it was sam sun -- samson the alpha's birthday celebration. it was part of the zoo's on site -- long st. patrick's day celebration. >> samson's cake was extra special. it was made out of corn meal. it had mass potatoes as the icing. >> yummy. samson weighed two hundred 90 pounds at birth. he is now more than 60 tall and 2,000 pounds. if you were asked to spell the word "gudz a lot" would you be able to? this is baltimore's newest spelling bee champion. he spelled his way through 17 rounds at the seventh annual baltimore spelling bee. his mom -- he attends -- he took the top spot in is on his way to the scripps national spelling bee in d.c. coming up, making the cut. which ravens cheerleader candidate will make the squad this upcoming season? >> clouds and fog tomorrow morning. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [

samson the all of the celebrated his fourth birthday. the event was complete with priority favors -- party favors and a cake. >> all of the elephants got a cake and samson's was special. it had match potatoes as the icing. >> he weighed 290 pounds at birth. he is 6 feet tall and 3,000 pounds now. >> your 11 insta-weather-plus forecast with your meteorologist john collins. >> and only four years old. what a day today. beautiful day. radar-satellite combination. no cloud. there is a lot of moisture in the air. plus, a summer-like haze, which part of it is air pollution and part is moisture in the atmosphere. there is a widely scattered charter activity out in the mountains of west virginia. not getting into maryland or virginia, except down west of roanoke. and we could see the same kind of thing tomorrow, except i think we will see more clout around our area tomorrow. what happens today? the same thing has been going on all winter. we had a good margin on temperatures, above normal. off the normal high as 51 degrees. 71 at the airport. 73

also going in, ralph samson, jamaal wilkes who won a championship with the warriors. rick patino.elson, going in at age 71. >>> the 49ers signed their second new york giant within a week. it was mario manningham first, and today a running back, brandon jacobs who's still 29. but the giants thought, no, his tip-toe still had run its course in new york. it's a one-year deal. wait and see pretty much on both sides. brandon jacobs joining frank core in the 49er backfield. >>> the as will play their second game of the regular season in two and 1/2 hours in the tokyo dome against seattle. mrz the as will come home and rule practice games, and they're going to come home at best 1 and 1 if they can win early this morning. dustin ackley, the winning rbi, as lose 3-1. to the mariners. >>> a guy who pitched in mexico and venezuela, five shutout innings. brandon crawford delivering here. giants win 4-1 to improve their spring record to 15 wins and 11 losses. that's it. we're only now about 2.5 hours. so let's go home, get some friends and neighbors in and watch major league baseball! ople, le

the judges placed this option native in a lowly to team place out of eighteen riders the zealander samson movie brought up the rear after crashing during his run but retained the overall lead on the six to tour american drew truckie held the upper hand in the skiing events while home here ain't even walking or trying to on the ladies' side to move off a second in the rankings and there was double joy for the kiwis as twin sisters jenny man maria guzman claims of bronze medals out so there is a spectrum skiing snowboarding and. boarding outings they belong to for asylum. and . i'm on the top spot like a bunch of like fifth place third place. and i may just kind of all came together for. this really special to be here it's. last year's nouns are incredible in the way it is just really really good honored to be here in austria. co-hosts of the freestyle skiing world call for the fourth time in a row this weekend's but home advantage couldn't inspire the russians to victory as the chinese proved to be the ones to catch with more here is robert. of course. ariel's not just a ski freestyle disc

santorum dropped the sweater vest, it was like cutting samson's hair.way. >> andrea: you know what you do with a bruised banana? make banana bread. >> greg: it's weird. i don't like bananas but i love banana bread. >> andrea: i don't think santorum can make banana bread out of this. >> bob: he has the biggest block of delegates coming up in virginia. romney on the bah lot and the rest are not -- ballot and the rest are not. >> greg: i love zucchini bread, too. i don't love zucchini. >> eric: coming up, why is president obama spending hundreds of thousands of tax dollars toward brand new soccer field for gitmo terrorists? but at the same time, that same president is asking american troops to pay more for their healthcare. we have details on both coming up next on "the five." ♪ ♪ >> andrea: welcome back to "the five." all right. is president obama favoring suspected terrorists over the troops? it's out, a new report saying that president obama has proposed actually cutting healthcare for certain troops. but leading healthcare for other unionized defense w

and when you lose that power, it's like samson losing his hair. >> it's terrifying when your voice isn'tay you want it to. i think with whitney there were other things as well but i'm sure that depressed her. and i wanted to get to her so badly. because we had both done a show in australia. she had been there, like, maybe a month or so before i did. and i wish that i could have sat down with her. it's really about a choice. this is what whitney chose to do. god bless her. >> come back after the break and talk about whitney. i'm interested in that idea of the choice. so many people have tried to blame people like bobby brown and others. that may not be fair. >> please. let's talk about this. >> when we come back. ♪ [ male announcer ] remember when you were a kid? you liked getting dirty and building things. there were no limits -- you could move mountains. the john deere 1 series subcompact tractor -- the way grownups move mountains. and with auto-connect implements, it's the easiest tractor to use yet. what will you create? learn more about the easy-to-use 1 series tractor at johndeere.c

and when you lose that power, it's like samson losing his hair. >> it's terrifying when your voice isn't to. i think with whitney there were other things as well but i'm sure that depressed her. and i wanted to get to her so badly. because we had both done a show in australia. she had been there, like, maybe a month or so before i did. and i wish that i could have sat down with her. it's really about a choice. this is what whitney chose to do. god bless her. >> come back after the break and talk about whitney. i'm interested in that idea of the choice. so many people have tried to blame people like bobby brown and others. that may not be fair. >> please. let's talk about this. >> when we come back. we're america's natural gas and here's what we did today: supported nearly 3 million steady jobs across our country... ... scientists, technicians, engineers, machinists... ... adding nearly 400 billion dollars to our economy... we're at work providing power to almost a quarter of our homes and businesses... ... and giving us cleaner rides to work and school... and tomorrow, we could do even m

and when you lose that power, it's like samson losing his hair. >> it's terrifying when your voice isn'the way you want it to. i think with whitney there were other things as well but i'm sure that depressed her. and i wanted to get to her so badly. because we had both done a show in australia. she had been there, like, maybe a month or so before i did. and i wish that i could have sat down with her. it's really about a choice. this is what whitney chose to do. god bless her. >> come back after the break and talk about whitney. i'm interested in that idea of the choice. so many people have tried to blame people like bobby brown and others. that may not be fair. >> please. let's talk about this. >> when we come back. what makes the sleep number store different? the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. wow! that feels really good. it's hugging my body. in less than a minute i can get more support. if you change your mind once you get home you can adjust it. so whatever you feel like, the sleep number bed's goin

jack jones of samson, alabama is 105 and has a sharp mind. he wouldn't work with us then.of good friends. laura buhr of glendale, arizona. dresses to the nines. beautiful dresser and enjoys going to have coffee with the girls. how about that? that's nice. i like to have coffee with the girls. alvin grammar of san matteo, california, is 105. an experienced sailor and a big san francisco giants fan. can't beat that either. julia macmillan, hancock, michigan, is 103. worked in a donut shop. that's my idea of heaven. read the bible and work in a donut shop. we wish her the best. likes her bingo, too. finally, take a look at george boggess is of washington, d.c. that's our hometown. place of operations. he loves to travel with his lovely wife. they visited all 50 states. how about that? from the shores -- they are trying to change the name to the gulf of america. did you know that? it's the gulf of mexico now. back to new york. >> willard, thank you. now we get to say hello to oscar winner kathy bates. star of "harry's law." now back on sunday nights. >> we'll be opening this s

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