he earned his aba at the university of florida and he is now in their hall of fame. he is a partner in the miami office of the national law firm. his clients range from former vice president al gore to philip morris, to the national geographic society, and he is listed in the 2011 edition of the best lawyers in america. his cross-examination of an expert witness in bush vs. gore made the front page of "the new york times." he has a framed in his office. he was the youngest attorney and first hispanic to serve as president of the florida bar. he was chair of the ethics commission and served on the orange board committee. in the aba, he has been a florida state delegate, chair of the house of delegates, our policy-making body, served on the board of governors, and is a fellow of the american bar foundation. as the aba president, he has led national effort to protect state courts, improve civics education, and fight cuts to legal aid funding. it is his mission to make equal justice under law a vibrant living reality for everyone, not just four words carved on the facade

. >> reporter: it's a tradition that goes back to his years at the university of florida, where tebow won two national championships and the heisman trophy. >> i just went to the corner of the end zone. and i got on a knee. i'm a little bit by myself. i've been doing that for the last six or seven years. and i guess this year, it just kind of caught on a little bit more. >> reporter: just a little. it became a phenomenon. >> i heard that the greatest form of flattery is imitation. but just that prayer is being talked about is pretty cool. >> reporter: and people are talking about many things. including the fact that tebow says he is abstaining from sex until marriage. then, there's tebow-hating. a sport within itself. with many people saying football is no place to pos letize. listen to this rant, from comedian john oliver. >> if there was a room with bin laden, and i had a gun with one bullet in it, i'd shoot bin laden. i'm not a monster. but i if i had two bullets, i'd shoot tim tebow first. >> reporter: is there anything that really bothers you? any criticism or nasty comments? any

of players everyone is really talented. >> this tournament over 150 college coaches looking at players, scholarships now, at just about every division 1 university in the country. >> i am going to university of florida, they came to my practice and i visited and i just absolutely loved the school i loved the coaches, and it was just like a great place, fit me perfectly. >> back in the 80s and 90s, volleyball was much more known as california sport than played on the beach and teams that were really good were all on the west coast since that time, the sport has taken off so much so that now we have this tournament here in washington dc, our part of the country is starting to really love this sport. >>> volleyball weather used to play a lot of beach volleyball in california. >> people were maybe thinking about it by the time they see this five day forecast are you ready for temperatures that could push 70 degrees. >> someone asked me about that today i will check with the weather department. >> certainly upper 60s only reason we are not going for 70 it may be rainy thursday. the snow has departed and second time for brine, caught you on -- brian caught you on that one, keeping an eye on the skies toni

alex is the dean of the college of law as the university of florida university. he served justice samuel alito jr. and as judge for the court of appeals for the third circuit. as a senate confirmed member of the nation labor relations board, he's also had the distinct honor to be the first hispanic to serve as assistant attorney general for civil righ

i'm joined by jay ritter in gainesville he's a professor of finance at the university of florida and in toronto we cross to peter leeds he's a financial analyst and publisher of the peter leeds newsletter or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i really very much encourage it if i could go to peter leeds in toronto on the face of it is this going to be a good party good i.p.o. will be successful and is it a good long term investment this for me on the show peter i think first the price is going to go up i think to be successful i.p.o. on first glance but then you're going to have to look at the valuation ratios you know it's going to add one hundred times earnings twenty five times revenues that's way too high we think a lot of people are going to jump into it just because it is facebook everything is going to the price for and at the end of the day this stock over time will start coming back down jay what do you think about that i mean more hype than a common sense being. how did here and we look at this i.p.o. i mean i obviously face

he has been -- he has a degree in management from stanford, an ms from the university of central florida, and a degree in electrical engineering from the indian institute technology, bombay. he has authored numerous publications and has over 50 u.s. patents. >> thank you for organizing this panel discussion, and thank you, everybody, for graciously being here today. it is my great honor to introduce an incredibly distinguished panel of industrial luminaries. let me start with timothy, simon, and jeanette. tim is a professor at the stanford business school where he teaches a very popular class on this service via in fact, i have taken your class, and you bring in some incredible speakers and make it very entertaining. jim also has a distinguished career in the private sector. he was the president of oracle's on demand service, which by some records was the first online on demand service. cloud computing has a lot of fathers, but tim is often called the grandfather of cloud computing because of that endeavor. but tim is also an investor in a cloud computing companies, and author of some ve

structure and leased it to the state fair. >>> a new alleged hazing incident involving the university of florida temporary suspension of the school's alpha phi alpha fraternity. the incident allegedly took part off campus and is being investigated by university police. >>> and the university of north dakota will keep using the fighting sioux nickname and logo over objections of the ncaa. a statewide vote could permanently reinstate the nickname. let the people decide. >>> and gary busey filed for bankruptcy in california. the 67-year-old actor reporting assets worth up to $50,000 while owing his creditors between $500,000 and $1 million. >> so strange when these actors who seem to be on tv and on the big screen all the time -- >> making a lot of money. >> are in financial crisis. >>> still ahead on "early start," this is one for the what books? a judge sentencing that guy to buy his wife flowers and take her out for dinner? >> should i not be laughing? >> you'll find out what was behind this extraordinarily strange sentence. >> here's the latest celebrity to join twitter. look at that picture. i

