recently, he did his best strongman impression from his hospital bed and now zaccing is everywhere.f has his story. >> reporter: at the university of maryland, zac is the big man on campus, not for his size, but for his heart. the 18-year-old student first beat cancer at age 11. seven years later, it returned. >> when you hear cancer, obviously, the first thing that runs through your mind is death, chemo, obviously, hospitals, terrible things, but dr. carson put it in a good way, he said another opportunity. i thought what a great way to put it. >> two weeks ago, doctors removed a cancerous tumor from zac's brain. >> i'm drugged up, i make the muscles and say dad, take a picture. >> his father posted the picture on facebook. his cousin saw, struck the same pose, and declared tebowing out and zacing in. online, everyone from marines in california to police in howard county were zacing, sushi chefs, fraternity guys, darryl from "the office," and even a naked cowboy in time square. governor martin o'malley got word and made a call. >> did you get the governor to do any? >> no, maybe i

those problems may be solved with the signing of san ramon valley high star zac klein.video of klein, my daughter goes to monta vista.o this guy zac klein killed utah state. he is committed to the bares as a junior and already enrolled in classes in berkeley. cal, would have had a top five national class but lost the top recruiter and a bunch of recruits who followed him. a strong but not a spectacular class. linebacker hardy nickerson, jr. fellow linebacker michael barton. bryce tregs gives the bears a top 20 class. >>> under the super bowl, most people know that tom brady grew up in the bay area. another patriots player you will see in the super bowl is jullian ettelman from the college of san mateo. spent one year there and went to kent state. the patriots use him everywhere. wide receiver. defensive back. special teams. a unique combination of speed, strength and smarts. and he is happy to be on the field at all times. >> particularly the coaches one day i'm eating and they say you will be in defensive meetings and that is how it went. and not going to say no to an

sources say in the wake of her breakup with ashton kutcher, she had been drinking red bull and hitting on zac efron. >> reese witherspoon asked what she thought he might star in the re-make, she answered that would be cool. would he be playing me or marc wahlberg? stand down, witherspoon! when his voice changes, he is going to prove everybody wrong, everybody. >> when? >>> this comes to us from wthr, channel 13 in indianapolis where an nbc star made a high-flying appearance. late night host jimmy fallon on the left he rode one of the zip lines set up as part of the super bowl village. he's there to do four nights of his show in honor of the big game which, of course, you can watch on this station this sunday. in case you hadn't heard. jimmy said afterward that going on the zip line is like having indianapolis quarterback peyton manning throw you 400 yards. look at that bear hug. i love it. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> taking a live look outside right now, we have 53 degrees at 4:28 on this thursday morning. good morning to yo

breakup with ashton kutcher, she had been mixing pills with red bull and hitting on 24-year-old actor zacfron, a really bad combination. >>> and reese witherspoon took a tiny shot and justin bieber. she was asked what she thought of him remaking a movie starring her and mark wahlberg. when asked would she be playing me or mark wahlberg? come on. >>> this comes to us from wthr, channel 13 in indianapolis where an nbc star made a high-flying appearance. late night host jimmy fallon on the left rode one of the zip lines set up as part of the super bowl village in bright yellow shoes. he's there to do four nights of his show in honor of the big game, which, of course, you can watch here on this nbc station this sunday. jimmy said afterward that going on the zip line is like having indianapolis quarterback peyton manning throw you 400 yards. >> that just proves that no one can look cool on a zip line. i don't care who you are. put a super model on a zip line. >> we are not going to test that out. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> t

sources say moore was mixing pills and red bulls and had been hitting on 24-year-old actor zac efron., reese weatherspoon took a tiny shot at justin bieber. >> tiny? are you picking on him? >> when asked what she thought about rumors he might remake the 1996 thriller "fear" which starred witherspoon and mark wahlberg. she answered, that would be cool, would he be playing me or mark wahlberg? why does everyone have to hate on the biebs? >> he's squeaky clean, he's nice. >> and millions of girls pawn all over him. >> they used to. >> it's getting old. >>> this is "first look" with lynn berry. stay tuned. "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> defense secretary leon panetta announcing to the surprise even of some in the obama administration that american combat forces will withdraw from afghanistan sometime next year. a full year ahead of the previous timetable. the question is, will the now 10 1/2 year war really end in 2013? we'll have a live right from jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. >>> mitt romney is drawing heat from the left and right over a comment he made yest