here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headline. >> good morning. what has happened to the nba champs? the mavericks lost their third straight game, courtesy of a buzzer-beater by durant. mavs down two in the final second. nowitzki finds carter, knocking down the three-pointer. dallas up one with a second to play. no worries for the thunder. they've got kevin durant. he catches the inbound pass and sends dallas packing. the jumper at the buzzer. oklahoma city remains undefeated with a 104-102 win. >>> east meets west. kobe goes on a terror, scoring 13 of 28 in the third quarter. he's now put up 26 or more in all four games. lakers win. >>> another day, another upset in college basketball. rutgers, carter was mr. everything against tenth ranked florida. in the third quarter, carter stops and bops with a career high 31. he gives it up to miles, the dagger from three-point land. scarlet knights shock florida in an 85-8 3 win in double overtime. >>> hockey, jagr made his return to the pittsburgh as a member of the flyers. he spent 11 years with the peng

i'm mario solis. >> how is that for a good way to start off your week?oming, sherlock holmes wins and loses at the box office. >>> plus, as opposed to the sweet 16 lavishness, these are the kind of things that were found at one tar heel girl's celebration. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this monday morning. we talked about the winter storm moving into areas of new mexico and kansas during the day. out ahead of it, we're going to have some stormy weather. dallas to ft. worth, to waco to houston, and areas to the east of san antonio. so just watch out, gusty strong winds, maybe an isolated tornado. otherwise, we're okay on the eastern seaboard. we're dry for now. okay in chicago and the great lakes. all the stormy weather is here from new mexico especially in the southeastern corner of colorado. this will be a full out blizzard later on tonight into tomorrow morning. >>> if you're watching us on wtn nbc 17, wall lee, north carolina, see the oldest and biggest free holiday lights show in eastern carolina at meadow lights

i'm mario solis. >> how is that for a good way to start off your week? >>> coming, sherlock holmes wins and loses at the box office. >>> plus, as opposed to the sweet 16 lavishness, these are the kind of things that were found at one tar heel girl's celebration. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this monday morning. we talked about the winter storm moving into areas of new mexico and kansas during the day. out ahead of it, we're going to have some stormy weather. dallas to ft. worth, to waco to houston, and areas to the east of san antonio. so just watch out, gusty strong winds, maybe an isolated tornado. otherwise, we're okay on the eastern seaboard. we're dry for now. okay in chicago and the great lakes. all the stormy weather is here from new mexico especially in the southeastern corner of colorado. this will be a full out blizzard later on tonight into tomorrow morning. >>> if you're watching us on wtn nbc 17, wall lee, north carolina, see the oldest and biggest free holiday lights show in eastern carolina at meadow

i'm mario solis. >>> coming up, rumors of a big engagement. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> one texas fan is fessing up to a parking ticket almost six decades later. >>> good thursday morning. update on your forecast. still snowing in colorado. that's heading for new mexico. be very careful driving on i-25 south today. also heavy rain from houston up to shreveport. eventually that rain will move into areas like the mid-atlantic tonight into tomorrow. well f you're watching us on wlex tv in lexington, kentucky, take the family on a ride through a magical landscape of lighted and animated figures at southern lights of the kentucky horse park. that's your early event of the day. >>> here's an early look at this morning headlines in entertainment. the kardashian clan is ducking a different kind of publicity. "star" magazine says most of their items are made in chinese sweat shops. kris jenner admitted she'd never been to the workshop. >>> rumors are flying justin timberlake and jessica biel got engaged. >>> final