take for instance a live forecast from the university of florida. i encourage you to keep your eye on the background. >> students can register for the lottery tomorrow and it's open until friday. the uaa will notify the winners of the lottery by monday december 15th, and vouchers can be pickedp from tuesday to thursday. students with more than 90 hours have the best chance of getting tickets. live from the news room, tara minnelli. >> that was posted online. the young journalist in the background making the copies seems to have a great sense of humor about it. on her blog, kristen writes she had been working for hours, went to the printer to pick up some papers, didn't realize at first that the bright light she was staring at what perched on top of a camera, she calls it an embarrassing moment, but we think it's adorable. it could have been a lot worse, a whole lot worse. take a look. >> it's also important you try to keep the bed bugs out of your home, the best way when you stay in a hotel. you might want to use a plastic bag like this one. >> oh. o

the university of florida reports 75 shark attacks worldwide in 2011. only 16% of them were fatal. not a lot. researchers say the increasing number of deaths indicates the tourists are going to more remote locations where shark victims can't get emergency care quickly. >>> an orca tangled in a net in new zealand got free. a 20-year-old man found the whale exhausted and scratched up so he used a knife to cut the rope that was wrapped around his tail. the whale was freed after an hour. a small pod was seen nearby. free willy! >>> coming up in the next half hour, why a husband was ordered to take his wife out on a date. >> okay. plus faster lines at the airport. we all like that. the personal information you have to give up to speed through security. >>> officers open fire on a suspect after one of their own is pinned between two cars. this all happened in the middle of a busy insection. a lot of questions remaining this morning. the latest live from the scene coming up. >> if you are afraid of losing your home to foreclosure we may have some good news for you. california's joining ot

scott romney was elected statewide, mitt's brother to the university of florida trustees.ey name has not done as badly as i think you portrayed a few minutes ago. as you point out, he beat john mccain in the try mare in 2008. >> is the romney brand a republican brand, a moderate brand, a conservative brand? what is so striking is his father was a mod ratd who embraced it. mitt romney has been running away from it because of where the republican party is today. is the romney brand in michigan considered a republican brand or moderate brand? >> it's a little bit of both. in the romney party he's still revered as a name because george was so instrumental in bringing the republican party out of the wilderne wilderness. i was a rockefeller republican at the time. and today and even then, people in the party who were conservative or mistrustful of george romney as the conservative wing of the party has been mistrustful of mitt romney today. >> let me ask you about the primary campaign going on right now. the former vice chair of gm saying he was so angry at mitt romney, he went

from the university of florida, i encourage you to keep your eye on the background. >> students can registerottery starting tomorrow and registration is hope until friday. the uaa will notify the winners of the lottery and then vouchers can be picked up through tuesday. students with more than 90 credit hours will get the chance of getting tickets. everyone is welcome to sign up. live from the newsroom, wuft news. >> that was posted online. the young journalist in the background making the copies seems to have a great sense of humor about it. she said she'd been working in a dark editing room for hours, went to the printer to pick up papers, didn't realize the bright light she was staring at was on top of a camera. she calls it one of her funniest moments. i love how adorable it is. you're frozen then disappear. you take heart in knowing it could have been a whole lot worse. take a look. >> experts say it is also important to keep the bedbugs out of your home. the best way when you stay in a hotel. you may want to use a plastic bag like this one. >> oh. oh. the thing about working in news, y

the university of florida shark attack reports that there were 12 deaths in 2011, twice in number ine were outside the u.s. many were in florida, scientists say the jump in fatal attacks may be because people are traveling to more remote locations where they're far from medical help when a shark attacks. >>> and the contra costa advisers looking at the amount for trash-pick-up. the fee would raise 8.7 annually to pay for programs mandated by the state and federal governments to control the pollution from run-off. the ballots will go out to people february 21, and you will have until april 6 to vote. >>> and looking at the fog today, a nice day after it burned off. we'll talk to chief meteorologist bill martin. >> yes, more fog on the way, the daytime highs in the upper 60s, tomorrow, warmer as we head to thursday, before that fog comes back in the picture. these were the highs from today, significant, big warmup from yesterday, five to 10 degrees in some places. we had rain yesterday if you remember it. 65 in antioch today. highs tomorrow, up another three to five degrees. upper 60s,

