it's too long and syracuse is your national champion. >> a few days after the karaoke night, the syracuseated the end of college basketball's march madness with a national championship. it had been a long time coming, and syracuse wanted its moment in the national spotlight. little did anyone know that the moment was about to be eclipsed by a different kind of madness. on april 8th, the day after the basketball victory, the odd couple from freddy's karaoke night was out running errands. while stopped at this bottle recycling center, the young girl slipped away and called her sister. "an old man is holding me against my will," she said. the sister in turn called police, who found the couple a few minutes later at this car dealership. as soon as the police pulled up, the 16-year-old leapt out of a rusty mercury comet, almost identical to the one jennifer spalding reported to detectives two years earlier. the girl told police the old man had kidnapped her, raped her and held her prisoner in a basement dungeon. the old guy looked harmless, but the police decided to arrest him anyway and sort

fine was fired last november in syracuse. he is heading to present himself for three years for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy. the aclu is defending a california marine who criticized the president on his facebook. the aclu says the marine was within his rights to criticize the president. he hopes an online rant hoping the president will be beat in the polls. dick cheney made his first public appearance since getting a heart transplant. he addressed members of the wyoming republican party. he remains seated while speaking for more than one hour. observers say he appeared healthy. >> abc news has learned he will invoke his fifth amendment rights when he testifies before congress. he oversaw the training conference at a las vegas resort. they found the agency spent more than $800,000 on that even the lawn. >> five-year sector tragic campus shooting, former virginia tech students are honoring lives lost. they ran a five k this afternoon. it is called the 3.24 the 32 victims that died that day. most were on campus. one was sh

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some snow showers here and there, even north of syracuse. but the worst of it is done. the other story was all the heat in the west. once again 100s in the desert southwest. the east coast will continue to be chilly even today. that's a look at your national forecast now here's a look at the weather outside your window. so it's a pretty dry forecast. one spot that will have a chance for some afternoon showers, isolated thunderstorm areas of central tennessee and nashville area. we'll watch you for late day showers and storms. everybody else looks pretty dry on the map. slow warm up from here. yesterday was the coldest day that a lot of us will experience until next winter. >> let's hope so. coming up, kellogg's crunch is netflix glitches, and barbie's royal friends make their debut across the pond. your early business news headlines are straight ahead. and unof the entertainers earns more. >> the rangers force a game 7. coyotes make history and a new low for the st. louis saints. you're watching "early today". >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today". i'm lynn be

significantly warmer. 16 degrees warmer in boston and burlington and syracuse.t is our weekend whether maker. the storm center moves in. this is our futurecast computer model. clouds will increase. a little bit in the afternoon but partly cloudy. as we go overnight into saturday, we will look for some clouds. maybe some sun early in the morning but chances of showers and thunderstorms will increase. temperatures fall as well. sunday and monday, lingering chance of showers. the big question is the storm center and the pressure area associated with it, whether the raids will be to our area are just to the south. more on that tomorrow. here is our forecast ma. after a little fall, and will turn sunny and pleasant. if you afternoon clouds. those 70's on saturday. 80% chance of showers and thunderstorms. 40% on sunday. 30% on monday. seasonal temperatures for the beginning of next week. >> the toyota sports desk is brought to you by your local toyota dealers, moving you forward. >> game four. sidibe an idea how important it is, every capital -- to give you an idea of

syracuse, their musical theater department has a junior year abroad option.excited about starting my year. and i thought i would, you know, get some scholarship money and be able to go back. and i had no idea what would happen. >> there you are. you're the winner. and you immediately start getting attacked by almost everybody. you get racist whites who threaten to throw acid on you. you get messages from -- >> kill me. >> yeah. unbelievable. you also get the black community saying you're too white, they used lighting to make you look whiter, that's why you won. you're getting it from everybody. there you are, fresh-faced, beautiful young woman. you should be having the great moment of your life, and it's like hell. what are you thinking when it all starts erupting like this? >> well, there was a large part that was fantastic and positive and overwhelming. and you know, at 20 years old, i mean, again, this wasn't my dream, to be a beauty queen. my dream was to finish school, go to yale for graduate work, and be on broadway. so the fact that i was sidetracked a