here's nbc's mario solis with lie ak at all your sports headline. >> good morning.s' quarterback drew brees broke dan marino's single season passing record and did it in dramatic fashion. needing 306 yards to break the record, he started way in the first half. hits colston from eight yards out. saints up 21-10 at break. fast forward to fourth quarter, under three minutes left, brees only needs eight more yards and he gets nine. a touchdown to darren sproles and there it is, drew brees breaks the single season passing record that stood for 27 years. saints march over the falcons with a 45-16 win. >>> time to go bowling. north carolina and mizzou. independence bowl. tigers pulling out all the stops. the double pass, running back moe airs it out to kemp. tar heels don't know what hit them. missouri on all cylinders, wild interception in the second quarter, dwight jones makes the catch. he's hit, fumbles, rolls around, off his back and into the hands of gooden. everything going right for missouri. >>> nba tough couple days for the champs after being blown out by heat on

here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headline. >> hi there, good morning. break up the colts after losing the first 13 games of the season. indy won second straight in dramatic fashion, taking on the texans, it took the colts 59 minutes to find the end zone and they couldn't have picked a better time to do it. down four, reggie wayne hit with 19 seconds left in the game. indy shots houston with a 19-16 win. >>> college football, boise state hits the jackpot on the opening kickoff of the las vegas bowl. doug martyn takes the ball up the goalline and goes up untouched. broncos up 7-0 on arizona state. second quarter when broncos pull out their wild card, a reverse to matt miller and he tosses it to kyle. boise state wins big in vegas, 56-24. >>> matt barkley will return to usc for his senior year, bypassing the nfl draft to take a run at the national title. next season is the first year that the trojans will be eligible for a bcs bowl game after two years of sanctions. >>> giants and jets will play tomorrow but last night it was the islanders and the rangers

i'm mario solis. >> how is that for a good way to start off your week? >>> coming, sherlock holmes wins and loses at the box office. "early morning" entertainment headlines straight ahead. >>> plus, as opposed to the sweet 16 lavishness, these are the kind of things that were found at one tar heel girl's celebration. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. forecastwise, very quiet. not many need the umbrella in the west. traveling through new mexico, that's where the worst of the weather is, with snow and rain in albuquerque. snow in santa fe. arizona, clearing out. still chilly. salt lake city to boise, cool, typical winter area. northwest, not bad. temperatures in the mid 40s today. san francisco not bad either. tomorrow, maybe a chance of showers in the northwest. not a really strong storm. we will watch temperatures, still cool. l.a. only 58 tomorrow. >>> watching us on kimr 6, palm springs, california. in palm desert, enjoy thousands of twinkling lights, live music, at wildlights. 'tis the season. >>> an early look at this morning's headlin

here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headline. >> hi there, good morning. break up the colts after losing the first 13 games of the season. indy won second straight in dramatic fashion, taking on the texans, it took the colts 59 minutes to find the end zone and they couldn't have picked a better time to do it. down two, dan hits reggie wayne with 19 seconds left in the game. indy shots houston with a 19-16 win. >>> college football, boise state hits the jackpot on the opening kickoff of the las vegas bowl. dug martin takes the bowl to the goal line and goes up touched up the middle, makes his way to the sidelines and he's gone. broncos up 7-0 on arizona state. second quarter when broncos pull out their wild card, a reverse to matt miller and he tosses it to kyle. boise state wins big in vegas, 56-24. >>> matt barkley will return to usc for his senior year, bypassing the nfl draft to take a run at the national title. next own is the first year the trojans will be eligible for a bcs bowl game after two years of sanctions. >>> giants and jets will play tomorro

i'm mario solis. >>> coming up, rumors of a big engagement. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> one texas fan is fessing up to a parking ticket almost six decades later. >>> good thursday morning. update on your forecast. still snowing in colorado. that's heading for new mexico. be very careful driving on i-25 south today. also heavy rain from houston up to shreveport. eventually that rain will move into areas like the mid-atlantic tonight into tomorrow. well f you're watching us on wlex tv in lexington, kentucky, take the family on a ride through a magical landscape of lighted and animated figures at southern lights of the kentucky horse park. that's your early event of the day. >>> here's an early look at this morning headlines in entertainment. the kardashian clan is ducking a different kind of publicity. "star" magazine says most of their items are made in chinese sweat shops. kris jenner admitted she'd never been to the workshop. >>> rumors are flying justin timberlake and jessica biel got engaged. >>> final

