won the tournament after fighting off some of the toughest competitors in "jeopardy" history. >> ken jennings! you are the champion! >> okay, ken. he defeated brad rudder and james holzhauer in jeopardy's greatest of all time. he received $1 million in prize money. the money brings his total "jeopardy" winnings to 4$4.3 million. he is talking about it on "good morning america." >> this -- the winning episode taped a month ago. you managed to keep it secret from your kids. >> my wife knew. i told her immediately. my kids didn't know. my parents didn't know. i thought it would be more fun for them to have the surprise. >> my dad has a million dollars! surprise! >> that's a good surprise. >> you can hear ken jennings full interview at 7:00 after abc7 news. you can watch "jeopardy" every week night starting at 7:00 p.m. >> were you rooting for him? >> now, reggie -- >> what? >> i thought the best person would win. >> okay. >> i feel like he was a little, like, confident the whole time. >> all right. he should be. james holzhauer is the shadiest of the players. i'm disappointed he didn't win. he l

ken jennings is back.st and now he's buzzing back in with us from seattle. thank you for joining us again, ken. [ applause ] we got to say -- >> happy to be here. >> congratulations again on your big win. it was so much fun every night to watch you and brad and you and james go at it. and this show has been around for so long but the tournament was such a big hit. why do you think people continue to gravitate and what did you think when they asked you to return to the show? >> the thing about "jeopardy!" it's an institution now. families watch it together. it reminds people of good times watching with grandma or dad or, you know, the kids go to college and call home and watch "jeopardy" together. it just spans the generations like almost nothing else and a real honor to be associated with it. i was very happy to have one more chance -- one more bite of the apple. always been my favorite show. >> ken, we've been going back to the "gma" vault for robin all morning long but we have also gone back for you. fir

-- ken jennings won the "jeopardy!est of all time" tournament [ cheers and applause and an entire town in michigan smells like weed, because so many residents are growing it. [ laughter and cheers there's a lot to go over so let's just jump in and cover it all at once it is time for "newsmash." [ cheers and applause ♪ >> jimmy: first up, impeachment. today the house voted to send the impeachment articles over to the senate. there's no doubt that president trump is in trouble. he put himself in serious jeopardy [ laughter ] the tournament was so fun to watch. ken jennings made it looked easy up there. it is almost like he was cheating [ laughter ] red sox manager alex cora organized a scheme to steal signs from catchers. now he's out of a job. to cheer himself up he might have to take a little trip to weed town, usa [ laughter ] the whole town of bessemer, michigan smells like weed because so many residents like to grow it these people smoke so much weed, you bet you could never see them on "jeopardy. [ laughter ] it wa

. >> the question, who is ken jennings! >> ken jennings! you are the champion! >> ken had the swag. >> yep. he played that right. jennings defeated brad rudder and james holzhauer in jeopardy's greatest of all time. you can hear from ken jennings on "gma" at 7:00 after abc7 mornings. >>> and you can catch "jeopardy" every week night right here on abc7 starting at 7:00 p.m. who did you say was going to man.t wasoing to be the one whose name i can never remember. >> brad. >> brad. brad rudder. >> i think ken was spicy the whole time. you have to go in confident. >> he was the one saying i think it will be the other guys, not me. >> false modesty. >> yep. >> pumping them up just to tear them down. >> right. there were some fun moments where they were giving each other a hard time. rain 5:00 this evening. rain along the coast, the rest of us drizzle and showers. heading to 9:00, the north bay will get soaked. after 9:00, all the heaviest of the rain will fall. we could be anywhere from three quarters of an inch to up to an inch in the blue. then more than an inch in

ken jennings, you are the champion! >> the greatest of all-time. >> congratulations.s a heck of a match. >> ken jennings walking over to alex. >> is that for me? is that fo b holding ken upin h knew you had i you >> i just remember feeling shock. i've been in a lot of these "jeopardy!" super tournaments. and i have an amazing talent for finishing second. so i had no idea what to do when you actually win. it turns out you walk over and stand by alex. >> the tournament was taped last month, but ken kept it a secret from everyone -- but one. >> my wife knew. i didn't want her to divorce me. i told my wife immediately. but my kids didn't know. my parents didn't know. >> now everyone knows the trophy and $1 million to ken jennings. >> the greatest of all-time "jeopardy!" champion. >> it was fun. i'm david muir. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. investigation volunteer broke the exclusive story in the chronicle. according to the guards, it seems as if the drop-offs are happening regularly. >> when you see the video, it'd kind of a shock because you rea

