. >> reporter: rocket a shih tzu co-owned by publisher patty hearst won best in the toy group. >> sheloves the pampering. it's like getting a massage all the time. he really seemed to enjoy it. >> reporter: the final day of the westminster dog show is always chaotic. but this year it forced the dog owners and handlers proved they were best in show. >> they have to be bribed. powdered. >> reporter: to some dogs, this year's show is the last hurrah. others will be back next february to once again strut their stuff. naomi choi-smith, cbs news, new york. >>> a-rod apologized again. he apologized to fans. he apologized for misstakes that led to my suspension. he wrote quote, i take full responsibilities for my actions and i accept the fact that many of you will not believe my apology or anything i say at this point. >>> this is what baseball fans have been waiting for. spring training. red sox players and equipment arrived in ft. myers yesterday. the official starting date for boston pitchers and catchers is friday. this is the "cbs morning news." ng news." ♪ dinner's just better when i've

she beat out rocket the shih tzu. her owner is patty hurt.napped victim turned bank robber turned actress. tonight, her dog pranced around sporting a signature blue bow. >>> the first appearance for the red sox causes a stir for pablo. more on what he did in japan coming up. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the struggling sharks ran into hockey's hottest goalie tonight. nashville's patrick grenet. 14-1-1 over his past 16 games. the glass is not the only thing broken. predators up. greg smith knocked it home to make it 3-1. then just 50 seconds later, paul galstead makes it 4-1. pekka, maybe the best in the game. predators win 5-1. sharks lead the final playoff spot by just two points. arod suspension is over. the yankees third baseman alex rodriguez set to return to the field after being suspended for the entire 2014 season for using performance enhancing drugs. he released a handwritten let tore his hand apologizing for his mistakes. the yankees owe rodriguez $61 million over the next three years. >>> last time we saw pablo, he put an end to

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. >>> well a shih tzu named rocket was chosen top toy dog on day one of the westminster kennel club dogill be one of seven in the final ring tuesday night when best in show is chosen. >>> today, let's talk about this fat tuesday as mardi gras comes to a head tonight. nbc's jay gray joins me now from the heart of it all. we're talking about the famous bourbon street in new orleans. it seems like it may be rainy today. will that affect the festivities? >> i don't think so betty. we've had rain here temperatures much cooler more mardi gras but nobody seems to notice. take a look down bourbon street. i don't know if these folks are wraing up last night's party or getting an early start on the final day of mardi gras. either way, there are still a ton of people out early in the morning along bourbon street. good news for this city. this is one of their most important economic drivers. we know of the 30,000 plus hotel rooms in new orleans 95% of those are booked. mardi gras annually brings in about a billion, with a "b," dollars in spending. they want to make sure they get it right regardless

among those already advancing to the final group, a shih tzu named rocket, owned by patty hearst the heiress whose kidnapping made national headlines in the 1970s. also in the running is a portuguese water dog named matisse who is a cousin of the obama family dog sunny. >>> china is preparing to usher in the year of the sheep on thursday, but this was the day of the penguin at a zoo in northern china. six of the little guys traded in their tuxedos for traditional red tang suits, much to the delight of visitors to help celebrate china's spring festival. >>> when we come back, the farmer who's milking his sudden fame for all it's worth. >>> finally tonight, he's like a conductor whose symphony hall is a green pasture, or a choreographer whose dancers are of the four-legged variety. a kansas farmer is becoming quite the viral celebrity thanks to a little bovine inspiration. we get the story from nbc's harry smith. >> reporter: derek klingenberg does the chores on the family farm. but beware, inside this fresh-faced kansasen burns a cauldron of creativity. >> what does the farmer say? ♪

