rob and vinita? >> and, john, in light of the mixed seating that we heard about and the tucson tragedy, what was the atmosphere like in that chamber last night during the address? >> reporter: it was something like i've never seen before, having watched many of these things. first of all, you had the date night where you had republicans and democrats sitting side by side. that made it unusual because you no longer had one side rising to applaud the president as the rest sat on their hands. you also had no surprises like you had last year. you didn't have a congressman yelling out, you lie, like last year, or supreme court members saying, not true, in the audience as the president spoke. it was very much to form. no huge surprises tonight, rob and vinita. >> well, john, i think it goes without saying we're both a l little envious to hear that live. a lot of people waiting since 8:30 to get a seat by the aisle. john hendren reporting from capitol hill this morning, thank you. >>> well, congresswoman ga

let's see what rob has in store for us in weather. we know you were talking about some airport delays. you think it's going to get worse? >> for sfo, i think so. you can see just over my shoulder the reason why. lots of fog in san jose. weather watcher larry gurston letting me know the drive from los gatos, visibility down to 200 feet in spots. those of you heading down to highway 17 look out for the patchy dense fog. you can see it around san francisco. look at the other side of the sierra, weather watcher photo by yevette finland, thank you very much, on the nevada side of our sierra range, see gorgeous conditions there. still dry. we got a lot of rain heading off the pacific northwest and that is too much rain. flooding rains well off to our north but you can see the arching to the clouds. that's high pressure which is giving us this what we like to call a mid-winter dry spell, does happen where the storm track kind of stays hung up across the pacific northwest. today fog the only concern. 50s and 60s around the bay area. not quite

i'm rob weiss. i'm a human resource management executive with an expertise in recruiting, employee relations, and training. my most recent position, i was responsible for 7,300 people-- 300 full-time people, 7,000 part-timers. so i'm looking for a position in a similar company, probably a small- to medium-sized company now, in the tri-state area. thank you very much. >> i'm a marketing person looking for an opportunity with companies that are technology related, growth companies. and i will entertain any offers. thank you. >> i'm a telecommunications technician, and i'm looking for a job to upgrade phones at any midsize company... >> my specialty is infrastructure... >> narrator: it is hard not to notice that most of the members are over 50. >> i've been in the pharmaceutical industry for the past 20 years... >> age is a problem. age is a big problem. the large companies don't want people at my age anymore. that's plain and simple. >> companies could include ibm, texas instruments... >> the number o

rob will be jealous. like it's my birthday instead of the show's. >> rob, we love you, too. >> pastry chef don chang, thank you for letting us come in. >> thank you for coming. >> i'm so excited because we're sending back to the studio one of your beautiful and delicious cakes. cue the birthday music and send out the other birthday cake. >> yea! >> and pastry chef john chang told me he spent about five hours. how cool that? it's the complete logo. he's such a super talented guy. you can get the complete recipe for the red velvet and people who have written in and said, i can't get a good red velvet, this is a real one. >> is this a southern thing? is it really a southern thing? >> yes. >> i first heard of it from new orleans. you're from dallas. that makes sense. okay. it is delicious no matter where it's from. >> as opposed to this, we're talking about "the skinny" when we come up. >> charlie sheen coming up. you will not believe why. ♪ skinny so skinny >>> well, the boring, dull, mundane life of charl

>> lance. >> rob. >> besan. >> lance. >> rob. >> besan. >> lance. >> rob. >> besan. [ laughter ] >> rob. >> lance. >> rob. >> besan. ♪ >> rob. >> lance. >> rob. >> lance. >> besan. >> lance. >> besan. >> rob. >> lance. >> jimmy: welcome. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] here's how we play this game. you'll each stand with your back to the sharp 108. you'll sing the words that you see in the monitor in front of you. words written by snooki, herself. they'll change from white to yellow, to help you follow along, just like real karaoke. at the end, we'll decide the winner, based on our great audience's applause. steve, tell us what tonight's winner will be taking home! >> steve: well jimmy, tonight's winner will receive a brand new gpx karaoke system. sing along to your favorite songs and follow lyrics on the built-in monitor. it's lean, mean. it's a fist-pumpin' party machine. includes a microphone and av cable. jimmy? >> jimmy: oh my god. this is unbelievable. thank you, higgins. i just want to mention that this is not the new model that just came out for 2011, although it weirdly

