christina: time for sports with russ, he sat down for a great talk with jason pierre-paul. russ: his situation, his fireworks accident on july 4 is well documented, he lost his right index finger and part of his thumb, but true to his word he said -- he said he would be back, he came back and he came back to make an impact on the field, you know i sat down with him to talk about not just coming back but battle, what it, it took to come back. >> not one day did i question happen to people, every day. but, i am in the public eye. i am jace op jason pierre-paul, this is new york city, one of the greatest cities in the world, it so happened. you know, news flashes and whatever. i am very happy, that i am where i am at right now, i'm doing great things, i will be 27 on january 1st, the sky is the limit. russ: after you had the accident, talk was it helps put his life in perspective, your father's lines. he has never seen. >> you never. russ: i don't think you need anything to put life in perspective for you. >> right there is as it all, my dad never saw me before. you know he do

pierre-paul, working hard here tonight. >> jon: he certainly is. came from the backside, and showed his old form. he got off the ball quickly, beat sims across the space. that's a nice play. if you're a tight end, you have to deal with this man as a run defender. and his get-off is what makes him special. >> mike: second and ten. tannehill has time. play with landry. jarvis landry, couldn't get it covered by wade. >> jon: a strange blitz that time by the giants. they have people dropping out of there, it's half man, half zone. landry on a scramble drill. that's how you're plastered to your man when the quarterback scrambles. >> mike: third and ten. in field goal range, but down seven. tannehill. dropped by williams. damien williams couldn't hang on. going to be a hold, a flag. let's see what coughlin does that could take them out of field goal range, let's see what they decide. >> referee: holding. offense. number 74. a ten-yard penalty. replay third down. >> jon: fox at right tackle, filling in for ja'wuan james. it was a stunt, whitlock, 49, comi

i'm jason pierre-paul. this is new york city. one of the greatest cities in the world. you know, and just so happened i'm the talk of the town and news flashes, paperworks, whatever. i'm very happy where i'm at right now. i'm doing great things and like i say i'm 26 this year. i will be 27 january 1st, sky's the limit. i'm in my prime. >> after you had the accident, talk was all of this puts your jason, your father's blind. >> uh-huh. >> never seen you. >> never seen me at all. >> i don't think you need anything to put life in per executive for you. >> that says it all. my family is a strong family. my dad never saw me before. he doesn't even know what i look like. one thing i can say, he never gave up anything you know. he still cooked for us. when my mom was working, you know, we moved from house to house. you know, he had to learn a whole new house. so you know, basically, up here. you know, up here, and here, you're loyal and would do anything it takes. my dad was my role model growing up. i didn't have a role model growing up. i feel like this injury happened, i fe

and here's an interesting one they searched pierre paul hand after football player jason pierre pauloff part of his hand in the fire works accident. delaware's hottest topic was pope francis vice witt former tone general beau by hen died in may. they searched amtrak a lot. in pennsylvania people wanted to know about the royal baby, new rocky movie creed and this is my favorite they searched john snow dead wonder if he is really gone and super dork who read books and watched the show. >> what do you think about that being the most googled because that surprised me. >> they love game of thrones. >> over football. >> and royal baby. >> and royal babe a. >> we have to move on from that one from that royal baby. >> we will be right back. that's a fact. but this whole "blondes have more fun" thing... ♪ standing by for fun. ♪ >>> it has happened again another hoverboard burst into flames. >> and thinks is what left of it. family in brentwood, california said they bought the the hoverboard just last week, family member stepped on it while it was charging and it started to pop he dragged it f

jason pierre paul is playing well after a fireworks accident off season. >> he had no preseason. he was determined to improve and to play better and he did. and he is a strong rallying point for our team. football? catch the giants-dolphins monday. kick off is set for 8:30. knicks are out west where they open a road trip against the jazz. new york dropped six of the last eight games but hopes a change of scenery could help them get back on track. the warriors simply refuse to lose. last night they held off a late pacers rally to be undefeated. thompson was better. he finished with 39 points. next they are in boston friday night. saint johns basketball team is on the court looking for the first win struck since the first three games of the season. tonight looking for a second straight win. johnson, the take away, gets up to morrisania who finishes with the lay-up. the saint johns is leading in finally a buzzard beating shot is impressive. to win a game better. this is crazy. this is a game they are about to lose by two points until this. full court hail mary. viral video sensation

talk about lessons, there's jason pierre-paul. glad he's alive, forget about football. the giants keep fighting. the jets right on track led by a journey man. changed by a locker room smack. not just a bruise, that bone, it was cracked. the previous coach shuffled upstatement hockey's been good, all locals make run. the belmont saw history, didn't let us down. farrow did it, won that triple crown. then that tall latvian called porzingis. let's have a parade, some big story, you've heard a few in the short time we had, the best we could do. until next year, of course, next christmas eve night. >> a merry christmas to all, and to all a good night. >> merry christmas to you, coach, and to you. >> so now we count down to 2016 for new york fans what. it will mean? a championship run for all would be fun. so two text dark knight, go bring us the crown so you can have a merry christmas. >>> that is the news for now. i'm shirleen allicott. christmas.

