who is veronica? veronica's a lady your mommy works for part time... 16 days a week. all right, bye. go on, get your shoes on. one day they're gonna find that woman dead in a lay-by with her blackberry shoved down her throat. i just tried to chat with jake about the bullying thing. he told me to chill. well, the school seem to be reasonably well across it. how can you tell? you know, i was bullied for ages, and the school did nothing about it. yeah, but that was 30 years ago, and bullying was part of the curriculum then. they're much hotter about it now. there's very little to be gained from just wading in. i'm not wading in. i'm just trying to check-- what are you doing? i've just stacked that. i know, but if you put the bowls there and the mugs there and the glasses there, they clean better. where does it say that bowls have to go there? ( phone rings ) it's just a fact. can somebody else get that please? and if it's for me, can you take a message? no! what are you doing?! pete: i'm putting the bowl there. sue: yes, but the glasses go there. hello? hello, auntie ang

i'm veronica de la cruz. those stories and much more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with another romney victory. as predicted the former massachusetts governor finished first in new hampshire's republican primary dealing a blow to conservatives who had hoped to break his momentum. now it looks like the rest of the field, including last night's runners up, ron paul and jon huntsman need to work fast to catch up. tracie potts has more from new hampshire. good morning to you. >> reporter: veronica, good morning. all of these candidates now say they're moving on to south carolina. in fact, some are already there this morning but now only one can claim victory in two states. >> thank you, new hampshire. >> reporter: mitt romney scored a decisive victory. today he heads to south carolina, focused on president obama. >> we're asking the good people of south carolina to join the citizens of new hampshire and make 2012 the year he runs out of time. >> he certainly had a clear-

veronica. >> brian moore in washington. thank you. >>> now to the latest on the scandal involving four u.s. marines who allegedly desecrated the bodies of taliban fighters in afghanistan. defense secretary leon pennsylvanpanetta called hamid karzai thursday and called the act inexcusable. the four service members have been identified and two of them are being questioned at camp lejeune, north carolina. secretary panetta also announced thursday the u.s. will draw about 7,000 troops from europe. the re-deployment is part of the military strategy that president obama announced last week. >>> as tensions soar, the obama administration has used a secret channel of communication to warn iran against closing the strait of hormuz. iran recently staged military exercises after threatening to cut off ship traffic near the persian gulf, a crucial waterway for oil supplies. >>> in the meantime, iran has allowed a delegation of united nations nuclear delegators this month. it's not clear if they'll be permitted to visit nuclear sites. i

veronica? >> tracie potts in iowa, thank you for that. >>> in los angeles now, there was a major break in the case of dozens of arson fires over the holiday weekend. fires which caused millions in damages and left area residents on edge. stephanie stanton has details. >> reporter: since early thursday morning, there have been 52 fires in and around los angeles. sunday night a dozen more fires were set. but early monday morning, a break in the case. >> our long four-day nightmare is over. >> this morning around 3 a.m. the sheriff's department detained a 24-year-old man named harry burkhart, who has subsequently been charged with one count of arson. >> reporter: police say he's a german national. he's been charged with one count of arson and held without bail. it's also still unclear if he acted alone. >> there are some indicators that he may be a lone actor, but we do not know that yet. >> reporter: he was apprehended in west hollywood by l.a. county reserve deputy. the part-time deputy says he

i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with the final push. republican presidential candidates have one more day to court iowa's first in the nation voters. mitt romney is ahead in the latest polls, but a late surge from rick santorum and a large number of undecided iowans means this could still be anyone's race. tracie potts is live in des moines. good morning to you. >> veronica, good morning to you santorum seems to be the one to watch with a late surge. if you are used to casting a secret ballot. the caucus ballot is a whole different ball game. people here like to see their candidates, talk to them, shake their hand, and right now, more iowans are leaning toward rick santorum. >> trust your judgment, and lead, like that right decision. >> reporter: the "des moines register" puts santorum third, but virtually tied. >> rick santorum rock solid on values issues. >> reporter: that's the issue between these two. who is more conservative. >> you can't have a strong economy unless you have strong families and moral values. >> i'll let people mak

