with the shovel and the dogs.my heart. >> they were biting at that woman! in this instance, i'm going to side with the human. >> maybe she had bacon in her bag and they weren't going after her, they just wanted the bacon. >> right. she had a blt wrapped for lunch. >> they were not attacking her. >> so she had a blt -- >> do not carry bacon around this pack of wild dogs. >> exactly. they teach you that in kindergarten. don't carry bacon around a pack of wild dogs in your purse. unless there is a man with a snow shovel nearby to save your life. duh. >> yeah. and then it's your fault they got hit with the snow shovel. >> yeah. now you've got a dead dog on your conscience. >> right. or a bleeding one. >> right. an injured dog and it's your fault. >>> i'm not walking upside down. >>> you guys remember the dancing inmates doing michael jackson's "thriller?" >> yeah. >> there is a new dance craze in a different prison, but this is called the pack yow. ♪ ♪ you can do this when you put on your boxing gloves ♪ >> i'm confus

and they have a shovel. ben, this isn't about murderers with shovels. sue: jake, can you stop texting? ben: why i have got to wear this stuff, anyway? come on, everyone! five-minute warning! it's horrible and itchy. because we're going to a wedding, and everyone has to be as uncomfortable as possible. it's a law. now, go-- come on. karen, do you need some help? no, no, no. i thought we'd agreed that you were going to change into your dress when we got to julie's house, like the other bridesmaid. but i want to, um, travel in my dress. but, darling, it'll get-- you're not supposed to upset me on my big day. well, strictly speaking, karen, it's cousin julie's big day, isn't it. i wish everybody would stop saying that! go and change into what you were wearing before. who comes down the aisle first, me or the other bridesmaid? well, that's up to cousin julie, so we'll have to wait and see what she wants. who comes down the aisle first, cousin julie or-- or me? that would be cousin julie, on account of the face that she's the bride. now, go and get changed, k

for snow shovels. >>> and sleep crisis. women who cannot sleep. >> i am absolutely exhausted. >> everybody's asleep, but me. >> awake about 21 hours. >> a revelation tonight, that could cure your xugs. . >>> good evening. we begin, tonight, with what experts call a precision kill. a nuclear scientist who was a key player in iran's nuclear program, killed in broad daylight. and tonight, the dangerous tension between the u.s. and iran has ratcheted even higher. iran, pointing the finger squarely at the u.s. and our allies in israel. abc's martha raddatz has been tracking this story all day for us. martha, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, diane. it is a new and terrifying twist in the nuclear standoff with iran. the covert war to slow down iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon could, instead, prompt the regime to strike back. the assassination was targeted so precisely, the car the young scientist was riding in was left almost intact. but mostafa ahmadi roshan had no chance of survival. two motorcyclists trapped the

had some shoveling and scraping to do this morning too. a nice, thin layer of snow and ice greeted most d.c. residents as they got their weekend started. road crews were at it all it to clear the roads. this year's first big snow event made being outside today pretty interesting. here's a firsthand look. >> the salt trucks have done their job on major thorough fairs, predawn traffic had a pretty easy go of it. we found a few inprep. >> reporter: now you think a dog owner would think it better to be a cat fancier. >> i'm not very happy and neither is the dog. >> reporter: bill gibbs and casey take to the streets of bethesda every day, rain or shy. and casey downtown like this weather. >> reporter: as the morning progressed people emerged from their dry places to chip and scrape the ice and snow that had encrusted their sidewalks. here they weren't taking any chances, they did declare a snow emergency. that's like where there's signs like this, you can't mark. by midday road crews remained busy keeping things from refreezing. and in the dist

they have the snow shovels going. we have more to talk about.

we didn't do too padly, considering, but nothing too much to really about in terms of shoveling.perature well below the seasonal average. national airport at 34. dulles at 31 and baltimore at 32. we should be into the low 40s but not hitting that at all in terms of those temperatures. precipitation moving to the north and northeast. we are getting a bit of a break with some clouds but we are seeing those clouds clear out a little bit. we'll have some partly cloudy skies into the course of the overnight hours. current temperatures, chilly, 32 at national, 30 at baltimore, 28 at gaithersburg. 30 degrees at haggerstown. couple better land, 32 degrees. 31 at martinsburg. as we head up the eastern seaboard a chilly 22 for boston. new york at 25 degrees. that's where we're going to be for the overnight lows with the temperatures into the 20s. take a look at the national map. you can see all that warm air to the south. we're going to get the benefit of that as we move through into the extended period. we will see a little bit of a warmup. wet weather is coming back into the forecast, lo

