the bottom of the straw without knocking the ping-pong ball off the top.ations, and you and your fiancee will win $1/4 million. [cheers and applause] josh needham, you've got a minute to win it. good luck, man. you can do this. - thank you. - i have faith in you. you're gonna do great. - one hand, buddy. you can do this. female announcer: the game begins in three, two, one... [air horn blows] - wow. lollipop. you've gotta slide the three nuts down the straw and leave that ping-pong ball resting up on top. if he gets three out of the five, he's gonna win 250,000 bucks and the holiday bonus, which i am dying to know what it is. - you have plenty of time. do not rush it. okay? - 40 seconds. - just take your time. slide it down. pinkies up. slow. slow. nice and easy. slow. - 25 seconds. - don't even-- you're fine. 20 seconds. you've got 20 seconds. - it's okay. [buzzer buzzes] female announcer: you have one life remaining. [subdued applause] - it's okay. - okay... - it's okay. now, you've got another life, which you guys won. you have incredible control, which

you're like floyd mayweather of ping pong. that's ridiculous.f the game's over. >> i'm happy, you know? >> no, no, you're not being happy. this is a taunting. this is like taunting that's going on. >> i'm sorry. >> you're not sorry. that's the problem. >> i know, you're right. >> okay, here's what we need to do now, because i think you're very spirited, and i like that. i think we should turn it into full-body contact ping pong. >> no! >> yes, we do. come on! you can't talk to people bigger than you and expect it to be all fine. >> help! ah! >> jimmy: there you go. [ cheers and applause ] a little ping pong action. a little ping pong skills right there. >> thank you. >> jimmy: very, very nice. jennifer connelly, everybody! "the dilemma" is in theaters this friday! jerry o'connell joins us next! there he is in the bud light green room! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ 3q lysol knows you work hard every day to help keep your family healthy, especially during cold and flu season. and lysol disinfectant spray is approved to kill more germs than any other b

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. >> reporter: i know we talked earlier about pong. this is the original pong, is that correct? >> this is the 1972 pong prototype given to us for this exhibition by the guy who designed pong. this was put out for people to use in sunnyvale. people couldn't figure out what it was. >> reporter: come over here, scott. take a look at this prototype. this was on display. it was very confusing at the time you are saying. >> yes, people couldn't make sense of it at the time. they started to play with it. at the end of the night, a lot of people played with the exit data. there was a line out of door, people wanted to play for days. they got a call saying it was broken. too many people wanted to play it. >> reporter: there you go. computer history in two minutes. the first 2,000 years of computer history on display here at the museum. they have over 1,100 artifacts. this is just a sampling. >> i know when we walk in there it is fun to see the stuff. as bob mentioned, did he say i remember this? it is fun to see the stuff you thought was state of the art back in 1985. >> i don't know wh

pong. i believe it does. one of the original prototypes of pong. >> that's a 1972 pong prototype built by l.l. corn. he's the person that actually still had it. he let us show it on exhibition. it was put in place at andy capp's fwhar sunny vail. people couldn't figure it out, started to play it, and by the next day there was a line. within a couple days atari got a call saying it was broken but the coin slot had just overfilled, it was so popular. >> alex, thank you so much. get more information at computerhistory computerhistory.org. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," the state of the union address is just days away. our own political analyst, larry gerston, will join us in the studio about what you can expect from the president and as far as the gop. [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two boxtops r their hool. toaster strudel. the one kids want to e

coming up, they have the original pong game on display. we'll show you that.ve a 24-pound laptop to show you as well. >> do you remember pong? it was impossible. now you look at how complicated games are. >> reporter: i thought it was very easy. >> i knew it. thanks a lot. >> i didn't know you had trouble with pong. >> you know, the little square just around the thing and you are trying to move the little -- it is impossible. well, not impossible, difficult. mike? >>> i love the support and love bob redell always gives you. >> i know. >> bob told me ability this accident. he first reported it to me. i'll give you the update. the injury accident on northbound 101 with an overturned suv and debris is all cleared from the lanes. there's damage to the concrete, but that didn't happen on the northbound side, just the southbound side. i imagine the sweepers have done their work. i'll let you know if other delays are reported from the accident cleanup. new debris on northbound 280 at wolf road. watch it. it sounds like metal brackets are in the lanes. there's a littl

you're looking at the original game of pong. how did you get your hands on this? >> al corn designed pong. was installed in andy capps bar in sunnyvale in ' 2, he had it. it was still stored in one of his lockers and he was able to let us display that for the exhibiti exhibition. >> revolution, the first 2,000 years in computing will soon be going virtual. in march, you can see the entire collection on-line at computerhistory.org. nbc bay area news. >> it is, isn't it? i thought for a second i thought hugo from lost was going to show up. >> i love the picture of the typewriter. my kids say, what is that, daddy? >>> still ahead, their family told them to always stay together. and through heart break, they're doing just that right down to their uniforms. >>> also reunited after more than two decades, the emotional story of a mom meeting. the daughter kidnapped. meeting her for the first time. >>> and the gold prediction of the husband of the gabrielle give fords as she continues her remarkable recovery. plus -- >>> the company behind me was voted one of the top five