here's mario solis with your headlines. >> good morning. drew brees sets the record in dramatic fashion. needing 306 yards to brach the record, he starts chipping away at the first half. fourth quarter, under three minutes left, brees needs eight more yards and gets nine and drew brees breaks the single season passing record that stood for 27 years. saints with a 46-16 is win. >>> north carolina and ms.ous in the independence bowl. the double pass, airs it out to west temp. and missouri firing on all cylinders. and dwight jones makes the catch. hit, the ball fumbles and into the hands of xaifier gooden. they win big 41-24 for missouri. >>> nba tough couple days for the champs after being blown out by the heat christmas day. the nuggets and mavericks, at one point denver scores 20 unanswered points in the second quarter. dallas never recovered. nuggets win. >>> after an offseason that included a reality show, short marriage to kim kardashian and a divorce, kris humphries back to what he does best. double-double against washington. nets beat

i'm mario solis. >>> who had the monster concert tour of the year? and which star is literally gnashing her teeth? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, remember the letter carrier motto about neither sleet nor rain, et cetera? we'll introduce you to the person who should be the postal service's new poster girl. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this thursday morning. rain continues to greet us each and every day in the pacific northwest. this is a series of storms, one big one went through last night with gusty winds. now we are waiting for the next one later on today. you may get dry weather during the morning and daylight hours, but then the rain should move back in, especially heavy in oregon state. that is fine in california, but temperatures dip a little bit with another shot of rain on friday in the northwest. good news, a dry weekend is on the way. if you are watching us on nbc 11 in california's bay area, the bay area has painting, sculpt e sculpture, photographs and more t

here is mario solis. >> good morning. nba season is just three days old but the miami heat are in midseason form. south beach. celtics paul pierce sitting out his second straight game and boston could have used him. miami hits the ground running. lebron hits it into another year and flies back rondo for the jam. heat up 15 at the break. to the third dwyane wade joins the fun, lobs it up for james and he throws it down. lebron with 26. wade finishing with 24. heat beat the celts 115-107. it took three games but the lakers finally got in the win column. check out men of world peace, looks like that ron artest guy when he was 25. kobe nursing a sore wrist but gets it down with a game high 26. lakers turn down the jazz. >>> to hockey, the blues were cruising up on the red wings when in the blink of an eye, detroit scores two goals in 53 seconds. they score three unanswered to beat the blues 3-2. >>> after playing in the conference finals last year, the lightning have been struggling this season. maybe this will help turn thin

here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at your sports headlines. >> good morning.ericks lost the third straight game courtesy of a buzzer beater. mavs down two in the final seconds, dirk nowitzki knocks down the three-pointer. about a second to play. no worries for the thunder, they've got kevin, he catches the inbound pass and sends dallas packing, the jumper at the buzzer, oklahoma city remains undefeated with a 104-102 win. knicks and lakers, kobe depose on a tear in the third scores 13 of the 28 in the quarter, now put up 26 or more in all four g÷ games. lakers win 99-82. >>> another day, another upset in college basketball. carter everything against florida. carter stops and pops, double o.t., a career-high 31. with all eyes on ely he gives it up to the dagger from three-point land, shocked florida in double overtime. in hockey, made his return in pittsburgh asç a member of the flyers. he scored a lot of goal and add one more to the list. a successful home coming. >>> college football looked like the fighting irish were going to run away with the champs sport

i'm mario solis. >>> coming up, rumors of a big engagement. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, one texas man is fessing up to a parking ticket almost six decades later. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back this thursday morning. quite the snowstorm taking place in denver with some areas up to a foot on the ground already. that storm is heading for new mexico later today. areas of the west are relatively quiet. a cold morning in the inner mountain west. a decent afternoon today. tomorrow is when the weather pattern changes with a chance for rain in the northwest. if you are watching us on california's knsd, nbc san diego, at jungle bells, see the san diego zoo transform into a wild wintry wonderland. that's your pacific event of the day. >> thank you so much, bill. here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. the kardashian clan is ducking a different kind of bad publicity. "star" magazine says most of their products are made in chinese sweatshops under brutal conditions. kr

