ty. ty! you can't let him do it, ok? what? why?the loft. yeah, and it's working. yes, but ty, it can't come from us, ok? caleb has to figure this out on his own. if we leave it up to him, i mean, for all his talk, he's clueless about girls. [sighs] i know this sounds weird, but ashley is my friend, ok, and i--she made me feel really bad, like i was using her or-- all right. i get it. but i'm the one stuck living with him and his boots. come on, ty. we just have to stay out of it, ok? hey, amy. so, um, what are we doing today? lou: yes, dad. no, i realize we've got to do something about this. today? ok. yes, i'll meet you there. yeah, i--i promise. look, dad, i gotta go. bye. grandpa, what is all this? fence panels... for the new pens. ok, well, i hope you can get them up fast, 'cause i've got 3 horses coming in today, and where am i supposed to put them? what are you doing, lou? i thought you were on amy's side. how's she gonna handle all these new horses? you know what? i don't know. i don't know. i had the whole schedule worked o

. >> barry zito is tying the knot this weekend in the bay area. bride to be. >> i'm disappointed. >> the bride to be is former miss missouri, amber sigher. the couple is not saying where they're tying the knot but picked up their license in marin county a couple weeks ago. he has been linked to alyssa milano and paris hilton. >> zito not the only burglar tying the knot. giants outfielder anita schierholtz will soon marry his long time girlfriend, as well. >> thanks so much for being with us. join us tonight.

tying their worst home record since dan snider bought the team. this will be their third straight double-digit loss season. that's only the second time that's happened in franchise history. from the redskins locker room, where it's all empty, everybody's cleared out. lets gee ba's go back to you. >> looking for your post-game wrap-up at 11:00. enjoy a merry christmas as well. >>> we look forward to next week against the eagles. at least you've got to end the season on a win. real quickly, the giants beat the jets today 29-14. giants and cowboys next week for the title. >>> that is it for us tonight. "nightly news" is coming up next.

the democrats hope republicans will abandon tying this to the controversial oil pipeline so, we are down to the negotiations at this point. president obama discussed it with top democrats yesterday at the white house. now, in terms of the possible government shutdown as of midnight tomorrow, house republicans have put a $1 trillion spending plan out there that would keep government going through next september that includes some spending cuts and even backs off some policies that conservative republicans wanted. top democrats say they are onboard. there may still be some changes but the white house is pushing another temporary plan instead. and finally, it looks like we will get this massive defense bill passed. the house passed it, the senate votes today. 662 billion dollars. the most controversial portions including terror detain knees. it looks like they have been able to work that out. >> tracie potts in washington. thank you. >>> before a speech about brain science research at the university of iowa, republican presidential candidate newt gingrich got a taste of the kind of criticis

dallas goes for the game-tying field goal, but the giants called time-out right before the snap. so the cowboys have to try it again, and it's blocked. the giants hold on to win 37-34. what an ending. and it was a case of deja vu for the cowboys. last week dallas was about to win on a last second field goal when their head coach called time-out. they missed the field goal on the second try and ended up losing in overtime to the arizona cardinals. as a redskins fan, not feeling too bad for the cowboys. >> we'll take that any day. >>> meanwhile, let's shift gears over to tim tebow. he once again helped lead the denver broncos to a thrilling win. tebow led the broncos down the field late in the fourth quarter, and denver kicked the game-tying field goal. check it out. crowd goes wild. in overtime, tebow helped drive the ball downfield, setting up a 51-yard game-winning field goal. the broncos are now 7-1 with tebow as the starter. just to mention, this is the fourth quarter -- like he's done this six times, come back in the fourth quarter. >> he is on a roll. >> he's on fire. >> a l

