the district has whittled down the list of finalists -- the district will whittle down the list of finalists in the next few weeks. >> the official search to replace the retiring superintendent started late last year. that is when howard county hired a consulting firm to conduct a national search. the school system held public hearings and conducted on-line surveys in the attempt to find the right person for the job. >> we think we are on schedule. the board hopes to be meeting with the consultants the week of march 6. we should have a list of candidates at that point. >> the county executive will not have a say in who is hired for the top education job but is hoping the board will pick someone to keep the district on track economically. the same can be said for howard county teachers. >> we're hoping for a superintendent who listens to his or her educators. we have some processes for that now. there are a few seats on policy review committees for teachers. that can be done better. more people can be brought into it. " school officials say they will make sure the public is allowed to meet fi

h he called for $12 billion for community colleges but that gott whittled down to $2le billion i thegot whittled down thatt much, is there a perception on a capitol hill that this is a at realistic ask that the president's idea oicf putting a lot more money into this vision could actually make its way through congress? >> i think it's probably pretty unlikely he'll get as much as he's asking for. given the current budget situation with deficits and, you know, they are talking about --r they are going to be having to cut a trillion dollars across the board in the coming budget. it's pretty unlikely they'll be able to coming up with that kine of money. >> kelly field is chief r with washington reporter with the chronicle of higher education. if you'd like to join the conversation about president t obama's $8 billion community college to career fund here are the numbers to call. republicans 202-737-0002. democrats 202-737-0001. independent callers st: we 202-628-0205. and we have a line for college students. 202-628-0184. college students, 202-628-0184'i let's take a listen to comments

yeah, it gets whittled down, but not yet.e talked earlier and we did an interview. fantastic 15 minutes. you told me you like "the five." you watch it. >> i do. >> we have a side bet whether they're thinking of brokered conventions this year. i say yes, he doesn't think so. what do you think? >> i think so. >> there can be, especially if it's going the way they are going without specifically romney being able to get over the hump. convince the majority of g.o.p. participants that he is the one to be able to handle what it is that barack obama campaign machine is going to throw at him. >> dana: if you go to 2008 campaign there is a friday night i watched from the press secretary's office. i don't know if you remember this. you did an interview with savannah guthrie. he is followed you around. it was for trig really. there was a moment where he is asked if you felt responsibility as a mother with a son with down's -- you felt responseability to other kids. all the trig t-shirts. it wonder if you could share that moment. i remem

. >> right before the green mile we're trying to whittle it down to get to that magical top 24. >> ohn, are you so going through. >> reporter: sing for their lives is exactly what the remaining idol contestants will do. by the end of this week's elimination round, just two dozen will remain. >> the ones that were good that we whittled down to this are still good and even better because they've been given the confidence and a few well rounded slanderous attempts. >> it's about being great all the time but now it's everything because this is -- [indiscernible] >> you're going through to the next round. >> sorry. >> reporter: the theater has special effects you won't find at most performance venues. the judges tell us that will help prepare the singers for an eventual career in the music industry, even one here on the las vegas strip. >> they get to see how, you know, how vegas can be or how show business can be over the top. >> they're very excited to be on a stage like the one they're on and feel like they're in a true performance as opposed to some of the awed decideses they've been i

in the second half, the nine- point lead was whittled and gone. carolina was up 59-57. fatigue that over time. the battle of baltimore -- one of the closest in history. morgan, break offense. the bears were up 27-21 in the first half. defense sparking it, tony finishes it it of the turnover. justin black making his presence known again. coast-to-coast and one. mission accomplished. to go and the bears will not quit. 15 seconds left and 3-falling off the glass. he had 21 points. 88-86 was the final score. congrats to baltimore and citci. we will have a check of the forecast with john after this. share the love with a delicious chocolate heart donut from dunkin'. spread the donut joy today. >> a cold night. you can see a little history of the cold there on the lands. >> i think a lot of the snow melted. the ground is still warm. there could be some slippery spots overnight tonight. it will be dry tomorrow and monday. and tuesday and something in the middle of next week. >> thank you. all right, thank you for joining us. we will see you back here tomorrow. saturday night l

