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 steelers have not put a contract in front of him to his hiking.for what it's worth today he said, hey, i want to go to a team that has a chance to win a super bowl. and i like the san francisco 49ers. >>> andrew luck could be a pro by friday. the way this works is that the rookie's contracts are pretty much slotted. there's a pay scale. and therefore indianapolis decides they are going to take luck, they could sign him by friday because the days of peyton manning apparently are over in indianapolis. miami getting a vote in there saying we would love to have you come and play for the dolphins. >>> after leaving yesterday with a back tweaked, tim lincecum back practicing with the giants today. we have some spring training video just in. big deal. and here they are. everybody's different. to me, when they start playing in april then my palms sweat am that's when i talk to pam and jacky and get their thoughts. but it's spring training, and i'm more worried about getting in shape myself than those guys. [ laughter ] >>> goodnight, everybody.

. >> the pittsburgh steelers have informed 14-year veteran hines ward they will release him prior to the 2012 season. the crown, tom tasselmyer with the wet 7-day forecast, straight ahead -- stick around. he attended a baltimore county high school, and today he pleaded guilty to helping al qaeda. why authorities call this terrorist of high value detainee. plus, an 82-year-old man shot with his own gun inside his home by a burglary suspect. the search for answers and what >> rough weather to the south and west with big thunderstorms moving into virginia. it will clear out here tomorrow, another front comes at us friday night into saturday. then a little chilly air coming in, temperatures in the 40's and 30's. some snow showers may stick around here sunday night into monday morning as that weather system goes through. it is trying to become spring, slowly. it will eventually. >> will see back here tonight at 11:00. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by ♪ let me get that door for you... [ man ] i loved my first car... sometimes the door gets stuck... oh s

a shocking playoff upset against the pittsburgh steelers.here was a funny coincidence in that you passed for 316 yards. you put a semicolon in there. john 3:16. that was on your eye black in college. >> three years earlier, to the day. >> reporter: very meaningful to you? >> it was meaning for to me. the next day, 90 million people googled that verse. >> reporter: if you look at google searches, you're more popular than jesus. >> i don't think that's a good thing. >> reporter: although, his popularity has increased 50% since your playoff run on google. >> nice. that's good. >> reporter: at his core, tebow is a man who lives his faith. in addition to his missionary work in the philippines, where he's building a hospital, he regularly spends time with sick children at his even after a to kansas city chiefs. what about the little kid who was tebowing while chemoing? >> joey norris is his name. and he's a great kid. we lost. and we weren't sure if we were going to make the playoffs. but to be able to put everything into perspective, hanging out

the pittsburgh steelers will reportedly hired todd haleigh to take over their offense. he has a little bit of knowledge about the steelers. he worked as offensive coordinator for the arizona cardinals. it all comes back to the super bowl. >> did she said just that cleanly? >> i am not saying what she said. bleeping is a code word. >> the forecast is coming up. >> we are still mild. temperatures in the big deposit today and again tomorrow, lots of sunshine. a cold front comes through tomorrow night -- temperatures in the 50's today and again tomorrow. an inch of snow or more is possible. then it clears up on thursday and friday and the chance for more snow showers on saturday and sunday. a little wintry there for the next seven days. that's all for us tonight. thanks for joining us. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> announcer: it's "the tonight

. >> according to a study done in 1980, after the pittsburgh steelers staged a 4th quarter super bowl come back to beat the rams, heart-related deaths shot up 15% among men, and 27% among women two weeks after. >> even if you don't know who tim tebow is, well, you must be living under a rock. >> indeed. the broncos quarterback has developed a cult-like following and his tebowing pose. >> she's not living under a rock. >> has sparked a national craze with fans of all shapes and sizes. >> bruce schneider introduces us to one of the tiniest tebow fans, tiny, who is not even born yet. >> welcome to the home of jennifer and chris, parents to football fans. [ music ] >> so when their little bundle of joy is born, due on the 11th, in the delivery room will be a bag of dirt, just like this one, a very special bag. from florida field, a/k/a, the swamp. >> just to say that we did it. it was old stadium dirt. yeah. just part of the inspiration. >> i think tebow kicked it up when we beat south carolina. >> reporter: yes, tim tebow will be a part of the experience, actually to the bombardiers, he

