>> guest: rehab science. >> host: at the university of pittsburgh. "the communicators" is at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. well, one of the items most frequently on display here at the consumer electronics show 2012 in las vegas is 3 dtv, and we are joined on "the communicators" by heidi hoffman who is the managing director of the 3-d at home consortium. ms. hoffman, first of all, what is 3-d at home consortium? >> guest: about 50 member companies who are interested in accelerating the adoption of 3-d into the home and beyond. we were formed about 40 year ago, our members are all active members that work on different parts of the industry, different parts of what we call the 3-d ecosystem whether it's broadcast, content creation, 3-d products for the home, consumer products or whether it's research studies on how 3-d is working for people, what needs to happen and what they like best. >> host: are we in second or third generallation 3-d yet? >> guest: good question. i think we're still first generation product if you evaluate 3-d by act

>> degree of science. >> at the university of pittsburgh. "the communicators" is at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. >> you know, one of the items on display here in 2012 is 3d tv and we are joined on "the communicators" by heidi hoffman who is the manager of the 3d at home consortium. >> we are a 50 member companies who are interested in accelerating the adoption of 3d in the home and beyond. we were formed about four years ago. we -- our members are all active members of the industry that work on broadcast, content creation, 3d products for the home consumer products or whether it is recent studies on how 3d is working for people, what needs to happen scomprks what they like best. >> are we in second or third generation 3d yet? >> good question. i think we're still first generation product. if you evaluate 3d by active television. you know, we've seen the technology changing. we see it moving. we see a lot happening. and you can see it here at the show. >> what are you displaying here at the consumer electronics show? >> for the

as pittsburgh was, rhode island is in a period of transition. i believe there's tremendous opportunity for our state to grow our economy in the knowledge district with the meds and eds leading the way. we must have the wisdom and foresight to make good decisions regarding our hospitals, and our educational institutions. if we do, working with the energetic, talented, and smart may irtavares, we can have the best of times in our hospital city, with good, high-paying jobs for rhode islanders. we are fortunate to have other strong leaders in our state. lieutenant governor roberts has made rhode island a national leader in health care reform. we are only -- we are the only state to receive level two federal funding to help our health benefits exchange. the $58 million will not only generate substantial activity in the rhode island economy, it also helps us establish a marketplace for families and small businesses to buy high quality, affordable health insurance. it is tragic that central falls fell into bankruptcy. but justice robert flanders led th

he grew up in the pittsburgh area and lost his own job as head coach to the ravens. he will fit right in. >> there is a very high expectation in the city of pittsburgh. like i said, i grew up here and went off to college. i understand what is expected from the fans in the city of vicksburg. the steelers are such a great part of this town, and that is where my bge in this city of pittsburg. -- that is where my excitement is, to come back and be part of this city of great tradition. >> tiger woods and michael vick have been declared the most disliked athletes. tigers approached -- he hits the green and sets himself up for a birdie. he is forerunner in the opening round with five shots off the lead. a birdie for tony romo on 14. capitals fans could probably think a lot of words to describe a loss tonight, and i will wager you can probably spell most of those words with four letters. the big night for alex ovechkin. he finds alexander on the backside, but the jets got two goals in less than 12 seconds. a deflected shot to tie the game at 2-2. the capitals lose 3-2. value

louisville hung on the beat pittsburgh. indiana had four players in double figures to beat minnesota inch top-ten action this weekend, kentucky clinched the sec, syracuse takes the big east. kansas overcame a 19-point deficit to beat missouri. six straight for duke. michigan state is undefeated at home. north carolina edged virginia. for more sports news and information, go to cbssports.com.

saw that pittsburgh is reporting light snow this morning.n pennsylvania have a little coating. we're also showing up snow north of d.c. and north of baltimore. some of that may be hitting the ground. some may not. a lot of it is evaporating the air is so dry. keep an eye on roads in maryland or pennsylvania if you're heading out this morning. forecastwise, another mild day. it will be temperatures soaring into the 40s in most areas. whatever snowflakes you get, light rain later today. temperatures in pittsburgh will get up to 39. even boston at 43. so much for the cold air. it's gone. as far as the rest of valentine's day. light rain in the deep south. middle of the country, you look fine today. no problems at all. a little bit of light rain in arizona. tomorrow we watch that storm moving into the middle of the country. but more rain. really no issues. temperatures continue to be mild, lynn, from coast to coast. >> thanks, bill. >>> coming up, hollywood's top dog is chosen. plus, she's the lucky one chosen to be sports illustrated swimsuit c

the brunt is approaching pittsburgh and western maryland. international falls down in chicago when the great lakes, this area of high pressure will bring in slightly cooler air tomorrow, about a 10-degree