>> paid folks will come in and shovel. i have to convince the snowplow drivers. stherp working around the clock. >> has it caused any dangers for you. >> my fiance is on a volunteer fire department. he was supposed to go shovel someone's roof. he couldn't get out because there was an avalanche. no person that i know of has actually been injured in all of this. >> i notice your dog is in the vide video. >> tengru the horse and his rider went on an adventure. it dend the way either would have hoped. you can see rescue crews trying to pull kangaroo out of a mad di swamp. while the rider and kangaroo were out around, they were in a swampy area, they fell into a mud hole. the rider fell in up to his waist but was able to get out. they say the horse slipped on the ice. and then fell in. one media report says there was an atv and a trailer used to help haul him out. it looks like a bunch of guys trying to get him out. >> once a horse gets going -- that's why they have cars with horsepower. they think he'll be okay because hees used to all the excitement. raising has its

he would think if any state would have stockpiles of shovels, it would be alaska.exas is cleaning up after powerful storms blew across that state. streets are flooded and many homes have been damaged by monday's severe weather. the national weather service says it will not know until later today if it was a tornado that carved a half a mile path of destruction and fort bend county. >> and thinking back to alaska. 18 feet of snow and having trouble finding shovels. last few years ago we had a few feet and we had the same problem. >> that is on the coast, a lot of the cruises leave from there. a lot of times they get right. this time it has been a lot of snow. west of there, you remember that from the oil spill, they had 290 inches of snow so far this winter. >> what? >> 290 inches. that is over 24 feet of snow. that is a little bit over the normal. >> if you have some extra, you can send some snow shovels up there. "on the coast of alaska. we also have the snow and west texas. at that rain started off as a snow maker in the hills of west texas and midland. they had

shovel. shovel. shovel. shovel. >> they knew where i wept in the snow. that was the saving grace.knowing exactly where i wept in the snow and started digging that area. >> once the head was out then i was a lot more relieved. >>reporter: john is back home now. he compares the experience to being buried in an ice cube. friends say it's nothing they have seen before and nothing they ever want to see again. all is well that ends well. >> last tonight we told you about the largest solar storm in almost a decade. tonight we learn that it prompted delta airlines to reroute half a dozen flights that would have flown over the north pole today. they wanted to make sure the flight maintained communication at all times. all of the affected routes were between detroit and the asian city of shanghai, beijing and hong kong. >>> one very visible manifestation of the solar storm the northern lights. these are seen from norway and particularly beautiful. solar storm is pushing the lights farther south. experts say people in new york may even see them tonight. that's wild. beautiful. >> amazing. wa

. >> we've got you, he has his what the, shovel, shovel. >> they knew where i went in the snow, that was the saving grace and they started digging that area. >> all of the snowmobilers were wearing protective clothing, he was dazed but otherwise he was okay. >>> any problems out there, sal? >>> not a lot going on, as a matter of fact traffic is moving along and we are starting off in oakland. the morning commute also looks good if you are driving on to the san mateo bridge, the traffic is looking good much better than yesterday when the commute was going to be dicey, or was dicey. this morning on highway 4, clear visibility from antioch to bay point as well. let's go to steve. >>> now that the rain has decided to move off, we need a little bit of a break but we are still below average and we have a lot of rain and it is the last three systems that came through, san francisco almost 50, look at san jose, only 33% of normal and we were dry for so long, we start off like a front-runner and things went south. we made up some ground but we are still way below where we should be and higher

