told you atlanta. the celtics to get anything off the glass. >> phil: keep in mind you're talking about guys that are very quick on their feet. very difficult to box out. they are quick in reacting to the ball. change of direction. you've got horford in there. capable of that. smith. and now joe johnson playing the three. so you've got some very capable rebounders that are very quick and solid inside. >> steve: smith finally misses one. this is atlanta's first of five straight home games. they will face them friday. oklahoma city. sacramento and charlotte. before traveling to houston and san antonio. they get yet another rebound. that's 48 for the game. wizards have 46 rebounds. in fact, they have three players with double doubles. jamison with 25 and 18. butler with 15 and 10. and haywood with 13 and 10. this game is going to atlanta. the wizards made a valient comeback tonight. down 22 points after scoring just 13 points in the first quarter. 20 in the second. they trailed by 12 at the half. came bac

the citizens of atlanta. no man or woman is an island and no one rises to leadership without being lifted to such heights by those around them. such really is the moral of my story. along the path of this podium i have seen the faces, heard the hopes, felt the disappointments and found myself deeply moved by the dreams of people in our communities. i carry those personal encounters in my heart and i will use this office you have given me to make a positive difference in the lives of all i can. for today i am the recipient of a sacred gift, a gift of the public trust. and its collective hope for a brighter future. i assure you, i take neither that gift nor its responsibilities lightly. stewardship of one of america's great cities is now the mandate that has been entrusted to me, the members of the judiciary, the president of the city council and the members of city council. i am deeply humbled by the call. and more than anything, i know that i cannot do it without you. i ask for both your prayers and your you

atlanta, let's go far today. [applause] so while i stand here before you as a mayor who has sworn to undertake those responsibilities, as a servant of this city, i am looking out at so many of you who have also understood and shared in this effort. your service inspires me and will continue to inspire me as we face a set of responsibilities that call each and everyone of us to serve atlanta. i would like to share with you my vision of the shared responsibility we face at this moment. our responsibility to our past, to our present, to our future, and most importantly, to one another. it is often said that to know where we are going, we must know where we have come from. with that in mind, i believe we must understand and acknowledge that the atlanta that we cherish today, the atlanta where a movement of freedom that changed the history of the world was launched, would have never come to be were it not for the combination of people and initiatives that have come before us. . . >> those leaders who built the opportu

he's enjoying his rookie season here in atlanta with the hawks. l.d. williams rebounds. 33-25 yellow jackets. >> larry: georgia tech back into that two-three matchup zone. they worked a lot on this in >> bob: aminu. rebound batted out and rice on the back of williams. second foul on glen rice jr. hands by tony woods to keep that ball alive in there. georgia tech defenders and got the slap out. >> bob: and wake forest with a williams going to the line. l.d. is a 70% free-throw shooter, leads the team in steals and field goal percentage at 51. that is his seventh point. >> larry: his moniker is really as a good defender. most everybody who plays against wake forest always compliments defends. >> bob: weaver in, woods out. l.d. exits in favor of ari stewart. >> larry: talking about the way do wake forest keeping up with georgia tech running players in and out. paul hewitt really using only an rotation. guys. nice pass. for the jackets. the middle. >> larry: watch bell again, a good screen that time. opened it up down there and a terrific pass. you know, a

and the first quarter is over here in atlanta. antawn jamison got a big three- point shot moments ago. but the hawks building a lead as both teams struggled from the fields. atlanta just 7 of 22. washington just 6 of 21. and after one quarter

we will act boldly, because what they know without a doubt is that atlanta, the atlanta that i know and love is worth sacrificing four, is worth fighting four, so yes we stand in the midst of storm clouds of an economic recession that has challenged their ability to deliver and just as much we stand in the valley between mounds of local and regional issues that stand so high that we are challenged to imagine what did you looks like from the mountaintops. we cannot ignore those storm clouds. we cannot avoid those valleys, but fran says your mayor i will share with you this. we will see the sunlight of our future. we will stand on top of those mountains. we will be a city on the hill. we will embrace the shared responsibilities we have an together in spirit, in service we will succeed. we will win. come with me. our journey has just begun. godspeed. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> and now it's form on grassroots campaign planning from american universities campaign management institute. this is about an hour and 30 minutes. >> i am going to introduce our for speaker of the afternoon w

right now it's negative one in atlanta. and in the 20s, that's the windchill factor this morning across most of florida. and it's important to note that sunday night we're expecting the temperatures through central and even parts of south florida to get down into the upper 20s. this is very bad news for the citrus crops in the region. because once that temperature drops to 28, the fruit freezes. so we're watching for that for even colder air as we look toward sunday night. here's what's interesting. you're looking at the radar picture across florida, and it looks like it is snowing across much of northern florida right now with some sleet in the center and rain south of tampa. i can tell you that the atmosphere is so dry that as this moisture falls from the sky, it evaporates above the surface. so while it might look like it's snowing, we're getting a little bit of snow/sleet mixing in. nothing is heavy as it looks right now, but certainly something to keep an eye on as we go through the day. and yes, we are looking for mor

