global currency basket we'll discuss with forex strategist mark chandler and as merkel meets with monty to talk euro zone debt crisis and guess who is reportedly not suffering from italy's economic crisis the mob an anti-crime group s.o.s. in praise that reports with sixty five billion euros in liquidity the mafia is italy's number one bank this as monti for his own part is saying hey markets need to recognize italy's reforms will talk about who will come out on top let's get to today's capital account. another day what can i say another slew of news and calls from leaders for economic solutions to economic problems the eurozone crisis continues today merkel and monti met merkel was praising italy's reforms monti saying hey yeah but it's important that markets recognize the progress of course we see the power of the bond market still with italy facing deals of around seven percent for their ten year bonds that's of course the seven percent marker broadly seen as unsustainable now the u.s. for its part continues to see economic struggles you know the list debt larger than g.d.p. slow gro

monty, happy new year to you. let start with the passing offense. can the quarterback alex smith win a game with his arm? >> he can. i don't think he's able to do it against saints or the packers. they have too many receivers. brees is just marvelous. rogers fantastic. these guys, brees is going to throw 4,500 yards and he's not going to win mvp. that tells you what's these guys can do. alex has done a great job of controlling, keeping turnovers down and making sure that the niners don't fall over themselves in terms of giving up the football. they don't have enough weapons to compete with what you see when you come up against the saints for the packers. >> let's go to the 49ers defense. they have been dominance all season long but did give up 27 points to the two-win rams team. are there holes in that defense right now? is that the backbone of a playoff run? >> there's enough now to wonder because after last week, their streak of not giving up a rushing touchdown ended last week in seattle. so you know what? you got to wonder now, i mean i'm not su

>>> nbc's bay area monty francis is in the city with the story. hello, monty. >> during his inaugural speech, mayor ed lee sent a tweet out during his speech, and that's something no mayor has done before. twitter is based here in san francisco, and the mayor wants more tech companies to find a home here in the city. after the trumpets and the cheers and the oath of office -- >> the city and county of san francisco. >> congratulations, mr. mayor. >> reporter: -- the new mayor dlif delivered his inaugural speech and he stopped in the middle of it to send a tweet about jobs. >> there. how about that? [ applause ] >> that's a little disruption, but it shows how important i think innovation and technology are to reforming our government and building our future. >> reporter: even some celebrities took notice, retweeting lee's message, including actor ashton kutcher and rapper m.c. hammer who was in the audience. lee's star appeal was on full display during his campaign, including this viral youtube video with too many celebrities to name. it's that qua

monty francis is in the city with more on that. hello, monty. >> diane, good evening. this is an emotional roller coaster for 49ers fans, with twists and turns with a happy ending. hundreds of fans gathered at pete's tavern in san francisco went wild. >> it was close. best playoff game we've had since ever. >> i cannot believe we have done what we have done this season. i did not expect to win this game. i got no voice left. it's game time, baby! >> niners fans found it hard to contain their emotions, especially during the last quarter. >> i am thrilled, i'm ecstatic, i'm having a great time. go, niners! whoo! >> the celebrating got out of hand for some. at candlestick park, san francisco police arrested 20 people for misdemeanors, including intoxication, battery and resisting officers. not a huge number considering the sold-out crowd of 69,000, a massive sea of red. shawn downey was one of the few saints fans who came all the way to san francisco to see the game. he is taking his team's loss in stride. >> it was a wonderful, wonderful game. it sucks we lost. we're not

nbc bay area's monty francis is on the scene with an update for us. hello, monty. >> east bay mud crews have been here all evening long, trying to repair a water main that broke as a result they say of the road collapsing. you can see here behind me the crews are still here at this late hour. i'm told at least 55 homes here are still without water service. crews worked late into the night trying to repair a four-inch water main that runs under oakdale drive. the water main broke when early saturday morning ooeps bay mud says heavy rain caused the ground to give way on this winding road. and at least 50 feet of pavement and a huge tree fell down a steep slope landing on the roadway below. >> we've got 4,200 miles of pipe under ground. and hillsides like this and flats and everywhere else are the other. >> reporter: resident mark spandorf took these photos. another looking up, another showing the trees and debris that came crashing down. as dramatic as the pictures are, people who live here say they're not surprised and something similar happened in the

