i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp. >>> back here live from tampa, florida. y are we in florida? no, it's not just because of this beautiful backdrop, it's because florida's republican primary is tomorrow. i want to show you yet another poll here. this one shows mitt romney with a double digit lead over newt gingrich. take a look at the numbers. romney 43%, gingrich 29. ron paul, rick santorum sharing 11%. i want to bring in gloria borger, our chief political analyst. we talk about south carolina, blew the doors off there, comes into florida, loses somewhat. >> mitt romney sort of came out the other end like superman. he's gone on the attack and we really haven't seen that before. he spent four times as much money in the state as newt gingrich. so i think what the romney campaign has been trying to do, and they've done very effectively, is when you talk about the campaign, they said newt gingrich has a long buy biograp biography. people don't know about it because it happened in the '90s. what they've been trying to do is fill in the blanks about newt gingrich

desde tampa, florida. >> muy buenas tardes, desde tampa en la florida, muy pocas horas del tdebate dena nbc que verÁ por telemundo. hoy dÍa telemundo les tiene dos exclusivas una con el hombre del momento el ex presidente de la cÁmara baja el que hasta hace ge gingrich logrÓ una importante victoria que cambiÓ la contienda polÍtica, Él defiende el camino a la legalizaciÓn para parte de nuestra comunidad indocumentada y el protagonista de la sorpresa de iowa, santorum catÓlico y sobre que hacer con los indocumentados que viven en los estados unidos, pero antes el revolcÓn polÍtico en la contienda republicana del fin de semana con miras a lo que puede pasar como nos explican debÍ sandoval el escenario es otro y a poco mÁs de una hora del debate, las reglas del juego han cambiado. >> rodrÍguez, dijo que nunca se ha perdido una elecciÓn pero el martes que viene. >> no estoy completamente decidida. >> >> (por q¿por quÉ? >> confusa. >> para supuestamente ayudarles a decidir, romney cambiÓ hoy dÍa de estrategia. >> lanzando en la florida su primer ataque polÍtico contra newt geingrich quiÉn l

we meet with brooke who is live in tampa, florida. hello, brooke. >> hi, randi. thanks for having me on again. beautiful day in tampa today. check the clock. six hours to go until the very latest polls close in the state of florida. we're going to be talking to the florida governor here within the next hour. also, an undocumented student who was worried about the candidates' positions when it comes specifically to the dream act, and we'll be talking to a controversial pastor who is a supporter of mitt romney's campaign. everything making news. rapid fire. let's go. we have seen the foreclosure signs here in florida. you don't have to go far to find them. but the housing numbers nationwide are even worse than the experts thought. home prices, they plummeted 1.3% in nova loaemb november alone. phoenix, arizona the only one where home prices went up. >>> also today, three suspected drone strikes hit militant targets in yemen overnight. according to yemeni security officers, at least nine people involved killed in the attacks. keep in mind, timing here. this comes a d

. >> jon: charles, the tight end from right here in tampa, florida, tampa high school, been awful quiet, outstanding receiving tight end, couldn't be surprised if they didn't try to find orson charles. >> mike: michigan state has done a good job on charles. two yards with a guy with nfl prospects, junior. aaron murray in his home down. touchdown wins the game. he takes a shot. incomplete. as the pass was intended toward marlon brown. covered for trenton robinson, forces second down. >> jon: we thought trenton robinson wasn't going to play, it's a good thing he did for michigan state. that's the fifth time we've called his name in key situation, senior, all big ten, captain of this outfit. really playing well today. >> mike: violation of team rules, didn't start, only out for a play or two. second and ten. georgia missed a feel goal already in overtime. field goal to keep it going. touchdown to win the game. murray, it's deflected. almost intercepted. would have been the game-winner, marcus rush, dropping back in coverage. got a hand on it. now we have third down coming up. >> jon: they

