. >> does that include the south beach diet, this death of low-carb fad diet, south beach diet, zone diet, are they also doomed to disaster? >> i don't know. i think they probably will end up as fads but south beach and zone are a lot better than the atkins diet where atkins was recommending bacon and cheese and steaks and all the foods that are high in saturated fat, the kinds that promote heart disease. where south beach was promoting more fruits and vegetables. but it's worth noting that first the atkins diet isn't all bad. it discouraged people from eating white flour and sugar. and we should cut back on those. we should not cut back on fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. and the south beach diet is much more open to those. >> those are not the inherent imbalance in that atkins diet, though, isn't that chilling from the start, in other words, the pyramid that we've been taught through the years, the pyramid of fr-its and vegetables and fish and poultry. >> and grains. >> and grains. >> correct. >> grains are the base of the pyramid. >> and a combination of those is what is a go

some really, really big brands coming to south beach and to downtown that we haven't seen them beforeif you want to visit miami right now, we recommend you stay at a standard hotel. january and february. there's a new hotel called the james royal palm on south beach and it's 1939 art deco hotel that's been completely redone. >> great vacation destination for the whole family. >> it is whether you want roman romance, family, there's a hotel for everyone. >> next destination, birmingham, alabama, high on your list because of its rich history but a lot going on there. >> one of the centers of the civil rights movement. that happened 50 years ago in 2013 and they're marking that with lots of exhibitions. we have pictures from the birmingham civil rights institute exhibition, production of to kill a mockingbird. it's an interesting city to take the kids. we found them to be about half priced. got a decent hotel room for about $100 a night. >> another place that a lot of people don't typically think to go on vacation there is pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> right. >> this is really making a co

for now then that's all from here on south beach, back to you guys in the rather brisk new york city. >> oh. >> rubbing it in. very unfair. >> that is very unfair. it is actually very warm in the studio. >> by the way watch notre dame take on alabama for the bcs national championship game tomorrow night with coverage starting at 8:00 on our sister network, espn. >>> this morning we've great reunion. a woman who lost her home during superstorm sandy finally back together with her dog. look at that. >> reunited. pets, they're sometimes the forgotten victims and this morning the aspca has an urgent message with scores who are unclaimed. >> good morning. during hurricane sandy hundreds of animals were either left behind or couldn't be cared for anymore. that's where the aspca stepped in reuniting owners trying to get back on their own feet with their four-legged friends. jordan clark is finally bringing her dog midnight home. >> it's kind of surreal. kind of like it's over but feels like christmas morning like just to be able to be back to him. >> reporter: clark was living in the rockawa

hanging around the bay area but not a spare the air day with extra humidity hanging around and south beach and the haze you can see it is out there. now, the live doppler radar, we do not have radar returns on the radar right now but, tomorrow, yes, we will have some on there. the entire state is quiet this friday. maybe you had to work and you are headed out of town, there are no weather worries across the entire state. temperatures running mainly in the upper 40's to low 50's. we have 53 in los gatos and 47 in santa rosa and san rafael and fairfield is cooler spot. monterey bay is from the upper 40's to the mid-50's. now, with the forecast cycle, mostly sunny and dry today. there is rain tomorrow and the possibility again of sunday looking more dry. area low pressure deflecting the bulk of the storm to the north and we are getting blow off the form of high clouds from time to time overrunning this high. this storm will come through tomorrow and it will bring extra clouds so it is not as cold tonight and not expecting any frost but for isolated areas in the east bay valley. by 1:00 o'cloc

we are looking from south beach back across the bay bridge and you can see the haze hanging around and higher clouds with such a beautiful sunrise and it will make for a beautiful sunset. moving on i will show you the clouds, they look to be coming from mount diabolo. a little haze in the east bay valley from the east bay hills this morning. there is no "spare the air" day, although you saw haze out there. we will not have any, any time soon with a new air mass tomorrow. here is live doppler 7 hd reinforcing how dry it is outside right now, this time tomorrow we will be tracking some showers and live doppler 7 hd as the storm comes in from the west. we were freezing last night inland, and you can see everywhere except for brentwood at 96 but i know people out there that had frost and the official reporting station says no frost but it did. redwood city is 32 degrees there so cold temperatures around the bay shore. that is last night. 49 in santa rosa and everyone else in the low-to-mid 50's but warmer than that in livermore and los gatos national bay, 59 and 60 in watsonville and mid-t

