pasadena resident dawn winterbottoms and megan penn. >> i'm at home in pasadena, maryland, on new year's eve, i'll be thinking about this power cell and me helping to generate all of the excitement that's going to be here. >> i liked riding on the bike. because i really want to get the ball and the sign to light up. and i think it's really cool. >> the pasadena elementary school student says she can't wait to brag to her friends. >> i'm going to be telling my friends, oh, my gosh, i was helping power that ball. and it's really exciting. >> reporter: for two months, hundreds of people visited the lab and rode the recovery bikes. all of that energy was stored to help light up the sign. >> reporter: and as the wattage slowly grew, these marylanders say it means a lot to be part of history. >> i think it's pretty exciting because i really like seeing the golds and the silver balls. lighting up. >> reporter: andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> pretty cool. i had no idea. well, this is the second year that sign was powered by people riding those rover bicycles. >>> and still to come tonight.

they did it at a speedway in pasadena. they did all the exteriors and interiors at the pasadena civic center. it was work back then. i never thought i would would be mortified publicly. i lived in the house that gopher built. i would not have had a shot if i had not done that. the entertainment world is a glidepath. sonny bono was elected to the house after i left, but i knew him from television. we would talk from time to time and would sometimes commiserate. i would ask if he had a problem with actors becoming politicians. >> sonny said that was not the problem. the problem was politicians becoming actors. that was a comment he made 20 years ago. >> back to the radio show. your producer, here is a little bit about what she does. tell us how she fits into the program? >> would you like to talk to grandy and andy? when fred says he is offended, are you offended or not offended? >> i appreciate your integrity to denounce back. >> so, jeremiah wright, what he said was not nonsense? >> you should be ashamed of yourself, but i

pasadena natives pedaled their hearts out to restore energy at the duracell power lab. >> i'm at homenew year's eve, and i'll be thinking about this power cell and be helping to generate all of the excitement that's going to be here. >> i like riding on the bike because i really want to get the ball and signs to light up. i think it's cool. >> reporter: the elementary school student can't wait to brag to her friends. >> i will be telling my friends oh, my gosh, i was helping power that ball, and it's really exciting. >> reporter: for two months, hundreds of people visited the lab and rode the rover bike. all that energy was stored to help light up the sign. as the wattage slowly grew, these marylanders say it means a lot to be part of history. >> i think it's pretty exciting because i really like the glow of the silver ball lighting up. >> reporter: wjz "eyewitness news." >> and this is the second year that the sign was powered by people riding on those rover bicycles. >>> the search for the ultimate couch potato he has come to an enterat the sympathyen spn zone in baltimore. jessica

. >> the pasadena student can't wait to brag to her friend. >> i was helping power that ball and it's really exciting. >> reporter: for two months hundreds visited the lab and road the rover bikes. all that energy was stored to help light up the sign. >> as the wattage grew, a lot to be a part of history. >> i think it's exciting because i really like the ball lighting up. >> this is the second year the sign was power by people riding the rover bikes. >>> if they win this afternoon, they get a ticket to the playoffs. >> the team has worked hard to put the pain of the pittsburgh loss behind them and cut down on the number of penalties. >> the 5-10 oakland raiders are unpredictable. they've had wins over the eagles and the bengals. >> the ravens are still heavy favorites to win this afternoon. you can see the game here at 4:00 on wjz. >> a good day to stay inside and watch football. >> yeah, you know i was putting together the ravens forecast, basically weather is not a factor. oakland 68 degrees, partly cloudy. cool wind. game time at 4:00, you can see the action here. chilly, i was tr

the airport is at 18, as well as pasadena. as we get away from it, it is only 17 in columbia. 20 by anne edwards. -- 20 in edwards. plenty of clouds offshore with storms spinning off of cape cod. in two parts of new england and new york state, western maryland is under a cloud deck right now. we are sunny at the moment. winds are more westerly so the lake effect snow is not having much effect but it could swing around a bit and wobble around today, moving out of the picture eventually. but when the wind is as strong as this, it causes a difference in pleasure from low to high in the west, which is a big pressure change that intensify as the winds. sunni right now, we will pick up a few clouds. 20 degrees to 30 degrees, we will have wind chill readings in the single digits at times. the wind advisory is in effect for the entire state of maryland. windchill extreme warnings in western maryland. in western maryland there is a winter weather advisory as well for snow showers. on the other coast, oakland, a big football game. sunsh

jackie robinson going from georgia to pasadena, california. >> guest: true the. >> host: or kurt floodho came from oakland, california. >> guest: right. >> host: i was just talking with someone about that the other day, when marvin miller was looking for someone to challenge the reserve clause, he was looking for an african-american athlete who was not from the south but who was influenced by the broader tenor of the times. >> guest: right. >> host: sugar ray was influenced by what it meant to live in harlem at that time, and harlem in my ways is a character in the story. people should know this is not a typical biography. it's certain lit not a -- certainly not a typical sports biography. you have these marvelous personifications of jazz music and why is it important to understand harlem to understand sugar ray robinson? >> guest: well, people always say a statement, you know, people always say he had such style, or she had such style. well, what does that mean? i was intrigued with -- >> host: what is style? >> guest: yeah, what is style. i just didn't want to write the book and tell