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question the shih-tzu ship -- the citizenship. my great aunt trying to vote and she was challenged. this was after women got the right to vote in 1949. >> tell us what this photograph is. >> that is when i was on the faculty of the harvard law school from 1976. archibald cox became a solicitor general -- i think this was after the solicitor general of the united states and resigned during -- >> there are a couple of other asian -- other asian men. >> they were visiting professors from japan. now, you will notice the paucity of women at that time. it's in my lifetime. and probably the lifetimes of most of us here. there were no women tenured professors at the harvard law school. the other women in the photos were administrative people. such as myself or lecturers. and there were no asian americans. and there was one tenured african-american professor in the rear. >> all right. so what prompted you to run? asian-american woman, what prompted this? >> here i am campaigning. >> yeah. >> and this is when peter and i won the -- won the primary election. ok. i had a career in law school ad

committing armed robbery as the brain washed hostage of the liberation army but this year one of her shih tzusyou are tweeting people change. and some of you are throwing 50 shades of shame at the movie. and you are still poking fun at the crazy fans who flooded the opening weekend. >>> this 911 call of theaters rushing teens to the theater is going viral. >> there are kids rushing and we started to fill out all of the pg movies. >> and critics are calling the bdsm calling it the luxury branding of domestic abuse. and they have boring sex scenes. >> my mom just left me a message telling me the action in 50 shades was no big whoop. i could not delete that fast enough. >>> and krispy kreme is taking you from shame to outrage. they are coming under fire for using the initial kkk during black history month. this facebook ad promoted a kids event in the united kingdom called kkk wednesdays. it went viral for all of the wrong reasons. here kkk stands for krispy kreme club but after you decried this mishap online they removed the ad and apologized profusely. but still you are tweeting this has been a

the champion shot toy group is a shih tzu maimed rocket. the other winners in the first day of competition are an old english sheep dog, a standard poodle, and a cute beagle. the top dog at the westminister show will be named tonight. >>> we are still following developing news for you on the peninsula right now. coming up next on mornings on 2, the search under way for the man missing off oyster point arena. men shot an employee. the violent take over robbery under investigation in el cerrito. >>> an employee at a pizza restaurant is recovering from a gunshot. we'll tell you what we know from the woman's condition this morning and the two men that police are searching for. >> we are live in south san francisco where the search for a missing canoer continues at this hour. we are now in the seventh hour of this search. we'll tell you what we have learned about the people that he was with. mornings on 2 continue. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us tuesday morning, february 17th i'm pam cook. >> good morning, i'm dave clark. we will tel

the shih tzu was found yesterday with a collar that read, i love long walks. >> that is cruelty and people are rotten and cruel to animals. >> doctors will perform an ee cropcy to find an exact cause of death. >>> from a delaware bureau this afternoon -- new castle county authorities hope you can help find three thieves who robbed an embassy suites in newark. investigators provided this surveillance video. call newark police if you have any tips. >>> nbc10 was there as crews got a dump truck back on its wheels along i-495 in wilmington this morning. police say the bed's truck was razed when it clipped the 12th street bridge overpass and toppled over. 495 was closed for more than three hours. the driver was not seriously hurt. authorities cited him for careless driving. >> from our jersey shore bureau the owners from the revel casino they to want stay put even if the casino is closed next week. a florida developer is set to buy it for $95 million. a judge is expected to rule on the matter some time today. >>> the case of late penn state joe paterno was back in court today. a judge heard arg

one fairfax county police officer made it her mission to get her shih tzu and tonight at 11:00 we catch up with them. >> biscuit is pretty cute. >>> two young girls have disappeared and coming up why investigator fear they may have joined isis. >> plus doctors think they know the cause of that deadly superbug infection. >> reporter: drivers calling >>> right now at 5:30 it is the five yet and the cold before tomorrow's -- quiet and the cold before tomorrow's winter storm. hope you are staying warm tonight. i'm lesli foster. >> and i'm jan jeffcoat. let's get right to topper shutt with more on tomorrow's storm. >> i have some new information into the weather office. some of the information has this 4 to 8 band at luray and romney and winchester, i may have to bring that over to the east and have frederick and layingtown included. it looks like it could possibly end up being most of the precipitation as snow in frederick up i-70 towards hagerstown. as of now 1 to 3 inches i-95 corridor points south, 3 to 6 north of the spur in montgomery county into fairfax and loudoun county and prince w

