>> kermit, miss piggy, walter, all here. there's kermit live on location.like you asked to interview newt. i assumed a newt would be out by the pound. i just discovered newt is not a newt after all. >> i didn't know you were a political reporter. >> yeah, listen, george. even though i'm now on a wild newt chase, i'll keep searching. in the meantime, i'm going to the baseball field and maybe i can find a mitt. >> oh, that would be quite a coup for our favorite frog there. >> that looks familiar, miss piggy. my dressing room. >> oh. hello. kissy, kissy, robin. probably wondering what i'm doing in your dressing room. huh? >> yes, i am. >> just admiring your jewelry. yeah yeah. just admiring it. let me tell you, it's a lot nicer than the stuff in george's dressing room. >> that means she's definitely been in my dressing room. >> yeah, just admiring. >> yeah, the pearls are nonnegotiable. just remember that. the pearls are nonnegotiable. we have a lot of fun to get to. >>> let's get to josh with the news. >> we begin with breaking news from afghanistan. taliban

kermit, miss piggy, walter.st like you asked to introduce newt. i assumed a newt would be out by the pound. i just discovered newt is not a newt after all. >> i didn't know you were a political reporter. >> i'm now on a wild newt chase. i'll keep searching. in the meantime, i'm going to the baseball field and maybe i can find a mitt. >> oh, good one. >> that would be a great coup for the frog there. >> that looks familiar, miss piggy. my dressing room. >> oh. hello. kiss kissy, kissy, robin. probably wondering what i'm doing in your dressing room. just admiring your jewelry. admiring it. it's a lot nicer than the stuff in george's dressing room. >> that means she's definitely been in my dressing room. >> just admiring. >> pearls are nonnegotiable. >> let's get to josh with the news. >>> we begin with breaking news from afghanistan. taliban militants are retaliating for the murders of 16 afghanis by an american soldier. [ gun fire ] you hear the gunfire exploding at the scene. thousands of people are protesting s

kermit the frog, everybody.ful to see you again. >> thank you. >> stephen: we'll be right [cheers and applause] >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. nation, anybody who watches this show knows i'm no fan of monkeys. ever since that can a piewchin tricked me into investing in his banana ponzi scheme. i go ape when there's monkey danger. this is monkey on the lam. tonight, a warning to the residentrç of alabama. first you live in alabama. [ laughter ] but a second warning, we go to kgtv san diego, alabama's monkey news leader. >> at this hour the sheriff's department in west central alabama county has sent out an extra patrol after reports of one gorilla spotted near a small town. the nearest zoo is in birmingham more than 100 miles away. the zoo's one gorilla is still in the borders. >> stephen: there's a mystery gorilla loose in alabama. authorities are looking for one gorilla but according to local news it's unknown how many are loose or in what direction they are headed. there could be any n

kermit the frog, everybody.ful to see you again. >> thank you. >> stephen: we'll be right e two car insurances that we're going to have you taste. the first one we're going to call x. go ahead and take a sip, and then let me know what the baby thinks of it. four million drivers switched to this car insurance last year. oh, she likes it babies' palates are very sensitive so she's probably tasting the low rates. this is car insurance y, they've been losing customers pretty quickly. oh my gosh, that's horrible!, which would you choose? geico. over their competitor. do you want to finish it? no. does the baby want to finish it? no. >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. nation, anybody who watches this show knows i'm no fan of monkeys. ever since that can a piewchin tricked me into investing in his banana ponzi scheme. i go ape when there's monkey danger. this is monkey on the lam. tonight, a warning to the residentrç of alabama. first you live in alabama. [ laughter ] but a second warning, we go to

kermit the frog, everybody.rful to see you again. >> thank you. >> stephen: we'll be right so, this is my honda civic. not as much fun to drive as i thought it would be. people are selling their old rides, looking for something new. whoa, check this out, you guys. they are having way too much fun without me. i need better gas mileage. so, up, up to 40 on the highway? then myford touch just said the temperature. she listened. she did listen. now, get a focus with up to $2,000 cash back. get into the new at your local ford dealer today. out with the old, in with the new. we're the new. >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. nation, anybody who watches this show knows i'm no fan of monkeys. ever since that can a piewchin tricked me into investing in his banana ponzi scheme. i go ape when there's monkey danger. this is monkey on the lam. tonight, a warning to the residentrç of alabama. first you live in alabama. [ laughter ] but a second warning, we go to kgtv san diego, alabama's monkey news leader

