to appreciate how they feel at loyola university tonight, you have to rewind 8 years ago when the basketballrand total of one game. what a journey it's been. they tied for first place with the best record as the division i school, sellout crowds with iona. eric scored 32 points with three slam dunks. he puts it in with 25 point lead, held on for 81-77 victory. good by the school and the basketball program. >> i think at the beginning, you have to understand what we've gone through. just so like nobody cared and now people care. i'm a lucky guy. it's great for the school of loyola. >> 19-5. they played home again sunday afternoon so the fans and team got a day to recover from the big win. heartbreak at maryland, with sophomore guard with the remainders of the season. tore a ligament in practice. howard will have surgery in the coming weeks. football news. blue chip recruit stephen digs from the d.c. area announces he will attend the university of maryland. starts with a good council high school and wants to win a college championship near his hometown. plus, luisaayala. coming with a ,,,,,,,,

. >> the regular season wrapped up today for loyola university. the greyhounds put a bow on the best regular season in school history. a come-from-behind win. when jimmy took over eight seasons ago, greyhounds had won just a single game. now 13 wins in conference, 21-7 overall, trying to reach the ncaa tournament for the second time in school history. the sixth-ranked women ended the season in style, finishing with a win. thomas scored 22 of her 25 points in the second half and 17 rebounds. maryland fin -- has the third seed for the tournament next week. the all-star game looked like the pro bowl in that defense was optional. but it was competitive, indeed, one out of four quarters ain't bad. lebron james will do some nasty things to the rim. lefty windmill he had 36 points for the east. second quarter, chris paul to russell westbrook. they are having fun there indeed. third quarter, kevin durant. there was some defense. carmelo had a hand in ms. face, didn't matter. there is defense going on but you can't stop black griffin. the follow slam. kevi

they are doing it for charities including habitat for eu manity at loyola university in baltimore. >> they will host it from 6 to 8 tonight. $10 to get in and four other universities will be competing. the theme of the competition is movies. that includes charlie and the chocolate factory and harry potter. >> more than 200 are expected to attend. the information is on the screen. if you need more details we will post it online at abc2news.com. >>> 15 feet of snow is so much snow it's hard to believe the story is true. >> but it's reality for a european country. how people are getting used to so much snowfall. >>> and what is homeownership have to do with attractiveness? apparently, a lot. we will explain coming up. >>> it's dry right now, but we do have some rain in the 7-day forecast. i will tell you when it moves in. >> reporter: and we have a couple lane closures in two different locations. we will try to get alternate routes coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> 9 minutes after 5. look at this. in romania, nearly 15 feet of snow has fallen in some areas. n

events taking place until 6 and 8 at loyola university in baltimore. >>> it's about 10 bucks to get in and the theme of the competition is movies and includes charley and the chocolate factory as well as hair harry potter. >>> once considered a gag gift now man good food. >> we are learning more about the possible super food chia pet seeds. >>> and could a good night's rest do more than recharge your body? what research is saying about sleep and your memory. >>> and midwest is pound by severe weather. snow and fog. check out this situation. we will head to oklahoma in few minutes. >>> we don't have fog out there this morning. but we have clouds and some mild temperatures. i will tell you how mild it will get going into the afternoon coming up. >>> and on your morning commute we have an update on the drive times as well as an alternate route to get around a couple street closures. that's coming up next. >>> time to head to new york for the latest in tech bites. you are watching "good morning maryland." >> reporter: in today's tech bites ael's problems in china are growing a second city

> march madness is right around the corner and for the first time since 1994, it may include loyola university. >> tonight, loyola will try to get the whole thing by themselves. pete gilbert sat down with the head coach, jimmy. >> you were having to go door- to-door trying to get people to come to the game. >> you have to enjoy it. for two hours in here, it is intense. i'm a pretty happy go lucky guy. they need to use the energy defensively. i do not think the one guy returns the one credit. he has been here seven years and i have been here one year. and as did the things about which way should go and he's helping us get some kids. he make sure the community is involved in he really believes in the basketball program and helping the school. it's a great school. i always knew they could do it. i'm lucky because it when the leader of the school believes in basketball you have a chance. >> look at r.j. williams. >> you guys are having the best season in have had in 30 seasons. >> r. j. is happy to pass the ball. he can score. >> i do not use that play 110%. their backs are against the wall. they