on friday meanwhile as monti's technocratic government in italy is pushing through reforms and merkel is pledging greater unity for the entire region is that really going to save the euro zone from collapse we may be missing the full story by not knowing what's really going on with in a country like italy here to tell us is calling this for the italian newspaper ill so late he's also a professor of international relations roberto del monte joins us now he's in our new york studio we're so lucky to have him to give us

mom now italy's number one bank as crisis bites the sky mariel monti is now running italy. a leg breaker with ties to goldman sachs goes back years already so he's a capital capital you know he's of course he's asking the go more in the course of nostra from the south to come on up north baby we've got a lot of people here you can find actually rape with your predatory loads mario monti says a three card monte. to news is marking the first anniversary of the revolution that triggered the arab spring and change the face of the entire region the country can boast a peaceful transition radical religious ideas on the rise. it may have looked like a successful revolution getting rid of authoritarian regime while retaining its westernized facade but in parliamentary elections that followed tunisians voted for another and islamist party which now firmly holds the majority of seats in the new parliament. political culture. of the first experience. making the choice between. political programs and towards hard. pushed people either with muslims than muslims. but western tourists nee

mafia now italy's number one bank as crisis bites the sky mariel monti is not running italy. a leg breaker with ties to goldman sachs goes back years already so he's at the capital cap oh you know he's of course he's asking the girl maura and the cosa nostra from the south to come on up north baby we got a lot of people here you can financially rape with your predatory loads mario monti says a three card monte you know it's a global aspiration to be a gang step on a wall street make part of our loans extort money. thousands of taken to the streets of the country's capital exactly a year since the popular uprising poured in and the president ben ali rule they were calling for freedom of the media and more democratic values while chanting revolutionary slogans many believe little change since ben ali was ousted still plagued by unemployment and crippling economic problems the country is in a wave of suicide protest attempts before people sort of themselves are like just the space of the last week but it's actually really good reports mixed when he said the only change since the

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mafia now italy's number one bank as crisis bites the sky mariel monti. running italy gave a leg breaker with ties to goldman sachs goes back years already so he's a capital gap oh you know he's of course he's asking to go more in the course of nostra from the south to come up north baby we got a lot of people here you can find actually rape with your part of torah loaves mario monti says a three card monte you know is the globalist parisian to be a gangster on a wall street make part of door a load of money. now it's been exactly one year since the popular uprising brought an end to president ben ali's rule in tunisia but little has improved in that time as the country is still plagued by unemployment and crippling economic problems is seen a wave of suicide protest attempts before people setting themselves a light inside a week and as our teams are going to go to school reports the only real change since the revolution has been a surge of radical religious ideas. it may have looked like a successful revolution getting rid of authoritarian regime while r

of some politicians as well as professionals such as lawyers and accountants well this guy mariel monti. running italy. a leg breaker with ties to goldman sachs goes back years already so he's a cap with the cap you know he's of course he's asking the and the cosa nostra from the south to come on up north baby we got a lot of people here you can financially rape with your part of torah loads mario monti says a three card monte gomorrah come or a. lot of coffee creamer. i'm thinking of the coffee creamer think of my head away from the great italian espresso best espresso in the world in my opinion but like i said you know these are politicians professionals lawyers and accountants aiding and abetting them so what's the difference between one guy who's they say is a mafia and the likes of mario monti who is appointed he's thrust onto the population unelected and he dictates them what they can and cannot spend and controls their financial system controls their liquidity control the same thing that the mafia is doing well them in the mafia called the black market and the bankers call it the

north baby we got a lot of people here you can financially rape with your part of torah loads mario monti says a three card monte gomorrah come or a. lot of coffee creamer. i'm thinking of the coffee creamer think of my head away from the great italian espresso best espresso in the world in my opinion but like i said you know these are politicians professionals lawyers and accountants aiding and abetting them so what's the difference between one guy who's that they say is a mafia and the likes of mario monti who is appointed he's thrust onto the population unelected and he dictates them what they can and cannot spend and controls their financial system controls their liquidity control the same thing that the mafia is doing well the main the mafia calls the black market and the bankers call it the shadow banking system they each have their dark exchanges and there are the table underhanded black and of financial rape but they make huge profits on whether it's the banks on wall street the city of london or the mafia in italy or elsewhere around the world they're all adopting each other's bu