the star can be found in front of the el capitan theater. >> oh, good for kermit and the gang. good to see that there. >>> now, for a look at your morning road conditions. wet on i-95, for richmond in the carolinas. flooding on i-20, from jackson, to dallas. i-10, across louisiana and i-40, in arkansas. rain soaks i-70, from st. louis to topeka. and i-5, in the pacific northwest. son i-84 and 90 in the cascades. >> if you're flying the friendly skies, airport delays are possible in new orleans, memphis, kansas city, new york, philly, minneapolis and d.c. >> >>> and major health news this morning about a drug that's already in many medicine cabinets. >> who would have thought? new research finds that aspirin may be a powerful weapon in the fight against cancer. here's abc's lisa stark. >> reporter: it's a daily ritual for millions of us. nearly one-third of middle-aged americans regularly pop an aspirin, to help prevent heart attacks and strokes. but these new studies strongly suggest this simple pill may also protect against another killer. >> this is the largest body of eviden

here's a sample, dear goldman sachs, you're fired, best kermit.usly awaiting kermit the frog's response to "the new york times" goldman op-ed piece. and finally, that goldman sachs refers to their clients as muppets is the best explanation of the current crisis. how big of a ding is it to goldman's reputation, let's ask cnbc's senior editor, john carney. good to see you all. first, what are you hearing from guys inside? they must just be -- john, tell me. is this a cranky guy who should have been managing director by now but isn't and he's leaving, is he a sour apple, what? >> it resonates with a lot of people. the very first person i spoke to at goldman said, you know, this exactly what i feel has happened to the culture inside. this isn't a universal opinion, however. i want to add that some people said this guy is a jerk, he waited until after bonuses to resign and he's blaming us for being greedy? there's a bit of mixed reaction inside goldman. >> how about, susanne, what are you hearing from guys and women presumably? >> the same thing. it re

. >>> and let's talk to you about courtney love who is going after kermit the frog? what is going on there? >> reporter: she said that, the way she put it, raped the memory of kurt cobain. what happened is the muppets used one of kurt's songs in the 2011 movie and what happened, they could only do it with her permission and it's not true she gave that right to a company show sold half of the catalog to, and they could make the decision and dave groh in nirvana said it was okay and he's in the movie. this one, shawn, give three points to the green one. >> kermit, 3; courtney love, zero. thank you so much for filling us in, harvey. we look forward to seeing you guys here on tmz on tv at 6:30. >>> and some harsh words from a actor, he slammed kim kardashian as an on in an interview saying she was a picture of stupidity celebrated. kardashian responded on twitter saying she respects hamm and she runs her own business, produces, writes, and designs so she can't be that stupid. and. >>> now to brian bolter for more. >>> one council member is suspicious about contributions

. >>> plus, kermit it's his and miss piggy thinks it's hers. >>> coming up, peyton is introduced, and you are watching "early today." . . . >>> very g >>> very good morning to you. welcome back to "early today." i am veronica de la cruz. a powerful earthquake hit mexico yesterday damaging many buildings. the 7.4 magnitude earthquake caused disruptions in cell phones but no fatalities. >>> a gunman suspected of killing four people at a jewish school, and the suspect may have trained in pakistan. >>> syrian troops are battling forces in several cities, and russia says its ready to support a new u.n. effort to force assad to help in the crackdown against the opposition. and then a painting was actually done by van gogh. the work called "still life" with meadow flowers and roses was painted by van gogh on top of another work of his. here is an early look at one of your top health headlines. new studies say people that took an aspirin every day were 36% less likely to be diagnosed with cancer, and it reduced the chance cancer would spread to other organs by 50%. still doctors previed cauti

