i have had ex-girlfriends call me back faster than staten island chuck. nfortunately, i won't be able to meet the big guy because he's sleeping. shhh. do you believe siri could do a better job? >> i absolutely believe siri could do a better job. >> what about my dad's knee? >> 100%. >> reporter: if a groundhog can't predict the weather, how about a bear? >> no. no animal can do this. i think, us humans, we love wish casting so we would love for the groundhog to tell us there's only six more weeks, or it's going to be here in four weeks. of course we love that. it's just wrong. >> i know the experts say that ground hogs can't predict whether or not spring is coming but i do know for sure that i can't take six more weeks of this. i hope to goodness that staten island chuck does not see his shadow on saturday. for abc news, i'm tom kelly. >> we all pray for that. >> yes, we do. >> we do. >> we will see what happens. >>> don't miss our updates on facebook at wwnfans.com. >> more news. stay with us. >> announcer: this is abc's >>> making news in america this mo

his name is staten island chuck. [ laughter ] he's a little different than phil. utawney phil pokes his head out at first light. staten island chuck smokes a a pack of parliament lights. [ laughter ] [ applause ] punxsutawney phil is surrounded by local dignitaries. staten island chuck is surrounded by 12 guys who are all named paulie. [ laughter ] >> steve: wow. pa see his shadow, whereas staten island chuck comes out and says, "i didn't see nothing -- [ laughter ] [ applause ] and finally, the ceo of hershey sayshat they're fixing the way they make kisses so that the tips don't get broken off. that's a good move. because nobody was buying their new product, hershey's just the tips. [ laughter ] we have a great show tonight! give it up for the roots everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you very much roots. thank you, everybody. nice to see you, higgins. super bowl 53 was last night. congrats again to the patriots. are you guys -- did you see the game? >> questlove: i saw the game. yeah. >> tariq: yep, yep, sure. >> jimmy:

are you confident with staten island chuck's accuracy today? >> this is staten island. everything right is right here. >> what kind of song do you play for chuck typically. >> i sound a call i use at horse shows around the country. an entrance call. he'll enter. >> he's a horse guy. we can't play it yet because that will wake chuck up before it's time. how is chuck feeling? do you know what he had at dipper last night? do you know if he slept well? >> he slept well and ready to wake up now and now is my turn. >> we'll let you go. good luck today. >> take care. >> john has been doing it for over 20 years. phil's been doing it since 1981 and he boasts an accuracy rating of 80%. we'll have to -- you know cross check that, but that's right up with our accuracy and -- >> i was going to say. >> yeah, how does your batting average match up to chuck there? >> you know, depending on how well he does today, we may sign him up for the abc weather team. we can always use another forecaster. hey, look, everybody is hoping for an early spring. >> i want to sign that guy up with joheb

. >> breaking news right now from a var mitt from staten island, chuck. >> didn't see his shadow.did not see his shadow, which means an early spring. >> and punxsutawney phil also saying that, though i can tell you there's not a cloud in the sky here, so it might be a little bit of wish casting. >> so big stories of the week, we got the virginia governor, and a patriots' parade, and that little thing called the state of the union. >> oh, yeah. a week late, but it's coming. >> it's coming. we will have all the highlights from that. >> it will be a good week, guys. lots of news for this half hour. while i was on a combat patrol my c in baqubah, iraq,nned out. a rocket-propelled grenade took my arm off at the shoulder. when i came home, i felt alone. my family was around me, but i couldn't talk to them about what i'd seen and what i'd done. i remember just thinking, man, the way i am right now, i don't want to live. i was discharged from the army, and i've been working with the wounded warrior project since 2007. warriors don't have to be severely wounded to be with the wounded warri