again this year two baseball legends, home run leader barry bonds and pitching ace roger clemens got support. more votes than last year but not enough. for the baseball writers america's pastime hit a low point in what is known as steroids era beginning in the late 80's. many players were suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs shattering longstanding records. steroid use was banned by major league baseball in 1991, but testing didn't begin until 2003, so remarkable players using p.e.d.s were never caught. rumors of drug use pit player against player. >> during the period discussed in my report the use of steroids in major league baseball was widespread. >> reporter: the culmination of two-year investigation led by a former u.s. senator from maine the 400-page report pulled back the veil and named over 80 players who used steroids or other p.e.d.s including superstars barry bonds, roger clemens, gary sheffield and jason giambi. they found that the baseball association was largely incorporative despite concluding that least one player from each of the teams used illegal substan

with all due respect to a rod and roger clemens, we do not say that a rod or roger clemens suffered from steroid deficit disorder. but we do, with the help of.there is who are developing a diagnostic category and applying it liberally, we do say that 15% or more of american high school kids are entitled to cognitive performance-enhancing drugs. this example is doctors making a moral judgment that has an enormous role in terms of social opportunity. >> host: with some say that's an immoral judgment? >> guest: i suppose. therein lies the point. we want to leave it to make these judgments? or do we want to have a social discussion about when we're going to be excused because of our causal understanding, versus when we let old people personally responsible? when are we going to the someone's accomplishment is a great personal fee meriting aberration versus something determined. about 70 home runs back in the late 90s. it was viewed as an awesome feat. as soon as that was realized that he had a little bit of extra chemical help in all likelihood, then people frown upon it to the point that ve

should roger clemens be in the hall of fame? they put him in a yankees uniform. he will be in a gang -- red sox uniform. this is "bloomberg surveillance, " it is january 9. joining me is scarlet fu. we also have erik schatzker, making an early-morning appearance. >> it is time for the morning brief. we will start with chinese producer prices. they are showing signs of weakness. demand on the industrial side. consumer inflation is also slowing in china. these are two extremely important and -- economic indicators. the country became the first in the world in which more than 20 million vehicles sold in any given year. as you know, production in the rather, are at $16 million. china has three times as many as americans. 20 million vehicles in a single year is staggering. let's move to economic data. we will have jobless claims they. at 9:45, the comfort index will give us an idea of what is going on in the economy. german industrial production is a good economic data. that is a back shop. >> we are entering earnings season. we have family dollar and supervalu. after

my first crack at it was roger clemens appearing in federal court. from there, i found it's so useful. producers in new york loved it and loved having the video clips. >> let's look at that video with roger clemens. that's in 2011? >> right. >> we'll show this a second. you got two cameras? >> i got two cameras. i got a lot of requests from sports. sports wanted it for the first -- for the front page. then video said, oh my gosh, time cast was coming on. they want to get a clip of 15 or 30 seconds of him arriving. i tried it for the first time there. you are thinking video and stills at the same time, but now it's become something i think about all the time. oh, i wish i had video now and i'm glad i have both so i'm able to mount a camera on top of my regular digital camera . >> here's the roger clemens video. [video clip] >> good morning. >> it's not very dramatic but there was a time when there will be two or three people from a major network shoot that. >> you are right. i bought a clamp and i am able to put up this camera and i shoot the video wi

if this is the end he leaves without the great achievements, but like roger clemens and barry bonds, he leaves a legacy forever tainted. >> the next question for the yankees is who will take over third base for the team if dennis rodman doesn't come back for 2014 or ever. a giant panda born at the san diego zoo is leaving for china. under the deal xop as panda diplomacy chinese officials determine where zoo-born offspring go. once they leave, he'll arrive this the mountains. >> this is new york's new mare. look at this thing, you can see if you can guess what it is. there you have it. do you see anything wrong with the picture. that's the mayor of new york with his fork. a big no, no from new yorkers of after citizen he expressed mock outrage. he says he eats his pizza the way he does in italy. thanks for watching. i'm morgan radford, you can follow online at aljazeera.com. >> she smashed records, they thrilled fans and wrote new chapters in the history of the game, and many were probably cheating. we asked writers and you what to about the performance-enhancing drugs in baseball on