>>> thank you, rob. we begin in oakland where a man is dead, fatally shot by oakland school district police. an oakland unified school district spokesperson says two officers were on patrol near skyline high school at a community center near butters drive. that's where they spotted a parked car around 9:15 last night, they say. the school spokesman says that's when officers approached. one of the two people inside of the car stabbed one of the officers. then the other person in the car allegedly pulled a gun and aimed at the officers. one officer shot the suspect who later died at the hospital. now, fortunately for the officer who was stabbed, he was not injured because he was wearing a bulletproof vest. oakland police tell us that the actual shooting happened about a half-mile away from that high school dance so no students were hurt. however, the dance was cut off early because of the shooting and oakland police are now investigating. >>> to san francisco now where this morning a woman's clinging to li

rob? >> all right. ines ferre, live here in manhattan. thanks. >>> and the powerful storm is the third for the northeast in as many weeks. >> ava dinges tells us how much snow will be on the ground by the time this one is all over. good morning, ava. >> good morning, rob and vinita. dealing with yet another blizzard in the northeast. this time, really taking aim on boston. we'll see the heaviest of the snow from new york city, all the way up into maine, where some places could see about 12 inches of snow. boston could be getting 12 to 18. and we'll see major travel concerns. in the northwest, there's some snow pushing in. but temperatures are actually warming up through the next couple of days. and that means plenty more rain. with the snow melt and the rain, flooding will be a major concern in the northwest. now, back to you, rob and vinita. >> thanks, a lot, ava. we have reporters from atlanta to boston. complete coverage coming up later today on "good morning america." >>> and now, to the morning's o

meteorologist rob mayeda is here with details and there could be some low snow tonight, rob. >> that's right. that's real interesting part of the forecast, tom, as we go through the next few hours. it's cold outside. we'll track light rain moving through right now. let's show you what's going on the radar beam. a line of light drizzle or light showers. we're seeing some of that now across the north bay heading to the east bay ayhills. you can see that over toward oakland. east bay is dry around danville. west side of santa cruz mountains you can see showers on the coast. our new year's eve forecast, bundle up. our temperatures even as rain flies will be in the upper 30s and low 40s as we approach midnight tonight. those temperatures cold enough by the way to warrant a chance of some low snow as you can see by our temperatures as we approach 7:00 tomorrow oarning y will see mi t30ins hein north so it's sonoma county, napa erunty upba toward lake county whee w could see green chvegie ongr to white as we head through the overnight hours tonight we'll talk more about these low snow opportu

probably not snowing there, rob. the white house is keeping the president's talent a closely guarded secret. but "time" magazine says the president has been known to sing a song or two. one year he performed "you are the sunshine of my life." no word on whether he won. he might have been beaten by the first lady's hula hoop display, it says here. >>> all righty. well, we leave you tonight on this new year's eve, two hours until they drop the big apple at times square. and we're going to show you -- there it is. a few scenes from times square. boy, it's cold in manhattan tonight. i wish i was there, but i'm glad i'm not. it's awfully cold. happy new year, everybody. see you at 11:00 tonight. ew

. >> thanks, rob. we will see you in a little bit. >>> new this morning, a 15-year-old girl is clinging to life after a car hit her in a crosswalk and then sped off. san jose police say the young girl was walking with her boyfriend at the intersection of camden and blossom in san jose when a silver or gray car hit her around 1:10 this morning. now that girl has major injuries and is fighting for her life in the hospital. san jose police want anyone with information to call the san jose police department or get this person to turn themselves in. >>> after scrambling for months, california prison officials say they are about to get enough legal drugs, rather, lethal drugs, to carry out more than 80 executions. the chronicle reports a british company will ship more than 500 grams of the drug that makes prisoners unconscious before heart-stopping chemicals are then injected. the seoul u.s. manufacturer of the drug ran short of sflis to make the drug which led to a delay of scheduled executions back in sept

