the game was tied. spurs got the ball with five seconds to play. plenty of time for tim duncan. nning, hook, and nothing but net. he had 28. spurs beat the hornets 104-102. >>> the timberwolves' kevin love had a field day against the rockets. 29 points and 12 boards. even that wasn't enough. the t-wolves fell apart in the fourth. minnesota needed more than love. houston won it 107-92. >>> hockey, there's no doubt who the hottest team in the nhl is. the red wings beat the blues for their seventh straight win and 17th in a row at home. datsyuk scored his 14th of the season. red wings have the best mark in the league after a 3-1 win. >>> and if it seems like every week there's another championship team at the white house, you're right. dallas mavericks and st. louis cardinals visit the president earlier this month. yesterday was the boston bruins' turn. the stanley cup champs made the trip to washington, d.c. noticeably absent was the finals mvp tim thomas. the lone american on the championship roster snubbed the president, tweeted he believes the federal government has grown out of

. >>> and coming up, the spurs need every second. worst game in orlando imagine he can history and stanley cup mvp snubs the president. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. >>> kell come back to "first look." here are some of the top stories making news this morning. >>> a former cia officer has been arrested and facing charges of illegally disclosing classified information. he allegedly leaked information to journalists about the identity of a covert officer and the capture of a terrorism suspect. >>> rand paul set off an alarm at an airport monday. he was detained after refusing to allow a security officer to pat him down. paul eventually caught a later flight. >>> and the sun may cause problems today. the strongest solar magnetic storm could disrupt power grids and astronauts at the international space station may need

>>> plus the spurs and hornets battle down to the wire. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >> we don't have tornadoes in the forecast, but we also don't have any snowstorms. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>> in sports, after a last night's matchup between the celtics and orlando magic, the question is who is the best? here is fred roggin with an early look at all of your sports headlines. >>> good morning, after struggling the first month of the season the boston celtics appear to be turning things around and last night they simply dominated the magic. off to boston we go. celts held the magic to franchise low in points and field goals. paul pierce scored 19 and orlando scored 20 points in the entire second half. celts beat the aj make by 31. >>> great finish in new orleans. spurs up two. 13 seconds to play. jarrett jack threw up a wild layup. landry there to tip it in and the score is tied. plenty of time for tim duncan. ru

. >>> now to san antonio, the spurs up two in the final seconds.he rockets need a bucket and they got it from lius scola. tied and off to overtime and as close as houston would get. richard jefferson, the dagger from the corner. rockets made it interesting but the spurs got the win. 101-95. mavs and celts down to the wire. under 30 seconds to play. paul pierce drilled a three to tie the game at 85. no worries for dallas, they have the final reigning mvp on their side. not always pretty but effective. the bucket and the foul. dirk nowitzki completed a three-point play for the lead and mavs held on to win it 90-85. >>> clippers and heat in los angeles. this was not a game, but a dunk contest. kris paul to blake griffin, seemed like every time the clippers threw down a huge dunk, the heat came down with often their own. lebron with 40. after 40 minutes they were deadlocked at 86. the clippers put it away with another dunk. the andre jordan, game over. clips beat the heat 95-89. >>> baylor quarterback robert griffin iii announced he will entered the nf

the spurs out score the warriors by 11 in the final frame and win 101-95. mark jackson suddenly realizing i'm not a miracle worker after all. everyone's favorite potty he mouth hockey coach bruce boudreau ducks hosting the sharks. brad winchester rips one to try the game at 1. 27 seconds later logan couture rebound put back by ben information yell. the sharks snap a five game losing streak. 3-1. >>> did you know the wrestling team is ranked 5th in the state with one guy going to columbia. >> it's like a brotherhood at our school we're all there for each other. you'll probably see we jump up and cheer for each other a lot more than other teams. >> it's the culture of the school that brings the kids together it transcends the school and the athletic program. >> facing brett lewis gets the take down he's going to show him the lights. money a is the two-time section champ he carries 4.5 gpa. he thought about stanford he thought about duke he's going to columbia. he scores second round pin. time for the wednesday night top 5. never take your frustrations out on

heat back on track against the spurs. game wide open in the spurs outscored san antonio by 27 in the quart. lebron james stop and popped and spin and duck by chris bosh. the heat cruise without dwyane wade. >>> derrick rose missed another game. the bulls had no problem getting a win like the heat. boozer had 31 points. >>> college hoops. the big ten maybe competitive conference in the country. like every game goes down to the wire. case in point. final minute. stu douglas gave the wolverines the lead with a layup. green with the runner but couldn't get it to fall. michigan held on to win it 60-59. >>> world series champion st. louis cardinals visited the white house yesterday. team owner bill dewitt prompted the president to say this. >> i thought about getting my wife a bat, if i mess up. >> i'll take the bat. >> just goes to show you, doesn't matter if your house or the white house, the woman rules the roost and i hear she has pretty good power to the left as well. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today."

