that was head coach john thompson, ii. i'm kristen berset, back to you guys in the studio. >> spud be a good game. >>> still to come -- should be a good game. >>> still to come with iowa out of the way more candidates focusing on the upcoming primary. >>> later bad news for two companies with stores in our area, a lot to talk about on the economic front. >>> up next an about face by a big name grocery chain about a big name actor's participation in their ads. >>> an update on one grocery plan's chain to pull ads. wegmans stop running the ads after getting complaints because the ads used to feature alec baldwin after passengers had complaints with him. wegmans will start running the as again after getting more of a ground swell asking for them. >>> now we'll talk about the video you just say. are you sure you want to go with that defense department. this is an odd claim from pepsi. an illinois man is suing claiming he found a mouse in his can of soda. the company's defense is no way you found a rodent in our soda because th

john thompson iii and georgetown visiting st. john's. llis thompson was scoreless in the first half. second half different story. buries the three ball. and the junior from los angeles just getting started. ensuing st. john's possession, they turn it over. otto porter comes up with the steal. jason clark, quick pass to his buddy thompson. caps a 7-0 hoyas run. georgetown takes a ten-point lead. just over six minutes to play. hoyas only up three now. clark throws a cross-court pass to thompson, and he knocks down the three-pointer. thompson a perfect 5 for 5 from beyond the arc in the second half. finished with a team-high 20 points. georgetown wins big. 69-49. improving their record to 4-2 in the big east. all right. let's go to college park. maryland taking on georgia tech. good acc match-up here. final seconds of the first half. howard playing tough defense here. faust comes up with the steal and the freshman goes straight to the bucket. maryland up 24-19 at the break. second half, terps come out strong. james padgett kicks it out to st

john thompson has a lot to do with it. >> according to lot -- johns hopkins has a lot to do with it. overall crime in baltimore city dropped by 6% in 2011. juvenile arrests declined 25%. prop. climb -- property crime decreased 4%. not necessarily increased patrols or crime camera technology could be the reason. >> in my personal opinion, the people downtown have really dropped the ball on this city. >> there are signs of hope. a new school is slated for this deserted corner. elementary school students left wish list. a first grader rides, "my wish for the new school is a library." a new playground, computer equipment, and the most profound? my hope for the new school is a bright future. >> in a written statement, the baltimore city police commissioner says he plans to invest more in crime camera technology and foot patrols to targeted neighborhoods, to go after violent offenders and guns. david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> we will be right back. >> we will be right back. not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars

an unexpected struggle for john thompson. [ beep ] [ man ] you have one new message. [ mom ] hi scooteresso chicken noodle you made is so good. the vegetables are cut nice and thick... you were always good at cutting your vegetables. and it's got tender white-meat chicken... the way i always made it for you. oh, one more thing honey... those pj's you like, the ones with the feet i bought you five new pairs. los. you. did you see the hockey game last night? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >> the toyota sports desk is brought to you by local toyota dealers. >> it was a little to comfort to close for comfort today -- it was a little too close for comfort for them today. let's go to the video. starks finished is strong. rutgers was up by two. carter was working it to bury it. porter was fantastic. this jumper tied the game at 50. there were two free throws to put them up by two. the last chance for rutgers. georgetown hangs on and win a tough 152-50 over rutgers. they were up early playing in philly today. game time was 11:00 a.m. that was a long two. this is the se

john thompson spent 14 years on death row, and after his verdict was set aside he was then facing life in prison. he was fighting for a retrial that took place four years later. he was exonerated by a jury in less than 30 minutes that found him not guilty when he got his retrial, and it was largely the result of the police department not turning over what would have been -- evidence in his first trial. the united states supreme court reversed the verdict of the jury in this decision. he has found an organization called resurrection after exoneration to help other people seek justice in their respective cases. to his left -- this is the executive director of california death penalty focus, where she works to abolish the death penalty. she did preside as the warden over several executions. natasha is the death penalty policy director for the american civil liberties union of northern california. she previously worked as a deputy public defender in alameda county, and was a staff attorney with the california task force on criminal instructions. she is also working on the effort to abolish