brutally cold there as well as in atlanta. we're also looking at very cold temperatures for florida miami at 53. the normal temperature this time of year is about 75 degrees. so big changes there. also boston, the northeast looking cold. if you are looking for milder weather, here's the place to find it, los angeles. sunshine there and a nice, mild high temperature of 78 degrees. so if you're looking for relief from all this cold you'll want to head to southern california. that's where we're looking at the nice weather. in las vegas, 61 degrees, and cold there in to salt lake city with a high of 32 right at freezing. that is a look at your saturday forecast. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln. >>> you may let a bad word slip every now and then. but one san francisco politician is taking it to another level. >>> just updated my facebook status update vowing that in 2009 i'll use the word [ bleep ] in every board of supervisors meeting. so my apologies. >> what his constituents and fellow politicians think about his prom

atlanta, let's go far today. [applause] i stand here before you as a mayor who is going to undertake those responsibility. as a servant of this city. i'm looking out at so many of you who have also understood and shared in the effort. your service inspires me and will continue to inspire me as we face a set of responsibilities that cause each and every one of us to serve atlanta. with that in mind, i would like to share with you my vision of the shared responsibility that we face at this moment. that vision is a four responsibilities. our responsibility to our past, to our present, to our future, and most importantly, to one another. it is often said that to know where we are going, we must know where we have come from. with that in mind, i believe we must understand and acknowledge that the atlanta we cherish today, the atlanta where a movement of freedom that changed the history of the world had launched would it never have come to be if it were not for the combination of people and initiatives that have come b

has played all five years in atlanta. he was the second overall pick in 2005 after one year at north carolina. >> phil: if you're going back to williams and his three-point shooting. his first three year they had a total of 25 threes. last year shot right around 34% and made 55 threes. so again, he is adding that to his game and it has been very beneficial for the team. >> steve: last year was the first year in four that he did not increase his scoring average. >> phil: randy foye knocking down another jumper. trying to make it a little easier. they seem to have a good feel for the shot right there. good rebound. >> steve: boxing out. jason collins in the game. foye has 6 points. jamison left alone for three and you buries it. wizards have come back to tie the game. 5 points for jamison. second around butler. tough shot. gets it to go. >> phil: he is capable of putting the ball on the floor. he seems to be an ideal small forward for this team. that time puts the ball on the floor and able to knock it down. >> steve: pushe

wizards had a day off after losing in atlanta on wednesday. our morgan franklin pivotal ay of that 1st quarter. >> phil: nice play by antawn jamison delivering along the baseline. he goes up strong with two hands and throws it down for an easy 2. 12349 team captain jamison will start the 2nd quarter aunt bench, getting a rest. 3 of 7 from the field, our chevy first half stats. washington with 12 points in the paint an in that -- paint in that quarter. >> phil: 14-12 advantage. >> steve: wizards made 2-53- pointers, chicago has made one. foul was on johnson. james the rookie from wake forest. blatche gets a start in the first half. >> phil: good reaction from caron of the i think he realized as soon as it left his fingers, he didn't just get enough english on it and went back after it. >> steve: rims it, nick is there, james johnson grabbed it. 16th overall this past summer after two years at wake. and a foul is called on johnson. he's the runner up for acc rookie in 2008. maryland fans might remember him from the acc tournament when he had 20

. >>> snow and ice a dangerous combination in atlanta. can you believe that? here it is, you don't want to see that. a sheet of ice. the driver in the pickup truck lost control, it's one of many slick streets coated in black ice there. we should let you know the driver in these incidents have been all shaken up but they're okay. you can watch this stuff, can you imagine being on the top of that road and seeing that coming at you? scary. there have been over two dozen car crashes we're showing you right there and bill karins has more. >> good morning, alex. a historic morning in central florida. believe it or not, we're getting reports of snow and sleet from areas from tampa and just outside of downtown orlando. this doesn't happened, i lived there for five years myself, never saw anything like this. orlando international airport has a temperature of 32 degrees. we're getting rain and sleet and snow mixed in all through central florida. look at the winter radar. the white is showing where the snow is, mostly on the morn edge arou around ocala and villages and n