but as we move on we are not seeing too much falling even in san francisco where it is hazy from south beach to twin peaks. we have a last cloud -- lot of cloud cover. and i can see moisture in the atmosphere priming for a shore in early afternoon and early evening. you can see the system sliding slowly to the southeast while the clouds are moving from southwest to northeast. right now temperatures in the mid-40's most areas with a few low 50's around oakland and san francisco and half moon bay and around monterey bay temperatures in the low 50's and inland at 49 in gilroy to 51 in salinas. be prepared for scattered light shower and tomorrow it will bring in the coldest air of the season so frosty nights are ahead except for the coast with a small chance of a scattered shower saturday and sunday and that will be taken out of the forecast as we get closer to the weekend because it is a weak system. >> two areas of high pressure, one over the ocean and one over land and getting bisected by the cold front between the cold and heavy dense air and the colder the air the less moisture. this is ver

another live picture from our south beach camera. looking towards sutro to you yerk it's beautiful.s are clearing in this direction but not for long. checking out live doppler 7./.e you'll see this here with those clouds. as we show you temperatures now, you'll notice they're falling upper 40s to low 50s, most areas into low to upper 50s running cooler than where you should be for this time of the year, string of cold nights haechld sunny, cool this weekend. looking at dry, milder weather next week. that is when we'll realize temperatures overnight. remember, this air mass is cold and moved in from alaska. is that is with us. we havex'%e more clouds coming n later tonight. that may instul yait us. skies clear out tomorrow night, sunday morning we can be talking about record cold temperatures in places like fairfield. sheer look at computer animation tonight. clear skies and clouds hold temperatures up, then we'll see clearing again with mostly sunny day for saturday afternoon. mentioned clearing and colder. temperatures may dip low 20s in the coldest inland valleys. stay tuned. sti

southbound from our south beach camera. now, what else is going on? setting the stage if the conditions we have high pressure, lack of clouds and wind and cap on the atmosphere because of sinking air. that is why we have the conditions that could make a "spare the air" day. check out all the 20's this morning inland from 26 at santa rosa to 26 in napa with frost in the peninsula. many areas were around 30 including palo alto and san jose officially at 33 but we were down to 29 in saratoga. i tweeted more in-depth list so if you do not see your city, go ahead and check out my twitter. from our producer, he wanted to go governmenting at 7:00 but he did not ask me. i would have said make a later tee time and that is what happened. the golf game was delayed because of frost. you step on frosty grass it kills it. 41 right now in san francisco. 42 in concord. those are the cool spots. most of us are in the mid-to-upper 40's. 54 in half moon bay. mid-40's for santa cruz. mostly sunny this afternoon, a few more high clouds, not as cold the next couple of days

we are looking from south beach back across the bay bridge and you can see the haze hanging around andigher clouds with such a beautiful sunrise and it will make for a beautiful sunset. moving on i will show you the clouds, they look to be coming from mount diabolo. a little haze in the east bay valley from the east bay hills this morning. there is no "spare the air" day, although you saw haze out there. we will not have any, any time soon with a new air mass tomorrow. here is live doppler 7 hd reinforcing how dry it is outside right now, this time tomorrow we will be tracking some showers and live doppler 7 hd as the storm comes in from the west. we were freezing last night inland, and you can see everywhere except for brentwood at 96 but i know people out there that had frost and the official reporting station says no frost but it did. redwood city is 32 degrees there so cold temperatures around the bay shore. that is last night. 49 in santa rosa and everyone else in the low-to-mid 50's but warmer than that in livermore and los gatos national bay, 59 and 60 in watsonville and mid-to-

south beach camera, looking towards sutro tower, it's spectacular.ou can see high clouds moving through now. checking out our live doppler 7 hd we have low clouds around the coastline. and some higher clouds move nchlgt our radar down towards monterey bay will be tracking a cold system. here are the current temperatures. it's 49 degrees in fairfield. other areas into 50s. today's highs oakland up to 65 degrees. salinas close to 70. 68 degrees most nft bay area enjoyed mild weather. tonight, we're looking at patchy valley fog. afternoon showers and going to be turning colder thursday and friday. tonight you'll have to worry about patches of fog. see high clouds increasing. say farewell, it's all about to change. cold storms coming down from the gulf of alaska bringing scattered showers and really turning our air mass colder over the next couple days. tomorrow morning just clouds, as we head into about 1:00 hour, rain begins to develop in the north bay. scattered showers, could see lingering showers on thursday. heading into afternoon hours, sun breaks