veronica?> brian mooar in washington, thank you. >>> politically provocative move, president obama bypassed the senate nomination process yesterday appointing the head of the new consumer protection agency with the senate in recess. in ohio the president named richard cordray to be first director of the consumer financial protection bureau. the recent appointment comes one month after senate republicans rejected him for the post. while they threatened to take the matter to court, presidents of both parties have long used the method to controversial appointment. >>> we'll learn about changes coming to the u.s. military adapting to what could be $1 trillion in budget cuts over the next decade. president obama and defense secretary leon panetta will detail this in a pentagon briefing this morning. the army is reported to cut troops by 80,000, leaving 490,000 soldiers. the marine corps is expected to trim their ranks by 10%. the navy and air force would see less of an impact. the cuts would force a

veronica?> tracie potts in washington, thanks much. >>> egyptian prosecutors are calling for the execution of hosni mubarak by hanging. the 83-year-old mubarak who's been brought to court each day in a hospital gurn any is accused of killing 800 people. one prosecutor said, quote, retribution is the solution. but even if mubarak does receive the death penalty,there could be months of appeals and it's thought the egyptian army would likely intervene. defense attorneys for mubarak and ten others will make their case next week. >>> there are new and disturbing allegations of sexual assault among cadets at the air force academy in colorado. three cadets are accused going back to the spring of 20 10. in some cases the alleged victims were fellow cadets. one of the suspects who runs the academy's honor system was charged with forcible rape after a pentagon report last week found a spike in assaults at all service academies and a 20% jump in the number of cadets who say they were sexually assaulted at

i'm veronica de la cruz.oday we begin with another romney victory. as predicted, he finished first in the new hampshire republican primary, dealing a blow to conservatives to hoped to break his momentum. now it looks like the rest of the field, including last night's runners up, need to work fast to catch up. tracy potts has more from new hampshire. good morning to you. >> reporter: veronica, good morning. all of these candidates now say they're moving on to south carolina. in fact, some are already there this morning. now only one can claim victory in two states. >> thank you, new hampshire. >> reporter: mitt romney scored a decisive victory. today, he heads to south carolina focused on president obama. >> we're asking the good people of south carolina to join the citizens of new hampshire and make 2012 the year he runs out of time. [ cheers and applause ] >> he certainly had a clear-cut victory, but we're nibbling at his heels. >> reporter: ron paul ran strong among independents and young voters here. jon h

i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you so much for watching "early today."ust your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific tuesday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

veronica? >> brian mooar in washington, thank you. >>> in a politically provocative move, president obama bypassed the senate nomination process yesterday appointing the head of a new consumer protection agency with a senate in recess. in ohio the president named richard cordray, a former attorney general in that state, to be the director of the consumer financial protection bureau. it comes just one month after senate rejected him for the post. while they threatened to take the matter to court, presidents of both parties have long used the method to force through controversial appointments. >>> last night rachel maddow why it was important to appoint cordray now rather than seek approval from congress. >> until there was an actual director in place, you could not supervise the nonbank participants of our economy. when you think of the types of abuse that so many people suffered, unethical abuse at subprime lending, loans that exploded on them, 40%, 50% of them came from nonbanks. still today w

i'm veronica de la cruz. >>> today, we begin with romney's record. a week to go from the south carolina primary, republican contenders are sharpening their attacks on romney and his business career. nbc's brian moore joins us now from washington with details. brian, good morning to you. >> good morning, veronica. >> reporter: romney supporters are calling these recent attacks desperate. >> thank you. >> reporter: mitt romney is looking and sounding a lot like he is ready to take on president obama in the fall. >> we are going to see the change we are looking for and it's not barack obama. i believe it's going to be mitt romney. >> reporter: with wins in iowa and new hampshire and a good shot at sweeping south carolina, romney is still the prime target. >> he ran as a liberal against ted kennedy and lost and ran as a moderate as governor and governed as a moderate. >> reporter: for days romney took heat about his business record. the romney camp has fired back with its own ad. while newt gingrich and rick perry are not apologizing they are toning down