rob and vinita? >> flags at the capitol and the white house have been lowered to half staff out of respect for those killed in the shooting in tucson. business as usual has now come to a halt in congress as well. with more on that, here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: they have canceled all business next week, all regular business. instead they'll meet on wednesday to have a resolution honoring gabrielle giffords and the other victims of the shooting and also a security briefing with all members, the fbi and the capitol police to talk about their own security. and many of them are saying they don't want security to come between them and their constituents, including one democrat we spoke to today. one democratic leader had this to say. >> i think we need to recognize that we're a representative body. and our title, representative, is a meaningful one. and we need to not build a security cocoon around us so significant that the public doesn't feel like they can't have access to us. >> one democrat, one

i'm vinita nair. >> i'm rob nelson. happy friday. it's one of the biggest mafia takedowns in fbi history. more than 100 suspects have been rounded up. >> agents say the arrests are a reminder the mob is a dangerous force behind much of the nation's crime. pierre thomas reports. >> reporter: scores of suspected mobsters, la cosa nostra, made men arrested in raids across the new york region. so many the suspects had to be taken to an army base for booking. >> the reality is, it is an ongoing threat. a major threat. >> reporter: the charges, racketeering, extortion, murder, involving corruption of every kind, from construction sites to union workers. there were the scenes that fictional mafia leader tony soprano feared. the feds came just like in "goodfellas". >> i'm detective bisi, this is detective silvestre. we have a search warrant for the premise. >> would you read and sign it? >> reporter: among those arrested, anthony cavezza, known as "tony bagels." benjamin, the claw, and vincenzo frogiero, aka, vinny carwash. >> time and again

winick has more. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. most of us would not have given ted williams a second glance. the columbus, ohio, man is now at the center of the internet's hottest video. you see a homeless man on the side of the road. and your instinct may be to turn away. until he opens his mouth. >> when you're listening to nothing but the best of oldies you're listening to magic 98.9. thank you so much, god bless you. thank you. and we'll be back with more right after these words. >> reporter: that deep baritone belongs to ted williams. his sign reads "i'm an ex-radio announcer who has fallen on hard times." >> i went to school for it. and then alcohol and drugs and a few other things became a part of my life. i got two years clean. >> reporter: without a job or a roof over his head, williams, like so many others, was forced to rummage through garbage cans and sleep on the streets. >> i just sit a couple of tables away and watch people with their waste. i check the garbage cans to see how far down it would go. i was a little pa

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, rob. >>> oakland mayor jean quan o utlined her vision. she spoke to the lake merritt breakfast club, a group that meets quickly to promote lake merritt and the area behind it. she repeated the call she made in her inauguration speech for the people getting involved to make oakland a better place. >> i want us all to dream about oakland's future. that's the first task. the second task, i've been a sking everyone to consider volunteering an hour a week. >> she wants to develop ways to keep young people in school, off the streets and away from crime. >>> president obama this morning named a new white house chief of staff. william daly will replace ron emanuel. daly served as commerce -- william daley is a senior executive with morgan chase. >>> republicans kicked off their first full day of power in the house with something that's never been done before. >> we, the people, of the united states in order to form -- >> new house speaker john boehner ordered the entire u.s. constitution to be read out l oud. some democrats, including new minorit

good morning, ava. >> good morning, rob and vinita. just as the east coast cleans up from their last, major snowstorm, more snow is on the way. at least right now, we're expecting some light snowshowers into the afternoon. then, here comes another storm, as we head into the weekend. and already, by saturday, that could bring another coating to an inch along the 95 corridor. the thing to keep in mind, we're watching a potential for an even heavier storm as we get into next week. cold air from canada. that's going to bring up the moisture from the gulf. this could be a doozy. more for the mid-atlantic. back to you, rob and vinita. >> ava, thanks. >>> as part of a staff makeover, president obama has chosen the next public face of his white house. he is jay carney, communications director for vice president biden and a former journalist with "time" magazine. carney is replacing robert gibbs, who is stepping down as press secretary. gibbs will stay on as an adviser and serve on the president's re-election campaign. >>> former white house ch

i'm rob nelson. the third major storm in just three weeks is now slamming the northeast with heavy snow, high winds. check out these live pictures, as we said, from times square. it's part of the very same weather system that left much of the south in all of that ice earlier this week. >> of course plows are working throughout the night here on the streets of new york, where up to a foot could fall. we have the latest now. >> reporter: the five cuomo children in staten island finished their homework just in case, but they are hoping they won't need it in the morning. >> why do you want to stay home from school? >> to help my mom. >> reporter: the city plans to make its decision on school closures at 5:00 a.m. tuesday, which means a frantic morning for many parents scrambling to find childcare. >> it becomes a nightmare of a day. >> reporter: an army of plows have been deployed throughout the city, augmented by some 200 private contractors. workers in other departments reassigned to help shovel the in