atlanta alone is reporting hundreds of accidents after frozen rain and snow. and staying inside is no guarantee you're going to escape problems from the arctic blast. ruptured pipes are keeping plumbers busy. this video comes from houston, where some folks obviously ignored advice to wrap their exposed pipes. hardware stores there say foam insulation has been flying off the shelves. if you can't find any, one plumber says, towels and duct tape will do the job in a pinch. >>> in oregon, a reporter determined to get the job done was literally blown away by a howling wind storm. >> with sustained wind blowing 60 to 70 miles per hour out h e here, but the windchill is just painful. >> now, don't worry. she's okay, even after that fall. the reporter, keely chalmers, was back reporting live from the same scene later in the evening. but all the videos show just how many problems are being caused by the icy roads, the frigid temperatures and the wind. keep it tuned to hln. we'll have complete weather coverage all afternoon. >>> i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for h

the temperature in atlanta you can see is now at 25 degrees. it's not only chill any atlanta. birmingham, 26. snow flurries this morning. also looking at very cold temperatures across much of florida as well. and you know what's amazing to me is that when you plan to, let's say, run a race, a mayorton or half marathon, a lot of people pick destinations across the country based on the weather. so orlando, florida, this time of year, 72 degrees for a high. 52 degrees for a low. perfect running weather. a half marathoner that ventured out, dealt with temperatures in the 30s, as if they were running in boston. >> oh, no. >> tomorrow is the full marathon. 55,000 people close to the 7,000 that went out this morning will ge out tomorrow morning and run more. orlando right now is getting a mix, a little bit of light rain, then to the north we still have sleet falling in flagler beach, in and around the daytona beach area. sleet mixing with snow at times in parts of northern and central florida. also looking at big changes. luckily, despite the frigid temperatures you see here, we are

a frigid day here in atlanta. back up to you, alex. >> cannot caution people enough to be careful on the roads. i tell you, that's a mess. >> absolutely. >> ron mott, thank you. >>> coverage of the arctic blast of winter continues online. there you'll find more information on the low temperature records that are expected this weekend across southern florida. we'll have the forecast from nbc meteorologist bill karins ahead for you too. >>> msnbc is the place for politics. president obama says he's setting aside billions of dollars to create green jobs as a new unemployment report shows figures far worse than expected. nbc's mike vicario joins me from the white house. good morning, mike. the president is trying to change the conversation in washington way from the terror stories that dominated the headlines. what is he saying about job creation? >> reporter: they're a little disappointed at the white house after the december numbers came out. the unemployment numbers. they hoped to see a decrease from double digits,

our catherine callaway is at one, the gateway shelter in atlanta. we talked to you a little earlier, and no doubt they're a little busier than they have been. >> reporter: yeah. e h we had the breakfast crowd, but believe it or not, most of the people haven't left. what the director told me earlier was usually they eat, they come, and they go, but they're staying and they're trying to take advantage of that opportunity by getting some of these homeless people into the programs that they offer here. and we spoke with one individual whose name is andre hall. he goes by "soldier." he was homeless about a year and a half ago. they were able to eventually get him his own place. unfortunately this cold weather, t.j., his pipes busted, his water pipes busted, and he found himself back here this week to try and stay warm. and he says it's a good place to come, though, because there are so many programs to help the homeless. listen to what he had to say. >> all type of opportunities start here. just got to reach out and grab it. so you can't just come and si

. >> reporter: on the road in atlanta and the caps unleash the fury. six different players unleashed a goal. the capitals win big 8-1. largest margin ever victory this season. the caps have also won three straight. wild card saturday here on nbc 4, eagles against the cowboys, pretty much all dallas in this one. felix jones goes 73 yards for a touchdown. kroubs crush the eagles 34-14. their first playoff victory in 13 years. dallas will meet minnesota in cincinnati. jets beat the bengals for the second week in a row, 24-14. college hoops. 12th rank georgetown hosting uconn. the hoyas trailed but they came back. georgetown rallied back to win it 72-69. that's your "sports minute." i'm hakem dermish, have a great day. >>> this morning howard university is remembering one of its long time leaders. james edward chief died yesterday after a lengthy illness. he was president of howard from 1969 to 1989. during those 20 years established the school of business and the hospital, and upped the budget from $40 million to $400 million. he was awarded the president

. >> woodruff: paul solman takes a real estate tour in atlanta with two experts on housing prices. >> there's reasons to believe it will stay down and there are reasons to believe it's going to come back. that's why you economists drive people crazy. you do understand that. >> absolutely. >> ifill: ray suarez has the story of american doctors and nurses helping to rebuild haiti's shattered health care system. and the obama administration gets an "f" for its ability to respond to a biological attack. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: bank of america >> what has made grant thornton a truly global accounting organization, with access to resources in more than 100 countries? is it their global capabilities, or is it their passion for how they serve their clients? grant thornton >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. chevron. this is

he went to atlanta and posted a career-best 17. really tough guy. >> larry: the only senior on this florida state squad. >> bob: dulkys rips it out of there. >> larry: great effort by dulkys