>> let's look that where roger clemens. >> right. >> we'll show this a second. got1xtwo cameras. then video said, oh my gosh, time cast was coming on. they want to get a clip of 15 or 30 seconds of him and -- arriving. now itwçjq> become something i think about all the time. oh, i wish i had video now and i'm glad i have both so i'm able to mount a camera on top ony=Ñy regular digital camera >> here's the roger clemens >> it's not very dramatic but there was a time when there will be two or three people from a major network shoot that. >> i bought a clamp i'm able to put up this camera and i shoot the video with this camera. then i can look through and still shoot the regular film, digital camera picture here. >> how heavy is that? >> it's a little heavy. i'vejé2u been inkhm some scrumsd haven't had trouble with it. it's heavy. >> what kind of cameras are those?ó >> both+z are cannons. got a d1x on the bottom mark 2 on the top. >> together probably aboutb@.÷ $20,000. >> is there going to be a time the motion? >> that would be great. that's possibly in the nex

with all due respect to roger clemens we do not say that a-rod or barry bonds had steroid deficit disorder. but we do with health through doctors to develop c diagnostic category to apply its liberally. reduce a 15% or more of american high school kids there is an example to make a moral judgment that has the enormous role in terms of bestowing social opportunity. >> host: what some say that is a moral judgment? >> guest: if they disagree. do want to leave it to madison to make these judgments? or have a social discussion about behavior because of our understanding purses when we will hold people personally responsible. when we view their accomplishments as a great personal feats irritated admiration verses biologically determined. when barry bonds hit 70 home runs in the late 90's, it was also but then as soon as it was realized he had a little bit of extra chemical help said it was frowned upon to the point he has not been elected to the baseball hall of fame. clearly we make judgments about which causal explanation as we accept and which we don't. with barry bonds having a lot of talent

it's a big reason why they are in, and other big names like barry bonds and roger clemens are not. >> i don't disrespect everyone. i'm proud the way i did it. i would never point my finger at anyone until proven guilty. everyone over the last few years have been proven guilty. >> i know a lot of guys took stuff when we played. i think guys were doing it because it gave them an advantage, a chance to be better. and so many guys were doing it that it was what it was. >> maybe there's different classification of guy, guys that maybe people know they failed the test. strongly suspicious of. it's hard to separate all of them. >> to football. multiple reports say fenton state agreed to contract terms with james franklin to replace bill o'brien. speaking of the pros. another of the n.f.l. vacant jobs has been filled. jaying routen has been named as the eighth coach that daniel schneider named. routen signed a five-year deal and proclaimed that robert griffin the third is the starting carter back. >> big basketball upsets. miami heat and louisville fell to number 24. that's your look at sport

barry bonds, roger clemens, sammy sosa and mark mcguire. >> those are familiar names. >>> in college hoops, unranked georgia upsets mizzou in overtime. charles mann nailing a crucial 2-point shot. georgia wins 70-64. >> the badgers 16-0. they keep their school best record. we'll see how they do going into march. >> and the golden state warriors nine game winning streak was stopped. i cried. kevin garnet interrupted the pass. the nets win that one 102-98. >> this too shall by. >> j.r. smith was fined $50,000 by the nba for for untying the shoe of an appoint. >> that's a big sign for untying a shoe. >> well, he did it not once but twice. he was warned after the first instance against dallas but did it again when the team played detroit. what's with the shoe laces? >> i don't get it. i don't know. >> silly but he's paying for it. the miami heat are getting pumpedorirecond annual charity singing event. it's going to be great. it's on january 27th. listen. [ music playing ] ♪ i'm sorry miss jackson, i am for real ♪ ♪ and it's all because of you >> what's with the wigs? >> i don't know whi

