really liked their sleep. >> federer bylines recommend teenagers get about nine hours a night. more sleep might hurt your teenagers grades. >> conventional wisdom said a teenager gets more sleep will probably get better grades. we decided to ask the experts. >> i need a lot of sleep. >> i get about nine or 10 hours of sleep. >> they only average about -- >> 6 or 7. >> i get about six or seven hours of sleep. >> that is the optimum amount of sleep a teenager should get. >> seven hours is fine. that makes them feel better about their teenagers sleep patterns. >> really? that is kind of shocking for me. >> i think my experience is seeing sleep deprived students who have their heads on their desks and the need some cold water on their face. >> study looked at over 1700 students. some students say there would like more sleep. >> i feel i performed worse when i get more sleep because i get lazy. but when i am tired, i feel like doing something else and

kelly swoope joins us. >> the senator en introduced bipartisan legislation. cardin made the announcement at the historic clifton mansion, the summer home of johns hopkins. the preservation act would increase the current tax credit. it could also preserve and rehabilitate small historic sites it. would help facilitate older buildings being use bid nonprofits, creating projects with community benefits while simulating jobs in low income areas. >> it leverages private sector investments five to one. $60billion have been invested. in maryland we've seen the creation of over 15 million jobs. >> now the original program has helped create more than 2 million jobs nationwide since 1978. the national historic preservation said this will help more than mainstream communities ben fight while also helping nonprofits create more jobs. kelly swoope, abc2 news. >>> one councilman wants to make english the official language of anne arundel county. the bill would require all documents and agreements to be in english. it's part of walker's efforts to push it in the hopes of stemming -- illegal immigration in the county. many say walker's bill would likely have little imp

kelly wright, fox news. >> houston will be laid to rest as fair view cemetery in west field alongside her father, john russell houston, jr. who was buried back in 2003. bobby brown said he left the service early after security guards repeatedly asked him and his children to change seats. he said he didn't want to risk creating a scene. >> the other big story we are following tonight is the trial of george huguely. at this hour, the defense is wrapping up its case for the jury. paul joins us live outside the courthouse. paul? >> reporter: will, just before 3:00 this afternoon, prosecutor dave chapman began summing his case up for the jury. his voice began to waver. he appeared to become emotional as he described for the jury exactly what the commonwealth believes happened to yardley love. dave chapman reminded the jurors what they had heard from the witnesses over the last two weeks. quoting from an e-mail. the letter was an apology for the way he acted when he choked love in february of 2010. but the e-mail was an angry exchange in which huguely told love that "i should have killed you". chapman told the jury

john's and trying to avoid seven straight losses the blue demons were down one point in the second half jeremiah kellysend ands an alley oop to jamie crockett for their first lead of the half but it wouldn't last depaul was down three [ female announcer ] feeling that flu all over your body? immerse yourself in all over relief with alka seltzer plus. it's specially formulated to speed relief to every inch of you. liquidate your flu symptoms with alka seltzer plus. celebrates mardi gras. revelers are flooding the french quarter to enjoy the parade and the festivities ... the first major parade occurred this fat tuesday in spite of the reputation of mardi gras being an adult oriented celebration the city of norland says that is expecting a lot of families in a big easy today >>tomorrow is ash wednesday ... we'd that special polish don not here in chicagodoughnut here in chicago.. we are looking at one of the least snowy winters and 127 years ... we had a little bit of snow this morning but that is clearing nowhere on the charts do we see any big storms coming our way ... we do seek a suspect pattern but

john glenn made history becoming the first american to orbit the earth. tonight he'll be honored during a celebration banquet at ohio state university where captain mark kelly, the commander of the space shuttle "endeavour's" final mission, will speak. >>> happy birthday to singer rihanna who turns 24 years old. happy birthday. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later today on the "today" show. a live report on the university of virginia lacrosse murder trial as jury deliberations are set to begin this week. >>> also maroon 5 front man adam levine will be live in studio with a preview of his coaching skills on nbc's hit show "the voice." now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thanks so much for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific monday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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kelly comes forward i'll read a quote here from john f. contendy. let me read what he said about conscience. i would not look with favor upon a president working to subvert the first amendment guarantee of religious liberty. what a powerful statement. i would like to now have -- yield four minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. kelly. mr. kelly: mr. speaker where i come from in western pennsylvania, there is an old saying, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. and i think that my colleagues and i tonight come before you and come before this house to talk about some very egregious action that this administration has just taken. and for the president who at one time was a professor of constitutional law and who knows better, he relies on constitutional convenience, when it's convenient, he follows the constitution. when it is not, he follows what he wants to do. and he looks upon us and says, you know, you just didn't get it. maybe i didn't use the right words to frame it and takes policy that is horrible policy, policy that