"noticiero telemundo" con josÉ dÍaz-balart, desde tampa, florid florida. tardes, desde tampa, en la florida donde estÁ en marcha el debate de la cadena nbc entre republicanos aspiran a la nominaciÓn presidencial sudo partido hoy tenemos dos exclusiva una con el ex-presidente de la kam pra baja newt gingrich que logrÓ sorprendente victoria en carolina del sur y otra con rico con s rico santorum, pero antes, el encuentro de esta noche hasta ahora el mÁs agresivo de todos entre los aspirantes republicanos ya que greingrich romney aquÍ se lanzan con todos, aquÍ algunos de los ataques con que comenzÓ la noche. se trata de liderazgo y el presidente de la camara de representantes se le dio la o porlt ni de dado y tuvo que renunciar en desgracia en los aÑos 70 llegÓ washington. >>> maÑana vamos a hablar dijo 4 cosas falsas y no voy a gastar tiempo en eso, creo que la discusiÓn es como vencer a obama y quÉ hacer sobre la economÍa. >>> sin embargo, la batalla campal entre gingrich y romney se desatÓ antes que empezara el debate que continÚa en estos momento con los r

these are live pictures out of tampa, florida. we do plan to bring some of his comments coming up later on. we will take a break and be right back. across the road >>gary: of these guys are not worried about it seeds are going up or a beer is good to cost more, they want more money. that is repeated as. >>darya: maybe it is not about the money. i think some giants fans are taking it personally. >>darya: maybe he just wants to go elsewhere. >>gary: i do not think so. this is a great deal that says, if you can afford to pay this guy, you could afford to pay me, i am one of the best pitchers in the game. >>darya: the giants have 13 cases of arbitration, it is the most of any team. >>gary: i look at this and say, what is enough? but in the world they are living in, >>darya: i get the feeling that lincecum wants to go to the yankees. >>darya: we are back with more in a moment. >>mark: the s&p is downgraded agreed to select the default. verizon had big losses. 2 billion a 4 1/4. the dow was off 40 and the snc is off 3. >>darya: will tak

we'll be live from tampa florida, 6:00 p.m. eastern.sday, of course, primary night coverage begins with "special report" at 6:00. >> president obama's post "state of the union" tour continued today. the focus was the high cost of education. but he also found time to talk to the party about the re-election effort. >> at a retreat, president obama looked toward november election. >> you have had my back through tough times. i will have your back as well. together, we'll move the country forward. >> mr. obama called on democrats to work with republicans when they can and to call them out when they can't. earlier he rallied students at the university of michigan. at the end of a trip selling the themes of his "state of the union" address. his aides deny the trip or the address was part of the re-election campaign. though he visited five battleground states and showcase policy issues to appeal to supporters. on this day, he told young people the government should cut aid to colleges that don't control tuition hikes. >> you can't assume you w

. >> jon: charles, the tight end from right here in tampa, florida, tampa high school, been awful quiet, outstanding receiving tight end, couldn't be surprised if they didn't try to find orson charles. >> mike: michigan state has done a good job on charles. two yards with a guy with nfl prospects, junior. aaron murray in his home down. touchdown wins the game. he takes a shot. incomplete. as the pass was intended toward marlon brown. covered for trenton robinson, forces second down. >> jon: we thought trenton robinson wasn't going to play, it's a good thing he did for michigan state. that's the fifth time we've called his name in key situation, senior, all big ten, captain of this outfit. really playing well today. >> mike: violation of team rules, didn't start, only out for a play or two. second and ten. georgia missed a feel goal already in overtime. field goal to keep it going. touchdown to win the game. murray, it's deflected. almost intercepted. would have been the game-winner, marcus rush, dropping back in coverage. got a hand on it. now we have third down coming up. >> jon: they

. >> reporter: in tampa, florida, security cameras outside a business captured an accident, an s.u.v. slammed into a car. but rewind the tape, and you see the car was actually driven into the middle of the street. the driver got out, a collision, and then five people climbed into the damaged vehicle. the passengers later claimed they were injured to rip off their car insurance company. instead, they were arrested and convicted of staging a car accident. ron poindexter is the florida director for the national insurance crime bureau, a not- for-profit agency funded by the insurance industry to investigate fraud. >> it's a big problem nationally. in florida, it's a huge, growing problem that's out of control. >> reporter: today, 12 states have what's known as "no fault" auto insurance. that means no matter who's at fault, everyone involved in a car accident is entitled to insurance money if they're hurt. in florida, it's up to $10,000 per person. in new york, $50,000. payouts are so big, it set the stage for massive fraud. scammers like this man, who asked we conceal his identity. >> fir