here's what coach john thompson ii had to say. >> sometimes you're having a bad offensive day and it'sause the other team is disrupting you i thought this was the second time this year that we were missing lay-ups. this team, these guys understand and they're willing to do, now we have to go to a different style. the style of an offensive team. wh >> coach j.t. and the hoyas have plenty of time to rest up. this afternoon maryland at temperature. the head coach said that hill would not be on the bench for next week's home game against duke, pending investigation. first half, temple wearing white here, juan fernandez flies and sends a no look book. naert, more bad news for maryland. check out alex len, he goes to the locker room and did not return. second half now, ter terps by ten, career high 15 points for the sophomore. maryland within seven. time and a half to go now, terrell drains the long two. he had a team high 20 points. terp down one. but temple's response was immediate. the next trip down the court, three contest three pointers. next up for the terps home game on wednesday. al

. >>> give john thompson, iiu some credit, even though his team is rocking it, the hoyas are surprisingly in the top ten as well. the coach continues to say it's too early to know how good his team is. j.t.3 trying to keep it humble. maybe he knew something would happen when he went to morgantown today. the first half, thompson environmentally unsound, offshore drilling. three ball and the foul with 20 points. typical big east getting ai little gritty, physical. jason clark with the steal, one of his five. second half, trent bryant only had two points at the half, told his coaches, i'm gonna get better, and he did. he got help from kevin jones, pure. then truck playing like a lamb gore guinea puts it away. west virginia 74-62 over number 9 georgetown. virginia tech/wake forest, acc opener for both. 21 seconds to go. let's get right to the nitty- gritty. c.j. harris, cold blooded. he had 15 putting the jackets up by three. tech's got time, though. robert brown, what can brown do for you? not that. he misses, virginia tech falls to 11-4. colgate at american. coach 'em up, jeff. eagles were

team ever to visit the united states, visiting georgetown this afternoon got a chance to meet john thompson iii. tonight they are in northwest. our high school game of the week poll. 19,000 of you voted. girls basketball, gwen park and largo will have highlights at 11. 19,000. a will the of clicks. >> that's fantastic. >> is that a record? >> it is a record. >> that's it for us. >> that's right, the cbs evening news is next and derek is back at 7:00. have a great weekend.

. >> i will go to john thompson. we were talking about how often, you have public opinion polls on the death penalty but the last -- the wrong question is asked, do you support the death penalty or something like that. can you elaborate on this? >> this is a tricky question that we have been tricked into believing, so that people say, do you support the death penalty. this is a trick question. you will not put yourself in that position of being placed under arrest based on these reports. we ask you if you support this and eliminates you automatically. if you ask that same question in a different way, meaning the use of what the state killing you, that is the question. you have no control over the death penalty. he is the only one to make this decision. he is the only one -- he does not want to make the decision. this is a tricky question from the beginning. do we support the death penalty? we never placed ourselves in this position. do you give the state the right to kill you. this is the question and see what the re

john thompson iii said he knew his team would be good and they'll be tested.and coming off of another win, 10th in a row and they moved in the rankings at the beginning of the year and ninth in the country and marquette has gone from a top 10 school at the beginning of the year to being ranked 20th. >> they as good and capegerrous because of -- dangerous and where they have a difficult week and doesn't make them not the same group and so we have to understand that as it relates to ourselves. >> we are saying two, three, four weeks ago when no one was thinking about you. >> and there was some downside to yesterday's 3-1 caps win over the flames and with that -- with that knock on the noggin. and backstrom was elbowed. receiving a minor penalty and he was able to e scape. he has to be evaluated and if he is sidelined, that would be a major backup. and ovechkin is heating up and scored the first goal of the game and that is the stainth of the season. we want to be in the play-off -- 17th of the season and we want to be in the play-offs. this is dale hunter on the