men's lacrosse, dave urich and syracuse. fountain from the side. fourth quarter, georgetown now up by two. little give and go between fountain and casey. casey fires and scores. he had three goals and an assist. georgetown upsets syracuse, 10-8 is the final. getting a little lacrosse in there. love that. >> and the nats and the caps creating excitement. >> heck ya. 12 wins. tied for the most wins in all of baseball. capitals have a chance to close things out and advance to the second round. pulling off the upset against the second seeded team in the east. i don't think anybody expected this a couple of weeks ago. >> and the weather favors watching the game. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ lo

attorney's office in syracuse is still investigating this case.gain, he says he lied about all this because syracuse beat his favorite team, kansas, in a 2003, ncaa game. dan? >> astonishing story. alex, thank you. >>> now, to the latest and perhaps greatest exploit of the swashbuckling mayor of newark, new jersey. this is a guy who helped police chase down a mugger. another time, he helped bust a drug deal. this time, he outdid himself. he ran into a burning building and saved a woman's life. the mayor of newark, cory booker, taking constituent service to a whole new level. you were coming home from work to your home right here. and the building next door was on fire? >> yes. >> reporter: and your first instinct was to go in? >> yeah. >> reporter: he ran into the burning building and up the stairs. in the kitchen, he saw flames and explosions. on the other side of those flame, he heard the screams of his friend. a member of the mayor's police detail tried to stop him. >> i said, you can't go in. he says, i need to go in. i said, i'm sorry but i'm

bryce harper hit his first homerun at aaa syracuse against the buffalo bison. took place in his 61st at bad. >>> orioles against the angels today, top of the 6th. called strike. manager buck showalter disagrees and gets ejected promptly. that's no good. arguing, but staying under control. has taken exception to a number of calls. bases loaded, two outs. orioles took a 2-1 lead. angels tie it in the bottom, forcing extra innings. runner on and two outs. ground ball, scores the game winning run. orioles 6-4 on the road trip. >>> coming up, lakers' ron artest not living up to his new name of metta world peace. we go through them all the time. doors that mark the day's events. new beginnings. endings. routines. revealing the stories and dramas -- the victories and challenges -- that help us go through new doors of our own. be part of the story. colonial williamsburg. guys. come here, come here. [ telephone ringing ] i'm calling my old dealership. [ man ] may ford. hi, yeah. do you guys have any crossovers that offer better highway fuel economy than the chevy equino

ever hit 90 degrees in a year in syracuse and in albany. it's going to be cooler, still warm by april standards, we'll be in the 70s today. a very mild morning in most locations, this afternoon, a beautiful spring day. low humidity, fire levels are going to be high of course with our drought conditions out there. and there's not a lot of rain in sight. philadelphia, it looks like just like everyone else on the east coast, it looks like the best chance of rain will coming this weekend on sunday. a little wet weather in southern louisiana and mississippi, overall, willie, it looks like a nice april day. we're seeing temperatures in the 70s in the middle of the country and the west coast, not many issues, either. >> that's more like it, 86, a little hot. >> a little too much, a little too soon. >> 76 is the sweet spot. bill, thanks. turning to sports, it was less than two years ago, that fans around the d.c. area paid ticket brokers big bucks and packed nationals park to watch the debut of one of the most anticipated pitching prospects notice

>>> from a prized possession to a prized prospect, bryce harper's back finally shows some hop in syracuse>>> and world peace goes to war against the thunder. all that and more coming up on "sports final" at 11:35 right here on nbc 4. >>> two friends standing outside when out of nowhere, men show up and throw them in a trunk. it was a kidnapping that unraveled when the attackers couldn't figure out how to drive the car. the victims told their story exclusively to news 4's erica gonzalez. >> i thought they were going to kill me. >> reporter: this 20-year-old tells me she thought she'd never live to see another day again. friday morning around 5:00, she says she and her friend were talking outside his car in this alleyway in northwest when two men she'd never seen before approached them. the victim says the car was parked here. she and her friend were standing alongside it when she says she saw the two suspects come walking in from this alleyway. that's when they turned the corner, acted like they were passing them by and then they returned and told them to get down on the ground. >> they st

deposed his father let's get more on this story now from certain research middle east research and syracuse university she's joining us tonight from beirut there the war crimes court concerned that saif al islam won't get a fair trial in libya but will anything be achieved at the hague i guess which is only valid one verdict the same time history kind of begs that question doesn't it what do you think. absolutely very much agree with you that there is a there are big questions over the effectiveness and the justness of the i.c.c. if you look at the history like you said there's only been one conviction recently and also who has been the target of the i.c.c. are africans african leaders and certainly africa is not the only continent to host war criminals and to experience grave offenses being committed and so we really have the i.c.c. hasn't necessarily proven its ability to effectively carry out justice in. a way that's globally. applied and really effectively done they don't have the necessary facilities to. arrest people they don't seem to have the capability to. implement their plans and