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stocks are rising in early trading after 26 european nations agreed to consider tying their economies together more closely. that is in the hopes of preventing another debt crisis. >>mark: there was an all- night meeting in brussels, belgium. they came out at 5:30 a.m.. there, you can see the european leaders coming out to discuss their movement overnight. with those 26-27 nations now agreeing to consider tying their economies more closely together, there is some hope that there will be an end to the debt crisis. there is some hope that the nation's use the euro will be on board. there was one hold out. britain decided it would not be a part of this a new treaty. they have a veto to being a part of it as there was concern that it would cause problems for the financial sector in london. right now we have 26 of the 27 nations in the euro is on agreeing to try and move forward to tie their countries together. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. it is cold outside. that is the way it has been for the week. we are going into a cold weekend. here is a look at the golden g

downtown san francisco tying a record at 40 degrees. and santa rosa, i think you're going to hit 25 degrees before all is said and done. talking about the winds relaxing, take a look at the difference. 22 degrees cooler in fairfield. you notice that when you walk tout the front door. 16 degrees cooler in napa. 14 degrees cooler in novato. as owe break for lunch, temperatures will be struggling to climb to the upper 40s in some cities. but we're all headed to the 60s. i have your forecast coming up. >> we'll take you out to the peninsula. we have 101, which was fully closed overnight. the southbound side as reopened. the northbound side, construction crews are still there. 880 has construction on the northbound side. we have three lanes closed the that could cause quite a bit of slowing. light traffic keeps the sensors moving. 880, this just stopped moving. now it's back up. construction cleared t a high street. more construction between fruitvale. the golden gate bridge, this is clear now because of the light volume of traffic. the free

both candidates are tying even with obama. obama polls 50, romney polls 48.uation with newt gingrich. this isn't generic republicans. this is going up against the incumbent president and they are tying him. what does it tell i? >> you would hope for better numbers. >> monica: for him? >> for the republicans. he has worked really hard to do a bad job as president. you would hope that voters would reward him with a little more hostility. i think this a reflection of the cost of the primaries. it's been a tough primary season. they are hurting each other in iowa and new hampshire. i think they'll recover from it but the numbers indicate they have been damaged. >> monica: leslie, what do you think about this. tucker says he has presided a dismal record. his numbers should be higher than this but he has the full power of presidency. he has a billion dollars behind him. shouldn't his numbers be higher than this? you guys on the democratic side a little worried? >> i'm with tucker very different reasons. [ laughter ] >> bottom line here i'm not surprised to be hones

. >>> en el momento que tienes el mejor trabajo, ty le regalas la van. >>> no, yo no le hice el regalosaludos a los amigos de puerto rico, dice que le prestÓ mil dolares hace un aÑo. natanael dice que el motivo es porque no consigue trabajo, que aunque le pagÓ a la sociedad, con su sentencia, parece que se lo siguen cobrando de todas maneras porque por estar preso nadie le da trabajo, es un problema, bastante serio en este paÍs y sÉ que todos ustedes que tengan un familiar o un conocido que haya estado preso en algÚn momento sabrÁn que es difÍcil conseguir un trabajo una vez una persona tiene antes ceden te penal. >>> natanael, yo sÉ que has tenido dificultad en encontrar trabajo y has pasado trabajo por haber estado preso, incluso fuiste al entierro de tu papÁ, esposado. >>> y tienes fotos wd eso.>>> Íi shg tengo aquÍ la foto. >>> cÓmo te sentiste de tener que estar en el velorio y el entierro de tu papÁ, con esposas. >>> destrozado porque sentÍa que era culpa mÍa porque en muchas ocasiones, mi padre me aconsejaba, me decÍa, quitate de es eso. >>> en parte sÍ lo fue por la preocupaciÓ