snow and ice were a dangerous combination there in atlanta. yeah, we just can't get enough of this video. look at that. yep, impact. there will be another one coming along in just a moment, and it's right there. can you imagine traveling on a sheet of black ice like that downhill? there's not much you can do to spot. we have good news to say that despite the many slick streets, there were few injuries to report, just grernd benders. dozens of car crashes have been reported. let's get the latest now from nbc's ron mott. cold there still? let's see, breathe. yeah, i see the emissions that are coming out of your mouth. it's cold! >> reporter: it is cold, indeed, alex, but it's warmed up to a balmy 15 degrees here in atlanta with a windchill of about 2. and as you can imagine, in a place that they've nicknamed hot-lan hot-lanta, things can get a little dicey when it gets icy, and that's exactly what happened here yesterday and far beyond. >> look out! >> reporter: the dangerous, frosty weather stretched from coast to coast, menacing planes, trains

we have nbc's ron mott in atlanta for us where it is just lots of snow behind you. you look so cold, but nonetheless, a good morning. >> reporter: good morning, alex. it is a balmy 13 degrees right now with the windchill of zero. and they have the nerve to nickname this place hotlanta. as you can imagine, a lot of folks getting a little dicey with things get icy here. that's exactly what happened here and far beyond. >> look out! >> reporter: the dangerous frosty weather stretched from coast to coast, menacing planes, trains and automobiles. and in the south, bumper cars, minus the amusement, as icy conditions turned many roadways into slippery slopes, triggering wreck after wreck. like this 27-vehicle pileup friday morning in atlanta. >> there is nothing we can do to stop the cars. you just watch one, boom, he comes up, the next one, you see it coming and there is another one and there is another one. >> reporter: no one died here, though a handful of weather related fatalities were reported elsewhere. in the pacific northwest, wind was the big culprit. >> it is ju

brutally cold there, as well as in atlanta. we're also looking at very cold temperatures for florida, miami at 53. the normal temperature this time of year is about 75 degrees. so big changes there. also boston, the northeast looking cold. if you are looking for milder weather, here is a place to find it. los angeles. we'll look for sunshine there, and a nice, mild, high temperature of 78 degrees. so if you're looking for relief from all this cold, you'll want to head to southern california. that's where we're looking at the nice weather. in las vegas, 61 degrees, and cold there into salt lake city. high of 32 right at freezing. that is a look at your saturday forecast. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln. >>> senate majority leader harry reid apologized today for comments he made about president obama during the campaign. they were reported in "the atlantic" as part of an excerpt from an upcoming book by two journalists. the book tells how senator reid reportedly said in private that then-candidate obama could win thank

i did it at the house of blues in atlanta. and that show sold out. from that show to -- i came off the road about two years ago with "madea goes to jail," the play. i was seeing about 30,000, 40,000 people a week. i was playing arenas by the time i came off the road with the play. >> larry: you write plays? s >> that's where i started, yes. >> larry: what was a play doing in the house of blues? >> yeah. right. what happened was the house of blues had, was there for the olympics in 1996 and there was a church they had turned into the house of blues. i had an opportunity to rent the place because it had like 1,100 seats and it was the perfect size of what i wanted to do. >> larry: what kind of plays do you write? >> they're called gospel musicals. they have been called urban theater. chitlin circuit theater. which is a thing i'm really, really proud of. first off, i used to be embarrassed by that term. then i found out the history about it. when black people couldn't perform in the establishments, such as marion anderson, you name it. you go down the l

>>> from alexander memorial coliseum in atlanta, it's acc college hoops. wake forest against the georgia tech yellow jackets. as we reach the end of january, it becomes clear that the acc race is wide open, and tonight we have two teams that plan to be atop the conference standings when the season ends. wake forest is led by their fiery head coach, dino gaudio. al-farouq aminu and ishmael smith. the demon deacons are 4-2 in acc play and looking to pick up an important road win versus a ranked opponent. the yellow jackets come in ranked 22nd in the nation and are almost unbeatable at home as they are 9-1. can they fight off the big men of wake forest and carry the yellow jackets to another acc home win? it all begins right now as gary tech faces off against wake forest. >>> we welcome you to the flats. alexander memorial coliseum, the thriller dome, the georgia tech yellow jackets hit the hardwood. tonight a big acc matchup as they entertain the wake forest demon deacons in a 2010 acc race that is up for grabs. maryland begins the new week with a half a gam

