a lot of excitement in knoxville today. [ whistle ] >> eric: getting inside illegally is j.p.nce. shuffled the shoes. it's a travel. unforced error on the volunteers. that doesn't make bruce pearl very happy. bruce now in his fifth season. two-time sec coach of the year. >> mark: what bruce pearl has done is energize this volunteers fan base in the last few years. today, unbelievable crowd atmosphere. give bruce pearl a lot of credit for that. >> eric: andy kennedy, himself, sec coach of the year a couple seasons ago, now in his fourth season. he he has never beaten a top ten team at ole miss. 0-6 so far. early in the season, losing against villanova and west virginia when the clubs were ranked in the top ten. >> mark: both of the teams like the floor. both of them score over 80 a game. it will be interesting to see today. bruce pearl wants his team to be patient. >> eric: chism. fired. the shot clock is winding down. neither team looking particularly strong. inside. up and in. >> mark: i like him, eric. he's a guy that can score. >> eric: a couple of good looks for tennessee.

coming up in a moment, a classic in knoxville earlier today.s and tennessee. 40 minutes insufficient to settle the issue. we will show you that one in a moment. >>> this halftime report is brought to you by -- >> whit: new tennessee football coach derek dooley introduced today in a top 25 basketball match-up at the rupp arein thompson-bowling arena. deaundre cranston ties the game at 59 with under a minute to go. after ole miss ste steal, ball d chance to win. the game-winner is short. we go to overtime in knoxville. in o.t., square at 61. josh bone all alone. the vols up three. 90 seconds to play. next possession, terrico white. the three. and the foul. he had 17 in the game. ole miss up by one. next possession for the vols. wayne chism, what a game he had. the basket no good. two free-throws coming. made the first. here is the second. 10 for 10 at the stripe. 26 points. volunteers by one. same score. warren again. blocked by j.p. prince. tennessee gets the loose ball. to hit their free-throws. 71-69, ten straight home victories for tennessee

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recently beating tennessee at knoxville on wednesday. for the first time since 2005. guy that makes vandy go. 25 against the volunteers. >> barry: wednesday night it was jermaine beal, but vanderbilt is a balanced ball club. they have four players who can jump up and get 25 points on any given night. jermaine beal was the guy on wednesday knocking down some three-point shots, especially in the second half. he took complete control of that game. he does not turn the basketball over. he gets the commodores good shots on every trip. this game at kentucky, if vanderbilt can pull that off and get two-game lead against kentucky with a home win against the wildcats, they will have a stranglehold in the race to win the s.e.c. this year. >> whit: that game was a tie game at about the nine-minute mark. vanderbilt went on an 18-4 run over the next four minutes. it got chippy against tennessee. so the question is: can the commodores keep their composure in lexington the way they did in knoxville? >> barry: the commodores have gone to lexington and won a couple of games up there o

here's a look at what it looks like in knoxville, tennessee. you can see icy roads on beaverton road. look at the hills off in the distance. all those cars could not get down that hill or they came down terribly fast and ended up at the bottom in a heap. there's an example of some of those accidents that we are seeing across much of the south due to this tremendously treacherous weather. all right. it is still snowing and sleeting not in tennessee, not in north carolina but in florida. we have snow and sleet reported. flagler beach, just north of daytona beach, where we had sleet earlier, reporting sleet mixing with snow at times. that's right. this is florida i'm talking about. the temperatures are cold enough to support it, but we won't see it really sticking to the ground, just causing a bit of a problem out there. temperatures tend to 30 be-degrees below normal. no doubt about that for this weekend. but luckily change is coming and it's going to bring welcome relief across the area. notice this ridge of high pressure. less cold by monday. a

this i-report from knoxville, tennessee. where are his pants?ws the problems that drivers had navigating this hill. forecasters say the icy conditions gripping much of the country could last a few more days. >>> and a dozen people are dead after a coal mine fire in southeastern china. two miners es xwaped. the fire blame wd and underground cables which apparently short-circuited. china's mining industry, considered one of the deadliest in the world harks been racked way number of fatal accidents. >>> and from the grave of the suspected suicide bomber blamed for the deaths of cia operatives in afghanistan last month. a new video has been released of jordanian humam seen on the right who says his faith cannot be bought. it's an apparent reference to u.s. and jordanian intelligence agencies courting him as an informant. >>> and check with our legal guys now. talking about an indictment now for the detroit attempted bomber. umar farouk abdulmutallab. checking in with avery freeman and richard herman here with us again this weekend. happy new year. >

