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. >>> linderella. ♪ >> the knicks' seven-game winning streak ends but the jeremy lin fairy tale winsefore lin there was another knick that went from obscurity pto broadway. we'll talk to the guy who was bagging groceries before he slammed grocery. >>> and out of your mind with anxiety. we have the secret to finding the shortest line. all that -- >> remember, next friday is hawaiian shirt day. >> -- and all that matters. ♪ and the land of the brave >>> on "cbs this morning ♪ and the land of the brave >>> on "cbs this morning saturday" february 18, 2012. captioning funded by cbs >>> and also this morning we don't know what caused whitney houston's death but prescription drugs were found in her hotel room. we'll speak with travis stork of "the doctors" about why prescription drug use is described as an epidemic in this country. >>> also, do you hate work meetings? maybe if your boss hears about this, there will be less of them. a study says meetings are bad for you and bad for business. >> you heard it from him, not me. >>> first, whitney houston's funeral is set for this morning in new

and where they're calling it a linderella story. >> everyone wants to talk to, you know, me or my familymes it's a little tough. >> his sudden success is the talk of asian-american communities. >> like the other coaches are saying, what's that kid's name? jeremy lin. >> the timing couldn't be sweeter. >> it is hard to fathom, but everyone is going to ride this train as long as it goes. we don't know when it will end. >> well, the knicks have spent millions acquiring well-known talent it may be an unknown in the end who gives them the inspiration they need to go all the way. and after getting by sleeping on his brother's couch, lin says after his recent success, he's looking for a place of his own. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt. reporting from new york. see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

the linderella story continues. they have won seven in a row with jeremy lin as their starting point guard. >>> interim coach randy whitman, wizards against clippers. dishing to mcgee, he doesn't have to jump to dunk that thing. former wizard randy foy, remember this guy? he was here a minute. i know you remember blake griffin, slam dunk champion, that is why we are tied at 31 early in the game on the west coast. >>> over to american university the eagles trying to keep the perfect home record intact. au had no problem doing that against navy because the mids haven't won a road game since january of last year. check out the sign. can we pens win? it was got them on tv at least. 13 points, 12 rebounds, eagles best player, navy turns it over, comes up with it, the outlet pass to charles hinkle hiting the jumper, then getting it done in other ways. beyond the arc. has been au's best player, scored 16 of the game high 18 in the first half, american wins big, 69-47. 10-0 at the arena. >> home sweet home. >> too bad the s

the coach calls him linderella. i dent know p if that is great. it's everywhere. a look at the scene in toronto tonight this, is pregame. looks like super bowl median day. there is he was asked if he was keeping tabs on teams that let him go. >> i mean i worked out for a few teams, then there are teams i didn't get a work out for. i just, i'm thankful anyone can give me an opportunity. very no hard feelings. and warriors gave me a year to develop underneath them. >> he is making his first straight start tonight leading his team to a victory. there is the three but knicks were down 14 and there is a drive to the hoop. contact, three-point play. final possession. who do you think is going to take the shot? there is a game-winning three. there is the sixth in the row. and you're unbelievable, everybody knows that. there seems to be a youth movement which could bode well for the future of men's american tennis. there is more on johnson, still in coverage. >> steve johnson got the thrill of his lifetime last fight playing in a doubles exhibition. >> gets nerve wracking

shaq's tweet, linderella story of the year.al and i'm linpressed. last night david letterman did the worst puns. >> lintrest baring lin-vestment. you've gob in it to lin to lin it. there you go. >> knicks fans are in it to win right now. he plays again tomorrow night at home at madison square garden. >> that's fun. i like that, taking that to another level. >> that's how it's going right now. >> i like it. thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> more now on jeremy lin's impact. here's joon moose. >> in less than two weeks he went from sleeping under the covers on a teammate as's couch to the cover of "sports illustrated." the three letters of his last game are everyone's favorite word game. >> my symptoms, linsomnia and lintestinal blockage. >> they're siting divine lintervention. >> lin for the win and got. >> the trip off the lips of announcers. >> lin to the rim. >> jeremy lin cut by two teams came off the bench and made the happenless new york knicks winners. now lin-sanity is inspiring songs, and to top it off lin comes acros

some of the best signs, linderella. linsanity another fun one. it's so exciting to see. >> it's a fun story. fun for a week. hope it continues. >> i do too. >> let's go to tom to find out about our weather. it's 6:21. >> we have some rain. ite noise advancing into virginia in the south and west. some areas farther west. right now in washington, a few scattered sprijles. some of the roadways may be a little bit damp and the air sort of smells that musty it's about to rain aroma. so it's probably going be coming down shortly in about another hour or so shortly. right now reagan national is at 43. else where many of those locations are in the upper 30s. later today we'll have temperatures climbing into the upper 30s, low 50s. maybe a few mod ratd showers. all of this tapering off and ending by midnight. we'll be down to the low 40s by then. tomorrow, sun back into the 50s and saturday increasing clouds. we could get a wintry mix. it's looking more likely on saturday into sunday. maybe cold rain, snow, sleet, and snow monday night. danella, how's tra

and linderella story.ored the big interview and she is live this morning from madison square garden. rachel, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. you know, this is such a great underdog story in so many ways. jeremy went to harvard, which is exactly not a basketball factory. he was undrafted. he was cut by two other teams before the knicks picked him up. and even the knicks admit they almost cut him before they put him out on the floor in desperation, just to see what he could do. since then, everything just exploded for jeremy lin, even in ways he never imagined. when was the first time that you realized this isn't one day on the back of the newspaper, this is a something, this is a phenomenon? >> probably started to realize that maybe, five days into it, every site i'm going to, it's lin this or lin that. it was just a little overwhelming. >> what was it like the first you were walking around and you saw somebody wearing your name on their t-shirt or jersey? >> i was shocked. i didn't eve

