earlier today the team arrived back in tuscaloosa.atings they started strong for espn 35 to nothing. lights of green clad fans went to bed. so no record breaker but better than lsu and alabama last year and anything is. football fans awaiting word on the health of the washington red skins star robert griffin north dakota. multiple reports that rg iii is expected tounder go work this week to repair a torn ligament in the knee. doctors determine if he suffered dang to in another ligament. set to visit ortho peedist after a team coach said mri was inconclusive. rg iii could miss part or all of next season. before we go top five things of the day. elvis fans flocking grace land for what would have been his 78th birthday. asking for private donations to help cover the cost. number three a fuel leak on one of boeing's 787 dream liners. one day after a fire broke out on another one of those planes. number two a top republican senator threatening to delay confirmation of president obama's pick to head the cia until the white house answers his

çin tuscaloosa, it wasç a tor. look at what happens with earthquakes and floods.ok like? çwe have community planners out there. are they working with economic development and everyone else in the community? it is key. bringing together the stakeholders, the private sector, the nonprofits, the voluntary agencies, government at all levels. there are a number of cities in two different counties or parishes. how does everybody worked together and come together? looking at the state level, tribal level, federal level. how do we support each other and provide technical assistance what are you doing before the disaster happens to think about recovery? i would encourage you to take notesç and start that. think about what you can do and where you want your community to go. the next key concept is that recovery support function. what is really important to communities afterward? looking at the community planning and capacity building. this is all-encompassing for a community. of the 6 recovery support functions, they all have numbers. our recovery support functions do not

yesterday's post national championship news conference trying to convince reporters that he's not leaving tuscaloosaor the nfl. >> how many times you think i've been asked this question? how many times do you think i've been asked to put it to rest? and i put it to rest. this is where i belong. and i'm really happy and at peace with all that. so no matter how many times i say that, y'all don't believe it. so i don't even know why i keep talking about it. >> i believe him this time, but don't forget, he did the same news conference when he was the head coach of miami saying i will never coach at alabama. as coach of the dolphins, you might recall, he had a record of 15 wins, 17 losses. just to compare how he's done in college, 154-55-1. he is absolutely an amazing coach. >>> and alabama quarterback a.j. mccarron's girlfriend is the most talked about of the title game. comments made by brent musburger during the game were the talk the following day on the web. she saw her twitter followers jump from 2,000 before the game to more than 200,000 by this morning. when informed of his girlfriend's sudden ri

we recently in the joplin tornados and also tuscaloosa tornados we brought in dod equipment to replace what was destroyed. from the fire side i know there's a lot of things you are doing to work around the interoperatability issues with regard to communications between fire and dod and maybe if ray or anybody else wants to speak to that. >> our communications challenges still exist. we have excellent telecom communications, we have a layered effect of our radio systems. we have mobile command posts that we can exercise. so we're prepared for power outages, reduction of telecoms, we have a layered effect for our communications. but as everybody here said, we need help. if somebody here can help me get a navy or marine corps aircraft to talk to my guys on the ground tactically, i need that and i don't have that today. i use a command control helicopter, a civilian helicopter, to handle that and transfer that to an air to air victor frequency. but from a command control perspective, we're fairly robust. are we perfect, no, but we do have layered defenses against that. >> miss yeager, i do

. >>> thousands of mans swarm the tuscaloosa airport, to welcome the coming home of the crimson tidebbing of notre dame. >>> now, for the rest of sports highlights, here's our friends at espn news. >> good morning. i'm doug kezirian with your "sportscenter" update. we start in the nba. and kobe bryant put it best. when it rains, it pours. pau gasol and dwight howard, out indefinitely. l.a. in houston. steve nash, a milestone night. his 10,000th career assist, fittingly on a pick and roll. as for the game, the lakers led by as many as 14. but rockets rallied. jeremy lin with a long two. and then, later in the third, rockets up nine. james harden with the dunk and the foul. fourth quarter, harden, from distance. l.a. falls, fourth-straight loss. also 4 games below .500. >>> elsewhere, defending champs, starting a six-game road trip. miami, 7-6, away from south beach. dwyane wade buries the three. 66 of miami's 77 points. lebron james to the rack. 22 points. 33rd-straight game with at least 20 points to start the season. second-most all-time. later, lance stephenson, deep for the three.