there's the paleo diet, the atkins diet, the ornish diet, the glycemic index diet, the south beach dietthey all work, except for one thing. they don't. and the reason they don't work is because after two months, every diet regresses. christopher gardner at stanford showed this nicely in his a to z study. bottom line, we can't stay on a diet and the reason is because of what's available. no one can stay on a diet. the question is, what's wrong with the western diet? and when you answer that question, you see what all of these diets actually share in common, they share two things. low sugar, high fiber. and low sugar, high fiber is called real food. >> i love that. you've told me this before. i've adopted it in my own lifestyle, feel healthier as a result. eat real food. great to see you. thank you. >>> next up, deepak chopra stops by to talk about how to reduce stress. also a trick to improve your memory, something i'm using in my own life now. >>> how would you like to have a user's manual for your brain? seriously, who seriously, who wouldn't with a this, a way to train your brain to c

checking out a live picture from our south beach camera.see this morning frosty cold. 26 degrees. it's going to be cold. let's check out live doppler 7 but not as chilly as what we saw this morning. you can see clouds beginning to approach, changes are on the way. our live doppler 7 hd will be looking at rain soon here. you'll need umbrellas,li2n@ temperatures falling in upper 40s this, afternoon, it was beautiful in oakland got up to 60 degrees. a little bit milder than where we are. chill yes to cold overnight. and rain is likely for saturday and sunday so if you have weekend plans listen up to the teeming -- timing of the system here. it's going tog to be cold and wind sheltered valleys. 30 degrees in napa. 29 in santa rosa. livermore, concord still below freezing. 236 degrees in san jose. and 28 degrees in oakland. here is a sat skplit radar. high clouds today is this cold front approaching fizzled so it just sent us clouds, filtered sun. rain looking likely this weekend. next front going to fizzle. get ready for wet weather. 7:00 a.m.

in south beach, there are cranes everywhere. we will need these licenses. how will we get them? >> i can repeat what i just said, but in part, that is something that we need to have pushed from the local. right now, there is a bill applying to napa. i'm sorry, marin county. it is the same sort of problem. part of the argument is -- just like i it was a kid coming in, people come in from all over the area to eat in san francisco restaurants. they come from all over the world. again, this governor is going to support everyone locally. i lot of that will have to come from you to accomplish what is right for the city. how do we do that? >> [unintelligible] >> i blame these guys for conditions. this time, i will blame fee on the mall and senator leno. -- fiona ma and senator leno. their limited by statute, but that is very difficult to have much room to maneuver. >> you said to organize local bars. i have been trying to do that for a few years now. we have our sixth annual event coming up in september. we have been trying to get toger a long time. i am not a politician in do not care

. >>> south beach monthly liena ia apartments. calm weeks ago i had a 77 -years-old son and they got a 14 and-a-half% rent increase and what distribution in the city can allow that and it's not healthy for the community, city or democracy our real estate industry like their cousins in wall street, they want no regulation and is you know, the markets will correct themselves, correct? allan green span said that all the time, correct? well 33 years after the end of cost of living department's rent control, we are in a mess in housing we need some rent control we need cost of living adjustments and we need to take this out of profit tierings and 13 and-a-half% for rent increase, again no district can handle that what we have got turning the page, the night before christmas and you will all through the house not a creature was stirring the house you could hear the quiet outside unless you have lived across the street of the water mark's garage that are dumping -- on you or the programming garage that is dumping noise on you or the beak

hanging around the bay area but not a spare the air day with extra humidity hanging around and south beachnd the haze you can see it is out there. now, the live doppler radar, we do not have radar returns on the radar right now but, tomorrow, yes, we will have some on there. the entire state is quiet this friday. maybe you had to work and you are headed out of town, there are no weather worries across the entire state. temperatures running mainly in the upper 40's to low 50's. we have 53 in los gatos and 47 in santa rosa and san rafael and fairfield is cooler spot. monterey bay is from the upper 40's to the mid-50's. now, with the forecast cycle, mostly sunny and dry today. there is rain tomorrow and the possibility again of sunday looking more dry. area low pressure deflecting the bulk of the storm to the north and we are getting blow off the form of high clouds from time to time overrunning this high. this storm will come through tomorrow and it will bring extra clouds so it is not as cold tonight and not expecting any frost but for isolated areas in the east bay valley. by 1:00 o'clock,

southbound from our south beach camera. now, what else is going on?ting the stage if the conditions we have high pressure, lack of clouds and wind and cap on the atmosphere because of sinking air. that is why we have the conditions that could make a "spare the air" day. check out all the 20's this morning inland from 26 at santa rosa to 26 in napa with frost in the peninsula. many areas were around 30 including palo alto and san jose officially at 33 but we were down to 29 in saratoga. i tweeted more in-depth list so if you do not see your city, go ahead and check out my twitter. from our producer, he wanted to go governmenting at 7:00 but he did not ask me. i would have said make a later tee time and that is what happened. the golf game was delayed because of frost. you step on frosty grass it kills it. 41 right now in san francisco. 42 in concord. those are the cool spots. most of us are in the mid-to-upper 40's. 54 in half moon bay. mid-40's for santa cruz. mostly sunny this afternoon, a few more high clouds, not as cold the next couple of days and

