effective immediately, joining us is michael griffin and his soon-to-be husband.t? >> that's correct. we've actually been dating for as -- well, a couple -- we started dating before i started working there 12 years ago, that summer, but we've been together since then. >> and the school had no problem with that? >> no. no, he had been to school events, school functions. in april, we sat at the table with the principal at a fund-raiser, an auction, and i think there were eight of us at the table, and vincent and i were two of them along with the principal and his wife. >> vincent, did you guys talk about how your relationship might at some way be in violation of the contract? with the school? >> well, we did the best that we can. we're just living our lives. and we try to be the best people that we can be. >> michael, what did you think -- when you found yourself in this conversation about the marriage license and your intention to get married, did you think, this is going to do it? this is going to get me fired? >> at that meeting or when i applied for the -- >> wh

michael griffin said when he told his principal he was planning to get married to his male partner, heer for the school says the faculty is required to follow church teachings. >>> a gold medal from the 1936 berlin olympics that was awarded to jesse owens sold for $1.4 million. owens famously won four track medals at the games. the auction says no one knows where the other three medals that he won are now located. >>> despite the frigid temperatures, thousands of people donned swim suits for a charity run in madison, wisconsin. the run benefits two local children's charities. >>> time now for the weather. back to lee goldberg from wabc. here in new york city. lee? >> that was charitable with the temperatures out there. meanwhile, the ice has been the story. thankfully, it's moving out of dallas. is half an inch of ice out there, two inches of snow, you could do this on your streets. this guy's got some skills. the stars with a nice game against the flyers last night. maybe for the bench. this guy is good. meanwhile, the icing across arkansas. into parts of the tennessee valley right no

michael griffin said when he told his principal he was planning to get married to his partner, he was to follow church teachings. >>> a gold medal from the 1936 olympics just sold. owens famously won four track med dallas at the games. the auction says no one knows where the other three med dallas that he won are now located. >>> despite the frigid temperatures, thousands of people donned swim suits for a charity marathon. the run benefits two local children's charities. >>> time now for the weather. back to lee goldberg from wabc. >> that was charitable with the temperatures out there. the ice the story. moving out of dallas. a half inch of ace there, you would do this on your streets. this guy's got some skills. the stars with a nice game against the flyers last night. maybe for the bench. this guy is good. meanwhile, the icing across ar participate into parts of the tennessee valley right now. kn snow is a part of the system. i-80 will be a tough ride. interior new jersey. upstate new york. interior massachusetts in the morning hours tomorrow. the snow is not a huge story. a quick

griffin. officer steve hampton. [applause] may i have sergeant victor huey. sergeant marty lalord. officer nathan magnal. sergeant andrew mahan. and my academy mate, captain michael moran. may i please have officer brendan o'connor. sergeant matthew o'leary. officer mike palata. and officer adrian pane. may i have now officer jason robertson. sergeant sean ryan. sergeant kelvin sanders. sergeant jason sawyer. [applause] can i have officer pete sable. officer thomas smith. officer michael wolf. officer ronald laberto. >> mike wolf decided to be with his wife, having a baby and missed our ceremony. see if he ever gets anything again. >> and the silver medal awarded for the first officer on that night sergeant roberto. and although captain told the story as well could be told. i was there that night. and the story pales by comparison if you saw what these officers encountered. and the fact of the smoke and the rounds going through floors and ceiling and fire and all the buildings attached. i can assure that the shot taken that night by officer hines saved lives as well as all of these officers. [applause] and one person that is not mentioned in the report is captain

michael jackson interview. >> it just says a lot about nbc and msnbc that they would not fire him. they allowed him to quit. phil griffinfit, in a goodbye letter said essentially martin is a good man and respected colleague. we wish him the best. respected colleague? please. the guy who writes for the baltimore sun media said essentially phil griffin is responsible as bashir for this kind of hate speech that you now hear an awful lot over on msnbc. >> who was he talking about? sarah palin. who is coming up here in about an hour? >> that's right, 8:30. >> is sarah palin to comment on the resignation. >> first-time reaction to his resignation. >> for the second time today let's go to ainsley earhardt. >> thank you, brian. wildlife workers trying again to rescue dozens of pilot whales stranded in about three feet of water in florida's everglades national park. at least ten of them have already died and it's not clear why these whales wound up there. but experts say if one whale is sick or hurt, the rest of them won't leave that one behind even if it puts their lives in danger. >>> your personal information coulf thieves ri