but tony romo is expected to be woods' amateur partner. the tournament kicks off on february 6th. and it's interesting, lot of

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everyone getting after tony romo, making him uncomfortable. you have to credit perry fewell's defense. six sacks and they did a job on romo. looking ahead to next week, it's going to be the same situation. atlanta with a powerful passing game, a lot of weapons. but their offensive coordinator, mike mularkey, has to be looking at how do i slow down the pass rush. they've got to run michael turner to keep these guys under control and not let them just tee off on matt ryan. >> bob: let's move over to the afc. the patriots and the ravens have the byes there. six seed, cincinnati, travels to houston in the early game on saturday. coverage beginning at 4:00 eastern here on nbc. the 12-4 steelers will go to denver to face the broncos on sunday at 4:30 eastern on cbs. now, tony, tim tebow hasn't been the same since the first half against the patriots. what do you think has happened to him? >> tony: the more people have had a chance to look at tim and this read option offense, the more they've found out what he does well and what he doesn't do well. an

manning finishing with three touchdowns on 346 yards while the defense sacked tony romo six times. dallas will miss the playoffs for the second straight year. new york will be home next week against the atlanta falcons. go giants. >>> the baltimore ravens wrapped up their season against the bengals. ray wright had a huge game scoring two touchdowns and finishing 191 yards on 24 carries. the ravens took this one 24-16 earning the number two seed in the afc playoffs. we have some good local. >>> our time right now 4:37. at 4:41, the number one stock in 2011 also has to be one of the nation's favorite places to eat. >>> at 4:48, the government is phasing out the light bulb as you know it. we'll explain how this could cost more at the store. >>> we'll be back in a few minutes. you are watching 9news now. time now is 9:40. i'm olga breeze in for howard bernstein this morning. temperatures near 40 degrees at reagan national airport, but it is feeling more like the 20s in and around town with the wind chill. winds this morning are at 15 to 20 miles per hour. but these gusts at 25, 26 mile

tony romo playing are a bruised right hand. eli manning was the man. he found victor cruz.ix catches, 178 yards. the team's single-season receiving leader. second quarter, 7-0, nfc east is on the line. bradshaw to the outside for a five-yard touchdown. 21 nothing when they headed to the locker room. third quarter, here come the cowboys. to robinson. 34-yard score. the scoring is broken for the boys. fourth quarter, down by 14. it's 21-14. but the giants were going to become the first team to win the nfc east with less than ten victories. they're going to be 9-7. g-men win, 31-14. they'll face the atlanta falcons in the wild card round. the lions will taken to saints. new orleans is on an eight-game winning streak. they finished the season at the superdome undefeated. the giants in the playoffs against the falcons, for the first time. in the afc, the bengals face the texans. for houston, their first ever playoff appearance since entering the league. in a ree match of a 2005 playoff game, the steelers face the broncos. that's your espn news update. i'm zubin mehenti. >> you f

dallas cowboys quarterback tony romo, requesting to play together. tebow fans, take heart.t's still possible tebow will be hitting the links come february. >> bling that will not fit on a ring. check this out. and, yes, it is real. it's about to get sold off to the highest bidder. how much is it going for? stay tuned to >>> welcome back. time now is 11:26. you see those clouds thickening up. yeah, sunny skies a thing of the past for now. as we head through tomorrow morning, the first steady rain is moving into the north bay. here's the deal. as you head throughout saturday, we'll get a little bit of a break. way, the coldest of three that will impact the bay area, as we head through the next four days. we'll continue to update you here on nbc bay area. jeff will have the latest at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. for now, we'll send it back to you. >> christina, thank you very much. >>> everyone, especially ladies, brace yourself for 25 pounds of glory and pure bling. >> the rock that can never be worn. and it's breaking records. check out the world's largest cut emerald. this is just

another rumored partner fore& woods, how about cowboys quarterback tony romo?e pro am played the weekend after the super bowl in february. of course, tebow hoping he's at that super bowl. you know, tebow fever's sweeping the nation. katy perry, her parents pushing her to start dating tebow now that she's getting divorce zbrd i didn't hear that one. learn something new when you watch the news, huh in. >> that's what we're here for. >> join us 5:00, 6:00, 11:00.

everyone getting after tony romo, making him uncomfortable. you have to credit perry fewell's defense. six sacks and they did a job on romo. looking ahead to next week, it's going to be the same situation. atlanta with a powerful passing game, a lot of weapons. but their offensive coordinator, mike mularkey, has to be looking at how do i slow down the pass rush. they've got to run michael turner to keep these guys under control and not let them just tee off on matt ryan. >> bob: let's move over to the afc. the patriots and the ravens have the byes there. six seed, cincinnati, travels to houston in the early game on saturday. coverage beginning at 4:00 eastern here on nbc. the 12-4 steelers will go to denver to face the broncos on sunday at 4:30 eastern on cbs. now, tony, tim tebow hasn't been the same since the first half against the patriots. what do you think has happened to him? >> tony: the more people have had a chance to look at tim and this read option offense, the more they've found out what he does well and what he doesn't do well. an