they used pink shovels and a bulldozer to obliterate the artwork. republicans who paid for this sculpture are not amused but organizers say it was all meant in good fun. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >>> 4:28 and 44 degrees. warmer than it has been, but you can still see the haze and fog. low hanging clouds on this 24th day of january. good morning you to, i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this tuesday, january 24, 2012. today, d.c. police chief kathy lanier will testify before a house subcommittee about the occupy d.c. encampment in mcpherson square. congressman darrell issa who chairs the government reform she and holding the meeting. in the past he's said he wanted protesters removed from federal lands because of concern about rats and damage to public property. >>> a controversial effort is underway on capitol hill to rededicate the d.c. war memorial to all americans who fought in world war i. the memorial sits on independence avenue west of 17th street, near the

we are shovel ready with jobs. i want to thank mohammad for making sure that they work closely with the parks and a neighborhood association to do this. i am here to announce this but also to make sure that this is part of the long term commitment to every neighborhood in the city. we will continue this -- doing this and doing it well. >> you talked about the importance of jobs. there will be about 50 local jobs as a result of this construction project. you also talked about the importance of art in the parks. i want to recognize the president of the arts commission. there is a profoundly between art and our parks. that is probably no better exhibited than in this park thanks to demi's great work. i want to call up susan to talk about that. >> this is a very unique opportunity for us here at cayuga park. we were called in to help preserve the unique sculptures. my colleague came out and catalog, photographed and catalog all 375 sculptures. within selected 130 to be taken and stored -- we then selected 130 to be tak

they used pink shovels and a bulldozer to obliterate the artwork. republicans who paid for this sculpture are not amused but organizers say it was all meant in good fun. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're starting out with some low clouds and fog. this will clear up by this afternoon. it will be murky this morning. everybody is above the freezing point. clearing and mild with a high temperature around 52 degrees. that is almost 10 degrees above average. the seven forecast in just a few minutes. >> 42 degrees on tv hill. a controversial supreme court ruling about how law-enforcement does their job. >> the state of the union. the speech is tonight. a preview. >> governor martin o'malley releases his agenda for the 2012 legislative agenda. >> several early morning >> several early morning problems on the [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncica

thousands of fans showed up with shovels.ss they were offered $10 if you want to come and help the packers come and clear off all the snow. a lot of people abliged and the packer fans getting involved for sunday. jeff fisher who was pretty darn good at tennessee. then got let go, set out this past season. he has signed with the st. louis rams. he'll have the second over all pick in the draft. also has a good young quarterback there in sam bradford. so jeff fisher going to make the 49ers league a little better in the nfc west. troy palomalu and his hair fined $10,000 for talking on his cell phone earlier this year. he appealed. said he was calling his wifement isn't that nice he was keeping in touch. so they rescinded the fine. troy polamalu played the i was calling my wife card and it worked. derek rose, and rose led by as many as 20 points the leading mvp of the league. he's splitting everybody. the guy is only 6'tall but he's great 25 point, seven assists, 88-79 bulls. miami lost for the seventh straight time. they lost to

shovels.d down into the city because they've gotten 18 feet of snow already this winter. that's where all the snow is. it's not here in the northeast or midwest just yet. it's in that town. unbelievable. later this half hour, a dispute fought online between an atlanta barbecue joint and an unhappy customer who left a scathing review online. the owner and that customer are exchanging some pretty salty comments for everyone to digest. i'm a huge fan of yelp. and to kind of base bar and restaurant choices on it. it can get pretty nasty with those reviews. >> i'm a huge fan of barbecue. now i'm hungry. >> what, pulled pork? ribs? what are you -- >> mm. >> all of it? >> mm-hmm. anything. i don't turn down anything but my collar. i like it all. >> well said. >>> but first, nearly two dozen of those controversial pardons are on hold this morning after a judge's ruling. >> the inmates set for release will have to stay in prison a while longer now as the state investigates whether the pardons are actua

he's outside of his window shoveling the snow. >> yeah, upstairs, shoveling. >> amazing. >> yeah. >>> tucker, what's the cause of all this? >> we could get into that, but i only get three minutes. >> woof we do -- i do this before the weather? >> yeah, you do. >> that was the awkward silence we didn't want to engage. >> help me out. >> i'm sorry. >> we have some exciting news to share with viewers. you now have instant access to the fox 5 weather team and all of our tools right at your fingertips. radar, hourly forecasts. >> that's not all. you can even send one of us a message. yeah. fox 5 meteorologist gary mcí greedy breaks it down for everyone. reporter: the fox 5 weather app is now available to you and it's free. we know you have busy schedules, we know you have busy lives, you can't always sit in front of the tv to get your weather forecast. now you're just a click away on the go with the fox 5 weather app. you can get this on on your smart phone or tablet. i'm using my ipad to show you how awesome this is. to get started, it's super simple. you go to the apple app store or the