in his eight years, john thompson iii is now 4-7 against the mountaineers. at the second half. look out. jason clark leading scorer, comes up with the steal all the time in the world for the jam. ties the game up at 31-31. mountaineers mr. a 12-point -- mountaineers build a 12-point lead. they get in the lane and score. georgetown cut it to four but west virginia pulled away. gary brown goes all the way for the lay-up. west virginia wins 74-62. virginia tech at wake forest. less than 20 seconds to go. c.j. harris gets a pick. pulls up and drains the three. cuts wake's lead to three points. closing seconds, come on, now. one more chance. robert brown goes for the three. long look. it's no good. wake forest wins 58-55. the wizards are now 0-7 deepening their worst start in franchise history. and if there's any positives to take away from this, two of the team's least experienced players came off the bench and combined for 20 points, 14 rebounds and five steals last night. hey, at least they're hungry. but they need more and needed more against new york. it was

the country at 16-3 overall and the panthers dismal in conference play, 1-7 and 1-3 at home and john thompsont get caught up in the numbers. >> and in this league, you would be a fool if you looked at records. and everything in the league is good. they have a player-of-the-year and sitting on the bench. a lot of good players and we look at the record more as a blip opposed to who they are. >> and tennis down under. semi finals of the aussie open, rule number one, taking on andy murray and what a night this was. with the full five sets, going four hours and 50 minutes. and rallied after trailing two sets to one to pull this out in thrilling fashion and -- you'll have to beat nadal in the finals. good luck. >>> and the second round of the abu dhabi championship, tiger woods is in contention today with a 3-under 69. the shots like this on 12 and to brian bolter can make that one and he's too shots off of the lead and how about the u.s. open win and from congressional? and he's there at tiger and under 500. they will play again tomorrow and i think you should have played there. >> and not as beau

. >> i will go to john thompson.

. >> i will go to john thompson. we were talking about how often, you have public opinion polls on the death penalty but the last -- the wrong question is asked, do you support the death penalty or something like that. can you elaborate on this? >> this is a tricky question that we have been tricked into believing, so that people say, do you support the death penalty. this is a trick question.

. >> i will go to john thompson. we were talking about how often, you have public opinion polls on the death penalty but polls on the death penalty but the last -- the wrong question

ranked ninth in the country, 16-3 and the panthers have been dismal, 1-7 overall, 1-3 at home, but john thompson iii says pittsburgh is still dangerous. >> in this league you'd be a fool if you look at records. you know, every team in this league is very good. pitt still have the play of the year and have jamie sitting on the bench and a lot of very good players. we look at their record more as a blip on the pole that's who think are. >>> we're still a few months away from the first golf major of the season, the masters at augusta national, but when we get there, maybe just maybe tiger woods will be tiger woods again and bring his old golf game with him. today 2nd round of the abu dhabi championship, tiger keeping himself right in contention, shot a 3-under 69 with tee shots like this on 12, kick it in for birdie. he would and he is only two shots off the lead at 5-under par. >>> back in the united states 2nd round of the farmers insurance open, torre pine, beautiful. steve marino from fairfax. this one from 113 yards and the 17th hole and he's going to spin it from the fringe. that is an eagle.

. >>> college basketball, john thompson iii and the hoyas looking to end a two-game slide in the big st. john's. they pete s.a.t. john's 69-49. >>> maryland looking for their second straight acc win hosting georgia take. the terps beat georgia tech 61- 50 to improve to 2-1 in acc play. >>> let's talk football now. the conference title games are set. in the nfc, the new york giants will face the san francisco 49ers. the giants stunned the defending champs, green bay packers at lambeau field 37-20. eli manning threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns. in the afc, ray lewis and the baltimore ravens will face the new england patriots. the ravens beat the houston texans 20-13. >>> some shockers, others expected as the wards are announced at the 69th annual gold be globes award ceremony. we have a look at that. >> welcome to the 69th annual gold be globe awards. >> it was a who's who of hollywood's elite gathering to hon iron thier's best in movie and tv. rick jury gervais was back. >> the golden globes are just like the oscars but without owl that esteem. >> reporter: the show had some su

at least that's what john thompson says.t was in that small town that he found his indictment in the rough. >> she's the most prepared freshman that i've ever coached. not necessarily the best, but understanding, competing at this level. understanding that how hard you have to work. understanding the commitment that goes into being a successful player. >> comes as no surprise, his father, three uncles, and mother all won state championships at the high school before he grabbed three titles himself. consider basketball a lifestyle in the porter household. >> we talk about basketball like every day and that's something that we have fun doing and something we love to do. >> you played a lot of ball against a lot of good competition right in that small town. because everyone, a will the of people in the family played as a youngster, he grew up playing against men. >> porter plays for one of the most storied programs. he is leading georgetown in rebounds and third on the team in minutes played. not bad for a kid who never played