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volunteers found hundreds of ping-pong sized tar balls at point reyes. spokesman says it could be natural seepage from the ocean or it could be a leak from an old shipwreck. high tides and storms have since washed the tar balls away. >> peninsula residents in ten cities and parts of unincorporated san mateo county should brace themselves for a higher garbage rate this year. it will be the regents' first new one in decades. quarterly rates for some customers are expected to increase 9% to more than 38%. the biggest change and major reason for the higher cost is a new schedule to pick up recycling and composting bins every week along with the regular garbage. the cycling had been picked up every other week under the previous collector. >> if you have blue shield of california for your health insurance, you could be paying a lot more starting in march. the san francisco-based company wants to raise rates for nearly 200,000 policyholders pending state approval. blue shield increased rates october and again january 1st. the march increase would amount to a 30

former champion powering through in straight sets six one six three to claim a first victory at melwood pong since winning the all zero point three years ago seeded fourteenth is she is tall and will take on the junior razzano next frenchwoman the minute this month. but first game definitely wasn't great on the morning so. during the match but i didn't either otherwise you know she was close to being for one second so. i was able to end six one six three so now that the positive. world number one caroline wozniacki had few problems against a player which was regarded as a tough first run tests don't go a day moving through six three six four to set up a second round the americans came. this way on just. tough opponents question the first round she changes the rhythm quite a bit so it's tough to get there i'm unclear on damn about the first wrong it's always tough and really have to be through and through tonight. most of all now in the n.b.a. kobe bryant and sol scored twenty one points each as the los angeles lakers defeated the oklahoma fund and the lakers struggled to defend against evans

ping pong is -- >> call you a casual fan. >> i've been to several giants games. love the park. from a business perspective, explain to me and the viewers how the giant make their money. i think a lot of people don't understand. my basic understanding is that its ticket sales, merchandising, stuff like that, but i also see broadcast. i also see video games out there. how much of that ends up in the giant' pockets? how important is, you know, the ticket sale, the territorial rights? >> that's a great question. about 60% of our revenue, 60% to 65% comes from ticket-related revenue. that's not just ticket sales but it's merchandise at the park, food and beverage sales, parking. 60% to 65%. the other 40%, 35% is divided up between local broadcast rights, which may be 20%, 25%, from we get from major league baseball and the national rights and then some odds and ends, merchandising and other. it's -- ticket sales are very important. in our model, it's more than 50%. most teams are -- have at least 50% ticket generated refer new that's 50% of their -- >> so, you're a little on the hig

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but from pong to google what is not on display is the many lemons on display. >> pioneering and inventiond trying again it has changed our lives forever. >> reporter: the museum says this is one of the largest exhibitions on computerring history. still, most people click on what started their love-hate relationship with computers. >> whether you are grandparent, parent or child, people find their favorite first game. >>> in just about an hour, francisco's landmark gay museum opens to tell the gobt history. visitors will find 25 years of artifacts gathered by the historical society. everything from uniforms worn by gay members of the armed forces to an entire display on the late pioneering politician harvey milk. tonight's opening begins at 7:00 and is open to the public. >>> the world champion san francisco giants will play their first spring training game. get this only six weeks from now. this morning tickets went on sale for those games in scottsdale arizona. they range in price from $9 to the low 30s depending on the demand for any particular game. the giants have also begin selling s

you know, last time you were on the show, we played -- played beer pong. >> yes, i know. >> jimmy: i'mhe last two times. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i did beat you the last two times. >> and don't think i have forgotten it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, i thought -- i thought this time we'll try a different game, more of your game. you're phenomenal. you were married to the host once. "password." what do you think of that? >> well, okay. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i mean, this is good. [ cheers and applause ] >> okay. >> jimmy: we actually have a clip. here's a clip of betty white from the original password. this is from 1964. >> the password is absurd. >> ridiculous. >> stupid. [ laughter ] >> that's my wife, sir. >> twins. >> double. >> yes. [ applause ] >> ho -- >> hum. >> ho-hum. [ cheers and applause ] >> worcestershire -- >> sauce. [ applause ] >> yes. [cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: worcestershire's a great -- [ cheers and applause ] >> who's hair was i wearing? [ applause ] >> jimmy: you looked gorgeous. oh, my gosh. that's amazing. >> yeah, but i don't know where that hair c

