keep philly fans out.iday single ticket games went on sale for the phillies series in washington in early may. nats chief operating officer explains how the plan will work. were you the architect of that plan and tell us what it is? >> we sat down as a group before the new year's and we said this had been so many complaints from fans, from our players, from the media, from the washington post saying why are so many phillies fans showing up invading our ballpark and we said that's it. we're going to actually do something about it and the idea was let's do a presale only to fans in washington d.c., maryland, virginia with a credit card tied to an address from last friday until mash 8th when single game tickets go on -- march 8th when single game ticket goes on sale to give our fans opportunities to buy tickets. >> the u.s. senator bob casey jr. from philly called you guys out for doing this, right? he said phillies have some of the best fans. they shouldn't be left out in the cold just because the nationals

the phillies fans in philly, they are telling our fans will be selling our tickets on-line in the secondaryarket. but that's not going to happen. we need our fans to step up and don't do it. >> we need you to be there and cheer on this team. andy, this team is looking good. nats management making some serious moves in the off- season. >> very exciting. mark rizzo has done an amazing job on scouting and developing and building the foundation of this team. gonzalez came over from the oakland a's. added to the already strong rotation with straussburg and zimmerman. just last friday edwin jackson signed as our fourth pitcher. we've got all four guys. mark rizzo would tell you probably the best pitching staff and someone to combeat against the philly staff. >> as good as the fillies think they are, the -- phillies think they are, the nats -- [ inaudible ] a good rivalry. we like rivalry but you need two sides to have a rivalry. we know what the phillies fans are like. nats fans, come on out. this is the place, this beautiful park where i celebrated an anniversary one year. that's how much i love

philly fans can outnumber nats fans more than 5-1. even people like david umansky the spokesman for the d.c. chief finance office has divided loyalties. >> i root for the nationals except when the phillies are here. >> reporter: but now the nats preparing for opening day are mounting a take back our park campaign selling tickets to the may 4th phillies series only to d.c. area addresses. the tactic riled up pennsylvania senator bob casey who wrote that the gamut unfairly denied access for philly fans. the nats responded this week saying they're just building fan loyalty. and mayor gray weighed in thursday. >> we want nationals fans in those stands. >> reporter: but downtown at the sign of the whale a popular philadelphia fan meeting place they were xoscoffing at the new campaign. >> we organize a bus trip over to nats stadium every phillies game. >> yell a lot and say obnoxious things. >> yeah. it's phillies fans and you either love them or hate them. >> reporter: we did find one nats fan at the bar. >> david johnson is very excited.

from philly called you guys out for doing this, right? he said phillies have some of the best fans.out in the cold just because the washington nationals want a stronger homefield advantage. what do you say to them? too bad. >> you said it. i didn't. >> is that what you would say? >> i believe washington would say that. i think it's interesting he's commenting on it. i'm interested to see what the senators from virginia and maryland have to say. i always thought his credit card is not tied to his home address in washington, maybe back in pennsylvania. maybe that's why he's mad. >> it could be. there's no legal precedent. we can sell the tickets to whom they want? >> no. this is a presale you see typically with a lot of teams maybe not in this setting geographically, but it's funny. we saw someone up on fox in philadelphia. they had a legal analyst went on and said what they're doing is legal, but it's not about the senators or the phillies fans. it's about our fans coming together supporting what's going to be a great team. >> to order tickets or find out more about keeping philly fa

this is for the phillies series in may and the tickets have gone on sale this morning?s have gone on sale. people are already buying ticket on nationals.com. they will be on sale in a pre sale before we launch tickets to the general public in march. almost a full month that our fans here in the washington area will have a chance. i don't want fans calling up three days before the game and saying, i can't get seats anymore because phillies fans bought it. we're going to end that. the great thing is, for the first time, we feel like we are delivering a product on the field that's awesome to give people a compelling reason to come out. we beat the phillies last year 10-8 and the most exciting games were here in september in the parkable you did. and with any sport, but with baseball, it takes some time and every year, you put more and more elements in place. now, you guys, the big news today, you signed edwin jackson? >> that's right. he comes to us, gio gonzalez who we traded for from the a's. there was an amazing job done. stephen strasburg is back healthy, jordan zimmer