roger clemens also failed to get in as well mcand then my piatsa likely one of the best hitting catchersin that class. and then the other big news the world sports between 2022 world cup that will take place in qatar may not be held in the usual months of june and july. the extremely hot temperatures of thtemperatureshave the fifa g at november. word from one of the members say the deciding factor may be the timing of the winter olympics in 2022. they havso we'll see, it's not l but they're looking into changing that. they have built in air conditions. >> with a name like big hurt, you got to get in the hall of fame. >> otherwise you might bet hurt. >> and the temperatures are putting a big hurt for many across the country, but we're starting to see them ease. >> meteorologist: the temperatures are climbing a little bit. wouldn't normally called 12 degrees a nice improvement, but that is compared to what we've seen. it was down to zero, now it's 12, 9 in new york. a little improvement. still this lake-effect snow happening over 30 inches of snow east of the great lakes in western new yor

roger clemens and barry bonds have a way to go. you could picture johnny manziel in silver and black? he will enter the nfl draft, raiders pulled the number five pick, which would be a high selection. they list him at 6'1". he is not 6'1". he will have a height issue, but he has heart. he wins. >> that would be awesome. >> that's right. that's an excellent point. >> see you at 11:00. ,,,, start the new year right at subway! [ male announcer ] footlong fans are feeling good because january is now januany. ♪ januany, any [ male announcer ] and any regular footlong is now a $5 footlong. even low-fat subs, like the sweet onion chicken teriyaki and the ham, turkey, roast-beef-packed subway club. ♪ five ♪ $5 ♪ $5 footlong [ male announcer ] nothing stacks up to subway footlongs. with $5 footlongs all januany. all day, every day. [ male announcer ] subway. eat fresh. d-ohh! ( screams ) [captioning sponsored by fox broadcasting company and twentieth century fox television] mail call! gather around, everyone!

. >> the hall is even farther away now for roger clemens and barry bonds.r vote totals fall in their second year on the ballot. the former houston astro craig biggio was a near miss, needing two more votes to make it to cooperstown. >>> johnny manziel is taking his heisman to the pros. he declared for the nfl draft on wednesday. he leaves the college game with two more years of eligibility remaining. last year he became the first freshman to ever win the heisman. manziel said he's ready to make his dream of becoming a pro quarterback a reality. >>> in nba, the golden warriors' winning streak stopped at ten games. kevin garnett scores 11 points in the fourth quarter as brooklyn wins, 102-98. the nets now have a season-high four-game winning streak. >>> and l.a. clippers staff blake griffin scored 29 points but none as powerful as these. he got a huge dunk over kris humphries. they win, 111-105. >>> when we return, award season kicks off. actress sandra bullock wins big in several categories at the people's choice awards last night. e awards last night. like

roger clemens is in the same boat along with bonds. jeff kent only 15%.u by orchard supply hardware. >> thank you >> secret lives of fish. what scientists have discover that had is mostly invisible to it. >> and then, on abc7 news at 11:00 what one hospital is doing to prepare. >> tonight here on abc7 it's the middle. super fun night. modern family and another episode of super fun night. then, late news at 11:00 >> you can see it on our smart phone or computer. go to watch abc.com. >> that is this edition of abc7 news bay area. thanks for watching. >> from the entire abc7 news team, have a good night. lldog: the red tags mean the red tags mean save up to 40% on clearance mattresses. get up to $300 off serta, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic. puppy: i found a red tag! ha-ha-ha! bulldog: mattress discounters' year end clearance sale ends soon. wow, this is an honor. i am friends with number four on maxim's list of the sexiest women in comedy. thanks. at first i was mad that jessica simpson was ahead of me. but then i saw the dukes of hazzard.

