he heard edwards was released and tweeted dante let them know i'm ready.hasn't played this season. he's still recovering are the knee surgery. speculation is the niners will instead choose somebody from their practice squad. >> 4:51 now. a rose bowl player being call adhere row. what he did to earn the title is coming up. >>> plus, getting rid of the baths of 2011. a little known end of the year tradition. >>> and hoping to stay away from there on the roadways. so far you're okay for 580 through oakland as you approach the bay bridge. i have a note for folks trying to cross. >>> welcome back, everyone. it's 4:54. a rose bowl football player wearing the title of hero this morning. he saved a choking man last night. he stepped up as a team, eating at lowry's restaurant when the father of if fellow player began choking on steak. he performed the heimlich maneuver to help the man cough up the meat. good news, he's expected to be okay. the entire team was at the restaurant for the traditional beef bowl at the dinner for rose bowl players before the ball game. o

in fact, he contacted a former teammate, dante whitner, who is a defensive back for the '9ers. tweetedhim and said let me know if they need me. i'm ready, homey. i'm ready to take them deep. so whitner gets it, then he tweets back today, he says to owens "i know you are. i'm ready to vouch for. and let everyone know how great of a teammate you were in buffalo." so the saga continues. >>> onto my favorite part of the show. the fastest wiener dog! are you ready for calvin? he hails from albuquerque new mexico, he's a spotted dox in dawkshunned. not to be outdone. we have 50 second s to show jb's wieners right up here on set. who do we have over here? who you hold something >> this is sun down. >> and who is this? >> that's a yellow dog. >> look at that. they're mixes. this guy is the fastest. >> faster fan calf instin >> this guy is so fast. aren't you fast? >> he looks tired. and they're not even spotted. they're not even going after the treats >> they're better-behaved than most children. >> good boy ! >> only on kron4. ó??g÷p÷÷÷>>>>>8ç

he tweets a buddy of his, dante was a defensive back for the 49ers and he says let them know, if theyd me i am ready i am ready to take them deep. and then he says to own and i know you are and i am ready to vouch for it and tell everyone how great of a teammate you were in buffalo. now read between the lines with that one. when we come back, san francisco posted and college football game and have more on that. we will explain up next. [ child ] it's so cool! you can put a force field on him and be invisible! [ child 2 ] i call first player. no. i already called it. [ dad ] nobody's playing anything until after we get our homework done. thank you. hello? test drive's not over yet. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. [ louder ] hello? but we still need your signature. right now during sign then drive, it's never been easier to get the all-new passat, the 2012 motor trend car of the year, for practically just your signature. that's the power of german engineering. visit vwdealer.com. >>vern: college football time, cal and texas in san diego and the holiday bowl. they have given o

tweets. calling the american flight atent dants retired school teachers from the '50s. ontrolling tweeting and you tweet from an hurtful place and without being able to act or respond accurately or fairly. so it's very dangerous for celebrities to take the matters into their own hands. hopefully his representative can come behind this mishap and apologize on his behalf and not only to insult the flight crew because i suspect that he has to fly again. the flight attendant community is a very tight-night community, regardless of what airline you take. to insult them for doing their job i think is completely out of line and he or his representative should absolutely apologize for his behavior. >> devil's advocate, what if you're alec baldwin and says, i don't care, i'm a 30 rock star. i'm going to host "snl" again. >> i think alec baldwin has built his career and bandon bei being a bad boy. i think when it impacts other individuals who aren't maybe not fans of 30 rock, that's when he's really crossing the line. really putting other people in danger. whether the door was ope