it's over tickets to the nats and phillies series on may 4th.re trying to sell the tickets only to washington area fans. it's a take back the park effort they're calling it to keep those obnoxious philadelphia fans from buying up all the tickets as they've done in past years. philly fans at the sign of the whale place downtown say they're going to manage to get their tickets anyway. even though the district may have the last laugh on them. >> we organized a bus trip over to nats stadium every phillies game. >> yell a lot and say obnoxious things. >> yes. it's phillies fans and that's why you either love them or hate them. >> they come down here. they stay in hotels. they drink lots of beer at the stadium. they buy food. they park illegally and we can ticket their cars. >> ooh. >> all kinds of ways to get back out. pennsylvania senator bob casey wrote to the nats complaining about the shutout of philadelphia fans. but the nats wrote back this week. they say they're just trying to protect their fans' base so there. >> seems like the philly fans ar

we want toned that and lock those phillies' fans out and forget you time to the phillies. it is our town, our team. it is our fans and our park. so from the first -- important first time in washington we are doing a presale only to fans in maryland, virginia, and d.c. from now until march when general onsale for single game tickets go on sale. go to nationals.com/ourpark. anyone with a zip code in maryland, virginia, d.c. will have an opportunity to buy tickets from the first phillies series 1 through 6. >> a lot of new faces on the field this year is that right? >> we have some exciting faces on the field. we just signed edwin jackson, pitcher, 95 miles an hour. geo gonzalez frayeded from the as and strasburg is back. this year fully healthy and jordan zimmerman arguably the best pitching staff in the national league including the phillies. >> did you know, that gets people out. when you have a winning team folks will come and see them. isn't that what you found? >> that's it. we need a compelling reason for our fans to come out and take our park back. we want to take the

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. >>> the washington nationals are tired of philly fans invading their park. it happens every summer and the local team is not happy about it. they're going to do something about it called take the park back, an initiative that started last friday where if you fry and buy single game tickets to -- try and buy single game tickets for the phillys game in washington you must have an address within the district. if you live outside the dmv, you have to wait till march 8th. i asked the man behind the project if there's any legal ramifications. >> this is a presale you see typically with a lot of teams, maybe not in this setting geographically, but we saw someone on fox in philadelphia re doing a legal analyst went is actually legal, but again it's not about the phillies fans. it's about our fans supporting what's going to be a great team. >> spring training starts next week. i'm dave feldman. stay with us. >> the verizon 4g lte sports desk brought to you by verizon 4g lte, america's fastest 4g network. my auction ends in 15 seconds ! even worse, my buddy's bidding

to philly to new york. so far, the airports are doing all right. no delays reported. we could have minor delays, but it's going to be another warm day. not going to rain in this region of the country. just light rain on and off from now until about noon. forecast today, look at these temperatures. this is march weather, folks. 67 in d.c. today, 62 in new york. and just soak it up while it lasts. temperatures around the southeast also warm. as we look toward the west coast, rain this morning in seattle, that should clear out for this afternoon. a peek at tomorrow's forecast, a big highlight come thursday and friday. a little rare winter snowstorm. do you believe that? it can snow this winter. watch out denver to omaha. you're watching "morning joe"

i think the experience, just the years in the league are really what make the phillies have all -- theifferent personalities, the guys that are familiar with, you see them on tv over and over. it's not going to take long before people are familiar with guys like strasbourg. >> that's true. premiere, playoffs and nationals. three words you have not heard in one sentence in a while. if we don't make the playoffs, you can fire me. >> all right. >> that's talking it up. >> he is 69 so he's nearing the end. >> all right. >>> let's get another check on our forecast from doug. >> i want to show you guys how excited i am about the nationals. let me -- look at my -- look at the cufflinks i have here, can you see what that is? baseballs, baby, i think they're going to the playoffs, i'm excited about, excited about brad lidge too. let's take a look at the weather, because i don't have enough time to get back here to the chair. a beautiful sun set out there. this is the last day the sun will set before 6:00. tomorrow the sun sets after 6:00. take a look at our citycam, another gorgeous shot is the