. >> ken jennings! defeated and james holzhauer and gets a 1 $1 million prize. jennings is talking about this on "gma." >> the winning episode taped a month ago. you managed to keep it secret from your kids. >> my wife knew. i didn't want her to divorce me. i told my wife immediately. my kids didn't know. my parents didn't know. we totally kept it under wraps. i thought it would be better if it were surprise. >> you can hear that full interview at 7:00. >> you can catch "jeopardy" every week night on abc7 starting at 7:00. >> what time does your dad go to work? he doesn't. why? he won jeopardy. >> more than once. >> over and over again. >> yeah. >> what in the world? that's amazing. >> really is. let's talk about the weather. lots to talk about in a short amount of time. the roof camera showing a few high clouds out there. about 43 degrees here. clouds on the increase, evening showers are on the way. heaviest rain tonight and tomorrow. standing water on the roadways for the commute tomorrow. more weak st

trebek announcing ken jennings as the greatest "jeopardy" contestant of all time. gs won the show of champions last night and walked away with a million dollar prize. he already holds the record for the longest winning streak on the show. the final answer was about characters in shakespeare. >>> a self-proclaimed bookworm stumbled upon something of his own at an oklahoma city bookstore. kevin king was looking at a copy of norman rockwell's america expecting to find artistic treasures. instead he found a treasure of a different kind, a $10,000 bond now worth almost $20,000. king tracked down the rightful owner who says he'll donate most of the windfall to the homeless. >>> and just like bruce springsteen, the legendary musician's son makes him proud. >> firefighter sam springsteen. >> yesterday sam springsteen was officially sworn in as a firefighter with the new jersey fire department along with about a dozen others. his famous father and mother, patty skalfa, wer on hand. he graduated in 2014 and worked as a vol tire firefighter at three different fire stations. >>

. >> the question, who is ken jennings. >> ken jennings! you are the champion! nings defeated legendary champs brad rutter and james ho holzauer. >> bringing his total jeopardy winnings to more than $4.3 million. you can catch "jeopardy!" every week right here on abc7 news starting at 7:00 p.m. that was great idea. this tournament was pretty fascinating. >> that's going to draw a lot of eyeballs. >>> let's draw some eyeballs to the weather forecast, because some rain is coming. >> yeah, sandhya patel is here with what's ahead. sandhya? >> take a look at live doppler 7. it is this storm that is gathering steam. it's a level 2. and it is going to bring some problems on thursday. the morning rush will be a mess. minor flooding expected with hydro plaeng, gusty winds. you're going have to look out for. the evening rush, brief heavy showers, slippery roads and possible thunder. so now is the time to prepare. definitely get ready for this storm as you take a look at the temperatures right now. they're falling. it's colder than last night at this time. 30s, 40s. 36 righ

. >> the question, who is ken jennings. >> ken jennings! you are the champion! jennings defeated legendary champs brad nngs to more t$4.3 million. you can catch "jeopardy!" every isouamwa prett fascinating. >> that's going to draw a lot of eyeballs. >>> let's draw some eyeballs to the weather forecast, because some rain is coming. >> yeah, sandhya patel is here with what's ahead. sandhya? >> take a look at live doppler 7. it is this storm that is gathering steam. it's a level 2. and it is going to bring some problems on thursday. the morning rush will be a mess. minor flooding expected with hydro plaeng, gusty winds. that's what you're going have to look out for. the evening rush, brief heavy showers, slippery roads and possible thunder. so now i ready this storm as yeres right w. thellin y it's getting so cold. we have a dry air mass other than high clouds. not a whole lot to insulate. tomorrow morning, expect the chill and some patches of fog. 27 degrees at lakeport. down to freezing in santa rosa. ukiah. 33 livermore, napa, definitely bundle up. even 30s and

ken jennings is known for his 74-game streak.p money winner on any game show taking home 4.$4.69 million in jeopard winni winnings, and james holzhauer took home 2$2.4 million in 32 games. this morning on "gma," a"," thee champions were asked how they're preparing. >> in "jeopardy!" you're kind of preparing your whole life for. every time you learn something new, you try to file it away. it might be useful one day. >> that's a great point actually. a lot of people think you just study for this stuff. you can't do it that way. there is stuff you can brush up on, but it's being curious about information your whole life. having it stick somehow. >> no big deal. you can watch the full interview with the "jeopardy" champs coming up on ga"gma" at 7:00 a.. the jeopardy gatest of all time begins tomorrow at 7:00. >> who do you guys think? >> i don't know. >> ken jennings went the longest. but they don't have to kind of time. it has to be someone really good in the short game. >> james. >> i will go for holzhauer. >> he had the strategy.

. >> the contestants are the best players in the show's history, jeopardy james holzhauer, ken jenningsfull games of "jeopardy" trying to accumulate the most points. >>> ken jennings hit two daily doubles last night and took a page right out of james holzhauer's book. take a look. >> there is the other daily double. >> this is not where i feel comfortable, but i am going to go all in, 8,600, please, alex. >> okay. >> what is lewis and clark clifford odets? >> you got it. >> time travelers for 600. [ buzzer ] >> answer. >> i'm going to wager all $2,400. >> all right. >> who is morgan? who is morgan le fay? >> thank you. >> yes. >> he's a gambling man. hitting those daily doubles helped jennings win the night by just over 200 points over holzhauer. the first to win three games wins a million dollars. >> afterward holzhauer tweeted a scene from the "star wars" saga summing up his thoughts on hitting no daily doubles. game two is tonight. >>> hey, next, two men who were caught red-handed. they claim they had hit the lottery. >> but officials say the two men from mississippi had glued the wi

