an update on the spur at 6:58.. >>> at least it's not all bad this morning for commuters. a few sprinkles this morning. will that continue through the day? >> no, it's going to end here mid- to late morning. better chance also for this next batch of rain to get areas that are along and south of that line. let's say interstate 66 over to route 50. you're south of those areas and south of washington, better chances of rain. up north you may be done in places like germantown and frederick. here's a look at the bus stop forecast. we've got those scattered showers around right now. wet streets as monika was just showing you and temperatures from the low 40s north to the low 50s in southern areas. sunrise 7:14. won't see the sunrise due to the clouds but we will definitely see the sun set. the sunshine will be returning midday. 54 by 1:00. not too much warmer than that the. 55. some areas maybe 56, 57. that's still a good 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. 72, not a record but a way too warm day for early february and by

northbound 27 0rbg the spur remains closed until further notice. -- northbound 270, the spur remains closed until further notice. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >>> a big story we are following this morning. the house has voted to extend a federal pay freeze. only two republicans oppose the measure but it was met with heavy opposition from democrats. the bill would extend the current pay freeze for federal workers through 2013. rank and file members of congress would be included and the freeze would not apply to members of the military. republican lawmakers say the pay freeze will save taxpayers $26 billion. we are talking more about this coming up later in the hour live from capitol hill. >>> now to the campaign trail. later today, donald trump is expected to announce he is endorsing newt gingrich and mitt romney is catching flak from the obama administration for his comments on the poor that he made during an interview with cnn. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i'll fix it i'm not concerned about the ver

we need to fill this demand and spur competition to spur that demand and that's something we're thinking about very carefully. we don't have all the answers on it, frankly. wire trying to figure it out, working with industry and consumers. >> look forward to working with you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator croaker. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thanks for the hearing and thank you for coming. especially in light of the circumstances, the last period of time, i appreciate the time you spent with us in our office, on the phone and the conversations we've had. the title of the hearing is interesting. holding the cfpb accountable. in this role -- am i still here? in this role as set up, who is it exactly that you do report to? >> i would say we're on the same level as every other independent federal level, particularly the banking agencies. in my view we report to

. >>> coming up, the spurs go for nine in a row and a near career high for the knicks' jeremy lin. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry and here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> the l.a. county coroner has subpoenaed whitney houston's medical records. they want to know more about the medications found in her hotel after she died saturday. officials say it's standard procedure. toxicology results are still on the way. >>> the u.s. is setting a new record for interracial marriages. the pew research center says 1 in 12 marriages are of mixed race, citing an increase of asian and hispanic immigrants. >>> and dramatic video is being released of gang members setting fire to the office of newspaper in mexico in november. more than a dozen men who smashed computers and terrorized employees are still on the loose. >>> scientists in switzerland say they're developing a vacuum cleaner of sorts for outer space, scooping up rocket debris and space junk from orbit. >>> now your top health headlines. a government offici

northbound 270, spur. the wreck occurred back an hour or so ago, tieing up most of the roadway, two lanes are getting by, involving a tractor trailer, pick up truck another vehicle two right lanes are getting by as you travel off northbound 270, spur, montrose road. big delays, inner loop of the belt way, stacking up, northbound on the spur trying to get past montgomery mall. save yourself a little bit of time continue with the belt way, combination of 270, as an alternative route. check out this ride coming southbound, northbound stretch we just showed you southbound due to rubber necking on the brakes, montrose headed on to the southbound spur back into virginia on the southbound stretch lanes are open simply rubber necking past the accident scene. travelling inbound, new york avenue, accident activity, stay to the left to get by, 66 coming in from the west headed toward centerville, slow traffic, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> thanks julie there is breaking news in the republican rac