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when i was in high school, we'll look back on the glory days in pittsburgh of the pittsburgh steelers in the 1970's. that is all we had to hang onto. the steel industry was collapsing. we were very proud of our pittsburgh steelers, but we will not -- were not producing a lot of steel. we lost huge icons. all the more gone, no longer around. we struggled and we suffered, but we bounced back. there are still a few steel companies around. not anything like what it was before. i used to represent the district in congress. there are a lot of shopping malls and other high-technology businesses where they were in the past. but pittsburgh came back. it took a while, but we have a diversified economy. it is a great place to live again. the market worked. that is what i believed in. that is what i stood for. that -- i will build one group of folks and not bailout and other industry. you are either for them or against them, but don't start picking winners and losers. he may not like my position on bail out, but i have been consistent, unlike other people in this race. [applause] as part of fixin

. >>> pittsburgh area, live pictures of the fire at the mystic mountain ski lodge. investigators say a worker was inside the lodge, reporting the fire at 8:00 last night. this is a live shot ready to go off, you are seeing it come in and out of focus. look behind the reporter. the fire is going on. at the peak, 150 firefighters on the scene as well as pennsylvania state police and medics. we don't know the word or the reason for the fire. some people have been treated for smoke inhalation. we will continue updating the story throughout the course of the morning. >>> two police officers are charged in towing in a kick back scandal scheduled to go to trial today. sherrie johnson has more of the story. this story has been dragging on for several months, almost a year. >> saga keeps on continuing. there is new developments this morning as samuel and kelvin, two of the 17 officers charged head to court. a according to published reports , there is new evidence in documents that show plition traced over 8000 telephone contacts between a cell phone for the majestic towing c

pittsburgh, pennsylvania, with sunshine. houston texas coming in at nearly 60 degrees. so a number of buflt spots across the country. whether you like the win or the loss, at least starting off quiet. >> a little sunshine even for the people that are depressed. >>> well, job numbers looking up, france will still fly, and why a giants super bowl victory may look good for your stocks. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus a bunch of relative unknowns knock off a big name at the box office. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. western and arab states are voicing outrage after russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution that would have backed an arab plan urging syria's president to give up power. secretary of state clinton called the veto a travesty. activists say at least 30 civilians were killed by syrian forces sunday. >>> the son of transportation secretary ray lahood is among 19 americans facing trial in an egyptian criminal co

. >> el club en pittsburgh se ha movilizado con un programa que ha tenido gran Éxito si no vean la caraadora y el programa skipe. >> aquÍ tne su billete >> aquÍ estÁ su nuera tambiÉn "toÑo." >> veamos. >> su fuera la de "toÑo" y la de felipe. >> la sorpresa mayor estaba por venir. >> ahÍ estÁ la chiquita, la mas chiquita. >> ¿cÓmo estÁ? >> aquÍ estÁ todo. >> veamos asÍ. la estÁ abrazando. >> lo que estÁ viendo. muy linda, mucha alegrÍa, mucha alegrÍa. >> es precisamente uno de los objetivoss del club. en el cual hace posible estas reuniones organizando las sesiÓnes por internet desde su sede en pittsburgh y la ciudad que los vio nacer y los sigue inspirando. sÍ con fondos y ayuda luis becerra que estÁ ahÍ. >> hemos logrado conjuntar un ciber club en la ciudad de jalisco. >> en el cual nos ha ayudado no solamente en lanzar familias desde su propuÓsito es mayor, hacemos entrenamiento para personas familiares de bajos recursos que no saben utilizar una computadora igual que hacemos este con la organizaciÓn de mÉxico. >> en donde entrenan ellos para sacar su certificado de primaria o secund