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it wasn't kermit. it's all next in "the skinny." >> it wasn't kermit? no?tinue after ♪ skinny so skinny >>> we should have you do that song. >> no, you don't want that. here we go. update on the situation. we told you yesterday during "the skinny" he is in rehab. according to tmz, he's at the cirque lodge in utah. a pretty famous rehab facility. again, according to tmz, they are saying he's there for substance abuse problems. that's what their sources are saying. he's only confirming he's there for a prescription medication problem. he says, i -- he said he got that problem due to exhaustion. quote, i've spent the last several weeks getting treatment for this problem and recuperating from my work and appearance schedule. tmz is saying it's prescription medications and middle east still trying to get in shape for the sixth season of "the jersey shore," which starts some time this summer. apparently the situation has a situation but he's in utah getting help. we'll see how it plays out and how it affects the show. >>> alec baldwin had a situation but doesn't

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. >> and kermit made a fv appearance in 1955 first airing in 1976. >> first movie hitting theaters in979 and new dvd hitting stores today. it's a disney production. >> and that is going to do it for us. world news is coming up next.

miss piggy, kermit and others received their star.muppets have been in show business for 40 years now, they deserve the star. >>> and cherry blossom festival in washington dc. check out the booms. experts say the blossoms will reach the peak blooming this week. it's scheduled to last five weeks. >>> one way to celebrate the start of spring, italian ice, stores are giving customer as regular ice of their choice today. this marks the 20th annual free ice day. >>> we are going to take a live picture of austin, texas. it's dark out there, they are dealing with major flooding. that is the big story today in texas. here, we are dealing with fog. >>> exactly. they have severe flooding expected for the rest of today. it's going to go maybe in to tomorrow. they could receive up to 12 inches of rainfall. yes, a foot of rain. heres we are dealing with temperatures, looking at the rita story. it's mild enough to eat ritas as of now. they don't open until 10:00 this morning. i will be there with meagan. 55 easton, the fog, the big story. we have o

join kermit's party with bounty. now at disney.com/muppetsbringit. bring home the muppets on blu-ray combo pack and dvd. in stores now! >>> stocks close higher. it doesn't seem like that much. the dow jones up 6 1/2. the s&p 500 up just over 5 1/2. >>> in tonight's consumer alert, they've already conquered the world of fast food coffee, but now starbucks is bulging out. we have a look at the company's first juice bar. >> starbucks just opened a new store but don't even think about ordering a tall skinny latte. starbucks is squeezing into the juice bar market. the first branch is in belleview, washington. the store aims to con trait customers with juices, and it's made with a technique that retains the vitamins and flavors. the locations offer vee gan choices. until now the products were only available in grocery stores. the coffee chain want as piece of the $3.4 billion industry but it's a tough market. jamba swriews is the current leader. but the smoother maker has struggled recently with competition from starbucks and mcdonalds. looking for a chanc

. >>> kermit thinks it's his. miss piggy thinks it's hers. either way the muppets get a star on hollywood's walk of fame. >>> peyton is introduced. the penguins are flying high and brittney griner slams the gators. you're watching "early today." . . . >>> very good morning to you. welcome back to early today. here are some of your top headlines. a powerful earthquake hit southern mexico yesterday. the 7.2 magnitude quake caused interruptions but no fatalities. police in france have changed gunfire today with a gunman expected of killing four people at a jewish school. the suspect may have trained in pakistan. >>> troops are battling rebel forces in several cities and two subjects are under tank embarkment today. there's a new u.n. effort to support the crack down on the opposition. and a painting credited for years to an anonymous artist was actually done by vincent van gogh. researchers used expert techniques to determine that the work was painted by van gogh on top of another work of his. now, here's an early look at one of your top health

kermit thinks it's his. miss piggy thinks it's his. either way they get a star on hollywood's walk of fame. >>> the penguins are flying high and brittney griner slams the gator. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning to you. welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> a powerful earthquake hit southern mexico damaging many buildings. the 7.4 magnitude quake caused disruptions of electricity, air travel and cell phones. but thankfully no fatalities. >>> police in french exchanged gunman with a person suspected of killing four at a jewish school. he may have trained in pakistan. >>> troops are battling rebel forces in several cities and two suburbs in dwa mass cuss are under tank bombardment and russia says it's ready to support a new u.n. effort to force president assad to halt his crackdown on the opposition. >>> a painting credited for years to an anonymous artist was actually done by vincent van gogh. researchers used x-ray techniques to work called "still lif