>> lin prefers the basketball court where he's become an linderella story, kissed not by a prince. jeanne moos, cnn. >> lint. >> caller: new york. >> get it. >> i think this is a little bit over the lin. thank you so much for joining us. i'm candy crowley in for wolf blitzer in the situation room. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm jessica yellin infor john king. tonight iran's president defiant as he declares progress in developing nuclear fuel rods. plus it's an all-out war for votes as rombo storms michigan's airwaves. santorum hits hard in romney's native state. >>> and new tonight, the world will be able to watch whitney houston's funeral. details on what we'll see as loved ones say goodbye to the super star. >>> iran is one step closer to being able to build a nuclear weapon. the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad claim as breakthrough, claiming they've now made their own nuclear fuel rods. but he says they're for peaceful purposes. this is much more than just a photo op, certain to case late already heightened tensions with israel. it could mean even higher gas prices for yo

and it could be a linderella story.be crowned. >> i was behind gingrich by five ten points and i ended up winning. hopefully it will happen again. >> rick santorum, big spender, washington insider. this time romney is firing his mud at rick santorum. >> and if the knicks have shown us anything, don't count out the guy on the bench. or at the elephant cage. >> this is part of my valentine's day, i get to come and hang out with elephants for a while. >> that is -- that was i think actually my favorite, my favorite moment of the week is newt gingrich in front of the elephant cage. i'm wearing my playbook on my arm, football style, it's the wrong sport. has all the primaries and caucuses on it and the televised debate s as we talk about the political season, can someone from the back of the bench pull a jeremy lin? >> can they? sure. >> will they? >> unlikely. at the end of the day the process will be long and our party has decided to change the rules so we have this long, long examination of all these candidates' flaws and

the linderella story continues. final seconds of the game. jeremy lin for three. buries it.ll he does is lin. the harvard grab has helped the knicks win seven straight. the latest shot heard around fairfax blocks to george may's sherrod wright against bcu. patriots down two, here's how it sounded. sherrod wright knocks down the game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer. the patriots score 11 points in the final 29 seconds to shock the rams. on the ice, in detroit, phillies zach ranaldo delivers a huge hit. that cost him nearly $6,000. ouch. in washington, here's a bad bounce. dan boyle fires a shot, deflects off a stick and beats the goalie. are you kidding me? unfortunately after giving up five goals, he was sent back to the minors the next day. then there are kind bounces. at pebble beach, ken duke on the par 4 16th hole. this is his second shot and it's a good one. nice bounce and into the cup for an eagle. and duke showing off his moves, does the cabbage patch. love it. in case you missed it, you have now seen it all. >> you put your whole body >>> dramatic efforts by goo

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nichols scored a big sit-down with the man who's launched a thousand bad puns like linsanity and linderella when was the first time you realized, okay, this isn't just one day on the back of the newspaper, that kind of thing, this is a thing, this is a phenomenon? >> i probably started to realize that maybe five days into it. every site i'm going to it's like oh, lin this, lin that. and it was just a little -- a little overwhelming. >> what was it like the first time you're just walking around and you see someone wearing your name on a t-shirt or on their jersey? >> i was shocked because i actually didn't even know they made my jersey. i didn't know that they did it that fast. and so when i saw it, i was like -- i had to look three times. i was like, did they customize that or -- and then i saw a couple other ones. and i was like, okay, i think, they must have made them overnight or something. >> i mean, this has extended to everyone. your 85-year-old grandmother is back in taiwan, and she's getting stalked by paparazzi. she's like the britney spears of taiwan. >> oh, i didn't even know tha

we've got the linderella story and his favorite super lintendo. >> it's smart for him to try to cash. bill karins is outside with a check on the forecast. >> you guys get a little credit. who's this eighth grade team? >> corning new york bulldogs. >> basketball team? >> yeah. >> good luck the rest of the season. you're probably toward the playoffs. let's talk about this winter forecast, a tiny winter forecast. we're talking areas of kentucky, virginia, mountains of virginia, north carolina. a possibility of a couple inches of snow, especially the higher you are in elevation. even areas of kentucky could get a little snow. this is the a reason the country has seen no snow. it may be a well come little surprise especially on a holiday weekend. won't affect too many people's school or work plan. down the gulf coast, that's the worst weather by far. that's where we're watching the heavy >> this is what sunrise looked like over the city this morning. tomorrow cloudy by tomorrow afternoon. tot nice. just - >> we want to welcome everyone from cleveland, the north and south high school. a bu

linderella. i counted yesterday on steve liesman 's suggestion.w york post" had 13 lin puns. >> i heard an interview with him. the reason i'm so excited about him he's a total team player. he says when you go into practice, everybody is happy to be there, this is a team that works together. >> let's find out when carmello comes in. >> he says he's not the greedy player he claims. >> that's what he said yesterday. but when you have the ball in your hand and going for the ball it could be a different story. just an amazing story. >> how long does this last? >> in linity and beyond. >> did you come up with that? >> no. >> to linity and beyond. >> i want you to do what you were doing before. >> which one? ♪ if you dish upon a star ♪ pass happy lin get streaking nets ♪ ♪ two .500 everybody win as prize on thursdays ♪ >> we have to get out of here. thank you very much. of what's going on with your portfolio. we know all this because we asked you, and what we heard helped us create pnc wealth insight, a smarter way to work with your pnc advisor, so you c