on friday meanwhile as monti's technocratic government in italy is pushing through reforms and merkel is pledging greater unity for the entire region is that really going to save the euro zone from collapse we may be missing the full story by not knowing what's really going on with in a country like italy here to tell us is calling this for the italian newspaper ill so late he's also a professor of international relations roberto del monte joins us now he's in our new york studio we're so lucky to have him to give us a really insider perspective of what's going on in italy this very important. country so professor welcome to the show you know a lot of the headlines i'm seeing today i have one here are that the e.c.b. sees a sign of a let up in the debt crisis you know these are kind of the p.r. optics that we see also merkel last week was congratulating monti the prime minister of italy on the reforms that he passed through but i'm just curious average attalia is how did they see the debt crisis and whether it's making progress or not. of the energy in these very concerned and what is

monty would be a great asset to any family. >> tell me about monty. >> monty is a great kid.e's got a good personality. very smart, very intelligent. understands exactly what you're saying to him. >> these are just a few of oufr wednesday's children who are dreaming that 2012 will be the year they finally go home for good. >> if you have room in your home and your heart for one of the children seen here or another child who is waiting, please call our special adoption hotline. the number is 1-88-to-adopt-me. or logon to our home page at nbcwashington.com. >> let's hope that 2012 is the year for those kids. >> absolutely right. and we have a little break. it's outdoor recess kind of day today. tomorrow will be maybe not as good as outdoor recess day. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot

mafia now italy's number one bank as crisis bites the sky marial monti is not running italy he's a leg breaker with ties to goldman sachs goes back years already so he's a dick cap with a capital you know he's of course he's asking the go more and the cosa nostra from the south to come on up north baby we got a lot of people here you can financially rape with your predatory loads mario monti says a three card monte you know it's a global aspiration to be a gangster on a wall street make part of daraa loans extort money. next back to the present thousands of have taken to the streets of the country's capital a year since the popular uprising put an end to president ben ali's rule they were calling for freedom of the media and more democratic values were all chanting revolutionary slogans many believe little strange though since ben ali resulted you're still playing employment crippling economic problems the country seen a wave of suicide protest a term for people sort of absolve the life of the space of just the past week and is a really good reports. since the revolution it's been a ra

live in oakland, monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> still ahead at 11:00, two days after that deadly cruise ship accident off of the coast of italy there are more questions about the captain tonight and two americans are still missing. we will have the 4r5i9est. >>> plus, ricky gervais performance of the golden globes surprised some tonight but not n.r th ywe'll explain.l >>> there was a dramatic rescue at sea from that italian cruise ship that ran aground on friday night. the search for survivors continues, as well, with 15 people missing including two americans. crews managed to rescue three more people today off the cruise ship that ran aground on friday off the italian coast. a member of the ship's crew, as well as a husband and wife on their honeymoon. crews found the bodies of two elderly men, both with life jackets on near one of the main energy meeting places. bringing the confirmed deaths to five. most of the people on board managed to leave on lifeboats but the footage suggests that was no easy escape either. passengers say the evacuation was was not organized

mario monti is to come to berlin with somewhat of a threat -- help us. >> he has come with two phrases. we promised. ouwhat secondly, if you make us tighten our belts too much, just remember that there will be protest on the streets. there's a message to chancellor merkel that austerity has consequences and there are real politics on the ground. that is the message to give to italian journalists, for example, before he left. he is saying, we are doing it, but don't forget that these things can go too far. >> what is he expecting angela merkel to do then? it is all very well for him to say that we could have protests. what does angela merkel have in her power to do? >> i think they want some kind of recognition from chancellor merkel in particular, who has a particularly german view of austerity and a very strict view of austerity in terms of budgets. they want some -- he wants some recognition that there are limits to this. if you impose cuts in public spending too much on countries where demand is already falling, you run the risk of making the situation worse. if you have a recession

tell me about monty. >> monty is a great kid. he's got a great personality.nt, understands what you are saying to him. >> these are just a few wednesday's children dreaming that 2012 will be the year they finally go home for good. if you have room in your home and heart for one of the children you just saw or another child waiting, please call our special adoption hot line. 888-2-adopt-me. >> we remember all their smiles from 2011. wish them the best. >> good luck this year. >>> when we come back, something new at the grocery. a proposal designed to lure a >>> well, you may soon be able to shop for alcohol in bowie grocery stores. they are campaigning for beer and wine sales to attract big business. we have more on the story. derrick? >>reporter: you may know the answer to this. what is it you can't do in bowie now that you can drive to mitchellville and do? that is buy beer and wine at a grocery store. the proposal was submitted by members of the prince keocounty delegation. it opens the door for grocery stores to sell beer and wine in bowie. chains like tra