it snaps the spurs' 11-game win streak. >>> lebron james has perfected the long distance alley-oop. sweet connection with dwyane wade. miami winning seventh straight. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> adele lifts more than just trophies at last night's britain awards. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, just call him the crooner in chief. coming up, president obama sings the blues. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this wednesday morning. we are watching rain coming in -- continuing to come in, i should say, to washington state. now it's shifting further to the south. bring your umbrella with you today around portland and any of the suburbs. the mountainous areas are getting snow at only the highest of elevations. boise, 55 degrees. just all rain for you. even in salt lake city, dealing with rain. temperatures not bad. low 50s. we should see a nice forecast for the end of the week. >>> if you're watching us on knbc 4 in l.a., california, see the costumes stars wore on the sil

it snaps the spurs seven-winning streak. lebron james with an alley hoop. seems like he pulls one off every game. dwyane wade finished with 30. miami winning seventh straight. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> dell lifts more than just trophies at last night's britain awards. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, just call him the crooner in chief. coming up, president obama sings the blues. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this wednesday. warm air is the dominant feature on the weather map today. rain showers and thunderstorms in memphis here shortly and rain and snow showers in new england but not a lot of organized wet weather. temperatures are very mild. the only areas below freezing, northern maine and also in the northern portion of the plains. everybody else is seeing temperatures above freezing which is very rare for this time of the year. today's high 60s from denver to kansas city. st. louis is going to be near 60. d.c. near 60 and even mid-50s as far no

nets dropped seven in a row. >>> you have the spurs, san antonio they are flying under the radar. parker scored 34, 14 assists against the raptors. >>> magic and sixers, orlando the most balanced game of the year, six players scoring in double digits, brian anderson led with 27. magic pull a spell on the sixers, 103-87. >> rockets and thunder, kevin durant gave the lead, houston gets it back with free throws. down one, kevin durant game on the line, could not get the layup to fall. he had 33 the thunder needed couple more. rockets won it 96-95. >>> cory brewer received his championship ring under mark cuban. dirk nowitzski will get his. mafs won the fifth straight. that is the first look at sports, i'm fred rogan. >>> another quick look at weather here is bill karins, good morning. >> are you in the lin-sanity thing? >>> i made it my personal mission to think more lin puns. i'm using that as an excuse. i hope they continue for that reason. the sports fan that i am. >> huge sports fan. good morning, everyone. starting off in areas of central pennsylvania getting reports of sleet an

you're jammed as you make your way southbound to the spur.ad, bumper to bumper. slow trip as you connect to the beltway. traveling 395, also seeing delays at duke street, very slow as you make your way to seminary road. travel speed for you, 39 miles per hour. and on the rails, two delays. brunswick east, 874, your delay is 46 minutes. and on the marc penn south train 409, your delay is ten minutes. over to you. >> thank you. ♪ heaven hear me now is ♪ i'm lost without a call >>> she arguably the defining voice of a generation. whitney houston dead at 48. this morning we are learning more about the final moments of houston's life. the pop star was found dead in a bathtub inside the beverly hilton hotel. it could be some time before we learn what caused her death. nbc's gina kim is live with details on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you are so right because the beverly hills p.d. and coroner's office made it clear in press conferences and in speeches to reporters yesterday that they will not be giving out very much

the spurs take the lead. fourth quarter we go, parker, again, the pull-up jumper.utting the team on his back. 23 points 11 assists. bonner, drive and kick to the veteran. jefferson hits the jumper. giving the spurs the four-point lead. final seconds. parker to neal. over to jefferson. the veteran with only five points on the night. they were big. 106-102. that's your espn news update. i'm chris cotter. enjoy the rest of your day. >>> up next, "the pulse." paris hilton's new way to pad the bank account. >>> and rihanna and chris boun together for two new songs. some fans thinking, what is she thinking? there's no such thing as too soft. as long as it still gets the job done. i know what i like. i like feeling both clean and pampered. why should i compromise? not only is quilted northern ultra plush® the only bath tissue with plushquilts®, it now has the innerlux layer. three levels of softness and the gentle clean you want. clean comes first. and really soft is really important. quilted northern ultra plush®. for a comfortable, confident clean, or your money back. 8