some notable names that did not make the cut -- mike piazza, barry bonds, roger clemens, curt schillingd mark mcgwire. one man who knows a thing or two about the nfl hall of fame, harvey schiller, the president of the international hall of fame. he spoke to pimm fox about three manager inductees. >> all three are well known in the baseball system by everyone. they are all people players love, i think. that is one of the messages that has come through on these people. they're the kind of people people want to play for. that is the exciting part. >> same thing for bobby cox area >> bobby cox, baseball managers, like players, move around a lot. >> let's talk about greg maddux. >> you think about someone, the two pitchers that have been brought in in terms of their unbelievable records, and everyone talked about them getting voted in the first time. i know the players do not know until a phone call comes. in each case, they have had sterling records in terms of starting pitchers and they travel around as well but both of them had a home in atlanta. >> the potential inductees, are ey told th

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barry bonds and roger clemens caught up in that steroids scandal. linked to the scare that to the scandal, dark maguire of the st. louis cardinals and the oakland a's. mark mcgwire of the st. louis cardinals and the oakland a's. former great from the chicago white sox, frank thomas. we will have more as we get more information. back to you. >> think you so much. mark crumpton joining us from the breaking news that. -- rickey news desk. jason kelly is aside me now. he is an and now that he is an he is anraves -- atlanta braves fan. i saw you do that one person wave. >> i did. >> this is your years. >> i feel like i almost need a moment here. this is huge news. as someone who grew up a braves fan and watched ted turner put on ostrich races on the infield back in the 80s, this represents the golden era of atlanta braves baseball. and was talking about bobby cox. -- these arevery multiple young award winners. the error some of the greatest players ever to take the mound. this is very exciting for braves fan. >> jason going from his one-man atlanta brave

and roger clemens is in the same boat with sands and roger maguire and palero, so his eligibility isreally deserves more credit than that, but to go from 1575 is going to be tough over the years. abc 7 sports brought to you by toyota. >> the writers rgs clear, clear bonds -- >> this is the seventh year of eligibility for bonds and he's going backwards. they're not moving up. >> it will be interesting to see how he does at the next level. >> if he survives it. he's listed at 6'1" and 200 pounds. that usually means he's 5'11", 185. >> coming up tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00, the deadly flu season is getting worse. chances are you know someone who is getting sick. the extra measures were put in place by a local hospital to handle a flood of patients who are starting to show up now. >>> plus, the transgender student a target of local bullying is now pressing charges. what she says happened to her that pushed her over the edge. those stories coming up at 11:00 tonight. thank you very much. we appreciate your time. see you again at 11:00. dean? dean? don't shoot, red-haired guy. why not?

roger clemens also saw a reduction in his vote total from last year.4 ridges over 24 major leagu354 victories.one player me has been whispers of piaza's link to p.d.s. now here's a look at some names that did not make the hall of fame this year. 75% of the vote is required for induction. craig viggio came up two votes short. jack morris in his 15th and final year of eligibility, he gets noir chance through the expansion era committee. mark mcgwire and sammy sosa received 11% and 7% respectivelial rafael palmero, another suspected steroid user, he'll be removed from the ballot because he received less than 5% of the vote. >>> in soccer news there has been no official decision on whether to move the 2022 world cup in qatar from its customary months of june-july to november. it cannot be held in the summer due to the high temperatures in the middle east. now fifa vice president told "sky sports" that he was shocked by the comments today because soccer's governing body does not plan to make any decision on the matter until after this summer's world cup in

the justice department has gone after whether or not roger clemens took steroids, and they won't go after this? it's absolutely shameful, and by the way, this woman, this donor that greg me didn't even bother for seven months to talk to the victims. how do you do an investigation when you're not talking to the victims? >> it's an invisible, imaginary investigation by the holder and justice department once again. >> can they say we're not going to investigate it, and congress can't lean on them? >> they have been doing it for five, going on six years. they shouldn't, but they can. they have the power and the ability to walk away, turn a blind eye, to not assign investigators. they have been trying, right? >> they need to change the laws. >> i hate to bring this up, but the fbi did investigate and they said there was no finding of any political bias or enemy hunting going on. >> oh, yeah. >> they said where you had people say tea party, they also said occupy. where they said patriot, they also said progressive. they didn't understand the law. that was the problem. they were mismanaged. >> n

