just people sense. >> mike: congratulations to jim mcveigh, president and ceo of this outback bowl and everyone associated with it. they put on a great week and two teams they invited put on a good game. >> jon: they, they have. >> mike: 30, 30, overtime number three. georgia with a choice, they play defense. score a touchdown now, you have to go for two. cousins tried to swing, incomplete. le'veon bell couldn't get to the spot where alec ogletree is hanging out all day long. >> jon: they're using le'veon bell in a lot of different roles, trying to get him to impact this football team. that time, slant route well played. ogletree has been everywhere tonight. >> mike: a reminder, rose bowl game a few minutes, kicking off on espn. oregon and wisconsin, set to take the field in pasadena. second and ten. here comes bell to the right. did he get past ogletree? yeah. sanders coming, that tells you what kind of back le'veon bell is, he took sanders commings, for a four-yard right. >> jon: see a demonstration off the right side. ball will bounce off the right side. he gets away from ogletree.

we've got coverage with marty bass and the foggy outback and meteorologist, bernadette woods, at first warning weather center. >> good afternoon, everybody. we had the temperatures below freezing when the drizzle started last night. they got above freezing during the overnight hours, and more of rain out there in addition to the fog you saw from the shot. as we head through the day, on and off rounds of the rain and drizzle coming up from the southwest. let's show you, as far as advisories go, we have the freezing rain advisory in effect for a couple of counties in the lower valleys where it's touch and go, we are at be 2

just people sense. >> mike: congratulations to jim mcveigh, president and ceo of this outback bowl and everyone associated with it. they put on a great week and two teams they invited put on a good game. >> jon: they, they have. >> mike: 30, 30, overtime number three. georgia with a choice, they play defense. score a touchdown now, you have to go for two. cousins tried to swing, incomplete. le'veon bell couldn't get to the spot where alec ogletree is hanging out all day long. >> jon: they're using le'veon bell in a lot of different roles, trying to get him to impact this football team. that time, slant route well played. ogletree has been everywhere tonight. >> mike: a reminder, rose bowl game a few minutes, kicking off on espn. oregon and wisconsin, set to take the field in pasadena. second and ten. here comes bell to the right. did he get past ogletree? yeah. sanders coming, that tells you what kind of back le'veon bell is, he took sanders commings, for a four-yard right. >> jon: see a demonstration off the right side. ball will bounce off the right side. he gets away from ogletree.

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marty is in the outback trying to hang on to it and meteorologist bernadette woods is in the first warning weather center. hello. >> hello, what we have got going on is the storm is moving our way, we will get to that in a moment. it is still way above average, already 45 degrees. our average for the date is 42 degrees so we are already above that. now it is not quite as warm as yesterday was. we are running about 10 degrees cooler but still we have already talked about mid-40s on a january afternoon, so for more on that next storm coming our way here is marty. >> thank you bern, good afternoon, afternoon. a zesty slug of moisture moving our way. we have a graphic that will point out difficult spots close enough we need to cape a wary eye out overnight. temperatures in the low 30s, close to that 32 degree number. if there is a problem how big will the impact be and when might that occur this next overnight and tomorrow morning. meteorologist bernadette woods will have those details shortly. now back inside. >> a man is recovering after being rescued from a cave in washington county overnig

. >>> outback bowl, michigan state's bell ties the game and forces overtime with just 14 seconds left. remains tied until the third o.t. spartans up three when they block the field goal attempt. michigan state wins 33-30 in triple overtime. >>> a disappointing end for penn state. three touchdowns and houston wins 30-14. >>> south carolina's shaw had three touchdowns, two through the air and one on the ground. they beat nebraska to win the capital one bowl 30-13. >>> to the gator bowl where special teams were truly special for florida. returns a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown, blocked a punt and returned it for a score. >>> and finally, can't forget about the winter classic in philly. nearly 47,000 saw the flyers jump out to a 2-0 lead. then the rangers score three unanswered. mike rupp with a pair. check out the celebration. exactly what the flyers jagr does after his scores. rupp was having fun and so was henrik lundqvist, stopping brier late in the third. rangers win the classic 3-2. >>> that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> announcer: "early today" spor