they will whittle the juror pool down and then begin. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we're getting new information about a bank robbery in walnut creek. a bank of the west employee confirmed for us there was a robbery on north california boulevard at pringle avenue around 9:30. police say they sched for the rob -- searched for the robber but the man got away. as we reported last thursday, a man robbed a bank of the west branch in concord about five miles away t was a quick exit -- away. it was a quick exit after a fire. firefighters got the call just before 3:00 for a duplex on denise way. this is video from the firefighters. the roof was engulfed in flames when any arrived and high -- when they arrived and they winds made the job challenge -- and heavy winds made the job challenging. >> she woke me up. >> and you went to wake them up? >> yes. we share -- we're in a duplex so we share the same building. >> reporter: all four people got out safely and the house is now boarded up. there's no official cause. firefighters believe it began in

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they will return to charlottesville circuit court tomorrow where they will be whittled down to a jury of 12 with three alternates. after that, it is opening statements and the trial officially kicks off. a half-hour early start this morning in the george huguely and murder trial as the commonwealth and the fans gathered with jurors at 9:00 a.m., after a long night monday that ended at 8:00 p.m. instead of 5:00 p.m. huguely, who has lost a noticeable amount of weight since being arrested, set by his lawyers in a suit, his legs weighed down by heavy weight on his ankles. only eight more jurors were needed for the pool of 27, where each side would then cut six for a jury of 12 with three alternates. a little less than 40 jurors were told in the morning session and by lunchtime, 22 of 27 jurors were in place. the questions were exactly the same as monday, as both sides are trying to find jurors who can completely block anything about the case that they know from their minds and come up with an honest verdict. some highlights included one potential juror who emphatically told the court she

we have been working hard since we met in november to release see where we could whittle down the baseline expenditures. i emphasize the bat -- the word baseline. as we discussed in the november workshop, there is the baseline situation in the overall structural situation. to close the base line gap is really belittling away at expenditures to deliver the same service that we are delivering now, and the same quality of service within our existing base line revenues. with that, we have made some progress. from the time of the workshop, we have reduced expenditures for the next fiscal year by $2 million. we will walk through what some of those are. walking through the proposals for consideration in the budget that we will be bringing forward. slide #six shows the major changes from the current fiscal year projection of $820 million in the budget going to next year and the following year. again, most of this are things you have seen before. a few things about point out. on the salary benefits line, proposing management reductions in the current fiscal year, and the overtime reductions of the

sovereignty is being whittled away. the trouble is that even if the elements come together, more austerity, a second bailout, and private banks writing off debt, it is still unlikely that the debt burden will be anywhere near sustainable. that means even more money needs to be found. there is no one lining up to pay. it is because there is a real lack of trust if greece is willing or able to implement such tough reforms. the trust lost is not easily regained. >> on the island nation of maldives, the political drama is deepening after the deposed president has called for fresh elections. his successor quickly declined the calls for new polls that now a u.n. envoy is in the country trying to resolve the political deadlock which has triggered several days of protests. >> a show of force. soldiers outside of the main mosque as worshipers gathered for friday prayers. among them was the island's a former president, mohamed nasheed. afterwards, he came out to a hero's reception to his supporters. officially, he is facing arres

that resolution is to look at everything that is on the books and try to get our arms around it and whittle it back if we do not need it. there's a lot aside from the charter and the administrative code. do we need these reports? how frequently do we need them? and work from that perspective in terms of the number of meetings we have. the third comment is we take what we are mandated to do and on top of that, we put on other policy and discipline matters that come up. or that simply come out. a lot of stuff comes up. are we going to be meeting twice a month here until 10 and 11 pm vs getting out at 7:30 p.m.? that is something to weigh. i would rather meet more frequently and get out earlier. there many things i would like to do. i lean toward more meetings but last amount of time then very long meetings. and the additional consideration that i am throwing out, as the rule changes proposed, it is saying holding a community meeting every fourth wednesday. i am all for that. it is a terrific idea. every month be out in the community. on the other hand, over the year and a half i have been on