we have spent the last two days here in tampa talking to the good people of florida about the presidential be -- you can see right across the shoulder from me, the tampa convention center. tampa is also taking stage the end of august for the national convention. mayor, thank you for having me in your city. >> you're welcome. >> this is the first time i've been in your city. >> i hope you come back. >> give us the lay of the land behind us. i know the rnc is somewhere that way, right? >> the convention will take place at the tampa bay times forum. the media house will be held right here at the convention center. these two hotels will largely be the convention hotels and the bubble will be that large area. >> moneywise, i mean, how big of a win is this for your city to be hosting the republican national convention? how many people do you anticipate come to ing to town, how does that translate in terms of hotels, rental cars, et cetera? >> it's huge. not only are we anticipating 15,000 journalists -- >> just journalists. >> just journalists, so probably staff and nominees and would-be nominee

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this one taking place in tampa, florida. >>> florida's primary is still eight days away but paul steinhauserout it. >> this is interesting and could be really important. i just spoke to the florida department of state down there, and check this out, they said that absentee ballots, 475,000 absentee ballots were mailed out as of january 3rd, and 180,000 of those have already been received as of last wednesday. so that means as of last wednesday, 180,000 people had already voted, and this all happened obviously before gingrich's surge in south carolina. so that could be a determining factor if it's a close contest. go to the next board as well. early voting began statewide as of saturday, kyra. so not just absentee ballots but early voting. and as of yesterday 53,000 people have already cast their ballots in early voting. this is all really important. remember, 1.95 million people voted in florida's republican primary last time around. we'll see if those numbers are higher this time, but voting already under way, kyra. >> and paul, newt gingrich getting momentum and money. >> yeah. big mo comi

let's go back to tampa, florida. the line for independents, john is in tampa, florida. good morning. caller: good morning. please give me a few minutes like our gal from kentucky. host: i do not know if we have a few minutes. go ahead. caller: i am an independent. i'm a veteran. i have an mba in international business. i've been doing consulting small businesses and mentoring people who want to start businesses. i look back of the great people who have served this country and have worked for what they want. now we have a lot of people that just want handouts from obama. again, i am an independent. i thank god every day the republicans got in there and stop the obama, even with the democratic senate, house, and obama in the white house, it took them one year to pass obamacare. host: is there a republican you like in the race right now? caller: as an independent, when people ask me who i will vote for, basically, i will vote for any gop. my vote is to make sure we get obama out of there. it's a difference between socia

they're people in tampa, florida, a producer who bought a $700,000 home, put 20% down, right?$140,000 down, has a mortgage. had a great job. that house has gone in value, no fault of her own, from 700,000 to $150,000. her downpayment was essentially worth what the house is worth today. people are saying and blaming people like that. if you really talk to people when an institution tells you you can afford to do something, you believe them. the financial iq of the majority of people in the united states is zero. they want to believe. they're so afraid of their money. if somebody says, do this, okay. he did it. he did it. i know people want individuals to take responsibility. i will still put this mainly on the sec, the mortgage brokers, the banks. it's all on them. >> let's talk about the approved card. here it is, the approved card from suze ormon. what is this? what does it represent? >> this represents hopefully the future of credit scoring. today we have a system that if you pay for things on a debit card or in cash, it does not report to a credit bureau, therefore, it does

- need in tampa florida. -- meet in tampa, florida.ween the candidates? do you see that happening? guest: the idea of a brokered convention, where it is not settled, and the one hand it sounds exciting, but for others it sounds kay added. -- extremely chaotic. a lot of people think it might happen. i am not of that school. if no candidate gets a really large slice of the delicates -- delegates and that magic number it could go to a brokered convention, and that is why ron paul has that strategy, amassing enough delegates, and he would have a major influence over the selection of a nominee and the platform as well. host: this is dr. susan -- this is professor susan macmanus. the university of south florida political science professor. thank you for your time today. guest: have a great weekend and thank you for having me, pedro. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" of political roundtable with carol lee aaron sharockman and. the role of super pac's and the political campaigns. david coleman talks about the release of presidential takes fr