totally hysterical, take back the park from the phillies, therm going to put tickets on sale -- they were going to put tickets on sale for one of the series in play right? and it was only going that be if you had a credit card that was linked to maryland, virginia and the district, the only ones that can buy the tickets because they wanted more fans at the park. >> if you're been go a game where the phillies are? >> rock noxious is what they were. they found a way to get around the loophole because there's a one time five game flex plan. if you buy that you get to be there as well but they're not certain they'll see phillies fans in that. >> you know i found a way in and got a discount one of the fans wrote on the "washington post." >> we have a better park and boy do we have a good team this near. remember, we beat the best pitcher on their roster and in the league last year twice. >> how do you like them apples phillys? howard? >>> weather-wise, black ice and a little slick. but tomorrow 50 with rain and snow showers tomorrow night into sad. up northwestern -- saturday. up north ag

and matched in '76 by philly. red wings win 4-3.y can break the record tomorrow nights against dallas. >>> that's your first look at sports. >>> now, for another look at the weather. here's bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. >> and you had the nerve to complain about how cold it was yesterday. >> you're not supposed to tell people these things. >> it was cold for one day. >> i forgot the code. >> i complain about nothing. >> it was cold. it was one day of it. it was windy, too. that's what made it unbearable to be outside, especially in new england. the mid-atlantic wasn't that good. this morning, we're not bad. the temperatures are in the 20s. the wind has died down. you need the winter coat and the glos for the kids today. it's not horrible. we warm up to the 30s and 40s. it's breezy all day. maybe snowshowers upstate new york. chicago, you will hold off until tonight. only expecting an inch or two. but the kids will like it. one to two inches in missouri and arkansas. the snow is exiting areas

. >> well, it's based on the philly fed index. there's a jobs component and that has been very closely tracking the private sector jobs number and base d on yesterday' philly fed numbers they are looking at this and thinking, okay, this spells a 50,000 number for february jobs and that could be really concerning. is it february jobs or january jobs? the number we get -- february jobs that we get in march. >> so you saw oil. look at the ten-year note which continues to do absolutely zero. it's been at 2% for so long. i wonder how long that lasts. let's look at the dollar whether it's up based on this whipsaw that we've been seeing with whether greece -- bless you. >> excuse me. >> and that got gold which is then hovering in the low 1700s. >>> nbia claims that it has new evidence of widespread mortgage origination fraud at countrywide. they are hoping to bolster its lawsuit accusing the mbia unit of inducing it forri risky mortgage backed securities. mbia is asking the new york state supreme court to force countrywide to turn over a

philly is for real. they knock off the best team in the east, 98-82.ers are another team on the rise. danny granger scored 29 of his 36 in the second half. even gets into it with kevin love, a little pushing and shoving but nothing more than that. indy wins their third straight, 109-99. on the other end of the spectrum, you have the magic, playing some of the worst basketball of the season. there's one sure shot way to fix that, play the lowly wizards, ryan anderson and dwight howard had 23 points. orlando end the misery of a four-game losing streak with a win. >>> that's your "first look" at sports. i'm mario solis. >>> here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has the weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> we said groundhog will not see his shadow, four weeks until spring. >> way to reveal the secret. aren't we waiting until 7:30. >> if he seeses had shadow and it's cloudy, i completely lose all faith. >>> d.c. through maryland, off the virginia coastline, dry everywhere up in new england. temperatures have dropped off a little bit. w

. >>> the washington nationals are tired of philly fans invading their park so now the team is doinghing about. it the take back the park initiative went into effect last friday. faps must use a credit card that is linked to an address in the district, virginia or maryland to buy a single ticket for the phillies series in d.c. in early may. if you live outside the region, have you to

and the phillies national game will be an exclusive event. why many fans may have trouble buying tickets. stay with us.  >>> the washington nats have a new plan to keep phillies fans away. for the next month, tickets to the may series against philadelphia will only be sold to nats fans. anyone who wants to buy a seat has to have a credit card link to an address in d.c., maryland, or virginia. anyone can buy them. here's why. last august, phillies fans bought about 85% of the tickets to a game at nats park. basically they want fans at home. >>> as the nfl prepares to play the biggest game of the year. one of its players is speak out against the league. former dallas cowboy runningback is leading a group of exnfl players. fox 5's lindsey murphy explains tonight. >> i guess. >> it happens more frequently these days. this, he says, is how he got here. he is dating tacklers in the national football league, but not without a price. and not without some serious injuries. including to his brain. >> hard for me to figure out how it w