delays have been formed on the northbound side of the spur. use 355 at your alternate route to head northbound this morning. i'll keep you posted on this accident. i'll quickly show you a map so you get some perspective on where it is on the northbound side of i -270. if you are planning to head into virginia, 395, 66, they both look good in toward the potomac river crossing. we'll take a look inside the district in northwest where there are no problems to report. if you're planning to head on to pennsylvania avenue through the northwest corridor, all the potomac and anacostia crossings are doing fine as well. in my next report, i'll july date you on the situation -- i'll update you on the situation in bethesda. in the meantime in my handses are two d.c. street -- hands are two d.c. street signs, one old, one new. you may have seen both up lately and wondered about the change. in today's extra mile, d.c. street signs are transitioning to a new style after 30 years. >> reporter: which street sign can you read better from here? or from here? wha

vencieron a los angeles clippers y así los san antonio spurs llegan a 10 victorias consecutivas.ealizada en miami. este hombre había abofeteado a un contrincante y obtuvo una multa. - hasta aquí la información deportiva. >> sulema: gracias por esa información. vamos a la pausa comercial y al regreso que debemos hacer para obtener una orden de manutención para los menores cuando hay un divorcio. >> sulema: nuestro principal objetivo es proteger a los heridos al final de una relación, para eso existe la orden de manención, les explicamos cómo se debe solicitar en nuestra sección de la ley y usted. >> reportera: todos pensamos que el amor dura eternamente, pero cuando no es así usted debe velar por que sus hijos tengan los medios necesarios ra vivir dignamente. haya sido casado o no y así no sepa si se va a reconciliar usted debe iniciar un caso de manutención. Éste comienza en la corte superior civil de washington, pida ayuda un funcionario y usted no necesita un abogado, el estado es quien representa los derechos de sus hijos. sin embargo se podía contratar un abogado para casos c

only taking three minutes to get from the spur and connect to the beltway. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at traffic. happy friday. back to you. >> all right. thank you. happy friday to you. >>> and this morning, a new poll shows rick santorum gaining popularity with republican women shorts. santorum is making gains for his opposition to birth control and abortion. the new "washington post" poll shows his favor ability rating among women moved up 13 points since january to 57%. republican women voters still like mitt romney better. his favorability rating is 61%, which has not changed much during the race. newt gingrich is a distant third at 37%. that has dropped about 3 points in just the last two months. >>> seven states are taking legal action to block an obama administration mandate on birth control. it requires religious-affiliated institutions such as hospitals and universities to pay for contraception in their health care policies. the lawsuit alleges that the new rule violates the first amendment's protection from government intrusion on r

not in the united states, but it would not spur china or india into using these technologies. so we would like to improve them. we think there are potential ways of improving them. one of the potential ways is to -- these are your very large high surface areas. so we're investing a lot of research to decrease the size of these capture stacks. totally different ways of doing it. so instead of that being absorbed in certain material, you can use small particulate matter at the nanoscale. so we're investing a lot of research in that we're investing in ways -- another way is to separate oxygen from nitrogen. >> dr. chu, i guess what i would ask, this is the danger of having someone who actually knows something about science. >> i'll try to suppress. >> i guess i would ask, if you're willing, i'll submit a question for the record. i know a lot of members of the committee would be interested in your response. specific technological improvements that you would recommend. but also just what the department sees as the pathway forward here. and i don't see it in the budget again. i thin

this is at the spur prior to the democracy boulevard. 270 southbound at shady grove, you are seeing some delays. i can tell you i'm watching cameras in this area. you're slow from shady grove as you connect to the beltway. back over to you both. >> donella, thanks very much. >>> 6:53 now. vre wants to crack down on fare ee vards. they want to crack down on a bill that would raise the penalty for skipping out on a fine. the current fine is $100. they want to increase the fine to $500 for a first-time offense and make it a misdemeanor. a second offense would increase the fine to $750. >>> a bill nicknamed after nfl denver quarterback tim tebow that allows home schooled students to play on public school sports teams also passed. a house committee approved it. the denver bronchoquarterback was home schooled down in florida, but he played for a public high school team. >>> another business day in indianapolis with just three days until super bowl xlvi today. there are multiple concerts in and around super bowl village including performs by ed