time lapse view this afternoon from our high definition south beach camera downtown san francisco lookingss the ba bay. mainly blue sky with few thin high clouds moving overhead and we still have a few thin high cloud you see on live doppler 7 hd and skies clear. pleasant right now. state wide nice and sunny and mild down south. pleasantly cool up in the central part of the state. a little bit cloudy up around eureka a with a few showers. here in the bay area no showers tomorrow. just sunny skies. some thin high clouds again tomorrow but certainly bright sunshine, high pressure generally in the upper 50's to right around 60 degrees and here's the accu-weather 7 day forecast. gets even milder midweek. high pressure climbing that the mid 60's and we have the mild pat he were through the weekend. it's an awesome week coming up. saturday ground hog day. sunday superbowl sunday and monday celebrating the niners victory. that is premature. >> you are right. punxsutawney phil there is more winter if he sees his schaad oychlt that's the way the legend goes. >> early in the broadcast larry is in n

remember how cleveland cavalier fans lost their collective mind when lebron james took his talent to south beach? i mean it is just a game, right? apparently not the sports fans. i think it's the drama of the big game that will suck this all in and the addicted high of the raw escape. but even more than that, researchers suggest that it will be social animals. we identified truly madly, and early with our favorite team. in other words we are the redskins and the redskins are us. so if they do happen to lose come sunday, then that really is your heartbreaking out there. but if they win, well let's just say i'm always looking for another reason to get a little view of it. anita? >> i don't think that you'll make it back here. >> that's funny. >> but it is also the long suffering part of it. don't you think? fans are ready for them to be winning again. >> yeah, it's been tough. >> so we care. we care a lot. >> yes. >> and that is kind of crazy. >>> all right, a very nice weekend for football. i don't see any problems. just one little interesting note on saturday night. we'll talk about that in just

miami, 7-6, away from south beach. dwyane wade buries the three. 66 of miami's 77 points.to the rack. 22 points. 33rd-straight game with at least 20 points to start the season. second-most all-time. later, lance stephenson, deep for the three. and then, paul george, coming off the pick. he hits a three. 29 points, 11 rebounds. his seventh double-double. the pacers beat the heat, 87-77. a season-low in points for miami. pacers also out-rebounded the heat 55-36. >>> have a great day. >>> coming up next, "the pulse." and who was snubbed and who got some love as nominations roll in for award season? >>> and jimmy kimmel, joking his way into his brand-new time slot. and he had a little help from his friends. stay with us, everybody. [ female announcer ] how do you define your moment? the blissful pause just before that rich sweetness touches your lips. the delightful discovery, the mid-sweetening realization that you have the house all to yourself. well, almost. the sweet reward, making a delicious choice that's also a smart choice. splenda no-calorie sweetener. with the origin

miami getting payback for the warriors' win in south beach back in december. minutes left. >>> counting down to sunday's nfc championship game. the 49ers will visit atlanta. will the 49ers be able to get consistent pressure on atlanta quarterback ryan? he rarely gets sacked or turns the ball over. despite limited mobility because of his injured left elbow and tricep injury that he is playing with, smith still a force. five tackles and formed kind of a bond with h his big brace. >> a a love hate relationship right now. but, you you know, it is one of those things and it is doing its job and it felt pretty strong and like i said, playing with it once, doing anything the second time is better the second time. >> you have to account for him. put two guys on him because if you don't that is the chance he has of winning and even when you put two guys on him he still can have a chance to win. any time you have a guy of that magnitude it is great to have him out there. >>> the eagles hired chip kelly as the new head coach. he is spectacular at the university of oregon

. >>> nba this afternoon, ray allen playing in his first game back in boston since he left for south beach quarter, jeff green with a statement jam. celtics by 3. final seconds, heat down 3. lebron james pulls up,its the three pointer to tie and force overtime. in double o.t., pierce hits the jumper and boston defeats miami, 100-98 in double overtime. >>> australian open, men's final. murray against djokovic. first set, djokovic falls down as he reurns it. forehand gets over. gets up and back in position and approaches the net. beautiful. back hand, drop shot winner. but murray took the first set in the tie breaker and djokovic took control. he rallied to win the last three sets to capture an historic third consecutive australian open title, the first man in opener are a to accomplish that feat. six grand slams for down under. >>> annual pro bowl gets under way tonight for the pro bowl. fletcher, kerrigan, zander all representing -- alexander all representing the burgandy and gold, except for rg3. >> he needs to heal. >>> forecast so nice, let's look at it twice. starting off with an early