seattle mariners, philadelphia phillies. >> jamie moyer at the age of 47.wn a two-hit shut-out. >> reporter: how many times have you moved over this career? >> jamie's about to pack for the 81st time. >> reporter: in his latest home, he has a wall of memorabilia, including the best baseball has to offer, helping lead the phillies to the world series title. what's it like to stand on the mound of a world series game pitching? >> it's a culmination of pretty much my whole life in baseball. >> reporter: it came with a victory parade and a world series ring, but for him, it is still not enough. >> i hear, "why are you playing? you know "why do you want to do this?" because i feel like i can. >> reporter: using his major league fame, he and his wife, karen, started and still support camps across the country for coping with the loss of a loved one. even though they already have their hands full with eight kids, two of whom may get to play in the major leagues one day soon. did it ever occur to you that he might actually end up pitching to one of his sons? >> oh,

stuck in the airport yesterday in philly, today shouldn't see much of an issue. into saturday from philly all the way to boston we may ib able to get a little light snow going on, light snow right now being seen through portions of colorado but for the most part a good stretch of the east easy travel today and some of the cooler temperatures you see towards minneapolis, we're going to see start seeing much cooler over the weekend. we'll talk about that coming up in "morning joe." >> todd, thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> turn to sports a great night of college basketball, fifth ranked unc at home against ninth ranked duke. carolina entered the game with a school record 31 game home winning streak. late in the first unc's tyler zoeller, blocked the shot, unc heading the other way, right at the end of the first half. convert the lay-up. the crowd is pumped. carolina up by as many as 13 points in the second half. duke came back eventually pulling to within two. six seconds left on the clock, the blue devils get the ball to freshman austin rivers and here is the la

barely freezing in new york, 33 in philly. beautiful day travel wise across the northeast and good portion of the eastern u.s. high pressure in control, some cool temperatures. seems cool here towards minneapolis and towards fargo, but for the most part those are about average if not slightly above average for this time of year. on the cool side but that's about it. there's a look at some of the snow coming down across colorado. few little patches here and there, vail, one to three inch storm and down into north texas may see a few flakes. south texas, the showers get going today, maybe houston and we'll talk more about the west coast system that is making landfall coming up. lynn? >> todd, thanks so much. coming up, chinese inflation heats up. mcdonald's sells more breakfasts. what a woman really wants for valentine's day. your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, an amazing finish between duke and north carolina, syracuse and georgetown in overtime, and will ferrell like you've ne

it is not about the phillies fans.fans coming together to support a great team. >>> more on the jeremy lin show that played once again to rave reviews at madison square garden. we will careful deeper. i know you can't get enough jeremy lin. >> it is exciting to watch. >> every time the guy played the garden, when he played in toronto, they sold that place out. going crazy around the world right now. >> it is great to have something for people to like get back into the nba. >> i just wish he played for the wizards. >> then that would be a different story. i don't know if it would be the same. >> being i mother is a full- time job and then some. >> today, one group dedicated to enhandgun moms find support through friends is getting a special honor at the white house. coming up next, find out what mocha moms is all about. >> winter weather in the forecast this weekend. now is a great time to get that new fox 5 weather app on the a.m. store and the android market as well. you can also go to myfoxdc.com and scan our qr code

but you get the philly fed numbers, good solid numbers. and you see some of the earnings that are here, some of the stock whitney tilson carries in fact, you you look at how heavily weighted in financials and technology he is, and how those have performed just outperformed like crazy, those are positive signs. >> i agree with the guys. on the other hand, going into next week, we're start to see some of the big retailers report numbers. i'm really cautious going into some of those specifically. target, walmart. i'm not sure we'll like what we see. and we have a long weekend with greece make lots of rumblings and wi won't have an answer ecb on funding until monday. i would be cautiously optimistic here, but i would not be buying with both hands. >> and i want to call everybody's attention to what we were running on the above the the screen. we still are. coca-cola has increased its quarterly dividend 8.5% to 51 cents per share. you can see the move higher. highs of the day two-thirds of 1%. let me get your thought on dividend payers in gener