but atlanta's home. sure. >> larry: we'll be back with tyler perry, what a guy, don't go away. ♪ introducing the 2010 motor trend truck of the year. the all-new ram heavy duty. with a legendary 6.7-liter cummins turbo diesel. an all-new refined interior. it gives brains more to think with. it gives muscles more to work with. it gives trophy shelves more to deal with. introducing the 2010 motor trend truck of the year. ram. >> larry: we're back with tyler perry. let's take a look at a scene from the new winning comedy series, "house of payne." watch. >> curtis, can you help us? >> yeah, we stuck. name two great kings. >> i got it. two great kings for $200. the first great king is smoking and second one is drinking. smoke and drinking. write that down. >> larry: she's a character. >> smoking, drinking, larry king. great kings. >> larry: it's an african-american family, three generations of family in it. pure comedy? >> pure comedy. but we put a lot of drama into it, too. it's really important for me to l

back to atlanta, 38 degrees. the other side of that boundary, it warms up. 52 in dallas and 42 in denver. the big weather story today is going to take place in new england, where they could see up to a foot of snowfall in parts of upstate maine. if you're driving on parts of i-95, could give you some limited visibility, so keep that in mind. scattered snow showers possible for the great lakes. same story in the pacific northwest. looks like a parts of the coastal range, heavy snowfall a possibility. light snow possible. that is a look at your forecast across the nation. >>> some anxious moments at seattle's airport. a man who says he has a gun locks himself in a bathroom. what he wanted from authorities. >>> rush limbaugh says he's fine. he was released from a hospital in hawaii. limbaugh went in wednesday because he was having chest pains. doctors say he didn't have a heart attack and more importantly, he does not have heart disease. as evidence he was feeling better, he couldn't resist taking a political jab at

this became a common site in atlanta, georgia. folks not knowing what to do about the stuff called black ice. plunging temperatures. it is not over yet. jacqui jeras is in the severe weather center where she has a pretty good purview of what's taking place, not just in atlanta, georgia, but everywhere. it really is a deep freeze in the deep south. >> yeah, it is. it has really been great. >> two-thirds of the country. southwest is doing okay, though. not too terrible. a good reminder for everybody. this arctic blast hasn't been ta record breaking. we had a couple of record lows from south dakota to texas. aberdeen at 31 below zero. 8 degrees in waco, texas. san angelo, your temperature this morning was only 10 dgs. the windchill still well below freezing. 22 below in fargo. winnipeg, 31 below. minneapolis, minus eight. doing better than the 40s and 50s you have been dealing with in the upper midwest. there, you can see the picture as a whole. you can see los angeles, 73 degrees, making you feel warm for about 5 seconds there. 22 i

atlanta is up by one. corey perry on the goal line twisting and steve eminger will poke it in to tie the game. third period, thrashers power play. maxim afinogenov cleans it up with the wrister. atlanta back on top, 2-1. last clans for the ducks with the extra attacker. ryan getzlaf fires with three seconds left. it goes off the post and the thrashers will hold on for the 2-1 victory as they send the ducks to defeat and send them up here to washington. one of the guys the anaheim ducks will have to face tomorrow night, alan may, is alexander semin who has been flat out on a roll. you kind of point back to when that contract extension was announced to see him game pickup. >> i think not having to worry about and answer questions about thinks contract status and what he was going to do next year has really helped him concentrate on hockey and he's had 19 points in the last 11 games and it looks as though he's had the puck on a string for that amount of time and he's been bothered by a wonky rift and -- wrist

the wind chill is 6 in atlanta, georgia this morning. you know it's cold when atlanta is at 6. windchill advisories all going down south. windchill in miami is 43, which for them is a little shocking to the system. temperatures will struggle to the 30s in most locations. it's a slow warmup but another arctic blast comes next weekend. don't count on anything warm at least for a while. if you're watching wnbc 4 in new york, see the mysteries of the great lakes and discover the lakes untold stories at the american museum of natural history. that's your eastern event of the day, lynn. >> better stay indoors today, bill. stay warm. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. hyped as the film of the decade, "avatar" now actually has the chance to be the film of the decade. with $68 million, "avatar" posted a third straight number one weekend. it shot past the $1 billion mark, the fifth movie to pass that threshold ever. that makes director james cameron the only filmmaker to produce two movies topping $1 billion. number two was robert downy jr. thriller" sher

look at the picture out of atlanta, georgia. this is yesterday where we had the snow and icy streets across the area. it caused multiple accidents. there was a 27-car pileup and people in the south, for the most part, just don't know how to drive in these type of conditions. just one other note to show you how gradual that warmup is going to be. here is tampa, florida. you can see those temperatures here for tomorrow in the 40s. we'll be pushing the 60 degree mark by the middle of the week. touch and go still across the south. be patient, things will be getting better, but use a lot of caution if you have to travel in this part of the country over the next couple of days yet. >> thank you. >>> well, when it is this frigid, most of us cope by staying indoors, bundling up and cranking up that thermostat. that's not an option for the nation's homeless. catherine callaway is in atlanta showing us how people who need heat are finding shelter from the cold. >> trying to stay with people and when you have kids and things, it is kind of