. >> reporter: and quarterback tony romo read a story. >> it was the night before christmas, when allough the house. >> reporter: but whitten gave them more than a holiday. >> i cried. >> why? >> because to come here and it is the support for us. >> reporter: and to know you did all this, that needs to make you feel great. >> i leave here feeling more blessed and more fortunate and more changed than anybody here, you know? >> reporter: but you can't ignore the change in the children, after cassidy harris unwrapped a karaoke machine, the inspiring singer told me -- >> probably i can make it. >> reporter: it is what his grandfather once told whitten, a living lesson in overcoming the odds. >> i was there 15 years ago and now you can be in this situation, so can you, trust me. so can you. >> reporter: kristen dahlgren, nbc news, dallas. >>> and that is "nbc nightly news" for this new year's day. coming up next "football night in america" followed by "sunday night football", the cowboys versus the giants. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. for les

and tony romo cowboy quarterback, warming up.ting even with a badly swollen throwing hand he had a decent game. eli manning a great game. victor cruz sensational receiver for the giants. six catches, 178 yards. that touchdown it ends up 38-14 new york no play offs for dallas. mother of hunter, both teams chiefs and broncos very proud. only touchdown of the game. dexter mccluster10 runs. after all it's tebow time in the play offs although i say, through the back door. >>> the jets and very verbose head coach are going home after they load out in miami. 19-17 17 fish is the way it ends up. >>> meantime, ray rice for the ravens, on this play, barging up the middle. free and easy, 70 yards after the initial contact. 24-16 baltimore wraps up the two seed in the afc. bruising the bengals pretty good there. meantime, who needs aaron rogers: you hear about the packers back up quarterback. flynn wrapping up the game. flynn in there because they didn't want to risk injuring rogers. the record was six touchdown passes. and they do look as t

tony romo is paired with tiger woods who appears to be back on track.er a bogey-free round yesterday, tiger shot a 3- under 69 thanks to his putter. he drained a birdie on the 8th hole. four of them in an 8-hole stretch. then he sinks a 25-footer the longest putt of the tournament. he is two off the lead. rory mcilroy is tied with tiger after shooting a 72. 147th ranked olson is your leader. >>> australian open novak djokovic and andy murray playing for a spot in the finals. the fans in melbourne got their money's worth lasting nearly five hours. djokovic rallied back after being down two sets to one. he hits the baseline winner in the fifth set. murray can't get to it. djokovic goes to his third straight grand slam final where he will take on raffy nadal. >> where did you find the strength to come back from two sets to one down in this one? >> uhm, i don't know. some liquids like energy drinks. [ laughter ] >> water and banana and . >> you're going for your third straight major championship. and your opponent for third straight time rafael nadal. >> ob

mentioned the fact former place kicker at eastern illinois, also the former college and home of tony romoquarterback at east illinois. much later than i've played ten years, to be exact, huge game tonight. it's going to be the cowboys and the giants. and the giants stadium, prime time. >> cowboys. >> cowboys. >> betcha. >> sorry. tony. >> what about arizona, larry fitzgerald? >> i like arizona in that game. i do. i like arizona. >> see, the pressure is on. let's put the pressure on her. no, no, no. see the picks from yesterday. >> word, perfect. >> here we go. i went a&m. got a&m. okay. and then i went auburn. >> war eagle. >> i was concerned about your big guy there. >> there you go. next pick. >> i oops, i went vandy because, you know, i just felt for them. i wanted vandy to win this one. clearly they didn't. and then we got tell know and ucla and i went with the ucla. that was not -- that was not a good choice. >> ray, what do you think about ucla being in a bowl game with a losing season. >> i know. but it happens. it happens. >> do you really want to hear my -- >> bring it on. >> the

fourth quarter, tony romo to -- don't you love it? and again, that's funny, but look at me.ey, look at me! and look at loren robinson. oh, take that, victor cruz. manning to hakeem nicks later. maryland over stanford last night in college hoops. but the steelers will open the playoffs on sunday against denver. there is a chance that the steelers could come here on the 15th and play the ravens. >> that would be a great game. let me see your dance, your victory dance? oh, my. >> that's right, we're dancing. >> it was like king tut. >> all righty. >> coming up in the next hour of 11 news today, we've seen cars run on gas and now even electricity, so what might fuel the car of the future? there, i got it out. that's at 6:15. keith distracted me with his dancing. >> yeah, me too. it wasn't an unusual long labor for mom, but we'll tell you how twins were born kind of a year apart. >> you guys got them all flustered, keith, with your end zone dance. all right, weatherwise, breezy, cold conditions on tap. the coldest air mass of the season is here. we'll talk about it. >> and we'll