housing starts and philly fed up. inflation relatively tame. so is the american economy better than you think or not? >> welcome back, ty. nasdaq up 12% year-to-date. shares in apple up 30% in three months. are we seeing a rock solid tech boom, or is this a bubble waiting to burst? >> plus pain at the pump. gasoline prices soaring. talk of $5 a gallon gas by memorial day. what is driving prices up so far so fast, sue? >> i am sue herera with tyler mathisen. a great edition of "power lunch" begins right now. >> i'm jackie deangelis at the realtime exchange. today's trade all about good economic news in the united states. the other worries haven't gone away but on the back burner for the moment. here's where we stand right now. take a look at the markets. the dow up by over 100 points. s&p 500 up by 11 points and change. and the nasdaq composite seeing a nearly 31-point gain there. nice green in terms of our markets here. taking the pulse of the markets, the euro, it was improving from earlier levels. it's slightly higher there at 1.3103. nat gas

. >> the name we have said many times in this broadcast, he won the annual wing bowl in philly on friday. he ate a gut busting 337 wings in a half hour. that smashed the previous record of 255. usually we're talking about him eating hot dogs. >> makes my stomach hurt. wings, super bowl sunday. it's like a marriage. >> that does it for us. sports xtra 2 minutes away. we'll see you tomorrow at 6:00, 10:00, and 11:00. i'm in a tricky situation here. i'm bidding on a 1979 dukes of hazzard lunchbox, but my auction ends in 15 seconds ! even worse, my buddy's bidding on the same lunchbox. it's airbrushed ! but i've got verizon 4g lte. it's so fast that i can outbid him at the last second. i got it ! yes, i won ! woo hoo ! it's got a thermos ! rely on verizon 4g lte. because only the fastest survive. cepacol gives powerful lasting relief, because the numbing medicine in cepacol is the maximum strength you can get without a prescription. tame your painful sore throat with cepacol. we're gonna erase breast cancer once and for all. walking 60 miles... in three days. (woman) we're united. (woman) a

this is sarah bart originally from philly.her dream category would be the combination of geography, mascots and beer. to watch her, tune in to abc2 at 7:00 tonight. >>> also this morning, thank the warm weather for bge having lower bills. they say customers can expect to pay $100 to $200 less on their homes this year. in addition to warmer weather they say falling commodity prices are also contributing. >>> another update in just a bit. >>> i'm frightened about this. to know that i could spend the rest of my life in jail for a crime i didn't commit is a very scary thing. >> that is bob bashara, speaking out for the first time in an abc news exclusive interview. he's the husband under investigation of the suspicious death of his wife in grosse pointe park, michigan. >> we're going to hear from his attorney. what he says is raising a lot of eyebrows. >>> and our dear barbara walters. you saw her. i don't know how to explain this to you. why she's hitting the streets with the $200 million man. lit all make perfect sense. >> she'l

phillys fans were like what are you talking about phillys say they can do this this is -- nats say they can do this this is a way for them to keep their fans here. >> hometown pride >> i wonder if this will extend to new york when the mets come to down. now, we alluded to it allison and tony, big albert hainesworth back in the news he has been cut once again the third team in less than a year saying bye bye to big al, remember the skins had them then patriots, picked him up, now buccaneers said thank you no thank you. >>> why did they pick him up >> your services are no longer required. >> why did they pick him up? >> you see the size and frame and thing wow this guy is your prototypical defensive end or tackle, whatever you, lack of heart, will, he just doesn't seem like he wants to play football teams pick up on that and don't want him to play like randy moss. once you quit, as hainesworth has done a couple times it is hard to work. randy moss is trying to do the same thing terrell owens is trying to get back it is not good to put on your resume i quit in three places he didn't necess

another nba guy with local ties, gary neil playing at philly. highlight on that drive to the hoop. tosses it up and that goes in. let's get another look. gary comes off the bench in score 18 points adds as -- as the spurs beat the sixers. football news, it's been reported that university of maryland quarterback danny plans to leave college park for another school but hold on. on his twitter account today he says contrary to rumor, i'm still a turp, end quote. that's something he shared on social media. one report said he met with the coach and informed him he will transfer. that's what we know for now. >> okay. >> that will be a blow. thank you, mark. coming up, a rhino on the run. >> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> 650 people got to the top of the empire state building. they took part in the building run up going up 86 flights of stairs. this was also the first time the race was run at night. someone from germany reach the finish line first in a time of 10 minutes and 28 seconds. >> a rhino is on the loose at a tokyo zoo. it's made of paper mache

