deadly disease. >> reporter: the big crowd came to johanson's restaurant in westminster, to remember ron smithoast him with a new beer. ron's widow, june, has been overwhelmed by all of the support, since ron's death in december. >> from the time ron announced his diagnosis and even through this very day, 12,000 e-mails, thousands of cards, letters, gifts. >> reporter: team reason is raising money to fight pancreatic cancer. microbrew created in ron's honor. >> he never realized the impact that he made. until the diagnosis. and i think that's something we can all take from this. >> reporter: ron smith spent 28 years at wbal radio and took great joy in calling himself "talk show man ." >> he loved his family. of course, our dog and kalt. and he love -- cat. and he loved his poker. but he really loved his listening fans. they were his extended family. >> reporter: and ron's extended family, known as team reason, has already raised $37,000 for pancreatic research. their goal is $1 million. >> what better legacy could be for a man who gave a million thoughts and ideas? >> reporter: ron matz, eyewi

. >>> this morning a toast to ron smith. >> well, we are here tonight in honor over ron smith and in his memory, to celebrate ron's life and to have a sip of brew master jay lampert's new micro brew he has named reason cesar. >> a crowd of people came to johanson's dining host to remember the radio host who died from cancer. they are serving a special brew through february with proceeds going to smith's charity. his wife says the money will be used to form the ron smith pancreatic cancer research fund at johns hopkins hospital. >>> baltimore's michael phelps is headed to colorado springs this weekend as he prepares for the summer olympic games, he says he has been sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber to simulate high altitude. phelps won eight gold models at the summer gales in china, four years ago. >> this is the most excited i have been since going into beijing, so this is the best shape that i have been in since then. so you know i am looking forward to it. i am swimming better. i am training better. >> phelps will turn 27 before the london games. he spoke this week at a promotional

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. >>> i'm ron matz, in edgewood. leviticus smith is 106 years young today. you'll meet this amazing woman. coming up on wjz eyewitss news. >>> i'm bob turk. rain headed our way. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. >>> here's today's report from wall street. ,, >>> it is not every day that someone turns 106 years old. but that is what is happening in edgewood, harford county. ron matz has more on the woman and her big celebration. >> happy birthday to you ♪ >> reporter: levitius smith is celebrating her birthday. not just any birthday. she's 106 years young. so what's her secret? >> i go to church. i love church. >> that's where she met the mayor. she's been honored by the state of maryland and harford county. there's even a letter from president obama. that's levinnia and her daughter in 1953. she was born in summer ton, south carolina, in 1906. >> oh, i remember the war. and my brother, we united used to go around see the soldiers go around. >> i never thought that she would live to be 106 years old. she is amazing. she is amazing. keep

smith in the 1800s. >> in the spring of 1987, 27-year-old ron luff visits the temple on a pilgrimage with his wife and children. there, he meets a local tour guide. luff becomes enraptured by this man's passion for religion. his maim is jeffrey lungren. >> there were people saying this guy, jeffrey lundgren really knows it and is a special one. he taught sunday school classes there. >> a disagreement with church elders over his teaching practices pushes 37-year-old lundgren out of the temple. he moves his small group of followers to a nearby farm. >> it was roughly in 1987, is when i started to see jeff lundgren and his people move into the farmhouse on u.s. route 6. >> jeffrey lundgren has more than 20 disciples. they gather daily at lundgren's farmhouse, taking in every word. ron luff and his wife, suzy, are captivated. it becomes clear to local authorities, this small religious group is quickly morphing into a cult. >> so where does this fellow, lungren, come in? >> my faith was very much everything and i'm looking to a lot of answers to questions. i decide that i want to go to kirtland temple and

ron brownstein rock out. he's -- >> nothing better than new year's eve with patti smith. every year. >> yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh. all right. our "get real" this morning, children are to be seen and not heard. don't hear that a lot but it works its way into the latest story. grant central pizza in georgia, the owners are taking a stand against kids who are having melt downs. the menu offers pizza, pasta, calzones and a new disclaimer. we want to ensure that all diners have an enjoyable lunch or dinner with us. we respectfully ask that parents intend to their crying tots outside. this is in response to an incident in which a child apparently hit a customer in the head with a toy. my children would never do that. oh. and also some reviews on yelp.com who complained about loud and unruly kids taking over the place. the customer said she dislikes the parents who allow it to happen enmore than the kids who have the melt downs. family restaurant, they just don't want kids to have meltdowns. >> it's good enough for church, good enough for pizza. i hope they go for airplanes next. >> how much kid

ron paul was targeted in minnesota. the new thing here that this is the first time a glitter bomber is facing criminal charges. smithup to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine if he is convicted, jon. he has no regrets about his protests. jon: i'm sure his parents are so proud. rick folbaum, thank you. jenna: maybe show up in glitter. then the glitter bombs are uneffected. show up in glilter and won't get glitter bombed. i can see a little glitter. jon: try some tomorrow. jenna: just an idea. we're talking a lot about the debt crisis in europe but there is another big crisis there as well. a deep freeze. the worst cold spell in decades knocking out power to thousands an killing hundreds of people. how long will it last? how come europe is getting it so bad when we're getting mild winter here at home? >>> a cruise ends early after hundreds of passengers come down with a stomach virus. phil keithing, we know him. i guess he is there at the scene. this isn't the first time this very virus has taken over this ship. we'll be live with that story and phil keating coming up. jenna: now this fox news weather alert. hundreds

ron paul in today's maine caucus. newt gingrich's wife took to the podium with the c-pac convention and warmed up to tcrowd. you will hear what she had to say. nbc's harry smithhe ever seen up close. that is the costa concoria. >> we know despite a concerted effort by catholic bishops in the republican party to deny no cost birth control coverage they will be able to get that coverage after all. we also now know that mitt romney yet to close the deal with republican primary voters and try as the romney campaign did to play down expectation for tuesday night's caucuses in colorado and minnesota and the faux primary in missouri p.. the gop base does not like mitt romney very much. we know three-judge panel of the ninth circuit court of appeals voted 2-1 krachlted's prop 8 took away the right to their right to gay and lesbian marriage was unconstitutional. rick santorum claimed the obama administration is, quote, appointing justices of a family that gets in the way of controlling your life. republicans making the convoluted argument that allowing some people to love and marry each other. we also know now the name of rick santorum's personal multimillion air spon

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