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trebek is recovering from surgery after taking a fall. nancy: he fell back in october. >> after two days in the hospital, i came home to start blood clots on his brain. he is expected to make a full recovery and tapings of "jeopardy" will continue this month as scheduled. jonathan: what is looking forward to seeing him come back? nancy: ah, yes. jonathan: this is a big game tonight. robert: or what is a big game? nancy: no, we are done with that. robert: a takedown of number one michigan desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: the number one ranked team in the country, michigan thing started out ok, but then there were plays like this. in traffic, the awkward scoop shot goes. kept it close in the first half. second half, different story, malcolm bridges sinks the j. michigan state blows out maryland, 91-61. some of the best high school football players in action tonight, the under armour all-american game. robinson to washington jr.l product ricky slade takes the screen pass. he is headed to penn state. 23-21 was the fi

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. >> and a health update on alex trebek following brain surgery. >> great being with you on a friday moshing. >> the east coast is waking up to fridggid temperatures. >> massachusetts bore the brunt of the power of the storm. snow falling as quickly as three inches per hour. and storm surge left massive flooding along the coast. we have more. >> reporter: just fourer days in to the new year, and we already have the blizzard of 2018. >> i have never seen this before. >> reporter: a record setting storm that dumped up to a foot and a half of snow on boston and pushed the waters of boston harborn a storm surge not seen in 40 years since the blizzard of 1978. a surprise to the city's mayor. >> it's the first time i can remember in four years that we have had flooding that has come up as far and gone in to basements. >> reporter: the rising storm surge caught people off guard. firefighters raced around, rescuing people from the cars and homes. >> the city is well prepared to handle snow and a blizza blizzardededed. >> we don't have any plane, you need to stay there during four nights and

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. >> longtime "jeopardy" host alex trebek recovering from surgery, removing blood clots from his brain after a fall. >> i came home to start recovery. the prognosis is excellent and i expect to be back taping more "jeopardy!" programs very soon. >> trebek delivered the news in a video posted to the show's facebook page yesterday. he thanked fans for their concern. you're going to still see new episodes because the show is taped months in advance. the annual college tournament will be delayed until april. >>> it's 4:53. stanford blood center says there's an extreme need for 0 negative blood and platelets and they're calling on those eligible to donate as soon as they can. fewer people donated over the holidays and that demand is higher than normal. being surrounded by flowers and butterflies sounds like a great start to 2018, there are three days left to catch the popular butterflies in bloom exhibit going on at golden gate park. it was actually supposed to close last june. it was extended, though, until this january 7th. that's this sunday. visitors are treated to an up close look at 2

(alex trebek) if you're age 50 to 85, you probably know what it's like to juggle bills each month. electric, gas, rent or mortgage, cable, healthcare. you know you may need some life insurance to help your loved ones later, but how do you fit it into your budget now? i'm alex trebek here to tell you about the #1 most popular whole life insurance plan available through the colonial penn program. now, it's even easier to budget your coverage thanks to the "pick your payment date" feature. now you can pick the day of the month your payment is due. no more juggling due dates. and with plan options starting at just $9.95 a month, it's an affordable way to help your loved ones pay your funeral and other final expenses. unlike some plans, your acceptance is guaranteed, with no health questions or medical exam, and your rate is locked in for life, so it can never increase. you get a lifetime rate lock guarantee. plus you can pick your own payment date. so call now for free information, and you'll also get this free beneficiary planner. this valuable guide is a great help for you and the lo

. >>> also, the health scare that has "jeopardy" host alec trebek taking a break. from his beloved game show. stay with us. from his beloved show. stay with us. >>> grab your laptop, grab your phone. there's a new alert tonight about a security threat putting potentially billions of people at risk. in fact, apple says it affects nearly all of its devices. google and microsoft devices are also vulnerable. all those companies are scrambling to fix the problem. nbc's jo ling kent has detail on what you should know. >> reporter: the security flaws affecting many brands are called meltdown and spectre and every phone, ipad has them. >> i live through my electronics, through the laptop, phone, so the fact that all that stuff could be easily recovered from some outside party, that's kind of creepy. >> reporter: the flaw allows cyber criminals to tap into the memory on a chip found in billions of laptops, desktops, tablets and smartphones, from almost all brands. hackers could access your personal data like user names and passwords. >> there's quite a bit of sensitive info