. >> reporter: rocket, a shih tzu owned by publishing heiress patty hearst won in the toy group. >> it'stting a massage all the time. he really seems to enjoy it. >> reporter: the final day of the westminster dog show is always chaotic. but this year the weather forced dog owners and their handlers to prove their best in snow. >> since i left at 3:30 in the morning in the snowstorm and got a flat tire on the way, so i had to drive a mile on a rim because i was afraid we were going to get killed by a snowplow. >> every time they come inside they have to be dried and powdered so that they don't stain. >> reporter: to some dogs this year's show is the last hurrah. others will be back next february to once again strut their stuff. cbs news, new york. >>> it is amazing dog week here on wusa9. first let's see if you know what our mutt in the morning is. >> yesterday we introduced you to ollie. you've been guessing on our facebook page what her mixed pedigree s. if you guessed australian cattle dog mixed with a little boarder collie and a pinch of golden retriever, you were ri ght. that is olli

english springer spaniel, 15" beagle standard poodle old english sheep dog, terrier, shih tzu tzu. >>s rounds of competition and grooming to get here. >> is there hair spray in here. >> yes, so you don't want to touch it. >> backstage it is about sequins, pony tails and braids. >> if i knew they were going to do this hat thing to you i would have tried to intervene earlier. >> reporter: then the nail clippers, hair cuts and last-minute naps. the westminster kennel club dog show features 2700 competitors from 15 countries. they come in 192 breeds. >> the breed is officially known as rhinoceros. >> reporter: in the end regardless of name size or swagger, it came down to this. >> best in show is the beagle. >> the beagle. >> reporter: winning that big silver trophy and a lifetime of pristine. dan harris abc news new york. >> oh, score one for the bitches. that's the proper term. i have to say dog males won best in show 70 times to the bitches which is 70-38. >> i'm just going to smile. that's what i'm going to do. >> i'm going to go hide in the bathroom. bye. hi, anne. how are you doing?

shocking the shih tzu and beating out nearly 3,000 others to win westminster. this top dog on top of the world this morning. ♪ >>> and good morning, america. i love westminster. it is so much fun. miss p last night, the beagle best in show. there we see her right there. the judge said he could just as easily imagine her in that ring or out in the field. that is why she won. >> celebrating with a little chew on the blue ribbon. >> exactly. >> oh so great. what is not so great is the weather. we want to get to that right away. the record-breaking arctic plunge temperatures about to take a dramatic dip and take a look at this. it's a picture from cambridge, massachusetts, a massive icicle almost two stories tall and it's only getting colder there. the deep freeze hitting the midwest moving south and east and ginger has a lot to talk about so let's get to it. >> not just record breaking lara record demolishing in places like louisville. western new york this is a pond children right here that's a spring that has been frozen. i think that represents what people will

english springer spaniel, 15" beagle, standard poodle, old english sheep dog, terrier, shih tzu. >> itserious grooming to get here. >> is there hair spray in here? >> yes, so you don't want to touch it. >> backstage it is about sequins, pony tails and braids. >> if i knew they were going to do this hat thing to you i would have tried to intervene earlier. >> reporter: then the nail clippers, hair cuts and last-minute naps. the westminster kennel club dog show features 2700 competitors from 15 countries. they come in 192 breeds. >> the breed is officially known as rhinoceros. >> reporter: in the end regardless of name, size or swagger, it came down to this. >> best in show is the beagle. >> the beagle. >> reporter: winning that big silver trophy and a lifetime of pristine. prestige. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> good one for the women. >> miss p. >> i wonder if they understand the real impact of that they won. or is it like everybody is clapping for me, i love this. >> i say good one for the women because best in show, 70 times it's been a male dog that's won and 38 times it's been