. >> my real name is ty dunson. i'm from los angeles, california.santa ty. >> i've always had a long beard. it gets caught on things, power windows. not the kind of thing you want to work on machinery with. i'm ready for work. ♪ >> ho, ho, ho. merry christmas. >> my friends and relatives, they -- i always got nominated to be the santa claus at christmastime for events. and then from there it was children's hospitals, charitable events. i grew into it. hair turned a little whiter, came out a little further. i ended up liking it. this is santa's house. this is write live. this is where i work. this is where i greet all the boys and girls that come to pacific place to see santa. i was a stockbroker for ten years, stock and commodity broker. i still have a job at the convention center in los angeles. i do this in the wintertime. in the fall months, i be santa claus. i travel all over the united states, puerto rico, japan, this year it's hong kong, jamaica one year. so i never know, it's always a surprise. it's like christmas for me, too. a puppy? a real

jason pierre paul blocking what would have been the game-tying field goal. new york tops dallas 37-34. >>> our time is 6:07. in five minutes, protecting your child when she goes online. learn the three easy steps to make sure a trip to the internet is a safe one. >> and give yourself some extra time to scrape the windshield if you park outside. it is cold. temperatures in the treens, 20s and 30s. howard has your weather first when 9news now returns. >>> 10 after 6:00 on this chilly monday morning. some high clouds mixing in with the clearness out there. partly cloudy. 34 degrees. light winds today south- southeast, 5 miles per hour or less. 42 by noon. this afternoon's highs mid to upper 40s. monika, over to you. >>> we'll take a look at a map on the northbound side of i-95 before quantico. earlier accident was left. you've got it again across the occoquan river. more on area roadways coming up in my next report at 6:17. andrea and mike? >> thanks, monika. today, the supreme court could get involved in the controversial illegal immigration law in arizona. th

that's tying up the right lane as well.ur fox 5 ontime traffic. >> thank you. >>> we want you to be a part of a fox 5 . help us decorate the fox 5 christmas tree. send us your ornaments. send it to the address on the screen. 5151 wisconsin avenue northwest, washington, d.c., 20016. and we would like to thank shirley for sending us this lovely ornament. that's a beautiful ornament. thank you. remember the tree and all of the decorations will be sent to a worthy group here in the area to make christmas brighter for them. >>> our favorite x factor finalists survived to sing another day. the results were anouned and let's say the drama was over the top. >> congratulations, we will see new the semifinal. off we go. >> tough when you're that young. very upset. very tearful good-bye for rachel that involved her mom rush up on the stage when she fell down to her knees. it came after the judge couldn't handle the pressure of casting a deciding vote and caused the judges to dead rock and that meant america's vote sent her home. >> sa

they believe the man was wearing an elaborate mask and the fbi is tying it to 16 situations. >>> this is not just any fruitcake. this one is 70 years old. a state liquidatetor in ohio found it with a note attached. the cake has traveled thousands of miles and has been subject to all kinds of climate conditions and shock and now it can be yours. the proceeds will go to charity but there's no guarantee it's edible. maybe it's better than regular fruitcake since it's 70 years old. >>> the race is tight heading into iowa. >>> and ups workers are working as hard as santa's elves. how the company is dealing with the busiest day of the year. >>> all right. it has been one warm day out there especially for this first day of winter. i'm telling you, man, not record highs but not far off. 55 now at bwi. you got to keep in mind our average high temperature for this time of year is normally low 40s so quite a change. take a look i want to explain. here's the deal about the winter solstice. it's the sun angle. the strongest rays and it's summertime in australia. it would be a great time to take a

>> petaluma 26° the coldest temperature i could find so far, 32 concord tying a record low from 2009,orth bay darker purple where we have the freeze warning where a killing freeze is the best way to put it if you have plants that are really sensitive, they will not make it through this. frost advisory means you will damage some of those sensitive plants. temperatures have been below 32° for several hours. at our reporting stations we sill have 31 santa rosa napa, livermore, 32 mountain view, concord, fairfield and novato. -- getting close around redwood city 33, palo alto now 30. definitely frost around there. let's move on head to the monterey bay mid to upper 30s santa cruz, watsonville, salinas, 27 gilroy, 41 monterey. let's talk about a sunny day, all that dry air chaps lips and makes hands dry also warms nicely during the afternoon hours without the breeze of yesterday it will feel every bit of the upper to low 60s especially if you are standing in the sun chilly tonight not as cold as this morning the frost won't be as widespread definitely out in our valleys again, sunny and ra