we are 31 degrees in atlanta right now. we are going to see the temperatures dropping way down again, dropping way down. anything that melts during the day is going to be freezing up tonight. slick roadways are going to continue to be a problem in the south for days on end. look at the arctic air here. the nation's midsection seeing the worst of it. we are seeing cold temperatures below freezing, feeling like it all the way down into south florida. we have a little bit of moisture, wet moisture to talk about, that is predom nainantly into the southeast. when you combine that with freezing temperatures, you start getting things like sleet. we have been seeing that in florida along the i-4 corridor here. you could see a little bit in tampa towards orlando, which you already did this morning. we will watch that to move further to the south. we could see some in west palm beach area as temperatures drop into the low to middle 30s. miami down to 33 degrees. a ridge of high pressure in the west is going to start to push off to th

the wind chill i 6 in atlanta, georgia this morning. you know it's cold when atlanta is at 6. windchill advisories all going down south. windchill in miami is 43, which for them is a little shocking to the system. temperatures will struggle to the 30s in most locations. it's a slow warmup but another arctic blast comes next weekend. don't count on anything warm at least for a while. if you're watching wnbc 4 in new york, see the mysteries of the great lakes and discover the lakes untold stories at the american museum of natural history. that's yr eastern event of the day, lynn. >> better stay indoors today, bill. stay warm. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. hyped as the film of the decade, "avatar" now actually has the chance to be the film of the decade. with $68 million, "avatar" posted a third straight number one weekend. it shot past the $1 billion mark, the fifth movie to pass that threshold ever. that makes director james cameron the only filmmaker to produce two movies topping $1 billion. number two was robert downy jr. thriller" sherlo

atlanta, 38 degrees, 30 in boston, new york also 30 degrees. speaking of new york, a great shot for you. it's of central park. not too many skaters for time being, but we've seen them on and off. looks like the zamboni is cleaning off the ice, but more skaters will enjoy the great day. with highs in the low 30s, don't think much of that snow or ice will be long gone. the rest of your forecast, we may be seeing snowfall across parts of the central plains as well as the central and northern rockies, the cascades certainly could get in on the snow action, but fairly dry in the desert southwest with high temperatures that will be going up to about 71 degrees in vegas, 52 in dallas, 34 in memphis, and 65 in miami. that is a wrap on the forecast. pretty nice for part of the nation, but upper midwest, northern plains, egads. >> stay warm. still in my mind is going out to get the mail in the speedo. i don't know where you came up with that. >> just extremes of not what to do. no-brainer but worth mentioning. let's be honest, we've shown video of people

look at temperature in atlanta. only 24 degrees. miami at 50. talking about 24 in atlanta. we have cold temperatures through the tennessee valley, ohio valley and then in the mid-atlantic. we're seeing that chill in the air. that will be a factor through the night tonight into tomorrow morning. here's what it looks like closer here. 24 degrees in salisbury. 25 in baltimore. 24 in d.c. 22 in hagerstown. seven in oakland. the windchill factor is making it feel like minus 11. it's pretty chilly at this time. clouds will gather as we go through the overnight. a few flakes might work their way into the forecast. tomorrow we may get a few snow showers across the area with cold air in place. we've got this area of low pressure that is bringing down the cold air out of cannad aas well as pafrts the great lakes around cleveland. looking at a snowfall in pennsylvania. buffalo, they're always used to that. we may get a few flakes. temperatures across the region, looking at cold temperatures in the north. that will be sustained through the night tonight into tomorrow. futurescan showin

boom, just like that one here in atlanta. and the rest of the southeast, for that matter. >> also, coming up this morning, a lot of people out of a job right now. this might be a really good time for you to become your own boss. this might be the best time for you to go into business for yourself. >>> the snow and the cold, when is it all going to end, is what many people are asking, even some of the animals like iguanas falling out of trees want to know when is it going to in? look at that. in atlanta, slipping and sliding out of control. >> you hate to see this stuff. bonnie schneider in for reynolds today. a lot of times, how in the world are we just lucky to get this video sometimes, the videographers. it's the same, you set up a camera and like clockwork you can catch someone going too fast and you're going to catch them slipping and sliding. >> imagine that car behind it. >> exactly. >> you know the roads, of course, not being treated a lot in the southeast because we don't get a lot of snow. even down the florida we've

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atlanta now colder-we are, 19 degrees. freeze warnings across florida with temperatures in tampa, orlando, gainesville, 20s and 30s this afternoon, not doing better in atlanta, 33 with 8 for kansas city, 34 here. for us, watching the snow here. we may see a little of that activity reach east of the mountains and get to us. deep south looking at a little snow. always amuses me when mississippi is seeing a little snow. here's the seven-day forecast. low 30s, snow showers are possible. shouldn't amount to much, except in mountains. 35 tomorrow. warmer wednesday and thursday. by friday, chance for snow. more importantly, colder air for friday and saturday. highs back in the 20s. >>> arctic blast. hey, 12 minutes away from the 6:00 hour. happy new year. thank you for joining us. kicking things off with a trouble spot out there on branch avenue southbound, where it meets earnshaw road. icy conditions take away the left lane for driving. use caution. move it into virginia, 395 northbound a little bit of volume between duke over t