i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with next stop new hampshire. the going is about to get stuff as mitt romney looks to widen the paper-thin lead he beat rick santorum by in iowa. michele bachmann has dropped out while texas governor rick perry says he is staying in. nbc's brian mooar has details now from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. romney won iowa but his competitors are pointing out the glass was three-quarters empty. mitt romney's campaigning on home turf with a win in iowa under his belt, the endorsement of john mccain in his pocket, and a runaway lead in the polls. >> do you think we can do a little better here in new hampshire? yeah. >> reporter: even though romney beat rick santorum by only eight votes in iowa, it's a win. >> with romney, ron paul and rick santorum in the top tier as the three serious contenders coming out of iowa is almost -- it's the perfect scenario for the former massachusetts governor. >> reporter: santorum have-h virtually no organization but

i'm veronica de la cruz. here are top headlines this morning. >>> the taliban literally setting up shop in qatar. they are opening an office to hold peace talks with the u.s. the two sides have met privately before, but this is the first time that taliban has expressed interest in negotiating. >>> israeli and palestinian negotiators didn't go very far, but they agreed to keep talking. they met in jordan to discuss future talks between benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas. >>> an army special forces engineer arrested after trying to bring a c-4 explosive on board a commercial airline said he forgot it was with him. he was arrested at the airport in midland, texas. he didn't realize the explosive was still in his luggage when he left afghanistan in april. >>> a new year surprise off antarctica. researchers uncovered new species in an underwater hot spring, including a colony of yeti crab and this pale octopus. so cool. >>> here is an early look at one of the top health headlines at msnbc.com. >>> according to a

i'm veronica de la cruz.oday we begin with a big endorsement. "the boston globe's" endorsement of jon huntsman is not only a big boost for the form every utah governor, it's a big snub to mitt romney. it's the second time the big newspaper has failed to endorse the former massachusetts governor. tracie potts joins us from washington with the details. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. good morning, everyone. that nub lets everyone known that south carolina is a big prize for votes, but new hampshire coming up first and romney taking heat for courting both states. huntsman slammed obama for making appointments without senate confirmation. >> chusing winners and losers, and particularly the people in power will choose the people they want to give favor too. >> "the boston globe" endorsed jon huntsman, calling him best prepared. >> the people of new hampshire don't want a coronation. they want people to earn the vote. as opposed to sitting down tonight the people so certain of a victory. >> reporter

i'm veronica de la cruz.oday, we begin with the southern swing. the campaign push is on in south carolina where the republican presidential hopefuls are looking to lock in conservative support. nbc's brian mooar joining us from washington with those details. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the candidates are slugging it out in the trenches with all but one fighting for survival. >> hi, guys. big night last night. very exciting. >> reporter: mitt romney's underdog opponents are hoping for a knockout. the republican front-runner is being hammered over the airways. online in a documentary and on the stump where newt gingrich is turning up the heat and not apologizing. >> i think that the american people deserve to know things. >> reporter: rick perry is trying to shoot down romney's credentials as a job creator. >> we need to have more venture capitalism going on in america and less vulture capitalism. >> reporter: after winning iowa and new hampshire, romney can afford to shrug off the attacks.