in pasadena, california, thousands of peopllined the streets to wch the rose parade. and it was a day for college football with fiveajor bowl games ing played across the country. with the start othe new year, long and varied list of new laws were implemend in states across the country. >> 3, 2, 1 - happy new year! >> sreenivas: revelers across the countrwelcomed the new ar last night, and this morning, they welcomedn a new set of ste laws which took effect at midnight. ny of the laws targeted publ health: inalifornia, restaunts can no longer serve foodith more than half a gram of trans fat per serng. persally i like the fact that there'not gonna be smoking. >> sreenasan: in north carolina state steeped in its tobacco heritagea smoking ban inestaurants and bs goes into eect tomorrow. >> ielieve in freedoms and i believe choices so, um, for me to say you can't this but you cado that, i just don't think that's the way we erate here. >> sreivasan: state legislatures he new laws will keep the country's roa safer in 2010 with oregon, illois and new hampshire banng drivers f

the crson tide beat the texas longhorns at the rose wl in pasadena, california. the star quartback for texas, colt mccoy, waknocked out of the game early. after thatalabama dominated the first half, and then sved off a late rally by texato win 37-21. it was alabama first title nce 1992. those are some of the day'main stories. i'll be ba at the end of the program with a previ of what you'll fd tonight the newsur's web site. but fonow, back to judy. >> woodruff: and still to co on the newshour: assessment of u.s. inteigence; the jobs picture from th vantage point ofmall businesses; and shields and brooks. at follows our look at the arraignment of umar farouk abdulmutallab in detroit tay. the 23-year-old nigerian is arged with trying to blow up detroit-bound rliner on christmas day. to fill us in on the events and outse the courtroom is paul egan, who covers fedel cour for "the detroit news." he talked to rayuarez late this afternoon. >> suarez:aul egan, welcome, whawas abdulmallab eventually charged with, whatre the multipleounts? >> well, the mt serious count is a

pasadena 21. fort meed. randallstown only 19. doesn't show up there. i have the report.l on the other side of the bay. feeling like 13. feeling like 1 degree when you factor in the winds. satellite picture, no clouds here or in new england. that's yt game will be played today. northerlyly wind also keep us chilled. the next weather disturbance will come out of the north plains and push the high to the south keeping us cold a couple more days and increase the clouds by sunday. ravens game today, plenty of sunshine and chilly conditions. 22-25. wind chill will factor about 10-15 degrees. seven day forecast. freezing tomorrow. sunset to overnight showers. tuesday, dry and 37. wednesday, 42, thursday, 46. by saturday and sunday, we'll pick up some cloud asnd ma maybe a little rain or snow. many consumers looking to clear their debt and have turned to debt settlement for help. some customers say they put them in worst financial shape. credit cards, led to more than $340,000 of debt. the baltimore woman turned to a debt settlement company and claims everything got worst. i dec

. >> and al roker is back from sunny and warm pasadena, probably regretting it as he braves the cold out on the plaza. >> frost and freeze warnings from minnesota down to florida where we've got freeze warnings there. and you can look at the temperatures. these are air temperatures. 34 in international falls, des moines, ten below. omaha, 13. factor in the winds, it feels like 25 below in des moines. five below in chicago. high temperatures will only get up into the sing the digits. chicago up to 19 and the east coast dealing with the cold air. it's not going anywhere. and down in florida, we're talking about temperatures, high temperatures right now, 28 in jacksonville. 40 in fort myers. the wind chills make it feel even worse, with 36 in fort myers, key west, 56. and the bad news is, as mike seidel mentioned, this cold air is not going anywhere. the jet stream is going to continue to reinforce this for today, wednesday we get even colder air. and friday, the cold air continues to come in with the jet stream keeping it locked in in the east. meredith? >> al, thank you very much. we'

the matchup in pasadena was fitting because the university of alabama and the university of texas both have proud football histories with legendary coaches and coaches like paul -- with coaches like paul "bear" bryant and darrell loyal. the fans on both sides were aphid and dedicated who -- avid and dedicated who came out to support their teams with enthusiasm. but in doing so they were very respectful and hospitable towards each other. that is the way college athletics should be. that's the way that things should be on the floor of this house. and we should all be committed to that. and i think that we are. the game itself had inspiring personal stories. the quarterback for texas, colt mccoy, is a fine young man. when he was injured, his team took from his example and never gave up fighting until the end. alabama's quarterback, greg, played with two broken ribs. mark ingram, the m.v.p. of the game, and the first heisman trophy winner in school history, is a student athlete of outstanding character and spirit. but it was a team effort. in the end alabama came out on top and finished th

this year, captain sully sullenberger was honored at the roses parade in pasadena, the theme was everydayore perfect to headline it. the parade was before the rose bowl and something happened yesterday that hadn't happened in ten years and we keep teasing that, dave, are we ever going to air that. >> we'll talk more about the big ten coming up, but can you believe that was almost a year ago, january 15th. >> oh. >> sully sullenberger, unbelievable how time flies. >> here is another unbelievable story for you. officials in connecticut are trying to figure out how in the world did this happen. how did they accidentally cremate at a funeral home the wrong body. >> oh, goodness. >> this is unbelievable. a family goes into the funeral, going into the wake there to see their-- the funeral of their loved one, they look over the casket, turns out that's not grandma in the casket, that's somebody else and then oh, by the way, we accidentally cremated your grandmother. >> cremated her thinking it was someone else. here is what the funeral home is saying now. quote, the funeral home is working close