winner is the new york giants and my stock is, omnicom, up 30% and next year's winner, the pittsburgh steelersyou say bulls or bears. >> i like the steelers. >> gary b. your prediction? >> i am going to say that morn stanley gets that facebook bounce, they're the lead underwriter and i think the stock is up 30%, and giants get a bounce, too, i'm with the giants. >> brenda: oh, my god, bull or bear on this. >> two words for gary, dodd frank. >> are you a member of kiss, is that what you're looking at there. >> your prediction. >> as a connecticut resident i'm allowed to go for the giants or the new england patriots and i'm going with the patriots. new england's team and danbury's finest, industrial gas maker. >> gary b, bull or bear. >> he's 500 miles from where the patriots are, i'm bear. >> brenda: tobin your prediction, thought deeply about it, giants, pfizer has been beat up and rising and one big blockbuster come out i think it's up 20%. >> brenda: jonas bull or bear. >> i think it's a safe stock,

they're known for their football and the city between the school, the city and the pittsburgh steelersial bonding and so many kids look up to football players that play on the pittsburgh steelers. so the powerful message i try to send to those guys is continue to be leaders. i mean, it's amazing what you guys do in classrooms when people want to be like you. so i challenge the football players, hey, let's try to do less teasing and more encouraging and help people who aren't less fortunate to play football and, you know, who may be a little different but it's okay. we're all a little different. >> charlie, you couldn't have found a better guy. >> you will never believe what happens in the first act of this documentary when hines challenges carlton who -- he challenges carlton to write a song with these kids to perform in front of the entire school at the end of the day. the song was so good that we brought carlton out to l.a. he produced the song. it's on i-tunes and is trending on i-tunes right now premiering on the "today" show a little later this morning. >> congratulations to both

tebow mania, a shocking playoff upset against the pittsburgh steelers.re was a funny coincidence. you passed for 316 yards. that's an eye black you put on in college. >> that verse is very meaningful to me. thank you the next day and half, 94 million people googled that verse. >> if you look at google searches, you're more popular than jesus. >> i don't think that's a good thing. >> but his popularity has inkrooesed 50% since your playoff run. >> that's good. >> any cracks in the facade at all? >> no, no. it's not a facade. that's the thing. he walks the walk. he's welcomed christ into his heart since he was 15 5. he was carried out on a rip tide. he was saved and went home and told his mom. he's the real deal. >> you think he has any sense how big he's become? >> he has a sense, he doesn't care. it's like tebowing right. all the hoopla is going on. he's sitting there in and act of prayer, he's humbling himself and speaking to god, that's the way he lives his life. you can bust twitter, google, go crazy. all these things around him, it doesn't matter to

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 ]

tebow mania, a shocking playoff upset against the pittsburgh steelers. was a funny coincidence. you passed for 316 yards. put a semicolon in there, john 3:16. that's an eye black you put on in college. >> exactly three years to the day. >> very meaningful for you? >> that verse is very meaningful to me. i think the next day and a half, 94 million people googled that verse. >> if you look at google searches, you're more popular than jesus. >> i don't think that's a good thing. >> but his popularity has increased 50% since your playoff run, on google. >> nice. that's good. >> he seems like a really nice guy. >> he is. >> any cracks in the facade at all? >> no, no. it's not a facade. that's the thing. he walks the walk. he's welcomed christ into his heart since he was 5. he was carried out on a rip tide. with his brother. and rescued. in florida. he went home and told his mother he wanted to welcome jesus into his heart. at 6 years old, he decided he wanted to be an nfl quarterback. he's the real deal. >> you think he has any sense how big he's become? >> h

the pittsburgh steelers reportedly interested in talking with him about their still vacant offensiveknow 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 ♪ first you take the jumbo jack, then you add two tacos. ♪ ♪ waddya get? jumbaco! ♪ jumbaco! ♪ jumbaco! jumbaco! jumba-jum- jack, i don't know why you keep pushing the jumbaco. research shows normal people like the jumbo deal. your classic jumbo jack made with 100% beef, two tacos, fries and a drink for just $4.29. it's all their favorites in one meal. they killed my jumbaco idea? i tried. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announcer ] delicious, creamy, yoplait light. over 30 flavors each aro