. >> john thompson, the third and la hoya on the road. from 17 down, clark drives for the lay in, 3 point play cuts the deficit to 5, pitt would not relent. panthers stepping back up and go on to pull off the upset, beating georgetown, 72-60. >> here are some other local scores virginia edged north carolina state, 61-60, george mason beat madson, 89-79, howard falls to savannah state, 71-50 and congratulations to towel son tigers beat north carolina wilmington 66 - 61 to end a division 1 record 41 games losing streak. good for them. >>> mixed martial arts on display. evans took on davis in the main event. evans won virtually all 5 rounds to take unanimous decision this means he get as title shot against jones, next and in the other comain event, he edged in a close fight he will get a rematch against silva ring to noised at the best mma fighter in the world right now. >>> super bowl fever is taking over indiana, festivities for fans got way downtown indianapolis. ice carvers and also a football field just for kids, foxes vanessa mcclure t

at least that's what john thompson iii says.in that small town that jt iii found his diamond in the rough. >> he's the most prepared freshman that i've ever coached. i'm not necessarily saying he's the best, but just understanding competing at this level, understanding how hard you have to work, understanding the commitment that goes into being a successful player. reporter: porter's success comes as no surprise. his father, three uncles and mother all won state championships at scott county central high school before he grabs three titles himself. consider basketball a lifestyle in the porterhouse hold. >> i talk about basketball every day. that's something i have fun doing and we love to do. >> he played a lot of ball against a lot of good competition right in that small town because a lot of people in his family played as a youngster. he grew up playing against men. reporter: from small town ball to the big city lights porter now plays for one of d.c.'s most storied programs. as a freshmen he's leading georgetown in rebounds

east matchup between second place georgetown and last place pitt but you know what hoyas coach john thompsonsays about big east games. anything can happen. this season georgetown is 6-2 in the conference including a three-game winning streak. their latest win was last saturday at home against rutgers. freshman otto porter scored the hoyas' final six points helping georgetown hang on to a two-point victory. as for the pitt panthers they're 1-7 in the big east but chew on this. at the peterson event center the panthers are 11-0 against top ten opponents. j.t. three and the ninth ranked hoyas know they'll have their hands full. >>> in this league you'd be a fool if you look at records. you know, every team in this league is very good. pitt is still pitt and know how to play. they have jamie sitting on the bench and a lot of good players. so we look at the record more as a blip opposed to that's who they are. >> their record doesn't show how good they are. they are always a tough team. the games that i've seen them play, you know, they weren't getting blown out. they were losing and losing by a

. >> at the end of the day, john thompson has to prove that he can win in the tournament.had this kind of success in the regular season we love him. you got to prove it come tournament time. >> all right, only about 30 seconds left. the first thing i hear from tony perkins this morning when i walk in, can we just get one winning team here in washington. help tony out. what team should he follow? >> the nationals. >> the washington capitals. they're on a four-game win streak. >> the capitals are a 500 team in you actually look at it. >> a nice move bringing in another pitcher. they are going to have three really good starters. bryce harper will come up. we'll see if they're able to snag fielder. they are headed in the right direction. >> they are on the upswing. >> easy there, killer. >> tony, does that make you feel any better? >> no. >> no, sorry. we appreciate the help. enjoy the weekend. it is the junkies at 106.7 the fan. >>> oftentimes we show you surveillance video of convenience store stick-ups. this may stand out. >> open it! now! open it. >> i can't open it. >> an