but you have no idea it came from one i had won miss syracuse my sophomore year at syracuse. crowned me, all my friends who were watching and in the audience cheering me on, they said they have no idea who i just chose because i was a normal kid. you know, i was not this archtypal beauty queen who had been groomed her whole lifelong. i was a new york chick in her sophomore year studying theater and i had lived my life and it's in the books. >> you certainly have and we'll come to some of that. let's come to september, 1983, when you were crowned the first-ever miss black america. did you have any concept in that moment of just what was going to happen with your life, your career? because you went crazy after that. >> no idea. i was 20 years old, about to start my junior year abroad actually in london. syracuse, their musical theater department has a junior year option and i was really excited about starting my year. i thought i would, you know, get some scholarship money and be able to get back. i had no idea what would happen to my life. >> there you are, you're the winner.

that was the only thing that bothered me, but it's better than running into a wooden log in syracuse. >> that's true. >>> orioles hosting the a's, bird on the verge of being shut out for the first time this year. bottom of the 9th they trail 2- 0. matt wieters hits it deep left, going to hit off the wall. j.j. hardy scores. a saddam dunn scores, game tied 2 -- adam dunn scores, game tied 2-2. then two on, two out, just enough to clear the wall for a home run. his third of the year, game winner. orioles score five in the 9th to beat the a's 5-2. now six games above .500 for the time since july, 2005. >>> the struggling angels in cleveland against the indians, bottom of the 5th no score -- one is applied to right field. routine, right? no. torii hunter had some sun issues. where is it? two runs score on the play. indians in front 2 -0. now top of the 6th it's the angels mike trout with it back to right and aaron cunningham slips, gets up and makes the catch. a tale of two teams, indians shut on the the angels 4-0 and lead the al central with an 11- 9 record, angels expected to compete f

because 24-year-old woman drove her suv through the front of this dominos in new york, near syracuse. we're seeing this on wsyr tv. the crazy thing about this video is the sound. a lot of times the surveillance video we don't get to hear. >> ever. >> what it sounds like. >> she went so far into this place that the behind the scenes of dominos was wrecked. >> ran into the kitchen. >> was this an accident, push through a pedal, old classic hits the gas instead of brake? one of the workers in the video had just started his shift at dominos and he basically moved out of the way at the last second. >> were there any customers inside? >> four workers inside, no customers. elizabeth and the workers weren't hurt and the dominos is expected to open again shortly. unclear whether the driver elizabeth will receive a ticket or not. >> an accident is an accident is an accident. >> she might not be charged but she's definitely going to pay more for insurance after this. >> paid for that day, because they obviously couldn't work. did they still get paid? >> that would stink. >>> chk out the story we

if you live in buffalo, syracuse and pittsburgh, pennsylvania charleston, west virginia. stay alert you still have a risk of thunderstorms. come could produce large hail wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. very large system bringing in an area of snow across minnesota, minneapolis snowflakes today. went from very warm now you are on the chilly side. northeastern minnesota could get up to 7 inches of snow. incredible stuff, guys. showers across the great lakes. it will be a slow go for you early this morning for your morning commute. off to the south across lawsuit yaw and texas you have a chance for flash flooding because we could get 3-4 inches of rain locally hire amounts slow across the city of memphis where we could be seeing delays otherwise boston new york looking good. extremely warm almost into the 90s. >> we were talking snow getting ready for the show 90 degrees here. >> that's how powerful the storm system is that's why we saw the damage. >> hearing also get underway of the gsa's waste of tax payer's dough. joining us from washington is doug luzader. >> the gsa

syracuse and georgetown tied at four. win, 10-8.with a big acc women's tournament, md.st duke. and nice move inside. 56 the goal of the season. maryland went 12-3. -- win 12-3. , the dates for of cool prizes. when he makes a big difference. >> it really does. does the nice weather. >> last night, it was beautiful. >> tom you're the best mom ever. thank you, sweetie. oh... ♪ ♪ >> a very happy birthday to queen elizabeth. she is celebrating her 86th birthday today. she generally celebrate her a year. twice i like that idea. the queen is onto something. >> that is a great idea. >> tomorrow is going to be one willose days where you sleep the day away. only 49 degrees. 100% chance for a heavy rain. for directm watch countytern allegheny monday. night into >> we will have much mor