>> i got to throw out the first pass at the kansas city chiefs' game against the pittsburgh steelersght football. >> jimmy: there's a first pass? >> i had never heard of it, either. >> jimmy: there's a first pitch in baseball. >> well, the chiefs have invented the first pass. >> jimmy: wow. >> i agree. but it was awesome. i get there. and i'm teamed up with a former nfl, kansas chiefs player. anthony davis. we're on the sideline talking. he said, what do you want to do, man? go deep? no. just throw me the ball. do not find anything funny. leave the comedy to me. don't do anything. all right, man. i got you. we get out there. they said, now, kansas city welcome eric stonestreet from "modern family." 70,000 people just cheered so loud. it was incredible. childhood dream right there. >> jimmy: wow. >> he throws me the ball. i catch the ball. huge cheers. like, so great. i throw it back to him. and he goes -- no, no, no. just another pass. he's like, go, go, go. no. he -- sure enough, he loops it up. and i'm like -- you son of a gun. i'm backing up. i get the ball in my hands, to make su

when the pittsburgh steelers met the arizona cardinals who of course had no history at all but here waszona getting on this amazing run in postseason and larry fitzgerald looking like the greatest receiver in history and kurt warner and all of the rest and around the country people saying nbc really has to hate this. that wasn't the case. it turned out to be a phenomenal game maybe the best of the 45 superbowls to this point and when the ratings came out the next day more people watched that game than any show on television history. that tells you it's about the super bowl. >> and a man who knows a lot about the super bowl, joe gibbs weerks had we had a chance to chat with today. >> we learned things that were surprising as a matter of fact. was that not one of the most pleasant interluds since we've been here? that guy is totally cool. looking forward to that at 11:00. coming up at 6:00 we'll have a report on a part of town that is not on the front page of the chamber of commerce brochure but we'll report on how the tens of thousands of people there will benefit from all the hundreds o

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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

among them, pittsburgh steelers wide receiver and two-time super bowl champion hines ward. judice and discrimination ward goes to a school outside of pittsburgh to mentor a young man named carlton dennis. take a look. [ cheers and applause ] >> how you guys doing? i'm good. first of all, i want to say i'm proud to be here. today i got a chance to meet carlton. really this whole program is really just perception. you know, how do people outside view you guys? do they think this is a bad place? >> yes. >> is it? >> no. >> exactly. these are good people here. >> hines ward, carlton dennis, good morning. >> good morning. >> you're part of the nfl documentary about nfl players and coaches including tony dungy who do something to fight the idea of prejudice. in your case, hines, as i mentioned you were a two-time super bowl champion, mvp of super bowl xl and you have been called perhaps the greatest wide receiver in steelers history. but people may not know about your personal side. why did you want to reveal it in this? >> you know, when usa network came to me to do a documentary

early in the presidency the first super bowl after they got to the white house, the pittsburgh steelerswere playing and he always loved the steelers because of all of those great stories about the glory days of the 70s and the roomies, the family that owns the steelers in pennsylvania and it's an important time for him. he is a real sports fan and he is not going to find a neutrality. then we see two years later in the white house after he has been beaten up in the midterms, that totally changes. he says he is going to remain neutral in the super bowl and there is a game and a lost there. on the one hand he really understands that this is what it means to be president. you don't want to trash an entire state's football team and on the other hand, you know, there's something very appealing about the old barack obama who does not want to give himself over entirely to this. >> i was in a session and there were a bunch of us sitting with senior administrative officials and obama comes in the middle sort of as a surprise, though it's a routine now it's not a surprise and we are having this h