back to you guys in the studio. >> thanks, veronica. road crews are going to be ready for winter weather we do get. the city of fairfax tells us the primary roads and some residential areas will be pretreated tonight. that same goes for prince george's county. now to the republican race for president with just a day to go before the south carolina primary. a race that seems certain is now in flux. mitt romney had hoped to wrap up the nomination tomorrow. now he is struggling and newt gingrich appears to be on a roll. steve handelsman is in columbia, south carolina, with the latest. >> reporter: mitt romney has to lower expectations. >> i love this country. i love you for being out here in the rain. let's go out there and win. >> reporter: the day before the south carolina primary romney is no longer polling like a sure winner. >> right now it looks like it's neck and neck. that's a pretty good spot to be in. >> reporter: in fact, if newt gingrich wins, it shakes up the gop race. at lizard's thicket cafe in lexington today where there's

i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. the taliban is setting up shop with plans to open an office to hold peace talks with the u.s. the two sides have met secretly before but this is the first time the taliban has openly expressed interest in negotiating. >>> first decade of high level peace talks between israel and palestinian negotiators didn't go far but they agreed to keep talking. they am et met in jordan. >>> an army special forces engineer arrested after trying to bring a c-4 explosive on board a commercial airline says he forgot it with him. est arrested saturday in texas. he told authorities he he didn't realize the explosive was still in his luggage when he left afghanistan in april. >>> a new year's surprise after antarctica. researchers discovered new species including a colony of crab and this octopus. >>> now here's an early look at one of your top health headlines at msnbc.com. according to a new study scientists may one day slow down ageing with an injection of stem cells like they did in mice. when resear

veronica? >> stiff wind. didn't help cold today it has turned progressively colder, we were at 58 degrees, upper 50s at midnight and all through the day, our temperatures have been thawing. look at the wind we were talking about see it swaying back and forth, our numbers, 28-mile-an-hour gusts still hanging on in packs river. the windchill, 28 degrees. wind chills for the evening, late evening, will be in the 20s. very cold night for us work head to 31. told you about that snow in seattle, washington that snow will be headed eastbound. for us, could mean some worries for the weekend, maybe impacting some of the area roads but at least for tomorrow it is going to be feeling a little bit better, talk about the high temperatures coming up in a couple of minutes. jim? >> veronica, thank you. >>> rescue operations are starting to turn into recovery operations in italy tonight after that cruise ship disaster. crews were forced to stop their efforts today after the ship moved slightly, making it unsaf

hoy con nosotros mayra verÓnica.os de los cuartos de final de la copa del rey. >> lleno completo en el monumental estadio bernabeu, a los 11 minutos ronaldo ganaba. >> eso era momentÁneo, porque puyol anota el golazo del empate. >> y luego abidal le diÓ la vuelta al marcador, ganÓ el barsa. >> tan buenos como el amÉrica y hoy jueves se espera que comience la segunda era de beckham, se espera que renueve su contrato con el galaxy. >> deberÁ incorporarse a los entrenamientos a principios de febrero. >> y ahora una mÁs de nuestro fÚtbol, suazo no continuarÁ en el monterrey, por quÉ? >> porque sigue con el deseo de salir del club, mientras tanto continuarÁ entrenando con el equipo joven del monterrey. >> y tenemos mucha actividad en la nba, los blazers jugaron en casa contra los halcones de atlanta. johson conecta una de tres. >> pero eso no se queda ahÍ, minutos despuÉs se redujo la ventaja de atlanta. >> y viene el turno de johson, y atlanta gana 92 a 89 y mantiene su puesto como lÍder. >> en minneapolis, rubio y los l

i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today." just your first stop of today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're waking up to wet weather as we have some heavy rain overnight. you can see the rain showers from hagerstown through annapolis up to towson and some leftover in cecil county. there will be around the metro area for the next hour or two. most should be ended before sunrise. details when we come back in the forecast. >> 50 degrees on tv hill. education news. a prestigious honor for the maryland school system. >> the city council president does not think baltimore should host the baltimore grand prix anymore. >> i'm tara mergener are. nine days and counting until south carolina's primary and none of the candidates show any sign of slowing down. >> speeds are down this morning. we have to problems [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late-breaking, this is