. >>> jason pierre paul is going to need more surgery in the off- season on his right hand, in shops of shedding that club next season. he says he wants to be back with big blue. as for tom coughlin, who knows if he will be back, but he's taken a very business-like >> to be honest, this is the 16th game of the season, that's what i'm focused on. i won't let myself go in those other directions, because we have a job to do. and that's what we're going to do. all of these other issues will clear up in time and not before that. >>> brandon johnson, another pro bowl appearance. breaking jet records, still left and right, but still hasn't played the playoffs in his career. he can do that with a win in buffalo, and he wants to soak this all in. >> life in sports, you've just going to focus on the here and now. you get to enjoy it. if you're thinking down the road, you're not really enjoying this moment. i want to enjoy it. these are memories that you'll have, and that will mean the most, it's not about the money, it's not about the thing. it's about the experiences, and things that you've a

. >>> jason pierre-paul will need more surgery in the off season on his right hand. he says he wants to be back with big blue. as for coughlin, who knows if he will be back but he is taking a business like coach on sunday. >> to be honest, this is the 16th game of the season and i'm focused there. i won't let myself go in those other directions because we have a job to do. that's all we are going to do. all these other issues will clear up in time and not before that. >> that's tom coughlin always very business like. you know, he is taking the right approach. guys just getting ready to play this game everything else will shake out. two time super bowl champion, i was hoping that he would be able to call his own shot when he wanted to retire but it may not be in his hands after now. so we'll see what happens on sunday and then monday and after that. >> we'll be back after this. >> closed captioning on cbs 2 news is brought to you by: five meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and we're always looking for ways to enjoy more. so we called time warner cable call now

. >> you talked about jay john pierre paul. he is playing better each week. what have you seen? how impressive. >> last week he played his best. i think he will play better. it takes time to get used to this. he put it together last week. played hard. week. >> you told me finish games. maybe this time is missing or needs to get over the hump? >> part is doing it and having confidence because it happened at least four times at the very end of the game, the last drive of the game we had the lead or whatever and we lose the game. so,ing that's what we mean by finish. somehow, some way put it together. make the interception. get the sack. letter get the ball loose. >> thanks, tom. good luck this week. >> thank you. >>> we are just over 24 hours from the very important game for the giants. new york and miami in miami on monday night football 6789 you can see it on channel 7. our live coverage begins at 8:00. this is one the giants cannot afford to lose. rob and sandra? >> looking forward to that. can't wait. monday night football right back here. >>> coming up at 5:00 a scandal in a

, accept bladder still hanging in there, yogi berra and governor chris christie and nfl player pierre paul's hand. fourth of july, he lost his index finger. >>> and in pennsylvania, we googled the royal baby more than any other state. also game of thrones john snow, pope francis visit, dick van patton, creed, that was probably me. >> carrie under wood and blake lively. >> so how many times did you google michael b jordan. >> no, never, what are you talking about. >> i didn't do that. >> one thing did you do is you saw star wars this past weekend, as did i, thises a very special bit to star wars. monday, december 21st, 2015. >>> may the the force be with you you on this monday morning. you can tell we have star wars fever right now. >> yes. >> hats off to jessica kline. >> yes. >> and that is just fantastic. >> philadelphia magazine released the list of the 50 best restaurant in 2015. over next two hours we will try every single one, wouldn't that be fun. no we will try the the top ten. >> we will put them in the list of places to try. >> coming in at number ten, helm in kensington. the this

pierre nkurunziza sought a third term in office and went on to win. >>> in neighboring rwanda, a referendum is on, whether allowing president paul kagame can run for a third term. kagame has ruled rwanda since his ethnic tutsi ended the conflict in 1994. tell us what the turnout has been like so far this morning? >> that's right, we are at a polling station in central kagale where president kagame is expected to vote at any moment now. this isn't a regular polling place, people have been very quiet lining up coming in and voting. president kagame himself hasn't said whether he will stand for another term or not yet. he says he is going to wait for the outcome of this referendum so he can gauge the will of the people as to how much they want him to run again. this is a slightly contentious issue while supporters say the reason for this referendum is the will of rwandan people can be realized. opposition leaders of which there are a few in the cupt, th. they say the lack of freedom of speech means that this can't be a free and fair referendum. but the government says and the government supporters say this is an expression of the people's >> so what ki