. >> i'm from tuscaloosa, alabama, so, i'm not used to the snow. i'm used to sun. >> reporter: tonight, winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings stretch from the carolinas through maryland. areas like raleigh, north carolina, could pick up more than three inches of snow. now, this much snow in that part of the south is a big deal. you're about to see some fun video from brandon, mississippi, where they picked up just about an inch and a half of snow. having a lot of good times with that. but this is, overall, in the season, about two times what they normally see, diane. and places like callman, alabama, who got four inches, almost four times what a city like chicago has had this season. >> four times chicago? >> reporter: four times. >> all right, thank you, ginger. it's upside down out there tonight. >>> and now, all day today, everyone was following the new twists and turns in the story we first brought you last night. what really happened to manti te'o, the college football star whose personal story of strength and sadness inspired so

when i was fully adult i came upon that book in the represented section of the public library in tuscaloosa. i was stunned to see how racist language was and how appalling it is for the institution of slavery. >> the negro, mammy, comes ringing a great tray of food. you have known her all your life and love her very much is here is the book, "darkroom: a memoir in black and white", lila quintero weaver is the author. the university of alabama is the publisher. you write that you were surprised to see african-americans when he first arrived in alabama. >> yes, because argentina, it is where i was in the first years of my life -- where i was raised. there are indigenous people in argentina. they mostly live away from the city and we really didn't encounter african-americans. >> next on booktv, paul dickson presents a collection of words popularized american presidents. the author includes warren harding's founding father who gives them an military address. this is a little under one hour. [applause] thank you very much. i have been playing around with words for a long time. i think when i was

society's programs in the district of columbia, and i'm extremely happy to see a chapter here in tuscaloosa it's not the first time, as professor hopkin knows, not the first time i've addressed this body. but each time there is a certain amount of education i get out of it. the poet archibald leech once wrote that america was promises. he was right. to the rest of the world, our nation has been a bright and shining promise of unlimited opportunities. another commentator, james adams, describes our country as a dream; a dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone. with equal opportunity for each. it is a dream after -- of a social order in which each man and woman shall be able to obtain the fullest stature of which they are innately capable. and it is one in which each individual is recognized for what he or she is regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of their birth or position. implicit in this whole idea of the american dream is a playing field that's equal, ha's not full of -- that's not full of potholes, bulges and slopes and peaks. it's a lev

>> i live in tuscaloosa, alabama , 60 miles up the road but almost in another more recent century and my small hometown. >> and dark room is a lot about the civil rights movement and some of the experiences that you had. a want to start with your father what did he do for a living and what was his experience like? >> my father was a teacher. he had a background in the ministry. he was an amateur photographer who did some free-lance work. that figures centrally in my book. >> and i wanted to ask about his ministry because he had been assigned to some churches, and you read about that in here. what was his experience? >> this was -- actually my family's first immigration before i was born, 1948 my father came to the u.s. and he studied at the seminary in new orleans. he went around and it since peaking at various places there where he encountered institutionalized segregation even in the church. >> at one point he spoke at a black church and invited the choir to attend the service of a white church. >> that's right. >> not happy with that all. not only was the choir ejected and my fathe