we're in tampa at the florida primary. a lot to talk about, including this. from one republican taking home the top prize tonight. we're going to hear the candidates' ticket tonight on the trail. also we'll talk to one woman who was kicked out of the country for talking to me. >>> their dreamers, immigrants, hoping to stay in the u.s. despite getting here illegally. >> at any moment i could have my very life taken from me and have to go back to a country that i don't even remember. >> the country she has always called home threatened. >> then the ultimate pop. first the president sings. now a guy who wants his job? well -- ♪ above the fruited plains >>> a man kills his wife because she gave birth to a daughter instead of a son. call it what it is. a slaughter. dozens more reportedly die in syria as the government attacks its own people. now new pressure may be coming for the man in charge. tissue box (whispering): he said nasal congestion... nyquil: i heard him. anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion... nyquil cold & flu doesn

danielle nottingham, cbs news, tampa, florida. >> rick santorum is back home in pennsylvania tonight with his daughter who is in the hospital with a genetic condition. santorum supporters held a rally in florida on his behalf. ron paul chose not to actively campaign in florida. >>> defense secretary leon panetta acknowledging publicly for the first time that a pakistani doctor provided key information to the u.s. in advance of that navy seal assault that led to osama bin laden's killing inside his compound last may. he tells "60 minutes" tonight that the man helped provide intelligence for the raid on bin laden's compound. >> you know, in the 40 years i've been in government, this for me was probably the most remarkable operation that i was a part of, because everybody played their role in a very effective and responsible way. this was the best case we had on bin laden since tora bora, and because of that because for 10 years we had run into dead ends trying to track bin laden down, i thought for that reason alone we had a responsibility to act. >> that pakistani doctor has since been

the debate at south florida university in tampa. tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on the stage will be rick santorum polling a weak third in florida and ron paul focused on other states. but one candidate's campaign may be on the line. >> florida is make it or break it for mitt romney. >> reporter: a big, diverse state where a win by newt gingrich could prove his electability. >> debates prove decisive in south carolina. this one here tonight could be the most important of this whole campaign. i'm steve handelsman, news 4, tampa, florida. >> now tonight's debate will take place during a special edition of nbc's rock center. brian williams will moderate. and you can watch it at 9:00 tonight right here on nbc 4. >>> when news 4 at 4:00 continues, a surprise announcement today from aretha franklin. >> the oscar nominations come out in the morning. we'll preview what to expect. >> also a controversial comedian rushed to the hospital after collapsing at an awards ceremony. ♪ >> and strong reaction "access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. "access hollywoo

a basic level of nutrition, steven, the food service director at the hillsboro county jail in tampa, floridahas taken a more wholesome approach to inmate meals. >> we make up 11,000 meals a day and we have a 28-day cycle menu which has a variety for the inmates. and our last menu design we decided we were going to make this a heart healthy menu. that's the only jail in florida that i know of that does a heart healthy menu. the food has to have 2650 calories per day. we have 33% or less fat. we have 3.5 grams of sodium per day or less. there are the 100% required amounts of vitamins and minerals to make a healthy lifestyle for anyone. >> most inmates are hired for kitchen jobs based on their behavior history and the trust they've earned from staff. as opposed to any culinary experience. john powers met all of those qualifications, but he also just happened to be the real deal. >> i worked at a restaurant. i'm a culinary chef. i'm a sous chef. i've owned a couple of steak houses in the area. i worked in hernando county. i've been in the food business since 1985. >> since most inmates complain

at the outback bowl in tampa florida. georgia had a 16 point lead on michigan state.attle back. michigan state wins 53-40. that ends the five game losing streak. outdoor hockey in philadelphia today. the annual winter classic as the flyers take on the new york ranger. new york with the puck. brad richards will score for the rangers and the rebound. that proves to be the game winner, 3-2 new york beats philly in the winter classic. we can play outdoor hockey, but the con concentration is football, the concentration is rest. and we will continue reporting from here. >>> the last minute scramble for undecided voters in the iowa caucuses. iowa caucuses. we asked santorum if he ,,,,,, neil, any luck finding a car? iowa caucuses. we asked santorum if he ,,,,,, not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's where henderson found the one for him. way to go, henderson. finding the perfect car is easy at carmax because each car is carefully selected, inspected, thoroughly reconditioned and