kelly's court" is back in session. adopting a lover to protect the family fortune. john42-year-old girlfriend heather his daughter. facing 35 years behind bars and a massive civil suit he's accused of killing scott wilson while he the polo mag that was behind the wheel drunk. the victim's family claims goodman used a legal loophole to keep them away from his estate in a civil suit. i have never seen anything like this in all my lovein life. the civil suit is going to trial and the criminal case is going forward. they tried to say can we tap into his children's trust in a civil suit and the judge said no, you may not. suddenly he gets the brilliant idea to adopt his girlfriend. how does that work? >> what he's trying to do -- it's such a blatant fraud on the court to divert his assets. he's trying to say my daughter/girlfriend is entitled to one-third of that trust. by the way, it was set up for his minor children. so she can start taking that money out right now. ergo i get that money. this is not going to fly it's an absolute fraud on the court. megyn: the court says th

kelly. and to our campaign cochairs, attorney general bill should be, senate majority leader roy randy richard vella, speaker james bolger. i also want to thank our finance shares. david fisher and johnd we have a big family here in michigan and we would like to thank them. and by the way, my family across this state. i also must recognize our national committee members. >> yeah, great job. >> and our congressman. this is a list. dave camp, fred upton, like rogers, that the potters, bill ixonia, bill belichick. and thank you to our wonderful surrogates. donald trump. it governor tim pawlenty. gov. bob macdonald. the governor chris christie. and you're famous oakland county chair that you love -- let's see, brooks patterson. how could i forget brooks? rep eric nesbit. former state presented a of rocky rakowski. and attorney general, mike cox. i'm sorry to keep going to our state team, lowry and bob. and finally, thank you, kid rock. [applause] the last week, have been going along with mitt, and my son, tagg, too. we have been going all over this state. from the tip of the mid -- [laughter] >> be careful. >> i know, i'd better be careful. but what we have seen out there has broken my h

kelly wallace, great to see you. thank you for putting on the jacket, we didn't want to look like pink twins. >>> speaking of mitt romney's singing, today's tweet of the day comes from john just watched mitt's "america the beautiful" rendition. this must have been what put him over the top in florida. ♪ oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain ♪ we have to thank you for the advice on phillips' caplets. magnesium, right? you bet! phillips' caplets use magnesium. works more naturally than stimulant laxatives... for gentle relief of occasional constipation. can i get an autograph? [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. nyquil (stuffy): just reading whatyour label.ing?fe. wait! you relieve nasal congestion? tylenol: sure. don't you? tylenol (another bottle): hmmm...no... nyquil (stuffy): dude! anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion... nyquil cold & flu doesn't. >>> royal puppy, a friendly bet, and the best boss. let's go down to the wire. >>> the royal family will be hearing the pitter patter of little feet, the duke and duchess have adopted the puppy. it's said to be a black cocker spaniel. >>> now to footb

john j. cook post office. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. kelly, and the gentleman from no, mr. clay, each will control -- missouri, mr. clay, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. kelly: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kelly: mr. speaker, h.r. 2079, introduced by the gentlelady from new york, mrs. mccarthy, would designate the facility of the united states postal service located at number 10 main street in east rockaway, new york, as the john j. cook post office. the bill was introduced in june of this year and was favorably reported by the committee of oversight and government reform last year. he served the community of east rockaway for six decades working as a letter carrier. serving his community for 60 years and four months. he went above an