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in atlanta, 7:00 a.m. in seattle, washington. so, you know, while you were sleeping there's been a disturbing new development in the suicide attack that killed seven cia workers in afghanistan last month. before the attack, the suspected bomber made a tape detailing his motives. we'll have a live report on that in just a minute. >>> also, terrorism on the minds of people here at home, as well. the suspect in that christmas day bombing attempt aboard a northwest airplane had his day in court yesterday. we've got the details on that appearance. and also where we're going now in this case. >>> and then, of course, there is the sound that no driver ever wants to hear. oh. right there. wrecks like this all across the south thanks to a wicked streak of icy, frigid weather. just part of the damage sweeping the country in this deep freeze and we're going to get more on these temperatures because, listen up, folks, they are still going down. it is not over. we're going to bring you the latest from the weather center coming right up. >>> w

and like georgia state when the panthers are home down in atlanta. as georgia state has ball with three and a half to go in the first. dukes taking the air out a bit. justin side of mid court. only a six-point margin. on the wing. guarded tightly. trying to post. pulling away. jumper not there. >> rodriquez rebound. >> that may be a step or two further outside. >> nice shovel. left block. that's been another big issue when they are pulling away. >> they have been able to get past that outside level of the gas state defense. everybody cl

we were told that on this airtran flight 39 from atlanta to san francisco, a young man was taken into custody after the plane was diverted. there are varying reports that say the suspect was intoxicated and might have locked himself in the bathroom and refused to come out. it was then that we're told that authorities said we can't fool around with this. they let the government know -- this is a picture taken of this passenger on the flight a little while ago. you might have seen this earlier today. and then they radioed back and said, look, we've got a problem here. and deciding that the better part was not to take any risk. norad immediately released two f-16's that tailed the plane down for this landing to colorado springs. everyone safe on the flight. the passenger has been taken into custody. that's all we know. but, again, this could have been obviously a big deal. you only send f-16's to tail a plane if you fear that plane might be used either as a weapon or god forebid even worse. 9/11 comes to mind there. this of course two weeks to the day we had a guy try to blow up a plane

mark strassmann is in atlanta tonight. mark, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. it was 12 degrees outside here first thing this morning, but with the windchill it felt like one degree above zero, very unsouthern but remember every state but hawaii has been experiencing freezing temperatures, it is just that some people feel it more than others. >> it is southern discomfort, places like metro atlanta, dallas, bitter, bracing cold that grips the deep south. >> no salt, no road crews, feels like temperatures across the south hovered around zero temperatures are running 15 to 25 degrees below normal in the deep south, you are going to get some relief mid and late week but chances are before the winter is done it is going to come back gang busters again grim news for florida citrus farmers for several hours overnight temperatures should drop below 28 degrees, the potential kill zone for the state's $8 billion citrus industry. texas city set record lows today, ten degrees in austin, waco's low hit eight. america's coldest spot, aberdeen, south dakota, minus 31. >> dece

we head down towards atlanta. not so hot atlanta here for us. 34 for the high. chilly indeed. let's show you the radar what it's showing with some of the snow showers across the northeast. boston seeing snow, new york state as well. this area of snow working its way on off generally the southwest here for us. we'll keep some of the snow around across the region for the next couple of days through our sunday snow here coming in. we'll really see it piling on across portions of the great lakes as some of the cold air works in over lake erie and ontario. buffalo, monday temperatures around 20 degrees. even into tuesday we keep the threat for snow going around. 22, warming up slightly for you. new york city some sunshine but 33 and cold. lot of folks will be bundling up and shoveling. >> rough time for a lot of folks. alex wallace, thanks for the update. >>> still ahead, a big development in the case of a murdered florida family. a live report next from miami. >>> also, the new rules for credit cards. will they really help consumers? we will tell you what you can expect in the com