this morning announced the arrest of a man they say planned a series of terrorist attacks around tampa, florida. investigators described 25-year- old sami as an islamic extremist. they say he was born in the former yugoslavia and is a naturalize american citizen. the fbi said he made a downpayment to an undercover agent for an automatic rifle and homemade explosion. he's charged with one count of intended use of a weapon of mass destruction. >>> san francisco chief greg sur delivered the keynote address and he was surprised when the fire alarm went off. we gotta go? >> the chiefs had to leave the room but it turned out to be a false alarm. >>> a trial starts today in a discrimination suit against the richmond police department. seven african-american police officers accuse the department and the police chief of denying them promotions and telling racist jokes. police chief chris magnus denies any wrongdoing. claiming his officers oppose him because he's white and gay. >>> republican presidential candidates are now in the final stretch in new hampshire. the nation's first primary takes place tom

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the two went at ate last night at a debate in tampa, florida. coming up, a live report and a recap of what happened. >>> some fans are too die hard, harsh words for one, 49er, after a rough game on sunday. >>> he built this university without a doubt. >> the man who will be remembered by thousands, possibly millions. it's tuesday, january 24th. good morning, i'm charley crowson. hope your day is off to a great start. thank you for making us a part of that start of your day. time now for a check of the forecast, hello to lynette charles. >>> yesterday was a bad day. ugly all the way around. no way to slice it to make it better. today will be better. a dense fog advisory for a few counties. we will start to improve, we will be mild, we will see temperatures in the low to mid- 50s, more sunshine moving in here, and see a few showers as we head in to the week. for now, here is the dense fog advisory in effect until 8:00 a.m., and it is areas in the gray color, carol, frederick, washington county as well. we have lots of moisture in the form of cloud

susan mcginnis, cbs news, tampa, florida. >> ron paul, rick santorum trailed badly in florida.'t expect to see either man in the state today. both will be campaigning in colorado which holds its g.o.p. caucuses next week. >>> time now to take another look at the question of the day. 20% of married people say they spend money on one of these things without telling their spouses. is it a, a lottery ticket, b, eating out, or c, clothes. >> here's a look at a response you posted on the facebook fan page. katherine hernandez wrote c, i used to do that, buy clothes and then hide them from my spouse. >> log on to 9news's facebook fan page. [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold... medicine. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] vicks dayquil. defeats 5 cold & flu symptoms. ♪ >>> it is 5:25 on this tuesday morning. we have generally clear skies, a couple of high clouds passing through over the next few hours. by 9:00 though

. >> vanessa nos acompaÑa desde tampa florida. >> muchos dicen que tiene gran parte que ver este cambiode la florida, mitt romney y newt gingrich invirtieron mÁs o menos unos 24 millones de dÓlares. >> esto es una cifra millonaria y muchos piensan que esto tuvo que ver y fue clave en el favoritismo del candidato. >> es una guerra sin cuartel no hay reglas, lÍmites ni excesos. >> (en inglÉs). >> en este anuncio pagado por quiÉnes apoyan a mitt romney se cuestiona la moral del ex presidente de la cÁmara de representantes captando el momento justo cuando la noticia que se habÍa investigado por un comitÉ de etica saliÓ al aire, la publicidad ha re sonado en pantallas de floridanos por dÍas. >> en este otro cuestionan por quÉ newt gingrich recibiÓ 1. 6 millones de dÓlares del gigante inmobiliario, a quien muchos atribuyen gran responsabilidad en la caÍda del mercado inmobiliario que ha estremecido a el paÍs entero. >> la personas estÁn muy delicados y miran estos anuncios y cambian la manera de pensar en las personas. >> (en inglÉs). >> gingrich asegura que las acusaciones son falsas, contra