. >> you went to the university of florida. >>> you two years ago today? chances are you were stuck in this. whatever you can see there. it's more than two feet of snow that fell over more than a they called it snowmageddon. we all did. there weren't too many cars on the roads during or after that storm. in fact, the best way to get around was on foot or on skis. but, boy, it's beautiful to look at. look at georgetown. pat collins is somewhere in the there. >> with his yardstick for sure. >> hot toddies. you were in philly which got hammered too. >> we got hammered big time. what pat was doing here i was doing up there, 19 straight hours there. snowmageddon wasn't just that one storm with the blizzard-like conditions. it was two back-to-back storms and really amazing how those things came through. as meteorologists we're looking at the first one saying my goodness we just got done with this one. then the next day we go wait a second. something is going on here. >> two feet of snow. i was just saying snowmageddon. wasn't it like when eight feet of snow fell

take for instance a live forecast from the university of florida. o keep your eye on the background. >> students can register for the lottery tomorrow and it's open until friday. the uaa will notify the winners of the lottery by monday december 15th, and vouchers can be pickedp from tuesday to thursday. students with more than 90 hours have the best chance of getting tickets. live from the news room, tara minnelli. >> that was posted online. the young journalist in the background making the copies seems to have a great sense of humor about it. on her blog, kristen writes she had been working for hours, went to the printer to pick up some papers, didn't realize at first that the bright light she was staring at what perched on top of a camera, she calls it an embarrassing moment, but we think it's adorable. it could have been a lot worse, a whole lot worse. take a look. >> it's also important you try to keep the bed bugs out of your home, the best way when you stay in a hotel. you might want to use a plastic bag like this one. >> oh. oh, the thing abou

mark ingram and then on the right is a denver bronco quarterback who was then playing for the university of florida. and you will notice that under his eyes he has got psalms 23:1 which is a well-known phrase. now, the quiz here is the man on the top left has on his shirt a symbol that he is required to wear. he cannot cover it up. that is the nike swish. on the bottom right is something written on that man's face which today is outlawed by the ncaa. so we have a serious situation because after he left, that is now a legal. so we have a situation in which players are required to wear a corporate trademark but are forbidden to write psalms 23:1 so that is the one thing. and the other thing is,, there was a survey done. the to unheralded benefits come i will end up on a positive no. know. the to unheralded benefits. in lexington takagi -- kentucky there was a survey of adults and they asked questions about kentucky basketball which is a big thing there and they gave them several statements. which one of these do you agree with most? i am tired of hearing about kentucky basketball. i don't care what h

>>justine: worldwide, deadly shark attacks were open 2011 according to in a report of the university of florida. authorities say that shark attacks across the united states are down and none were deadly. experts say the recent attacks may be up because tourists are hitting the more remote locations to swim. and much more ahead on the kron4 morning news to take a quick break on this wednesday morning. we have a live look at the bay bridge. the approach does not look to bed this morning. we will be talking about all of your traffic needs as you're heading up the door we come right back. >>erica: good morning thames is more on the topic of tahoe i want to focus in on the forecast. you mentioned there were a couple inches of fresh new snow. as we head into the next couple of days for the most part of looks like you'll see sunshine out there. temperatures in the upper 50s potentially some low 50s and you certainly want to fund a look for the overnight hours at the temperatures could drop back down into the teens. we have a high surf advisories on tap that expires at 3:00 p.m.. with that, everywhere

of hyperbole on both sides on this one. host: back in tampa, florida is joshua, a student at the university of tampa. caller: hi.e doing today? -- how are you doing today? although ron paul does not have as much money as mitt romney and newt gingrich, is it safe to say that his lack of financial fortitude automatically excludes them from any chance of significant success in this race? guest: not at all. if you take a look at the reports that will be filed today with the federal election commission, you might find that ron paul has significantly more money than newt gingrich does. if there's one thing ron paul knows how to do, it's raised a lot of money. he sort of pioneer to the idea of the money bomb and has been very successful at doing that. newt gingrich struggled with money in the early parts of his campaign. host: reid wilson, where does rick santorum fit in? does he still have a path to victory moving forward. guest: i hate to say it, but i think rick santorum days are numbered on the campaign trail fit as i mentioned earlier he is in missouri -- he was there yesterday. their primary next week does not ac

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some of the teams that i played for, university of florida, denver broncos, i've had a lot of supportery thankful for that. i'm thankful that i get to live my dream every day which has been a dream of mine to play in the nfl since i was 6 years old. >> we asked for a prediction and surprisingly he did not shy away from giving us an answer and my 4-year-old and 6-year-old boys will be happy because he said tom brady from the patriots will be very hard to beat. >>> pretty much anything there in celebration mode to help them out in the host city, minneapolis has gone high-tech. there is a social media command center. let me repeat that. there is a social media command center. apparently more than 20 people are monitoring their every online move and trying to assist them with their needs. so how does this command center work and how has it been going? first thing i thought of was it was not helpful. i thought creepy. >> i guess you could look at it that way. i guess what is amazing, this is the first time that it's ever been done. to have a social media central command on and to actually

the university of florida reports that shark attacks were down last year but fatal attacks were way up the world. 75 attacks occurred worldwide, close to the decade average. but the number of double attacks compares to 2010. >>> if you live in charlotte, north carolina, you may be surprised to hear this. documents show numerous flights out of charlotte douglas airport are taking off without life rafts. this safety device is one of the reasons some of the passengers are still alive. remember the one that landed in the hudson river, it was on its way to charlotte from new york. but they let some planes go without rafts because there are other safety measures in place. >>> hotel employees are receiving a personal panic button. they're hoping it will help them feel more secure while they're on duty, including while their in people's rooms. this occurred after a hotel employee was allegedly attacked. >>> after a two-week investigation, police say her story didn't quite add up. the manhattan district attorney's office said the accusation does not fit their definition of sexual assault crimes