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about the size of ping pong balls. they think the tar could be natural seepage from the ocean or it could be from an old shipwreck. >>> just a few hours ago the coastguard informed us that they have removed all 2,000- gallons of fuel from a boat that washed ashore at half moon bay. the phyllis jay remains on francis state beach. the crab boat ran ashore early tuesday morning. the captain and two crew members all got off safely. >>> the choice of san francisco as host city for the america's cup sailing regatta in 2013 was cause for celebration this afternoon. as ktvu's janna katsuyama reports it was a red carpet moment at city hall. >> reporter: oracle ceo and mayor gavin newsom descended the steps with the trophy displayed. >> now it is my chance to say thank you san francisco. >> reporter: the 2013 cup will feature new super-fast boats never seen in prior races with onboard cameras. the race is expected to draw 12 million visitors to the bay area and racing teams from more than a dozen countries. >> we are talking abo

about the size of ping pong balls. they think the tar could be natural seepage from the ocean or it could be from an old shipwreck. >>> just a few hours ago the coastguard informed us that they have removed all 2,000- gallons of fuel from a boat that washed ashore at half moon bay. the phyllis jay remains on francis state beach. the crab boat ran ashore early tuesday morning. the captain and two crew members all got off safely. >>> the choice of san francisco as host city for the america's cup sailing regatta in 2013 was cause for celebration this afternoon. as ktvu's janna katsuyama reports it was a red carpet moment at city hall. >> reporter: oracle ceo and mayor gavin newsom descended the steps with the trophy displayed. >> now it is my chance to say thank you san francisco. >> reporter: the 2013 cup will feature new super-fast boats never seen in prior races with onboard cameras. the race is expected to draw 12 million visitors to the bay area and racing teams from more than a dozen countries. >> we are talking abo

hundreds of tar balls the size of ping-pongs were found last week on lemon tour beach. officials say they could have come from a ship wreck. >>> who overpowered the would- be hijacker and what he was demanding. >>> also san francisco mayor weighs in on the person most likely to be chosen to serve out the rest of his term. >> reporter: now that republicans are in charge of the house, their first order of business is to read the constitution on the house floor. i'll show you why they're doing it coming up. >>> good morning. fog is an issue. but not on the golden gate bridge right now. we'll tell you where it is going to be slowing driving. >>> welcome back to the morning news. another american being held in iran on spying charges. an iranian paper says she arrived without a visa. uc berkeley graduates have been imprisoned in iran since july 2009. sara who was arrested along with them was released last september on compassionate grounds. >>> well, passengers on board a turkish airlines flight from norway overpowered a man who try today hijack a plane as it landed in istanb

the prison just got a much welcome ping-pong table and she listens to music and has a new roommate fromthey're able to communicate in english and amanda helps other inmates with her italian. while continuing her studies remotely through the university of washington. >> michelle, thank you. >>> now, let's go inside to jenna. >> lester, thank you. >>> tomorrow is shaping up to be a very intriguing day for oprah winfrey and her legions of followers. the queen of talk, who now runs her own network, will reveal a family secret that she claims shook her to the core. nbc jeff rosen reports. >> i was given some news that literally shook me to my core. >> reporter: oprah winfrey has shared some of her most intimate secrets sexual abuse, drug use and now a new bombshell from oprah herself. >> in the past 25 years oprah show reunited people but this time i'm the one being reunited. i have been keeping a family secret for months and you'll hear it straight from me on monday. >> reporter: the secret so intense oprah calls it a miracle. only a few people know what it is. what is it? who is involved?

. >>> scientists hope tests will reveal the results of tar balls that washed up that were p ing- pong sized, near point reyes. an official says the tar could be from a shipwreck. it's also possible it's just natural seepage coming up from the ocean floor. >>> you can add kentucky, louisiana, and tennessee, to the list of states where large numbers of birds have turned up dead. and sweden is knew investigating what caused 50 to 100 birds to just fall out of the sky tuesday night. in tennessee, at least 120 dead black birds were found along a highway on tuesday. officials say they had been dead for some time and that may make testing them difficult. >>> in arkansas, state game officials say fireworks allegedly sent 5,000 birds f rying to their deaths on new year's eve. the birds slided with trees, cars on the ground and a lot of other things in the town of bb. blackbirds have poor vision. normally they don't fly at n ight. the weather may have caused the deaths of those birds in kentucky and the power may have been the issue for the birds in louisiana. >>> america's cup winner and oracl