he used to produce monty python specials. oh, and he hates mimes. lorne hates mimes. the bulls up a chair and give him this poem with 1100 jokes in it. he opens it. he reads the first joke. egos, u -- he goes, uh-huh, good. then he closes the book. i wrote 1100 jobs over two days, and he reads one joke. i wrote a jokes and the post office was about to issue a stamp commemorating prostitution in the united states. 10 cents, but if you want to lick it, it is a quarter. [laughter] he said, good. good. he said, tell me, how much money do you need to live on? i said, well, i am making $2.75 an hour at the deli. match it. [laughter] he said, well, tell me a little bit more about yourself. acted it to mean before he committed this kind of cash, he wanted to see what he was buying. i said, with the allen is my idol. i love monty python. but if there is one mime on the show, i am out of here, and he gave me a job. [laughter] that was my great. ultimately, hear i am, having written a novel with my childhood hero dave barry. [applause] >> dave barry and alan zweibel, they're not

meantime, folks are using a detour to get in and out of this neighborhood, live in oakland tonight, monty francis, nbc bay area news. >>> we'll be back with a live report from heavenly valley. >>> we've got rain and snow and even little hail this morning. at my house. let's check in with meteorologist ron maeda. >> here from the weather center, just in time for the active weather pattern that's set up in weekend. you mentioned the hail this morning, diane, we had the cooler air aloft which helped out our snow levels in the sierra. let's show you pictures from north star taken by our own editor, lori, you can see the snow coming down on the ski runs. the snow levels dropped close to 4,000 feet. yesterday it was up to 7,000 feet with a lot of warm air. so it's good news, the snow machine turned on in the sierra, a foot more in many spots above 7,000 feet. right now the radar does look quite dry around the bay area. you'll notice still some snowshowers in the sierra. we're in between weather systems as the next one that's going to roll in will arrive as early as late tonight in terms of ligh

nbc bay area's monty francis is in the city with the latest for us. >> reporter: diane, good evening. both he and his wife categorically deny the allegations of domestic violence. they did not talk in specifics but called it a private family matter. late this afternoon he was inaugurated as san francisco county's new sheriff during a ceremony at the theater. accusations that he bruised his wife's arm during an argument on new year's weekend prompted the judge who was supposed to perform the swearing in today to back out. she had to be replaced. during the ceremony, he referred to the allegations as, quote, a dark cloud over the day and in spite of that called today one of the best days of this life. then right after the ceremony, he held a news conference with his wife and young son at his side where he and eliana lopez denied there was any kind of abuse in their relationship. lopez who was once a star in venezuela seemed more troubled by the accusations than he, himself. >> i really, i don't want to -- >> things have been cleat lcomp taken out of context. this is a personal matter. t

telling prime minister mario monti says his country no longer poses a threat of control huge and to the rest of the eurozone. vital chremes he's met with german chancellor angela merkel who gave up praise to italy imposing austerity measures to avert a debt disaster yeah monti wanted protests breaking out in italy if its reforms were not acknowledged as successful he has agreed on a new tax on financial transactions pushed by merkel but only if it's applied to the entire european union this comes as the e.u. struggles to contain its debt crisis with many states believed to be back in recession. so that brings up to date for the moment i'll be back with the some of our main news stories in about four and half minutes from now in the meantime. with the business update. welcome to business russia's big state has been postponed according to comments from the country's deputy prime minister says they won't get a fair price for firms like trans left. in the current world economic turmoil the privatization will be put off up to three years according to government. newspaper . from deutsche ban

mafia now italy's number one bank as crisis bites the sky marial monti. running italy he is a leg breaker with ties to goldman sachs goes back years already so he's a cap with a capital you know he's of course he's asking the go more or in the course of nostra from the south to come out of north baby we got a lot of people here you can find actually rape with your predatory loads mario monti says the three card monte you know is the global aspiration to be a gangster on a wall street make predatory loan to extort money. it's been exactly one year since the popular uprising mentor of president ben ali his role in tunisia but little has improved in that time as the country is still plagued by unemployment and crippling economic problems it has seen a wave of suicide protests attempts with four people setting themselves a light inside a week as are english going to reports the only real change since the revolution has been a surge in radical ideas. may have looked like a successful revolution getting rid of authoritarian regime while retaining its westernize