veronica? lot. >>> fog now is going to be the big issue for the overnight and early tomorrow morning. 38 with fog currently and wind chill and 33 degrees. so it is plenty chilly out there right now. but lighter wind for the overnight will give us more fog and probably some widespread fog up until about 5:00 or 6:00 a.m. in the morning. we're at 38 degrees now. temperatures are going to hold stead eight 38 for the 11:00 hour and probably even for midnight and then rise slightly for tomorrow morning. so we'll stay above freezing. tomorrow's high? 53. back to you. >> thanks, veronica. >>> despite the weather the 39th annual march for life drew a huge crowd to downtown d.c. today. they're protesting the supreme court decision roe vs. wade the decision that legalized abortion 39 years ago. tom sherwood was there and is live on the national mall with more on the story. >>> jim, the march for life is held every january. that's the anniversary month. the anniversary of the supreme court decision making

sorry, veronica. hi, granddad. yep. no, you only have to say i live with you if anyone from my school comes round. yep. yeah. no. i'm at big school now. hmm. yeah. no, no, it's jake. you kicked me! mum: i'll email it later. yes, this evening. yes, i'm sure you will still be there. yeah. okay, bye. wouldn't need to stay in the office till ten o'clock if you had any friends or a life or a... chin. he wants to know when auntie angela's back. don't we all? hi, dad. no, i'm sorry, she hasn't seen fit to tell us when she'll be dropping by. karen: you kicked me! ben: no, i didn't! no, i don't know when she's coming back. you started it! i'm sorry, dad, i'm gonna have to ring you back later. karen and ben! now just stop it! mum: ben, stop! ( cell phone rings ) ben, you see? you did like it! well done! and well done to you too, deion. you've done very well. karen, eat up. don't like it. deion: who's angela? angela's our auntie. mum's older sister. she lives in america. comes round every now and then. then mum turns all creepy an

veronica? >> tracie potts in new hampshire. thank you. >>> last night on the last word with lawrence o'donnell, debbie wasserman schultz gave lawrence her impression of the field of gop candidates. >> if there wasn't already a dramatic contrast between barack obama and any of the republican field, today it was made as clear as day that there will be a very stark choice between the direction the president has taken in this country and the direction that any of the republicans, but particularly how shockingly out of touch with mainstream america and working families mitt romney is. i think all of the kecandidates the whole selection of them is doing a good job of destroying themselves. mitt romney said he likes firing people. he also tried to say that he somehow empathizes with people who have been fired because he worried about a pink slip at some point. he's claimed he has -- he created 100,000 jobs as head of bain capital but he outsourced jobs to other countries, fired people, bankrupted companies deliberately. this is the re

i'm veronica de la cruz. republicans are turning out for the first primary for the 2012 race for the white house after midnight in a tiny hamp village famed for casting the first primary votes in the nation. all nine residents showed up to cast their ballots and so far a time between republicans mitt romney and jon hunts san jose. we will find out if romney can fend off last attacks from his more conservative competitors. steve handelsman has more details. >> reporter: the night before the primary, romney rivaled ganged up to charge he got rich by killing jobs. >> mitt romney and them guys don't care who i am. >> reporter: backers of newt gingrich released a film alleging romney's capital profited by gutting companies and laying off workers. romney said some firings couldn't be helped. >> it breaks your heart to see people lose their jobs. i thought it was going to come from the president and the democrats from left but instead coming from speaker gingrich. >> reporter: newt said better for romney to crumble

