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tonight, jay welcomes -- from "american idol," ryan seacrest, randy jackson and keith urban, standup comedian anthony jeselnik, and the music of for king and country. [ cheers and applause ] and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac

. >> randy jackson is back, country super star keith urban, everyone we spoke with tonight said the idolroducers have nailed it the perfect cast of judgesle and contestant -- judges and contestants. season 12 kicks off, next wednesday the 16th, 8:00 p.m., 2 hours long, then another 2 hours for part two, thursday night all of it right here on fox 5. brian. >> thanks. >>> washington humane society rescued more than 100 baby chick that is got lost in the mail. they were supposed to be shipped to alabama. post office intercepted them and sent them to the humane society. they have been adopted by a new york rescue farm and they are adopting and adapting well to their new life. >>> sue palka just narrowly missed the cut. >> poor little things. >> got a warm up. >> yeah, do probably one of the reasons they survived it hasn't been that cold in many areas. a chilly night tonight but not that cold and a warm up is still on the way especially for the weekend. take a live look across dc, want you to keep in mind, if you are going to be up before dawn look toward the southeastern sky you will see a b

tonight, jay welcomes -- from "american idol," ryan seacrest, randy jackson and keith urban, standup comedian anthony jeselnik, and the music of for king and country. [ cheers and applause ] and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com

tonight, jay welcomes -- from "american idol," ryan seacrest, randy jackson and keith urban, standupian anthony jeselnik, and the music of for king and country. [ cheers and applause ] and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you! thank you, everybody! welcome to "the tonight show," ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen. today -- today was a big day in hollywood. the oscar nominations were announced today. very exciting. >> rickey: yeah! [ cheers ] >> jay: "lincoln" -- "lincoln" leads the list with 12 nominations, which is a a first. that is a first. not most nominations. the first time hollywood has ever voted for a republican president. that was amazing. [ laughter ] amazing! and congratulations to our good friend denzel washington. >> rickey: yeah. >> jay: he got a nomination for "flight." best actor for "flight." [ cheers and applause ] that was a great movie. about a pilot who's an alcoholic, or as we call that now, a documentary, b

followed by live interactive q and a session with keith urban, randy jackson nikki and mariah carey.ill be chosen by random to win 2 tickets to the american idol screening january 9th in alexandria. you have to be 18 years old or older to enter. complete list of rules on our web site myfoxdc.com. speaking of american idol. an event full beginning to 2013 for chris allen. the 27-year-old season 7 winner, there he is involved in a head on car crash that happened tuesday. i hate that picture though. >> me too. >> his mom tweeted out that picture yesterday asking fans for prayers. it is a serious story but that picture is not. allen had to have surgery for a broken arm. he shares happier news. he and his wife katy are expecting their first child. the neck brace is precautionary measure. >> it is 7:48 on this thursday morning. an introduction to a special world designed for children. >> reporter: good morning to you. we are live at a special place. we are at the new national children's museum at national harbor. what better way to learn than through play. there's 18,000 square feet of pla

familiar faces are back, randy jackson and ryan seacrest. the premier continues tonight at 8:00 p.m. on fox 5. >>> tonight at 6:00 nra responds. what the group's president is vowing to do to fight the president's gun control policys. first lance armstrong loses another medal. as president obama makes history these men live it and have a special story to tell. t  >>> nearly six months adventure a mass shooting that killed 12 people and injured 60 others tonight the aurora, colorado theater is reopening. accused gunman james holmes faces 166 murder charges for last summer's attack. he is scheduled to be arraigned in march. >>> plus, are searching for a woman who abducted a 5-year-old elementary girl from her elementary school. the girl was forced to change out of clothes and hide under a bed after being taken out of the classroom monday morning. a passer by found the girl shivering outside after missing. >>> students in new york city are still waiting for the school bus literally. on-going strike between bus drivers and the city administrati

mariah carey, nikki minaj and keith urban join randy jackson at the judges table.but judges say the focus is on finding the next big talent and that sometimes creates colorful moments. >> we have so much stuff going on this season. if i were a viewer, i would have be dvring this season. there are so many things. >> as usual fans can expect wild wacky and off key singers during early auditions and this is going to be great. be sure to watch for contestants that had surprise auditions after being secretly nominated by their friends. american idol returns tonight right at 8:00 right here on ktvu channel 2. the premier continues with a two hour episode tomorrow night. also at 8:00. >>> 6:26. sal doesn't have to audition. you've got the job. >> why, thank you very much. >> how are your friends in the south bay? >> they are doing very well. northbound 280 i would say they passed their audition just well. getting up to 880 the traffic here looks good. on the sunol grade traffic looks nice. let's go to steve. >>> thank you. another cold one out there. 20s and 30s. a couple