accusations of steroid use plagued bonds including sammy sosa, roger clemens and mark mcgwire.es, moises alou, jeff kent, j.t. snow. >>> 49eres and fans have their eyes set on the prize, not only the superer bowl, but another game at candlestick. >> what needs to happen on january 19th. niners need to beat the panthers in carolina, and st.s have to upset the seahawks in seattle. >> who bettor weigh in on the possibility than the 49ers' own navorro bowman who scored what could be the final touchdown ever at the stick. bowman signed autographs in burlingame and talked abouthe possibility of another game. >> i'm excited. >> i'm very excited because i was here for the falcons game and i was sad. if they come back, we'll be so loud even though there's no guarantee of another game, tickets are on sale. they start at $455 and go up to $11,000. if there's no game, you'll get money back. there will nobody tickets. >> for 11,000, i'd like my month back. >> the mayors are put together a friendly wager on the outcome pof the game. moat both mentor youth in the big brothers, big sisters pro

beating out barry bonds, roger clemens and mark mcgwire.eroid cloud over their name. >>> president lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty 50 years ago. that battle continues today. >> this is not an abstraction. these are not statistics. these are your neighbors, your friends, your family members, it could at some point be any of us. that's why we set up a system of unemployment insurance. >> some in the washington establishment called the president's push a resurgence of economic populism. politico declared that now suddenly there's a 2014 emphasis on inequality for democrats. not exactly. former obama aide says d.c. is missing one big thing. the last several decades of american history. a new article he recounts how economic has been popular and we don't think of it that way because powerful sources don't want you to know. i want to put up something on the screen here that we were looking at today thinking about your article. over the years to your point, when you ask people do you have confidence in big business, you don't get 60% or 5

sergeant first class corey roger clemens burg, the man who got the biggest applause at the state of the union. >>> and sochi is, quote, the most secure venue on the planet. uh-huh. we'll ask a congressman who just visited the area. can we trust that assessment when russia is on high alert for a potential terrorist attack? good afternoon, everyone. i'm jake tapper. welcome to "the lead." we'll begin with the national lead. if you have friends in atlanta and want to keep them don't refer to their city as hotlanta today. you should flaefrlly call it hotlanta, but especially today. anybody who lives there will tell you even on a perfect day atlanta's traffic is hell. now add ice and 2.6 inch, not even 3, of snow, and the ninth biggest city in the country and a major hub in the united states is utterly crippled. at least two deaths are being blamed on the bad weather in georgia. some drivers are stuck in the longest commutes of their lives. people who tried to drive home yesterday are still stuck, some for more than 24 hours. parents are losing their minds because thousands of school-age chi

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and in the second year of eligibility, roger clemens barry bonds got a ways to go.ay the price for their ties to performance- enhancing drugs. >>> johnnie football is going to skip the senior season. you know, elizabeth, now who you're looking at right now? this could be the next quarterback of the oakland raiders. that's right. that's right. the raiders will have the fifth pick in the draft. johnnie football could be their man. >>> j.r. smith was fined $50,000 for attempting to untie opponents' shoes twice in one week which should rule out the possibility of new york's upcoming opponents have been to switch to velcro. thank you very much. [ laughter ] >> the miami heat have been the best team on the court the last two seasons. but off the court, it's a different story. [ rap ] ♪ i am for real and it's all because of you ♪ [ singing ] ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ ♪ my loneliness is killing me ♪ baby i must confess i still believe, still believe ♪ >> what are they thinking?! i really sound good? or do they think they know they sound bad? >> that's what happens w