leading phillies and they are in the third period. star break tonight in indiana looking like they were still on vacation. minus curry golden state was crushed. opening 5 game road game against the pacers. jenkins and 9 start of the year. curry out with the strained tendon in the right foot. andre demanding the ball on the block. air ball. jump out to continue nothing lae. david west up and in. jackson says i have to stop the play here. warriors look at ellis. what a great shot. just before the clock. warriors within 3. on a 13-o run. 25-24 golden state. but -- where is the defense. anything out of the screen. third quarter danny granger inside for 2 and granger top of the key. 25 points. nobody is on him. pacers were up by 24. jones extending the lead to 33 final is 102-78. it's a laugher. golden state after the loss will move on to atlanta tomorrow night. a celebration atmosphere prior to tonight. kings jazz game sacramento mayor johnson and the kings owner banking the fans. build a new 3 87 million dollar arena and the kings will s

philly knocks off the best team in the east. the pacers another team that is on the rise.ny granger was a man among boys in minnesota scoring 29 of his 36 in the second half and gets into it with kevin love, a little pushing and shoving but nothing more than that. indy win their third straight 109-99. or on the other end of the spectrum you got the magic playing some of the worst basketball of the season. but there is one sure shot way to fix that. play the lowly wizards. anderson and howard both had 23 points. orlando end their misery of a losing streak with a win. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> there may be a review into the investigation of amy winehouse's death. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> coming up, we will show you jimmy flying high above one of the biggest stages of all. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this groundhog day. lots of clouds out throughout much of the country. not many shadows to be found. if you believe the prediction it means an early

choose from savory favorites or our new philly cheesesteak sandwich.peppers served with fries and a tasty soup or salad. chili's lunch break combos. >>> here's "the play of the day." >> sort of an interactive play of the day. i wanted to test your memories there at home. >> so we're not playing? >> well, maybe a bit later. throw them up, guys. see the numbers that are popping up on the screen, all right? take a look. now wipe it. wipe it. now could you then tell us where those numbers were? there's a chmp at kyoto university who can. it's amazing. take a look. >> get out of here. >> he's a 5-year-old chimp. and he can memorize. numbers up to 19. they're up there for less than a second. >> wow. >> and he's doing it. >> oh, my gosh. >> he's working for food. >> sam can't do that. >> sam could never do that. >> why does it gotta be sam? why does it gotta -- what? why can't we just love the chimp? >> love the chimp. [ male announcer ] new starbucks blonde roast is another way to look at the bean. another way that reveals the lighter, mellower side of our r

you were in philly which got hammered too. >> we got hammered big time. what pat was doing here i was doing up there, 19 straight hours there. snowmageddon wasn't just that one storm with the blizzard-like conditions. it was two back-to-back storms and really amazing how those things came through. as meteorologists we're looking at the first one saying my goodness we just got done with this one. then the next day we go wait a second. something is going on here. >> two feet of snow. i was just saying snowmageddon. wasn't it like when eight feet of snow fell we had the snow mountains in the parking lots until like may. >> forever. >> we had places just to the west of philly and just to the west of our area out toward frederick and places like that upwards of 40 to 50 inches of snow in those two storms. and then we get to this winter. 1.7 inches officially at the airport. a completely different winter. you got that right. temperatures have been on the mild side. it has really been gorgeous out there if you're one of those that would like more spring like wea

save for the mets being a dumpster fire, the phillies and essentially we're philly north sometimes or so you're always competing with the climate and their fans that come along with. >> it's fine for david to have those expectations internally because this group needs to turn the corner. it's fine to say let's let the kids develop and be patient. at a certain point you've got to put up enough ws. i like the attitude david johnson has brought in. they expect to win. i'm in favor of it. >> this is the time of year where optimism runs really high. once they start playing and we get to see everything. >>> i do want to talk about the wizards last night losing in that buzzer beater to milwaukee, but they made a good push in the 2nd half. randy whitman benched javale mcgee and nick young to start the 2nd half. is this team kind of losing structure, kind of imploding? >> here's the thing. what's the down stied of him benching these young guys -- side of him benching these young guys? are they going to start to lose? there needs to be some accountable. it's found and good to say let's build wi