we'll take you down to the south, i mean way south, tuscaloosa, alabama, uh-huh.they got a little snowball fight going on. is that kind of cool? >> that is kind of nice. never get snow. >> they got like 1/4-inch of snow there. >> they had about 2 inches of wet snow. it was perfect for snowball fighting because it was wet. let's take a live look outside. it is our michael and son weather cam. it's very nice. it's just cold out. it's clear. temperature 37, dew point 9, some kind of low humidity. you walk along the carpet, you can shock your family member tonight. winds are calm, pressure falling but still high, 30.51 inches of mercury. temperatures in the 30s, 32 reston now, 33 fairfax, also in springfield, 34 in college park and also over at andrews and down in waldorf. so we're looking at breezy conditions tonight, colder. dress for the teens and 20s if you're out late. it is friday night. nice weekend ahead and then a deep freeze next week. we're talking a deep freeze, an arctic blast next week. just how cold? well, the last time we held in the 20s, my crack weat

looking for the high surf advisory through the afternoon and the mild weather continues through tuscaloosat now current wave heights about 7 feet right off the coast here. but in the deeper waters we are looking near 20 feet. could get bigger than that. very dangerous out there. looking at the parking lot at half moon bay, it is a very busy place. with the beautiful day, lots of folks will be enjoying the weather the next couple days and this is why. high pressure continues to hold on. it will linger keeping the storm track to the north and west of us. that will allow for the light offshore flow to continue. we've had a little fog in the morning hours. overall it's the surface high that weakens. once that does we will be looking for a couple incoming weather systems to visit us. first it will bring higher clouds come tuesday and into wednesday. maybe a slight chance of showers. but everyone will really notice the cooler temperatures. that's going to overspread the area come wednesday into thursday. and right on into the rest of the week. thursday looks dry. partly cloudy. but by the end of

and roosevelt left washington, just the two of them, and they boarded a navy cruiser called the tuscaloosa. and a cruise in the caribbean. that's why they came up with the idea of, the idea that the united states, the arsenal of democracy, it would supply the countries fighting germany with war materials that they needed, and they wouldn't have to pay until after the war was over. on the last day of 1940, london was burning. the citizens of london had endured that point for straight months of almost nightly bombing raids by fleets of german bombers, bombing unrestricted late over the city of london. thousands of civilians had been killed. hitler's armies were just across the channel, 20 miles across the channel, ready to invade when britain broke. on december 29, 1940, the largest single attack of the blitz, when hundreds of bombers, german bombers, vectored by radio beam onto st. paul's cathedral. they dropped millions of incendiaries around the old cathedral in the city. on new year's eve, the city was burning and churchill drafted the cable to roosevelt. dear mr. president, i do not kno

the hometown of tuscaloosa rocking after the team's third national title in four years.-back titles last night. now one of the big side stories. that woman right there. why would she be a big side story? that's the girlfriend of alabama quarterback. she was on air a lot. not in a bikini in the stands. she's the reigning miss alabama and became a huge instant star on the social media scene. she started this game before she was flashed all over during it. 2,300 twitter followers yesterday morning. after the game as of this morning, she has over 113,000 followers. she told yahoo! sports she received so many requests during the game that her cell phone died. why? because i guess guys like pretty -- >> she's beautiful. 5:11 right now. your phone and gps may be giving uc berkeley researchers about your commute without you even knowing about it. a new traffic study is out this morning shedding light on some of the worst commutes in the bay area. "today in the bay's" marla tellez live this morning with more on the traffic study that's surprising some. good morning, marla. >> rep

. >>> now to the university of alabama law school in tuscaloosa for a discussion of labor and employmentlaw. civil rights leaders and retired federal judge u.w. clemon spoke to students about the history of title seven of the civil rights act. this is about an hour. >> on behalf of the society and the american constitutional society, we'd like to welcome you all today to a remarkable speaker, the honorable u.w. clemon. the former chief judge of the united states district court for the northern district of alabama. long before his notable career on the federal bench, justice u.w. clemon distinguished himself as a civil rights activist, lawyer and alabama state senator. as a student educated in the segregated public schools of jefferson county, he decided to become a civil rights leader at the age of 13. his commitment to equal rights deep and while he was in college where he boycotted birmingham, downtown stores in 1962 and fought the segregation of the birmingham public library. he graduated from columbia law school in 1968 and worked as a young lawyer as a prominent civil rights and ala