this is the end, for alex rodriguez, he not only leaves without those great achievements, like roger clemens and barry bonds before him, he also leaves a legacy forever tainted. john henry smith, al jazerra. >> all right, jessica is here to talk about this more. i know we'll see a-rod in court. but i winter will we ever see him on the field again? >> that's the $60 million question. the yankees want to know too, alex rodriguez says he plans to attends spring training in tampa but would the yankees actually want him there? that was the question that we pose today michael o'keef from the new york daylight news earlier, who has been discovering the saga since day one. >> certainly almost certainly shimmed for the minor league camp across the street from where the big leaguers wok out. that might be humiliating to him. something he may not want to do i think there is going to be discussions happening in the next couple of days, few years about what will happen once we hit the middle of february. and the players return to tampa for spring training. >> so we will stay tune forked that. the yankees

the mega stars from the steroids era like barry bonds, roger clemens and mark mcgwire, they all fellay short of the votes they needed to get in and they actually lost votes sinceless year. it's starting to look less and less likely that these guys will ever get into the baseball hall of fame. >>> all right, it's official, johnny manziel will be playing on sundays next year. the former heisman trophy winner announced yesterday that he will forego his final two seasons at texas a&m and enter may's nfl draft. johnny football, who had the best two statistical seasons ever for a quarterback in the s.e.c., is projected to be a top ten pick. >>> trending on bleacherreport.com today is shoelace gate. if you haven't heard about this yet, it's pretty silly. on sunday, the knicks' j.r. smith untied shawn marion's shoe during a free throw. the nba warned smith after the game, this was a big no-no. smith then tried to do it again tuesday night. the nba said enough is enough and slammed him with a $50,000 fine. smith has apologized for his actions, but the knicks are reportedly fed up with his act

craig biggio two votes shy, roger clemens and barry bonds got a long way to go. why. >>> could you picture that man in silver and black? that is johnnie football. john manziel decided to join the draft. the raiders hold the number 5 pick and need a quarterback. the one thing about manziel is he is listed at 6'1" probably not that tall and the number 5 pick would be pretty high for that player. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> thank you, dennis. play of the day now, wildcats hosting mississippi state. an alley-oop james young to alex, for the alley-oop jam making it look mighty easy. kentucky won that game, 59-51. that's your play of the day. combating crime and a police shortage.. to take back a cy park. how a growing citizen uprising in a west san jose community is making a difference. >>> residents combatting crime and police shortage to take back a city park. how a growing uprising in a west san jose community is making the difference. >> reporter: we definitely have a change of weather in the air. we are going to talk about how all this will affect

craig biggio two votes shy, roger clemens and barry bonds got a long way to go. why. >>> could you picture that man in silver and black? that is johnnie football. john men sell decided to join the draft. the raiders hold the number 5 pick and need a quarterback. the one thing about manziel is he is listed at 6'1" probably not that tall and the number 5 pick would be pretty high for that player. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> drew brees isn't all that tall so bring him on! play of the day now, wildcats hosting mississippi state. an alley-oop james young to alex, for the alley-oop jam making it look mighty easy. kentucky won that game, 59-51. that's your play of the day. >>> well, now a little fun. [ laughter ] >> the "great karnow," all while courting a california look in subzero temperatures. check it out. >>> you know, rich, the "great karnow"! really has a tough gig. cold in the summer in san francisco and until the winter they are like 70 degrees. how does he handle this? >> i don't know. up here in titletown it is getting so cold, i almost had to

and over 600 home runs and now he is headed to be the biggest cheat challenging barry bonds and roger clemens, and yet on this side, these guys knew what they were doing, and it is difficult to feel sorry for them. >> when you say the biggest cheat, could this finally put the change in motion where the players are, okay, let's go back to the old days, where, you know, the days of what, babe ruth, where he was known to put back a few cocktails. >> that is not going to happen. it is all about getting the edge and do what you can to get it rig right. >> and so even when baseball's greatest, one of the greatest players, okay, is going through this -- >> true. >> it is not going to make a dent? >> well, answer it this way, this guy, alex rodriguez is still saying he is innocent, and his version of saying "i'm not a crook," i did not have sex with that woman" and "i was blindsided by what happened on that bridge." and that is why he is not respected by the peers and even people came out to say they respect the process which is a slap to the a-rod, and here is a guy who does not get it except in thi

