scale back football at a place like ohio state, remember gordon what happened to him, or notre dame, or usc, or alabama, georgia, or florida, what would happen? i interviewed a number of presidents, the presidents at the elite football school seem to run out of town whenever i show up. i interviewed a lot of presidents that lower schools and a few at larger schools were brave enough to speak with me. they all basically said the same thing. they would lose their jobs tomorrow they became truly aggressive about policing that. cracking down on the various abuses, questioning whether it really makes sense to pay a football coach 5,000,000 or 7,000,000, or 4,000,000 dollars per year when the president himself or herself is being paid 500,000 dollars and dollars in a full professor is earning 110,000 at these large universities. really, they probably would lose their jobs. we side at university of alabama birmingham, the president there year ago tried to eliminate football which is a much smaller program and not especially good one. we can argue whether it makes money or loses money, but he almos

suggested that you are going to scale back at a place like ohio state, remember what happened to gordon, or usc, or alabama, our georgia or florida, what would happen. i interviewed a number of people in this ten to go out of town when i come inches but i interviewed a few people and they basically said the same thing. they would lose their jobs tomorrow if they became aggressive about cracking down on the various abuses, questioning about whether it really makes sense to pay up football coach $5 million per year when the president himself or herself as being paid $500,000. and a full process professor is making 110,000. they would probably lose their job. we saw at university of alabama birmingham that the president tried to eliminate football which is a much smaller program and not especially good work, we we can argue that whether it makes money or loses money, but he almost lost his head and is now entrenched and is bringing it back. so next year they are going to be back at college football at the d1 level. it's incredibly, i recognize it's incredibly complicated for the president. i absol

he could be fired with or without cause. what usc is saying most likely, he didn't perform as he was contracted to perform. no one denies alcoholism is a disability. >> the university said he denied he had a problem. >> if he couldn't perform because of alcohol and gave him reasonable accommodation he does have a case. did he seek treatment or asking for treatment and he was denied as he claim cans. will he have to prove that or can he? >> the other tough part was the reasonable accommodation. what does that look like for a head football coach in usc? you can't perform. >> and that might be something that usc might bring up. and under these circumances, there would not be a possibility. >> was he performing at the time? >> they will go back and see him performing on the job. and then he finally asked for help. >> what does that mean? >> the argument about the disability made you unable to perform the job, that goes out of the window. hopefully his attorneys looked at the facts. >> there were statements made to different people and e-

program you must call checker yellow cab prior to the ride or let the driver 3 if you do plan on heading downtown tonight... don't forget that usc will be collecting non perishable food donations for harvest hope. u-s-c volunteers will have people at all the entrances to this year's party in downtown columbia ... collecting canned good and monetary donations. 3 if midnight is a little too late for your litle ones... edventure children's museum has a new year's countdown for you.they are hosting a kid friendly party beginning this morning at 9. and just before noon... the kids will be able to countdown to 2016 with a ball drop.the party is free with museum admission. 3 or here's another option... netflix is hosting special animated countdowns ... for the little ones.. the countdowns will feature the care bears and other popular characters. the idea... is kids don't have to stay up until midnight... to watch the new year's countdown. 3 still to come... clemson coach dabo swinney talked about the three players who were suspended and won't be playing inn the orange bowl... what he says one of them will have to 3 plus... a therapy...

you must call prior to the ride or let you know you're a kw and usc will be collecting donations for harvest hope. volunteers will be at all the entrances. they're collecting caned goods and of course monetary donations as well. you can take a little and give a little. >>> adventure children's museum has a count down starting at 9:00 a.m. they're hosting a kids' party and before noon they'll have a countdown. the matter is -- party is free with museum admission. lots for everyone to do. festivities start downtown at 6:30. >> until 12:30. all fun for everyone tonight. >> thanks, efren. and thank you.