i'm veronica de la cruz.oday, we begin with another romney victory. as predict the former massachusetts governor finished first in new hampshire's republican primary dealing a blow to conservatives who hoped to break his momentum. including the rest of the field including ron paul and jon huntsman, last night's runner-ups need to do more to catch up. steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: two wins in a row for mitt romney. >> thank you, new hampshire. tonight, we made history! >> reporter: it's a blow to conservatives. newt gingrich was back in the pac tied for fourth with rick santorum, the stop romney vote got split. exit polls found moderate and conservatives cast votes for romney and ron paul was second, his biggest finish. >> we have had a victory for the cause of liberty tonight! >> reporter: jon huntsman third. >> ladies and gentlemen, i think we're in the hunt! >> reporter: but he lacks organization. it's romney's dream result. he took aim at president obama. >> if this election is a bidding war for

veronica, you have some links to show us? what do you have to show us?yeah, talk about the weather from here. it has been amazing couple of days, right, with our temperatures really spiking high. today, not quite as warm as yesterday, 48 degrees the temperature. so, what are we going to do later tonight? we are going to ease on down through the low 40s here during the overnight period. you're seeing some clouds right now and going to see more cloud cover over the next couple of hours but i do think you're going to stay dry. up around the pennsylvania/maryland border, you may see a few sprinkle buys 11 p.m., but it's light showers for 5 and for 7 a.m. with a temperature of 40 degrees. you can pretty much get by, right, with just a light jacket for the overnight period. but arm yourself with the umbrella heading out the door tomorrow. we are not going to see any heavy rain again early on tomorrow that is going to come much later on thursday. these are the temp daughters thisser are expecting to fall to during the overnight. mount airy, frederick, down to 3

veronica, thank you. we'll stay tuned. >>> the washington monument has been closed since last summer of course when it was severely damaged by the powerful earthquake. now a local businessman is donating millions of dollars to help with repairs. tom sherwood joins us now live from the national mall where the announcement was made this morning. hi, tom. >> reporter: hey, jim. the washington monument is one of the most popular places in the nation's capital. nearly 2,000 people a day would ride up to the top of the monument and many of them would walk down. but it's been closed since that august earthquake and despite today's generous gift, it won't reopen any time soon. the iconic washington monument, it appears as stately and impressive as ever. but looks are deceiving. it's severely damaged. a rare earthquake here last august cracked the historic stone structure. inspection teams inside and out documented $15 million in damages. millions more than the u.s. park service could afford. >> please join me in

a lot of concern about veronica in the middle of this tug-of- r tug-of-war. we spoke with dustin brown's attorney and she tells me veronica has transitioned well, she's dog okay. she got to speak to the couple a day after the transfer, but they have not heard from her since then. >> can you imagine? your heart -- right around the holidays. >> either way you look at it, it tugs at your heart. >> what's next? new information? >> i did get a new statement moments ago. this is from the family. it says, the issue in this case is that lower court applied the federal indian child welfare act in such a way that it ab row straight cates a south carolina adoption law. this is it one of the issues being appealed hooer. so they plan to basically take this to the south carolina supreme court. they plan to appeal, but that could be heard over the summer. >> so not a done deal yet. >> not yet. >> and lots more reporting on this. we wish them well. >> don, thanks. >> thank you, george. appreciate it. >>> you know, the economy is front and center this election year, but a big

thanks, veronica. see you in a few minutes. >>> the impending weather has road crews on alert in maryland and northern virginia. crews got an early start pretreating the roads and making last-minute preparations before the first flakes fall. news 4's shomari stone is in fairfax. >> reporter: we're here at fairfax circle on route 50. as you can see over my left shoulder this is a main roadway leading to other routes. right over here you can see on the roadway here on route 50 those white lines. this roadway is pretreated along with others throughout virginia. v dot says they are prepared for tonight's weather. right now they have closed the salt domes and plan to reopen them tonight before the possible snow, sleet, or freezing rain hits. v dot tells us they will first target the potential trouble areas such as maybe some bridges along with on and off ramps. drivers are advised to be prepared for slippery roads and it might be hard to see while you drive. v dot says they pretreated the interstates. they