wet and icy from indianapolis to pittsburgh.ain drenches parts of i-10 from houston to new orleans. snowy on i-25 in the rockies. >> if you're flying today, airport delays possible in chicago, detroit, new orleans, and houston. >>> we're getting new insight into one of the most influential creators of our time. the fbi has released secret files on steve jobs. >> the pages detail his private life, his behavior, and a bomb plot against him. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: by 1982, young steve jobs was famous enough to be on the cover of "time" m magazi magazine. fbi files reveal, his fame came with a cost. three years later, he was a target of an extortion plot. man threatened to blow up jobs' home unless he was paid $1 million. that was jobs' first fbi file. but not his last. the fbi conducted a background investigation of him after he was nominate td to the white house export council. the fbi under the up interesting personal nuggets. jobs told the nib he expert r permitted with marijuana, lsd, and hashish in college. he was

university of pittsburgh i should say. this is elaine houston, and ms. houston what is your role at the university of pittsburgh? >> guest: i'm a ph.d. student in the graduate student researcher. >> host: why are you here at the consumer electronics show? what he demonstrating? >> guest: i am demonstrating that personal manipulable of the appliance. >> host: where was this develop? >> guest: this was developed at at the university of pittsburgh in conjunction with carnegie mellon. >> host: can you demonstrate what this does and how it helps you? >> guest: one of the task is going to do is i drop my pen and it has picked it up and now he needed to get it back to me so i could have the hand come in and bring me the pen. can you bring it in? >> host: this is being operated robotically, is that correct? >> guest: open the grouper. yes, it is. >> host: is this a product that could be on the market at some point? >> guest: very much so. we are very much hoping to be commercially available within the next couple of years. >> host

icy on i-70 from pittsburgh to indianapolis. and i. 80 from buffalo to cleveland. wet on i. 75 from atlanta to knoxville. >>> if you're flying today, a few airport delays possible in atlanta and detroit. >>> well, the grisly search continues today in northern california for more human remains left behind by pair of serial killers. >> investigators combing through a well have found over 300 bones. a bounty hunter paid death row inmate leslie shermantine where to find the bodies. >> in this particular well, i don't know that there's any more than a couple i do believe in the other well further east there's as many as a dozen. >> shermantine and lauren herzog were convicted. >>> former penn state a sis tant coach jerry sandusky is relieved and pleased he'll be able to spend time with his grandchildren. a pennsylvania judge granted his request for supervised visits. the judge denied the request that jurors be brought in from outside the penn state area. the judge did allow him to step outside. >>> hugh hefner's son was arrested for hitting his girlfriend, a play mait.

. >> gerald stern was born in pittsburgh, 1925. his parents immigrated from poland and ukraine.erald stern, who said, "poetry should be passionate and outrageous and political and most of all revolutionary." >> in all these rotten shops, in all this broken furniture and wrinkled ties and baseball trophies and coffee pots i have never seen a post-war philco with the automatic eye nor heard ravel's "bolero" the way i did in 1945 in that tiny living room on beechwood boulevard, nor danced as i did then, my knives all flashing, my hair all streaming, my mother red with laughter, my father cupping his left hand under his armpit, doing the dance of old ukraine, the sound of his skin half drum, half fart, the world at last a meadow, the three of us whirling and singing, the three of us screaming and falling, as if we were dying, as if we could never stop--in 1945-- in pittsburgh, beautiful filthy pittsburgh, home of the evil mellons, 5,000 miles away from the other dancing--in poland and germany-- oh god of mercy, oh wild god. ( applause )

just a chance of showers buffalo and pittsburgh, not a lot of wet weather.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 litters now works harder on dust. and our improved formulas neutralize odor

