she'll be making her picks from possum heaven this year. possum heaven is just a tree.ithout the benefit of the cross-eyed possum, this year, we've set our sights on another very talented animal, uggie, who played the part of jack in best picture nominee "the artist." you know the dog from "the artist"? if you haven't seen it, here he is, the winner of the golden paw award. there's uggie. [ cheers and applause ] about 16 pounds. he's just slightly heavier than your average hollywood actress. uggie's going to make oscar predictions for us all week. tonight, he's going to select the winner for best actor. we have pictures of each up for best actor nominees. brad pitt. jean desjardins. gary oldman, from "tinker tailor soldier spy." and i don't know who that is. we put hot dogs on top of each of their pictures. and whichever uggie eats, is who is going to win the oscar. are we ready to let uggie choose? his trainer is giving him the sign. and uggie selects george clooney. he gets his own. george clooney. [ cheers and applause ] george has an idea. thank you, uggie. very wel

he has your weather channel forecast. >> i have never seen the possum's feet before. wow, okay.ow i understand why they climb trees and hang upside down. good morning, everyone. a big storm system is impacting the region this morning and another one is dropping through friday into the weekend in southern california. so all the beautiful weather for everyone east of the rockies is going to stay there. and pretty much all the stormy weather is going to exist in the west, at least through sunday. temperatures have warmed up a little bit. the snow levels aren't quite as low today as they were with the last storm system, but still a good chunk of rain this morning. everything in green is the rain. you notice that all along the coastal areas from i-5 to the coast. and this is truly two areas of rain. one in northern california and another one further north into washington state. this storm is going to track up into british columbia like the last couple have. the next one will dig southwards here through california friday into saturday morning. so this morning it's definitely umbrella

>> i think the possums were trying to help their buddies out, if you wait long enough, i'll open the door and you can escape. >> play dead, and maybe she throws everybody out and they're free. >> so the possums really aren't dead, they are just playing that way? >> they wanted to get the hell out of there. >>> how can you guys forget the video i showed you yesterday from brazil? during a news report, a reporter on the scene witnessed a man get shot in the head at pointblank range. [ gunshot ] >> i told you that the man somehow made it. he was alive in a hospital. well, today, "right this minute" has uncovered a video of the man already giving an interview. >> what? >> wait, he's talking? >> he's talking. >> you're kidding. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> in this video, you see the man, he's blurred, 24-year-old rodriguo ferrero silva. >> you can see the entry wound and bullet hole. >> he goes on to describe for this reporter there are bullets still inside his body. he is planning on having surgery. aye apparently the whole thing happened in a bar. it goes back to an incident that

i am not big into possums they're not nice creatures my experience with them.ope the little possum enjoys the stuff out there, because the snow is going to melt off. it will be a losing battle for ski resorts before long. as far as what will happen with us, we will see showers. mostly they are scattered off to the west. this will march eastward across the virginia carolina border. temperatures plenty warm and in the low 70's in spots. after wins turn to the northwest, we're drawing cooler air. we have had a gust of 37 and washington dulles. these wins will change direction and diminished a bit. this is one computer model version of what it might be like the next couple of days with temperatures falling overnight. still some showers midnight. heavier showers will be to the south and east of the district. in the lower 40's in most spots. we suspect temperatures in the 50's. a full day of sunshine on saturday. 57 tomorrow afternoon. cooler on saturday. up to 60 degrees on sunday. back to the 70's next week. turner caught a had one hour saturday night before you go

and o possum.ossum is north america's only known marsupial. >> the more you know. wow. that's interesting. >> we're just making you smarter on" weekend early start" in case you didn't know it already. thank you for that tidbit. >> still ahead, attorneys for the u.s. soldier accused of shooting afghan civilians say they will meet with him this week, but they are speaking out now and we'll have their comments. fe with the prius c! ♪ oh, my maltipoo's depressed. but my affordable prius c means i can pay for his acupuncture. whew. i love my pooch. oh no! my homemade sushi... turned p-ushi! use estimated 53 mpg to find a gluten-free alternative. look, this means i'm a chef. [ male announcer ] be a winner with the all-new prius c from toyota. ♪ my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearl

it was a little area known as possum trot. everybody they're pretty much was in the same boat, so to speak. we were all very poor. we live in a two-room house, no running water, no electricity, very little comforts of life. we raise our food. i had to pick cotton on the farm in the fall and i had to chop cotton in the spring to earn extra money for the family, to help get necessary items for school. it was just a hard, hard life. i was encouraged to get a good education. but one of those lessons that i learned as a young person taking that cotton and chopping in the spring and fall was to give a good day's work for a good day's pay. i knew that if i did i get the cotton in my sack to be weighed up at the end of the day, i would not get paid very much and i would be in trouble, too. tavis: tell me about your family in that 2-bedroom house. >> my family consisted of my mother and father. i was an only child. but my father's mother came, my grandmother came to live with us because her husband had died and she did not have anywher

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a possum. ♪ wild thing >>> take a look. i am holding a sleeping bear. in my hands. casey anderson is bringing cameras up close to. it's in a new series called "america the wild." you'll see animals like, bears sleeping in your hands. great to see you. tell me about the new show. >> it's exactly that. me trekking across north america from the bottom of the grand canyon to the arctic. >> it's easily the coolest job. what are some of the things you come across? >> polar bears fighting with grizzly bears. >> they get up in each other's grilles, to so speak? chlgt th >> they are now. >> you brought us friends. >> two little 6-week-oel bear cubs. they'll grow to over 600 pounds. >> he or she has been asleep for a good 15 minutes. >> i think you're the bear whisperer. w >> who else have you brought? >> earlier in the show, we saw an on possum on a snow board. >> they have a pouch like a kangaroo. >> their nocturnal? >> yes. people don't like them because they think they're ugly. i think they're awesome. check out the tail. a prehensile tail. >> he'll grow to a point where

. >> we begin with a snowboarding possum. just let that settle in.t's "ratatouille"," quite possibly the world's only snowboarding awesome, and i'll go out on a limb and say he's the world's only sweater-wearing possum. he says he loves the sport but he's he not into the whole snowboarding culture. we'll check in with high school sports. here is in the regional. williams drives out, fair warning, lower the volume on your tv. here is brian snow with the call. >> williams yes! an unbelievable shot by hotrod williams! hawks wins! hawks win! hawks win! >> who was that in high anxiety. i believe the hawks won. unfortunately for mr. snow's voice, there was another come-from-behind win in the regional semifinal last wednesday night. once again, it's the call. >> they got to get something going. three from mcintosh--yes! pimkin with the jump pass--stolen--oh no! wisher! we are tied! we are tied! i don't believe this! marist strikes again, david strikes again. it anti-midnight yet y'all! >> can't remember his name from baltimore. marist lost the number one se

a ski resort has posted video of a possum riding the slopes on a tiny snowboard.is name is rat taouy just like the movie. like so many of his fellow human skiers, of course the resort closed for the season last week. all that lack of snow and warm weather. good video. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> i like his little sweater. i never really saw their feet before. >> a little too up close. >> yeah. i guess they have to climb trees and hang upside-down. >> minor detail. >> thanks, lynn. good morning, everyone. the incredible heat continues. it's going to continue this upcome weekend too. yesterday we were in the 80s as far as southern michigan all the way up to chicago we were at 81 degrees. just incredible stuff. minneapolis into the mid-70s. only cool spots were the northern plains and for this time of year it's still mild by your standards but cool for everyone else. where is the cold air? the blue shows you the cold air well up into canada. as we go through the next seven days, a little chunk in

. >> reporter: new homes, cherry possums occupy it. today's it was for habitat for humanity. >> these projects will turn blighted projects into homes for a new generation. >> reporter: this is welcome news for the homeowners, many of whom felt during the tough economic times they who never see the dream of homeownership become a reality. >> it's been two years. now that we're here, it's finally here. >> then my 4-year-old son, he's been counting down. when he woke up, he said zero days. >> reporter: the ground may be the same but from clairemont to orchid, it's a generation away. >> everything is so different, so new. >> it's peaceful. it's fabulous. >> reporter: a community that the city wanted to hide but the construction of 33 new homes -- 30 new homes will complete orchid ridge. in east baltimore, i'm lamont williams, abc2 news. >>> all right. so we did have the clouds around this morning. this is turning out to be a nice spring day. temperature 70 degrees. the humidity sup at 71%. -- is up at 71. >>> the end -- wind is five miles