ken jennings nailed a big daily double and never looked back in his battle with "jeopardy!" holzhauer. >> meanwhile we're getting a look behind the scenes of the show. contestants spoke to our c.j. -- t.j. holmes when they were taping last month. >> they said they respect each other, and trash talking online is only for promotion. jennings even foreshadowed his risky bet. >> i'm not an aggressive "jeopardy!" player by nature. i like to play comfortably and have fun out there, but i think there will be some big bets. >> last night jeopardy james paid tribute to alex trebek calling him the greatest host of syndicated tv. ken jennings can wrap up the tournament and its million dollar prize with one more win tuesday night. >>> next, a social media experiment on twitter. a japanese billionaire is giving away $9 million. >> he's giving the cash to 1,000 of his twitter followers, though each get about 9,000 bucks, he wants to conduct a study to see if the money makes them happier. >> recipients will complete surveys to determine their mood. >> would you be happier? i'd be giddy. >>

at the end of the first night, ken jennings winning by just $200. >> what a game.o start. >> round two later tonight. still sort of surreal for me. i'll keep my day job. good night. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. i wish i could shake your hand. granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ a super duper new year with a new super duper deal. now you get bacon, sausage, eggs, hashbrowns, and all-you-can-eat pancakes for only $6.99. the new super duper slam. happy new year from denny's. >>> now, news to build a better bay area, from abc 7. >> they made it sound like it was nothing. it was a big deal what happened. >> yes, i'm scared. >> a lot of emotion from students and parents after a student was abducted outside her sonoma county middle school and assaulted. thank you for joining us. i'm ama. >> this sent a chill throughout the community. >> 49-year-old jesse leon g granado lopez, he faces six felony charges. >> live in sonoma county with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: w

. >> ken jennings using "jeopardy!"er strategy, going all-in. >> this is not where i feel comfortable, but i am going to go all in. >> you got it. >> and the one category we hope all of you at home aced. >> david muir covers the world. >> the champs went for it. >> david more muir for 1,200. david muir, 400. >> david muir covers the world, 16. >> david? >> in 2019, i got an exclusive first look at restoration efforts inside paris's notre dame cathedral after its devastating fire. amazingly, the huge 13th century rose windows survived despite fears that the intense heat might have melted this metal in the frame that supports the stained glass. >> ken? >> what is lead? >> right. >> there was this one, too. >> david muir, 2,000. >> in 2019, i reported on the hunt for isis fighters in the desert of this western-most province of iraq on the border with syria. >> brad? >> what is anbar province? >> yes. >> even you at home, kimberly saying, "i got all five questions right." jordan say, "just rocked your "jeopardy!" category."

and that means that ken jennings has won the first match. a game. >> reporter: ken might have won but fans agree alex trebek is the real mvp. enjoying this moment in particular. >> hey, babe. i made you a bitchin' mix tape to play on this sony item. >> oh, yeah, fans loved that, blew up on twitter. they also made note of the contestants' touching gesture. all three wore purple ribbons in support of trebek, currently fighting pancreatic cancer. >> we must have gotten the purple memo. that's light purple. >> yours is more lilac. >> you've got that good purple. it was an incredible game. i was like, this is epic. >> how many questions did you get right? >> that is not something i want to answer. what i will say, i think that "jeopardy!" james was shook. >> oh, i think he was so confident, and then -- >> yeah, and then the other guys, it changed their game as well, because they were all going all the way in. and mr. rutter, are you going to show up to play or not? >> oh! >> because he's the third guy. >> oh! >> he will, he will. >> he's the thir

the question, who is ken jennings? >> too many words.nings goes home $1 million to the good after beating james holzhauer and brad rutter in the three-way battle to be the best ever. jennings' win last night was his third, holzhauer got one match, and rutter was shut out. in addition to the big check, the new "jeopardy!" g.o.a.t. also took home a shiny new trophy from host alex trebek. >> that's for me? is that for me? >> the greatest of all time, congratulations. >> jennings also picked up a victory ride on the shoulders of his challengers. holzhauer and rutter each took home $250,000. you know, you were giving brad rutter a hard time from the start. >> yep, i was. >> he never showed up. >> we're not even going to talk about rutter. what we're going to talk about is ken jennings being best. four installments, four matches. the first three got higher ratings than the nba finals in some cases -- in some years. >> those are all rigged. >> so now ken jennings has now a total of $4,370,700. >> wow. >> isn't that incredible? >> wow. >> it was

james looking to even the score with ken jennings. who leads with two matches.ter has zero. the guys didn't take the weekend off from their friendly competition. >> they traded insults online with ken jennings finally following "jeopardy!" james. writing, breaking, i have decided to follow james holzhauer on twitter since he's been following me on "jeopardy!" all week, oh snap. but you know what i got to tell ken jennings? ♪ here comes "jeopardy!" james here comes "jeopardy!" james ♪ >>> next we're moving on to britney spears, she'taking over the art world. >> a gallery in france has announced it will be hosting an exhibition of artwork painted by britney herself. >> brit's art is hotter than we know. three years ago one of her paintings sold for $10,000 to robin leach of "lifestyles of the rich and famous." >> not bad. >>> and finally, actor terry crews is once again heating up social media with his ripped physique. >> that's what i hear. the 51-year-old shared some new images on twitter. his neck, his biceps. go ahead, no. go ahead, you were excited about this