the historical document of 1993, which whittled down a list of over 10,000 civil war battle sites into 384 of the most significant, which are still being preserved. this is land preservation as well as historic preservation. his seal of approval is often needed, often sought. his assistance for campaigns of national importance are rarely refused and his spirit of volunteerism exemplary, which is how he probably earned his earliest nickname among graduate students as the holy warrior. his other nickname means mcp, his legible, extremely valuable signature bares weight. he's lent his name to thousands of causes, a letter to decisionmakers weighing the wisdom of building a casino near the gettysburg battlefield and defeating this in the battle of 2006 and again in a renewed campaign in 2010, '11. over 300 historians opposed this recently with jim mcpherson leading as a signatory will the way in which modern construction can destroy historical preservation for future generations is the theme of jim mcpherson's current work. some of you may think of him as retired. many of us know him as re

the his tore yal document of 1993 which whittled down a list of over 10,000 civil war battle sites into 384 of the most significant, which are still being preserved. this is land preservation as well as historic preservation. his seal of approval is often needed, often sought. his assistance for campaigns of national importance are rarely refused. and his spirit of volunteerism exemplary i, which is how he probably earned his earliest nickname among graduate student as the holy warrior. his other nickname mcp means his legible, extremely valued signature can carry enormous weight. he has lent his name to countless causes, most recently a letter -- a casino near the gettysburg -- over 300 historians oppose this most recently with jim mcpherson leading as an signatory. the way in which modern construction can destroy historical preservation for future generations is the theme of his current work. some you have may think of him as retired. many of us know him as reserved. he has generously put himself forward to earn his other nickname, big mack. when big mack weighs in with his research a

regulation increased at all is an abberation they have a full expectation that all of these laws will be whittled away again. it's just it will take them a little while. >> matt taibbi rolling stolen "countdown" contributor. thank you for coming in? >> thank you. >> the komen foundation apologized foplanned parenthood and reversed the decision. the damage komen i know conflicted upon its self may not ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you know why you don't see other full-size pickup trucks straight off the line trying to do this? [ engine revs ] because only one has this equipment. the ram power wagon. guts. glory. ram. #. >> coming up the disan g.komen foundation reverses their decision ol planned parenthood. in 1809, the territory of illinois was created the 15th and 16th amendments were ratified today 43 years apart. buddy holly and the big bopper died in a plane crash. lastly in 2008 the 12 new york giants upset the previously undefeated patri-i don't think so in super bowl 42. "time marches on". >> we begin in the russian area where this rural farmer has created the sheep car wash. don't forget the hot

they will be returning this morning about 9:15 where they will be whittled down to a jury of 12 with three alternates. opening statements will begin and the trout will kickoff. -- and the trial will kickoff. yeardley love's mother and sister are scheduled to testify. we will keep a close eye on the action of the courthouse and have the latest developments later in the day at 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 35 degrees on tv hill. a natural way to treat pneumonia. don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. do you think a legislature should be able to restrict people from wearing certain types of clothing, like pajama bottoms, out in public? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> we are tracking some of downed wires along reisterstown road. we will check on any other problems com >> welcome back. 5:40. 41 degrees downtown. we expect dry conditions for the morning commute. let's check the other temperatures. mostly above freezing. 26 in york, pe

. >> they have whittled it down to 25 finalists.have professional broadcasters to people that just have great voices and have other jobs and walks of life. we are excited with the folks that have come out today. >> i am a diehard orioles fan. it would be my privilege to be in the best cathedral in all of sports. >> officials say the final decision should be made sometime this week. we should hear about that this week. >> that young man was selling it. ready to go. >> struggling to train your pet. we have expert help on the way. >> and looking for a new profession or maybe a change in your workplace? baltimore magazine has its best places to work issue. >> first a look at events going on around town. >> the number of people seeking jobless benefits has reached a low. according to the bureau of labor statistics it is the second lowest level since 2008. employers added 243,000 jobs in january. >> speaking of jobs, where are some of the best places to work in our area? "baltimore magazine" has a list. ken inglehart is here from "baltimo

they will be returning to court this morning and they will be whittled down to a jury of 12 with three alternates. that opening statements will begin and the trial will officially kick off. yeardley love's mother and sister are scheduled to testify. the mother and father of george huguely are on a list to testify. we will keep a close eye on the courthouse and have more developments at 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the man called a public enemy number one is expected to appear in court this morning. igned.l be arra he has an arrest record dating back to the 1990's. pretrial motions in a man accused of murdering his twin brother. this happened back in 2007. the brothers had a history of violent arguments. they are accused of stealing from a mall. >> the baltimore archdiocese is taking on the obama administration over a new policy. kim dacey is live downtown with the latest on this controversy. >> the position of the catholic church is that the obama administration is denying catholics their first amendment right to religious freedom. cardinal-designate edwin