a snowboarding possum is going viral on the internet. take a look.ly he likes to play dead, but he is showing off some real skills at a resort in maryland. the video was posted yesterday by employees at liberty ski resort. unfortunately, the resort closed earlier this week. so that spells the end of his season. has a sweater, look at that. >> he is a good sport. >>> still ahead on news4, they call it the kony 2012. it's a video that has gained nearly 30 million hits in just a day. why i was paying too much with cable. paying so much, you want better quality. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. for the amount of money that i'm paying, my cable company should take care of me. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. switch to verizon fios tv, internet and phone with our best deal online... $89.99 a month, guaranteed for two years. first time we saw tv on fios was amazing. i was just in a...trance watching it. i'm discovering new channels every day. [ male announcer ] go online for this great price and get $300 back with a two-year cont

squirrel, possum and coon and seasons greens with smoked ox tails. can't raise white folks for slaughter. [applause] >> for those of you who have not heard this in person a big beautiful surprises, she speaks at tremendous authority of feeling. and very uniquely agile intelligence. >> we are the memory of that place without measure. that filled all space that never was and ever will be. that place existing as the perfect note yet making no sound. holding all colors inside a light that was nothing but darkness. we are the memory of a breath that could not be but was. a breath that's well to bubble which bursts and collapsed. me are the memory gestated in day that lasted eons as the universe birthed heat, light, rock, ice, mineral, song, us. we are the impossible made flesh creating infinnate possibilities of hope or endless kazisms of despair inside the prayers which we have become. [applause]. this is called the fifth dying i deal with the wars away but the wars here. >> anny was one of many girls my son mentioned in passing and grew up when she beca

he's not eligible because those are for humans and he is a possum. he has become an internet, youtube sensation. the little guy has a sweater. he has his own thing. i asked him about his technique. he said, how fast to the top? >> he's still on the board. that's impressive. >> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> that's our funky prime time music. a massive debate regarding a proposed maryland law that would ban drivers from smoking in the car if a child younger than 8 is along for the ride. rhonda is all for it. a child can't speak their mind nor understand the reprecushions of what cigarettes do for you. this law should be passed. but allen taylor said good intentions aside, the proposed law goes too far. isn't what you do in your car your business? roll down your window. hold your head out the window, that way you won't blow smoke in the kids face. next thing, they're going to try to ban smoking in your own home while your kids are in the house. a

parameters for police department participation in the activities of the federal bureau of investigation possum joint terrorism task force and other counter-terrorism activities, 3, urging the chief of police to amend or terminate the current agreement between the police department and the federal bureau of investigation regarding the joint terrorism task force, and for, urging the police commission to direct the chief to amend or terminate that agreement. supervisor avalos: thank you. the author of this legislation is supervisor jane kim. supervisor kim, the mike is yours. >> i first wanted knowledge our committee members here today on the public safety committee. thank you for your post on to ship of this ordinance. on january 24, our office, on behalf of a broad coalition of community advocates, civil- rights advocates, and to do is an ordinance called save san francisco ordinance. our highest restored it is safe communities. we believe that this ordinance will allow us to achieve safer communities by encouraging an atmosphere that allows communication and collaboration because basic civil-r

. >>> finally, the bunny trail at a pennsylvania resort may need to be renamed the possum trail.ople at the resort show him nafvigateing the slopes. >> how did this not make "play of the day "? >> that might be the greatest thing i have ever seen. there's a chance it's the greatest thing i have ever seen. >> i don't know. the seal doing situps. >> walrus versus possum. >>> ladies and gentlemen, josh elliott's musical discovery, the men of bowling green state university. go, men. ♪ come and let our spellings mount like the swirling wind ♪ >> that is just beautiful. josh just walked out. they started singing. here's what's happening. the cool air is rushing in from the west. this is a subtle change. bursts of colder temperatures for awhile. these strong to severe storms kicked up today. not being fed by a strong jet. not looking for a tornadoout outbreak. just keep an eye on that during >> we got some stuff going on. thanks for the extra special weather help today. they just -- we have to hear more. >> sing it back into lara. three, two -- ♪ come and let our song mount like the whi