facing usc playing in their first conference game. rose bowl or final four ramifications on the line. we're joined by rick. a lot to play for this evening. >> reporter: that's right, mike. there's a lot to play for tonight. especially for stanford who has a slim chance of making the national championship playoffs. we're 20 minutes away from kick off. should be another great game. the last six games have been decided by ten points or less. this year the pac-12 is celebrating this 100th anniversary. former sanford quarterback john elway was player of the century. and ronnie luck was the defensive player of the century. early in season they upset usc 41-31. i asked the two hall of famers about the keys for tonight's contest. >> this is a simple game, man. you have to win the clock. you have to win the clock. so you to win the clock with running the football but getting on third downs and getting turn overs. as you know, not too many people beat them when it comes to working the clock. and david shawl has been phenomenal managing games >>well, but i t

i remember going to the rose bowl whenever it was, 7 or 8 years ago, when my uncle was there with illinois. they played usc, and my family and i thinking this is awesome. i can't wait until i'm in college doing this. it's always been a dream of mine to play in a rose bowl game and now i'm getting an oppor the hawkeyes will be facing the a-p player of the year when they meet stanford on new year's day -- despite not winning the heisman sophomore running back christian mccaffery received 29 of the 60 votes 00 with heisman winner derrick henry taking 16 for second place -- mccaffery set an ncaa record this yards -- the game is nine days away -- but it's just 3 until our live coverage begins from california as ron steele, myself and the crew are all set to keep you up on the hawkeyes as they get set for their rose bowl match-up with the 6th ranked stanford cardinal -- the uni panthers had a rough go of things in their opener of the diamond-head classic against the host -- hawaii -- the panthers committed 19 turnovers in the game -- which started after midnight iowa time -- one big moment -- panther senior matt

or whatever on sunday. >> if you have registered with fema you do not need to register again. >>> usc is still running its flood relief program. it is partnering up from contributions from attendees of the party. they will have people collecting nonperishable food donations and monetary donations from the flood relief fund. there is still time for people to sign up for volunteers. check us out on wltx.com. >>> the midlands forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> today was unseasonably warm in the area we averaged 20 above degrees above normal. in fact, both locations reached now we have dropped down to well, we developed down to 69 degrees but bounced back to 71. still humid outside. our humid is from the west rather southwest. we expect showers in daybreak. tomorrow, we will be seeing more rain coming through the area with a high temperature of 75 degrees. more on our forecast for new year's eve coming up. >>> great news for a story we followed up. that couple searching for their van says they have it back tonight. columbia police and s.l.e.d. found it about 5:00 this morning. he has the special

or ringo starr? we'll find out. >>> also the bombshell about the coach actually accused of drinking who was fired from usc. his huge lawsuit against the school. >>> and later -- >> good morning. i'm america's aunt barbara. if you're looking for holiday gift ideas, i've got you covered. i've got some fresh ideas from tupperware for everyone. you're watching "world news now." important message for residents age 50 to 85. write down this number now. right now, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurance with a rate lock through the colonial penn program. if you are on a fixed income, learn about affordable whole life insurance that guarantees your rate can never increase for any reason. if you did not receive your information, call this number now. your acceptance is guaranteed, with no health questions. stand by to learn more. >> i'm alex trebek, here to tell you about a popular life insurance plan with a rate lock that locks in your rate for life so it can never increase. did you get your free information kit? if not, please call this number now. this affordable p

advantage of this program you must call checker or yellow cab prior to the ride and let them know you rtw beverage alert card writer. if you plan on heading downtown usc will collect nonperishable food donations. volunteers will be at all of the entrances at the party connecting canned food and monetary donations. if you are driving, make sure you pay attention to the streets because many of them will be closed. as of right now the east and 1200 blocks of jury street are closed and the 1200 block of main street up to the state house which is the 900 block of main street which is also close and today at 4:00 the remainder of the 1200 block of main street will close the 1100 blocks in the 1200 blocks of lady street will also close. all streets will reopen tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m.. >>> let's turn to sports now. the clemson tigers take on the oklahoma were -- oklahoma a win is a ticket to the head into 2016. the tigers and sooners kickoff at 4:00 p.m. at sunrise stadium in miami. coming up a news 19 at noon, we will >>> how can people prepare for >> pretty much the way we have prepared over the last couple of days and we could see more sprinkles up s