rob and vinita? >> emily, i thank you. and encourage you to go get a hat now. >>> let's go to the boston area, where abc's jeremy hubbard checked in with us just a short time ago. >> reporter: rob and vinita, good morning. we're in a massachusetts department of transportation snowplow right now. we spent part of the evening with driver, ken coburn. he's been out here for 25 years. and you were saying, it's rare you see conditions like this. >> it is. it's rare you get storms like this, one after another. >> reporter: that's right. this is the seventh snowstorm so far this season. the fourth in just a month. it's been whiteout conditions for most of the evening. and snowfall is 270% above average here in boston. quite a mess. and it will be throughout the day, up here. rob and vinita, back to you. >> thanks to jeremy hubbard. >>> here in new york, it is officially the snowiest january on record, with 18 inches on the ground and counting. >> and for more, now, on how much we're bracing for and for other cities around the cou

rob and vinita? >> thanks to t.j. >>> nasa has named a backup commander for the upcoming space shuttle mission so that congresswoman giffords' husband, mark kelly, can focus on her recovery. kelly himself recommended the move. kelly says he hopes to be able to rejoin his crew soon. "endeavour" is set to launch on april 19th to the international space station. it's the last scheduled voyage of the space shuttle program. >>> as investigators dig into the background of suspected tucson gunman jared loughner, they are now uncovering some troubling new details. >> this morning they are examining what could turn out to be a key piece of evidence in the case, john hendren is following the investigation. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, vinita. federal investigators are amassing an intriguing profile of the alleged tucson gunman. police may have gotten a break. a man walking his dog found a black bag. the discovery was made not far from the loughner home. alleged gunman jared loughner's father s

rob is rice. the choices that leaders make is going to be decisive. and right now they're all worried that they're going to be next. and they've been coordinating with each other at the recent arab summit meeting they took measures to prop each other up and created a fund to ease the short-term economic problems. but one of the things which really struck me about egypt yesterday is that with all of those preparations in place, they were still overwhelmed. and that' the sort of surprise that makes me like rob be a little bit humble about what we can predict. >> charlie: i want to talk about three other events. first, the broader idea that rob and i talked about before, but that the complexion of the middle east into north africa is changing. and that the primary players today are turkey and iran and syria and less so egypt, saudi arabia. any truth to that? >> i mean, we have discussed it in the past. i think there are two dynamics now, two or three. one is what i would call sort f loss of exhaustion of the e gems that have lost a sense of purpose and l

rob is rice. the choices that leaders make is going to be decisive. and right now they're all worried that they're going to be next. and they've been coordinating with each other at the recent arab summit meeting they took measures to prop each other up and created a fund to ease the short-term economic problems. but one of the things which really struck me about egypt yesterday is that with all of those preparations in place, they were still overwhelmed. and that's the sort of surprise that makes me like rob be a little bit humble about what we can predict. >> charlie: i want to talk about three other events. first, the broader idea that rob and i talked about before, but that the complexion of the middle east into north africa is changing. and that the primary players today are turkey and iran and syria and less so egypt, saudi arabia. any truth to that? >> i mean, we have discussed it in the past. i think there are two dynamics now, two or three. one is what i would call sort f loss of exhaustion of the e gems that have lost a sense of purpose and

reporting live from san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, rob. >>> san jose police are investigating an overnight s hooting. the 20-year-old man was found in the parking lot at story road and hopkins way around 11:00 last night. he was pronounced dead at the scene. his identity has not been released. witnesses say they saw a vehicle fleeing the scene but so far no arrests have been played. police say the shooting appears to be gang-related. >>> in just the past hour, police captured the last of three suspected bank robbers after chasing them through three east bay cities. around 9:40, fremont police received a frantic call that the u.s. bank on fremont boulevard was being robbed. when officers arrived, they immediately began chasing the suspect's car. the chase went from fremont, through union city, into south hayward, where the leaked robbers crashed their car into a -- where the alleged robbers crashed their car into an industrial parkway. police arrested the first two suspect suspects immediately and found the third hiding behind a dumpster near a church. >>> an