. >> darrell: i watched harvick and i'm not so sure he is not playing possum right now and not sure he won't wait for eight to ten laps to go and really put pressure on hamlin. >> mike: we talked for two weeks about the new driver/crew chief pairings and the need to build trust and confidence. that won't be a problem for harvick because shane wilson was harvick's crew chief when he won the nationwide championship in 2006. they have a lot of history together, including 13 checkered flags. there is your race leader, denny hamlin and his new crew chief darian grubb. matt? >> matt: denny told me this would be the start of the season, trying to learn the chemistry and the nuances between himself and darian grubb. he also said coming to phoenix, a huge load off his shoulders. typically, he will come to phoenix after a rough daytona. but top five there. he is solidly in the points. they don't have to dig themselves out of a huge hole. it could be a big day if they could pull off a win here at p.i.r. >> darrell: we are watching denny hamlin on the left of the screen with kevin harvick closing.

on the snow boarding possum, bob r wrot. he will go for gold in the next you whether you will stop eating red meat. it comes down to life or pleasure. why live life without pleasure. bring on the meat. bring on the meat. one more question which was the question of the day. wifi hot spot begin to homeless people. i am curious. what was your take on all of that? >> i think it is great to employ people that don't generally get employed. i would like to see where it goes from there i would like to see if there is a follow through. >> what about you, sir? >> having wi-fi deputies is a good one particularly if it is interactive with the emergency centers. and do the community a good service. >> let us know what you think it is a controversy. >> and we'll have more tomorrow including your opinions and reactions to all of the stories. check us out. we'll see you again tomorrow. thank you, guys. >> thank you. thank you very much. >>> enough rain to cause minor flooding in the north bay. this truck cautiously making its way down a roa

.. 3 the water is a lot colder night it prrbably stirred everything up but im lucky im not a real possumause i pan't feel my tail.... 3 it was a day for the entire family to take a quick dip into the chilly bay.... those popsicle plungers were melting with this warm weather today.. today.. a steady wind made it chilly at times though. ttough. let's go to meteorologiss emily gracey for a look att what's happening now. now. 3 3 3 a helicopter palls out of theeair. why it was chasing a corvette just 3 it makes her a slut, right? it makes her a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex." p rush rebuked by republicans. next, in tonight's cover story, hear from the woman at the center of this ccntroversy and find out why rush is bleedinggmoney. ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone at southwest airlines works together for one goal -- to get you where you're going. and with flights all over the country to choose from, it's a good thing we love our work. and now we're excited to take you to the beaches of northwest florida. fly nonstop from bwi airport to panama city beach. book all of our destinatio

the snow-boarding possum may need the doctor at some point. one of the 40 doctor they have here. you really do pretty much treat everything. >> pretty much everything, the bulk is dogs and cats, we have an exotic department that treats sugar gliders have been here, chinchillas. >> you're right the bulk is dogs. talking about the orthopedic side of things. tell me what is going on. >> we have our friend, she had a ligament injury, very common adult dog, the most common thing we see on the day-to-day basis, we have radio graphs here. on the left side is her presurgical films. and in dog, the way we treat it in the large active dogs, procedures that make the knee stable in the absence of the ligament, they have high demands on the ligaments. that is the plateau, one of the surgeries that have the basic premise in how they work. >> not some do we have the best of the best here, we were talking to one of the other doctors, he said there's doctors around the world that have access that can read these and get information back. you also have resources to access outside of the walls. >> e

because there is never a spending bill that he like he's against all government spending is right possum what is wrong with that ok that is you know everything we've heard about ron paul on this program sounds attractive i'm sorry i'm not going to vote for anybody in this election ok i don't vote but you know everything we've heard here what's wrong with ron paul in. well there are a number of things wrong with long run paul first a lot of americans like government spending to vassar drive americans like social security they like medicare they like their highways they like their bridges they like a lot of things government provide from libraries to schools to all the other things government does and ron paul pretty consistently doesn't want any government to do anything he also by the way is forest with republicans on foreign policy in fact his foreign policy probably will closely approximates the democrats but it's even to the left of them ron paul does not want any military spending of any kind except to defend our shores and that's something that that is the main reason by the way why