. >>> near pittsburgh, a sight could scare even alfred hitchcauhitc hitchcock. thousands of crows descended on the neighborhood. what they are leaving behind is downright frightening. look at that. can you imagine walking out of your house to that? cars and homes have been completely drenched in bird droppings. some folks have resorted to putting up a scarecrow to shoo them away. >>> finally, if you failed to impress your sweetheart on valentine's day, here's a way to get out of the dog house. you could take the relationship to a whole new level. an ohio company is selling what they call romantic rides aboard their plane. for $425 you will get champagne, chocolates, and a little bit of privacy. i have a feeling there is it a tea -- 80s music going on there. now we turn to bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> i couldn't see you going five feet of that plane. >> without purel, yes. >> you would need a hose of purer. we'll leave it at that. >> stick to flowers and chocolate, please. >> the plane's name was the bahama mama. that says it all. >>> good mo

and we'll introduce you to the new resident of the pittsburgh zoo.oming up on news4 at 5:00, a terror plot busted in d.c. the target was near the capitol. we have live team coverage from d.c. to nort people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! get high yield free checking at capital one bank. why earn bupkis, when your checking could earn five times the national average!! and free atms anywhere. five times the national average!!! that's new school banking. sign up for high yield free checking at a capital one bank. what's in your wallet? somebody help me down. >>> zoogoers in pittsburgh are getting a first glimpse at the zoo's newest addition. a gorilla gave birth last week. and this week she's been holding her baby close to her while walking around the exhibit. the baby's father was the first gorilla ever born at the pittsburgh zoo and officials say he's proving to be a good father so far. it's not clear if the baby is a boy or a girl. >> i want to take that home. mocha would not let me get

recognize the gentleman from pittsburgh, mr. doyle. >> i agree with everything my friend from louisiana said. we know the pipe is sitting on the property and they want it use it in the pipeline. they're a private company and they can buy wherever they want. but that type comes from askedt applicant if there was any of the steel source from india. they told us no. i mean, i'm just saying, hey, let's just all be straight with. they have every right to use that pipe. i know they don't want it to sit there and rust, but i'm just saying at some point let's stop making claims about this project that aren't true. i'm going to support the project when it's done the right way, and i wish there were u.s. steel in the project, but let's not make people think this is the greatest thing since apple pie and ice cream. >> i'm going to reclaim my time for the last minute and 15, and let me just reassert, there is no leapfrogging here, that we're only here today because the president denied the permit under his authority. he killed the project j

by this evening pittsburgh seeing some snow and charleston still cloudy. by midnight, now we're talking a little bit of rain right along the i-95 corridor. but as you get up toward frederick, maybe out west of leesburg, i-81, i-70, we could be seeing some snow fall and even pick up in those areas maybe an inch in spots tonight. not going to be the end of the world but some accumulating snows. some snow north and northeast tomorrow morning. that's going to pull away but that's going to drop temperatures in the afternoon and i think we have an early day high about 40. rain south and snow north in the afternoon with some snow showers still possible tomorrow evening. around 9:00 looking at some snow showers down to the stout and then this will start to pull away except in the mountains where it will continue the snow flying. again some of the ski areas could pick up a foot from this. wouldn't be surprising to me. we look at the forecast then, today we've got temperatures which will be only -- seasonable really. a couple of degrees above average. 50. tonight do

post 9/11 security and seeking earmarks for polar bear exhibits at the pittsburgh zoo. newt gingrich campaigning with herman cain went after both his rivals for refusing to participate in the presupertuesday debate. he went after romney for those negative ads. >> all they need to know is, it's paid for with wall street money and it's false. >> gingrich has no plans to drop out, especially with another $10 million infusion coming to his super pack from casino magnet. in washington, fox news. >>> tears and hugs after maryland takes a giant step toward legalizing same sex marriage. yesterday the house passed a bill. the bill now heads to the senate. if passed, it heads to governor martin o'malley. >>> in maryland, it is a different story in new jersey. yesterday, governor chris cristie vetoed a bill allowing it in the state. cristie says it's up to voters to decide the issue and is renewing his call for a valid question. an advocate for same sex couples who uphold new jersey's existing civil union law. >>> a big story coming out of the middle east tonight to iranian warshi