the official say they also rob the second person. palo alto 91 dispatch center got 566 phantom emergency calls in five hours. the calls to the emergency communication centers started at 8:30 p.m. on january the 13th. there is a flurry of phantom calls over the next five hours with a total of 566 calls received by the four dispatchers by an on subscribe number. police tactical service has no explanation for the high volume of calls but, said it's probably technology glitch of some sort rather than a prank. and other news, a fire damaged a two- story home and entered a fire fire in danville. you can see the intense flames, it was reported at 5:30 a.m. crews were able to put it out in less than two hours, no one was in the hall when the fire started. the firefighter is expected to be ok. classes' cancelled due to lingering smoke at a nearby school. at the damage is estimated to amount to $750,000. investigators are trying to determine the cause of the blaze. some rattling near mount diablo this morning at 2.8 earthquake struck about 7:4

rob ryan now with the cowboys, watching the action carefully. some of the best seniors entering the draft. florida state's christian ponder, looking for a miami guy. that's a rival. leonard hankerson. these guys will be millionaires very soon. all of them. >> nice. glad to hear it. i like the bowling. >> i know. >>> thanks for choosing the bay area at 6:00. hello to the folks at yoshis in san francisco today. >>> the founder of facebook, mark zuckerberg, will make a guest appearance on saturday night live tonight.

when somebody informs you that they are about to rob you, they are still going to rob you. telling us in advance that you are going to rob us does not change the fact that we are being robbed. there is also a general perception in the outer sunset that y turnaround in sunset boulevard when you are only a couple of minutes from the end of the line? it takes about the same amount of time to switch back as it would to go down to the and then turn around. as i said before, there is inconveniencing people with no alternative. if you are going to shorten the line, shorten it at the downtown and where they have alternatives. they can go eight blocks in any direction and get a bus in the direction they want to go. last but not least, i want to say that every one of those 17 trains are packed to the gills. >> hello, supervisors. i'm a resident of the inner sunset and the author of the chronicle of the pain and pleasure of using the muni system. i'm here to speak on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of owners who could not make it to this meeting, that they be represented. one of t

i i'm kris sanchez along with rob. we were right in the middle of it about a half hour ago. >> right now we're still seeing some of the heavier showers pushing through the bay area. the radarar showing a lot of action here or if you're going to lake tahoe,ak te chains and a lot of patience. snow flying at about t400 feet this morning. a quick zoom into the south bay, very heavy rain pushi back into san ,sejose blasting throu mountain view and cupertino. anytime you get into the orange or yellowreas you can see on the screen, those are downpours, maybe even some hail if that includes ice or thundershowers, seen a few of those as well, this morning. livermore and dublin catching a brief break and in the north bay, scattered showers, part of an area of low pressure which continues to spin down the coast. for the morning, rain at times. this is the wetter half of the day. lunchtime should be the transition as we see the showers start to give way to some clearing later on today. the seven-day forecast shows another drying t

hear that, rob. coming up next on "today in the bay" -- tackling concussions with a special chin strap. we'll show you what makes this one different. >>> and looking live this morning at the golden gate bridge. you can see some of the fog that rob's been talking about and don't forget we have rain coming when you need to pack your umbrella, coming up in just a bit. [ female announcer ] this is a strawberry pop tart... and this is a warm, fresh baked strawberry toaster strudel. we asked kids what they want... and we got a clear answer. the one kids want to eat. [ kids ] oooooooooooooh. toastestrudel. the one kids want to eat. [ kids ] oooooooooooooh. there'to oursong love more g there's thing we love more than listeningtour favorite. but our favorite thing. but our favorite thiising totin. ♪ we're the kids in arica ♪h,h, o >>> good morning. take a live look at koits power in san francisco. see old glory flapping in the wind. it is breezy and foggy. we'll talk about rain coming up in the forecast i

vinita, rob? >>> the 112th congress convenes today on capitol hill with republicans in control of the house. gop leaders say they will move quickly to cut government spending. the first vote on that issue is scheduled for tomorrow and republicans are also challenging the president on health care. outgoing house speaker nancy pelosi warned people will suffer if health care reform is overturned. >> in order to have a patient's bill of rights, though, it's important to have comprehensive health care reform. >> we think that obama care will ruin the best health care system in the country. we believe it will bankrupt our nation. we believe it needs to be repealed and replaced with commonsense reforms to bring down the cost of health insurance. >> republicans now have the votes to pass the health care repeal bill in the house but the action is largely symbolic since democratic leaders have already pronounced it's dead on arrival in the senate. >>> delaware detectives baffled by the murder of a former pe