and first week of june we will organize on line to take this draft document that you've seen and whittle it down to something that makes sense and is put forward in a way that everybody can understand the final drafting will take place in philadelphia during the week for the july the first the first one exactly i thank you very much and thank you great to have you with us david. the nature of all movements is to start out with a honeymoon phase where everybody's in the same page and then to splinter to pieces that work together or sometimes even work against each other these are actually the signs of a movement maturing in my opinion are a good thing for more information on this particular offshoot of the original occupy movement check out the ninety nine percent declaration for. crazy alert they want to keep it p.g. the academy of motion picture arts the group responsible for sunday's academy awards has pulled the event's tickets from actor saussure baron cohen he was to be at the awards for his role in the movie hugo which is nominated for eleven awards baron cohen planned to arrive on

lawyers are trying to whittle down the jury pool to 12 jurors from 1 hooters 60 and two alternatives.ng on same-sex marriage in california. a federal appeals court has struck down proposition 8. the proposition is unconstitutional, the court said. voters approve that measure in 2008. supporters are growing to challenge the decision. >> and alexandria mother has a heart attack at 38 and she went looking for answers. she decided to use social media and thanks to her, a nationwide study is underway. she is about to be honored with a national award for her fight. we have her amazing story. >> a mother of two young boys is in good company. she is being honored by "woman's day" and dr. oz. first the unbelievable happened to her and she could not find out why. >> you think this is the lan. >> she was 38 years old when she feared her life might be over. it happened six weeks after giving birth to her second son. >> it was that central test came in here about. arm numbness on both sides. >> doctors told her they might -- it might be as an center home. >> they were confident it was not my heart

. >> howard county could whittle down its list of superintendent finalists. tooten has an update. >> the official search to replace retiring superintendent dr. sidney cousins started late last year. that's when howard county hired a system to conduct a national research. the school conducted an online survey in its attempt to find the right person for the job. >> we think they are pretty much on schedule now. the board hopes to be meeting for the difficult consultants on the 6th of march. we should have a list of candidates at that point. >> even though the county executive will have a say in who is hired for the top job, he is hoping the board will keep someone on track. the same can be said for howard coup teachers who is superintendent friendly. >> we are hoping for superintendents that listen to his or her educators. we have some process for that now. we have one seat or two seats on policy review committees. that can be done better. more people can be brought into it. >> this is the leader of our school system. it is an important decision for our board t

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attorneys will whittle the group down to 12 jurors and three alternates. george w.accused of killing his ex-girlfriend yeardley love in may , 2010. >> mitt romney did not have a chance for a celebration rallies last night. his rival for the nomination, rick santorum, won all the contests in minnesota, missouri and colorado. >> we have reaction. some analysts are calling this a surprising sweet tp. he claimed the first place finish in a non-binding missouri presidential primary. he says that this win shows that conservatism is alive and well. it raises new questions about mitt romney's ability to win conservative. rick santorum says the comparison should not be drawn between republican rivals but between the two parties. >> i do not claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. >> the contests appear to be symbolic sense and no delegates at work awarded. the next primary is 28 in arizona and michigan. >> stay with abc 7 news your collection station, for the latest. >> it is 5:34. prince georg

he is going to whittle away at him. >> that's what he is going to do.ng to continue to try to distinguish himself from everyone else and he is right now he is on the retaliation. newt is the retaliating. >> there is so much to talk about here of course, newt gingrich is going to leave it all up to super tuesday, which has southern states. i want to thank you so much. much more to do from florida tonight. so after the break, tampa mayor bob buck honor will join us with his thoughts on tonight's results. he is hosting at a time republican convention. we will look into that as well. later, newt gingrich couldn't seem to land his message down in florida. brett erlic joins us with words from the funny guy. from san francisco in the war room. thank you. [[vo]]...and we don't stick to party lines. >>people who buy politicians gotta cover their bets. [[vo]]we are the investigators fiercely independent, and we don't hold back. >>we are the 99% and we are too big to fail. [[vo]]...and we don't do talking points. >>i think the hypocrisy is so blatant. [[vo]]and ab