. >> elaine heads a team in pittsburgh and thinks the settlement could be a big help to many clients. >> they will be able to get some real assistance especially with the principal reduction, we're so underwater. >> and this won't help everyone. 62% of the mortgages are held by freddie mac and fanny may. >> i think banks are getting off easy. >> nancy is trying to avoid foreclosure after losing her job. she, too, owes more on the home that it's worth. her mortgage is serviced by bank of america but owned by fannie mae. >> unless the investor and fannie mae and freddie mac are going to help b of a, b of a is not going to help the homeowner. >> 289 million will go towards restitution for 140,000 of those who lost heir homes to foreclosure, about $2,000 per homeowner. >> it's more of a token gesture, if you lost a home, what is $2,000 going to get you?. >> contra costa county will receive $651 million. >> this is the case management. >> a good portion will go towards paying for counseling services like these. >> and to find out whether you might qualify for assistance go to abc 7 news.co

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vallejo, venetia walnut creek, pittsburgh pleasanton, alameda oakland 65, upper 60s to near 70 towards san jose and santa clara valley, cupertino, same for woodside san mateo san bruno cooler by the coast but starting to warm up, tomorrow looks good to go, same for thursday warmer weather still not shabby for friday, cool down for saturday and bigger cool down sunday and monday. >>> greece is likely to default but they have been saved. they agreed to give greece $170 billion in bailout loans and in exchange the people of greece face many more years of cuts that could lead to higher unemployment rates. >>> and they are about to become a part of aviation history and houston chronicle, the airline will use only the united name. they continue to operate separately and the only remainders will be the world logo and the company's blue and gold color scheme. >>> time now 6:51 she survived the avalanche after falling 2000 feet down the mountain. >>> mardi gras, you don't have to go to new orleans because san francisco will celebrate tonight. >>> there are delays because of heavy fog coming up

southern maryland, not a flight of snow, the temperatures well above freezing, upper 30's. 20 detroit pittsburgh 30. tomorrow, cooler temperatures, in the 40's. once the system moves out, out the high pressure builds just to the west. clearing skies sunshine as early as tomorrow afternoon. clearing skies tomorrow night monday and tuesday look great. highs in the low 50's. live doppler radar, snow showers across loudoun county, northern fairfax stretching into montgomery. none of this reaching the ground, may have snowflakes, drizzle, but now looking for much more overnight. things began to settle down as we move through the early morning into the afternoon. overnight into the afternoon the skies quickly clear. the high pressure settles in. sunshine later tomorrow afternoon, clearing skies tomorrow. the forecast overnight drizzle flurries cloudy and cold. no additional accumulation expected. 28-35 overnight. mittal 40's tomorrow, gradual clearing during the afternoon. the high pressure bringing in sunshine into the forecast monday and tuesday. the weak disturbance on wednesday will drop temperatu

thanks, pittsburgh. >>> welcome back. let's see if we got anything wrong so far. how are you doing? >> good, greg. settle down of the. >> i am excited. it is friday. i can't wait to get out at 4:15 a.m. and hit the town. go crazy, hang out. >> straight to the clubs. >> you know it. they are waiting for me. they keep my private booth warm. >> the after hours clubs are great. >> they are fantastic. >> the oscars are like a bondage situation, but there is no safe word which is the problem. >> yes, yes. right. safe words. >> greg, the philosopher that says what doesn't kill me makes me stronger is -- >> i know. i was pretending to be stupid. sometimes it is hard to tell. >> it is definitely hard to tell. >> nice pronunciation. >> i am joking. hard to tell. >> sometimes i get confused. >> i took a little german in high school in college, pab. >> you took a little german, where? >> pab, you said you found the oscars entertaining because they suck at going live. why don't they memorize their lines? that's what they do for a living. >> i don't understand it either. these so-called actors fa

and we have slowed traffic in this area not in bay point but we have it in antioch and parts of pittsburgh and i think people who drive this everyday pretty much say well, we are used to it but just incase, highway 4 especially antioch but also in pittsburgh. take a look at what we have been talking about it has moved into the bay bridge toll plaza and it has backed up, may be a little more than that and the morning commute, 8800 still off to a nice start, 280 is still looking good, let's go to steve. >> i know we have the fog out there, other than that, it is sunny, mostly sunny mild a few high clouds and fog is the big issue, not everybody has it, there were pockets where it's clear. 40s and 50s, mostly sunny and warmer later on today, temperatures are creeping upwards and we'll see a little bit of a warmup. 43 still stuck, santa rosa has a north wind and they went from 44 to 45, 49 in the city, san jose overcast, 46 at the oakland airport, they are reporting fog an "f" s o are reporting -- and fso are reporting delays. strong low in the gulf of alaska until 3:00 but high pressure is bui