we're not sure where on this spur. we only have one camera here.o we are looking from the beltway headed up towards montrose road for accident activity. coming southbound being everything is open. no trouble spots to report on the southbound stretch. >>> we'll show you what else is happening out threat roads. if you are traveling inbound along 66, lanes here are open. no problems to report as you work your way in from man as is headed in towards centreville. volume increasing but again, accident-free. >>> a federal wage freeze in this morning's big story. republicans approved a bill in the house that would freeze the pay of federal workers. >> for more, we turn now to stacy cohan who is live on capitol hill with the story. >> reporter: good morning. this bill not only freezes federal pay for 2.3 million workers for the next year, it also puts a freeze on congressional pay and in an election year allows members to get on record as voting against a raise in their own paycheck. now, rank and file members of congress make about $174,000 a year. they al

you see any possible become a reasonable possibility of an iranian spurring? >> being frank, it would be nice. but the cruelty with which the regime put down the revolution after the elections of a few years ago was intense. this is a regime with one of the worst human rights records in the world. this is a place that executes more people than china. they've kept a very, very brutal control of their people. you see some of the pictures from last year those who were executed standing on a bus and the bus was driven away and they were left dangling from the bridge. this is a country that has the regime that keeps a grip on its people incredibly tight. now and syria it wasn't much of an opposition movement until things got going in libya there wasn't much of an opposition in the movement, so you don't know, but ultimately of course the best solutions must be homegrown so we will wait and see the opposition has been repressed in iran and we will hope something will change the situation. >> several questions regarding the other countries the easiest way to consolid

spurs win their 11th straight and 106-102. >>> baseball teams beginning to report to spring training, that includes albert pujols who left st. louis for anaheim. pujols says he has no regrets. >> there were some great moments. i was able to accomplish two world series and an experience i want to bring to the city, you know, to anaheim and to this ball club and, hopefully, have probably better years than i had in st. louis and hopefully more championships. >>> manny ramirez signed one-year minor league deal with oakland. he has to serve 50-game suspension for his second violation of baseball's drug policy. >>> finally to college hoops. johnson drove the length of the court, laid it up, and tied it. but connecticut came right back. napier pulled up from inside half-court and nailed it. that was the game winner for the defending champs. uconn won a thriller 73-70. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> lindsay lohan lost in the role of a lifetime. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a heart-warming welcome home in tamp

i will start out by saying spur and jim haas's , and some of my feelings about the specifics of article 10 and 11. i support and applaud the supervisor for bringing all of this up for discussion, and for negotiating in such good faith, getting resolution. i am the vice president of san francisco victorian alliance, but i will be speaking for myself today. the issue there is clearly the that my comments are very well informed by my own experience, and that of the other members of victorian alliance, in trying very hard to do thoughtful and good preservation of our historic resources. however, the current state of the situation of preservation is that we have great dysfunction in the current hpc and planning department, with a wild misinterpretation of the secretary of interior standards, where false historicism is the ultimate bogyman. the last speaker's comments i reiterate. many things that are recommended would appear as remodeling. we have unscrupulous developers who intentionally neglect historic properties so they can become immediate safety concerns, requiring demolition without c

and welcome to business and here i see the latest short term brought russian gas supply to europe spurred discussions on how to secure consumers from possible cuts in the future that of gas forms export branch alexander madrid says one of the ways is to increase storage capacities in the region. food supply. was its way through the program. experienced. between two hundred three hundred million euros for a few years to secure. our list like a look at the markets now with exchange rates the euro is to gaining a little bit against the dollar after seeing some losses on the choose that and the boys higher against both the european and the u.s. currencies following gains on the russian market. crude prices there wrong as saying after european leaders pushed greece for stronger commitments to an austerity package and return for second bailout is in concerns over the region's that crisis which may curb demand for oil sands crude higher why it's wheat this currently trading at around one hundred and one and i have dollars for a barrel while the brown blind is just over one hundred ninety nine do