, marty and meteorologist bernadette woods are updating weather conditions, marty is enjoying the outback, let's go first to bern. >> hello, everybody, temperatures up to 54 degrees. 57 at the ocean and 45 degrees at oakland, compared to yesterday, 18 degrees warmer at this time, almost everybody warmer except just long the corners of the state there where we did start to warm up yesterday afternoon in oakland and also ocean city but for the rest of us it is a much nicer day, for more here is marty. >> good afternoon. it is just so comfortable out here. i can feel the sun on the sleeve of my coat. life is good right now and will remain so through the next 5 days, sunshine has. >> reporter: ed r eturned to the area. tomorrow look off to the lower left side of your screen, rain approaching believe it or not that will come with an additional push of mild air. we are going to get kind of wet, thursday, thursday afternoon, thursday night into friday. how much so? meteorologist bernadette woods with those details coming up shortly. you can keep that winter coat in the closet through sunday. now

we've got coverage with marty bass and the foggy outback and meteorologist, bernadette woods, at first warning weather center. >> good afternoon, everybody. we had the temperatures below freezing when the drizzle started last night. they got above freezing during the overnight hours, and more of rain out there in addition to the fog you saw from the shot. as we head through the day, on and off rounds of the rain and drizzle coming up from the southwest. let's show you, as far as advisories go, we have the freezing rain advisory in effect for a couple of counties in the lower valleys where it's touch and go, we are at be 2 degrees there. dense fog advisory in effect, not too much movement to the air. we will see the improved visibilities. >> reporter: thank you very much, good afternoon, let's look at temperatures. at 4:00 a 5, it was hovering about 32. you could see from watch, warning advisory graphic, we were worried about the freezing conditions. 33 hagerstown, we are warming up to 36 degrees. 41 elkton, 35 in the district. let's take a look at more temperatures. warm air moving our

we have got marty bass looking comfortable in the outback and meteorologist bernadette woods over in the first warning weather center. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. what a fantastic day it is shaping up to be. it is so hard to believe it is the end of january, 51 in baltimore, 61 cumberland, 60 ocean city. compared to yesterday 10 or 20 degrees warmer, cumberland warmer. so the warm up is underway, for more we send it out to marty who has the nice job. >> yeah i do. let's look at a couple of graphics. number 1, even with the wind shift moving our way tomorrow and gray sighs and showers, we are still looking for temperatures to be balmy, mid- 60s, 20 plus degrees above normal. take a look direct west. san francisco 9:00 in the morning almost 50 degrees. the bulk of this country is up seasonably mild for this date, the last day of january, again the weather is coming from memphis and new orleans and atlanta coming our way tomorrow so we are going to stay quite nice. okay, so we got this wind shift coming, behind it showers, how it is going to exact our forecast? meteorologist bern

in the outback all, michigan state in white, tied at 27. michigan state hold on to win 31-30. the capitol one bull, the gamecocks are in red. conner's call for is that up. ashton jefferies and on for the touchdown. that is how south carolina won the game 30-13. penn state in the houston cougars. he throws to a wide open patrick edwards. a 75 yd play. >> merry christmas and happy new year. i just want to give a shout out to the fans. thank you for your love and your blessings. >> there are very few playoff tickets left. >> when you go in the game, you say whatever you want as long as they win the game. i emphasize that the team. it's >> the raiders lost this season, losing four of their last five. when we come back, the warriors and sharks. >>vern: the warriors were in phoenix today. nash was off balance. david lee fell ill before the game. the suns won the game. three periods were not enough when the sharks paid a visit to vancouver. the sharks could of won the game right here. tory mitchell just could not get it in time. the clock ran out and then he scored the goal. it was n

for more of course we go to marty bass in the outback. and meteorologist bernadette woods. good afternoon. >>> good afternoon. if you haven't had a chance to enjoy it, make sure after this newscast you get out and soak up some of the sunshine. there's nothing going on in our area right now. not that far away there is a front. it is going to swing by today just with some clouds for us. that's about it. all that precipitation you see to the north is going to stay to the north of us but this warm front is going to do wonders for the already mild afternoon we're dealing with out there. for more that that, we send it out to marty. >> good afternoon, everybody. got a couple of graphics for you. one shows the warm front sitting just down to the south and west. this is a big boy. it's not going to affect just the mid-atlantic. there's a lot of folks who are going to get a quite pleasant late january, early february kick in the thermometers. this noon hour 53. memphis 59. it's 53 degrees on the eastern slopes of the rockies in denver. all that is coming your way. so how long is it g