the countries that has been considered too big to fail at it comes just days after the premier mario monti had met in berlin with german chancellor angela merkel and french president nicolas sarkozy where they stressed the growth prospects when it comes to credit ratings agencies there's a lot of indignation coming from e.u. leaders there saying that all of this is happening at a time when the eurozone is trying to get out of the crisis and they've put out bad news like this and in the past they have attempted to limit the influence of credit ratings agencies in the financial markets and if you remember we go back to the question the credibility of these agencies going back to two thousand and eight financial crisis the role that they played in that crisis where they had backed assets as well as financial instruments that were essentially junk still the investor confidence one of the most important aspects of all of this which is more often than not psychological than rational and if this is affected we can see a chain of events unfolding and unfortunately it might more most likely be nega

monty? >> reporter: newt gingrich popularized the phrase san francisco values and a political expert we talked to say the goal was to win over republican voters and it's a strategy that appears to be working. it's no secret that san francisco has the reputation for being liberal. newt gingrich has used that perception to score points with his party's conservative base. >> i'm now going to veto a middle class tax cut to protect extremists in san francisco. >> i think a lot of people in the republican party view san francisco as this weird place where that's not my america. that's not the america i know. >> reporter: melissa michaelson is a political science professor. she says gingrich doesn't have to worry about alienating bay area voters because california has gone to the democrats in every presidential election since 1992. >> they are reaching out to people in the south right now. they're in south carolina and florida. they don't need to worry about californians right now. they need to rea

by now italy's number one bank as crisis bites this guy mariel monti is now running italy. a leg breaker with ties to goldman sachs goes back years already so he's at the capital capital you know he's of course he's asking the go more and of course i know from the south to come on up north baby we got a lot of people here you can financially rape with your predatory loads mario monti says the three card monte you know it's a global aspiration to be a gang step on a wall street make predatory loans extort money. powerful you need to nigeria plan to resume talks with the government after five consecutive days of nationwide protests against skyrocketing fuel and food prices the move comes after the unions threat to stop all crude and natural gas production this sunday there are fears that the total shutdown of oil exports from the country could deal a major blow to the world's bubbling economy already the editor of the pan-african newswire told me that the west has every reason to be concerned we have to keep in mind that right now as far as the united states is concerned some

the turning prime minister mario monti says his country no longer poses a threat of contagion to the rest of the euro zone painful but vital reforms. the german chancellor angela merkel praised italy's efforts in imposing austerity measures to avert a disaster monti warned of protests breaking out in italy if its reforms are not acknowledge successful has agreed on a new tax on financial transactions pushed by merkel but only if it's applied to the entire european union this comes as the struggle to contain its debt crisis with many states believed to be back in recession so that brings up to date for the moment i'll be back with headlines for you in about ten minutes from now in the meantime marty talks to the former chief prosecutor at guantanamo colonel morris davis who shed light on some of the methods used at the cuban base camp and explains why he resigned stay with us for that. you're. sitting down with morris davis a man of a very interesting career he was the chief prosecutor for the military tribunals of one tunnel bay in two thousand and seven he resigned over his objectio

monty bellow terrace. there's fire activity reported in that hear. speeds still up to par, 61 miles an hour on the top side. 56 on the west side. if you take a lock at our traffic camera, you can see traffic is starting to build on the left. there's a look at the beltway. same situation there. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. see why now is the time to jump to toyota. back over to you. >>> straight out to the ronster in near north baltimore. hi, ron. >> reporter: we're talking about this location. we're just off of falls road north of mt. washington. i call it the bear hills area. i tell it like it is. good morning. we're bathing the town purple. we've got nick cock from image engineering. you'll see the newest t shirt. let's talk about this. capital funding group. how do you do this? >> we're using a 6,000 watt projector and adding purple lights to give it that extra pop. >> reporter: of course, when you're driving northbound on 83 -- >> you can't help but to see this. >> reporter: you've got some other locations. >> afte