after an injury plagued season in philly lidge is looking to resurrect his career against a team he usedg on a regular basis. >> if the nationals were maybe where they were a couple years ago it probably wouldn't have been a very attractive option. but the fact that last year they finished the 500 and had a bunch of key guys hurt, you know, i think really kind of shows the path they're headed on and this year if they expand the wild card to another team i think the nationals have a very good chance of being there. even if they don't i think the nl east is where the wild card is going to come out of and the nationals are seeing a chance to be that team. >> new nationals reliever brad lidge the university of maryland made it official we told you last week. danny o'brian has played his last game for the terps and will transfer with starting left tackle max garcia and linebacker mario rosen. o'brian is set to graduate this spring and can play for another school immediately unless it's vanderbilt. the head coach randy eds l has not given o'brian his release to play with vandy to reunite with

folks in philly shattered the record. 327 people taking their turn.s if i had been there i would have been 328. >> you know it! >> they got it on, did their thing, boogied down the line,

temperatures are in the 50s and 60s along the gulf, already in the 40s in dc, philly and new york, going in the 50s later today. because it feels like march, should be no surprise strong thunderstorms, maybe a few tornadoes late today, talking east texas, houston, shreveport, new orleans, chance of strong storms late this afternoon through this evening. the forecast today, look at this, 53 in new york today, 55 in dc, that warm air goes all the way in central new england where the snow and ice is melting quickly. temperatures in chicago above freezing, you will have light rain here and there, most of the wet weather down in oklahoma, missouri and areas of arkansas. anyone joining us from the west coast, damp weather in l.a. and san diego, temperatures stay warm, rain heads to the east coast tomorrow. mike, very slight chance of a significant east coast maybe nor'easter on sunday, one of the computers are calling for that to happen. >> is there any explanation for this winter? it has been incredible. >> hasn't been our turn. europe has been historic, last two winters we got nailed, not ou

pro hoops in philly, here's espn news. >> good morning.le wright here with your espn news update. monday evening, kobe bryant looking to sur prasz shaquille o'neal. baseline "j," count it. later on from the wing. kobe, what else did you expect? bottom of the notch. within one after hitting two from the stripe. long jumper. that's good. fifth on the all-time list. history made. lakers up five. now let's get back to the game. kobe, driving, finishing. he finished with 28 points. under 2:00 left in the game, sixers up three. williams. he was everywhere he needed to be. the six irrs win this one, 95-90. >>> knicks hosting the jazz. there's jeremy lin. we'll tell you about him in a moment. carmelo anthony, on the floor, five minutes in. he would leave the game with a groin injury. check out espn.com for the latest on melo. back to lin. drive to the lane, part of his big-time evening. we go in the fourth. more lin. how about i give this one back to you? that's the definition of friends helping friends. after lin hit his shots from there free-thr

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> i'm doing one right now in v mix and coming up in the next couple weeks, they're going to be in philly and i think two in new york city. another one in los angeles, as well. >> i just saw the tweet that if people are seen at the super bowl holding up a sign that says "cougartown" returns february 14th at 8:30, they get a walk-on role on your show. >> i'm sorry, the super bowl? >> yes. that's it for this edition of "right this minute." we leave you with one more look at snow carting in russia. stick around because the top ten countdown is on the way. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

cities up near 50 and maybe even mid fifth from philly to d.c.t a chance of showers buffalo and pittsburgh, not a lot of wet weather. as far as boston goes, 44 is a little bit above average, but we'll go well above average wednesday, thursday and friday. we're not going to get near 70 like you are in d.c., but three days in a row, at the end of february in boston, extremely rare. and we'll continue that probably to friday, it will get chillier but sunny this upcoming weekend. as far as the forecast in the middle of the country, showers and snow showers continue today. areas like chicago up to green bay and milwaukee and just rain showers for you in areas like detroit and cleveland. and as we told you, tomorrow looks like april around the nation. it's an amazing weather pattern. >> bell, ha bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, together again. like it or not, rihanna and chris brown reunite in a musical accep sense. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. there's another way litter box dust:e purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of