especially as the field continues whittle. >> doubling down on his let detroit go bankrupt line.ntervention things in detroit would be worse. i believe that without his intervention, things there would be better." he says he will be a detroiter in the white house. i am slightly confused. i would have thought there's some evidence now that the president's action on the motor industry was the right action. >> there's a lot of it from the bailouts of the auto companies did work. that said, mitt romney, his problem is he can't get conservatives. he can't get tea partiers. those groups are not behind him. he's trying to show i'm a conservative. i'm a conservative. here's how. i don't like bailouts. he's trying to emphasize. >> but does that basically mean that mitt romney has to revise the truth about the motor industry in order to appeal to these political groups? >> i think in some ways, it does. if you look at what he says today versus 2008, he was saying let detroit go bankrupt. it doesn't quite jive of what he's saying today. he has to figure out a way to reconcile the views. he'

jurors to be questioned and that was beginning a half hour ago and that process takes 45 minutes to whittle down some of the potential jurors and they have 25 people qualified right now. what that means is that is they have 25 people the prosecution and defense agree can serve on the panel. they want to get to 28 and then they want to get down to 12 jurors and three alternates. that may not happen because they have a lot of work to, do laura. >> and we know the potential jurors were selected from the city of charlottesville and this is a huge story. has there been anyone in this process who said they didn't know anything about this case? >> reporter: there were a couple. and i counted four and one lady who had a big recollection of the case. we know that four of the people have made it into the qualified tool. doesn't mean they're going to serve on the panel, because they could still get struck by either side. but they have been qualified. these are the people who have not heard anything about it. >> and i understand that there is been some questions from the defense and the prosecution to

opinion, finding a fundamental right to gay marriage, finding an equal protection violation was whittled down by the court today. ironically it looks a little like bush v. gore to me. a little bit like they're saying? states where supreme courts give one the right to marry and then by referendum that right is taken away, someone described it as lucy with the football. you can't put it out there and take it back. in those states where 18,000 couples marry in good faith believing they have the right to marry, you can't take it away. that's a pretty narrow kind of one ride only determination. i do agree with mr. olson, absolutely the language in this is powerful, so eloquent, it really is -- i remember we talked about this when judge walker's decision came down, rachel. it is a letter to justice kennedy at the court saying please, please, please this looks a lot leem r like your roner language from the colorado case. find that same right of dignity and self-determination for gay couples. it's really important to see what the ninth circuit did not do, which is glowingly uphold everything abo

i'm whittling them down. >> well, i got a lot to do. pretty good, right? >> pretty good. 10 best picture-worthy nominations. >> that's the tough part with so many to choose from. >> let's get a look at weather and traffic. lisa baden? >> at 10:00 this morning on the beltway, and as far as interstate travel, loving this friday morning. we're good on 66. we're going to take you live to a couple of pictures and start with 395. for traffic northbound near duke straight, kind of normal to get to the pentagon. how about on the other side of town? we'll change cameras and see that not much is happening on 270. headlights southbound out of germantown. by the way metrorail is running on normal service. adam caskey? >> a beautiful friday, lisa. total sunshine, highs near 50, so not as warm and mild as the past several days. but closer to where we should be this time of year. over the weekend, still a lot of uncertainty exactly where and when we get the precip. right now, the bulk will be south of the metro area. we could get light rain, maybe even wet snowflakes by early sunday mor

you need money, organization, on the ballot everywhere, and you need not to have your support whittledme you turn around. >> one way to speak on that just as a pollster -- >> no, not as a partisan. >>s as a pollster, his movement up over a brief span of time without millions of dollars being spent on advertising is something we rarely see. there's an earned -- what we call in the business an earned media campaign going on against romney that is clearly sort of having an impact on what his brand is and you see all this money being spent, be uh he's gained 13 points without spending blankets of millions of dollars. that's an amazing thing. >> in a poll. but that's different from getting votes. >> right. >> in an organized and in a competitive environment like michigan. >> i grant you -- >> if -- >> but, santorum -- >> a generation. >> if santorum wins michigan, santorum 33%, romney, 27%, gingrich 21%, that's a tight race. but if santorum wins michigan, george romney was governor of michigan, american motors back in the day, supposed to be a romney state like florida and nevada is fire wa