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. >> but i'm glad they survived the tundra of south beach.enty to cheer about last night. >> hundreds of fans gathered to watch their team and cheer them to victory. you can only imagine the epic party on campus after the game. >> over at notre dame, not too much to celebrate there. fans packed into the local bars to watch, but the bars ended up being a pretty quiet place. >> i think i've been to that bar. >> really? >> several times. >> hopefully in happier days than today. >> always happy at notre dame. south bend, indiana. >> there's always next season. we'll be back with more after this, everybody. don't go far. >>> ♪ ♪ >>> skinny in the house. >> that's right, skinny is in the house. and taylor swift is 23, dating harry styles, one of the singers of one direction. they were only dating for two months and now they broke up. apparently they went to the british virgin islands for new year's and had a big fight and now it's over. >> just like that. hard time finding love for taylor swift. fellows, she's back on the market. but i've got to ge

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you'll be going to south beach west, because cannot provide, and we're beginning to see it. and until such time as we stand up and face our -- the harsh realities of disaster, whether we call it climbed change or just hot and cold, the simple fact of the matter is that we owe it to the people in new jersey and new york and connecticut and elsewhere that sack diaffected, and we owe it to ourselves to be mindful of the numerous disasters on the horizon that we can't predict, but we can prepare for, and if we don't, then we will be doing ourselves a terrible disservice. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. woodall. >> i tell you, it's always one the great pleasures of my week, when it's been a tough week, controversy and lots of frustration on capitol hill, when i would see mr. dicks and mr. rogers come together in here and generally they agreed on more than they disgrade on, but when they disagreed, it lifted me up instead of setting me back, and i look forward that as well. let me ask you, in that context, miss lowey, we heard warnings from the ranking member about unne

, you will be going to south east -- south beach west. in some time as we stand up and face the harsh realities of disaster whether we call it climate change or whether we call it hot and cold the simple fact of the matter is we owe it to the people the new jersey and new york and connecticut and elsewhere and we know what to ourselves to be mindful of the numerous disasters that are on the horizon because we can't predict what we can prepare for, and if we don't, then we will be doing ourselves a terrible disservice. thank you. >> thank you the chairman. >> thank you mr. schramm. i will add my welcome. i will tell you, it is always one of the great pleasures of my week when it's been a tough week lots of controversy and frustration on capitol hill when i would see mr. rogers come in here together generally they agreed on more than they disagreed on, they disagreed on it in a way that lifted me up instead of set me back, and i look forward to that as well. let me ask you in that context we heard warnings from the ranking member about unne

tell me about the south beach food and wine festival. >> it's an event i look forward to every year.you see all people if the food network. chefs from all over the country. it's like spring break. >> you spoon it all on top. >> pickled onions. >> right. >> tell me about them. >> pickled onions. are they hard to do. you see pickled things. they pop. >> they do pop. >> what are we doing with the pickle? >> it's a superquick pickle. red wine vinegar, salt, sugar, a little tabasco and water. soak for 20 pin outs, done. >> turkey sliders. >> pardon me, elizabeth. >> don't miss anne on chef wanted. worst cook in america on food network, premiering on the 17th. we'll be right back. >> thank you guys so much. i'm always popular around super bowl time. [ cheers and applause ] >> big morning for the puppies here. i just lost my puppy underneath the flowers there. you can still get them. they're fantastic. >> goodmorningamerica.com/live, join us. >>> good morning i am charley crowson. here are a few top stories. ravens hold the first superbowl practice today at tulane iewn t ray lewis is speaki

weird. [ laughter ] >> reporter: imagine that, by the way, an attractive girl making headlines near south beach thing is people are talking about the "d" word down here, dynasty. dynasty. not a word you want to use around nick saban, that makes his face go like this. we talked a a.j. mccarron about whether alabama can be considered a true dynasty. >>ly we're talking about the girlfriend first? >> yeah, get to the good stuff. kathryn webb, of course, she is the face that launched 90,000 twitter followers last night. katherine webb, she was shown on espn, and listen to what brent muss burger said when he saw her for the first time. >> wow, i'm telling you, you quarterbacks, you good all the good-looking women. wow. a.j. is doing things right. >> if you're a youngster in alabama, start throwing the football around with pops. >> the 73-year-old brent muss burger acting like a 33-year-old talking about a 23 years old. some people had interesting tweets about how brent sounded, some sportswriter said, making college women feel uncomfortable since 1978. then jeff possen joined in saying sources mccarr