to the outback bowl, michigan state's bell ties the game and forces overtime with 14 seconds left.ains tied until the third ot. spartans up three when they block georgia's field goal attempt. michigan state wins 38-30 in triple overtime. >>> a tumultuous ear came to a disappointing end for penn state. houston wins this one 30-14. south carolina's connor shaw had three touchdowns. two through the air and one on the ground. they beat nebraska to win the capital one bowl 30-13. >>> to the gator bowl. special teams were truly special for florida. andre debouse returns a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown. they also block a punt and return it for a score. florida beat ohio state 24-17. finally, can't forget about the winter classic in philly. nearly 47,000 saw the flyers jump out to a 2-0 lead. then the rangers score three unanswered. mike rupp with a pair. check out the celebration. the salute is exactly what the flyers jameer jagr does after he scores. rupp was having fun and so was henrik lundquist. rangers win the classic 3-2. and that's your first look at sports. i'm mario solis. >>>

she may be in a dark colored small station wagon similar to a subaru forrester or outback. >>> the occupy d.c. movement set its sites on the supreme court today, at issue, campaign financing and the court's decision that dramatically changed the way corporations can support candidates. fox 5's tom fitzgerald was there. >> rights of the people, not the corporations! reporter: they've occupied the white house. >> if you change democracy, you're doing it wrong! reporter: and they've occupied congress. >> i want you. reporter: this time the occupy movement set its sites on the highest court in the land. >> we have come to the supreme court. >> we have come to the supreme court. reporter: under police escort demonstrators marched up pennsylvania avenue from occupy d.c. camps on freedom plaza in mcpherson square to the supreme court. >> do you respect these institutions today? >> no! reporter: the occupy movement has taken criticism its message has been too broad and against too many things, but this demonstration is about one thing, the supreme court citizen's united decision that the proteste

. >>> to the thriller of the day, the bulldogs taking on michigan state in the outback bowl.rtans down 1-0 at halftime but they come back. 20 seconds to go in the game. bell punches it in. the extra point is good and in ot georgia need field goal to win it. they kneel at the 25. but this isn't a chip shot. a 42-yard field goal for blare walsh. he has 12 misses on the season and here's another. mark rick's decision backfires. so we go to triple offtime. the spartans hit their field goal. walsh on again for the game-tying 47 yarder and it's blocked. michigan state comes back to win 33-30 all the spartans happy turns to winter and brings in the cold. because of our economy, millions more will feel that chill than ever before. they're the forgotten ones. the big boys have abused the system to enrich only themselves, while workers are still hurting. it could be a layoff after 22 years of working for the same company. or choosing between food and heat for a sick child. or after working your whole life, you don't have what you need to stay warm. you played by the rules, but who chan

there are six old games today including the rose bowl fiesta bowl, and outback bowl. much more on today's games at wjla.com. that makes me hungry. >> they're so much good eating on this monday that it's hard to stick to the new year's resolutions. >> people have to have snacks when they watched the games. >>>>> what to expect in the final 24 hours before voting begins. >> josh is joining us with a preview. it is less than 24 hours. these candidates are getting desperate for votes. a lot of stuff going on. what are they doing? >> if we use the new year stood of comparison, look at this as the fourth quarter. rick santorum has the ball,can. can mitt romney get down the field? they have packed it all into the next 24 hours. >> this really could make a big difference. >> yes because it is a caucus instead of a primary. it's about message and momentum about how many people can get in that room and talk you up and give a compelling seven points to other voters to get your support. >> and michelle bachmann and newt gingrich are still making a strong push, they say. michelle

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bernadette in the outback with a little bit of snow, still falling here in tv hill. at least it was a minute ago. with a look at satellite and temperatures. bernadette? >> still a couple of flurries out here. nothing heavy. but still pretty. we'll show you satellite and radar. how this progressed. starting last night with the clouds coming in. and the center is passing off to the south of us. that's why you're seeing moisture there. some of the that moister air was getting snow. take a look at temperatures. even though a lot of places are above freezing, the dew point was way below freezing. as it would start to precipitate, it would cool the air. and the dew point would come up and temperatures would come down to meet one another. and when it's still so far below freezing, it could still survive. we're not seeing many problems on the road at this point. as bob said, just be careful overnight. we have warmer air on our way tonight. and we'll have that forecast coming up. >> stay with wjz for the first warning weather forecast. to find updates and find live doppler ra

that's our raven symbol for our wjz outback. snow yesterday.they are trying to clear the field in the stands to get some of that snow auto there. of course, it will actively snowing today that the cold temperatures stay with them. temperatures dropping through each quarter. it's probably 20 degrees before it's all said and done. if you have fans making the trip, make sure they dress as well as they possibly can to become tool through the game. right now we have play 7 degrees at bwi marshall. 27 is the gametime temperature for them. 36 ocean city, 22 oakland. over on the immediate metro area everyone in the mid-to upper 20s. our forecast today only up to about 34 degrees. we will see a little bit of a meltdown, but that no phone turns into a refreeze overnight with a bit of ice and then some rain and fog late as we head into your money. the careful tomorrow morning for the rest because there could be. rain and thunderstorms. your five-day forecast coming up in just a moment. arafat to some of the other stories people are talking about. a major