there's a spur on what would be the ankle of the bird, and they cut off the natural spur and attack in that place a gap or a knife that extends way out. that's among the different things that the birds do, they peck at each other, and they stab each other, and they slice each other. and so the police get there in the middle of one of these fights, one of the things that they have to gap l with is getting -- grapple with is getting the bird without themselves being cut. i'm just remembering there's another connection here between the immigration stuff, the border stuff and the animals. a cock fight was raided down in tularie county in california, and one of those who, one of the participants or a member of the audience of the cock fight was slashed in the chaos of the raid if i'm remembering the story correctly. he was injured at least, i knew that, i know that because he then died. and the, the suggestion is that he died because he didn't get his wound treated because he feared going to the hospital because of his immigration status. .. certain types of anticoagulant vitamins, and othe

is wendy economy will start to spur because we will have -- when the economy will start to spur becauseesident. [applause] we will get jobs, good paying jobs, not just in the major cities. but where the manufacturers go. they go where they have always gone. almost every little town in america across this country has a little manufacturer plant -- manufacturing plant. imagine what you will be able to do here in this community to attract businesses because of the workforce to have. because of the tradition you have. and the ability to be able to produce good, high-quality american goods. it can be profitable doing it again. we will transform all these little towns across america. we will create opportunities and be able to rise in society. there are far too many people who do not have the skills necessary and not have jobs that require skills so they can rise in society. it is not a matter of going to college. college is a great thing. i encourage people who want to go to college and upgrade their skills but there are a lot of people who do not want to go and have other skills that need t

matt bonner from downtown, spurs own texas bragging rights, 99-91.ers have been the surprise team of the season doing everything right against the bulls. philly is for real. they knock off the best team in the east, 98-82. the pacers are another team on the rise. danny granger scored 29 of his 36 in the second half. even gets into it with kevin love, a little pushing and shoving but nothing more than that. indy wins their third straight, 109-99. on the other end of the spectrum, you have the magic, playing some of the worst basketball of the season. there's one sure shot way to fix that, play the lowly wizards, ryan anderson and dwight howard had 23 points. orlando end the misery of a four-game losing streak with a win. >>> that's your "first look" at sports. i'm mario solis. >>> here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has the weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> we said groundhog will not see his shadow, four weeks until spring. >> way to reveal the secret. aren't we waiting until 7:30. >> if he seeses had shadow and it's cloudy,

>> i have been in conversations with the south beach spurring conservation mission beach neighborhood. they have been aware of our desire to find money planning and wanting to meet with the community. i spoke to the supervisor's office in november. but we have not been able to hold that meeting. we were notified by the transportation authority, and letting them know about the action in take meeting. supervisor campos: i would submit that even when you have opposition of a project from said -- segments of the community, telling them the night before the action is proposed to be taken is not sufficient notice. the process, the way that this has been handled in the last few days compounds the problems. the agencies that come to this commission for funding requests take very clear notice that this kind of approach is simply unacceptable. let's open it up to public comment. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on this item? please come forward. >> good morning, commissioners. i am with the san francisco bicycle corp. -- coalition. we were startled and displeased to le

government, any government, the state government, the national government, but how does government spur job creation in a down economy while limiting spending and maintaining fiscal discipline? the answer is create public-private sector partnership to generate billions in economic growth and create jobs. and that is the challenge we face. spurring the private sector to create jobs without spending state resources that would hurt the economic situation of the state. let's begin by building on our economic strength. we know that new york is a destination location. tourists spent $50 billion in new york in 2010 alone. new york is the place to be. new york is the place people want to come to. but new york just stay ahead of the competition. convention centers are important economic generators. right now when you look at the list of where new york is in terms of convention centers, sadly, new york's convention center, the jakub jab vitz convention center on the west side of manhattan is down at the bottom of the list, literally number 12 after places like anaheim, california, washington, d.c

said he was glad to have him back while spurs will be glad to get katy perry redknapp back out that he missed the game due to his ongoing court case over tax evasion. losing it's when the boys think he's going to do something. with a way to get him but. we don't think. we're going to go. forward to working with a no word though obviously we would give the team jorgen he was unable to do they just couldn't quite get his so but you know obviously we knew the side and we knew the way that we was going to play. a different voice given the instructions to the players but pretty much most the loads were all of really pretty much what's expected from them so there isn't too much of a change but obviously leader and you know you you want to mirror. he wants to be. well the result leaves spurs in the table five points off manchester united and seven from leaders manchester city while liverpool are four points of a top sports for. more russian champions and it will have to do without midfielder miguel downie for their champions league round of sixteen double header against benfica starting this