thompson to say in the race and thereby split the social conservative vote in south carolina and give mccain the upper hand. here's huckabee leveling the charge yesterday morning. >> here's what happened. i mean, johninly encouraged fred to stay in. i think everyone understood fred knew that he was not going goat the nomination. fred thompson's vote totals in the upstate really took into ours and john won handily in the south part around charleston. that's ultimately what did it. >> okay. >> but that's politics. >> you think john mccain, knowing him, let that one go? far from it. here he is hitting back just a few hours later. >> it's totally patently false and for him to say something like that, maybe it makes him feel better but it's not the truth. the fact is that fred thompson was viewed as a viable candidate. it is not necessarily so that he took all of huckabee's votes. i had a lot of votes there. all i can see to governor huckabee, good luck in your programming on fox, but you're not telling the truth. >> anyway, this morning fred thompson denied making any arrangement with john mccain. this time around it's mitt who could sneak away with a win if conservatives don't pick one and just one of

fred thompson's vote totals took into ours. johnthat's what did it. but that's politics. >> do you think john mccain knowing that one let one go? think again. here's him hitting back. >> it's false for him to say something like that. maybe it makes him feel better, but it's not the truth. if fred thompson was viewed as ç viable candidate. it's not necessarily he took all of huckabee's votes. i had a lot of votes there. all i can say is good luck in your programming on fox, but you're not telling the truth. >> any way. this morning fred thompson denied making any arrangement with john mccain. this time around, it's mitt who could sneak away with a win if conservatives don't pick just one of their own. instead dividing the vote. mccain took a break to sit down with david letterman discussing how his party is fairing in the leadup to this 2012 presidential election. let's watch. >> how do you think things are going for your party? how's it going, senator? >> we have had better days. >> it seems everybody has gone whacky in the republic

for romney, arizona senator john mccain, who campaigns aggressively for him in florida, and for gingrich, fred thompson. >>> and then the president with a pointed state of the union address. >> asking a billionaire to pay the same as average americans, most people would call that common sense. >>> finally our political roundtable breaks down the fight for florida and talks about where the race goes from here. host of msnbc's "morning joe, " joe scarborough will be here, and presidential historian, doris kearns goodwin will be here, as well as our nbc political chief collector, chuck todd. >>> good morning, the final 48 hours before republican voters go to the polls in florida, and this is how the race now stands in the sunshine state. mitt romney going away, a 15-point lead over gingrich. we will go through the final arguments with john siegenthalesiegenthale siegenthaler -- john mccain. first, let's go in with chuck todd. >> we asked folks what is the most important quality in making your division. electability, can beat obama 41%, and mitt romney has a larger lead over newt gingrich. but romney leads

that could have been aimed toward john mccain, fred thompson, rudy giuilani, any number of people running on that stage. i let the viewer draw the conclusion as to which candidate that fit. but i didn't do it. >> jeanine: does that tell you newt is desperate and he didn't ask you or get your permission and is trying to make the innuendo using you as the hammer? >> look, candidates would never ask someone like me, because i'll tell you why. number one, we'd say no and number 2, if he runs it and i ask him to pull it, he's getting all the extra attention for the ad, because of the controversy. but, let me be fair. because i'll get a lot of people saying you are against newt. i'm not. i asked mitt romney to pull an ad a month ago and he quoted me and picked up on something that i said, and was running it as part of an asset and that gives medium the impression i'm endorsing and i'm not and appreciate if you pulled the ad... >> jeanine: you will not endorse anybody here tonight. >> one thing that has been a great benefit of not endorsing, if i think someone has done a good job, i thought sant

then john mccain, fred thompson.t romney only 11%. >> i think this time in south carolina, you will see the mitt romney probably does a little bit better and what the other candidates are hoping for, particularly the rick santorums and perry, what they want is to get that huckabee vote. for themselves. >> gloria and i were also talking, anderson, as we send it back to you, the aware nusts mormon faith has increased over the past five years. you have seen a lot of ads on busses wi busses, tell television, about being a mormon. perhaps that is more acceptance and understanding of the mormon faith. >> there will still be a lot of skepticism. >> anderson some. >> well, what is -- >> i can't take you inside the vault. >> i know, not since al capone's vault have i been so excited to see a vault. >> i'm so disappointed. we have been tracking twitter all night. you see here the gingrich's social drop of all of the different candidates giving all of the different speeches, the one candidate who did worse with perception and r