lightsaber in the olympics, fighting competitively. to make it more professional, the winner of the tournament gets to see a boob for the first time. yeah! i know there are a lot of haters that say this isn't a real sport, it's madeup nonsense. all sports are madeup nonsense, all right? i don't know if you've seen the olympics but it's madeup nonsense. a guy pushes a ball off his shoulder and they give him a gold medal. that's not a sport. put a ball on a chain and swing it around. you can have a gold medal, too. it's as ridiculous as light sabers. somebody was probably playing with their cat. gold medal! it's all ridiculous! moving on, only 622 days until the presidential election, which doesn't seem too close, but next thing you will blink and it will only be 612 days away, the home stretch. let's check in on the democratic party campaign with our ongoing segment world war d. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: every day, the field of democratic candidates gets bigger and bigger. and this morning, it didn't just get bigger, it got lou

they are recognizing lightsaber dueling as an official competitive sport.y say that they hope this new sport will get kids off the couch and be more active. i think i grew up in the wrong generation. when you can get a scholarship now to play video games in college and now there is competitive lightsaber dueling. >> that is impressive. >> i missed my calling, i think. >> that's right. >> i don't know. >> next time i go to atlanta i'm going to pick up a lightsaber, we're going to try some of this new sport. >> i'm in. >> and then you can take on my kids because they are very good. they are very good. >> andy scholes, thank you so much. >>> 16 states sue to stop the president's national emergency declaration. can they sway the courts that the president has overstepped his powers? ♪ -it's all about the big picture. with miguel, our certified financial planner™ professional, we looked at business insurance, our mortgage, even our plans to adopt. -it's not about this fund or that fund -- it's about us. -welcome to our complete freedom plan. -it's all possible wi

is strong with the french their country's fencing federation has voted to officially recognize lightsaber dueling as a competitive sport that's right promising jedi masters or even sith lords will no longer have to travel to a galaxy far far away to hone their craft the replicas used by the duelists even come with a sound chip to emulate the crackle of the economy star wars weapons francis promoting the sport to encourage physical fitness among the nation's youth. don't forget you can always find out more about these and other stories that are a web site that have you dot com for now though for me brian thomas of the entire news team thanks for being with us and rita be with you except. for state school. or first clinging lesson. or as grandma with arrives. joining a reckoning on her journey to freedom. in our interactive documentary. an orang utan returns home on d w dot com tanks.

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. >> i think battling brady over in the lightsaber war, we did a little lightsaber thing where i hadto show him who's boss. that was pretty fun. >> patriots parade starts at 11:00 eastern later on this morning in downtown boston. sunday's super bowl not the most exciting game and the ratings definitely reflected it. cbs announcing that about 98 million people tuned in sunday, that is the lowest ratings for the game in more than a decade. and a 5% drop from last year. one of the reasons why the ratings may have been so low, only about 26% of the new orleans market tuned in for the game. that is the lowest numb for the city since they began tracking it back in 1998. many saints fans in the city boycotting the super bowl because of the no-call that cost them a trip to the game. and this was the cover of the paper, super bowl? what super bowl? hey, now that football season is over, that means that it is almost time for on baseball. red sox equipment truck leaving on the 1500 mile trip down to florida for spring training yesterday. and on the truck, you had more than 1,000 bats, 20,000 ba

france is recognizing lightsaber dueling as a competitive support. >> that gives it the led sabres thetatus as other blades. fencing organization is organizing three-minute matches. they say they are fighting the dark side of not getting enough physical activity. >> that sure is an interesting physical activity. those are your tech bytes. >> have a great day. >> still ahead on abc 7 mornings, behind the scenes at the oscars. the people that have some of the most important jobs. >>> plus a twist on the typical jeopardy competition. the special shows that start tomorrow. for the thousands of wounded warriors returning from battle, wounded warrior project has developed the warriors to work program, a unique program that helps wounded warriors translate their military experience to the civilian workplace. the warriors to work program also works with employers to find the right job for the right warrior. contact wounded warrior project at findwwp.org. welcome home the brave. >>> this should help illustrate why tomorrow is a 1. brentwood and livermore around .1". a 40 to 50% chance of being

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dueling with lighted swords like the lightsaber brand now officially recognized as a sport in france.the use of back iyou will ain a ularity of fencing. they are equipping clubs with light saner holding tournaments and employ so-called jedi masters.this u.s. group called e sabre legion that competes. they practice their jedi skills and in fact right now, joining us live to show us how it's done, robin, this is real. please welcome terry and charley. special surprise for you. [ applause ] >> all right, guys, amazing. oh, and we have a winner. [ applause ] >> of course, it's from the dark side. hello. who is terry, who is charley? >> i'm terry. >> hi, terry. hi, charley. >> i think you got him. >> i think so. >> did this start out as a love of "star wars" or fencing? >> both, so -- [ laughter ] we took both our passions and combined them, came up with a sabre legion and now we have 8,000 members worldwide. [ applause ] you've got to love the sport that is sponsored by a beer. [ applause ] >> it actually looks like the same stuff i got in trouble in the house for doing. >> that's how it