spurred the american public to do big things, believe big thoughts in themselves. why? because we are big, we are great. we are americans. we can do anything. [applause] so let's rally behind someone who isn't running for president because they want to be the most powerful person in the country or the world. because they are running for president because they want you to be the powerful people again in this country. [applause] so tomorrow i'm asking you to walk out of here and i'm going to get around and meet and greet everybody and you have got your cameras. you have to put me up on facebook tonight. [cheers and applause] i can spend a lot of time because i have to do the hannity show tonight at 9:00. so i don't have a ton of time but i will take some time to do that. i just want to close by saying first thank you for coming. a really do appreciate it. thank you. [cheers and applause] [chanting] alright, alright, thank you. god bless you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> god bless you. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] at. [inaudible

we must do more to spur private sector job creation. we must reform our pension system now. so that it will be there for the hundreds of thousands of virginians depending on it. we must make our k-12 education system more accountable and innovative now. so all of our students get a world-class education. we must complete higher education reform and investment now so that more students can get access and afford college. we must improve our transportation maintenance system now so that citizens can get to their jobs and to their families without delay. and we must pass a fiscally responsible, structurally balanced budget on time that provides the stability and liquidity that we need to navigate the uncertain years that lie ahead. i want to applaud the work of delegate putney and senator stosh and leaders in both parties for proposing much-needed reforms to the budget conference committee process. to facilitate timely decision-making and to reduce drama. thank you. well done. our -- [ applause ] now, i say to you our work together starts with finding work for 260,000 virginians

soaring oil prices have risen 10% over the last month amid concerns about the tension spurring in the middle east leaving this small business owner to ask what many others have also wondered. >> it is really sad. what are we going to do? >> reporter: so far analysts predict we won't hit the record highs we saw in the spring and summer of 2008 but because of the uncertainty in the middle east we may have to deal with higher prices for a longer period of time. live in san jose, stephanie trong, nbc bay area news. >>> in the east bay traffic was backed up on the caldecott tunnel because of a power failure. it started around 5:00 and crews had to shut down the center bore of the tunnel on highway 24 east for more than three hours. look at the traffic. here is a bird's-eye view what it looked like. traffic came to a crawl. the closure meant delays for drivers headed west. the pictures here from ma rind a. they opened around 8:30 and we're told traffic is flowing smoothly in both directions. a man from south san francisco is in jail after a standoff with police that lasted several hours. th

and just a clarification of that i think would spur a lot of investment. these reits quite often home office buildings and they pay the energy bill because they come and go and they don't want to separately meter all the time. it goes into the rent. and so a very simple clarification could spur a lot of investment. it will make sense to them. it won't cost the government any money. but that would be good. there are a couple of other things. i think sometimes retro fits, there is a community that wants to do a couple homeowners get together and say one homeowner has a good experience. i'm saving aye lot of money. but now you can capitalize on that. have a block party, talk about it. so if you get five people, eight will do this, but you demand a discount rate ordered and the installation and everything else. to the contractor, it's great. they send a truck out and go bang, bang, bang down. and so that can greatly reduce the price of rro actually get some social awareness in this as well. the finance part of that, if you lower the price by 25%, 40%, the fina

the job you're here keeping the position of the spur of a special envoy within the foreign ministry was established just this year or so or pleasure last year last year had only been here a couple of months ago right so whose decision was it why was it decided in the kremlin in the foreign ministry or. well the position has been established as you put it last year it was. more than a couple of months it was established last april actually and this almost a year time flies and the decision has been taken by the russian leadership obviously and of course. by the leadership of the foreign minister mr lavrov and the idea was kind of. multi fall to profile even more our country russia in the field of human rights democracy and rule of law and those are very much interconnected in the interlinked elements obviously and spheres. to provide for additional opportunities for dialogue with our partners and when i say partners i mean the equate the broad spectrum of those . country is. international going as asians and institutions non-governmental institutions. and also of course to mourn it are t