i'm mario solis. >> rumors of a big engagement.e kardashians are involved in something of an international incident. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. >>> welcome back to "first look." little entertainment news. the kardashian clan is suddenly busy ducking a different kind of bad publicity. "star" magazine reports many of their fashion products are made in chinese sweat shops under brutal work conditions. mother kris jenner told tmz says she's sure nothing terrible is going on. >>> justin timberlake and jessica biel gotten gauged at a jackson, wyoming, ski resort. i don't think i buy it. >>> on the verge of turning 65, steven spielberg tells nbc news he never thinks of retirement. >>> "national enquirer" claims bill murray shredded a script for "ghost busters 3." saying no one wants to pay money to see fat old men chasing ghosts. we beg to differ. we'll pay good money to see that. >> you don't cross the streams. there's so many references that we have. >> if we can do "hangov

here's nbc's mario solis. >> good morning.aints' quarterback drew brees broke dan marino's single season passing record and did it in dramatic fashion. needing 306 yards to break the record, brees started chipping away in the first half. colston from eight yards out. saints up 21-10 at break. fast forward to fourth quarter, under three minutes left, brees only needs eight more yards and he gets nine. a touchdown to darren sproles and there it is. drew brees breaks the single season passing record that stood for 27 years. saints march over the falcons with a 45-16 win. >>> time to go bowling. north carolina and mizzou. had independence bowl. tigers pulling out all the stops. double pass, t.j. mow airs it to wes kemp. tar heels don't know what hit them. missouri on all cylinders, wild interception in the second quarter, jones, he's hit, fumbles and the ball bounces around off his back and into the hands of gooden. everything going right for missouri. they win big, 41-24. >>> nba tough couple days for the champs after being blown

i'm mario solis. >>> now for another look at the weather, bill karins.of reminds me of my face in the morning before we go into hair and makeup. it's like, what? what? >> you have to know where the cameras are. >> yes, yeah. >> at all times. >> luckily, there aren't any in there. >> he'll never live that down. and you're beautiful, don't worry about it. good morning, everyone. as far as temperatures go, northern new england, you are off to a very cold start, probably one of the coldest mornings you've had yet. windchill on the nasty side. negative numbers northern vermont, new hampshire and maine. we're at 2 in albany. many of the subu$ the big cities are down in the single digits, so a very cold mortgage. as we go into the afternoon, just snow showers buffalo, possibly pittsburgh and erie, cleveland, chicago and detroit. we're fine and beautiful much of the country, though. i want to give everyone a sneak peek in chicago. lynn, i mentioned it's going to be cold. high of 24 as we go into the new year. so, there is some very cold air out there on the way.

here's mario solis. >> good morning.ated some incredible last-minute magic this season, but he would need a miracle to beat the patriots. broncos and pats in denver. first quarter, tebow taking off, breaks a tackle, weaves his way into the end zone, a remarkable run and great start for the broncos, but tom brady answers right back. chad ochocinco's first touchdown of the season gives new england a 7-6 lead, and they never looked back. patriots up big in the final minutes. tebow trying to create a little more magic, but on fourth and 17, he's running backwards, keeps going and going, trying to find a miracle, not this time. pats win 41-23 to clinch the afc east. broncos' six-game win streak is history. >>> also history, the packers' perfect season. aaron rodgers and company fall victim to the lowly chiefs in kansas city. jackie battles scores the fate and romeo crennel gets the gatorade bath in his first win as interim coach. green bay still tops in the league at 13-1. >>> colts get their first victory after hosting the t