like monty, he believed in show manship. but he was aware if the act could not be carried off in fine style, the men would see through it. they used every means to inspire the troops of their vast command. sicily proved to be a model campaign. sound tactics and a fighting spirit won the island in 38 days. a supreme allied commander paid a visit. passionately involved in the work at hand, patton had acquired a reputation or the being tempestuous, sometimes rash. there was a question as to his role in the invasion of ft. peshawar. then his whereabouts carefully concealed from the german high command, he appeared in great britain. new troops called him old blood and guts. the old timers referred to him as the old man. who knew more about fighting than any man alive. he called a spade a spade. he told them to get mad and stay mad. they listened. on d-day, behind bradley's first army, another army assembled. patton's third. with plenty of armor, this outfit was like its commander. fast, hard-hitting, spirited, spectacular. when t

monty francis is live at the school tonight with more details. and what hurts the most for this, monty, is that schools are in such bad situations right now economically. >> reporter: that's right. deanna lynch was the treasurer at ellis elementary. she's accused of stealing $16,000. she used the money as cash and to pay bills, tonight she's facing felony charges. parents say they just can't believe the treasurer of the school's parent teacher organization would be so bold as to steal money that many of the school children here helped raise. >> you elect somebody treasurer you would think they're good with money and would protect those funds for the children. >> reporter: rather than protecting the funds, deanna lynch spent about $16,000 on her own personal needs. >> they do fund-raisers to raise the money, and, you know, all those times kids come to the door, selling candy or calendars, this is where the money goes. >> reporter: neither officials from the district or the pto would comment on the situation. sent a letter home to parents that said

monty, what do you have? >> it all started at this bank of america branch when a man walked into the bank and claimed to have some kind of explosive device. two suspects are in custody, and highway 85 has reopened in both directions. the detonation of a suspicious object on highway 85 came after hours of careful inspection by the bomb squad. people who live near the highway were told to stay inside. >> we were shocked because we are not used to this, and i'm scared also. >> the ordeal began at this bank of america branch on snell avenue at 11:30 this morning. when police say a man walked into the bank demanding money and claiming to have an explosive device. the man took an undisclosed amount of cash and jumped into a blue honda. minutes later the car crashed on 85, no one was seriously hurt. >> one of the individuals that was involved in the collision was still inside the vehicle. that person has since been arrested. the second individual fled into the sports field area of gunderson high school. and we sent

we see mario monti is coming th wks ll.ts to rescue the euzo ctie in 2012. >> thank you so very much. and thank you for joining us. and see you aga iou next hour. ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.icap.org-- ♪ ♪

the bears are 13-4 overall and 3-1 now in the pac-12 under the full monty.onathan goodwin is on the show tonight. nothing special about this game, he says, but deep inside, having played for the saints, having won a super bowl for the saints, something else on his agenda i think. >> so what do you think the matchup will be like? >> i'm sticking with the adage that defense wins championships. now the game has changed because the defense, you know, the holding, you can't hold guys anymore. so aaron rodgers has taken advantage of that, and so has drew brees. that's why they are two of the best passers in the game today. so they can hold them to anywhere to 20, 25, they win-win. >> god's with tim tebow. >> only one person has a direct line there. >> only tebow. >> we have it here. thanks very much, dennis. >>> they were on their way to work when they saw smoke and wanted to check it out. two young men sprang into action. what they did that will get them special recognition on wednesday. >>> plus, a new year's eve nightmare for a young woman when her bungee jump

oakland, monty pool's thoughts. >> hiring a defensive coach, you immediately attack this team's biggest problem. and i don't know if this guy is ready to be a head coach. that's the question that will be answered. but he knows defense, he relates to the players, and i think that's probably what reggie saw and was impressed with. >> dennis allen, the coach, the oakland raiders. he is the eighth raiders coach in the last 11 years >>> 49er frank gore will skip sunday's pro bowl in hawaii. his body needs a risk. tim lincecum got paid today, two years, $25 million. and you add these up at -- he now edges out bonz as the highest paid performer in history. >> last year, he's with the yankees. and as the old saying goes, he can eat up a lot of innings >>> once upon a time, his dad was a great detroit tieing every. now prince -- tiger. now prince field ser going where daddy did -- fielder is going where daddy did his thing. and he's the fourth highest paid player in history. $124 million, nine years. he is now with detroit. and tony la russa happened only one time in ladies and gentlemen of the