>> i live in tuscaloosa which is 60 miles up the road. more r almost another more recent my century that my small hometown. >> and your book, "darkroom" is erth about these experiences that yod had. h i want to start about your father. what did he do for living inacks what was hiso experience like? >> my father was a teacher and yet a background also in thehe e ministry. th and he was an amateur photographer that did some freelance work. not placed centrally in my book. >> i wanted to ask about his cr, ministering.and you he had been assigned to some as churches and you're right abouti that in here. what was his experience? >> well, before i was born, inme 1948, my father came to the united states and he studied ath a seminary in new orleans. and hed went around where he encountered two schweizspok segregation even in the church. >> at one time he spoke at a black church and invited the choir to attend the service at a >> ge church? >> that's right. >> what happened is that the white church was not happy with that atll all. my father and

but then, when we got down here, it seems like the entire city of tuscaloosa has relocated. the entire state of alabama is here. i tell you what. they are ready. the hype is done. let's play football. it's going to be a spectacular night. >> and that is all on espn tonight. >>> we want to switch to sam. he's on the big screen with you right over there. sam, welcome back, first of all, from your honeymoon. hope you're enjoying las vegas. give us some weather. >> thank you, thank you. by the way, george, it's so much fun in vegas. it may be morning in most of the country. we can't tell if it's morning or night here at the planet hollywood. i may or may not be able to confirm the team weather may or may not have won $2 since we have been on the air. let's get to the boards. if you're tired of colder temperatures, a four-day january thaw through a good part of the country. watch these numbers go up. new york city, 52 on wednesday. chicago, you're going to 48 by the time we get to thursday. denver, 60 degrees on wednesday. we'll watch this storm move out of the southwest. it will

. >> snowing in tuscaloosa and birmingham. places that don't have the equipment to get rid of it.tonight, if you have snow on the ground, it's wet and gets cold enough to freeze. that's the cutoff. things get cold enough or you see the snow in birmingham. snow in atlanta, but this is not a panic situation. most it snow in the city. the rain is now still in atlanta and temperatures around 50. the snow comes in late tonight. a dusting at the very, very end of the storm. washington, d.c. sees rainfall and starting to cool down the atmosphere. when it cools down enough, that rain turns to snow. same for richmond as well. this entire area from roanoke to north carolina could get a lot of snow. maybe a foot of snow before it stops. here's the rain in d.c. most is still in northern virginia. it's coming to you soon and it will be piling up. three to five inches in northern parts of alabama. here across blairsville and blue ridge, but in the mountains, that's when we start to see snows into raleigh and charlotte and winston salem. into d.c., could see snow in d.c. much more snow on the so

pem i grew up in, in the southern baptist church in northwest florida, in meridian mississippi, tuscaloosahunter, these people don't believe in what i believe. this is about survivalist, not about second amendment rights. >> if you're a senator from joe manchin from west virginia really hurt the democratic party several elections going back to al gore, if you're bobby casey in pennsylvania and quietly talking to harry reid, do you want him to bring this up or would you rather he didn't bring it up until the house passes it. if the house doesn't pass it, wait until they bring it up in the senate. aren't you better off as democratic senator or mod ra rat, if there's one out there, wouldn't you rather not have to vote on this? >> joe manchin is actually going to be bringing up a bill that is going to require universal registration. it's an 85% deal. i think a guy like joe manchin can win the day in west virginia. i think these high capacity magazines, as joe and i have talked an awful lot since newtown. as joe said, i've been hunting my entire life in west virginia, all my buddies i grew up w