. >>> in orlando, the magic and the spurs in an overtime battle as san antonio's gary neal drilled a e-pointer for the lead. magic anderson missed a last chance three and j.j. redick shot, well, that was a little too late. the spurs won their first round game of the season, 85-383. >>> in college hoops, yukon at home against cincinnati. the bearcats led much of the game. but yukon shah baz hit a three-pointer to tie the game with less than ten seconds to play. it wasn't enough. cincinnati's kilpatrick answered with a three of his own. the bearcats won it 70-67. >>> finally, every athlete gets a bit frustrated at times. but take a look at this. during a break at the australian open, marcos baghdatis of cypress took his fury out on his racquet. after reducing that one to junk, he proceeded to smash three more still in their plastic wrappers. two of them were. needless to say, he lost the match and was fined, $1200. >>> that's not a good way to go out. when we return, boeing's broken promises. why folks in wichita, kansas say they were duped out of thousands of jobs. >>> here's a look at

. >>> now about the spurs taking on dirk nowitzki and the dallas mavericks.even minutes remaining. nowitzki to jason terry. pulling up for the "j." knotted up at 91-91. half a second remaining. spurs on the inbound. danny green throws it up. it goes in! but take another look at this one. the shot will be reviewed. green doesn't get it off on time. we have free basketball called overtime. under ten seconds in o.t. spurs down one. motto with the inbound. can't get it to go. and spurs lose 101-100. well, that was your espn news update. i'm jorge andres. for more sports and highlights tune into espn. >> one more sports item, novak djokovic was the new aussie men's winner. and boy did he earn it. >> he waited 5 hours and 5 minutes to win over nadal. he ripped off his shirt and got a little crazy on the court. that's the favorite of the day. >> him kissing the trophy, right? >> yeah. >> it was the longest ever, epic. >>> coming up next, the winners of last night's s.a.g. awards plus the red carpet. >>> and later, a sneak peek at super bowl ads already gets lots of

gary neal hit one shot all game but gave the spurs the lead in o.t.agic with a chance in the final second. j.j. redick drains the three for the win but he didn't get it off in time. spurs won their first road game of the year, 85-83 in o. >>> one fan is green and one who is anything but lean. the nuggets trim the fat against the sixers. andre miller scored the final ten points in regulation and hit the winning shot in o.t. denver wins. what is up with the knicks? steve nash handed the knicks their fourth straight loss. spike lee didn't look happy. phoenix wins it. >>> rangers sign a pitcher ace in japan. and david beckham re-signed with the l.a. galaxy. >>> marco and his rackets, frustrated with his play. he took it out on his equipment. after smashing one racket, he moved on to another. then he moved on to another. and, yep, one good for good measure. he broke four rackets and two of them still in the plastic. john mcenroe would have been proud. one huge temper tantrum for marco baghdadis. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fr

from the spur making your way towards shady drove. no issues to report at this time, either. travel speeds northbound, still pretty good. from prince william parkway to the beltway, right now you're at 51 miles per hour. that trip will only take you 15 minutes to get there. and on the rails, much better than yesterday so far. no reported delays on the metro, the marc or the vre. back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> new overnight, fire breaks out at a rockville business. it began around 2:00 this morning on neville street. the business is called pool tech. there were chemicals inside the building and firefighters are investigating the cause. >>> this morning, a first look at the sketch of the man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a local woman near the verizon center. detectives release this composite sketch. the key to catching the suspect may end up being his voice. the victim tells police that he had a noticeable southern acc t accent. the man jumped into the car, she drove to another location where he sexually assault

you're hitting the brakes making your way toward the spur. back to you both. >> thank you. >>> 6:13 now. 37 degrees. coming up, what caused chaos outside of an apple store. >>> and next, the possible nationwide manhunt that may be launched in response to dozens of controversi ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> welcome back. mississippi's attorney general says he may issue a nationwide manhunt for four convicted murderers set free by governor haley barbour's controversial pardons. the killers were among more than 200 convicts who were pardoned or granted clemency by barbour during his final days in office. a judge has blocked the release of any more pardoned prisoners until barbour's pardons can be reviewed. the sister of one of the murder victims -- whose killer was pardoned call the governor's actions reprehensible. >