kermit the fog tells u.s.a., he is not much of a texter. >> i drop the phone, being a frog, i'm a little moist, it slides out of my hand. >> he tells u.s.a. today, cell service is not good and no pockets for a phone. 3q every day, an average of 5,000 people switch from cascade to finish dishwasher detergent. that's about 150,000 a month - over 2 million people so far. with finish quantum you get incredibly clean, sparkling dishes without having to rinse them first. now see for yourself why millions have switched to finish. join the finish revolution. and for two years in a row, finish quantum was rated #1 by a leading consumer publication. >>> we want to remind you, look at the bottom of your screen. there are several school districts on a 90 minute delay because of the fog. it will deep you update -- keep you updated with information on the bottom of the screen and abc2news.com. >>> 30 new families get a experience of homeownership, thanks to habitat for humanity. linda so is live this morning, in orchard ridge to tell us what is planned for the community there. >> reporter: [technical

it could be, but that is not -- the future kermit is not a permit yet. so i am not too sure. i spoke to the engineer and he assured me that it was. i need to do more code research on that. you could call a code section out to work for you in certain conditions and you can pull one out to make it easier. commissioner fung: i need to back off from that question because i read it as a fire wall but it just says fire-rated wall. >> the future exit system has not been permitted yet or applied for, so i am not sure. president garcia: you feel as though you might be looking at a spite wall. nothing made you feel as though you might be looking at a spike wall? >> i do not know. they explained to me that it was the way they wanted it to work. i think it is unfortunate that, with this building, it was all one building at one time. there is another building in the back and it is just a mess up there. whenever you go up the alley, you to other properties. i think it is 1112 lombard. it has property windows the whole way around. there are a lot of issues. there is a fire escape going from

. >>> hollywood will honor the muppets, miss piggy and kermit will be out for a ceremony. >>> a high school student found a way to get the word out about bullying, a problem at her school and reached out on a website for help. she posted a plea and asked for advice on how to make the school more aware for a problem. after she posted she went to bed and by morning, had a thousand responses. people reached out to the school. the next day the bully had been identified. >> it was helpful in this case. media presents a wide array of changes for a school system like ours, 76,000 students and 120 schools. >> the boy has been charged with the juvenile citation for harassment. >>> sports news this morning, big accomplishments for the lady terps, they are headed to raleigh for the women's tournament, facing off against texas a and m. they won 64-59, adding to the 9-game winning streak. >>> abc has a new reality show, it takes place right here in baltimore. it's called ball boys. follows the sports memorabilia business. the show features negotiation of buying and selling of unique memorabilia,

. >>> the american philosopher kermit the frog said it's not ea easy being green. that's been true for the obama administration, which has run into problem after problem promoting green energy. the chinese do it cheaper and faster. we are still ahead, though, in one key category. not only are we ahead, we will be hard to catch in the development of next generation energy storage. wind and solar are important, but so too is the development of efficient, cheap ways to put that power somewhere. the south african entrepreneur behind the tesla electric car has said the future of storage is not in batteries, but ka pat to tors. the command for ka pastors is expected to blossom and is far ahead in developing the technology. mark mckue is going to give us an understanding of what is changing in electric vehicles. thanks for being with us. keep in mind, people are watching us on sunday morning so don't bore us. capacitors are in flashbulbs. so why do i care? >> well, a capacitor can make your car run better. we enable technologies like hybrid buss and more efficient wind tu

and it well be able to be integrated with our kermit -- our current permit tracking system and the new permit tracking system. we're working with the vendor that is being used by the treasurer tax collector closely to make sure that it is going to work for the next system. and then coming in know, a lot of people have issues or are concerned about addressing, and we continue to work with the assessor's office and dpw in terms of an enterprise addressing system. it went live on february 15 and we're still working through some of the -- and we will continue working through addressing issues for probably quite a while. then, of course, we're working with puc because they continue to put together ordinances having to do with everything from irrigation to waste water to storm water compliance to landscape ordinances. they keep us pretty busy. >> thank you. i believe that was the final item. >> there's one more item. 13g, update on new hires. >> since our last meeting, we have been able to hire one new i.t. person who has been directly responsible for the q- matic training-. -- for the train