. >>> a new year's eve tragedy just outside of atlanta. police say a 4-year-old was hit by a bullet from celebratory gunfire has died. the boy was attending a midnight church service when the bullet came through the church roof and hit him through the head. authorities do not know who fired the gun. >> i want to say to the people who did this to my son, please come forward and say something. we need justice. >> police say they are actively working leads in that case. >>> want to go down to brazil? take a look at this aftermath. crews now just searching for survivors in all of this rubble, this muddy mess. two separate mudslides around rio de janeiro, awful. at least 51 people have been killed. mudslides were triggered by ten inches of rain that fell on the area since wednesday. look at the homes leveled. unbelievable to think of that. here closer to home, we're dealing with snow, yes. new england snowstorm threatening to keep folks indoors all weekend long. jacqui jeras, i mean it's kind of fun at first the snow coming down but then when y

atlanta product. his older sister played for hoff tray in 2004-2008. >> how much does georgia state have left in the tank? they hod to exert so much energy get back in the game. third straight road game on the road since tuesday. what do they have left for the final three and a half minutes? >> rodriquez play maker. vcu up top. sanders feeds rodriquez. in the conner continue -- corn er nixon. he was throw to get over. could not deny the entry. smart play to get the foul. he was grabbing the jersey on the floor. waiting to make his move to the bucket. as a result i think they'll give him two shots. >> burrges right. >> they'll say it was on the floor. >> 82%. fifth best in the c.a.a. first is on the way. vcu went about 15 minutes of game time second half without a free throw make after converting 17 of the first half. he's there with the second. ready for the team's third on the stanza. >> i'll give georgia state credit. they know they have to be less physical. they were able to maintain their aggressi

. -8 in minneapolis. 19 in atlanta. i was in miami last week. it was 49. it was the headline in the news. i was enjoying it. it is a big deal for the crops. there is a disturbance swings through the will bring some added clouds and maybe a snow shower. nothing of major consequence. do not be surprised. temperatures will be in the low 30 cost at best. you wind will be continuing. 20's tonight but it will feel like the teens. -- but the wind will be continuing. it is a chilly week. we should be in the 40 possible will not say 40 any time for the foreseeable future. >> thank you. >>> facebook is now taking the blame for a growing divorce rate. a new computer without breaking the bank. >> figure of the tablet computer appears to be gone. a company has designed a top computer that can be sold for under $200. manufacturers cannot buy the design and customize the computer. it includes gps and up to six to four gigs of storage. apple is widely to unveil its output computer. a group of broadcasters wants to deliver live tv to mobile devices. to want to offer news a

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ooh, this is something atlanta actually accident video i see that we have there. yeah, atlanta, icy streets and people just don't know how to drive on it so they're spinning out in that black ice has been a real problem. now we have ocala i-report i want to show you from jim yat that he took this morning. you only had .1 of an inch of snow. jim, i'm wondering how much it took you to gather up to make that snowman. good to see those folks having a little fun in that. florida will see temperatures hovering around the freezing mark across much of the state tomorrow morning but they will start to moderate, as i said, next week. hopefully folks are just playing it safe out there. randi? >> that is some good news. i really did like jim's snowman there. a lot of work. >> not bad. >> not bad at all. thanks, jacqui. appreciate it. >>> a new video from the pakistan taliban shows the suspected suicide bomber who killed seven cia officers last month in afghanistan. humam al balawi was a jordanian doctor who the cia believed it successfully recruited to fight the taliban. in t

it produces atlanta's anal tree lighting ceremo, and the dropping of the sweegeorgia icon that marks the locanew year's celration. and yet, the hing situation , if you'll excuse the expression, not so much achy asn the pits. >> b corporations are not building new buildings, them parks are not ilding new ris, and with that, we're sort of just stuck li a boat stuck on a sand barge. so, for now, there's absoluty noeason to hire anybody full- time, because i dot want to have to hireomebody and just me back and have to let them go again. >> reporter: the compa, clearly quirky but perhaps chacteristicf small business in america these days, idown 30%,ear over year. but eve guy considers himself a survor. when times were better, he bought this machine, wch uses super-high pssure ter and sand made of garne to cut thugh just about anything. >> but the companycalypso, that manufactures the maine has actuallyone bankrupt in this recsion. that is a poal that we were buildingor an entertainment nter called belle island in pigeon for, and that paicular facility also went bankrupt. >>eporter: batman

steve guy of entertainment design group in atlanta, where the economy still looks as scary as some of the props they manufacture. >> that's a mannequin we put there. we have laid off so many people that it's a little lonely around here. >> reporter: so, how many people did you have here at the peak? >> about 75 full-time and about 300 part-time. >> reporter: really? and what are you down to, at the moment? >> right now, were down to 42 full-time and around 100 seasonal. >> reporter: guy's company sells everything from shopping mall holiday displays to theme park attractions. it produces atlanta's annual tree lighting ceremony, and the dropping of the sweet georgia icon that marks the local new year's celebration. and yet, the hiring situation is, if you'll excuse the expression, not so much peachy as in the pits. >> big corporations are not building new buildings, theme parks are not building new rides, and with that, we're sort of just stuck like a boat stuck on a sand barge. so, for now, there's absolutely no reason to hire anybody full- time, because i don't want to have to hire so