host: knoxville, tennessee. david, good morning. i think we lost him. ohio. republican line. i know the president does not vote but we elect people to represent us. the deregulation of bank, mortgages, for -- foreclosures, i wonder when the house and senate are going to pass bills on predatory lending, adjustable-rate mortgages. it is the house and senate that create this. the president only speaks. it is the house and senate that we elect to office. when are they going to represent the people? guest: what you have it is an enormous number of things on the plate of the house and senate. finance regulation, curbing banks', certainly they are among the big issues, and they have not gone to it yet. of course, the president does not have a vote, but through the president -- state of the union, meetings with congress, through pressure, can certainly try to do things. but it is enormously difficult, and you are right, it is congress's job. host: birmingham, alabama. bobby on the democrat line. caller: i would like to hear the president address medicare and medicaid because medicaid

people need to understand that we cannot be stepped on host: knoxville, north carolina, go ahead callerdo not think that mark coakley ran a bad campaign. i think the americans are finally saying to -- or are only starting to wake up to the socialist agenda of this and illustration. i don't think anyone in their right mind wants to see the president fail no matter what affiliation. but when you were doing things behind closed doors, when cspan and we were promised that cspan would cover the health care debates and the inner workings and ended up being behind closed doors, they are giving certain states and certain senators million-dollar bribes, $300 million bribes and the real kick in the teeth was the union getting a tax break for five years. i am glad to hear there are so many americans starting to wake up and thank god for that. host: the 10 reasons why the special election matters -- it could get a jump-start to gop recording efforts in other states. there was a superb recruiting effort in 1994 that created a big push. if scott brown can win massachusetts, gop members in the house p

host: lois is joining us on the independents' line from knoxville, tennessee.aller: i have a short comment, and it has to do with poverty in the suburbs and poverty in the urban areas, and then i had a quick question. if we could instill in our kids not to waste your education -- the main thing is that kids think is not cool to receive or been -- urban or suburban -- if you do not waste the free, wonderful education you're getting, whether it is urban or suburban, and prove you are trying to excel, i think kids would understand poverty is not cool. my second comment and question is having the experience of having grown up in chicago in the 1970's, born and raised, hong out close to housing projects -- hung out as the housing projects -- you touched on something interesting, transportation. what about spending stimulus money on transporting kids -- what about having transportation to the kids and these projects that what to work -- for the kids in these projects that want to work? a government ban coming to pick up -- government van in to pick up kids who want t

host: one more call from knoxville, tenn., and our independent line.ler: this is not about massachusetts. this is a%Ñ call against obama. everything that he has tried to do, they are scary people so bad against health care, they are afraid to step up and take the bullet and save it will work. if it doesn't work, republicans can reformat. nobody has stood -- no republican has to up and said they want to work and try to find a better solution. they keep hollering and harping on being against everything. democrats and republicans -- republicans are sleeping in the bed with the insurance companies. they don't care. if theyá overthrow this, nothing will change. they will go in the back with the insurance companies, smoke a a a big cigar, and laugh about what they have done to the american people. host: thank you for all participated during this time. in our next segment, we will be joined by the senior correspondent and we will look at the united states government assassination program and how it uses drugs to accomplish that. we will learn more right after

municipalities, towns, and special districts across the country, as diverse as richmond, indiana, knoxville tennessee, and we still have the plans today and are very excited. for those mayors part of the deferred compensation program, thank you for your support and partnership and i look forward to collaborating more in the future with you and for those who are not, i look forward to talking to you about the possibility of becoming a part of the program. i want to make sure i think mayor -- for her leadership. i am really excited to be able to collaborate -- personally committed to collaborating on more of a relationship. i think there are a lot of things we can play a pond, the strengths of the organization, and nationwide in our experience as well. i can tell you -- i don't know if you can find more committed and dedicated employees to the retirement space than the nationwide employees as well as uscm staff, very committed to ensure that city workers are given the tools and resources that can help them start to think about their future and make sure that they have a safer and a secure ret

host: lois is joining us on the independents' line from knoxville, tennessee.er: i have a short comment, and it has to do with poverty in the suburbs and poverty in the urban areas, and then i had a quick question. quick question. if we could instill in our kids not to waste your education -- the main thing is that kids think is not cool to receive or been -- urban or suburban -- if you do not waste the free, wonderful education you're getting, whether it is urban or suburban, and prove you are trying to excel, i think kids would understand poverty is not cool. @@@@'g)$d'+$cé)á transportation. what about spending stimulus money or government money on getting kids to a job that have wasted their education or have to start over? what about having transportation for kids who need subsidized housing that want to work? an example would be like a church band coming to pick up the kids that want to go to wendy's and work. host: we will leave it there. guest: transportation is a critical component to how people access jobs. we know that as poverty is growing in suburbs