florida. late polls show romney a double- digit lead. steve handelsman has the latest from tampa. >> mitt romney tonight in central florida had his grandson some of the families jubilation. papua today looked relieved. >> i am beginning to feel we might win tomorrow. what do you think? >> rahm the altered his tactics after losing south carolina. -- romney altered his tactics. he went after gingrich and floor debates and on tv. and a coffee shop today in tampa, florida in said the ads steer them away from gingrich. >> i see both sides bashing each other. i am just very undecided. >> need gingrich said tonight he has decided not to quit. >> we are going all the way to the convention and we are going to win in tampa. >> appearing with herman cain. >> speaker newt gingrich. >> gingrich claims he can take the primary tomorrow. >> the polls are all over the place. we got word of a new poll an hour ago that says we are now tied, 35-35. >> but every public barbara -- survey shows run r the winning by nearly two-e. his aides say in a state-by- state fight still to come, mitt romney will n

. >>> we begin tonight in tampa, florida. mitt romney, newt gingrich mixing it up in a feisty debate that centered on electability. romney lost south carolina on saturday, and tonight he came out swinging. steve joins live from university of south florida in tampa with the latest. steve, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you from tampa where an energized some will surely charge overenergized mitt romney acc e accused newt gingrich of having a record that disqualifies him. newt gingrich and mitt romney each with one primary win tried to finish one another off tonight in florida. >> i think it's about leadership, and the speaker was given an opportunity to be the leader of our party in 1994. at the end of four years, he had to resign? disgrace. >> i think the american public deserves a discussion about how to beat the barack obama, it is america deserves a discussion. >> i'm going to oint out things people need to know. >> you ought to look the facts. >> reporter: ron paul is not contending florida. rick santorum warne

. >>> a kosovo born man under arrest accused plotting terror attacks amp tampa, florida. they say sami osmakac calling the arrests bpaybacks for muslims. >>> a man went in a cave and said they spent saturday night in the cave but no one has heard from them since. >>> the obama administration has imposed a 20-year ban on mining. a move to protect the national landmark of the grand canyon. >>> a 3-year-old girl got quite a surprise to a trip to a zoo in new zealand. they were luckily separated by heavy glass but the little girl wasn't scared. she wants to go back to the zoo next month when she turns 4. too cute. >>> now here is another look at one of your top health headlines on msnbc cocaine. nicotine may help tune up the brains of seniors suffering from mild memory loss. researchers found seniors considered a precursor to alzheimer's could boost their memory with a nicotine patch. for more information on this, check out the health page online at nbc.com. >>> now here is an early look at how wall street kicked off the day. dow opened at 12,392. the s&p was up two. nasdaq a

live report in minutes from tampa. florida robberies caught on tape, what instore cameras captured when the robbers went to work. >>> john f kennedy, final moments in his own words. what the president's library is planning to release for the fist time ever, all of that straight ahead op this tuesday, january 24th. good morning, i'm charley crowson. we begin with traffic. angela is following a deadly accident in baltimore city. >>> police are telling us we have stopped traffic on hilton street before you get to south kayton, that's where your closure begins for the investigation of the accident. south hilton remains shutdown between south kayton and frederick, we are suggesting that you get on southmorely, that may get you over to frederick or south culver street. they are saying there is lots of debris, a block that has to be cleaned and overturned vehicle. one of the vehicles remains overturned. south hillton closed between south kayton and frederick road with a deadly crash. we follow this for you. another closure in the cit

. >>> from news channel 8 in tampa, florida, where the sunshine state's recent cold snap brought outinter spirit in one homeowner. check this out. near record lows have put floridians in a deep freeze one resident is embarrassing the rare fridge ed conditions with the help of a snow-making machine they added icing to their arctic experience. the apparatus shourd the property with a dusting but treated the neighborhood to its very own winter wonderland. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> 4:28 is our time right now. 35 degrees, our temperature. just above freezing out there this morning. another cold, crisp morning. good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. and i'm eun yang. it is thursday, january 5th, 2012. >>> today, defense secretary leon panetta will outline the new defense strategy. the plan l include $450 billion in cuts over the next decade. it's expected to include the removal of 4,000 troops from europe. it will impact the u.s. weapons progr program. if congress dead locks in spending, there could soon