. >> i was a big pittsburgh steelers fan particularly in college having gone to school in villa nova,r and hes injured. i say ducking me. >> of course he's ducking you. >> you're howie long. >> and terry, we're joined at the hip and the older brother i never wanted. >> and you capitol watch each other's back, 19 years together and i think another 19 years. and what you don't like to get up early-- >> no, i'm a late night guy. >> okay, good. special thanks to the nfl experience and allowed us to be here the last two days, next time you see us, we'll be out on the field and clayton, dave and alisyn, i'll see you tomorrow. and howie says goodbye. >> and gretchen's favorite player, howie long. and gretchen is a huge howie long fan. >> alisyn: because he's cute. and thanks, brian, thanks for your help, too. >> clayton: the high-tech, now available to the new york police department and we hear they're using thechlt. and more. >> and handlers in the k-9 unit are quickly getting into difficult places the same technology used by seal team 6 to take down number one terrorist osama bin laden. fo

world's most successful people have faced a difficult road to get to the top, and among them pittsburgh steelerscumentary, "nfl characters unite" he goes to a school outside of pittsburgh to mentor a young man named carlton dennis. take a look. >> how are you guys doing? i'm good, i'm good. first of all i want to say i'm proud to be here today. i got a chance to meet carlton, and this whole program is really just this perception, how do people outside of clariton view you guys? is it a bad place? >> no. >> nethese are some good people here. >> hines ward and carlton dennis, you're part of this documentary about nfl players and coaches including tony dungy that pair off with young people to fight this idea of prejudice and bigotry. in your particular case, hines you're a two-time super bowl champion and the mvp of super bowl xl and you've been called perhaps the greatest wide receiver in steelers history, but people may not know about your personal side. why did you want to reveal it in this? >> when usa network came to me to do a documentary about this, i heard the story about carlton and it was

steelers' offense. the former head coach -- former chiefs head coach takes over as pittsburgh's defensive coordinator. 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 th

. >> jimmy: but if pittsburgh played the giants, you would root for the steelers? no? steelers. but i could be caught between. >> jimmy: you're a man of conviction, is what you're telling me. >> not when it comes to new york. >> jimmy: or pittsburgh. but you had a big party, i know. in las vegas? is that where the party was? >> i was in vegas the night before. but then i had a party with my son and his team. >> jimmy: one of your sons plays at ucla, right? >> one of my sons just got a scholarship to play at ucla. [ cheers and applause ] go, bruins. yeah. >> jimmy: that's exciting. he doesn't have to take out a student loan now. that's nice. >> no. i'm expecting him to hit me up for donations. >> jimmy: i'm sure you will be hitted up repeatedly for donations. >> i'm sure the donations will -- >> jimmy: how many people came to your super bowl party? >> it wasn't a lot. maybe like 15 kids. >> jimmy: 15 kids? >> it was more child-friendly. >> jimmy: wasn't michael phelps there the swimmer? >> that was in vegas the night before. what did i tell you? >> jimmy: i don't know.

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early in the presidency the first super bowl after they got to the white house, the pittsburgh steelerswere playing and he always loved the steelers because of all of those great stories about the glory days of the 70s and the roomies, the family that owns the steelers in pennsylvania and it's an important time for him. he is a real sports fan and he is not going to find a neutrality. then we see two years later in the white house after he has been beaten up in the midterms, that totally changes. he says he is going to remain neutral in the super bowl and there is a game and a lost there. on the one hand he really understands that this is what it means to be president. you don't want to trash an entire state's football team and on the other hand, you know, there's something very appealing about the old barack obama who does not want to give himself over entirely to this. >> i was in a session and there were a bunch of us sitting with senior administrative officials and obama comes in the middle sort of as a surprise, though it's a routine now it's not a surprise and we are having this h