he already has as many playoff wins as tony romo. after 15 games, he has had 15 starts. he already has a better record than aaron rodgers had after 15 starts. drew brees after 15 starts. he's going to be around. he's going to be a force. the good personal side to go with it. >> i have been keeping my commentary tebow-free. i'm going to maintain that. >> george, i have a minute left. i want you to weigh in on stephen colbert. his take on super pacs. you have been outspoken on the whole issue of citizens united. >> you know, stephen colbert is a better comedian and he's an excellent one. than a constitutional scholar. the supreme court has held that over and over again that money is indispensable for speech. campaign reformers constantly argue that there's too much political speech in this country. they know the right amount and they want to criminalize speech in excess of that. reformers spend so much of their time regretting their reforms. super pacs are a consequence of driving money away from candidates and campaigns and away from the parties. do we have too much money

but tony romo is expected to be woods' amateur partner. the tournament kicks off on february 6th.d it's interesting, lot of these athletes are good golfers. >> romo is real good! in golf. yes, ma'am time is 8:21. football too. there's a new criticism involving a troubled police department. how it's all tied to some highly publicized protests. it is not too bad today. little chilly this morning but tomorrow a whole different story. steve will have details coming up. >> good morning! right now san francisco northbound 101, southbound 101, crowded but still moving along okay. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bridge check coming up. oh, those shoes are amazing. i just want to be her. really? she was married for like three hours. well, she's efficient. look at that color. wait a minute. didn't she name her kid hawaii? maui! yeah... she built a yacht for her pug. actually, it was a lakehouse. yeah, he's right. this heel is so fabulous. mine. look at that. cute. she was here once. what? she had toes like a sloth. really? ew. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. >>>

got it done against the dallas cowboys with just their front four being able to put pressure on tony romoitzing. i like the new york giants. they have been there before. >> so you got the denver broncos with tim tebow also and talking about elite quarterback, 5,000-yard passers. he is not one of them. what do you see there? >> no, he isn't but he's a guy that lifts the level of play of everybody around him. i love what he stands for. he's a good, clean-cut role model but in terms of what he brings on the field he is still developing as a quarterback. he doesn't have the skill set yet to be dangerous. i think that is going to hurt denver. denver's defense has been as much a reason why they have been successful this season as tebow has been the story as well but, no, i think the pittsburgh steelers, even given all they have got with some injuries, ben roethlisberger still a little nicked up, i still think that defense travels well. pittsburgh will get it done. >> has this become the league of the elite quarterbacks? >> unquestionably. my colleague warren sapp, the great tampa bay pucknear p

prosecutors say 24-year-old romos shot tony and two of his sons to death. son says ramos flashed a gun before opening fire. now ramos tells investigators he was driving the car, but was not the gunman. police think they were mistaken for rival gang members. >> it's a graphic, gruesome murder case for san jose police. a woman is jailed for killing her girlfriend's mother with a machete. >> we are at the main jail for santa clara county. this is where 40-year-old sagal sadig is locked up. she's the main suspect in the gruesome death of 65-year-old yvonne kirk. she was killed friday with a large machete inside the willow glen home police say sadig shared with kirk's daughter, manema. she is on vacation right now in puerto rico. one nay neighbor els tus the couple moved in just a couple months ago. she's a nurse who came to the u.s. from somalia in 1996. her facebook profile says she works at goodwill of silicon valley and also a graduate of willow glen high school. investigators are not saying why yvonne kirk was visiting her daughter's home friday, especially

began today with a steady parade of perspective jurors. 25-year-old romos and alleged gang member is accused in the 2008 shooting death of tony and two of his sons as the family drove home from a picnic. >> the family was obviously destroyed as a result of this process. we want to make sure that we bring justice to the family. >> reporter: prosecutors say they believe they were rival gang members. he says he was the car's driver but did not shoot. >> i think it's going to be difficult to pick a fair and impartial jewelry because of this illegal immigration thing. >> reporter: his background has an undocumented immigrant with a juvenile immigrant here in the u.s. triggered a nationwide backlash. critics say it prevented federal agents from deporting him before the shooting. >> it prompted our department to take a close look at the existing policy. >> reporter: they say newer policies help insure criminal defenders don't slip through the cracks. >> what they did is give some bright line consistent direction to our staff and what steps needed to be taken to make sure that our city was protected. >> a judge last year dismissed th