john, along with beyonce and her husband. we're also talking about the -- we'll hear performances from aretha franklin and stevie wonder, r. kelly, alicia keys and kesten coster in -- kevin costner, he will be speaking at the funeral as well. we'll be hearing a lot. also, there's been a lot of talk back and forth about bobby brown. would whitney's ex be attending. we're told yes, he did receive an invitation. are their lingering hard feelings between the two families? yes. but he's invited and is coming. interesting enough, he's -- he's on tour right now with his old group "the new edition" and they are appearing in connecticut so when this is over he's going to rejoin his tour forea perform -- for a performance. his family is saying this is almost like a healing process for him and this will help going back on tour the very same day as the funeral. but back here, police are already increasing security. the media has been moved back. in fact, they are gonna be setting up a big perimeter that will keep the general public at least two blocks away from the church. that's why they are advising everyone that if you want to see the fu

kelly ayotte have raised their voices. >> this is not a women's rights issue. this is a religious liberty issue. and it can apply to all faiths. >> suarez: in a floor speech wednesday, house speaker john boehner threatened legislative action, but it was unclear today what form that would take. >> i think the house is going to work again through the regular order with real deliberations about how we protect the religious freedom of the american people. that's the issue and we're, we're keenly focused on it. >> suarez: women rights groups and many democrats like california senator barbara boxer are now coming to the administration's defense. >> women in this country are tired of being treated like a political football by republicans in congress. who have tried continually and have continued to try to take away their benefits. to take away their rights. >> suarez: white house officials seeking to defuse the issue suggest a still-undefined compromise is possible. tuesday, on the "newshour", the president's senior campaign strategist david axelrod pointed out that 28 states already have similar rules. >> we're going to have a year's period of time in which to transition to this. and that w

john roberts, thank you. jenna: a pennsylvania judge finds herself on the wrong side of the law, and you never want to be on the wrong side of the law. district judge kelly valentine, forced to post bail after allegedly receiving several traffic violations and dismissing them herself. she is facing criminal charges, including tampering with applicable records, conflict of interest and obstructing justice. let's bring in judge andrew napolitano. first of awcialtion she goes back into the computer because she was summoned, she erases them, but if you're a judge and don't pay a parking ticket are you facing anything terrible for that? what's your motivation for doing that? >> you are facing what everybody would be facing which is a summons, an order to show up in court and explain why you didn't pay them, so in her mind, i think, in order to avoid the indignity of being summoned into a courtroom, directly next door to hers in the next courthouse she decided to go into the computer and, quote, fix these tickets. jenna: it's more the risk of impairment, she would be able to keep her job if she pays the parking ticket. >> everybody gets parking ticket. if she

>> as kelly wright mentioned, new jersey's governor ordered flags to fly at half staff to honor whitney houston's life. one minnesota man however was not happy with that decision. >>> in 2005, johnmvee hit an explosive device. he says the flag should only be lowered to honor those who gave their life in service to their country. in protest, he set fire to the new jersey state flag. >> that's a little extreme. i'm sorry, this is how much it hurts. this is how much of a slap in the face it is to all that have served and i have g- given their life. >> the governor is defending his decision by saying houston left quite a legacy on the garden state. he also said flags have always been lowered for every soldier killed from new jersey. >>> the southern california hotel where whitney houston died is now at the center of some controversy. houston died last week at the beverly hilton hotel, and now guests at that hotel on the day she died are demanding a refund. guests tell tmz.com staff that the entire floor of the hotel was on lock down and that made it difficult to get in and out. others say police made it impossible to sleep. hotel officials say they regret any inconvenience. well, st

brian kelly, and to our campaign co-chairs attorney general bill schutte, senate majority leader randy rich richerville, keith bulger, and this is really helpful, our finance chairs, david and john keenan, rona romney, rona romney mcdaniel, and other members of the family, by the way, my family, across the state. i also must recognize our national committee members, sol and holly. and our congressman, this is a list. let me see if i can get through this, david camp, fred upton, mike rogers, thad mccotter, bill huizenga, dan benasheck, tim walberg, and thank you to our wonderful surrogate, donald trump. governor tim pawlenty, governor bob mcdonald, governor chris christie. and your famous oakland county sheriff that you love, let's see -- brooks, brooks patterson. how could i forget brooks? representative eric nesbit, former state rep, rocky rescowsky, professor gary wolfron, and mike cox. listen, this list has been so helpful. i'm sorry to keep going to our state team, laurie and bob. and finally, thank you, kid rock. the last week, i have been going along with mitt, my son tagg, too, up and down the state, all over from the tip of the mitt -- [ applause ] i know, i better be ca