usc. then i took to twitter and proclaimed, i'm going have another child just so i can name him or her jj the movie and i don't care who knows it. i think abrams as done an extraordinary service to fans. he allowed the story to further evolved. that's worthy of having a baby kreef 8ed and named after you. what surprised me most was the reaction on twitter. people so disgusted. abrams had given hillary clinton a million dollars. i don't demand if ideological compatibility from people i idolize. but i do need folks to be a little less little. now taking a stand and protest something one's politics because they don't fit yours is as guilty as the "star wars" haters reaching for ways to tear down a great film. it's popular, it's good. get on it. in the meantime me and baby jj will be looking for more tickets so we can awaken the force over and over again. look at that. you can follow me on twitter @kennedynation. and kennedyfbn@foxbusiness.com. >> he was the man who had everything... >> this has about 750 to 800 horsepower. >> ...but never enough of these. >> he told me he was bringing in abo

before a jury, a jury will decide was he so far gone that were justified in firing him or was he remediable in which case uscured i'm sure to accommodate him. stuart: i would suspect that this kind of case, alcoholism as a disability and being fired for that disability, that must come before the courts a lot. because alcohol is a s a lot more prevalent than people think. >> yes. i agree with you on that. actually when we did the research this morning when your producers asked me to look at this. i was surprised how many cases there were. this is a high profile one because of what he did for a living, you know, a football coach of a major ranked university. and, unfortunately, for him, these drunken episodes were public. stuart: yes, on tape. >> in front of students, on tape, one is on television, the athletic director himself, former superstar quarterback pat haden had the awful duty of firing him, rejected the firing, that was very, very nasty, and i hope it's not laid out in court, i hope it goes away, but it depends on your friends the lawyers. stuart: how many cases were there, by the way? >> there were

or not the playoff committee would keep iowa ahead of ohio state and they did. game will be played on new years day, january 1st in pasadena california. kickoff 4:10 central time. stanford knocked off usc for the pac 12 title on saturday. iowa will be making their 6th appearance in the rose bowl, but first in 25 years. last time the hawks played in the 'grandaddy of them all...' i was 9 years old. 1991. but its been even longer since iowa won the rose bowl, the last win came back in 1959 when forest evashevski was coach. hayden fry led the hawks to 3 here's a look at the final college football playoff rankings. clemson stays at 1, alabama 2, michigan state moves to 3rd after beating iowa and oklahoma drops to 4th. so its clemson and oklahoma in the orange bowl, bama and the spartans in the cotton bowl. iowa finishes 1 spot out of the playoff in 5th, stanford 6th. ohio state finished 7th in the rankings which is why the rose bowl selected iowa over the buckeyes. they say football is a game of inches and hawkeye fans saw that first hand in last night's big 10 championship game against michigan state. iowa trailed 9-6 in the 4th q until cj beathrd unleashed a missle to tevaun smith. 85 ya

or a duet in an unusual way. >> marty: happening today stanford taking on usc in the facto championship that levi stadium the cardinalsampionship over the last four years stanford opened to make it further the college football playoffs. ms. rand 7 asset for need some help their pick of. for today's game for 45 and sent clara. >> marty: cal trained annual holiday train begins today visits nine counting stations between san francisco said clara the cry. the 70,000 glittering lights in this holiday entertaining as well in the nation's collective for local children who might not receive any guess for the holidays. the attendance mr. mrs. claus along with us to the summit as well. it starts today and runs through tomorrow. >> reporter: mangoky like a little renown perhaps tonight expecting some brain developing early sunday morning and open up the skies little bit for us just a touch will be warm up until early next week in manila is not bad the we get next week late wednesday and thursday next packtrain more coverage and all that

or that guy, lynch in memphis. he didn't improve his stock. 108 yard and that inter seemings in a 31-10 loss to auburn in the burrelling ham game. the late game, usc and wisconsin in the holiday bowl. if you watched you noy it was horribly officiated. they rally and cody kessler finds him. wisconsin late field goal to take the lead. seven seconds left and five yards out and what? badgers hold on 23-21. tomorrow is the big day. clemson and oklahoma kick off the college football semifinals on espn at 1:00. that game is follow had by alabama and michigan state at 5:00 and of course the winners meet in the national championship game played on january 11th on espn. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by xfinity. >> warriors lost, but the sharks won. >> we'll take that. >> abc7 news continues on-line, twitter and on facebook and on all of your mobile devices with the abc7 news app. >> the

or that guy, lynch in memphis. he didn't improve his stock. 108 yard and that inter seemings in a 31-10 loss to auburn in the burrelling ham game. the late game, uscnd wisconsin in the holiday bowl. if you watched you noy it was horribly officiated. they rally and cody kessler finds him. wisconsin late field goal to take the lead. seven seconds left and five yards out and what? badgers hold on 23-21. tomorrow is the big day. clemson and oklahoma kick off the college football semifinals on espn at 1:00. that game is follow had by alabama and michigan state at 5:00 and of course the winners meet in the national championship game played on january 11th on espn.