that is where i have the accident activity tying up the left lane.orthbound i-95 approaching there. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. ffic. >>> an hours-long d.c. police stand off. started when the police tried to make a routine stop. the driver didn't pull over the suspect ran off bursting into a gala -- gallatin street home. s.w.a.t. teams arrived and getting nearly a dozen people out of house. >> there were three kids in baby carriers and three little scuds and -- kids and a lot of adults. >> the suspect is now in police custody. >>> the virginia tech police officer shot appear killed on campus last week will be laid to rest today. there will be a service for derek crouse today. he will be barried afterwards. officer crouse leaves behind his wife, his 16-year-old son and four stepsons. >>> lawmakers in maryland are cracking down on so-called flash mobs. a press conference scheduled for today to introduce the flash mob theft act of 2012. now, that press conference will be held outside a germantown 7- eleven targeted by a flash mob back i

. >> you have your con fete ty. >> yeah, great weather out there. great weather. celebrating because of the temperatures. in the 40s this morning. 50s yesterday. should be 50s again today. you can see on the radar, departing sprinkles and showers. that's all that developed with this. there's a lot more rain west of us early this morning. as it moved through town, it started todissipate, the most significant rains are up in westminster around in carroll county and northern baltimore county. a little wetness in baltimore itself. not enough to dampen the pavement. just putting some sprinkles out. done with that now. when does the cold air come to the picture? it does. detailing the forecast in a minute. >>> presidential politics, three days to the caucuses. the new poll shows mitt romney and ron paul are neck and neck. >> the party is now divided. >> mitt romney outside of des moines with his wife, ann, and rising gop star, new jersey governor chris christie. romney is the new front-runner here. in part because more iowa republicans believe romney can beat the presid

the outer loop at kenilworth we had a wreck tying up the left side of the roadway. now, we've got lanes open. big delays on the outer loop as you travel out of landover headed in towards greenbelt. we are starting to stack up back near the john hanson highway headed northbound up to 201. taking it back inside, we'll update the ride inbound on 95. as you -- or 66 here, let's start off here first out of monday as as. inbound towards the capital beltway, traffic slowing briefly at 234. now, hears my 95 shot. again, below speed leaving woodbridge from the prince william parkway headed up to the occoquan. >>> for years, we watched them keep watch over an army surgical team in the korean war. talking about harry morgan there best known no his role on mash. he died yesterday at the age of 96. he had pneumonia. morgan won an emmy for his role on mash. his show business career included nine other tv series, 50 films and the broadway stage. >>> today marks the passing of john lennon. the beatle great was shot to death 31 years ago. his killer, mark david chapman remains in pr

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it was tying away one of your lanes, but now they're moving it.u're tying to get to the outer loop on the beltway on 50, stick to the right lanes. still seeing police blocking off that left side on the ramp. no delays on 50 westbound to this area just delays if you're trying to get on to the beltway. and traveling i-270 southbound, very slow at father hurley. joe and eun, back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> time is 6:43 been coming up, why local police officers are being paid to do some hunting. being paid to do some hunting. >>> and a super hero he is and even though you do what you can to take care of it, sometimes you want to give your immune system some support. try new airborne chewable tablets. each serving contains 14 vitamins, minerals and herbs... including zinc, echinacea, ginger, and a blast of vitamin c. it's the easy, great-tasting way to help support your immune system. airborne. in fast-acting effervescent formula, and new super-convenient chewable tablets! >>> welcome back. at 6:46, prince georges county police say a thief used

that is what is tying up the left side of the roadway. we mentioned the crash on the eastbound side of 66 at haymarket. debris clean-up continues on the outer loop here. stay to the left in order to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new this morning, d.c. police need your help to find a missing woman. her picture is on your screen right now. she is 68-year-old florence ann dillon. she was last seen on saturday on cane place in northeast. at the time of course she was wearing a black hat, black coat and blue pants. anyone with information is asked to call police. the number is on your screen. r >>> scary sunday coming to an end for a d.c. neighborhood after what should have been a routine traffic stop turned into a why would police chase. park police tried to make that stop around north capital and gallatin streetss northwest. the driver kept going throw so police went after him and the two cars crashed. suspect ran on foot and first into a home on gallatin street. s.w.a.t. teams, hostage negotiators spending hours