it will be followed by a live interactive q and a session with keith urban, randy jackson, nikki and mariah carey. happens on wednesday january 9th at the amc in alexandria, virginia. you must be 18 or older to enter. and you can see the complete rules on our web site myfoxdc.com. >>> you know the saying good fences make good neighbors but would living next to a celebrity be an even better neighbor? >> most people would not want to live next to a celebrity but there are few celebrities people wouldn't mind living next to if they had to including country music couple blake shelton. reese witherspoon. beyonce and jay z. the celebrities people would not want to live next to include honey boo boo, kim kardashian and kanye west and donald trump. i would agree with those.. >> i wouldn't mind living next to honey boo boo. >> we asked our facebook friends which they would like to live next to. we received rgiiis and president obama. >> once again, kim and kanye. are they sick of them? >> too much going on. >> all right. new research suggest women out live -- suggest that women out live men b

and randy jackson opens up about his experience with type two diabetes. and a guess at 26 suffered a mini >> welcome back on wednesday. the amount of money major universities spend on college athletes is six to 12 times more than schools spend per student on academics according to the american institute for research which is working with a commission on athletics. as of 2010 member schools spent an average of $100,000 a year on a student athlete. the study was prepared for the annual meeting this week in texas. >> some of the largest drugstore chains say they are running short of flu vaccines. >> and now the bloomberg business report. >> we have trouble finding a pharmacy with the flu vaccine with walgreens and c.v.s. running out but there is no national shortage. get ready for the neurovirus to hurt cruise line industry. a professor in australia says the new strain will cause problems on the cruise ships the next 12 months. in was a rally that helped the s&p recover from early losses. being overweight may not tip the scale in your favor at the office. ac

it's randy jackson, who's been on the show since the beginning. maria carrie, nicki minaj, and the guy who's married to nicole kidman, keith urban. who's australian. are we really going to let an australian pick our "american idol"? doesn't sound very american to me. nicki minaj is looking for an artist, maria is looking for a singer-song writer, keith is looking for an instrumentalist, and randy is just looking for another two million before they kick him off. maria carrie and nicki minaj seem to hate each other. but i watched tonight with a steven tyler sized hole in my heart. steven tyler added a little extra something to "american idol" this week. he'd zero in on the female contestants. he'd stare at them like a hungry cheetah stalking a gazelle and i miss that. every week, sometimes twice a week, we'd highlight steven's uncontrollable libido in a package we'd call a steven tyler creepy leer of the night. now that steven is officially gone, we thought it a good time to say goodbye, one last time. >> how old are you? >> i'm 17. ♪ i will remembe

i want to thank my guests, ryan seacrest, keith urban, randy jackson, anthony jeselnik and for king andountry. tomorrow night, ben affleck. but jimmy fallon happening now. jimmy! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. d here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, my goodness. that's what i'm talking about right there. beautiful, beautiful crowd. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. it's going to be fun tonight! [ cheers and applause ] oh, my goodness. we're going to have a good time tonight. a lot of fun. welcome, everyone, and thank you for watching at home. here's what people are talking about. the 2013 oscar nominations were announced today. yeah. [ cheers ] a lot of surprises. a lot of people snubbed. you don't want to get snubbed at the oscars. a lot of people snubbed. but the big surprise -

screening, it will be followed by a live interactive q and a session with judges keith urban, randy jackson, nicki minaj and mariah carey. >> you must be 18 or older to enter. complete rules on our web site at myfoxdc.com. >>> 7:47 now on this friday morning. coming up next, holly is hanging out with some hogs that have nothing to do with the redskins. >> hey, holly. >> reporter: you're right. i am hanging out with some very cool dudes, as we are live this morning at the convention center for progressive international motorcycle show. come on, aaron, show them what you've got this morning. this is impressive. more than any hog will give you, i'm telling you just that. how about that for a friday morning before 8:00? it's a stunt show that's a part of this greater show. we're giving you everything you need to know so you can come out and experience this whole cool factor yourself. it's live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. sfx- "sounds of african drum and flute" look who's back. again? it's embarrassing it's embarrassing! we can see you carl. we can totally see you. come on you're b