rob ryan, used to be defensive coordinator for the raiders, couple years in cleveland, he is now the defensive boss in dallas. his brother, rex ryan the hottest flavor in football, head coach of the jets so rob ryan will do his thing. 200 dollars a seat if you want to sit outside the stadium and watch it on television. jerry jones is trying to get 100,000 people there on february 6. the last time they drew 100,000, was 1987, the broncos getting clubbed by the new york giants. $200 to sit outside. let's continue money talk. how much is there to be made in college football? you remember when texas came to the pac 10, pack 12 and then they pulled out, had to settle for utah and colorado? anyway. 20 year, $300 million deal. you will see longhorn football. they will throw baseball in there. volleyball, because they have to, soccer and all the university of texas sports, notre dame was first, nbc put them on all of the having notre dame football, seven games a year. texas 300 million, 20 years. espn will be their station. >> wow. >> that's what i like about chron. espn belongs to texas. we

vinita, rob. >> it is such a somber sight. diana, what can you tell us about the nationwide moment of silent for these victims? >> reporter: well, president obama said he was going to lead the nation this morning at 11:00. it's become such a significant event that even the supreme court is doing its part. they're doing opening arguments ten minutes early to allow everyone to participate. so it's clearly something that's going to be very, very important. hopefully, a part of the healing process in this event. >> 11:00 a.m. eastern time today. thank you, diana alvear in tucson this morning. >>> also, a picture is now emerging of suspect jared lee loughner as a troubled loner. >> investigators say they have found evidence that loughner specifically targeted the congresswoman for assassination. david kerley has that part of the story. >>> it is a much clearer picture we're getting of a lone, angry disenfranchised young man. solely responsible for this gruesome shooting. the fbi director was in tucson, the first time in 15 years th

the gails rob jones, hit three 18 for him. jones actually a transfer from san diego, hot hand, nice drive. the finish, the foul. gail 57-56. for his 200th win for the gales themselves. >>> the raiders owner al davis shoveled a lot of dirt on cable. but he did not bury him. he is thought of highly elsewhere. like in seattle. carol honed in on cable's positive attributes. >> we looked at it carefully. we know tom, he has a lot that he wants tood in this career of his. and we're going to help him do that. cable has been in a challenging environment. he's been a guy that i've watched coach for a long time. i've competed against him, and i've always been very impressed. >> usually he's receiving passes. today zack miller received good news. he's going to the probowl. late addition after gates was injured. and another nice looking signing by the as. agreeing with bryan fuentes who hails from the central valley. down in merced. nice add: that's the sporting add for a wednesday night. frank, julie. >> mark, thanks very much. be sure t

rob and vinita? >>> in florida, the miami-dade police force is grieving the loss of two officers shot while on duty. they were part of a team serving a murder arrest warrant on a fugitive with a long record. they traced him to the suspect's mother's home. she let them in. and the suspect jumped out and shot the two officers. >>> the largest rocket ever launched from the west coast has blasted off from from vandenber force base in california. it carried a top-secret national security satellite. preparing for the launch took three years. the base north of l.a. needed $100 million in upgrades. >>> nasa's shuttle fleet will not be retired as soon as expected. the space agency has added a mission by "atlantis" in june. two other launches were planned. "discovery" next month and "endeavour" in april. that is the flight that gabrielle giffords' husband, mark kelly, is slated to command. >>> the steelers, bears, jets and packers are putting their final plans in place before the conference title games. for th

rob and vinita? >> doctors taking care of congresswoman giffords say they're optimistic about her survival and recovery now three days after the shooting. they say even though she's sedated giffords has reached for her breathing tube to try to remove it. that's considered a positive sign. ines ferre has more. >> reporter: after congresswoman giffords was shot in the head at point blank range doctors continue to call her survival a miracle. giffords' surgeons are keeping a close eye on her condition and any changes or swelling in the brain. >> we're not out of the woods yet. that swelling can sometimes take three days or five days to maximize. but every day that goes by and we don't see an increase, we're slightly more optimistic. >> reporter: giffords defied survival odds. statistics show over 90% of gunshot wounds to the head are fatal. medical experts say the bullet's path likely spared her life. it was a clean entry and exit on one side of the brain. neurosurgeons typically look for swelling durin