they raised questions about the efficacy of ty law outside of thailand. >> still to come -- ♪ 70 yearsand the united states remembers the attack on pearl harbor that thrust them into world war ii. one of the most wanted mafia leaders and has been captured after spending more than a 15 years on the run. he was found hiding in a concrete bunker beneath a building in naples. police say they only managed to get to them after cutting off his electricity and air and then used a drill to make a hole in the bunkers thick walls. the piece from the very start does contain some flash photography. >> moments after the arrest, police officers delighted by their success. they just captured one of the most wanted men in italy. he was detained after more than 15 years on the run. the security forces have thrown everything into this major operation. dozens of officers poured into these streets. they closed in on one count -- one particular home. beneath it, they found a deep, heavily reinforced bunkers and their long hunt was over. he has the catalezi clan. they dominate the underworld in naples and th

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daniel briar behind the net, tying goal. goal given to wayne simmonds, they go to a shootout. up to rookie matt reed but his first career shootout hits the crossbar. colorado holds off flyers 3-2. >>> bruins and canadiens in boston. first period. peverley wins the face-off, slides the puck to pouliot. bang-bang play for the goal. bruins force a turnover. bergeron to patrice falls to the ice. bruins win 3-2, fifth straight win for the defending stanley cup champs. that's an early look at sports on "early today." >>> coming up, big show biz splits. >>> and big internet confusion over who passed away. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, after being stationed in afghanistan, a missing christmas for ten years, what better way to start catching up than an ice skating rink. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this tuesday morning to "early today." pretty classic looking winter storm in the middle of the country will be weakening today. the snow will be coming to an end in areas of kansas and colorado. rain will be spreading this mor

marian hossa and michael frolik, scored 89 seconds apart but minnesota rallied, tying in third. koivu with the equalizer. after a scoreless overtime, patrick kane won it in a shoot time and scored in the empty net. blackhawks won their fifth in a row 4-3. >>> chicago was playing well but no team is playing better than the bruins who kept it going against senators. paille scored a pair. boston atop the eastern conference after a 5-2 win over the senators. >>> finally with the iowa caucus just weeks away a new candidate making a late push for the republican nomination. according to public policy polling, tim tebow has a better net favorability in iowa than any of the republican candidates. we know he can run on the football field but he's not old enough to run for office. tebow for president in 2024? maybe it has a nice ring. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> what is the proper etiquette concerning divorcing and tweeting? some births are easier than others but we'll tell you one of the most amazing survival stories of all time. you're watc

and it seems to be that may seey theme for the commission ty is lining up with numbers. i completely challenge the number of that there are 1000 children within the neighborhood, unless you are including chinatown, which has its own playgrounds. i live in the golden gateway center. there are no more than 50 children in the entire center. i have worked in a couple of those downtown preschools run by bright horizons. all of the children and those preschools go there because their parents work downtown. they do not live the downtown. the same is true of many of the children who go to the golden gate way tennis and swim clubs. so we are not dealing with 1000 children. typical -- i do not know where she came up with those numbers. , but i doubt she can. and i also the think -- i also think you are not familiar with the neighborhood if you think it is a safe one for children to play an unsupervised. >> anyone else that would like to make public comment on this item? seeing none , public comment is closed. >> questions? >> i move we moved staff recommendation. take a moved and