i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with the final push. republican presidential candidates have one more day to gain the support of iowa's first in the nation voters. mitt romney is ahead in the latest polls, but a late surge from rick santorum and a large number of undecided iowans means this could still be anyone's race. steve handelsman has the details. >> reporter: rick santorum, his tireless campaign across the state is finally paying off. santorum could win tuesday night. >> i said this is an episode of "survivor." you're just going to survive. if you can keep surviving, you just never know what can happen. here we are, we've just kept surviving. >> reporter: the new des moines register poll puts santorum third. but if you count voters polled on the last three days of the poll, santorum is tied with mitt romney at the top. and a surge could win him the endorsement of iowa conservative leader congressman steve king. >> i'm closer on the social issues with rick santorum on those three, no questions. >> reporter: mitt romney kept to his

veronica johnson will tell us what we're going to see. it doesn't look like a whole lot. >> it will pile up fast. took so long for it to fall but the air was dry. we're seeing pockets of moderate snow as you saw with the reports from shomari stone and jackie benson we're looking at road crews hitting the area but secondary roads where they may have issues and where it will be slick. getting reports hurndon, most of the accidents i'm seeing on twitter around stafford, overspreading the area, we have the area slick with snow then ice, freezing rain taking place on top of that. that winter weather advisory for the area goes until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. you can see the white echos, that is what we have been waiting on. that is what we have now down around manassas, woodbridge, in eastern troubles county, including leonardtown, there is moderate snow. a lot of moisture from the south will have this for a while. the snow, it will accumulate quickly, a couple inches especially up to the north. but then it's freezing rain that will be taking place o

i'm veronica de la cruz.are some of your top headlines this morning. in nigeria, gunmen open fire in a church during prayer service yesterday killing at least five people. the shootings follow attacks on other churches by a radical muslim sect. there's been no claim of responsibility but it may have been the work of a group trying to instill sharia law. >>> a dam burst has led to mass evacuations in rio de janeiro. several neighborhoods flooded in just hours. heavy rains are to blame. >>> a dramatic rescue in the waters of australia. two fathers and their two 11-year-old sons were saved after their fishing boat caught fire off the coast of sydney. the boys had the presence of mind to grab a cooler, holding on, staying afloat until help could arrive. >>> 5,000 artifacts from the titanic are going up for auction exactly 100 years after the ill-fated maiden voyage. the winner will have to buy the entire collection and put it on public display valued at $189 million. >>> and the new year brings the first eruption

veronica swift. >> and remember this voice. ♪ singing >> the piano is a little loud, but this talentedn is from virginia. and soon she'll be singing with the stars. veronica is only one of 8 students from across the nation chosen to perform at next month's grammy awards in la. she has been performing on stage since age 9. a grammy's gig is a dream come true. >> i get to meet the people who i aspire to be. like hopefully lady gaga or people in the industry that have connections. >> look for veronica the night of february 12th at the grammies. >> wow. that is awesome. >> yes. >> good night, everybody. people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! get high yield free checking at capital one bank. why earn bupkis, when your checking could earn five times the national average!! and free atms anywhere. five times the national average!!! that's new school banking. sign up for high yield free checking at a capital one bank. what's in your wallet? somebody help me down.

at the veronica sanchez, then paul. >> or veronica sanchez, with the international organization of master mason pilots. particularly, are good union and employer, and we are here to voice our support for the america's cup and let you know that we look forward to working with the america's cup to provide ferries that will bring spectators to the racing site and to be chartered by the america's cup to the business opportunity that is presented to us. we think the staff for showing flexibility and reflecting the mitigation measures. the fact that the current fleet of ferries could not be powered in time for this is that -- in time for this event to have tier f engines, and you have that language, if feasible, and we are appreciative of that language so they're not at a disadvantage. thank you very much. >> thank you. paul, then ruth. >> commissioners, not paul olivo, -- paul olivo representing south beach and yacht club. we have over 500 members and over 100 members who are sailors with disabilities. we are a significant head of south beach harbor and a major neighbor of the project at the y