the gails rob jones, hit three 18 for him. jones actually a transfer from san diego, hot hand, nice drive. the finish, the foul. gail 57-56. for his 200th win for the gales themselves. >>> the raiders owner al davis shoveled a lot of dirt on cable. but he did not bury him. he is thought of highly elsewhere. like in seattle. carol honed in on cable's positive attributes. >> we looked at it carefully. we know tom, he has a lot that he wants tood in this career of his. and we're going to help him do that. cable has been in a challenging environment. he's been a guy that i've watched coach for a long time. i've competed against him, and i've always been very impressed. >> usually he's receiving passes. today zack miller received good news. he's going to the probowl. late addition after gates was injured. and another nice looking signing by the as. agreeing with bryan fuentes who hails from the central valley. down in merced. nice add: that's the sporting add for a wednesday night. frank, julie. >> mark, thanks very much. be sure t

investigators say they believe the pair robbed a starbucks yesterday and a kentucky fried chicken on sunday. >>> members of the group of anti-gang injunctions staged a meeting at city hall. they say gang injunctions on expensive way to deal with crimes although it's not clear how much money goes towards law enforcement. john russo has asked for and received an injunction for gang members in north oakland and is seeking a similar injunction in the fruitvale neighborhood. >>> mayor of the sea and county of san francisco. >> san francisco makes history with the swearing in of the new mayor. >>> verizon finally announces it does have the iphone, but you are going to have to wait a little bit longer to get it. i am consumer editor tom vacar. that story still ahead. >>> a few showers across the bay area today paid we have a little bit of activity on live stormtracker 2. there is another system offshore and i'll have the timing of that weather system coming up in your full forecast. >> activist john orange protests ongoing situations in the guantanamo bay prison and similar protests were he

thanks, rob. i'll talk about an epic fail, a michigan university is releasing words that should be banished in 2011. lake superior university says that the words are so overused and misused we should dump all these. epic, failed, they make the list often used incorrectly. bff for best friends forever and sarah palin's mama grizzlies. facebook and google make the list because they are used as verbs instead of the nouns they are. the top rated must go word of 2011, viral. often used to describe rapidly spreading videos over the internet it is a medical term and the university says it should stay that way. the university began its list in 1976 and gets about a thousand word nominations every year through its website. lssu.edu/banished. >>> an all new "meet the press" starts in a few minutes. here's david gregory with a preview. >> coming up a new year and new challenges for the president and republicans as the 112th congress convenes this week. can both sides compromise on tough issues such as the jo

vinita and rob? >> emily, we heard the president talk about new spending to stay competitive in the world. but did international affairs show up anywhere else in his speech? >> reporter: abc news ran the numbers. found that 13% of his speech focused on foreign policy. compare that to his predecessor, george w. bush, who routinely spent about half of his time talking about issues abroad. now, mr. obama says the u.s. will finish the job of pulling troops out of iraq before the end of the year. he talked about some foreign, international trade deals. but by and large, his focus was on the economy here at home. that is certainly not a coincidence. you look at poll after poll. americans say the economy is their number one concern. vinita and rob? >> emily schmidt, reporting. thanks, emily. >>> and, of course, emily just talked about that empty seat left for congresswoman giffords. also in her honor last night, most lawmakers wore those black and white lapel ribbons. the white, symbolizing peace. the black

we will be back much more news and rob black in your monday after the break. california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still grow up in a world where tobacco kills more people... than aids, drugs, alcohol, murder and car crashes... combined. we have a lot more work to do. live police say they did find the canal in the car here that was driven by the suspect and the man accused of kidnapping 4 year-old juliani card yes. it is the long search we've seen the bring up a dozen vehicles, today they know from getting equipment down there and reading the license plate that they do have the car. there getting prepared to pull the car. the fear of course is that the bodies of the suspect and a little boy might be inside. -we will not know that for sure until later. stocks for now, the market shaky the dow ended 166 points in the nasdaq was lowe