is it is it a trend is the possum trend of people just getting on the bandwagon to be trendy this is all going to go do you think it's going to tail off or is this the start of something big foot depends on what the next move is the ball is now with the support and first of all has been and couldn't score for a while no none of the below. demands have really been. good. he's going to say he's going to say it was a fair and transparent election before he says oh yeah we've witnessed the cameras that we witnessed there are three hundred twenty thousand cameras staring down in every polling station right now there are some i mean really proves that you can argue you know by showing the carousels that have been good for the ok the up i've got starting on either side yes there were some violations the one polling station in dagestan the votes have been out to go be saying it was perfect but are you saying it was so widespread all those illegitimate children not well surely i'm joined. in this view by several respected organizations ok got you if you will manny we talk about i'm not hostil

in fact, everything is possum-ble. don't tell him spring came early. he loves to throw on a sweater and hit the slopes. while the snowboarding is impressive we're waiting for him to learn to ski. he's cute on that thing. three minutes past the hour. now back out to al with a check of the weather. hi, al. >> thank you, natalie. we have ruth and whitey edwards. married 60 years. how did you survive? >> 30 years she was the boss and the next 30 years she was still the boss. >> he know it is answer. as far as your weather is concerned for today we have this strong upper level low adding to the frontal system that stretches from the great lakes into texas. a lot of moisture coming from the gulf. you can see around kansas we have a mix of snow, freezing rain and rain. but everywhere else it's all rain from western new york back down to dallas. we have a risk of strong storms austin to memphis to jackson, back to dallas. could see tornadoes. a lot of rain. we are talking three to five inches of rain from dallas to knoxville. but especially in texas and into a

last year, it was heidi, the cross-eyed possum. this year, it's uggie. uggie is the dog from "the artist." and he will choose the best leading actress. here comes uggie. [ cheers and applause ] uggie is up on his box. and he's -- [ cheers and applause ] each one, depicting one of the five best actress nominees. michelle williams. viola davis for "the help." meryl streep, for "the iron lady." rooney mara for "the girl with the dragon tattoo." and glenn close for "albert nobbs." we put a hot dog on top of each picture. whichever hot dog uggie eats first is the actress he thinks will win. last night, he picked george clooney to win best actor. and tonight, who will he pick? are you ready, uggie? okay. pick away. here we go. it's time. where is -- oh. uggie has selected meryl streep. and viola davis. that dog is smart. [ applause ] all right. well, apparently, the fact that meryl streep once accused a dingo of eating her baby has not affected uggie's selection. thanks, uggie. what is uggie doing? is that shame that's going on? [ laughter ] thank you, uggie.

i'll have you know that -- [ cheers and applause ] she comes on one time and you're grinning like a possumy: you know, she's oprah. i mean, no offense, but you are not oprah. i know you wanna be oprah but you're not oprah. >> well, you ain't stedman and let me tell you something -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: give me time, give me time. i'm working my magic. >> you're in the honeymoon phase. right now, it's all you're funny, giggle, giggle. finishing each other's sentences. all that [ bleep ] okay. but what are you gonna do when the honeymoon's over and she says, okay, hey, big time, let's partner up and, i don't know, let's buy a country together. >> jimmy: i'll do whatever she says. i'll be happy to buy a country. >> you can't carry the freight. this is a high roller. this is a high roller. you're out of your depth. >> jimmy: i never imagined you'd be so jealous. i'm wondering which one of us you're jealous of. jealous of my relationship with oprah or hers with me. >> i actually had questions about that till i saw her picture in my dressing room. she's been here one time. one time. >> jimmy:

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you really can't play possum any longer what's interesting is when i use this device or the sensor, i really was, i never thought that this story that a just told you was going to be a callout in "the wall street journal" of the book. that was kind of embarrassing. this is the thing they made a big deal of. that was kind of a surprise. which was a wonderful review and is very gratified. this is a compilation. just think of this, this is your sleep manage competition and against your peer group it there are 10,000 people my age and all with the same metrics. just think of it being your blood pressure, glucose, your heart rate, any metric you want. that's what this is. this sets up with your social network which is free. so i can compare whether i'm a good sleeper and quantitatively every turn aspect of it, and that's interesting. what's interesting, athletes have now figured out that this is a way to really ramp up their performance. much more so than even drugs. illicit drugs or things like -- triathletes are using it. the three nba teams are using every night and they have shown corr