should roger clemens be in the hall of fame? they put him in a yankees uniform. red sox uniform. this is "bloomberg surveillance, " it is january 9. joining me is scarlet fu. we also have erik schatzker, making an early-morning appearance. >> it is time for the morning brief. we will start with chinese producer prices. they are showing signs of weakness. demand on the industrial side. consumer inflation is also slowing in china. these are two extremely important and -- economic indicators.

roger clemens was prosecuted for lying to congress about the don'ts of his blood. -- contents of hist the contents of his blood. but if he had lied to mlb about the contents of his blood, that would violate an agreement he signed with mlb, and mlb could punish him. stuart: so you see a way to legalize all drugs but still keep them out of major league sports? >> absolutely. stuart: okay. >> now, i don't know that we're going to go in that direction, but you can see the trend with respect to marijuana. as for overturning the arbitrator's decision, and there were three arbitrators, mlb be chose one, the players' union chose one, and then those two chose the third, and they voted 2-1 to us pend him. the representative -- suspend him. the arbitrator that the players' union chose sided with with-rod. a-rod did not contradict the evidence against him, and he didn't testify. so if you read the report, you sees the unrefuted. >> you know what overturning arbitrators are for? >> only if they were corrupt or made a profound error like two plus two equals 22. >> the idea that you can chew on a l

roger clemens, barry bonds didn't get in. doesn't look like they're get enough votes anytime soon. i rod. manny ramirez will be up soon. the greatest players of the last 25 years, of all-time, if you look at their numbers and all tainted by this. i really think at some point we're all going to have to look back, all who write about the sport and figure out what this means. it's not a blanket, they're all cheaters. never honor them again. a confusing time in sports. >> no real evidence of his use of substance performance drugs, however does this ruling, this suspension, mean that it now reduces his chances of ever being in a hall of fame? >> well i think the people who don't vote for bonds and don't vote for clemens, neither of them suspended or failed tests. this is now the same process. now they can look at a-rod and say, he's in that category. a great player. so much overwhelming evidence outside of a failed test that they'll feel that he's unclean as well. according to mlb, what they've put out, an overwhelming amount of evidence. a-rod thinks it's all lies. fascinating to see h

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but no one involved in the steroid controversy made it including bonds, roger clemens, mark mcfire or>>> one of the most visable signs of candlestick park is a hot item. the recreation and parks department, they have sold 3,000 pairs of those orange plastic seats since they went on sale a month ago. the price has gone up by a $100 to $749 for a pair of seats. the money raised goes to youth programs. >>> we are just a couple days, three days away from the playoff game between the 49ers and the carolina panthers in charlotte. the ktvu pregame show airs this sunday at 8:30 a.m. followed by the fox sports coverage. kickoff is at 10 a.m. after the game is the point after with mark ibanez. >> that's right. a lot of people getting ready for that. >>> let's check in with sal. see how things are going with the commute and what's happening at the bay bridge toll plaza? >> it's light there, tori. not all that bad there at the toll plaza westbound. also, the morning compute is looking good on 880 northbound until you get to about the coliseum. it it slows for a mile getting up to high speed. 101

or whether you're roger clemens, who was acquitted, by the way.d that they might be prosecuted for lying, answered senator sanders' letter by saying, you have the same protections as everybody else. before we started you said to me who do they spy on, the n.s.a.? they spy on the supreme court. they spy on the pentagon. they spy on the c.i.a. they spy on other spies. surely they're spying on the congress. >> why would we think they wouldn't be? and why did -- >> there is no reason to think they wouldn't. they don't want to admit it. the than congress could tell the president how to manage the military in war time. their responsibilities are distinct. >> we have some blurry lines in other areas. so why not here? >> we have pretty upset members of the house and the senate. >> rightfully so. judge, thank you. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. great to see new 2014. >> thank you. >>> he exposed the shrimp on a treadmill, the zombie video game and countless others examples of ridiculous government spending, but senator dr. coburn says this year gove