fund will run out of money in may of 2013, halting long-term rebuilding in places like joplin and tuscaloosa. adopting only the $17 billion proposal does not even fully fund current sandy estimates, and anstonnishingly provides no funding for other disasters in 2013. the $17 billion package also shortchanges the coast guard by about half the request and doesn't include fundings requested for i.c.e. or the secret service. now, my republican colleagues say that the supplementry $33 billion package will address my concerns. but requiring separate votes is designed either to doom the second bill or to pass it on the backs of democrats while tea partiers are free to vote no. this is an ever example of republicans playing politics with disaster aid. members of the coast guard decimated by sandy and firefighters in breezy point trying to rebuild their devastated community. they're saying to their own constituents if disaster strikes, there's no guarantee congress will assist you. this is a dangerous precedent. madam speaker, when i was chairman of this subcommittee from 2011 to 2010, we provided mo

and in tuscaloosa, alabama. all across the south.s -- the challenge for the republicans politically is do they get that in time or do they lose the majority in the house as well? and do they -- set democrats up to win in 2016 and appoint yet another supreme court justice that will reverse, i think, the great gains gun owners made and people like myself that believe the second amendment means what it says, that americans have a right to keep in bear arms, we finally get that locked in 2009 if republicans take an extremist view, they are just going to elect democrats for the next decade and they will even lose that. so -- mike, we will see if republicans can face up to the new realities facing them. i'm afraid in the house of representatives that they may not be able to and if so, they are going to pay a heavy political price. >> mike, i think you got to look at suburban republicans. i got four suburban republicans congressmen in the philadelphia market. how will they vote on magazines? high capacity magazines. they vote against high c

leadership consider it entirely appropriate for their tax dollars to be used for repair in new orleans, tuscaloosa or anywhere else in the country where a natural disaster has occurred or do i tell them that in their hour of need the republican leadership has decided to walk away? that's the message the republican leadership is sending to my constituents. they deserve better. the residents of all the stats that was -- state that was raveplged by the storm deserve better and we must bring this bill to a vote immediately. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for two and a half minutes. the speaker pro tempore: thank you, mr. speaker. as the 112th congress ends with a whimper, not a bang, not so much finished as worn out, i was prepared to come to the floor this morning and talk about some of the unfinished business that we kicked down the road with a proposal last night a serious deficit reduction, the debt ceiling, tax reform. one thing i didn't expect to be confronted with was what you have been hea

>> well, i'm a crimson tide man and tuscaloosa is my home and that's my school -- >> -- i'm going to believe alabama is going to win and be the national champion. >> so you have no problem with -- that's like the wealth kwl in this country, you don't have any problem with the disparity between alabama and a lot of the other teams? you don't think that we should try to even the playing -- in a more fair way perhaps? >> if you look at history, things, you know, level out. it might take awhile. i hope it's going to be a few more years. >> that would be nine -- that would be your tenth one. that's too much for any -- no school needs -- no school needs that many, senator. >> well, you have to win things on the battlefield -- >> you've got to earn it, right? >> got to earn it. i hope we're going to earn it next monday night. >> we'll see. we'll -- >> thank you. >> all right. we love you, senator. but joe and i have to take the other side of that one. >> stay tuned. >> in the interest of fairness. >> roll tide. >> senator shelby, thank you very much. >> thank you, becky. >> bye. >> they hav

fund will run out of money in may of 2013, halting long-term rebuilding in places like joplin and tuscaloosa. adopting only the $17 billion proposal does not even fully fund current sandy estimates, and anstonnishingly provides no funding for other disasters in 2013. the $17 billion package also shortchanges the coast guard by about half the request and doesn't include fundings requested for i.c.e. or the secret service. now, my republican colleagues say that the supplementry $33 billion package will address my concerns. but requiring separate votes is designed either to doom the second bill or to pass it on the backs of democrats while tea partiers are free to vote no. this is an ever example of republicans playing politics with disaster aid. members of the coast guard decimated by sandy and firefighters in breezy point trying to rebuild their devastated community. they're saying to their own constituents if disaster strikes, there's no guarantee congress will assist you. this is a dangerous precedent. madam speaker, when i was chairman of this subcommittee from 2011 to 2010, we provided mo