at columbia university in chicago we have david psychotic he is a professor of philosophy at loyola university chicago and in los angeles we go to tony katz he's a tea party organizer and a radio talk show host all right gentlemen cross talk rules and if i mean you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it tony in los angeles you got up early as for this program so i'm going to go to you first why why has the middle class been suffering so much over the decades is it government policies that have done this to the middle class or is the middle class itself it's changed its values its structure and this is just the way of capitalism it's just a way it works that's there's been a myth about the middle class for a century and it's just something that's changing. first of all it's good to be here and let's not engage a conversation where we're blaming capitalism capitalism is not the problem capitalism is what allows people to thrive and survive and grow and allows for opportunities i'm never going to allow anybody here anywhere else to have an attack on the open markets and free ma

even chicago police superintendent gary mccarthy agrees with us as he told the panel of oil and loyola university recently as far as the use of videotape by certainly endorse it for the protection of the police as well as civilians there's no argument when you can show videotape and can look at what happened and of quote the occupy movement the act white suit they are by wall street movement has been remarkably peaceful in the nearly five months of its existence and the proof is out there in the thousands of hours of videotape that's been recorded showing peaceful demonstrations all across the nation let's hope things are peaceful in may when the movement has to chicago a city that seen its share of violence and police brutality in the past but for self-defense or just for the historic record we just so that we all know just so that we can all look back on these moments the movement needs to have its cameras handy and legal to make sure the whole world is really watching so if you're in illinois be sure to let your state representatives in your state senators know to support this legislation to a

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loyola university's basketball team is off to one of its best starts ever and one of its players is contending for a spot in the olympics. >>> suggestions on ways to celebrate valentine's day, no matter what your budget is. and a look at this week's new movies. for these stories and more, read the baltimore sun. remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz first warning weather team. >>> a baltimore county paramedic is being recognized as a trailbraise blazer. -- trailblazer. no other african american woman has reached her rank. >> reporter: congratulatory e- mails for lieutenant bianca thompson, flooded her inbox this week. >> i don't think it's set in yet. it's still surreal. >> reporter: last month, she received a major promotion in the baltimore fire department. >> i'm the first african american female officer, lieutenant in fire. >> reporter: the new lieutenant thompson put in for the promotion two years ago. she waited and waited some more. then the phone call came. thompson joined the department shortly after 9/11. >> that was my epiphany. i realized what i wanted to do. i wanted

loyola university's basketball team is off to one of its best starts ever. and one of its players is contending for a spot in the olympics. >>> suggestions on ways to celebrate valentine's day, no matter what your budget is. and a look at this week's new movies. for these stories and more, read tomorrow's baltimore sun. and remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. >>> a surprise serenade. thanks to the baltimore symphony orchestra. and a loving husband. one lucky woman received a private concert. andrea fujii has the story from catonsville. ♪ [ music ] >>> a little nervous about this. >> yeah. >> have you ever done this before? >> no. this is the first. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: preparing for the big serenade. planned by a husband for his wife of 42 years. >> it's a great honor and a great surprise. and i think she'll really enjoy the whole experience. [ applause ] >> oh, my gosh. >> what is this? >> competing against 50 other applicants, dan arn hine who won the bso's competition to have tony desayers sing for his wife

a series of surgeries started this past august and ended at loyola university medical center near chicagoa kidney chain usually links people who wanted to donate to a loved one but aren't a physical match. in this case, 30 good samaritans donated their organs to 30 strangers. then those strangers went on to also make donations. the last recipient was 46-year-old don terry, a diabetic whose kidney had failed. >> i don't want to say a number of 30 behind my name. i want to see a number of infinity to the entire world. >> this is what makes us american. it's doing things for other people before we do thing for ourselves. >> surgeries were performed across the country. and kidneys were shipped to the next person on the chain. don terry received his new kidney in december. wonderful story. >>> this week a federal health panel will take another look at a new weight loss drug. it's called quexa. the fda rejected it two years ago because of two potential concerns. heart problems and birth defects in women who became pregnant while taking the drug. the makers of the drug are expected to offer foll