ready jobs as he promised. >> shovel ready was not as shovel ready as we expected. >> reporter: theres a broad agreement. >> payroll tax benefits, house has passed the year long ex fence. >> now, we're way waiting action in the senate. he plans to cover some future spending by eliminating bush tax cuts by making more than $250,000 a year. >> we are poised to spend trillion dollars more on what a temporary tax break for the wealthy americans. >> all the things he is talking about, they are covering 8% of his spending increases. the other 92% is borrowed money. >> reporter: ultimately the argument over growth and jobs can be created faster by tax cuts or government spending. an argument that only a presidential election may be able to settle. jim angle, fox news. >> lawmakers in the senate held a vote concerning legislation aimed at preventing members of the congress from cashing in based on insider information. shannon bream is following the story for us. >>> they issued a statement strongly supports the senate bill by a vote of 93-2 just moments ago with senators voting to move it for

it's not just that they are running out of shovels and having a tough time buying shovels, the shovels are breaking. people are using shovels, and the snow is so heavy that their shovels are breaking. when they go to their local store to try to get a shovel, there aren't any left. >> wow. you know buying a snow blower probably would have no effect when it's that deep. however, when people are shoveling, heart attacks go up. you have to be careful. >> be very, very careful. it's a remarkable story. roofs are collapsing in because it's so heavy. think about it next time you complain about the weather. >> about our snow? >> yeah. >>> this comes to us from "the los angeles times." the reports that the l.a. county sheriff's department has uncovered no new evidence in the case of natalie wood that would suggest her death was anything but an accident. chief of detectives is quoted as saying the actress' demise was an accident. here's the deal. careen winter checked with the sheriff's office, and they told us the investigation is actually not closed yet. it is still open. there is a potential

>> we're not going to shovel snow here.hing like that but we are going to be measuring rain and we need that rain. it's on the way so. that's great news for me and all of the meteorologists across the bay area who have just been waiting for something to talk about this winter. you can see completely clear along the golden gate bridge this morning. and it's not because of offshore flow. finally we have more of an onshore flow. right to the satellite imagery. that jet stream taking a significant dip to the south. all of these spotty clouds, that's cold air pushing into the bay area. and this, this is our weathermaker, this is going to change the pattern as we head throughout this week. we've got not just a little bit of rain, a lot of rain on the way. looks like it's going to stick around for sometime. which is great news for us. we need it. not only for air quality, we've got to have the snow pack to replenish our water supply in the summer months. freeze warning for the north bay, east bay and south bay. that's until about

. >> shovels. shovels. >> shovels, shovels! >> they knew where i went in the snow, and that was the saving grace is knowing exactly where i went in the snow. they started digging that area. >> wow. while trapped under the mounds of snow, swanson says he. like he was stuck -- says he felt like he was stuck in concrete or frozen icecubes. he's home and is expected to make a full recovery. >> he is very lucky. >> indeed. amazing efforts that those men went to to rescue him. >> thank goodness. sharp eyes and getting to the right spot to start digging. >>> let's go to tom and look at the forecast for today. what's it going to be like? >>> we are starting with patchy fog in the rural areas this morning. it's not as widespread or quite as thick as it was yesterday. but there are some areas of patchy, dense fog in montgomery, howard, and frederick county, parts of loudoun county and to the south, quantico and near the tidal potomapotomac. fairfax county and montgomery county in low 40s. near 50 southern maryland, northern neck, eastern