i'm mario solis. >>> now for another look at the weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins.d morning, once again, bill. >> good morning, lynn. lots going on with the big winter storm in the middle of the country, and now we've got a battle going on in areas of the east, where the cold air is trying to hold on, warm air is moving in at the same time. the cold front's going to keep new england dry today, because that's pushing to the south. that's dry air up there. but back here towards pittsburgh, just to the north of pittsburgh, we actually have reports of snow out there. pittsburgh itself right now just mostly rain, buts don't be surprised to see wet snowflakes mixing in early today. temperatures, though, will warm up nuenough, the roads will be fine around much of pennsylvania. 49 in pittsburgh. temperatures around new england will be on the cooler side, dropping throughout the day. it's pretty warm this morning. as the cold front goes through, we'll cool off. all that, troublesome weather's out here in kansas, we've got rain heading through much of the ohio valley. as far

here's nbc's mario solis with a look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. the nba season is just three days old but the miami heat are in midseason form. south beach. celtics paul pierce sitting out his second straight game and boston could have used him. miami hits the ground running. lebron hits it into another year and flies back rondo for the jam. to the third dwyane wade joins the fun, lobs it up for james and he throws it down. lebron with 26. wade 24. heat beat the celts 115-107. took three games but the lakers finally got in the win column. check out whirlpiece, looks like ron artest when he was 25. kobe nursing a sore wrist but get it it done with a game high 26. lakers turn down the jazz. >>> hockey -- blues cruising up on the red wings when in the blink of an oil detroit scores two goals in 56 seconds. they score three unanswered to beat the blues 3-2. >>> the lightning have been struggling this season. maybe this will help. stamkos scores two against the flyers now tied for the league lead with 22. tampa wins 5-1. >>> nfl, the 49ers and patriots

here's nbc's mario solis with a look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. yesterday there were six unbeaten teams in college basketball. now there are four. let's start in kentucky. number three, louisville, had no answer for georgetown's starks, scoring 16 of his 20 in the second half. hoyas with the lead in the final minute with the tip-in. georgetown knocks off louisville. >>> indiana also lost. 17th ranked michigan state with the honors. appling rallies the spartans in the second. michigan state runs all over indiana 80-65. >>> to the nba, the heat got a scare from the bobcats. charlotte down two with 20 seconds to play. forget going for the tie. henderson drills three for the lead. bobcats up one with 12 second left. that's enough time for dwyane wade to work his magic, cashes in the shot for the win. heat escape with a 96-95 win. >>> college football. cal and texas in the holiday bowl. that's the difference, longhorns take the lead and win 21-10. >>> wild finish to military bowl. air force down seven with under a minute to play when jefferson finds za

here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. unless you're ohio state. the school's football team given a one-year bowl ban for violations incurred when players traded memorabilia for cash at an ohio tattoo parlor. it occurred between 2008 and 2010. the coach at the time, jim trestle, slapped with an penalty, making it unlikely he'll coach in college for the next five years. >>> beef o'brady bowl. bo marshall and florida international in st. petersburg. game-stealing touchdown. they win 20-10. >>> hockey in new jersey, devils and rangers don't really like each other. a bit of a skirmish on opening face-off and three seconds in, we've got a fight. 40 minutes of penalties handed out in the game's first two minutes of play. eventually they focus on hockey and the rangers beat up the devil on the ice. carl hagelin with a goal. rangers take down their foes, 4-1. >>> nba, last year's mvp handsomely rewarded. derrick rose getting a five-year contract extension worth nearly $95 million. bulls hosting the patriots. second quarter, rose o