. >> listen, this took place in an outback restaurant on 23rd street. this is a great video. a guy goes into a bar and finds not a dog, but a dingo, a wild dog singing and playing the piano. listen. >> wow. >> is the dingo singing "don't stop believin'"? >> you did not -- you did not say that to a pregnant lady sitting next to you. maybe lightning strike you. >> a bit of an inside joke. we had a segment where we sang don't stop believin'. save me, ginger. >> okay, let's talk about money and kids. when you have a snow day or you're bored. dan, you were the older brother? >> i was. >> how can you tell? >> maybe you started talking cash. counting your cash. watch this video. dan tells jack, i'm going to throw my money in the air, whatever you catch, you can keep. you got to see this. >> yeah. >> that's a lot of money. >> $57. so $57 is his. >> look at that victory dance that is awesome. >> all right, my video, i have been saying, during 2012, i was going to do more serious stuff. here it is. this is the serious thing that i found. these are some river otte

. >> it is a purple friday even in our outback, the week's end is starting out nice. christy is in for sharon and marty is over in first warning weather. >> it is starting out nice, but starting out dicey, christy, good morning, over to you in a second, no problems for purple friday. warmer than yesterday. 37 at lunch going to a high of 40. 33 this evening, beginning cloudy, overnight we see mixed precip come in and tomorrow morning may become very problematic, we will discuss that shortly, don take it away. >> thank you, the hurry up is slowing down some places, here is christie bresland at wjz traffic control. >> hello, don, hello, everyone. slowing down on southbound 25. the harrisburg expressway continues to build but no delays. moving back over to the beltway, the north side outer loop a minor slow down but the rest of the beltway continues to run very well. let's take a live look, not too much to talk about there. a look at the beltway at old court road. for instant traffic updates log onto wjz.com, don, back to you. >> here is what people will be talking about

at the outback bowl in tampa florida. georgia had a 16 point lead on michigan state.attle back. michigan state wins 53-40. that ends the five game losing streak. outdoor hockey in philadelphia today. the annual winter classic as the flyers take on the new york ranger. new york with the puck. brad richards will score for the rangers and the rebound. that proves to be the game winner, 3-2 new york beats philly in the winter classic. we can play outdoor hockey, but the con concentration is football, the concentration is rest. and we will continue reporting from here. >>> the last minute scramble for undecided voters in the iowa caucuses. iowa caucuses. we asked santorum if he ,,,,,, neil, any luck finding a car? iowa caucuses. we asked santorum if he ,,,,,, not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's where henderson found the one for him. way to go, henderson. finding the perfect car is easy at carmax because each car is carefully selected, inspected, thoroughly reconditioned and

tim is in the outback. >> we'll definitely have to dress for it. if you do, you'll be okay for a while. it is very cold out here if you're out for any period. it's going to be another night where the temperatures are going to drip and drop. i guess that's a drip if you want to call it that. 61 degrees is where we started this week. 60 saturday. 57, sunday. and look at the drop gradually through the week. 47 monday. 32 on tuesday. and then today, our high, only 31 degrees. we were forecasting around the mid-30s. didn't quite get it. with the help of northwest winds, we stayed well below our average of 42 degrees for this day. snow showers has been our connection to the great lakes. moves out of here. and high pressure starts to build back in. won't be quite as cold. temperatures rebuild above average. bob will have your complete updated first warning forecast coming up. >>> gas trax increase. -- tax increase. it's one of the controversial topics lawmakers am -- will tackle in the next few days. derek valcourt explains, there is a grass roots effort

described as a dark colored small station wagon style vehicle that looks like a subaru forrester or outback. fairfax county police are working with prince william county police and manassas park police to investigate the case. >>> in new carrollton tonight the huntous for a man involved in a home invasion -- the hunt is on for main involved in a home invasion that happened this morning. three men baird house on carrollton parkway. they fought with the people -- entered a house on carrollton parkway. they fought with the people inside and took off. a pilot taking off from college park airport reported seeing someone with a gun in the nearby. four nearby schools were locked down until police made sure the area was safe. >>> voters head to the polls in south carolina in just a few hours and the results of the primary there could shape the future of the republican presidential race. fox's karl cameron has the latest. reporter: surging ahead in south carolina polls after another commanding debate performance newt gingrich sounded increasingly confident of a first in the south primary win. >> tom