. >> fine was fired from his job at syracuse university. the investigating -- investigation involving fine's other accusers was thrown out. >> the fbi raids a local college that suddenly shut down. our reporters were at act college. the health care training school clothes without notice leading students without an education. it left a note on the door saying it lost federal funding. has three locations in our area. >> we have a look at the first forecast. >> not too bad out there. we are watching some bad weather in the area. it will remain away from the mid-atlantic over the next few days. 72 degrees is the current temperature at the airport. in western maryland, the temperatures are in the upper 50's. we may see a few scattered showers later on tonight into early tomorrow morning. are you ready for temperatures in the 80's? they are coming. >> we are. it was the perfect day for the big event in our area. we are talking about the cherry blossom festival. >> we were lucky enough to be a part of it. the parade route was jam packed with fans

look north and west, not terribly chile but more to the north, 46 in syracuse. highs in the lower 60s but a bright and sunny day on friday. satellite and radar shows everything in the south with a cold front. high pressure builds in the next couple of days and it will be different than today. near 60 and a bit of a breeze and into the weekend, more sunshine warming up into the upper 60s. sunny and cool in the morning about 45. 62 in the afternoon. more like early april should be. near 60 with breezy weather friday. a bit cooler monday with the next chance of rain coming with a cold front and we need the rain. that will, on tuesday. >> the to liotta sports desk, brought to you by your local tuille it dealers -- moving you for word. >> this story is still fluid and changes as the afternoon goes on. howard university originally said it suspended all of its intercollegiate athletic teams and all teams that seem to be in n.c.a.a. violations. sources tell me the issues are extra benefits, a textbook vouchers, money spent elsewhere and compliance. some athletes have ta

syracuse 44. where is the heat? great falls montana rapid city into the 80's. a lot of spots all paso, texas, 93 degrees. you can see the pattern in the atmosphere. that is what has been happening. there is that huge east coast storm. you can see it wound up as that moves to our north. that will be changing as we go to the next couple of days. i did a quick little blog about how much rain was released by this storm. it was in the trillions of gallons. for a wide area, and finally some relief from the terrible drought. as they go through tomorrow, some morning sunshine. because of the west- northwesterly winds, i think there will be a lot of afternoon clouds. temperatures will be into the 50's, about 10 degrees above where they were today. tomorrow morning a bit on the chilly side. there will be some morning sunshine. temperatures when you get up and head out, are around 40 degrees. a bundle up kind of morning. breezy and cool, afternoon clouds. temperatures near 60 degrees. a little bit below average. right back near 70 degrees as we had gone into wednesday and

a little more noticeable change when you get places like syracuse, new york where it is 35 degrees coldersterday. out west temperatures warming up already. we will see this up and down motion for the next few days. the big question is the rain. occasional showers and thunderstorms over the weekend are possible. we will get some of the pollen out of the air. very importantly, we could reduce fire danger. here comes the next batch of rain. most rain will be south of the metro area. at best we are calling for a 50% chance of rain. the further north you go from washington and the chances drop to near zero. the chances will increase somewhat over the weekend. cloudy and cool with showers possible up to 53 degrees. it will be much cooler, only 64 and scattered showers. the next seven days, warming to 70 degrees friday. a mild weekend but chances of showers increasing saturday afternoon, sunday, even into monday. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> to the capitals have an injury problem? >>backstrom could be out in game 4. just when we s

syracuse, 75. 70's and 80's down to our south. this is the contrast in the atmosphere. there are still many signs of what will be perhaps eight east coast storm. -- will be perhaps an east coast storm the. there will be some stormy nets down there, it will be coming up the coast over the weekend. especially sunday and monday. i think it will be a big whether maker and the story for a lot of areas around the east. in the meantime, overnight tonight, during the day tomorrow we have a weather front coming our way. there is some of that moisture beginning to come up. the first signs of a little bit of stormy ness. as we get into the weekend, we will probably see some afternoon showers on saturday. it will be sunday and monday, especially for folks out to the eastern shore they will be seen the greatest chance of some needed rain. that is for the weekend. not tomorrow. temperatures to mar will be into the 70's. another delightful day. it is still april. well above average hawaii 70's. -- high 70's. there is a 50-50 chance of seeing some rain, especially for you folks in prin