has started raining, making the snow even heavier, and on top of that, the tab is running out of shovels. we sent ben tracy up there. >> reporter: the national guard is still digging out corcova, working 24 hours a day to unbury homes and businesses, and now with temperatures in the mid-30ss, mump of that snow is turning to slush. the snow is now becoming slop. >> well, yeah, that's today. it might-- it will probably freeze tonight and then you've got a hell of a mess. >> reporter: a steady abe has made the snow even heavier and hard tore move. glenn anderson is the deputy harbormaster. he's trying to keep boats from sinking. >> each shovel lode, i don't upon what it aways, it's like picking large stones out of a quashie. >> reporter: they called in the coast guard to help save cordova's harb oar. >> these guys need us. we're here to help. >> petty officer tyler juel spent hours digging out the piers. what does a boat mean to people out here? >> survivalhood. it means everything to them. guys here, all they have is fishing. these boats go down, can't feed their families. can't do anythin

so she made a noise on the ground with the shovel. the moose started coming at her, she whacked it once and went back to attacking her husband. at that point she said that's it. in this video she told the "anchorage daily news". >> everything i had. >> she nailed it once in the face, scared the thing off. she called for help. her husband was motionless on the ground, taken to prove dense, alaska, medical center. suffered broken ribs and gashes to his face. >> [ inaudible ]. blood was squirting out. >> to death do us part. you never would have expected your husband doto go out like that. >> he didn't. she stuck to her vows. >> exactly. >> she gets this week's tammy what net award for standing by her man and beating off a moose. >> oh, boy. >> beat off a moose. >>> part of a police officer's job is to go to scenes of an accident. it's not to be in the scene of an accident. this is in sol lon, ohio, where a cop is on the beat. he's driving down the street, in the right lane, seems to be going the right speed and then -- >> oh! >> so the

they used pink shovels and a bulldozer to obliterate the work.epublicans who paid for the sculpture leading up to the south carolina primary are not amused, but organizers said it was all meant in good fun. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> an art installation in london hopes to brighten up commuters' days. a large man made orange ball of light is helping with winter blues in trafalgar square. some are even taking a seat to soak in the rays. what's normally a dreary time of year, residents say the ball gives off heat that's welcomed in the dog days of winter. >>> well, christmas may be long over, but in astonia, there's one thing left to do. light all the christmas trees in fire. you can send your dried up decoration to this art project that's become something of a tradition. sculptors torched over a thousand trees. >>> finally, in latvia, swimmers came from all over the world to take part in this year's winter swimming world championship. over the weekend more than 1,000 people

they were digging out -- break out those snow shovels. they had to dig out from yesterday's snowstorm. not anything huge, just most of the snow areas saw was 9 inches or so. chicago got 5. storm could drop close to a foot in new england. here in washington, d.c. though, nobody really saw any snow, at least not in the suburbs. however, way out in western maryland past the divide as top would say, this what it looked like. this was garrett county where a few inches of snow dropped in there overnight. let it stay out there and not here. >> it's not over yet. >> no snow all night and most of tomorrow. >> is that where the ski resorts are? >> yeah, drop down into the valley, timberline is there and further south is snow shoe. everybody gets snow. >> good news for them. >> if you're going to go skiing, bring those masks, because the windchills are going to be well below zero. let's look outside live and this is our live weather cam. beautiful shot of the white house. temperatures finally in the 30 s now downtown. 38 officially. winds calming do

. >> shovels. >> shovels!> they knew where i went in the snow and that was the saving grace is knowing where i went in the snow and they started digging that area. >> the man is home with no major injuries, something he hopes to never go through again. >> what a nightmare so. lucky to have everybody nearby. that could have been lights out. here's something to think about. lunch and the coffee breaks who do you think spends more, women or men? >> according to a survey, men are considerably less price conscious. men who buy lunch average $46 a week, $20 more than what most women spend. >> maybe we eat more. >> that's what i was thinking. or we get you to buy it for us. the men who buy coffee spend about $10 more per week. it adds up to thousands a year. numbers come from a survey that also found younger workers spend more on lunch than older workers. >> they boil that down means i'm treating from here on out. >> got to keep up with the survey. >> that's what we do. 4:50 now. yes, he captured hearts and headlines