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his shirt untucked, lose and relaxed, playing ping-pong and explaining to the kids why "blazing saddlesch of us and each of you to contribute to the world in our own way. his way -- now that was something. my father was described as a human title wave. diane sawyer said being with him was like being in the eye of the hurricane. this week, i encountered another extreme type of weather. on monday, four days ago win think, on monday we were in the heart of the floods in australia. when it seems certained we'd be stranded in queensland and miss this occasion, i thought about my father. what would he do? how would he get out of here? i decided that he would call anyone, i mean anyone, who might be able to find a helicopter. which is exactly what sara and i did. here we are. by the way if anyone from hertz is watching us on c-span, we're really sorry about your toyota. it is on high ground on a town called gimpy in queensland. judy has the keys. thank you. as screwy as it was, i'm certain my father would have relished our australian adventure. he would have brought as much relief to the peopl

strategists in the takeover of the embassy and that was an attempt by the regime to start some sort of ping-pong diplomacy and he actually told me that initial strategy was he wanted the marines to shoot and kill one of the students -- >> which would have given him the predicate. >> the predicate to kill us to actually kill us and there's no doubt about it, but there is one other point i think is a very ironic and i think bruce and all of us know that for many months we were held almost prisoner by a committee of sorts run by a butcher who has his own control over the embassy, and i presume that if he were still. we didn't negotiate him out with the position of government if he might have stopped this leader from coming over the world and, you know, for me that was the great irony of the whole situation. >> i feed not, barry. [laughter] because it was my job when i was sent out there to get rid of him as bruce knows. >> he was our son. >> it's very important what we faced that day by colleagues who were there i sure will share the sentiment is not the worst thing that we faced if corporate. we h

strategists in the takeover of the embassy and that was an attempt by the regime to start some sort of ping-pong diplomacy and he actually told me that initial strategy was he wanted the marines to shoot and kill one of the students -- >> which would have given him the predicate. >> the predicate to kill us to actually kill us and there's no doubt about it, but there is one other point i think is a very ironic and i think bruce and all of us know that for many months we were held almost prisoner by a committee of sorts run by a butcher who has his own control over the embassy, and i presume that if he were still. we didn't negotiate him out with the position of government if he might have stopped this leader from coming over the world and, you know, for me that was the great irony of the whole situation. >> i feed not, barry. [laughter] because it was my job when i was sent out there to get rid of him as bruce knows. >> he was our son. >> it's very important what we faced that day by colleagues who were there i sure will share the sentiment is not the worst thing that we faced if corporate. we h

his shirt untucked, lose and relaxed, playing ping-pong and explaining to the kids why "blazing saddleswanted so much more for my children. their grandfather was not a normal grandfather. now tragically we have all lost him. but as painful as this loss may be, my family is enormously proud of his legacy, and i know it will inspire each of us and each of you to contribute to the world in our own way. his way -- now that was something. my father was described as a human title wave. diane sawyer said being with him was like being in the eye of the hurricane. this week, i encountered another extreme type of weather. on monday, four days ago win think, on monday we were in the heart of the floods in australia. when it seems certained we'd be stranded in queensland and miss this occasion, i thought about my father. what would he do? how would he get out of here? i decided that he would call anyone, i mean anyone, who might be able to find a helicopter. which is exactly what sara and i did. here we are. by the way if anyone from hertz is watching us on c-span, we're really sorry about your toy

his shirt untucked, lose and relaxed, playing ping-pong and explaining to the kids why "blazing saddleswanted so much more for my children. their grandfather was not a normal grandfather. now tragically we have all lost him. but as painful as this loss may be, my family is enormously proud of his legacy, and i know it will inspire each of us and each of you to contribute to the world in our own way. his way -- now that was something. my father was described as a human title wave. diane sawyer said being with him was like being in the eye of the hurricane. this week, i encountered another extreme type of weather. on monday, four days ago win think, on monday we were in the heart of the floods in australia. when it seems certained we'd be stranded in queensland and miss this occasion, i thought about my father. what would he do? how would he get out of here? i decided that he would call anyone, i mean anyone, who might be able to find a helicopter. which is exactly what sara and i did. here we are. by the way if anyone from hertz is watching us on c-span, we're really sorry about your toy

prison in these quiet ubrian hills, amanda occupies herself study, listening to music and playing ping-pong, very guardedly hopeful. >> we have always said that if these bits of evidence are re-examined that things will -- that the truth will be found out. it's nice to have that actually happen. >> reporter: so experts have 90 days to test and analyze the its evidence. they will submit a report and then it could be months before amanda finds out if her conviction stands or she is set free. ann? >> michelle, thank you so much. >>> just ahead the woman who raised that child stolen from a new york hospital 23 years ago now facing kidnapping charges. we'll get the latest and talk exclusively to her father but first, this is "today" on nbc. one minute you feel fine. the next, you start feeling bit off. the moment you feel run down or achy, nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> coming up, having trouble selling your home? five ways to get it done demean this tough market. >> you have ever spec clap

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