. >> in the end, it was ken jennings. of all time trophy after beating his all-star competition in four games in the best of seven challenge. dominating once again before going all in in the first final jeopardy. >> what did he wager? >> that put him miles ahead. they left the first round with zero points on the board. >> we'll get rid of those scores now and add them. >> hey, brad's score is still on there. >> jeopardy james managed to claw his way back. even going all in on a massive daily double. >> what is chad? >> you're right. >> it all came down to final jeopardy. >> shakespeare's tragedies. here's your clue. >> he has 272 speeches. the most of any nontitle character in a shakespeare tragedy. >> he was sentimental in his last answer. >> it's true. i should get credit for it. >> jennings answered correctly. but shocked everybody by wagering zero points. >> nothing. interesting. >> then all eyes were on jeopardy, he's the winner. >> did he come one that? he did not of the. >> he risked it all and lost it all. >> it d

contestant ken jennings is close to winning the title. the tournament is a showdown between "jeopardy"'s three greatest champions ever. the special one-hour edition of "jeopardy" can be seen at 8:00 right here on abc 7. >>> a special honor for one of the greatest members of the abc 7 family. [ applause ] that's our vic lee receiving a rousing ovation at the san francisco board of supervisors meeting. vic retired last week and today the board honored him for his amazing 50-year career in journalism. most of it right here in the bay area, the last 15 as a reporter for abc 7 news. the supervisor there hailing vic for, quote, calling out the wrongs and celebrating the rights. chinatown. he covered the asian-american community and the entire as wel. we're so proud of vic. we hate to see him go but wish him well in retirement. >> we'll still see him around. >> i'm not convinced. >>> nickels and dimes add up when you're talking about bottle deposits. california law states you get that money back when you recycle. >> taking care of the environmen

your wager, 44,000 ken jennings, you are the champion >> look at ken he outsmarted the other "jeopardy!" legends, james holzhauer and brad rutter to become the greatest of all time. the g.o.a.t. was the first to win three games in the tournament that started last week he walks away with a million dollar grand prize and ultimate bragging rights. >> ultimate, yeah. >> good for him. >> no telling ken jennings anything he tweeted that playing against james and brad, a nightmare and the best time he's had >> yeah. and you win. that's pretty good >>> let's move on to another story that's getting a lot of attention. that emergency in-air and on the ground in los angeles. >> that's right. a delta flight dumped jet fuel over a residential neighborhood, including several schools and a playground filled with children at the time. and the faa is looking hard at what happened here nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has the story. miguel, good morning >> reporter: good morning. just after takeoff, the pilots reported a serious engine problem, forced to turn back to lax. delta said they had t

>> right. >> reporter: but instead ken jennings dominated, bettiuildin lead by betting it all. >> i think> reporter: it was a move too risky for comfort. but it was enough to give the 74-game champ a comfortable lead and he coasted the rest of the way. >> this two-word phrase marks the end of friendly generational relations. ken? >> i get to say it to alex. what is okay boomer. >> reporter: jennings told me that he was ready to turn the tables on holzhauer. >> i'm not an aggressive player by nature but i think there's going to be some big bets. >> reporter: and a win last night for jeopardy's writers. they stumped all three of the so-called greats on the final jeopardy clue. >> who are ang, li and >> reporter: they tried to be funny. trebek not amused. >> you started to write pat sajak, is that right? >> what? >> i wish you had risked more points. ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to welcome you to the to the toe comedy hour. >> it will returning on tuesday at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. >> if you missed any episodes, you can binge watch them this weekend and get caught up. they will air

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ken jennings has won two rounds. if he wins again, he's the champ. you ca watch the greatest of all time tournament tonight at 8:00 only here on abc 7. >>> 5:15 this morning. dramatic video shows the moment a car plunged into a canal in pittsburg. the woman taking this video pulled over, jumped into the canal along with two other men to try and help. here is a closer look. you can see a red van speeding on leyland road. another driver says he nearly hit her and was weaving. she pulled out her phone. the vehicle pulled to the right, went off the road and crashed landing in the water. >> she's still stuck in the van and we were holding her head above the water. she kept saying my leg is stuck. everyone was helping so we kept holding her head above water. and then we kept on trying to pull her out and then she got out. >>> luckily everybody made it out of the water and no word on why the woman was driving eradically. >>> a bird's eye view in san leandro. this happened right after interstate 580. the sideshow blocked the intersection for a few minutes le