one word, ideology. 70% of republican call them conserve ty. 59 57% believe newt gingrich is one of them. newt gingrich has an electability problem but that is in a general election. mitt romney and barack obama would be a neck and neck race, 47% to 45%. newt gingrich, different story, 51% for the president, just 40% for newt gingrich. independent voters are sour on newt gingrich. >>> elsewhere, last night on capitol hill, house republicans muscled through their version of a budget bill. it does extend payroll tax cuts also has approval of the restone pipeline, something president obama and the senate have said they won't accept. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> aye are 234 -- >> reporter: house republicans easily pushed through what they called their tax cut jobs bill. >> the american people were asking, where are the jobs? the house is listening. we've passed a a large big that contains many of the priorities of our caucus and the white house. >> reporter: but most democratic lawmakers were opposed. >> republicans want to go home for the holidays but they want working people to pay m

that is what is tying up the left lane. the crew in sky fox continuing to hover above route 3 right now at 450. this is where we had the overfight crash that left the roadway blocked off in each direction for quite some time. as you can see along the rye side of your screen, southbound route 3 reopened at 450. the lanes are open here. northbound traffic still blocked off at 50 with a lot of equipment still on the scene at this incident. again, the southbound lanes have been reopened. not too much in the waive delay at this time. we'll update your ride inbound along route 4 here at the suitland parkway. accident activity is blocking one of the left turn lanes. a double left turn lane here at the intersection. police tell me they are on the scene waiting for a tow truck. on the other side of town, coming in below germantown, below speed as you i don't recollect war way into mva. >>> newt gingrich continues to surge in the polls in the race for the republican presidential nomination. gingrich met with billionaire donald trump

. >> ty are in some ways too easy going to be presidential candidates. >> charlie: polente wanted to watc hockey. >> you cannot be normal person and run for president it doesn't work. >> charlie: romney's campaign manager told him what before the debate. >> one thing you see with romney that's really has been so much sharper in the debates this time. when you watch the wide shot, you're the only one of the candidates. i was in the hall the other night for the foreign policy debate. any one of the candidates that stairs intently, turns his body to whoever's been speaking. never takes notes, never refers to notes and he does that we're told to keep himself in the game. to look for opportunities, to think abt when he's about to get whacked. it's a sign, it's a little signify fire -- signifier he's thrown himself in this campaign. he really was it and is willing to do what it takes to do. they actually told us that running for president you' going to be humiliated every day whether it's by us or anyone. whether you wake up thinking i'm going to be humiliated today, it's a lot easier to t

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they will study the practices by inviting managers from outside and tying up with other companies to bolster the business. the report said former president wanted to make the investment losses at olympus go away. he received a proposal from the former auditor and former vice president to make up for the losses by inflang payments for corporate acquisition. he said he wanted to go ahead with the proposal and asked if it was possible to erase all the losses. tokyo police investigators, prosecutors and members of the securities and exchange surveillance commission will question former and current executives to figure out how they managed the cover up. the european union summit kicks off in brussels. joining me from the business team, how are leaders preparing for that? >> the two biggest euro zone nations are looking to make fundamental changes. french and german leaders submitted a proposal to ease debt concerns. this comes ahead of the two-day meeting that gets under way late or thursday. nicholas sarkozy and the german chancellor documented their views. the recommendations were recom

daniel briar behind the net, tying goal. goal given to wayne simmonds, they go to a shootout. up to rookie matt reed but his first career shootout hits the crossbar. colorado holds off flyers 3-2. >>> bruins and canadiens in boston. first period. peverley wins the face-off, slides the puck to pouliot. bang-bang play for the goal. bruins force a turnover. bergeron to patrice falls to the ice. bruins win 3-2, fifth straight win for the defending stanley cup champs. that's an early look at sports on "early today." >>> coming up, big show biz splits. >>> and big internet confusion over who passed away. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, after being stationed in afghanistan, a missing christmas for ten years, what better way to start catching up than an ice skating rink. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this tuesday morning to "early today." pretty classic looking winter storm in the middle of the country will be weakening today. the snow will be coming to an end in areas of kansas and colorado. rain will be spreading this mor