or that guy, lynch in memphis. he didn't improve his stock. 108 yard and that inter seemings in a 31-10 loss to auburn in the burrelling ham game. the late game, uscisconsin in the holiday bowl. if you watched you noy it was horribly officiated. they rally and cody kessler finds him. wisconsin late field goal to take the lead. seven seconds left and five yards out and what? badgers hold on 23-21. tomorrow is the big day. clemson and oklahoma kick off the college football semifinals on espn at 1:00. that game is follow had by alabama and michigan state at 5:00 and of course the winners meet in the national championship game played on january 11th on espn. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by xfinity. >> warriors lost, but the sharks won. >> we'll take that. >> abc7 news continues on-line, twitter and on facebook and on all of your mobile devices with the abc7 news app. >> the next newsc life. just when you think you know where it's going, it takes you someplace else. covered california is here to help californians who need health insurance get it. because it's more than just health care. it's life care. everyone. i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm

usc 194 -- you probably know who won by now. but it was one spectacular punch that backed up the fighter's featherweight title or we will show you the electrified exchange. and with christmas fast approaching, the delivery on time for your will tell you the cause and the problem. and police shoot a man at a walmart care what officials say the suspect s doing that prompted them to fire. christine: good morning and welcome back here to let handed over to andy how was your morning sports update. andy: what a fight night in las vegas. last night at the mgm grand, the big question on everybody's mind at ufc 190 or was the smooth man from ireland, colin mcgregor walking around with the featherweight championship belt after beating jose aldo, just like he predicted. i can tell you what, he predicted right because this only took 13 seconds and one mcgregor to score the knockout over jose aldo, stunning the sold-out crowd in attendance. it mcgregor, unbelievable. we will show you highlights night on sports night in las vegas. we do not have highlights and time yet, but it was mayhem last night we you tonight on sports night in las vegas.

usc jesse unruh institute of politics director))"because his conservatism is so far outside the political mainstream, it could cost the republican party just as dearly in the general election as a trump or carson nomination could." (10 sec)((stand-up: danielle nottingham/ cbs news/ las vegas))"the event here at the venetian hotel in las vegas is the *first* debate since trump called for a ban on muslims entering the us following recent terror attacks."((sot: dan schnur/ usc institute of director))"standing on a debate stage next to trtrp and lling him out on this, that's what people look for in their leaders. we'll see who has the courage to stand up." (7 sec)national security and terrorism are expected to be among the main debate topics. (gfx -- gop early debate podium position) the four candidates trailing in the polls will go head-to-head in an earlier forum. danielle nottingham, cbs news, las vegas.((suggested anchor tag: the washington post reported that members of the gop establishment are considering ways to side considering ways to side step a possible trtrp nomination. trump and carsonon have hinind at a run as independents if that plan is true. the iowa caucus is february 1st.

usc. that may just be to keep looking lose away at this point. krystal: some of the images we have been saying, looks like someone is running toward a car or the condo. michelle: two men shot. this is something that summit he had reported. we cannot independently confirm it. sometimes the people are out there watching it all unfold. they know exactly what is going on. if you have any pictures or videos that you have taken, put krystal: it is a very active seen. they believe they have that suspect cornered in the sedona condos. the 9100 block of south las vegas boulevard and pebbles. we are bringing you live images from two locations. they have air units patrolling the area as well. from what we understand, he has told us one suspect. but we don't know. we don't know the circumstances surrounding the shooting. a lot of unknowns at this time and information continues to pour through the newsroom. michelle: we are going to go to antonio castelan. he is live at the scene of the shooting. you are standing at a different media of the area where you are now. you can see people scrambling. that person said two people have been shot. have you heard that? ant