. >>> ken jennings taking the lead overnight. we're behind the scenes. who will be the last champ standing? >>> good morning, america. happy friday to everybody out there. the battle to be the best is under way on "jeopardy!" ken jennings just one win away from claiming the title of g.o.a.t., greatest of all time. but as we know, anything could happen. >> he's going to be in the hall of fame for that. >> good music choice this morning. >> that was good. >>> we have a very busy friday. we have a lot of news to get to and we begin with new developments in that deadly plane disaster in iran. growing suspicion this morning that the ukrainian airliner was brought down by an iranian missile. >> iran is still denying responsibility but new video has surfaced appearing to show the moment a missile hits, downing the jet, killing all 176 on board. our senior transportation correspondent david kerley starts us off with the latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, george. despite the growing chorus from national leaders and a growing body of evidence

who is ken jennings? today, wednesday, january 8th, 2020. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." it's nice to have you on a wednesday morning. it is a busy one. >> it is. we'll get right to the breaking news. iran following through with the vow to avenge the death of its top military commander. >> iwran -- iran attacked two bases in iraq, a barrage of missiles unleashed. there's no immediate indication of american casualties in those strikes. >> the revolutionary guard called the missile strikes fierce revenge. this morning, iran's leaders are indicating this could be the nation's only military response. >> president trump plans to address the nation about the situation this morning. we have in depth coverage from washington, iran, and iraq. we'll start with richard engel who is in iraq for us this morning. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. fro

been on the air since 1964, held its "greatest of all time" tournament earlier this month and ken jennings they always get me to thinking. you know, i'm getting older and sometimes i look around and, well, i don't even recognize the world i'm living in any more [ light laughter ] things are changing every day and if i'm honest, not always for the better [ light laughter ] and sometimes i like to take a moment to talk about how things were just a bit more simple, "back in my day. ♪ [ cheers and applause >> seth: back in my day, ken jennings wasn't the greatest "jeopardy" player of all time. no, the greatest "jeopardy" player of all time was me. [ light laughter ] after i dvr'd the show, watched it with my 85-year-old neighbor, pretended it was live and hustled him out of 200 bucks [ laughter ] what is the dumbest generation [ light laughter ] back in my day, we weren't all drinking white claw alcoholic seltzer, no sir. you wanted some spiked water, you poured vodka into a poland spring bottle like a normal person. [ laughter ] that way you could still go to class without getting hassled by

[ laughter ] even worse, ken jennings responded -- and this is real., "it's all about timing on the button. >> steve: oh [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i think after the tournament, these guys are going to write the next "fifty shades of grey." [ laughter ] some music news, i saw that selena gomez just released an album called "rare." oddly enough, it includes a collaboration with common. [ laughter ] ♪ this is going viral. actor timothee chalamet just debuted a new mustache, and the internet is going crazy over it if you haven't seen it, take a a look i kind of like it. [ laughter ] i like it. >> steve: yeah >> jimmy: but that mustache has really changed his whole vibe. and apparently he's even talking a little differently here, i'll show you what i mean for example, old timothee chalamet would say, "nice to meet you. while mustache timothee chalamet says, "i am overwhelmed by the pleasure of meeting your acquaintance. [ laughter ] ♪ [ whip cracks here's another example old timothee chalamet would say "how are you?" while mustache timothee chalamet says, "loo

will ken jennings -- >> ken jennings taking game three of that showdown on "jeopardy!."g, america. >> there has been some "jeopardy!" level trash talk as we know along the way here. ken jennings is taking his battle to twitter. this was his tweet. breaking, i have decided to follow james holzhauer on twitter since he has been following me on "jeopardy!" all week. >> oh, no he didn't. >> that's pretty good. that's pretty good. we don't want to see this thing end. it could end tomorrow. of course, the first person to win three matches is the champ, so he could wrap it up tomorrow. i hope not because this has been fun to watch. 8:00 tomorrow, 7:00 central here on abc. >> game on. >>> we have the top headlines we're following this morning. violent protests erupting in iran as people take to the streets there to take on the regime after they admitted they accidentally shot down that passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board. >>> and as people of the heartland begin to recover from those devastating and deadly tornados, a major storm is moving into the west bringing hea

ken jennings, you are the champion! >> the greatest of all time. >> congratulations.s a heck of a match. >> jennings walking over to alex. >> the greatest of all-time. "jeopardy!" james and holding him up. >> what was it like when you knew you had it clenched? >> i just remember feeling shock. i've been in a lot of these "jeopardy!" super tournaments. i have an amazing talent for finishing second. so i had no idea what to do when you actually win. it turns out you walk over and stand by alex. >> the show taped weeks ago. ken says he kept it a secret -- to everyone but one. >> my wife knew. i didn't want her to divorce me. i told my wife immediately. my kids didn't know. my parents didn't know. we totally kept it under wraps. >> walking away with that trophy and a $1 million cash prize. >> the greatest of all-time "jeopardy!" champion. >> it was fun. i'm david muir. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. >>> breaking news, a person was found dead inside a car. b.a.r.t. says there was some sort of an odor u n t lge response from the parking lights on th