. >>> lightsaber battles have become legit.rance's federation recognizes dueling with "star wars" energy sword as a competitive sport. points determined where you strike your opponent like in fencing. battles last three minutes ands. bemi a jediea all e gear costs several hup dread bucks. >> not a cheap sport. >> no, you've got to invest in the force. it's a real sport, jessica. give it to them. >> okay. >> next at 6:00, caught by the cloud, a high-tech way a family found their car and the teens accused of taking it. >> changes opposed for vta lines in the south bay. what it could mean for commuters. >> breaking news we've been tracking all morning long. bernie sanders running for president. his message for supporters. >>> a live look outside at 5:56 at the embarcadero. we'll be right back. i was at a place where i was unhappy in my career. a recruiter found me on linkedin. he reached out and helped me. he saw something in me that no one else saw. and that changed everything- for my life and my family's life, honestly. every da

is now recognizing lightsaber duels as an official sport.ch swords cannot cut and a buddy in half but they make these cool sound effects. i don't know. there it is, can we hear it? whoosh? >> this is why they lose every world war. >> emily: my mom fenced in high school which i think is very cool but off at the outcome i don't know. >> jesse: you would not date one of the men from the fencing federation? >> emily: without knocking people, no thank you. >> jesse: juan what do you think? >> juan: break dancing may be an olympic sport. i was fascinated by this. it is a new generation of sport. it is like they have people who go out on the state. [laughter] >> greg: i think get on the twitter. >> dana: can i mention something though? if you are a parent and you really want your child to go to ivy league school and you won a scholarship do you know what the best sport? fencing, and sydney the associate college member machine fences for human state. >> jesse: fencing lessons. there is no getting by it. >> greg: you know who is also into fencing? ou

for "the mix" today, if are you a "star wars" fan, good news for you, if you like playing with lightsabers we have learned light saber is a competitive sport. there you go, you can go fight other people the french fencing federation originally sanctioned it. >> all right. swoosh. there is a dog that shoveled snow this is man's best friend, one that does chores, this cute little pup, massachusetts, a real good boy. and he probably doesn't even charge you. remember the way we used to do things? hey man... like connect with friends? dig it! or get in shape? or sell a house and pay a real estate agent a big commission. [crash] at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. >>> this morning on "world news now," the rescue at seaworld in san diego. people stuck on a ride with open water and temperatures falling fast. >> also this morning, senator bernie sanders appears close to making a major announce

they hopped on rides, as you saw, showed off their lightsaber skills and full jedi apparel. they just had a ball at the park. >> that's really cool. i'm surprised. i thought they would take their kids. i'm surprised that's not a thing. >> they were buddies hanging out at disney world. >> a bro trip. >> quick one, obviously, because they have to be back for the parade. >> i assume. >> maybe that's it. the kids will slow you down a little bit, maybe. i don't know. let's take a look what's going on. hi, everybody. you know what may slow you down this morning, looking for snow. keep your eyes on the road. it will be wet. sutro tower is pretty quiet. we've got showers with wintry mix. this afternoon you put the wet weather gear and put sunglasses away for clouds and sunshine. freezing cold for a lot of us the next two flights. even on the peninsula. we're going to have freezing cold temperatures. make sure the heaters are working well. grab the extra blanket tonight or tomorrow night. france of rain, friday, saturday, sunday. look at this, mcarthur boulevard, doppler says there's

weapons have been made famous by the style was movies the federation teamed up with the french lightsaber academies to host a tournament on sunday and hope the sport will one day be seen in the olympics speaking of sports his pizza. thank you very much the champions league returns on tuesday and a rejuvenated manchester united will host paris center men in the last sixteen first leg when the draw was made many would have favored p.s.g. to win this tie but united have since sacked joe they marino and the new man in charge are going to solve is on an eleven game hot streak with ten wins and a draw were given us the best possible opportunity on the way we've gone into this game because we're confident we've found. what kind of i found out what team we have we look at looking like a team playing style anthony was talking about where we were. agreeing on how we should approach games so if there was ever a chance or any time to to go into big games like this it's now for us to compare it with one hundred eighty minutes and we have a second leg to paris and feel very strong and comfortable in pa