highway 4 will be slow as we come through pittsburgh and bay point.at traffic is moving along well in both directions. if you are driving at the bay bridge toll plaza, it looks a lot more normal than it has. 6:48 let's go to steve. >>> a beautiful sunrise, just a few high clouds up around 20,000 feet, 20,000, 10,000, interesting temperatures, twin peeks at this time yesterday was 61 and they are 47 today. that is big difference. financial district is 55 so some big differences in temperatures but not that far. if it is northeast it will be a warm day and it will still be mostly warm. the gulfs in mt. diablo -- the gusts in mt. diablo are going up. still gusts above the east bay hills and off shore 25 to 35 so blustery conditions, not too bad, santa rosa fairfield north of vacaville out to the valley calm in san jose an "f" s o there was a puff of a breeze which looks like it has collapsed. those are all record highs for the day, even mountain view came through, a possibility again today, temperatures will fall off the table as we head to the weekend.

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>> bill: is he from pittsburgh. >> regular guy. >> bill: worked his way up.her was a regular-working just like my father. all right? so we did it. >> we don't need the nanny state. we don't want any part of it. i think miller the country is changing, millions of people want it. >> let's see. let's get it on in november. >> there is an odd chance what might do barack obama in is not the big overture. you remember the movie war of the worlds billy. the space ships were cutting us up left and right. we dropped an a bomb on him. cedric hard wick told us what did them in was the microbes. the smallest of god's organisms. i think barack obama if that gas price goes above five bucks this summer. he might be done in by the smallest of all organisms. those numbers at the pump. >> you are absolutely so wrong about war of the worlds. the reason those machines pulled back and died was they had had just about enough of tom cruise and a tight t-shirt. that's only so much you can take of that. all right? they were the illegallist of aliens. alienist of aliens and their heal

the pittsburgh steelers reportedly interested in talking with him about their still vacant offensiveinator position. if you know hugh jackson, he's probably interested in talking back to them. that's the sporting life for a wednesday night. >>> mark, thank you. and thank you for trusting ktvu, channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> we're always here for you online as well at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. ♪ [ music ]

afternoon showers from gary, indiana over to pittsburgh. and the u.p., as you like to call it, paula. >> you love my bad jokes. >> i do. snow tapers off in the colorado mountains. up to a foot falls in the northern rockies. some flooding in seattle. >> 68 in sacramento. 51 in salt lake city. 45 in billings. 48 in minneapolis. 53 in k.c. 70s from dallas to miami. atlanta hits 59. and boston 42. >> put on your beads. i won't make you do what sometimes gets done. but put them on right now because at long last it has finally arrived. it is today. fat tuesday. mardi gras. it is the climax of carnival season. and this is what part of the party looked like yesterday down in rio. how are y'all doing? >> and it may not look like it, but this was the second annual parade and party inspired by the beatles' 1967 classic album "sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band." they're having a good time. >> can't help but to on mardi gras. a massive throng of people turned out, as you can see. and hopefully, more than a couple of them don't remember what a go

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now, the pittsburgh zoo says it came in contact with a dye. maybe he tried to rob a bank? >> that's a hi-tech animal. he's on twitter and he has a facebook page. he's all about the 21st century. >>> this puppy in michigan is recovering after being rescued from a drain. the dog fell into a basement pipe and was stuck overnight. all of this was yesterday. >> oh! look at that puppy! >> well, i saw a face to the squirrel, but i would have responded. >> he's up for adoption for free. >>> this next story is traditional. the flowers and candy don't cut it any more. now, you can pop the question with red velvet cup cakes and it comes with an 8-carat diamond ring. it will only cost $55,000 you better hope that the lady sees the diamond before she eats the cup cake. >>> i'm just saying, if rob is wondering what to get me, there you go. >> he's asleep. >> yeah, who are you kidding! >> food and diamonds, man. >> i love it. >> you don't want the star wars print out. >> no, that would be no good. >> the first thing i thought was that the ring looked fake. >> for $55,000, i doubt it. >>>