a series of surgeries began this past august and ended at loyola university medical center near chicagolly links people who want to donate to a loved one but are not a physical match. in this case, 30 good samaritans donated organs to 30 strangers. then those strangers went on to also make donations. the last recipient was 46-year-old don terry, a diabetic whose kidney had failed. >> i don't want to see a number of 30 behind my name. i want to see a number of infinity to the entire world. >> this is what makes us american. it's doing things for other people before we do thing for ourselves. >> surgeries were performed across the country and kidneys were shipped to the next person on that chain. don terry got his new kidney in december. >> such a terrific story to see all those people -- >> wonderful. >> have their lives changed by the kindness of strangers. >> phenomenal. >>> out-the-door forecast? >> yes, for those planning on having fun on president's day, if you have the day off, congratulations. we'll have increasing sun. right now, cold, low 30s. and then later today, near 50. and

i went to college at loyola- marymount university in los angeles. i had a scholarship to play baseball. i remember coming down here to christie field, when my dad was in the military, seeing how the beaches have transformed into but we have today. you cannot beat the views, of course. it just holds summoning memories and i can come here with our kids, our family. i ended up going to ireland to get a master's degree at the university college of dublin. i went back to the states and went to law school at university of pennsylvania. then i came back, and choosing to live in san francisco was natural to me. when you are a child, you do not realize what you had until you leave home. i had the opportunity to live in los angeles, abroad in ireland, and there is no place like home, when you are from san francisco. i have been a corporate attorney at palo -- in palo alto. i became an >> i worked in the finance industry about 5 1/2 years. in the summer of 2009 i joined a venture capital firm with two other partners. >> we are all excited about the americas cu

university. he knocks down the three. loyola up. he thinks he will go to the basket and dunk it.etting the job done. loyola win, the 20th win for the greyhounds, first time ever as a division one program that team wins 20 games. two road games left. the orioles just getting started in sarasota. the competition for a spot in the starting rotation is intense. 12 pictures completieting, inclg tommy hunter. he made 11 starts for the birds. he could be the opening day starter. >> it is tough having to battle against other guys just for a job. going out there having fun and being as helpful as you can because the ultimate goal is to win as a team. that is the ultimate goal and of we have five, six, seven guys who are successful, will group pretty good. >> jeremy lin, his star keeps rising, the new york knicks win. >> he is fun to watch. >> 12 guys going to for five spots. >> some like brian matusz and jake arrieta are kids that the orioles have brought out through their farm system. said it islter you an open competition. >> coming up, social issues are taking center stage in the race

university. number two st. francis running seventh against seventh seed loyola. st. francis in white. tavon sadler.s third three of the first half. working the fast break. taylor jonofski with the lay-up. and st. francis, lay-up game. costly over on the baseline putting it away. and then st. francis finishing strong with the defense. tommy hearn with the strip. and the win, st. francis over loyola. second game of the night, number three john carroll, and john carroll's jared jones with the basket and draws the foul. great game in this one. two-point final. running the break to perfection for john carroll. and never touching the wood on the entire fast break. 6-0 run. tyrus fleet from the corner for three. and good. and then john carroll back in front in the second half. it's ge geffen off the glass. those two were big as john carroll wins 58-56. busy weekend for danica patrick who will drive in her first-ever daytona 500 on sun but won't wait until sunday to get rolling in daytona. patrick will drive tomorrow at the track. today she won the pole position for the season opening nationwide series rac

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loyola marymount college in los angeles. i had a scholarship to play baseball down there. ended up going to ireland and getting a master's degree at university came back to the states and went to law school at the university of pennsylvania. spent three years in philadelphia. came back, and ever since coming back to the bay area, professionally, i have been a corporate attorney down at palo alto. i left after about three years and became an investment banker here in san francisco at thomas was all partners. working the industry for about five and a half years. in the summer of 2009, joined a venture capital firm. i am happily married. my wife and i lived around laurel village in district 2. we have two small children. our goal is five and our boy is three. how parents and excited to be here on the board. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? and tell us about what motivated your interest in politics. >> choosing to live in san francisco was natural, given that i was born and raised here. when you are a child, you do not understand what you have until you leave home. i have the fortunate opportunity to live in los angeles and abroad