more than 50 years after kermit first appeared on television, miss piggy named some of her favorite fellow stars. [indiscernible] [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the muppet star is here just off hollywood boulevard. it's now the 2,466th star on the walk of fame. ashton kutcher is going to be a real space cadet. the star of cbs's "two and a half men" signed up to fly aboard richard branson's space flight. virgin galactic plans to begin operations next year. >> punched me, strangle me, take things from me, sit on me. >> reporter: hollywood heavyweights want a lower parental rating for bully. a new documentary about teen bullying. stars like meryl streep joined the call to change the film's rating from r to pg-13 so teenagers can see it without being accompanied by an adult. >> if kids see this movie without mom and dad, they'll take their own action. if i was 15 years old and my mom said come on, harvey, let's see the movie, i would run out of the theater. >> reporter: bully opens in limited release on march 30. that's your eye on entertainment, cbs news, hollywood. >>> good morning. thank you fo

sharon osbourne admitted she rubs kermit's feet. the hooves started flying. >> keep your hands off of his frog legs. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> "atm" will continue for news is next. >> "atm" will continue for everybody else. it, i'llt back.ppreciate they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. the only moisturizer for me? cerave. [ male announcer ] cerave uses patented technology to restore your skin's protective barrier. so your skin looks and feels healthy. get a money-saving coupon at cerave.com. so your skin looks you don't disappear at midnight. and now, you've met your match. new revlon® colorstay™ 16 hour eyeshadow. 64 colors that will take you from night to day without smudging, creasing or fading away. >>> updating the top stories right now. hundreds of protesters marched in new york, demanding justice in the trayvon martin case. parents of the florida team

and the revision kermit then takes effect. there will not be any roof deck, obviously. it is gone. >> another option is for the sport to strike that scope of work from the permit before it. president garcia: to avoid the extra process. thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, we will move into rebuttal. i am sorry. i did not see you. >> is this public comment? i am not paid by anyone, although i did talk to one of the parties out there. i also talked to a number of engineers. my name is pat buscovich. i spend about three hours per day at the building department. why i do is hard to say, but i do. i have learned over the last 30 years to embrace the system. arguing with a building inspector is like wrestling with a pig. i have learned to embrace it. the way i have done it is writing administrative bulletins. i currently has -- i currently have seven and one of them has been adopted. one is in front of the board right now, which is on cfc's, very important to you because of how you deal with the certificate of completion. i have five more in li

happening right now leading pens and your perspective so all right let's turn to some bloggers him kermit sorry about that we're running out of time thank you for that nonprofits a lot there as we continue if i may notice here is one of the helicopters go over ok you know what used to did live coverage of the presidential elections not saying it's good to have you in this we're coming to you from the heart of the russian capital. we'll go vote is now closed on the ballots are being counted after tens of millions took to those voting booths across the country where the first official results will be announced early abundance mentality to carry on throughout the night for the first time the next head of state will list their paid for a six year term off for a change in the country's constitution in two thousand and eight but he moved from today's widely expected to win the question is whether you round up enough votes to avoid a runoff as you can see on the screens of the modems. going to see it myself we're reporting sixty two percent in these exit polls at the moment are not official we s

join kermit's party with bounty. now at disney.com/muppetsbringit.ome the muppets on blu-ray combo pack and dvd. in stores now! this is extraordinary ... we are expected to reach 87 degrees today 88 degrees is the all-time record high here in chicago we have thunderstorm's coming up from the mississippi delta area powerhouse storms ... lots of moisture coming in our direction to bring us lots of rain ... scattered tomorrow heavier showers overnight into friday and into saturday ... we expect 1/3 to 1 in. in half of accumulation ... looking at to 15 days ahead the temperatures will be going down but they will remain above normal for this time of year ... tomorrow we will see that lake breeze taking effect cooling off our area. here is the forecast on the model lots of sunshine today scattered showers tomorrow a few scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon ... the main event is coming after that as the rain producing flood watches and tornado watches to the self of illinois and that went hyatt allah elevation snow storm behind that jet stream from the