it represents an investment in the future of our area, tying oakland and san francisco. this is the kind of infrastructure work that i know president obama is trying to get in the big that will be coming up this week. about 10 kinds of this type of bridge are being built with federal dallas. the tax payers in the bay area have been willing to finance the retro fit of the bridge. this is a component that came from china. it's a real symbol of the global economy. and it is a complex project. it shows how we're linked together. and thirdly, it's going to be this amazing opportunity for us regular self-defense when the bridge is finished, particularly here on the east side, to ride out here, our bikes, to walk out here across the bridge. to really tie us culturally as well as economically together in the bay area. i want to thank the workers and the cal trans crew that's been working so hard on this project for over a decade now. this has been difficult. i know the last mayor had a little bit of to say about the design. this has gone through three mayors. this is also when t

in addition, olympus will study best practices by inviting managers from outside and tying up with other companies in order to bolster its bess. the investigative panel's report said former president wanted to make the investment losses at olympus go away. it noted he received a proposal from a former auditor and former vice president to make up for the losses by inflating payments for corporate acquisition. reportedly he said he wanted to go ahead with the proposal and asked if it was possible to erase all the losses. tokyo police investigators, prosecutors and members of the surveillance commission will question former and current executives to figure out how the cover-up unfolded. >>> japan's minister has urged a quick establishment of a new frame work and will not join an extension of the 1997 protocol. >> translator: they need to be flexible, giving considerations to the different situations in each country. >> japan would not join an extension because it only covers a quarter of global emissions even if it is extended. the european union said it will accept an extension if particip

he's with some big time republicans out in the state of iowa potentially tying to get an endorsement maybe trying to up his numbers ahead of the iowa caucuses. interesting though only one of these candidates is out today and it's 8 days away. >> dick cheney is not out this with them is he. >> reporter: oh, no. >> last week should have said newt was in the lead in iowa now i heard he got bad news over the weekend. tell us about that. >> reporter: in fact this actually isn't iowa it's out of the state of virginia. but newt gingrich got some big news over the weekend. the fact is he didn't gather 10,000 required signatures to get on the ballot out there. the primary ballot and voting takes place on march 6th but his campaign director issued a statement over the weekend that statement says, voters deserve the right to vote for any top contender we'll work with the republican part of virginia to pursue an aggressive write in campaign to make sure all the voters of virginia are able to vote for the candidate of their choice. here's why that's unlikely. state law prohibits any write in cand

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. >> al: so to show you before how close eli was to tying a record, unitas in a 12-game season, 14 fourth quarter touchdown passes in '59. that streak was still going on. drew brees is closing in on with 40 straight games. >> cris: you always judge records by who's on the list. that's a pretty good list. >> al: of course. >> cris: i think the giants will kick it deep. cowboys will protect the point area. and so will the touchback here. >> al: romo in the fourth quarter, he's no slouch. tony, four-game winning drive. eli with five. fourth highest pass rating. highest fourth quarter passer rating. he was researching that when he was rehabbing. somehow he said it on the radio. he said that s. that sflu. >> dave said i get the middle of this thing. people are talking about jason garrett an being more aggressive. >> al: do you think that happens with jerry? >> al: just given. jones, big night for felix. a night will be had to produce for maury. >> cris: you have to be careful with felix jones. he rolled over the pop early. the bat coming back behind it. even though as a defensive player here,

you see the amsterdam of the viking posters all over the ty. very proud of the strong black culture. -- bike culture. and how increasingly proud we are of the bike culture that we are building. hopefully, we saw it yesterday in chinatown and north beach. we saw it in a western addition area. i think it reference a 60% increase in the last four years in the number of bicycle trips. most of them are saying i want to bike more. there's our opportunity. there's where we can grow and we can learn. some folks are coming out for special events like sunday streets. more and more are riding every day. more and more are riding because we're making it easier and more convenient and more comfortable for them to ride. i want to thank the city family that helped deliver the separated green on market street. we've seen huge increases here on market street and we know this is what it will take. when we build it, they will come. we know we need to start at a younger and younger age. i'm proud of the safe roots program we're part of along with the city. we know