or not. >>> meanwhile, the raiders eked out a win making jack del rio very proud. he turned down his alma mater usc when they approached him to make the move down south before the raiders peaceably head down i-5. silver black 6-5 on the year with playoff hopes still alive. >>> a performance against arizona state that was fitting. his naming as pac-12ive player of the week was no surprise. the junior from novato after trailing 24-3 in the second quarter. the pac-12 specials player of the week resides at stanford. the game winning 45 field goal with no time remaining to beat notre dame in a thriller. >>> barry bonds appears to be on his way to picking up his first major league coaching gig. that's right. accord cbs sports, bonds is under serious consideration for hitting coach position. the former giant slugger has worked as special instructer for the orange and black during spring training the past two years. >>> all right, finally, some they have no idea what losing means. warriors and jazz in salt lake city tonight. first quarter, game tied. steph curry sporting some fancy work on the dribble and

usc on friday. i was in new hampshire. i never met with them. it's crazy but it's really kind of sad that everybody is c just write whatever they want or say whatevernd everybody take it as the truth. >> man was in new hampshire. get off his back. next up for kelly and the eagles at the 10-one patriots last night they lost for the first time this season. they also saw rob grant could you ski leave with a knee injury. he's one of the best tight ends in the league. he reportedly has no tears. however, his status for sunday is unknown. kobe was trending on twitter this weekend that means his name was mentioned thousands thousands of times. but the numbers that matter the most 17 time all star, five time nba champ, one time league mvp and of course the number 37. as in years old. as in it's time to call it quits. kobe arriving in philadelphia tonight. lakers will play the sixers tomorrow in south philly. bryant announced that he will be retiring after this his 19th season. he played high school ball lower merion and jump to the nba in 1996. his coach knew he was a fierce competitor even back then. >> i saw that absolute distaste of losing right away. n

usc on friday. i was in new hampshire. i never met with them. it's crazy but it's really kind of sad that everybody is c just write whatever they want or say whatever and everybody take it as the truth. >> man was in new hampshire. get off his back. next up for kelly and the eagles at the 10-one patriots last night they lost for the first time this season. they also saw rob grant could you ski leave with a knee injury. he's one of the best tight ends in the league. he reportedly has no tears. however, his status for sunday is unknown. kobe was trending on twitter this weekend that means his name was mentioned thousands thousands of times. but the numbers that matter the most 17 time all star, five time nba champ, one time league mvp and of course the number 37. as in years old. as in it's time to call it quits. kobe arriving in philadelphia tonight. lakers will play the sixers tomorrow in south philly. bryant announced that he will be retiring after this his 19th season. he played high school ball lower merion and jump to the nba in 1996. his coach knew he was a fierce competitor even back then. >> i saw that absolute distaste of losing right away.

usc booster event known as say lut to troy for which he took anxiety medicine. >> get ready. >> get ready. [cheering and applauding] >> you met with alcohol, sometimes you say things or and/or do things that you regret. kept as the football coach after the coach's drinking and depression worsened amid reports of alcohol in the coach's lock erroom and rumors of the coach getting drunk. he asked for time-off. the university fired. the next day. >> steve's conduct did not meet usc standards and expectations of a head coach. reporter: almost two months later, he filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against usc claiming the university fired him for being alcoholic. >> at least under federal will you, well, suffering from alcohol im, provides you with legal preduction, acting abusing alcohol in the workplace does not entitle to you protection. reporter: the college law professor and the expert thought it unkly the judge will award any of the more than $30 million in damages he saw. >> you will have to argue, he was fired because he was alcoholic as opposed to being fired is abouted on beehive require. >> throw different time usc kicked him to the curb. >> unless you have i

or let the driver know you are a k-w beverage 3 if you do plan on heading downtown tonight...don't forget that usc will be collecting non perishable food donations for harvest hope. u-s-c volunteers will have people at all the entrances to this year's party in downtown columbia ... collecting canned goods and monetary donations that will go to the one sc flood relief fund. 3 if midnight is a little too late for your litle ones... edventure children's museum has a new year's countdown for you.they are hosting a kid friendly party... beginning this morning at 9. and just before noon the kids will be able to countdown to 2016 with a ball drop.the party is free with museum admission. 3 still to come... a fight over chicken dinner lands two people in the hospital... why they may be facing charges on top of the injuries. 3 then ... what coach dabo swinney says about three suspended players who won't get to play in the orange bowl... that's coming up in o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o