we need to look forward and not always to the past. >> i am jim chapel, also representing spur, and i concur with the previous comments of ms. nordberg. it is important to understand the planning process that has gone into a washington and where it has come. this is out of place since you cannot get the principles and guidelines that have shaped eight washington to maximize the site for the public, not just for a private club members, a few neighbors, and cars. today, we have heard from some long retired city bureaucrats, and it was clear to me from their testimony that they have never seen the plan, because the project they are describing is not the project at eight washington. this was done with the help of thousands of stakeholders recommending combining seawall lot 351 with the adjacent golden gateway land to develop housing. this plan has been almost fully implemented from the ferry building two pier 5. 8 washington is the last piece of the pulse poll, and the plan recommends exactly this type of -- is the last piece of the puzzle, and the plan recommends exactly this type of thi

the delays actually start at i-370, and they slow as you make your way towards the spur. >> thank you, danella. >>> metro riders hoping for a smoother commute. everything back to normal on the blue and orange lines after a rough commute yesterday afternoon. riders saw major delays after crews repaired a crack along the tracks at the stadium armory station. some riders tweeted their commute took an hour longer than usual. this is the second time this week that cracked rails caused delays. it happened during the wednesday morning rush hour as well. and metro riders should expect delays on all lines this weekend because crews will be fixing the tracks on four of the five lines. on the red line, trains will single track between dupont circle and friendship heights as well as between takoma and forest glen. on the blue and orange lines, trains will single track between the smithsonian and eastern market stations. on the green line, trains will single track between georgia avenue, petworth, and ft. totten. yellow line trains will operate every 15 minutes to help alleviate some o

rockets made it interesting but the spurs got the win. mavs and celts down to the wire. under 30 seconds to play. paul pierce filled a three to tie the game at 85. dallas have the reigning mvp on their side. not always pretty but effective. the bucket and the foul. dirk nowitzki completed a three-point play for the lead and mavs held on to win it 90-85. >>> chris paul to blake griffin seemed like every time the clippers threw down a huge dunk, heat with one of their own. lebron with 40. they were deadlocked at 86. the clippers put it away with another dunk. the andre jordan, game over. clips beat the heat 95-89. >>> baylor quarterback robert griffin iii announced he will enter the draft. he has received his undergraduate degree and receive his masters in communications in july. that is pretty impressive for an athlete who is only 21. >>> how much is too much when it comes to an age difference in marriage? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> we will introduce you to one couple that have legs up on the cost of golf. you're watching "early tod

champions, the dallas mavericks. second quarter, spurs run. in command. matt bonner from downtown. he had 17. third quarter, spurs comfortably in front. duncan hasn't scored more than 20 in a game this season. but they really haven't needed it to this point. but with ginobili's hand being broken, they're going to need some other scorers. bonner comes in. the spurs win by 22. >>> that is your espn news update. i'm zubin mehenti. have a great weekend. >>> coming up next after the break, which celebrity just bulldozed a $12 million mansion? >> is it you? >> no. >>> and that incredible video we got overnight. kids floating at sea, clinging to a cooler. we're right back. i don't want healthy skin for a day. i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] don't just moisturize, improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula goes beyond 24-hour moisture. it's clinically proven to improve your skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. for healthy, beautiful skin that

the spurs got the win, 101-95. >>> mavs and celtics went down to the wire. play. paul pierce drilled a three to tie the game at 85. no worries for dallas, they have the finals mvp on their side. it's not always pretty but it is effective. the bucket and the foul. dirk nowitzki completed the three point play and the mavs held on to win it 90-85. >>> chris paul with a lob to griffin. seemed like every time the clippers threw down a huge dunk, the heat came back with one of their own. lebron with a 40. after 48 minutes, they were deadlocked. the only thing, clippers put it away with another dunk. the andre gordon game over. they beat the heat. >>> baylor quarterback robert griffin iii announced he'll enter the nfl draft. he has one more year of eligih l eligibilihe will jikt but will receive a masters in communications this summer. impressive for a guy who is only 21. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >> and now for another quick look at the weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins, bill "the voice" cairns with the weather channel forecas

roddick in the fourth and potentially in form david forever in the last spiny of coming up clinching the spurs title of the old ball djokovic has to play a much each of us here and knows from brilliance of last season it's going to be a tough act to follow. two thousand and eleven has been the best year so far in my career and. it's going to be very difficult to repeat what i've done. but look. you know why not staying optimistic in imposing to about the whole season you know it's a start obviously. thinking too far away from australia. focus is directed to this tournament and i want to start of the year well. among governments and was the last australian to win his home grand slam by seventy six but the local crime does have a homegrown player to pin the hopes on nineteen year old the tent is full full story an open on the back of his maiden professional win as the america's top man molly fish in the final of an exhibition tolan's in melbourne and. it's for him down the line. image. back involved much six four three six seven five. talking abuse from a teenager. is grand slam campaign spends