bernadette woods in the outback with a look at that thursday forecast. bernadette?ll, for tonight, those clouds are going to take over. and tomorrow morning, at the early dawn hours, there may be a little precipitation breaking out. look at that temperature. 33 degrees. we're concerned that briefly in the beginning, there may be a little ice. but it will quickly change over to rain. we're going up to 46 degrees. mainly concerned about rain. rain coming in tomorrow night and into friday. for the rest of the five-day, here's bob. >> after noon on friday, things should be clearing out. 53 again. 50 on saturday. partly sunny, partly sunny. a little cooler then for sunday and monday. stays dry. 43 and 42. that's just about normal by early next week. mary? >> bob, thank you. in today's energy saver, are phantom loads overloading your bge bill? standby power is a electronic device while turned off. phantom loads can add about 10% a month to your utility bill. plug a power strip in and turn that off when you leave for the day. >>> a fireworks display explodes in thailand. a

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then killed her and got rid of her body in an incinerator in the outback. today, her mom, too tearful to take the stand. the girl's father read a statement, saying that their lives are now empty. >> reporter: in the end, the judge believed the prosecution's case and sentenced gross to 30 years for the homicide and 10 years for the sex offense to be conserved consistently. and said that he should not get out of jail until at least half of his sentence is serviced. >> judge cox today gave him the strictest sentence, 40 years. and at least we can be sure that people are safe from him for that amount of time. but it is a tragic case. >> reporter: but a friend of gross's, who testified on his behalf is disappointed. >> i've known him for 20 years. i think he's innocent. i believe him. that's not to say he's without his demons. >> this is the second time in baltimore county that a jury has convicted the accused of murder, even though a body was never found. >> reporter: her sudden death shocked her neighbors. now, police say a city woman killed in a fire was, in

the subaru outback.. >>> i think romney has a very real challenge in trying to get a majority at the convention. just to repeat something i said the other day, we will go all the way to the convention. i believe the republican party will not nominate a pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase moderate from massachusetts. >> that was newt gingrich promising to drag out the republican nomination process all the way to the party's convention in august. can president obama possibly get that lucky? joining me now from florida is georgia congressman jack kingston who has endorsed newt gingrich and here in new york, salon.com's political columnist, steve franaki. jack, first of all to you, i know you're from georgia and i know there's a lot of pressure when your georgia guy is running. but how does it feel to be one of the lone republican members of congress endorsing former speaker gingrich? >> lawrence, i feel good about it. i did serve with him when we were in the minority and then when we won the maj

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doug, you can ask an aboriginal tribesman from the deepest outback in australia who the republican nomineewill correctly say mitt romney. the special interest groups have gotten so powerful they don't try to hide it anymore. here's your candidate, go out and vote, have a nice time, don't try to rock the vote. doesn't matter who you pick because special interest groups own them all. george writes, i have a lot of faith in it. ever watched how well pvegas ses the betting lines nfl games. jack, give me $50 on mitt. andy, please, i'm sweating out punxsutawney phil's prognosis six more weeks of winter. mark, best part of your question, one week into the election year and i'm already tired of it. for having fifth in a betting system, why not? works awell as any of the 24/7 panel of experts and never ending dissection of polls. why not skip all of the hot air, watch the odds out of ireland, let us watch news of value. douglas, an interesting concept, impressive numbers. i'll stick to the conservative opinion of wolf blitz somewhere wait for them to count the votes. cheryl writes, i believe in tra

the subaru outback. love the road you're on. >>> jack's back with the cafferty file. >> indeed.tax on millionaires a good idea? robert in florida, no, jack, it's not a good idea. the mindless cool aid drinkers are buying into it. the rich pay their fair share and part of mine along with 50% of other americans that don't pay that much either. let's stop spending money on bailouts and si lin dra's and other bad choices before we ask for more money from others. to demonize the rich is only obama's attempt to distract from his failed policies. dan in pennsylvania writes -- a 30% tax on millionaires is not a good idea, it's a great idea. however it should be accompaniedly removing more tax breaks and safe havens, the very wealthy have rangeled in legislation of years through using with k street gang. after many changes to the tax laws that put a greater burden on the average american it would be unfair to call it even and start with a flat tax. tom in atlanta writes -- the administration doesn't get it. they team seem to think in the spirit of fairness everybody should be economicall

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