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. >>> and "jeopardy" host alex trebek is giving fans an update on his health. he posted a video online, revealing that he had had surgery three weeks ago to remove blood clots from his brain. he says it was a complication from hitting his ned a fall last october. he says his prognosis is excellent and expects to resume taping "jeopardy" episodes by the middle of the month. >>> and when we come back, the big news and new look from justin timberlake. >>> and paying tribute to "in living color." "the skinny" is next. ews and new look from justin timberlake. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck.., that's when you know, it's half-washed, add downy to keep your collars from stretching, unlike detergent alone, downy conditions to smooth and strengthen fibers. so next time don't half-wash it. downy and it's done. proud partner of the olympic winter games. ♪ put your hands all over me ♪ what you gonna do >>> so "the skinny's" starting with the breaking news. justin timberlake moments ago releasing his new single at midnight. >> yeah, and on j.t.'s new video, the ne

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trebek says he expecting to be back soon.ontinues with shepard smith after this. >> hopeful developments from the korean peninsula. north korea has accepted south cry's offer to meet for talks next week, this comes after president trump and the south korean president agreed to delay military exercises in seoul next month during the olympics. the white house said to do it for the security of the games and maximum pressure will continue. greg palkot with more. what do we know about the talks, greg? >> shep, we might be looking at a possible warming of a cool relation on that korean peninsula. officials will be meeting at the dmz in the peace house. the last face to face was in december of 2015. the word came via a fax today from the north using a north-south communications hotline that hasn't been used in years as another positive sign. the talks are supposed to be dealing with north korea's participation in the upcoming winter olympics in the south. but along with the olympics, both sides are saying improving relations between

. >> alex trebek is taking a break from "jeopardy" as he recovers from brain surgery. >> i expect to be back very, very soon. >> all that -- >> a couple of girls got stuck on a ski lift. >> -- and all that matters -- >> it was a white out for the new england patriots. bill belichick told them no excuses. >> how about one day off? come on. they're not even playing on sunday. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> bombogenesis. what was it? bomb cyclone? that's not a weather term, by the way. >> boo. it's a bomb cyclone. ow! . >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm norah o'donnell with jeff glor and alex wagner. gayle king is off. happy friday, ebb. >> happy friday. >> happy friday. >>> millions of people on the east are waking up to massively low temperatures. it dropped 18 inches of snow on new york's long island and more than a foot in boston. >> surging tides and hurricane-force winds blasted new england. at least 19 deaths are blamed on the weather. >> windchill advisories talk about the cold from virginia

. >> alec trebek has woman: so, greg, it's a lot to take in. woman 2: and i know that's hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. hi, blake! my dad has cancer. woman: and i know how hard that is to hear. but you're in the right place. man: and dr. pascal and her team, they know what to do. they know what to do. the doctors know what to do. so here's the plan. first off, we're going to give you all... (voice fading away) >>> the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level 1. that means light rain. so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's storm anytime on the abc 7 news app. download it now. >>> let's expand upon the storm impact scale today. it's a 1, light. we have showers that will be mainly light but moderate at times. not expecting any flooding or any wind damage out of this particular storm. we do have a 2 in the accuweather forecast. more on that coming up. >>> a lot of "jeopardy" fans surprised by this. alec trebek is recovering from surgery as a result after fall he had two months ago. >> i came home to start r

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alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- update on "jeopardy"'s alex trebek. his injury and his return. nancy: the trump tell-all. the book the president doesn't want you to read and it's shelfed today. the early reviews as the bookstores here struggle to keep up with demand. >> i'm not going to comment on the special counsel or anything going on with respect to that. >> but they are opening up about the firing of james comey. another bombshell next. >> also ahead at coverage of the winter blast. we will take you inside the main water supply command center. they monitor our resources literally alison: alex trebek and the "jeopardy" team says you don't need to worry. he is having surgery blood clots from his brain after a fall. the tapings will continue this month. don't forget to watch at 7:30 on abc7. nancy: we learned president trump spoke with mitt romney who has been critical of romney in the past. he is expressing interest in running for senate in utah after orrin hatch announced he is retiring. trump urged hatch to run again. michelle: a tell-all book is

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