we will see showers in areas like cleveland, buffalo, syracuse, up through the adirondacks, areas like burlington and vermont, rain showers in nengds. then we'll watch today thunderstorms in tornado alley. >>> it was a beautiful weekend. it looks like this weekend pretty quiet weather. we're going to have some storms. >> 94 in phoenix, arizona, it definitely is warming jup crunching the job numbers, tumbling crisis for woods. >>> what lindsay lohan did to raise money and the new accusation that could put her back in hot water. >>> overtime, extra innings, and a shot for the ages at the masters, you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica tell la cruise. >>> despite a ban on missile activity. foreign journalists were invited to see the rocket in sight. >>> more than 40 people in syria killed yesterday as the fighting continues and the syrian government raised new demands. >>> the pakistani army say that there may be no survivors after an avalanche killed 30 people. a team of excerpts were sent to help the pakistani search effort. >>> q

. >> the syracuse began postseason play this year without its top rebounder and scorer. fab nello was suspended for undisclosed seasons. he missed games in the past because of his academic struggles. syracuse is not alone. >> according to a new study a total of 14 teams who made the tournament this year failed to graduate at least half their players. including last year's national champion. >> it's been a problem for years. but now it appears the ncaa is putting pressure on teams to take the student part of the term student athlete seriously. we decided to investigate the real march madness. >> reporter: when it came down to the big dance last year, the university of connecticut men's basketball team was the big winner. national champs. >> welcome. >> nationally praised. >> and con garagelations to the huskies. >> reporter: standing behind president obama alongside the team and the coach was the university of connecticut's new president, susan herbs. amid the championship smiles were hiding a huge failure. uconn may have been the best basketball team in the land, but in

we're not going to see tornadoes today but we will have strong storms and wind damage possible from syracuse to buffalo to the pittsburgh area. also heavy rain for two days from houston to new orleans down along the gulf coast. one of the big stories that's going happen in the northeast and mid-atlantic, record heat temperatures. upper 80s, near 90 days. they're telling people that aren't experienced runners to stay away. that heat ends tomorrow. still very dry in northeast. >>> well, if you're watching us on whdh 7 news in boston, mass, run, jump and swing while investigating the swigss and pulls of everyday life at science in the park at the museum of science. and that's your "early today" event of the day, veronica. >> just don't run if you're not a marathoner. >> because of the heat exhaustion. >> thanks, bill. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. movie-goers still have a big appetite for "the hunger games." they pulled in an estimated $21.5 million this past weekend overshadowing others' new releases. that races it to $371 million. >>> coming in

syracuse had its first 90-degree day even before we did here in washington. here is some of that cooler air and out in the middle part of the country. look how much the temperature has dropped. 30 degrees above average. here is the good news that is coming our way. this is a little wave that will be coming through, but then later on in and week issued later on in the week, there are signs will begin to get a little pattern change. there are some indications that a storm will be developing a later in the week, on into sunday, may be as late as monday. it will finally bring some moisture up the east coast, bringing in some rain that we need so much. but not tonight, and certainly not tomorrow. we will be getting into northwesterly breeze tomorrow, so that means the temperatures tomorrow will not be as high as they were today. that is for sure. tomorrow afternoon temperatures in the low 70's, still above average, and there will be some clouds coming in with that northwesterly breeze. not as warm as it was today. probably in the mid-60's tomorrow when you get up

it was too hot. 87 degrees. 90 west of there in syracuse in new york. 85, new york city. 90 in richmond. this area is cooking like summer time. the northwest, a winter time. 25 this afternoon with snow falling. tooten -- two seasons. we were on the somber side of it. tying the record that goes back to 2002. a trace of snow in 1988. we could use some rain. might catch a shower on wednesday. basically a dry and pollen counts remain high. 2083. the total count at 2151. we are in the middle of allergy season. the cold front is coming. probably still above normal but this line of showers and clouds out of the mountains is what used to be the severe weather maker over the weekend. it is the remnants of that front. temperatures drop from almost 82 the 60's in pittsburgh and 50's in cleveland. the front moves off the coast and we will wake up to partly cloudy skies and cool air will be coming in. it is not going to be called. the west agrees will prevent it from warming up tomorrow. -- breeze will prevent it from warming up tomorrow. cooler than it was today. almost a 20 degree drop. on wednesd