. >> james and the buzzer and ken jennings knows it's fresher for james. >> he's done it more recentlyless than half as long as certain people. >> jennings famous for his record-breaking 74-game winning streak. >> ken? >> what is iowa? >> yes. >> and brad rutter, the top money winner. $4.69 million. >> who is vivian lee? >> yes, indeed. >> is he nervous? >> it's like riding a bike, you know. you get back up there. you never forget. >> and there is one category we hope all of you at home will ace. look what they sent me today. the category called "david muir covers the world." i hope i get it right. and right there calling the shots? alex trebek, the true champion and no favorites. >> there are elements that favor each of the three guys. they didn't win all that money by accident. >> kind of like that category. tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m. eastern right i suffered with psoriasis for so long. i felt gross. people were afraid i was contagious. i was covered from head to toe. i was afraid to show my skin. it was kind of a shock after... i started cosentyx. i wasn't covered anymore. four years

james holzhauer knocking out ken jennings in day two of their primetime showdown. now the former champs tied. who will take the title of greatest of all time? >>> good morning, america. hope you're well this thursday morning. boy, talk about a battle of the titans. >> oh, yes. they're going at it. >> certainly is. we'll talk about that later. >>> it is a really busy morning. we have a lot of news to tell you about starting with the latest on the showdown with iran. both sides backing off from military action for now but president trump promising tough sanctions for those strikes on u.s. forces. >> in a moment, george is going to speak with vice president mike pence. but first our senior foreign correspondent ian pannell starts us off in erbil, iraq, with the very latest. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, michael. i'd say slight easing of tensions here although with the latest rocket strike we're not in the clear just yet. for u.s. troops, i think real dangers remain. overnight another rocket strike towards the u.s. embassy in baghdad's internation

. >> ken jennings has earned the title of g.o.a.t.zhauer and brad rutter in four games. jennings was gracious on social media overnight tweeting, i know this tournament was supposed to settle the greatest of all time he also got a trophy from alex trebek. >> is that for me? >> the greatest -- >> for me? >> -- of all time. congratulations. >> jennings earned $1 million. holzhauer and rutter, not too bad. they each had to settle for a measly $250,000. >> 250k. >>> now to a new creation being called the world's first living robot. >> scientists in vermont created this blob-like creature using stem cells from frogs. they're a tiny fraction of an inch. they can walk, swim, work in groups, even heal themself. >> researchers say they could one day clean up toxic waste or carry medicine inside the human body. that is pretty cool. >> working in groups, though. that's really impressive. >>> and finally having two sets of twins in the same family is already amazing but a family in kansas even more remarkable. >> take a look at vanessa jackson ho

>> the competition heating up as james holzhauer and brad rutter tried to even the score with ken jenningsl three competitors and host alex trebek still found time to squeeze in some good-natured teasing. take a look. >> 8400, alex. >> but can you do it -- >> has james copyrighted this? >> one-time use only. you're good. >> he now owns 10% of whatever you -- >> who is vanilla ice? >> quite appropriate. >> what is i'm walking here? >> yeah, you got it. >> much better than i would have done. >> i think i broke my buzzer. >> james holzhauer went on to win last night's match. the tournament continues tonight. >>> next to a change at the movie theater. a marketing firm is pushing a plan to add more commercials before the movie starts. >> so most theaters already show about 20 minutes of ads before all those film trailers. you know that because you wait about 1520 get there. now marketers want to add another minute and these ads would run closer to the movie start time when more people have taken their seats. >> i need all that preview time because i rush in, i got to my snacks. >> always late a

ken jennings with records. james hit the world like a cyclone a year and a half ago when he won money faster than any other contestant in history. >> what is sarah lawrence. >> reporter: the youngest of the three excited america when he came close to capturing jennings' record. >> you're the same age as "jeopardy." >> i know. >> reporter: the winner will have special bragging rights as the greatest contestant of all time. rame ramena puga. >>> today's level one storm is going to linger for a little while. >> spencer is tracking the conditions for the morning commute. tto harrison, the wine tcollection.. to craig, this rock. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything to preserve and protect them. with love, california. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ all we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> last pous power outages caused concerns. >> it caused disruption to internet service. >> that's what this

. >> ken jennings got us off to the a great start on tuesday evening, winning a close one by 200 pointsyesterday, james came on strong and won handily. perhaps that is well for brad. today might be the brad he gets to make the big move to put himself in to prime contention for that $1 million first place prize. >> joining us now is brad rutter. one of the three contestants, brad, you hold the title for the most money won on jeopardy and there's no winner yet. but so far, as far as we know, you are not on the scoreboard. were you surprised to get to game three and have no victories? >> yes, and no. ken and james are obviously awesome, so it was going to be tough sledding no matter what. yeah, i was probably a little surprised to get shutout through the first three. >> i want you to listen to what you told me back in may during holzhauer's epic run. i bet you would love a shot to go up against him? >> sure, i would like my chances against anybody. >> do you think you can beat him? >> yeah, like i said, i like my chances against anybody. i'm not, you are not going to get to talk trash on h