we're going to close things out with a video shot in tampa, florida, seven days on a bike.ome pretty cool tricks. you'll enjoy it. stick around. coming up our rtm top ten countdown. don't go anywhere. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >>> from news channel 8 in tampa, florida, where the sunshine state's recent cold snap brought outinter spirit in one homeowner. check this out. near record lows have put floridians in a deep freeze one resident is embarrassing the rare fridge ed conditions with the help of a snow-making machine they added icing to their arctic experience. the apparatus shourd the property with a dusting but treated the neighborhood to its very own winter wonderland. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet start on this thursday. maybe some snow flurries leftover from a system that came through last night. it will not cause any trouble. 28 at the airport. we start out with the clouds and maybe some snow flurries and then it will turn it summit with temperatures into the 40's. we will come back and check the forecast going into the weekend. >> 30 degrees on tv hill. a maryland man dies in san diego. his relationship - >> the campai

florida. i'm susan mcginnis in tampa. coming up, a barrage of attacks on the eve of the florida rye mayor. >>> and good monday morning. january 30, frank has the morning off, lucky guy. i'm grace lee. >> he does. >> did the weekend go like that or what? >> it did go really quick. >> it was beautiful, though, huh? >> it was gorgeous. >> spring-like. >> we have you to thank for that. >> thank you very much. >> good job. let's have a look at traffic. >> it's quiet. it's monday morning, people usually take a little time. the "timesaver traffic" camera across the golden gate bridge, there was a stall record north of the span northbound 101 near vista point but it looks like bridge crews are working to clear that now. it's free-flowing across the span. we'll get a check of roadwork coming up. we're looking for clear dry weather? >> it looks dry. mostly cloudy skies around the bay area now, temperatures fairly mild. 40s and 50s at this hour. probably a little cooler around the bay area today. we'll have more on that coming up. >>

voters at that local company in tampa, florida. we're keeping our eye on that for you. rida. and more than 22% of the population is latino. you heard it in the debate last night, the talk about cuba and immigration. mitt romney softened his stance a bit on a path to citizenship saying he would support it for military veterans. he also said he would not round up illegal immigrants. >> the answer is self-deportation, which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal documentation to allow them to work here. >> that must have been the most twitter-friendly phrase of the night, self-deportation. richard lui here. big fight for the latino vote. >> the vote not that simple either. good morning to you, chris. the first latino primary some say in seven days, florida. the challenge, 73% of latinos say the gop ignores or is hostile towards them, and latinos are losing interest as well says a new latino decisions pole. enthusiasm a has dropped to 44%. candidates want to change that with new ads in spanish. [ spea

. >>> meanwhile, the republican candidates are running for president clark in a debate in tampa, florida with finances as the hot topic last night. this morning, mitt romney released tax returns for 2010 and estimated returns for 2011. they show he made more than $40 million over the past two years. in 2010 he paid a tax rate of 14% since most of his money came from investments. last night romney attacked newt gingrich's work for freddie mac. >> freddie mac was paying speaker gingrich $1.6 million at the same time freddie mac was costing the people of florida millions upon millions of dollars. >> gingrich did not dispute the dollar amount but he said he has never done any lobbying on behalf of his clients. >>> it will probably be saturday before they start pumping fuel off that grounded cruise ship in italy. today a large platform with a crane and other equipment is on the scene. it is the first step in removing a half million gallons of fuel from the ship. meanwhile, divers today recovered the body of a 15th victim from the ship, 17 still missing. >>> they are talented and it's taking u

from the former yugoslavia has been charged in an alleged plot to attack crowded areas in the tampa, florida, area. prosecutors say his targets included nightclubs and he also intended to use a car bomb, assault rifle, and other explosives. the suspect is due in court later this afternoon. >>> tensions between iran and the united states are building up once again. an iranian court has sentenced an american man to death after convicting him of being a spy for the cia. tara mergener has more. >> reporter: an iranian court has convicted this american of working for the cia and sentenced him to death. 28-year-old amir is a former marine who worked as a translator in iraq and afghanistan. iranian officials say hick meddy got special training before entering iran for what they call an intelligence mission. his father insists he was not a spy. his son was visiting his grandmothers in iran when he was arrested. hikmedi was born in arizona, his family is originally from iran. his parents say they're shock and terrified. iran's law gives him 20 days to appeal the verdict. the state department has dema