well result leave spurs a third in the table five points behind manchester united and seven adrift of leaders manchester city but no seven their chelsea while the full who are also hunting a top four spot stay seventy four points off a champions league place. to catch up i stuck in ireland and i must have claimed their first win in a row with a feisty victory had to let me see where to go within six points of the discard in the western conference. how did i know we're cruising in this one right from the beginning on the spot that there were two men in front after fifteen minutes and that shortly followed by a strike because i think of course i keep two nil. before that i have cramps his grace many were thinking it was game over by this point and those that weren't almost certainly were when the home side scored a fourth at the start of the second period. that. toll which pulled one back for severe and see if it was going to. bust swiftly restored their three goal difference at all because of finding that this time sensible did rally later on to make it five three but that's how it sta

well the result leaves spurs third in the table five points of manchester united and seven from leaders manage the city while liverpool are four points off the top four spots. russian champions in it will have to deal with that midfielder danny for their champions league round of sixteen double header against benfica starting this month the twenty eight year old has picked up an injury then each training camp in italy and could be out for total of six months which also makes the playmaker down for portugal at this summer's european championships in poland and ukraine. that's why stock is carried away in our moscow have claimed their fifth win in a row with a five three victory over lowly sabir it moved in homage to within six points of lead the scar in the western conference the number were cruising in this one to start with dennis corbett of putting them in front of the fifteen minutes and that was shortly followed by a try from constantine volkoff to make it so you know. before that god is brace many were thinking game over at this point but those that weren't almost certainly were wh

after being found guilty of racially abusing patrice evra but he couldn't write the deadbolt while spurs coach harry redknapp was absent due to his ongoing love and called for tax evasion so the result leaves spurs in the table five points off munched united and seventeen they dismantled the city while liverpool a full two and a top four spots. meanwhile russian champions enable have to do without midfielder may go danny for their champions league grand of sixteen double header against bend think it's starting this month the twenty eight year old has picked up a knee injury during any training session in italy and could be out for up to six months which also makes the playmaker a diet for portugal at this summer's european championships in poland and ukraine. and other news for more zimbabwe football chief one hundred eighty. in court she's accused of fixing zimbabwe friendly matches in the far east between two thousand and seven and two thousand and nine as part of. betting syndicate the case got underway on monday was the chief executive officer of the country's football association an

sent out left wayne bridge on loan to sunderland while everton striker luis has been loaned out to spurs for the remaining games. there was a double sweep for q.p.r. they pulled bobby zamora from falling for just over six million dollars and that cia strike a good deal see say he's also won his way to keep the former liverpool back in the premier league after three years he has signed see with a half year deal. over in spain because it already has reached the semifinal stage without. bill back taking a two one lead in their first strike against men in their own choose day well tonight barcelona travel to valencia for the start of their tie because lands are now seven points behind madrid in the race for the league title putting more pressure on boss the coach pep guardiola he wants to get back to winning ways but names will be a tough game against valencia. is a strong in all the issues. is that a huge this. will be to reach into the to war would be an exception. i would just like now where russia's top seemed to share have got a significant reinforcement and have set their eyes on the m

thirteen million dollars the search year old had failed to establish a regular first team place at spurs since his move there in two thousand and eight from spartak moscow but he still managed to score forty two goals in one hundred thirteen appearances for the rules london club with the european championships just four months away probably tankers that the move back to russia was driven by his desire to play first team football. well me like the probable good new yorkers join english premier league side for them from gone until at least the end of the season but twenty eight year old has scored fifteen goals in sixty eight appearances for the german side but also hopes to boost his chances of playing in school. three twenty twelve. and while the transfer deals were going ahead have your hand theirs and then it's all berbatov scored from the penalty spot as manchester united one two nil a time to start to go level on points with english premier league leaders manchester city former united not darren gibson spurs goal for everton was enough to beat city one nil defeat meaning united now o