we whittled down the releases the bank still face all the exposure for the conduct that blew up the economy, securities fraud, tax fraud, insurance fraud, everything that provides as you pointed out about the tobacco industry, the big liability, not the 25 or 30, they are is a facing hundreds of billions of liability for claims against them preserved that our working group is pursuing very aggressively and we have a down payment, to day is a down payment, first step as the resident pointed out will get relief to people, in new york we got $136 million, most of which will go for legal services for housing counseling, no new yorker is ever wrongfully evicted because they don't have a lawyer. but in the long run the main thing is what is not in the settlement. we did not release the claims for the biggest misconduct, we'll hold the people accountable and i'm very pleased with the aggressiveness of the effort since the president announced our working group to investigate the conduct take blew up the economy a few weeks ago. >> when you talk about hundreds of billions of dollars in potential lia

the latest poll suggests his lead over mitt romney has whittled from 15 points to just 4 now. >>> snow and ice contributed to hundreds of accidents in virginia last night. the snow is mixed with rain and the northern virginia area but there were thicker, heavier flakes falling the further south you went. virginia state police say they responded to more than 800 crashes and almost 500 calls about disabled vehicles. >>> jurors will begin deliberations on wednesday now in the trial of the former uva la crosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend. >> the case went to the jury late on saturday after more than three hours of closing arguments. as nbc's mike viqueira reports the issue at hand here is whether or not yardley love's death was intentional. >> reporter: it's been a wrenching, two-week trial for the family and friends of both the victim and the accused. now the fate of george huguely charged with killing ex-girlfriend yardley love is in the jury's hands. in his closing argument prosecutor dave chapman became emotional, scoffing at huguely's claim that he went to love's apart

in that opinion finding a fundamental ray to gay marriage, finding equal protection violation was whittled down by the court today, and ironically, i do think you have to read a little bit of judge reinhart, the two judges in the majority of the 9th circuit as writing something that looks like bush v gore. they are saying in states where supreme courts give one the right to marry, and then by referendum that right is taken away, someone dried it as lucy with the football you can't put it out this and take it back. in those states when there are 18,000 couples who marry in good faith believing they have the right to marry you can't take it away, that is a pretty narrow one-ride only determination. now, i do agree with mr. olson, absolutely, the language in this is so powerful, so eloquent, it really is and i remember we taubed about this when judge walker's decision came down, rachel, a letter to justice kennedy of the court saying please, please, please, this looks a lot like your roemer language from that coklorado case. please please please take this and find determination for dignity. i

it's their vote, they are whittling their base of voters down.t's just a stunted tree with hanging fruit for the democrats. politics is the mathematics of addition, not subtraction. they keep subtracting voters. >> i wrote a column about this today, craig, in politico because they are anti-gay anti-women appears to many anti-bail-out, anti-labor. i mean you keep going down the list anti-european, anti-french, anti-muslim. all of the sudden, you have subtracted so many groups you have this very narrow path to victory. that is not a strategy for winning. >> that's what i say to all of those groups who have felt like they have been marginalized come into the democratic tent and we will add some sections and be a nice, blue michigan, ohio and country in november. this is political analyst craig crawford from washington, d.c. who stayed up late to share his thoughts with us. i want to thankful so much for joining us. this, of course, is the war room. we will be right back. don't go away. for more analysis of this great evening, from michigan and arizo

. >> this really sucks, but -- >> this is the toughest part for us because we're trying to whittle ithe sing for your life show from 42 to 24 for the green mile show that actually make it to the public. so the talent that we've seen, jennifer steven, it's just amazing. >> reporter: sometimes there's no obvious reason for a cut, just a judge's gut call paced on their years of experience combine -- based on their years of experience combined with what they've seen so far. the competition is tough this season and the bar is set high. >> we really get to see their reality end, who really has amazing chops and who really has the range and can get up there and perform on a real stage for the first time. >> character. >> sorry, baby, you didn't make it. >> reporter: with each denial, tears and disappointment, but some will return to hollywood to perform on the live show where america gets the chance to be the judge. >> what i love about this, i call it the greatest talent show because the honesty, us and them. it's like a real honest to goodness talent show. it's us and the kids singing. the