roger clemens, mark mcgwire, raymond palmeiro, and mark mcgwire have no shot, tainted by performance enhancing blood allegations. >> on the hard wood. it was a match-up of the top five, big 10 teams, hosting number three ohio. the spartans looking to hand the buck eyes their first of the season. building a 16-point lead midway through the second half. ohio state stormed back making 58-all where 7 of the game-high 20 was scored. 18 off the bench. 72-68 win, snapping the buck-eyes. >> in the big east virginia tech hosting an undefeated sarah cues much the arrange men making the most of their return, debting 17 points and using a 16-0 run in the second half. 72-52 win. sarah cues is 15 and 0 for the first time in the last four seasons. >> to the n.f.l., jeff ireland is out in miami, handpicked by bill to pick the dolphins, things were broken under ireland's watch, encouraging an environment ripe for bullying and led to the scandal that gripped the organization this past fall. he presided over one play-off appearance. last off season he spent more than 200 million only to see the team dr

one time the single season homerun leader and one of the greatest pitchers of this generation, roger clemensthe writers are speaking out. you do steroids, i don't care about your numbers, you won't be going on their vote. >>> i get to see my mom is the quote. those are the first words from a vietnam veteran. darryl waltrip presents him with a brand-new van. charlie harvey won first prize in operation independence star spangled salute contest. his name was pulled from 850 disabled vets. they donate add 2013 the special access chair and van for his transportation. >>> finally, lebron james has a soft side. he went down near the side line and noticed an older woman sitting court side take a picture of him. she helped him. he posed for the photo, then leaned in and gave her a kiss. he led his team a victory over the new orleans pelicans. >> so sweet. >> congratulations. >> that's pretty cool. >>> 20 minutes before the top of the hour. >>> that's right. flu season is about to peak. but a popular drug used to fight it is nowhere to be found? how could that be? >> then, he helped defend a convicted

whatever happened to roger clemens apparently lying before congress? certainly seemed observe. ot to prosecute him? >> that just went away, faded away as roger's hall of fame bid has faded away. >> let's go to a place where people don't use performance-enhancing drugs. >> somebody will die and i wonder when they will test them for performance-enhancing drugs. it's ridiculous. >> you mean humans can't be 6'4" and 270 and run a 4.4? like every linebacker in the nfl? >> it's absolutely ridiculous and everybody knows they are all cheating so the question is when do you test these people? >> not now. >> although the shame is they are not really cheating because there is really no policy in the nfl which is why the whole thing is so outrageous. >> two great games coming up this weekend. one of them involves peyton manning and denver may not be actually peyton manning favorite city if you listen to this. >> omaha! omaha! omaha! >> so has that is one of his calls. peyton manning omaha. he barked the word omaha 44 times during sunday's game and the city of omaha loves it. omaha was a tre

>> no, who is roger clemens. come up as a topic in the second round. >> ouch. fortunately for the contestants, that was the only baseball question in the show. those are the headlines this sunday morning. >> they don't watch a lot of sports. >>> janice, we'll check in with janice dean. if you're having a football watch party tonight, janice, tell us how they can do it. >> this is the best part of super bowl, the food that we eat, correct? and we've got eddie and katie from bottoms up nyc here. wahoo! >> we are making lady cakes essentially cupcakes filled with booze? what's that all about? show us the denver broncos cupcakes and what's inside. >> this is the denver bronco cupcakes. denver's famous drink is called a colorado bulldog, so we made this with kahlua, vodka and coca-cola infused inside the cupcake. >> if i eat four of these, will i have good weather reports for the next few hours? >> the weather will be amazing if you eat those. >> what do you think, anna? what about the other one? >> we also have the s