. >>> the heat got back on track against the spurs. busted the game wide open in the third.utscored san antonio by seven in the quarter. lebron james stopped and popped for two of his three in the quarter. the heat cruise without dwyane wade. >>> derrick rose also missed another game. like the heat, the bulls had no problem getting a win. carlos boozer filled the voids. 1i points against the suns. chicago won it. >>> college hoops. the big ten may be the most competitive conference in the country. seems like every game goes down the waire. case in point. final minutes. stu douglas gave the lead with the layup. michigan held on to win it 60-59. >>> and to the victors go the spoils. the world champion st. louis cardinals visited the white house yesterday. they gave the president cardinal jerse jerseys, and he said this. >> i'm worried about giving my wife a bat. if i mess up -- >> i'll take my bat. >> just goes to show you, doesn't matter if it's your house or the white house, the woman rules the roost. and i hear she's got good power as well. that's your early look at sports

we have also met with spar, the -- spur , the yerba buena, alliance, and all of our neighbors, including the family that owns the restaurant on howard street. with regard to the hotel, we understand they have concerns. we have pledged and begun to work collaborative lisa or construction will minimize -- collectively so our construction will minimize its impact on them. we are very grateful to the planning commission for the eir. thank you very much. president chiu: are other members of the public who wish to speak in general public comment on this? if you could please line up -- if folks could line up on the right hand side. any other members of the public wish to speak in support of the project sponsor? mix speaker, please. thank you. >> my name is lisa. i am the director of arts and culture marketing for the san francisco travel association, formerly known as the convention and visitors bureau. my job is to ensure the visitors are aware of the cultural offerings of the city, and to entice them to book travel to san francisco. our current research tells us that in 2010 the total spendin

the spurs get the lead for good. golden state loses 101-95. sharks five straight losses against the ducks not as bad but they snapped it tonight. tied at 1-1 in the second and then ferriero in for the rebound for the heed. gino smith against chemson in the orange bowl. 6 touchdown passes. austin had four touchdown passes hs a record. 70 points scored, also a record. the raiders reportedly interviewed packers director of football operations reggie mckenzie for the new coach position. he played linebacker for the raiders in the 80s. mcclun, the former 9ers gm, would be good for the raiders. >> they're talking about maybe new defensive coordinator from what i've been hearing. >> that's the rumor put out by 95.7. but it's not official yet. >> yeah. [ laughter ]. >> give them credit. >> dana is bleeding silver and black, you're bleeding silver and black. >> i'm trying. i'm working it. >> we're coming back at 11. see you then. ,,,,

despite having played twenty four hours previously the spurs showed no signs of sluggishness bonus three points in the second quarter establishing a comfortable thirty one nineteen lead the advantage was ten points at the break helped in part by the highway and then a dunk and san antonio never relinquishing their late and danny green's three points in the final quarter all but single but when eighty three seventy three then the final score san antonio and i six in the western conference. the funniest story of how a russian basketball team has continued to go from strength to strength despite the murder of its flamboyant owner shabtai command of each was gunned down two years ago but his legacy is still being felt at sparta who are preparing for their last group match in the year really on wednesday it is a club with a fascinating history with more is constantine pitot both. born in lutherie any nine hundred forty seven common knowledge women waited to use rail before being unmasked as a spike in one thousand nine hundred seven and sent to jail but five years later the multinationa

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you are slow as you make your way toward the spur. 395 slow at edsall. e across the 14th street bridge. if you're crossing the poplar street bridge pruj, slow making -- crossing the 14th street bridge, cloudy making your way into the city. back to you. >>> 6:43. a live look at the wreckage from the cruise ship disaster off of italy. dive teams are going to unexplored parts of the ship looking for those still unaccounted for. as crews search the "costa concordia" ship, the boat's captain is in court, accused of causing the disaster. news4's angie goff joins us live with the latest from italy. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at that bail hearing this morning, prosecutors are expected to object to the release of the captain. he's accused of causing the wreck and abandoning the ship before all could get off. as the captain faces manslaughter charges, rescuers are in a rush against time. this morning rescuers blasted a hole in the ship's side to get more access to search for the 26 people still missing, including two americans. it doesn't look good, t