. >>> ken jennings crowned the greatest jeopardy champ of all-time. jennings was the first to win three matches against two other jeopardy mega stars. >> what was it like when you knew you had it clenched? >> i just remember feeling shock. i had been in a lot of these jeopardy and i had no idea what to do when you win. >> the two runners up honored jennings by hoisting him on their shoulders. rudder and high tower each won $250,000. >> it's nice they can all be friendly. >>> in the end the oldest state employee is retiring. he's a surveyor for the department of natural resources and plans to report for work for the last time on february 6th. he joined the agency in 1962. the world war ii veteran says his body is finally telling him it's time. bob plans to do a lot of reading and farming and retirement, and he wants to visit some of the south pacific islands where he served in the navy. >> that'd be a nice trip. 102. >>> cnn business is next. how do we make a scented oil plug-in that doesn't smell fake? start with the essence of nature air wick scented

. >> ken jennings. >> greatest of all time. as crowned champion in the greatest of all-time tournament in a question about shakespeare clinching of final of three matches and a million dollars. congrats. >> somewhere someone had a book on this where you could bet on it it would have been an easy bet. there is one champion who is nameworthy. >> exactly. >> everybody can name ken jennings you know he is coming out on top. >> i have to admit i don't understand the way the questions work which in comes up many times you tried to explain it to me because i never watched the show i never get it. >> the way it started with mev griffin apparently and his wife if you said $5280 that's the answer give me the question. >> how many feet in a mile sos that's how the original game started. and they created this game show. >> a good stask. mike is always full of good stasks. >> i like it. >> i didn't think that was a stumper. >> didn't have a clue with that one. i just think in miles. why do you need to know anything else. >> you don't think i

the question, who is ken jennings?out. >> it has taken 15 years for ken jennings to finally answer the question, "is he as good as he appeared to be in that great run?" the greatest of all time, jeffrey champion. >> bill: good stuff there. he defeated legendary champs on the game show's greatest of all time tournament. that it would million-dollar grand prize. each contestant was chosen for record sending opponent they had previously on the show. he won 74 games in 2004. he's earned over million dollars over his massively quick brain. over a period of 15 years. good for him. >> sandra: every time i watch i'm amazed. have you ever watch her plate on the show? i think bill hemmer could thrive. >> bill: i think ken jennings would wipe the floor with me. maybe some others, perhaps. speed play along at home. >> bill: nice to see alex out there, as well. >> sandra: absolutely. a terrifying moment for school children when the roof of their gym comes crashing down. the force of nature that caused that damage, straight ahead. >

ken jennings was ahead by $200.dy the greatest of all time" tonight at 8:00 and regular "jeopardy" air at 7:00 p.m. >>> all right. speaking of the greatest. and absolutely just a legendary newsman retired today from abc 7. >> he sure did. vic lee has been in this business for more than 50 years. >> vic received a surprise better known as clepto cat. >> he told the story of swiping items from people's homes and while we saluted vic, he praised his tv family. >> to everybody who in this village of abc 7 family, thank you so much for helping me. >> you see here, san francisco supervisor also presented vic with a proclamation honoring him. >> on our facebook and twitter and instagram pages we have a badge to wish vic good luck. we love you, admire you and will miss you but wish you all the best in the new adventure. >> he will be back. he can't resist. he's a reporter to the core. >>> rain tonight and tomorrow morning. >> spencer is tracking a uh, "fifteen minutes could save you 15%ain? or more on car insurance." i thin

ken jennings ahead on night one.is planning to fight back. >>> and the funny tiffany haddish is here with a special live surpris. plus disney on ice. reginald -- >> yes. >> -- i know you're a fan. every character. >> our producer told us he's skating inside? is he in the studio skating? >> who's he? me? >> no. mr. mouse. >> mickey is. mickey. we got the zamboni out. we have ice in the studio. ice on times square. it's disney magic at its finest. >> i want to see rob in that zamboni making it all nice for mickey. all right. thank you very much. >> hacking concerns when it co >>> 6:25 on kind of a damp wednesday morning. we have some random showers. if they run into your neighborhood, about a hundredth of an inch is what you can expect. look what happens tonight. a tenth to a quarter of an inch. a third of an inch of rain in higher elevations. widespread fog, just damp this morning. tomorrow, ponding from those more intense showers. tomorrow's commute will be harder. >> the annual ces tech show in las vegas getting fla

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.  ken jennings! you are the champion. >> there you have it. first ever of greatest of all-time tournament. jennings has earned $4.4 million including last night's grand prize of $1 million. the tournament turned sentimental, especially given that alex trebek is battling pancreatic cancer. all three contestants supported him. >>> we know who is going to be inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame. >> [ music ] >> whitney houston is among six inductees. the others include the doobie brothers, victorious biaggi, depeche mode, nine inch nails, and t rex. the induction ceremony as may 2nd in cleveland and it will be broadcast 11 hbm. >>> taking time off. the inspiring message from some members of the san francisco 49ers. tom steyer: no child should have to worry about finding good food in school. so, when my wife kat and i learned california public school children couldn't get fresh produce in the cafeteria, we took action. we partnered with local farmers, school kitchens, a non-profit. that program now serves over 300 million healthy meals ever

just crowned its 'greatest of all time'" after ken jennings beat out highest single-game earnings record james holzhauer and highest all-time earnings-holder brad rutter in the fourth match of "jeopardy! greatest of all time," last night. an amazing feat. though they went too far in allowing jennings to drink from the skulls of his defeated rivals. ( laughter ) meanwhile, in reptile promiscuity news, this playboy tortoise had so much sex, he saved his entire species. ( cheers and applause ) yeah, get it! gives new meaning to the phrase "coming out of your shell." ( laughter ) when the tortoise started, there were just two males and 12 females of his species alive on the island. but he had so much sex he helped boost the population to over 2,000. ( cheers and applause ) and now he "is retiring as a stud and is being returned to the wild." to which the tortoise said "no, wait, i can stay! you know, for science!" this next story is part of our long-running space segment, moooooon newwwwwwws! ( laughter ) moonwhile, "a billionaire is searching for a girlfriend to take to the moon." she would