here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> hi, good morning. 49ers and steelers. an electric match-up on monday night football. but the electricity didn't hold up. power outage in san francisco just before kickoff, a transformer blew, cutting electricity to the ironically named candlestick park. 20-minute delay. and then there was football. until the second quarter when it happened again. near complete blackout at the stadium. this time 16 minute without power. niners turn out the lights on the steelers. in the fourth, frank gore powers into the end zone. niners win 20-3. steelers fall to 10-4. >>> college basketball. last time kansas played davidson elite eight back in '08. jayhawks squeaked out a two-point win en route to capturing the national title. last night the upstart school looking for payback. getting all they could handle in kc. davidson's cochran on fire from downtown, hitting four three-pointer. davidson gets revenge upsetting the jayhawks 80-74. >>> flooiz down a goal to the aves in the final minute. they pull their goalie and works to

here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. unless you're ohio state. the school's football team gwynn a one-year bowl ban for violations incurred when players traded memorabilia for cash at an ohio tattoo parlor. it occurred between 2008 and 2010. the coach at the time, jim trestle, slapped with an penalty, making it unlikely he'll coach in college for the next five years. bo marshall and florida international in st. petersburg. final minute, avoids the sack and finds the maim-stealing touchdown. >>> hockey in new jersey, devils and rangers don't really like each other. a bit of a skirmish on opening face-off and three seconds in, we've got a fight. 40 minutes of penalties handed out in the game's first two minutes of play. eventually they focus on hockey and the rangers beat up the devil on the ice. carl hag lund with a goal. >>> nba, last year's mvp handsomely rewarded. derrick rose getting a five-year contract extension worth nearly $95 million. bulls hosting the patriots. second quarter, rose on the run, pretty reverse lay

here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> hi, good morning. 49ers and steelers. an electric match-up on monday night football. but the electricity didn't hold up. power outage in san francisco just before kickoff, a transformer blew, cutting electricity to the ironically named candlestick park. 20-minute delay. and then there was football. until the second quarter when it happened again. near complete blackout at the stadium. this time 16 minute without power. niners turn out the lights on the steelers. in the fourth, frank gore powers into the end zone. niners win 20-3. proving to 11-3. steelers fall to 10-4. >>> college basketball. last time kansas played davidson elite eight back in '08. jayhawks squeaked out a two-point win en route to capturing the national title. last night the upstart school looking for payback. getting all they could handle in kc. davidson's cochran on fire from downtown, hitting four three-pointers. 21 points for cochran. davidson gets revenge upsetting the jayhawks 80-74. >>> flyers down a goal to the aves in the final min

here is mario solis. >> losing the first 13 games of the season, they won their second straight. taking on the texans, it took them 59 minutes to find the end zone. they couldn't pick a better time to do it. indy shocks houston with a 19-16 win. college football, boise state. doug martin takes the ball at the goal line. untouched up the middle. makes his way to the sidelines. broncos playing with house money. to the second quarter, the broncos pull out a wild card. matt miller tosses it to iowa. boise state wins big, 56-24. >>> quarterback matt barkley will return to usc for his senior year. next season is the first year they will be eligible for a bowl game after two years of sanctions. >>> the giants and jets play tomorrow. it was the islanders and rangers with bragging rights on the line. rangers up, 1-0. don't blink or you'll miss the next goal. they score on the doorstep. islanders a step behind all night. rangers win, 4-2. maple leaves tied at two. he proves he belongs unleashing a cannon. ryan miller never saw it. a 3-2 win. finally, predators rally from three goals down a

i'm mario solis. >>> who's getting married? who had a baby? who is fighting over a dog in your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, this is where all dads would like to greet their newborns for the first time, if they're lucky. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." the forecast does have heavy rain coming up the east coast as we go throughout the day today. right now already watching some really heavy rain around atlanta all the way back down through georgia, thunderstorms in the northern portion of florida. eventually we'll get the storm to the north and it will tap into just enough cold air in the back like buffalo, erie, cleveland, maybe detroit, upstate new york. you could see a little snow. not a big blockbuster event but just a little bit. we're quiet in the middle of the country today and tomorrow. eastern seaboard we clear it out throughout your wednesday morning. wednesday afternoon looks okay throughout many areas of the eastern half of the country. next storm will be moving