ke each shovel lode, i don't laow what it weighs 30-40 pounds, it's like picking large stones out of a quarry. >> reporter: they called in the coast guard to help save cordova's harbor. >> these guys need us. we're here to help. >> reporter: petty officer tyler t do spent hours digging out the piers. what does a boat mean to people out here? >> survival-hood. it means everything to them. guys here, all they have is fishing. ngese boats go down, can't feed their families. can't do anything. >> reporter: those 15 feet of itow contain more than 20 asllion gallons of water. folks here now fear flooding and hemperatures are expected to plunge to the single digits here by friday. so the city is moving as many mountains of snow as it can htfore they freeze into icebergs. there's so much snow here and there's nowhere left to put it so they actually brought in this snow melt or a barge. they dump the snow in there, it heats it to 150 degrees and then bu shoots out as water. where is all the melted snow going? >> out to the inlet. >> reporter: out to the water? > out to the water. >> reporter:

any sidewalk, any steps that have not been shoveled are frozen solid and are treacherous. and there's the fog that we have over washington now. that's a live view from our city camera showing some light fog at reagan national airport. and that fog is going to be in place here for the next several hours. right now there, though, at reagan national, it's at 33 degrees. and we've got a calm wind. all of the counties in pink including most of the metro area and most of southern maryland, virginia, and eastern west virginia and maryland, there is light icing possible. right now on the radar, only just a little bit of light freezing drizzle around the western loudoun county and the blue ridge. there's some lighter rain now falling and changing to freezing rain out in eastern west virginia. so as the morning progresses, look at these temperatures now. they are below freezing in the suburbs and rural areas. as well as throughout much of southern maryland. northern neck, though, eastern shore, many locations are in the mid 30s. and here's your day planner. we'll have that fog linge

if there's snow, be prepared to shovel it. the changes you can see to the shoveling rules. >>> check this out, we'll tell you how this car ended up on a roof. >>> news 4 at 5:00 is just getting started. >>> back now with more on the iowa caucuses as you can imagine. this is the season political reporters live for. >> mark murray joins us now from nbc's washington bureau. what can we gleam from the iowa caucus? >> we have learned several things. romney won by a narrow margin. he has a problem with conservative voters. when you look at the polls he was struggling among conservative voters and unable to break past that 25% threshold that he's been unable to crack in polls and now in last night's contest. we also learned that rick santorum might be for real. he came out of nowhere two weeks ago, starts moving up in the polls and tieing romney last night. we'll get a better indication of where he is in next week's new hampshire primary. the third thing we learned is the new hampshire primary is going to be a lot of fun. there are m

snow shovel makes -- makers are shipping emergency shovels to the city.inches as of today. if this keeps up it will have its snowest winter ever breaking the record of 133 inches set in the winter of 1955. they are really battling it in alaska. >> you saw the different teen those little shovels and those big scoopers, they need them. >> wish we can ship some of that to the sierra. >> we need it. >> here's how this afternoon's sunset looked. another beautiful sunset which took place officially at 5:11 this afternoon. on we go to tomorrow's conditions, statewide sunny and mild, mild in the southern part of the state coast high san diego 74, palm spweupblgs springs and here in the bay area mile as well with highs in the upper 60s in most inland locations up to 71 at santa cruz. we are going to have a mild friday january 13th. here's the accuweather seven day, mild through saturday then a sharp cool down sunday more clouds around starting sunday with temperatures dropping off sharply but still no rain in sight. tomorrow is friday the 13th. which means saturda

dobson it was kind of funny because he was he was still pretty much of a holler sake if he could shovel at dirt so i went to shovel and over there the lay by was over here and they had to bring in seven canned strang of empties and he'd get five of those while i was getting to and i like to kill myself trying to catch up with him it was a scream. making little ones out of big ones with his sledgehammer. and there is a job at times specially when they would go in there and shoot down the roof and they shoot. it just brings a lot of wrong doing on bonuses big scorers things like they actually know. it grows on a person who worked in the mines the temperature. on like the smale when we use kids we played remember shares in commerce in the home you always go and you share some small share that you're coming out with. everyone knows about the trail of tears the cherokee nation. all thirty nine tribes in oklahoma have a trail tear story because there are no exception of the club was originally from the mississippi delta the mouth of the arkansas river mississippi river all the way across sout

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