. >> ken jennings. >> the first night. that's going to do it for us. thanks for joining us.r christian, larry beil, all of us here, thanks for joining us. >> bye. to deal with the problem.icians but they wouldn't. so we took it to the voters and forced big tobacco to pay its share of healthcare costs. we fought oil companies for new clean air laws and closed a billion dollar corporate tax loophole to fund public schools. by going directly to the people we got results. that's not something you see a lot of from washington these days. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. let's make change happen. ♪ this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants-- a retail supervisor from brooklyn, new york... a corporate recruiter from chicago, illinois... and our returning champion, a homemaker and community volunteer from austin, texas... ...whose 2 day cash winnings total $24,500. and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers and applause ] some days the magic works, some days it doesn't. in final jeopardy! yest

no sign of cheating, last night ken jennings was crowned champion of the jeopardy greatest of all timebesides the title, he took home $1 million. he was up against two other of the show's grates. thegreat --greats. they each won $250,000. the competition took on a special meaning as host alex trebek at battles stage four pancreatic cancer. cheryl: of course we're wishing him well. thank you so much. lauren: coming up, phase one of the china trade deal set to be signed today. why are democrats criticizing it. cheryl: if you're trying to cut down on meat but you're aching for a little bacon, we've got good news coming your way. you're watching "fbn: a.m." ♪ gone like a '59 cadillac. ♪ like all thed goo the good tht ain't never coming back. ♪ gone, gone, gone, illennials have debt we might die with. and most of that debt is actually from credit cards. it's just not right. but with sofi, you can get your credit cards right by consolidating your credit card debt into one monthly payment. including your interest rate right by locking in a fixed low rate today. and you can get your money righ

plus "jeopardy" showdown, ken jennings one win away from taking the title of greatest player ever.about his strategy. and then the bad boys are back. yep. will smith and martin lawrence both on our couch live. it's a good one. i'm glad to be back from australia chatting with you both. >> it's so great to see you. i'm surprised to see you this morning what journey you were on. those people are going through hell. >> yeah. my gosh. i could not express to you enough how much of their land is burnt. we drove for seven hours one day, like driving from l.a. north of san francisco, the entire coastline, everything was burnt on both sides of the roads. it was never ending and still going. >> it's nice to see you. thank you for bringing us those stories in a difficult time for them. appreciate it. >> there's a new call to ban cell phones for people of certain ages. >> okay. amy schumer is getting candid with fans and ask looking to get your business off to a fast start in the new year? it's go time! switch to comcast business and get fast internet on the nation's largest gig-speed network.

concluded last night i don't want this to be a spoiler for anyone, but enough time has passed, ken jennings. he is the greatest of all time james holzhaure was close. he went all in on final je jeopardy, but he didn't get it right. >> in the category, it's amazing how quickly they have to do some calculating on how much i need now, holzhauer's mo was going all in most of the time and that made jennings do the same. how quickly they do the calculations to know how much i can wager and not get caught if he wagers everything he's got. >> absolutely. it was exciting and fun to watch. >> i would last for about 12 second. >> it was really hard, the categories >> "closing bell" right now. >>> welcome to the "closing bell," everyone. good afternoon, i'm wilfred frost. the rest of the market is moving in the opposite direction. we are above 29,000 on the dow, set for a record all-time closing high with 59 minutes left. >> and i'm contessa brewer the u.s. and china signed phase one of the trail deal, as the tension now moves to phase two the dow,

. >> ken jennings is the winner of the jeopardy greatest of all times tournament.ast night he defeated james holzhauer , overall he has earned nearly $4.4 million over 15 years, including last night's grand prize of $1 million. the jeopardy tournament also turned sentimental, especially given that the host, alex trebek, is battling pancreatic cancer. contestants wore purple ribbons in his honor. >>> we now know who will be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. ♪ tell me, how will i know >> whitney houston among six inductees, the other people include the doobie brothers, the notorious b.i.g., depeche mode, nine inch nails, the 35th rock and roll hall of fame induction ceremony is may 2nd in cleveland and will also be broadcast live for the first time on hbo. congratulations to all six. >>> it sounds about right. >> anyone of those individuals? >> notorious b.i.g. >> whitney houston. >> depeche mode. >> thank you, i never got into depeche mode. >> live 105 back in high school, middle school, elementary school? when was it? >> i don't want to say. i am trying