the spurs are up by one and tony parker with the drop. look at his coach all fired up.s the way to do it. take it to the rack. monty is on fumes. he finishes with 15 of 30 shooting. warriors are down one and 30 seconds left. 101-9 5. spurs and warriors lost 27 straight. what to do about the ankle. the fourth of the year and we are tied at one apiece. 27 seconds later and dan boyle and slap it. he knocked it in. 2-1 and joe pavelski would add another goal. it is their first win over anaheim in four tries this year. they call it big mo and the momentum swung wildly on one play in the orange bowl tonight. that was the deal. clemson versus west virginia and, no, this was not time for tiger nation. clemson at the west virginia 3 yard line. andre ellington looks like he gets in here, but somehow the ball popped loose and there goes the ball. cook has got it. clemson would have retaken the lead and instead it goes 99 yards the other way. he also takes out the orange bowl mascot. that is actually a girl in that cos costumes. smith with six touchdown passes. austin had four of t

despite having played just twenty four hours before the spurs showed no signs of sluggishness bonus three point two in the second quarter established a comfortable thirty one nineteen eight and the advantage with ten points at the break helps all this colella dunk someone trying out another looks like relinquishing their lead danny graves three pointer in the final quarter but some of the women ages three to seventy three again the final score san antonio and are sixth in the western conference memphis at ten. staying in america and the new york giants have arrived in indianapolis ahead of super bowl forty six where they'll face the new england patriots at the lucas oil stadium next sunday the game will be a repeat of the two thousand and eight final which saw the giants beat the patriots and small new england perfect season get it all quarterback eli manning was among the first to get off the plane both sides coming into this year's championship in strong form the patriots have prevailed in the last ten matches in a row of the giants also boast a five game winning streak coac

spartak moscow four years ago but has scored forty one goals in one hundred nights appearances so far the spurs. however one of russia's regular is bad for homes after a spell in england sponsored moscow have announced they reached an agreement signed midfielder leon believe that the rabbits and the twenty six year old is due to undergo a medical putting pen to paper for the red white did you know can send another moscow side like i want to be before his move to the toughest i can two thousand and nine. other means i rushed as young athletes have returned home from the inaugural used olympic winter games in austria where the team finished fifth slover all the competitors were greeted by hundreds of friends and relatives at most with that of the airport bringing home five gold or silver and seven bronze medals it is about the pushing them to gold in the figure skating and is also russia's medal hope for the such a games in twenty fourteen. i'm trying not to think of the pressure and just do my job by listening to my coach and i fully trust him i'm confident that he knows what he's doing so i'm a

at one point the spurs led by 28. 93-71. >>> hours after firing head coach paul westfall, the kings ralliedo beat the bucks. they canned him because of his rocky relationship with demarcus cousins. last night 19 points, 15 boards. kings won it 103-100. >>> college football, patriots' offensive coordinator bill o'brien will be the new head coach at penn state. he'll stay with the pats through the nfl playoffs. the school expected to make the announcement tomorrow. >>> stanley cup champs had a field day against the flames. bruins scored three in the first, four in the second, another pair in the third. if you're counting at home, that's nine. bruins douse the flames 9-0. >>> blackhawks rally from three down in the third. patrick cain with the equalizer. flyers took the lead for good. van riemsdyk in front, his second of the game. flyers won it 5-4. >>> finally, president bill clinton on hand to watch rangers and panthers. this went to overtime, gaborik, a cannon for the win. i guess that goalie could never be clinton's secretary of defense. the rangers won 3-2 in o.t. >>> that's your early lo

coming up tonight on espn, we've got the spurs and the mavericks from dallas. our sunday night game. >> jeff: no victory -- >> mike: gregg popovich dealing with this saying "are you married? how does your wife put up with you? she has to. she has no choice for now. i the same thing here. you've got no choice. quit your crying and just deal with it." a great gregg popovich quote. >> jeff: they should do a book on all of his quotes. >> mike: meanwhile, i love what dirk nowitzki said the other day. i have not seen one team in the west i'm scared of, he said, we can compete with anybody. >> jeff: he has not watched oklahoma city. >> mike: they beat them once. they actually played them pretty well. >> jeff: i understand but he is somebody that -- if he hasn't -- if he's not a little scared, there's something wrong. >> mike: they play wednesday on espn -- >> jeff: you're doing that game. >> mike: yep, coming up on a minute remaining, keep holding on to a four-point lead for the heat. shot clock at seven. james' drive, fallaway shot, way off. rebound tipped and here c